9 January Deaths

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January 9 is the ninth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.

Deaths

710 – Adrian of Canterbury, abbot and scholar
1150 – Emperor Xizong of Jin (b. 1119)
1202 – Birger Brosa, Jarl of Sweden
1282 – Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Minorcan ruler (b. 1204)
1283 – Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (b. 1236)
1367 – Giulia della Rena, Italian saint (b. 1319)
1450 – Adam Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester
1463 – William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent, English soldier (b. 1405)
1499 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1455)
1511 – Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek scholar and academic (b. 1423)
1514 – Anne of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France (b. 1477)
1529 – Wang Yangming, Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (b. 1472)
1534 – Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (b. 1477)
1543 – Guillaume du Bellay, French general and diplomat (b. 1491)
1561 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (b. 1514)
1571 – Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French admiral (b. 1510)
1598 – Jasper Heywood, English poet and scholar (b. 1553)
1612 – Leonard Holliday, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1550)
1622 – Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (b. 1576)
1757 – Louis Bertrand Castel, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1688)
1757 – Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1657)
1766 – Thomas Birch, English historian and author (b. 1705)
1799 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1718)
1800 – Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (b. 1762)
1805 – Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and politician (b. 1723)
1843 – William Hedley, English engineer (b. 1773)
1848 – Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1750)
1856 – Neophytos Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (b. 1770)
1858 – Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas (b. 1798)
1873 – Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (b. 1808)
1876 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (b. 1801)
1878 – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (b. 1820)
1895 – Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (b. 1812)
1901 – Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (b. 1830)
1908 – Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832)
1908 – Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840)
1911 – Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (b. 1853)
1911 – Edvard Rusjan, Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
1917 – Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (b. 1853)
1918 – Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (b. 1844)
1923 – Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1888)
1924 – Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (b. 1853)
1927 – Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (b. 1855)
1930 – Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (b. 1863)
1931 – Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (b. 1896)
1936 – John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1899)
1939 – Johann Strauss III, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1866)
1941 – Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (b. 1874)
1945 – Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (b. 1908)
1945 – Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1890)
1945 – Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1890)
1946 – Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (b. 1903)
1947 – Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (b. 1893)
1960 – Elsie J. Oxenham, English author and educator (b. 1880)
1961 – Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
1964 – Halide Edib Adıvar, Turkish author and academic (b. 1884)
1971 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player and scout (b. 1876)
1972 – Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1891)
1975 – Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1897)
1975 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (b. 1901)
1979 – Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (b. 1891)
1981 – Kazimierz Serocki, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1922)
1984 – Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (b. 1909)
1985 – Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)
1987 – Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905)
1988 – Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and composer (b. 1909)
1989 – Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)
1990 – Spud Chandler, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
1990 – Cemal Süreya, Turkish poet and journalist (b. 1931)
1992 – Steve Brodie, American actor (b. 1919)
1992 – Bill Naughton, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1910)
1993 – Paul Hasluck, Australian historian and politician, 17th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1905)
1994 – Johnny Temple, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1927)
1995 – Souphanouvong, Laotian politician, 1st President of Laos (b. 1909)
1995 – Peter Cook, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1937)
1996 – Walter M. Miller, Jr., American soldier and author (b. 1923)
1996 – Abdullah al-Qasemi, Saudi atheist, writer, and intellectual (b. 1907)
1997 – Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1909)
1997 – Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917)
1998 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
1998 – Imi Lichtenfeld, Slovakian-Israeli martial artist, founded Krav Maga (b. 1910)
2000 – Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer and academic (b. 1915)
2000 – Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
2001 – Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (b. 1926)
2003 – Will McDonough, American journalist (b. 1935)
2004 – Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and academic (b. 1909)
2006 – Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
2006 – W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (b. 1913)
2007 – Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
2007 – Jean-Pierre Vernant, French anthropologist and historian (b. 1914)
2008 – Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (b. 1923)
2008 – John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and television host (b. 1924)
2009 – Rob Gauntlett, English mountaineer and explorer (b. 1987)
2009 – T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (b. 1914)
2011 – Makinti Napanangka, Australian painter (b. 1930)
2012 – Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer (b. 1937)
2012 – Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, Swiss geologist and academic (b. 1910)
2012 – William G. Roll, German-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1926)
2012 – Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1947)
2012 – László Szekeres, Hungarian physician and academic (b. 1921)
2013 – Brigitte Askonas, Austrian-English immunologist and academic (b. 1923)
2013 – James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
2013 – Robert L. Rock, American businessman and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (b. 1927)
2013 – John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1935)
2014 – Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (b. 1934)
2014 – Josep Maria Castellet, Spanish poet and critic (b. 1926)
2014 – Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (b. 1965)
2014 – Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1939)
2015 – Michel Jeury, French author (b. 1934)
2015 – Robert V. Keeley, Lebanese-American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Greece (b. 1929)
2015 – Józef Oleksy, Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1946)
2015 – Bud Paxson, American broadcaster and businessman, founded the Home Shopping Network and Pax TV (b. 1935)
2015 – Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak (b. 1928)
2015 – Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (b. 1964)
2016 – John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (b. 1938)
2016 – Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (b. 1926)
2017 – Zygmunt Bauman, Polish sociologist (b. 1925)
2018 – Kato Ottio, Papua New Guinean rugby league player (b. 1994)

Source: wikipedia