Famous people and celebrities who died in January 1934

This page is dedicated to commemorating the celebrities and famous people who passed away in January 1934. 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 Jakob Wassermann
• Jan. 2 Louis Neher
• Jan. 2 Jean de Madre
• Jan. 2 Pierre de La Gorce
• Jan. 6 Herbert Chapman

  Revolutionized English football as a successful manager of Arsenal FC.

• Jan. 8 Andrei Bely

  Russian novelist, poet, and critic (b. 1880).

• Jan. 8 Alexandre Stavisky

  Ukrainian-french financier (b. 1886)[256].

• Jan. 10 Marinus van der Lubbe

  Dutch communist who was controversially accused of setting the Reichstag fire in 1933, a pivotal event in Nazi Germany's rise to power.

• Jan. 12 Paul Kochanski

  Polish composer and violinist (d. 1934).

• Jan. 13 Paul Ulrich Villard

  French physicist and chemist (b. 1860).

• Jan. 13 Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
• Jan. 14 Ioan Cantacuzino

  Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863).

• Jan. 14 Oronzo Quarta
• Jan. 18 Joseph Devlin

  Northern irish political leader (nationalist party (northern ireland) (b. 1871).

• Jan. 18 Achille Breda
• Jan. 18 Otakar Ševčík
• Jan. 18 Eugenio Tanzi
• Jan. 19 Carlo Cataldi
• Jan. 19 Harrison Fisher
• Jan. 26 Luigi Schiaparelli
• Jan. 28 Achille Lega
• Jan. 29 Fritz Haber

  Polish-german chemist and engineer, nobel prize laureate (b. 1868).

• Jan. 29 Dukinfield Henry Scott

  British botanist (b. 1854).

• Jan. 30 Frank Nelson Doubleday

  American publisher, founded the doubleday publishing company (b. 1862).

• Jan. 30 Albert Bachmann