6 January Deaths

January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 359 days remaining until the end of the year (360 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
Deaths
429 – Honoratus, French archbishop and saint (b. 350)
664 – 'Amr ibn al-'As, Arabian general and politician, Governor of Egypt (b. 583)
786 – Abo of Tiflis, Iraqi martyr and saint (b. 756)
884 – Hasan ibn Zayd, Tabaristan ruler
1088 – Berengar of Tours, French scholar and theologian (b. 999)
1148 – Gilbert de Clare, 1st Earl of Pembroke (b. 1100)
1148 – William de Warenne, 3rd Earl of Surrey
1275 – Raymond of Penyafort, Catalan archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
1387 – Peter IV of Aragon (b. 1319)
1481 – Ahmed Khan bin Küchük, Mongolian ruler
1537 – Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510)
1537 – Baldassare Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter, designed the Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne (b. 1481)
1616 – Philip Henslowe, English businessman (b. 1550)
1646 – Elias Holl, German architect, designed the Augsburg Town Hall (b. 1573)
1689 – Seth Ward, English bishop, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1617)
1693 – Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan (b. 1642)
1711 – Philips van Almonde, Dutch admiral (b. 1646)
1718 – Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (b. 1664)
1725 – Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1653)
1731 – Étienne François Geoffroy, French physician and chemist (b. 1672)
1734 – John Dennis, English playwright and critic (b. 1657)
1813 – Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general (b. 1764)
1829 – Josef Dobrovský, Czech philologist and historian (b. 1753)
1831 – Rodolphe Kreutzer, French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1766)
1840 – Frances Burney, English author and playwright (b. 1752)
1852 – Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (b. 1809)
1855 – Giacomo Beltrami, Italian jurist, explorer, and author (b. 1779)
1882 – Richard Henry Dana, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1815)
1884 – Gregor Mendel, Czech geneticist and botanist (b. 1822)
1885 – Bharatendu Harishchandra, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1850)
1885 – Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (b. 1812)
1896 – Thomas W. Knox, American journalist and author (b. 1835)
1905 – George Van Cleaf, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
1913 – Frederick Hitch, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1856)
1917 – Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist and historian (b. 1834)
1918 – Georg Cantor, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1845)
1919 – Max Heindel, Danish-American astrologer and mystic (b. 1865)
1919 – Theodore Roosevelt, American colonel and politician, 26th President of the United States (b. 1858)
1921 – Devil Anse Hatfield, American guerrilla leader (b. 1839)
1922 – Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician and chess player (b. 1842)
1928 – Alvin Kraenzlein, American hurdler and long jumper (b. 1876)
1933 – Vladimir de Pachmann, Ukrainian-German pianist (b. 1848)
1934 – Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
1937 – André Bessette, Canadian saint (b. 1845)
1939 – Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871)
1941 – Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (b. 1882)
1942 – Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (b. 1858)
1942 – Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)
1944 – Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
1944 – Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator (b. 1857)
1945 – Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863)
1949 – Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1883)
1952 – Sofoklis Dousmanis, Greek admiral and politician (b. 1868)
1966 – Jean Lurçat, French painter (b. 1892)
1972 – Chen Yi, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China (b. 1901)
1974 – David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896)
1978 – Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (b. 1899)
1980 – Raymond Mays, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1899)
1981 – A. J. Cronin, Scottish physician and author (b. 1896)
1984 – Ernest Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1898)
1990 – Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor (b. 1949)
1990 – Pavel Cherenkov, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
1991 – Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Turkish composer and musicologist (b. 1907)
1993 – Dizzy Gillespie, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (b. 1917)
1993 – Richard Mortensen, Danish painter and educator (b. 1910)
1993 – Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-French dancer and choreographer (b. 1938)
1995 – Joe Slovo, Lithuanian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
1999 – Michel Petrucciani, French-American pianist (b. 1962)
2000 – Don Martin, American cartoonist (b. 1931)
2003 – Hirini Melbourne, New Zealand singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1949)
2004 – Pierre Charles, Dominican educator and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Dominica (b. 1954)
2004 – Francesco Scavullo, American photographer (b. 1921)
2005 – Eileen Desmond, Irish civil servant and politician, 12th Irish Minister for Health (b. 1932)
2005 – Lois Hole, Canadian academic and politician, 15th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (b. 1929)
2005 – Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer (b. 1933)
2005 – Louis Robichaud, Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Premier of New Brunswick (b. 1925)
2006 – Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
2006 – Hugh Thompson, Jr., American soldier and pilot (b. 1943)
2007 – Mario Danelo, American football player (b. 1985)
2007 – Sneaky Pete Kleinow, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1934)
2007 – Roberta Wohlstetter, American political scientist, historian, and academic (b. 1912)
2009 – Ron Asheton, American guitarist, songwriter, and actor (b. 1948)
2011 – Uche Okafor, Nigerian footballer, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1967)
2012 – Roger Boisjoly, American aerodynamicist and engineer (b. 1938)
2012 – John Celardo, American illustrator (b. 1918)
2012 – Bob Holness, South African-English radio and television host (b. 1928)
2012 – W. Francis McBeth, American composer (b. 1933)
2012 – Spike Pola, Australian footballer and soldier (b. 1914)
2013 – Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and politician (b. 1938)
2013 – Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (b. 1923)
2013 – Gerard Helders, Dutch jurist and politician (b. 1905)
2013 – John Ingram, American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
2013 – Cho Sung-min, South Korean baseball player (b. 1973)
2014 – Bob Bolen, American businessman and politician (b. 1926)
2014 – Marina Ginestà, French Resistance soldier and photographer (b. 1919)
2014 – Nelson Ned, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
2014 – Julian Rotter, American psychologist and academic (b. 1916)
2015 – Arthur Jackson, American lieutenant and target shooter (b. 1918)
2015 – Basil John Mason, English meteorologist and academic (b. 1923)
2016 – Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2016 – Florence King, American journalist and author (b. 1936)
2016 – Christy O'Connor Jnr, Irish golfer and architect (b. 1948)
2016 – Silvana Pampanini, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (b. 1925)
2016 – Ioannis Petridis, Greek politician (b. 1931)
2017 – Om Puri, Indian actor (b. 1950)

Source: Wikipedia