Famous people died in 7 January

Arthur Keith was a distinguished Scottish anatomist and anthropologist

Alfred Kastler was a French physicist who was awarded the ‘Nobel Prize in Physics’ in 1966

Heinrich Harrer was an Austrian mountaineer who was a part of the team that made the first ascent of the formidable north wall of the Eiger.

Trevor Howard was an English actor best known for his role of a sensitive doctor in the romantic drama film, ‘Brief Encounter’.

Catherine of Aragon was the Queen of England who ruled from 1509 to 1533

Sir Edmund Barton was the first Prime Minister of Australia and the founding member of the High Court of the nation

Vladimir Prelog was a famous Zürich-based chemist, who won the ‘Nobel Prize’ for his work on stereochemistry

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Joze Plecnik was a great Slovenian architect who tried to model Ljubljana on ancient Athens

Murray Rothbard was an American economist, historian and political theorist

Hirohito was the longest-reigning emperor of Japan, who ruled for over 63 years