1838 – Aleksandr Polezhayev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS 16 Jan]
1868 – Adalbert Stifter, Austrian author (Witiko), commits suicide at 62
1869 – Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, French composer, dies at 72
1910 – Jose Garcia Robles, Italian composer, dies at 74
1912 – Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist (b. 1819)
1939 – W. B. Yeats, Irish poet (Wild Swans at Coole-Nobel 1923), dies at 73
1970 – Tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26, cricketer (592 runs), dies
1986 – Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut, dies in Challenger disaster
2007 – Yelena Romanova, Russian athlete (b. 1963)
2020 – Mohammad Munaf, Pakistan cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets), dies at 84