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Deaths on January 10

1628 : Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff, [Jan Maet], seascape painter)
1635 : Willem … Brakel, Frisian theologist (Reasonable religion)
1638 : Niels Stensen, Danish astronomer
1644 : Louis Boufflers, marshall of France
1683 : Gasparo Visconti, composer
1701 : Johann Caspar Simon, composer
1738 : Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (lead the Green Mtn Boys)
1747 : Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker
1760 : Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, composer
1766 : Louis Massonneau, composer
1768 : James Varicick, 1st AME Zion Bishop
1769 : Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo)
1778 : Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (naming plants & animals)
1780 : M Heinrich C Lichtenstein, German zoologist
1797 : A V Droste-Hlshoff, writer
xxxx : Frank James, outlaw/brother of Jesse
1814 : Aubrey de Vere, Irish writer (Victorian Observer)
1815 : Alexander Brydie Dyer, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1874
1815 : Thomas Williams, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
1825 : Alexander Travis Hawthorn, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1899
1834 : John Acton, English historian/MP
1854 : Peter Gast, composer
1855 : Peter J Blok, Dutch historian (History of the Dutch People)
1858 : Heinrich Zille, German cartoonist (Cheerful Bl„tter, Simplicissimus)
1864 : George Washington Carver, agricultural scientist [or Jul 12]
1867 : Gerhard Anschtz, German MP
1871 : Enrica Freiin von Handel-Manzetti, Austrian author (Jesse & Maria)
1876 : Johannes W "Jan" Eisenloeffel, Dutch goldsmith
1877 : Frederick Gardner Cottrell, inventor (elecrostatic precipitator)
1880 : Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Short Cause)
1880 : French van Cauwelaert, Flemish minister/mayor of Antwerp
1880 : Grock, [Adrien Wettach], Swiss clown/circus director
1880 : Manuel Aza¤a y D¡az, PM/pres of 2nd Spanish republic (1936-39)
1882 : Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour)
1883 : Aleksei Tolstoi, Russian poet/writer (Pjotr Peroyj) [NS]
1883 : Florence Reed, Phila, silent film actress (Dancing Girl)
1883 : Francis X Bushman, Norfolk VA, silent film actor (Ben Hur)
1884 : James Philip Dunn, composer
1886 : Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer
1887 : Robinson Jeffers, US, poet/playwright (Tamar & Other Poems, Medea)
1888 : Emile van Bosch, Dutch revue/operetta-artist (Fair Folks)
1888 : Grock, Switzerland, clown
1890 : Douglas MacLean, Phila, silent film comedian/producer (Going Up)
1890 : Ernest Milton, SF CA, actor (Cat Girl, Fiddler's Three)
1891 : Jos Speybrouck, Flemish painter
1892 : Dumas Malone, Miss, historian (Jefferson & His Time)
1894 : Reginald Denham, London, Broadway director (Obsession, The Bad Seed)
1897 : Albert Moeschinger, composer
1898 : Sergei M Eisenstein, Russian director (Alexandr Nevski) [OS]
xxxx : Bonnie Hellman, SF Calif, actress (Penny Brooks-Nurse)
1901 : Pauline Starke, Joplin MO, actress (Dante's Inferno, Dance Magic)
1903 : Barbara Hepworth, English abstract sculptor/actress (Rescued by Rover)
1903 : Jean Morel, Abbeville France, conductor
1903 : Jens A Schade, Danish writer (Schadebogen, Losses Híjsang)
1904 : Jesus Garcia Leoz, composer
1904 : Ray Bolger, Dorchester Mass, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz)
1908 : Bernard Lee, London England, actor (M in James Bond movies)
1908 : Paul Henreid, Trieste, actor (Casablanca, 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse)
1909 : Grace Mitchell, educator
1909 : Rudolf Kubin, composer
1910 : Dorothy Stroud, garden historian
1910 : Galina Ulanova, St Petersburg Russia, ballerina (Bolshoi)
1910 : Jean Martinon, Lyons France, conductor/composer
1911 : Jan Boon, [Tjalie Robinson], Dutch East Indies publicist (Tong Tong)
1913 : Gustav Husak, president of Czechoslavakia (1975-89)
1913 : Haywood Frank Henry, sax player
1914 : Claude Gallimard, France, publisher
1914 : Polly Rowles, Phila Pa, actress (Aunt Laurie-Jamie)
1915 : Dean Dixon, Zug Switzerland, conductor
1917 : Jerry Wexler, music producer (Aretha Franklin/Bob Dylan)
1920 : Georges Marchal, Nancy France, actor (Evil Eden, Gina, Milky Way)
1923 : Ingeborg Drewitz, writer
1924 : Ludmilla Chiraeff, ballet dancer
1925 : Maxwell Roach, composer
1927 : Gisele MacKenzie, Winnipeg Manitoba, singer/actress (Your Hit Parade)
1927 : Johnnie Ray, Dallas OR, pop singer (Cry)
1927 : Lee Philips, Bkln NY, actor (Ellery Queen)
1928 : Donald Brooks, fashion designer (Emmy 1983)
1928 : Wallace Berry, composer
1930 : Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, blues singer
1930 : Roy E Disney, CEO (Disney)
1931 : Alexander L "Alex" Boraine, S Africa vicar/MP
1931 : Ron Galella, celebrity photographer (sued by Jackie O)
1933 : Akira Miyoshi, composer
1933 : Len Coldwell, cricket bowler (Engld medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64)
1933 : Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer
1935 : Georg Katzer, composer
1935 : Ronnie Hawkins, Ark, rocker (The Band-Who Do You Love?)
