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Famous people born on the 6th of January: |
1367 - Richard II of England (d. 1400)
1412 - Joan of Arc, Roman Catholic Saint and national heroine of France (legendary date) (d. 1431)
1807 - Jozef Maximilián Petzval, Slovak inventor (d. 1891)
1832 - Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
1946 - Syd Barrett, English guitarist (d. 2006)
1965 - Muhammed al-Ahari, American Muslim writer
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1937 |
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Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrapolt
1893-1986
for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid
Hungary
Szeged University - Szeged, Hungary
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 1937 |
The Life of Emile Zola
directed by William Dieterle
with Paul Muni (emile Zola) and Joseph Schildkraut (Captain Alfred Dreyfus)
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Designed in 1937 |
The Hassock for Wingspread
by Frank Lloyd Wright |
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