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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[259]] – [[Polyeuctus]], Roman saint * [[314]] – [[Pope Miltiades|Miltiades]], pope of the Catholic Church * [[681]] – [[Pope Agatho|Agatho]], pope of the Catholic Church * [[976]] – [[John I Tzimiskes]], Byzantine emperor (b. 925) * [[987]] – [[Pietro I Orseolo]], doge of Venice (b. 928) *[[1055]] – [[Bretislav I]], duke of Bohemia<ref>{{cite book |author=Tadeusz Manteuffel |title=The Formation of the Polish State: The Period of Ducal Rule, 963-1194 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VlRpAAAAMAAJ |year=1982 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=978-0-8143-1682-5 |page=91}}</ref> *[[1094]] – [[Al-Mustansir Billah]], Egyptian caliph (b. 1029) *[[1218]] – [[Hugh I of Cyprus|Hugh I]], king of Cyprus *[[1276]] – [[Pope Gregory X|Gregory X]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. c.1210)<ref>{{cite web |title=Blessed Gregory X {{!}} pope {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Blessed-Gregory-X |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1322]] – [[Petrus Aureolus]], scholastic philosopher *[[1358]] – [[Abu Inan Faris]], Marinid ruler of [[Morocco]] (b. 1329) *[[1552]] – [[Johann Cochlaeus]], German humanist and controversialist (b. 1479) ===1601–1900=== *[[1645]] – [[William Laud]], English archbishop and academic (b. 1573) *[[1654]] – [[Nicholas Culpeper]], English botanist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616) *[[1698]] – [[Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont]], French priest and historian (b. 1637) *[[1754]] – [[Edward Cave]], English publisher, founded ''[[The Gentleman's Magazine]]'' (b. 1691) *[[1761]] – [[Edward Boscawen]], English admiral and politician (b. 1711) *[[1778]] – [[Carl Linnaeus]], Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1707) *[[1794]] – [[Georg Forster]], German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (b. 1754) *[[1811]] – [[Joseph Chénier]], French poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1764) *[[1824]] – [[Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia|Victor Emmanuel I]], duke of Savoy and king of Sardinia (b. 1759) *[[1828]] – [[François de Neufchâteau]], French poet, academic, and politician, [[Minister of the Interior (France)|French Minister of the Interior]] (b. 1750) *[[1829]] – [[Gregorio Funes]], Argentinian clergyman, historian, and educator (b. 1749) *[[1843]] – [[Dimitrie Macedonski]], Greek-Romanian captain and politician (b. 1780) *[[1851]] – [[Karl Freiherr von Müffling]], Prussian field marshal (b. 1775) *[[1855]] – [[Mary Russell Mitford]], English author and playwright (b. 1787) *[[1862]] – [[Samuel Colt]], American engineer and businessman, founded [[Colt's Manufacturing Company]] (b. 1814)<ref>{{cite web |title=Samuel Colt {{!}} American inventor and manufacturer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Colt |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=10 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1863]] – [[Lyman Beecher]], American minister and activist, co-founded the [[American Temperance Society]] (b. 1775) *[[1895]] – [[Benjamin Godard]], French violinist and composer (b. 1849) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[James Dickson (Queensland politician)|James Dickson]], English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Australian Minister for Defence]] (b. 1832) *[[1904]] – [[Jean-Léon Gérôme]], French painter and sculptor (b. 1824) *[[1905]] – [[Kārlis Baumanis]], Latvian composer (b. 1835) *[[1917]] – [[Buffalo Bill]], American soldier and hunter (b. 1846) * 1917 – [[Feliks Leparsky]], Russian fencer and captain (b. 1875) *[[1920]] – [[Sali Nivica]], Albanian journalist and politician (b. 1890) *[[1922]] – [[Frank Tudor]], Australian politician, 6th [[Minister for Trade and Investment (Australia)|Australian Minister for Trade and Investment]] (b. 1866) *[[1926]] – [[Eino Leino]], Finnish poet and journalist (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite book |author=Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura |title=100 Faces from Finland: A Biographical Kaleidoscope |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xq1aAAAAYAAJ |year=2000 |publisher=FLS |isbn=978-951-746-215-0 |page=258}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Edwin Flack]], Australian tennis player and runner (b. 1873) * 1935 – [[Charlie McGahey]], English cricketer and footballer (b. 1871) *[[1941]] – [[Frank Bridge]], English viola player and composer (b. 1879) * 1941 – [[John Lavery]], Irish painter and academic (b. 1856) * 1941 – [[Issai Schur]], Belarusian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1875) *[[1946]] – [[Matti Turkia]], Finnish politician (b. 1871)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Matti Turkia |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911650.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725145056/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911650.aspx |archive-date=25 July 2020 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Erich von Drygalski]], German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865) *[[1951]] – [[Sinclair Lewis]], American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1885) * 1951 – [[Yoshio Nishina]], Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1890) *[[1954]] – [[Chester Wilmot]], American journalist and historian (b. 1911) *[[1956]] – [[Zonia Baber]], American geographer and geologist (b. 1862)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iz8qAAAAYAAJ&q=Zonia+Baber+1862 |title=Women Building Chicago 1790-1990: A Biographical Dictionary |last1=Schultz |first1=Rima Lunin |last2=Hast |first2=Adele |date=2001 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-33852-5 |pages=55 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Gabriela Mistral]], Chilean poet and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1889)<ref>{{cite book |author=Verity Smith |title=Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature |page=1031 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=1997}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Şükrü Kaya]], Turkish jurist and politician, [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1883) *[[1960]] – [[Jack Laviolette]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1879) *[[1961]] – [[Dashiell Hammett]], American detective novelist and screenwriter (b. 1894) *[[1967]] – [[Charles E. Burchfield]], American painter (b. 1893) *[[1968]] – [[Ali Fuat Cebesoy]], Turkish general and politician, 6th [[Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey]] (b. 1882) *[[1969]] – [[Sampurnanand]], Indian educator and politician, 2nd [[Governor of Rajasthan]] (b. 1891) *[[1970]] – [[Pavel Belyayev]], Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925) *[[1971]] – [[Coco Chanel]], French fashion designer, founded [[Chanel]] (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite web |title=Coco Chanel {{!}} Biography, Fashion, Designs, Perfume, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Coco-Chanel |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Ignazio Giunti]], Italian racing driver (b. 1941) *[[1972]] – [[Aksel Larsen]], Danish lawyer and politician (b. 1897) *[[1976]] – [[Howlin' Wolf]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1910) *[[1978]] – [[Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal]], Nicaraguan journalist and author (b. 1924) * 1978 – [[Don Gillis (composer)|Don Gillis]], American composer and conductor (b. 1912) * 1978 – [[Gluck (painter)|Hannah Gluckstein]], British painter (b. 1895) *[[1981]] – [[Fawn M. Brodie]], American historian and author (b. 1915) *[[1984]] – [[Souvanna Phouma]], Laotian politician, 8th [[Prime Minister of Laos]] (b. 1901) *[[1986]] – [[Jaroslav Seifert]], Czech journalist and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1901) *[[1987]] – [[Marion Hutton]], American singer (b. 1919) * 1987 – [[David Robinson (philanthropist)|David Robinson]], English businessman and philanthropist (b. 1904) *[[1989]] – [[Herbert Morrison (announcer)|Herbert Morrison]], American journalist and producer (b. 1905) *[[1990]] – [[Tochinishiki Kiyotaka]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1925) *[[1992]] – [[Roberto Bonomi]], Argentinian racing driver (b. 1919) *[[1995]] – [[Kathleen Tynan]], Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1937)<ref>Buck, Joan Juliet. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950111/ai_n14871649 "Obituary: Kathleen Tynan"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526205447/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19950111/ai_n14871649 |date=2013-05-26 }}, ''The Independent'', January 11, 1995. Last accessed March 11, 2009.</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Elspeth Huxley]], Kenyan-English journalist and author (b. 1907) * 1997 – [[Sheldon Leonard]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite news |author=Frank Bruni |author-link=Frank Bruni |title=Sheldon Leonard, Film Actor And TV Producer, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/13/movies/sheldon-leonard-film-actor-and-tv-producer-dies-at-89.html |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=January 13, 1997}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd]], Scottish biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd {{!}} British biochemist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Robertus-Todd-Baron-Todd |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Edward Williams (Queensland judge)|Edward Williams]], Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (b. 1921) *[[2000]] – [[Sam Jaffe (producer)|Sam Jaffe]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1901) *[[2004]] – [[Spalding Gray]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1941) *[[2005]] – [[Wasyly (Fedak)|Wasyly]], Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (b. 1909) * 2005 – [[Jack Horner (journalist)|Jack Horner]], American journalist (b. 1912) * 2005 – [[Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium]] (b. 1927) *[[2007]] – [[Carlo Ponti]], Italian film producer (b. 1912) * 2007 – [[Bradford Washburn]], American explorer, photographer, and cartographer (b. 1910) *[[2008]] – [[Christopher Bowman]], American figure skater and actor (b. 1967) * 2008 – [[Maila Nurmi]], Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922) *[[2010]] – [[Patcha Ramachandra Rao]], Indian metallurgist, educator and administrator (b. 1942) *[[2011]] – [[Margaret Whiting]], American singer (b. 1924) *[[2012]] – [[Jean Pigott]], Canadian businesswoman and politician (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[Gevork Vartanian]], Russian intelligence agent (b. 1924) *[[2013]] – [[George Gruntz]], Swiss pianist and composer (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[Claude Nobs]], Swiss businessman, founded the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]] (b. 1936) *[[2014]] – [[Sam Berns]], American activist (b. 1996) * 2014 – [[Petr Hlaváček]], Czech shoemaker and academic (b. 1950) * 2014 – [[Zbigniew Messner]], Polish economist and politician, 9th [[List of Prime Ministers of Poland|Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland]] (b. 1929) * 2014 – [[Larry Speakes]], American journalist, 16th [[White House Press Secretary]] (b. 1939) * 2014 – [[Dajikaka Gadgil]], Indian jeweller (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sawant |first1=Rajesh |title=दाजीकाका गाडगीळ यांचे वृद्धापकाळाने निधन {{!}} |url=https://prahaar.in/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B3-%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%83/ |work=[[Prahaar (newspaper)|Prahaar]] |language=mr |date=January 10, 2014 |access-date=September 5, 2021 |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819162916/https://prahaar.in/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE-%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B3-%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87-%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%83/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Junior Malanda]], Belgian footballer (b. 1994) * 2015 – [[Taylor Negron]], American actor, playwright, and painter (b. 1957) * 2015 – [[Francesco Rosi]], Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1922) * 2015 – [[Robert Stone (novelist)|Robert Stone]], American novelist and short story writer (b. 1937) *[[2016]] – [[David Bowie]], English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/live/2016/jan/11/david-bowie-dies-of-cancer-aged-69-reports |title=David Bowie: legendary rock star dies of cancer aged 69 – updates – as they happened |last1=Walker |first1=Peter |last2=Farrer |first2=Martin |last3=Bakare |first3=Lanre |website=theguardian.com |date=11 January 2016 |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Bård Breivik]], Norwegian sculptor and art instructor (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Bård Breivik |first=Katrine |last=Kalleklev |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=22 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Bård_Breivik |language=no|access-date=27 March 2024}}</ref> * 2016 – [[George Jonas]], Hungarian-Canadian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/george-jonas-obit-1.3397955 |title=George Jonas, author and former CBC journalist, dead at 80 |date=10 January 2016 |website=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Buddy Greco]], American jazz and pop singer and pianist (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/13/buddy-greco-obituary |title=Buddy Greco obituary |date=13 January 2017 |last=Laing |first=Dave |website=theguardian.com |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Clare Hollingworth]], English journalist (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/clare-hollingworth-dead-woman-correspondent-broke-news-wwii-second-world-war-dies-aged-105-a7519541.html |title=Clare Hollingworth dead: Correspondent who broke news of Second World War dies, aged 105 |website=independent.co.uk |last=Oppenheim |first=Maya |date=10 January 2017 |access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Ross Lowell]], American inventor, photographer & author (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ross-lowell-dead-oscar-recipient-inventor-gaffer-tape-was-92-1190871 |title=Ross Lowell, Oscar Recipient and Inventor of Gaffer Tape, Dies at 92 |last=Bartlett |first=Rhett |date=February 26, 2019 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Qaboos bin Said]], ruler of Oman (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite news |title=Tributes pour in as Oman mourns sultan |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-51082415 |access-date=8 February 2020 |work=BBC News |date=12 January 2020}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Joyce Eliason]], American television personality (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joyce Eliason Dies: Writer Of Miniseries 'The Jacksons – An American Dream', 'The Last Don' Was 87 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/joyce-eliason-dead-writer-jacksons-an-american-dream-the-last-don-1234908092/ |date=January 11, 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Robert Durst]], American real estate heir and convicted murderer (b. 1943)<ref>{{cite news |title=Notable deaths in 2022 |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2022-idUSRTS4OVLY |date=January 21, 2022 | access-date=May 3, 2022 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Jeff Beck]], English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Harrison |last2=Murphy |first2=Brian |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/01/11/guitarist-jeff-beck-dead/ |title=Jeff Beck, restless and virtuosic guitar hero, dies at 78 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=11 January 2023 |access-date=12 January 2023}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Constantine II of Greece]], King of Greece (1964-1973) (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite web |title=Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, dies at 82|url=https://apnews.com/article/politics-greece-athens-denmark-george-papandreou-7e29c313a579e9e10939c16abe577307|date=January 11, 2023|work=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[José Jiménez (activist)|José Jiménez]], Puerto Rican activist (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Violet |date=January 12, 2025 |title=José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, human rights activist and former chair of Young Lords, dead at 76 |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2025/01/11/jose-cha-cha-jimenez-human-rights-activist-and-former-chair-of-young-lords-organization-dead-at-76 |access-date=February 9, 2025 |website=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |language=en}}</ref> *2025 – [[Bill McCartney]], American football player and coach (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Traub |first=Alex |date=January 15, 2025 |title=Bill McCartney, Coach Who Led a Movement for 'Godly' Men, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/sports/ncaafootball/bill-mccartney-dead.html |access-date=January 17, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2025 – [[Sam Moore]], American soul singer-songwriter (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Newman |first=Melinda |date=January 11, 2025 |title=Legendary Soul Singer Sam Moore, Half of Sam & Dave, Dies at 89 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/sam-moore-dead-1235874461/ |access-date=January 11, 2025 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |language=en-US}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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