1935 : Sherrill Milnes, Hinsdale Illinois, baritone
1938 : Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player
1938 : Frank Mahovlich, NHL Hall of Famer (Mont Canadians)
1938 : Ivan Twigden, English contractor/multi-millionaire (Twigden PLC)
1938 : Willie "Stretch" McCovey, 1st baseman (SF Giant #44)
1939 : Bill Toomey, Phila Pa, decathelete (Olympic-gold-68)
1939 : Sal Mineo, NYC, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause)
1940 : Harry Gant, NASCAR driver
1942 : Aleksandr Yakovlevich Petrushenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1942 : Jack Regan, broadcaster
1942 : Jim Croce, Phila, rock vocalist (Time in a Bottle)
1942 : Walter Hill, director (48 Hours, Extreme Prejudice)
1945 : Frank Sinatra Jr, Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddigers)
1945 : Rod Stewart, London, singer (Maggie Mae, Do You Think I'm Sexy)
1946 : Alexis Nihon Jr, Bahamas, wrestler (Olympics-1968)
1946 : Aynsley Dunbar, rocker (Journey, Jefferson Starship)
1946 : Bob Lang, rock bassist (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders)
1947 : George Alec Effinger, US, sci-fi author (Nick of Time)
1948 : Cyril Neville, US singer/percussionist (Neville Bros-Yellow Moon)
1948 : Donald Fagen, Passaic NJ, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg)
1948 : William Sanderson, Memphis Tenn, actor (Larry-Newhart, Blade Runner)
1949 : George Foreman, Houston Tx, world HW boxing champ (1973-74, 95)
1949 : Linda Lovelace, [Boreman], Yonkers NY, XXX actress (Deep Throat)
1949 : Teresa Graves, Houston Tx, actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love)
1949 : Walter S Browne, US chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84)
1950 : Cyril Neville, rocker (Neville Brothers)
1951 : Kathleen Bradley, Youngstown Oh, model (Price is Right)
1952 : Scott Thurston, keyboardist/guitarist (Motels-Only the Lonely)
1953 : Bobby Rahal, Indy-car racer (over 15 wins)
1953 : Pat Benatar, [Andrezejewski], Bkln NY, singer (Hell Is for Children)
1955 : Luci Martin, rocker vocalist (Chic)
1955 : Michael Schenker, heavy metal rocker (MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions)
1957 : Robert Thompson, Houston TX, Nike golfer (1990 Boise Open-2nd)
1958 : Shawn Colvin, singer/guitarist
1959 : Chandra Cheesborough, Jacksonville Fla, 4X100 runner (Olympic-gold-84)
1959 : Don Letts, rocker (Big Audio Dynamite)
1959 : Kirk & Curtwood, musician (Meat Puppets)
1961 : Evan Handler, NYC, actor (Dear Mr Wonderful)
1961 : Janet Jones, Bridgeton MO, actress (American Anthem, Flamingo Kid)
1961 : Nadja Salerni-Sonnenberg, Rome Italy, concert violinist
1962 : Jim Lindeman, US baseball outfielder (NY Mets)
1963 : Frank Wijnhoven, Dutch soccer player (NEC, Treffers)
1964 : Karen Josephson, Bristol Ct, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1992)
1964 : Krista Tesreau, St Louis Mo, actress (Tina-OLTL, Silk Stalkings)
1964 : Sarah Josephson, Bristol Ct, synchronized swimmer (Olympic-gold-1992)
1965 : James Washington, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys, Wash Redskins)
1965 : Nathan, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
1967 : Mick Hankers, Dutch dancer (Josephine, Sound of Motown)
1967 : Micky Michelle, [Ingrid Hankers], Dutch dancer (Josephine)
1967 : Trini Alvarado, actor (Frighteners)
1968 : Lyle Menendez, NY, accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers)
1968 : Malcolm Showell, WLAF defensive end (Amsterdam Admirals)
1969 : Doug E Doug, rapper/comedian (Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever)
