Famous people and celebrities who died in January 1908

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in January 1908. This month marked the loss of influential and beloved figures whose contributions spanned various fields and touched many lives. Explore our detailed list to remember and celebrate their enduring legacies and the remarkable impact they had on the world

• Jan. 1 Vera Spiridonovna Ljubatovič
• Jan. 5 Joseph von Mering
• Jan. 9 Abraham Goldfaden

  Russian actor, playwright, and author (b. 1840).

• Jan. 9 Wilhelm Busch

  German poet, illustrator, and painter (b. 1832).

• Jan. 9 Luigi Sormani Moretti
• Jan. 12 Frederic John Goldsmid
• Jan. 13 Hashimoto Gahō
• Jan. 14 Holger Drachmann

  Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846).

• Jan. 17 Ferdinand IV

  Ferdinand iv of castile (d. 1312).

• Jan. 17 Ferdinando IV di Toscana
• Jan. 18 Ludovico Seitz
• Jan. 18 Hermann Snellen
• Jan. 18 Edmund Clarence Stedman
• Jan. 19 Roberto Bompiani
• Jan. 19 Francesco Calfapietra
• Jan. 19 Georgi Dančov
• Jan. 19 Charles Emory Smith
• Jan. 20 John Ordronaux

  American civil war army surgeon, professor of medical jurisprudence and pioneering mental healthcare commissioner (born 1830).

• Jan. 20 Milovan Glišić
• Jan. 20 Heinrich Hübschmann
• Jan. 22 Carlo Andreoli
• Jan. 22 Jules Louis Lewal
• Jan. 22 August Wilhelmj
• Jan. 25 Mikhail Chigorin

  Russian chess player and theoretician (d. 1908).

• Jan. 25 Ouida

  English-italian author (b. 1839).

• Jan. 28 Numa Preti
• Jan. 28 François-Marie-Benjamin Richard
• Jan. 30 Emilio Rosetti