Bowie, David (2016)
The innovative rock star who was Ziggy Stardust
Famous People Who Died on January 10
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Chanel, Coco (1971)
The designer who created the "little black dress" -
Colt, Samuel (1862)
Inventor of the Colt revolver -
Durst, Robert (2022)
The eccentric killer featured in the HBO show The Jinx -
Gray, Spalding (2004)
Creator of Swimming to Cambodia and other monologues -
Hammett, Dashiell (1961)
The author of "The Maltese Falcon" -
Lewis, Sinclair (1951)
The author of Babbitt and Elmer Gantry -
Linnaeus, Carl (1778)
The botanist who was the "father of taxonomy" -
Wakefield, Ruth (1977)
The inventor of the Toll House chocolate chip cookie -
Wolf, Howlin' (1976)
The bluesman who did "Smokestack Lightnin'"