1969 : Juanita Clayton, Manitou Manitoba, softball catcher (Olympics-96)
1970 : Cameron MacKenzie, Australian 100m/200m/400m (Olympics-96)
1970 : Deon Figures, NFL cornerback/PR (Pitts Steelers)
1970 : James Wilson, WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire)
1971 : Guylaine Cloutier, Levis QUE, 100m breaststroke swimmer (Oly-4-92, 96)
1971 : Sergi Bruguera, Italy, tennis star
1972 : Thomas Lewis, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
1973 : Berry Radstraat, Dutch soccer player (NEC, SCH)
1973 : Glenn Robinson, Gary In, NBA forward (Milw, Olympics-gold-96)
1973 : Travis Davis, NFL strong safety (NO Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars)
1974 : Andre Kirwan, CFL receiver (Toronto Argonauts)
1974 : Hollis Thomas, defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles)
1975 : Shannon Kavanaugh, Boston Mass, rocker (Ivory Soul)
1979 : Chris H E Smith, [Daddy Mack], Atlanta, rapper (Kris Kross-Warm it Up)
1271 : Otto II, the Lame, earl of Gelre, dies
1276 : Gregorius X, [Tedaldo Visconti], pope, dies
1542 : Gerardus Noviomagus, [Gerrit Geldenhauer], Dutch theologist, die at 59
1645 : William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71
1674 : Jacob de Witt, Dutch mayor (Dordrecht)/MP, dies at 84
1754 : Daniel Raap, Dutch porcelain salesman/politician, dies at about 51
1768 : Charles Cressent, French court furniture maker, dies at 82
1775 : Jemeljan Pugatshov, Russian kosak leader/"czar Peter III", dies
1778 : Carolus Lin‘us "Carl von Linn‚", Swedish botanist/explorer, dies at 70
1780 : Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist/composer, dies at 82
1789 : Pierre Lyonet, Dutch zoologist/cryptologist, dies at 82
1792 : Jean-Louis Laruette, composer, dies at 60
1800 : Johan Wikmanson, composer, dies at 46
1811 : Marie-Joseph de Ch‚nier, French poet (Chant du D‚part), dies at 46
1824 : Victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64
1833 : Adrien Marie Legendre, dies
1833 : Antoinio da Silva Leite, composer, dies at 73
1846 : Etienne P de Senancour, French writer (De l'Amour), dies at 75
1855 : Mary Russell Mitford, Engl playwright/poet (Julian), dies at 67
1862 : Samuel Colt, inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47
1871 : Pierre A du Terrail, French writer, dies at 41
1876 : Charles EH de Coussemaker, Belgian musicologist/historian, dies at 70
1889 : Martin Andreas Udbye, composer, dies at 68
1892 : Heinrich Ludwig Egmont Dorn, composer, dies at 91
1895 : Benjamin Louis Paul Godard, composer, dies at 45
1899 : Gerard Keller, Dutch writer (Vlugmaren), dies at 69
1908 : Anna S Barbiers, Dutch actress (Klaasje Zevenster), dies at 65
1917 : Buffalo Bill Cody,, army scout & Indian fighter, dies
1927 : August(us) Alleb‚, Dutch painter/lithograph, dies at 88
1934 : Marinus van der Lubbe, Dutch communist, beheaded in Berlin at 24
1935 : Charlie McGahey, cricket (MCC tour of Aus 1901-02 cured his TB), dies
1935 : Edwin H Flack, English 800/1500m runner (Oly-gold-1896), dies at 60
1936 : Charles Wright, cricketer (3 Tests England v S Africa 1895-96), dies
1938 : Willem de Vreese, Flemish linguist, dies at 68
1939 : Jameson Thomas, actor (Piccadilly, Farmer's Wife), dies at 50
1939 : Julius Bittner, Austria composer (Missa Austriaca), dies at 64
1941 : Frank Bridge, English violinist/composer (Sea), dies at 61
1941 : Joseph Schmidlin, German church historian, murdered at 67
1943 : Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38), dies at 66
1943 : J Arthur S Berson, Austrian meteorologist, dies at 83
1945 : Rudolf Borchardt, writer, dies at 67
