Famous people died in January - page 24

Freddie Prinze was a famous American stand-up comedian and actor

Edward Jenner is a physician hailing from England who discovered the Smallpox vaccine

Edmund Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer who along with Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Cecil Beaton was a celebrated English photographer who had won an Academy Award for his stage and costume designs

Charles Mingus was an eminent African-American jazz musician

Francis Poulenc was a notable French composer

Ava Gardner was an American actress considered to be one of the most beautiful women of her time

Go through the biography of one of the leading opera composers, Francesco Cavalli, and learn all about his childhood, life and timeline.

Andrew Wyeth was a prominent American realist painter and visual artist

Anna Comnena was the Greek princess and scholar who wrote the ‘Alexiad’