Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In January - 21
Tuesday, 23 December 2025
1871 John J Rochussen, gov-general of Neth-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73 on January - 21. 

1872 Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81 on this day in history. 

1881 On January - 21 death of wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1802) 

1882 Anton Emil Titl, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history. 

1883 Jacopo Tomadini, composer, dies at 62 on January - 21. 

1884 On this day in history auguste Franchomme, composer, dies at 75 

1888 On this day in history stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer, dies at 83 

1891 Calixa Lavallee, composer, dies at 48 on this day in history. 

1892 On January - 21 john Couch Adams, English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies 

1894 On January - 21 guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer, dies at 24 

1901 On January - 21 death of elisha Gray, American inventor (b. 1835) 

1903 Hermanus J A M Schaepman, Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58 on this day in history. 

1914 Death of Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian artist (b. 1857) on January - 21. 

1919 Death of Gojong of Joseon, Emperor of Korea (b. 1852) on this day in history. 

1924 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin, Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 53 on January - 21. 

1926 On January - 21 camillo Golgi, Ital medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81 

1927 Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65 on this day in history. 

1928 On this day in history death of george Goethals, American army engineer (b. 1858) 

1931 Felix Blumenfeld, composer, dies at 67 on January - 21. 

1932 On January - 21 [Giles] Lytton Strachey, British biographer/critic, dies at 51 

1933 Death of George A. Moore, Irish novelist (b. 1852) on January - 21. 

1937 Death of Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (b. 1898) on this day in history. 

1942 On this day in history henryk Opienski, Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72 

1943 Otakar Sini, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history. 

1944 Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74 on this day in history. 

1948 On January - 21 ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, composer, dies at 72 

1950 George Orwell, author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies in London at 46 on January - 21. 

1954 On January - 21 billy Jenkins, dies at 69 

1955 On this day in history maarten P Vrij, Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59 

1956 On this day in history death of sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883) 

1957 On this day in history arthur L Bowley, English statistician/economist, dies at 87 

1959 Cecil B[lount] de Mille, producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77 on January - 21. 

1961 John Joseph Becker, composer, dies a day before 75th birthday on this day in history. 

1962 On January - 21 andre Lhote, French painter/art historian, dies at 76 

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