January 3rd
170 Notable deaths
Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski
Polish explorer and writer.
Born June 8th, 1878 in Ludza. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1945 at 66 years old in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. [ref]
Wilhelm Cuno
German chancellor (1876-1933).
Born July 2nd, 1876 in Suhl. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1933 at 56 years old in Aumühle. [ref]
Joseph Koo
Hong kong composer (1931-2023).
Born February 25th, 1931 in Guangzhou.
Died January 3rd, 2023 at 91 years old in Vancouver. [ref]
Sergiu Nicolaescu
Romanian film director, actor and politician (1930-2014).
Born April 13th, 1930 in Târgu Jiu. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 2013 at 82 years old in Bucharest (respiratory failure). [ref]
Joseph Wirth
German chancellor (1879-1956).
Born September 6th, 1879 in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1956 at 76 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Hjalmar Johansen
Norwegian explorer.
Born May 15th, 1867 in Skien. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1913 at 45 years old in Christiania.
Nathaël Julan
French footballer (1996-2020).
Born July 19th, 1996 in Montivilliers.
Died January 3rd, 2020 at 23 years old in Pordic (traffic collision). [ref]
Guglielmo Plüschow
German photographer (1852-1930).
Born August 18th, 1852 in Wismar. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1930 at 77 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Tom Gries
American director (1922-1977).
Born December 20th, 1922 in Chicago. [ref]
Died January 3rd, 1977 at 54 years old in Pacific Palisades (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Carl David Tolmé Runge
German mathematician and physicist.
Born August 30th, 1856 in Bremen.
Died January 3rd, 1927 at 70 years old in Göttingen.
Deaths 61 to 70 of 170
Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde