Did you know
Coco Chanel is the only fashion designer listed on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Notable Deaths on January 10
1971 — Coco Chanel
French fashion designer, founded Chanel (born 1883)
January 10 has 117 recorded notable deaths across history, from 259 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
117 source records
259 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on January 10
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1966 Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Source
- 2003 North Korea withdraws from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, making it the first state to withdraw from the treaty. Source
- 1920 The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I for all combatant nations except the United States. Source
- 1901 The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. Source
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After the group disbanded in 1995, he performed with the Other Ones, later known as the Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead.
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Gabriela Mistral read widely in theosophy, became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan order in 1925, but rarely attended mass.
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Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster, was a German geographer, naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary.
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Pope Miltiades, also known as Melchiades the African, was the bishop of Rome from 311 to his death on 10 or 11 January 314.
More major people who died on January 10
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2026
Bob Weir
American musician, (born 1947)
Robert Hall Weir was an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead.
1957
Gabriela Mistral
Chilean poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1889)
Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral, was a Chilean poet-diplomat, journalist and educator.
1794
Georg Forster
German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (born 1754)
Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster, was a German geographer, naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary.
314
Miltiades
pope of the Catholic Church
Pope Miltiades, also known as Melchiades the African, was the bishop of Rome from 311 to his death on 10 or 11 January 314.
1824
Victor Emmanuel I
duke of Savoy and king of Sardinia (born 1759)
Victor Emmanuel I was the Duke of Savoy, King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 4 June 1802 until his reign ended in 1821 upon abdication due to a liberal revolution.
1094
Al-Mustansir Billah
Egyptian caliph (born 1029)
Abū Tamīm Maʿad al-Mustanṣir bi'llāh was the eighth Fatimid Caliph from 1036 until 1094. He was one of the longest reigning Muslim rulers. His reign was the twilight of the Fatimid state.
1654
Nicholas Culpeper
English botanist, physician, and astrologer (born 1616)
Nicholas Culpeper was an English botanist, herbalist, physician and astrologer.
1761
Edward Boscawen
English admiral and politician (born 1711)
Admiral of the Blue Edward Boscawen, was a Royal Navy officer and politician.
1218
Hugh I
king of Cyprus
Hugh I was the king of Cyprus from 1205 until his death. He was nine when he succeeded his father, King Aimery, and his brother-in-law Walter of Montbéliard ruled the kingdom as regent.
2014
Zbigniew Messner
Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (born 1929)
Zbigniew Stefan Messner was a Polish communist politician and economist. His ancestors were of German Polish descent who had assimilated into Polish society.
2010
Patcha Ramachandra Rao
Indian metallurgist, educator and administrator (born 1942)
Patcha Ramachandra Rao was a metallurgist and administrator. He has the unique distinction of being the only vice-chancellor (2002–05) of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) who was also a student (1963–68) and faculty…
2019
Ross Lowell
American inventor, photographer & author (born 1926)
Ross Kohut Lowell was an American inventor, photographer, cinematographer, lighting designer, author and entrepreneur who changed the film production industry with two inventions: a widely used quick-clamp lighting…
1967
Charles E. Burchfield
American painter (born 1893)
Charles Ephraim Burchfield was an American painter and visionary artist, known for his passionate watercolors of nature scenes and townscapes.
1978
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal
Nicaraguan journalist and author (born 1924)
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal was a Nicaraguan journalist and publisher. He was the editor of La Prensa, the only significant opposition newspaper to the long rule of the Somoza family.
2015
Francesco Rosi
Italian director and screenwriter (born 1922)
Francesco Rosi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. His film The Mattei Affair won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.
681
Agatho
pope of the Catholic Church
Pope Agatho served as the bishop of Rome from 27 June 678 until his death on 10 January 681.
2017
Buddy Greco
American jazz and pop singer and pianist (born 1926)
Armando Joseph "Buddy" Greco was an American jazz and pop singer and pianist who had a long career in the US and UK.
2005
Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (born 1927)
Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium was Grand Duchess of Luxembourg as the wife of Grand Duke Jean.
2017
Clare Hollingworth
English journalist (born 1911)
Clare Hollingworth was an English journalist and author. She was the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II, described as "the scoop of the century".