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===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Zénobe Gramme]], Belgian engineer, invented the [[Gramme machine]] (b. 1826) *[[1907]] – [[Agnes Mary Clerke]], Irish astronomer and author (b. 1842)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Catharine M C|last1=Haines|first2=Helen M|last2=Stevens|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|page=66|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1}}</ref> *[[1908]] – [[John Ordronaux (doctor)|John Ordronaux]], American surgeon and academic (b. 1830) *[[1913]] – [[José Guadalupe Posada]], Mexican engraver and illustrator (b. 1852) *[[1915]] – [[Arthur Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun]], Irish businessman, philanthropist, and politician (b. 1840)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ferriter |first=Diarmaid |title=Guinness, Arthur Edward |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/guinness-arthur-edward-a3677 |website=Dictionary of Irish biography}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Georg Lurich]], Estonian-Russian wrestler and strongman (b. 1876) *[[1921]] – [[Mary Watson Whitney]], American astronomer and academic (b. 1847)<ref>{{cite book|first=Robert|last=McHenry|title=Liberty's Women|location=Springfield|publisher=G. & C. Merriam|year=1980|page=442|isbn=978-0-87779-064-8}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Ivo Crapp|Henry "Ivo" Crapp]], Australian footballer and umpire (b. 1872) *[[1931]] – [[Margrethe Munthe]], Norwegian songwriter (b. 1860)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Margrethe Munthe |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Margrethe_Munthe |language=no|access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[George V]] of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)<ref>{{citation |last=Watson |first=Francis |year=1986 |title=The death of George V |magazine=History Today |volume=36 |pages=21–30 |pmid=11645856}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Omar Bundy]], American general (b. 1861) *[[1944]] – [[James McKeen Cattell]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/76993369/dr-james-m-cattell-21-jan-1944-harri/ |title=Dr. James M. Cattell |page=3 |newspaper=Harrisburg Telegraph |date=21 January 1944 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=2021-05-03}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Josh Gibson]], American baseball player (b. 1911) * 1947 – [[Andrew Volstead]], American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860) *[[1954]] – [[Warren Bardsley]], Australian cricketer (b. 1882) * 1954 – [[Fred Root]], English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890) *[[1955]] – [[Robert P. T. Coffin]], American author and poet (b. 1892) *[[1962]] – [[Robinson Jeffers]], American poet and philosopher (b. 1887) *[[1965]] – [[Alan Freed]], American radio host (b. 1922) *[[1971]] – [[Broncho Billy Anderson]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880) * 1971 – [[Minanogawa Tōzō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1903) *[[1973]] – [[Lorenz Böhler]], Austrian physician and surgeon (b. 1885) * 1973 – [[Amílcar Cabral]], Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian engineer and politician (b. 1924) *[[1977]] – [[Dimitrios Kiousopoulos]], Greek jurist and politician, 151st [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1892) *[[1980]] – [[William Roberts (painter)|William Roberts]], English soldier and painter (b. 1895) *[[1983]] – [[Garrincha]], Brazilian footballer (b. 1933) *[[1984]] – [[Johnny Weissmuller]], American swimmer and actor (b. 1904) *[[1988]] – [[Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan]], Pakistani activist and politician (b. 1890) * 1988 – [[Dora Stratou]], Greek dancer and choreographer (b. 1903) *[[1989]] – [[Alamgir Kabir (film maker)|Alamgir Kabir]], Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938) *[[1990]] – [[Barbara Stanwyck]], American actress (b. 1907) *[[1993]] – [[Audrey Hepburn]], British actress and humanitarian activist (b. 1929) *[[1994]] – [[Matt Busby]], Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1909) * 1994 – [[Jaramogi Oginga Odinga]], first Kenyan Vice-President (b. 1911) *[[1996]] – [[Gerry Mulligan]], American saxophonist and composer (b. 1927) *[[2002]] – [[Carrie Hamilton]], American actress and singer (b. 1963) *[[2003]] – [[Al Hirschfeld]], American painter and illustrator (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jan/22/guardianobituaries|title=Al Hirschfeld|website=The Guardian|date=22 January 2003|author=Christopher Hawtree|access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref> * 2003 – [[Nedra Volz]], American actress (b. 1908) *[[2004]] – [[Alan Brown (racing driver)|Alan Brown]], English racing driver (b. 1919) * 2004 – [[T. Nadaraja]], Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (b. 1917) *[[2005]] – [[Per Borten]], Norwegian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Prime Minister of Norway]] (b. 1913) * 2005 – [[Jan Nowak-Jeziorański]], Polish journalist and politician (b. 1913) * 2005 – [[Miriam Rothschild]], English zoologist, entomologist, and author (b. 1908) *[[2009]] – [[Stéphanos II Ghattas]], Egyptian patriarch (b. 1920) *[[2012]] – [[Etta James]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jan/20/etta-james|title=Etta James