1951 : Athos Palma, composer, dies at 59
1951 : Harry Sinclair Lewis, US writer (Nobel 1930), dies at 65
1951 : Sinclair Lewis, writer, dies at 65
1953 : Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56
1954 : Fred Raymond, composer, dies at 53
1956 : Henricus P Bremmer, Dutch art historian (Beeldende Kunst), dies at 84
1956 : Karl L Schmidt, German/Swiss theologist (Urchristentum), dies at 64
1957 : Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (Nobel Prize 1945), dies at 67
1958 : Charles de Trooz, Belgian writer, dies at 52
1961 : Dashiell Hammett, US detective writer (Thin Man), dies at 66
1963 : Tadeusz Szeligowski, composer, dies at 66
1964 : A Marja, Dutch author (Man of Day & Night), dies at 46
1966 : George Cresswell, cricketer (Took 13 wkts in 3 Tests for NZ), suicide
1966 : Hermann Kasack, writer, dies at 69
1967 : Emerson Treacy, actor (Prowler), dies after surgery at 66
1967 : Vilem Petrzelka, composer, dies at 77
1968 : Basil Sydney, actor (Hamlet, Simba), dies of pleurisy at 73
1968 : Howard Smith, actor (Harvey Griffin-Hazel), dies at 74
1968 : Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer, dies at 85
1968 : Louis-Fran‡ois-Marie Aubert, French composer (La Momie), dies at 90
1968 : Theophilus E D”nges, South Afr Internal minister, dies at 69
1970 : Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44
1971 : Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87
1972 : Al Goodman, Russian/US orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
1972 : Georg Rendl, Austriam miner/beekeeper (Satan on Earth), dies at 68
1972 : Sverre Jordan, composer, dies at 82
1976 : Chester Arthur Burnett, US blues pianist/harmonica player, dies at 65
1976 : Howlin' Wolf, singer/guitarist, dies following brain surgery at 65
1978 : Don Gillis, US composer (Symphony #5«), dies at 65
1978 : John D Rockefeller III, US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71
1978 : Pedro Joaqu¡n Chamorro, of La Prensa, assassinated in Managua
1978 : Zeb Turner, country-rock performer (Chew Tobacco Rag), dies at 62
1980 : George Meany, labor leader, dies at 86
1981 : Richard Boone, actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63
1982 : Lazar Weiner, composer, dies at 84
1982 : Paul Lynde, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched), dies at 55
1984 : Suvanna Phuma, premier of Laos, dies at 82
1986 : Joseph Kraft, US columnist, dies at 61
1990 : Juliet Berto, screenwriter/actress (Bastienne Bastien), dies at 42
1990 : Yvonne Peattie Marquard, actress (Donovan's Reef), dies
1991 : Dimitris Myrat, dies of cancer at 62
1992 : Barbara Couper, British actress (Last Days of Dolwyn), dies at 89
1993 : Diana Adams, ballerina, dies
1993 : Noorjahan Begum, "adulterous" wife in Bangladesh, stoned to death
1994 : Catharina I "Ien" Dales, min of Internal affairs (1989-94), dies at 62
1994 : Charles "Chub" Feeney, baseball pres (National League), dies at 72
1994 : Michael Aldridge, actor (Murder in the Cathedral), dies at 73
1995 : Elaine Greene, literary Agent, dies at 74
1995 : Halton Kathleen Tynan, writer, dies at 57
1995 : Souphanouvong, leader of Pathet Lao (1957), dies
1996 : Alexander Robertus, organic chemist, dies at 88
1996 : Arthur Sydney Martin, spycatcher, dies at 81
1997 : Alvinio Misciano, Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window
1997 : Elspeth Josceline Huxley, writer, dies at 96
1997 : George Young, footballer, dies at 74
1997 : Hilary Grover Barratt Brown, conservationist, dies at 71

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