obituary|website=The Guardian|date=20 January 2012|author=Garth Cartwright|access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref> * 2012 – [[John Levy (musician)|John Levy]], American bassist and manager (b. 1912) * 2012 – [[Ioannis Kefalogiannis]], Greek politician, [[Ministry of the Interior (Greece)|Greek Minister of the Interior]] (b. 1933) * 2012 – [[Alejandro Rodriguez (psychiatrist)|Alejandro Rodriguez]], Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gazette.jhu.edu/2012/01/30/alejandro-rodriguez-former-director-of-child-psychiatry-dies-at-93/|title=Alejandro Rodriguez, former director of Child Psychiatry, dies at 93|date=January 30, 2012|website=Johns Hopkins Gazette|access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Pavlos Matesis]], Greek author and playwright (b. 1933) * 2013 – [[Toyo Shibata]], Japanese poet and author (b. 1911) *[[2014]] – [[Claudio Abbado]], Italian conductor (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |title=Claudio Abbado obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jan/20/claudio-abbado |website=the Guardian |access-date=18 October 2021 |language=en |date=20 January 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Otis G. Pike]], American judge and politician (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Jonas Trinkūnas]], Lithuanian ethnologist and academic (b. 1939) *[[2016]] – [[Mykolas Burokevičius]], Lithuanian carpenter and politician (b. 1927) * 2016 – [[Edmonde Charles-Roux]], French journalist and author (b. 1920) *[[2018]] – [[Paul Bocuse]], French chef (b. [[1926]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jan/22/paul-bocuse-obituary|title=Paul Bocuse obituary|website=The Guardian|date=22 January 2018|author=Matthew Fort|access-date=19 February 2019}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Naomi Parker Fraley]], American naval machiner (b. [[1921]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/22/obituaries/naomi-parker-fraley-the-real-rosie-the-riveter-dies-at-96.html|title=Naomi Parker Fraley, the Real Rosie the Riveter, Dies at 96|newspaper=The New York Times|date=22 January 2018|access-date=7 March 2018|last1=Fox|first1=Margalit}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Jaroslav Kubera]], Czech politician (b. 1947)<ref name="Šestinásobný primátor. Do čela Teplic opět usedne Kubera z ODS Domov">{{cite web|url=http://www.lidovky.cz/primatorem-teplic-se-poseste-stal-jaroslav-kubera-z-ods-pjh-/zpravy-domov.aspx?c=A141107_152154_ln_domov_sho|title=Šestinásobný primátor. Do čela Teplic opět usedne Kubera z ODS|date=7 November 2014|website=Lidovky.cz|access-date=20 July 2017}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Tom Railsback|Tom Fisher Railsback]], American politician, member of the [[Illinois House of Representatives|Illinois]] and [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Railback|first=Thomas|url=https://apnews.com/1d58c85bccda9a23ed5c0254f4f6edf3|title=GOP congressman who backed Nixon impeachment dead at 87|date=January 21, 2020|work=AP News}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Sibusiso Moyo (politician)|Sibusiso Moyo]], Zimbabwean politician, army general (b. 1960)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-01-20|title=Sibusiso Moyo: Zimbabwe foreign minister dies from Covid-19|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55731440|access-date=2021-01-21}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Mira Furlan]], Croatian actress and singer (b. 1955)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-01-22|title=Mira Furlan: Babylon 5 and Lost actress dies at 65|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55763658|access-date=2021-01-23}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Meat Loaf]], American singer and actor (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Meat Loaf: Bat Out Of Hell singer dies at 74|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-60080934|website=BBCNews.com|date=January 21, 2022|access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Norman Jewison]], Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/norman-jewison-dead-moonstruck-in-the-heat-of-the-night-1235882301/|title = Norman Jewison, 'Moonstruck' and 'In the Heat of the Night' Director, Dies at 97|last = Dagan|first = Carmel|work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date = January 22, 2024|accessdate = January 22, 2024}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Lynn Ban]], Singaporean jewelry designer (b. 1972)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Emily |date=January 24, 2025 |title=Lynn Ban, star of Netflix reality show, dies at 52 after emergency surgery |url=https://ktla.com/entertainment/lynn-ban-star-of-netflix-reality-show-dies-at-52-after-emergency-surgery/ |access-date=February 20, 2025 |website=[[KTLA]] |language=en-US}}</ref> *2025 – [[Cecile Richards]], American activist and former [[Planned Parenthood]] president (b. 1957)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Klibanoff |first1=Eleanor |title=Longtime Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards dies after battle with brain cancer |url=https://www.texastribune.org/2025/01/20/cecile-richards-planned-parenthood-dies-brain-cancer/ |access-date=20 January 2025 |work=The Texas Tribune |date=20 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence-->
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