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==Deaths== <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> ===Pre-1600=== * [[769]] – [[Cui Huan]], chancellor of the Tang Dynasty * [[927]] – [[Wang Yanhan]], king of [[Min (Ten Kingdoms)|Min]] ([[Ten Kingdoms]]) * [[937]] – [[Zhang Yanlang]], Chinese official * [[973]] – [[Ekkehard I]], Frankish monk and poet<ref>{{cite book |author=Ludwig Schmid |title=Die älteste Geschichte des erlauchten Gesamthauses der königlichen und fürstlichen Hohenzollern |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BmcIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA325 |year=1884 |publisher=H. Laupp |page=325 |language=de}}</ref> *[[1092]] – [[Vratislaus II of Bohemia]] *[[1163]] – [[Ladislaus II of Hungary]] (b. 1131) *[[1236]] – [[Saint Sava]], Serbian archbishop and saint (b. 1175) *[[1301]] – [[Andrew III of Hungary]] (b. 1265) *[[1331]] – [[Odoric of Pordenone]], Italian priest and explorer (b. 1286) *[[1465]] – [[Thomas Beckington]], English statesman and prelate *[[1476]] – [[John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk]] (b. 1444) *[[1555]] – [[Jacques Dubois]], French anatomist (b. 1478) ===1601–1900=== *[[1640]] – [[Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry]], English lawyer, judge, and politician, [[Attorney General for England and Wales]] (b. 1578) *[[1648]] – [[Caspar Barlaeus]], Dutch historian, poet, and theologian (b. 1584) *[[1676]] – [[Francesco Cavalli]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1602) *[[1679]] – [[Jacques de Billy]], French mathematician and academic (b. 1602) *[[1701]] – [[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1628) *[[1753]] – [[George Berkeley]], Anglo-Irish philosopher and author (b. 1685) *[[1766]] – [[Frederick V of Denmark]] (b. 1723) *[[1776]] – [[Edward Cornwallis]], English general and politician, [[Governor of Gibraltar]] (b. 1713) *[[1786]] – [[Michael Arne]], English organist and composer (b. 1741) * 1786 – [[Meshech Weare]], American lawyer and politician, 1st [[Governor of New Hampshire]] (b. 1713) *[[1823]] – [[Athanasios Kanakaris]], Greek politician (b. 1760) *[[1825]] – [[George Dance the Younger]], English architect and surveyor (b. 1741) *[[1833]] – [[Seraphim of Sarov]], Russian monk and saint (b. 1759) *[[1867]] – [[Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres]], French painter and illustrator (b. 1780) *[[1874]] – [[Johann Philipp Reis]], German physicist and academic, invented the [[Reis telephone]] (b. 1834) *[[1883]] – [[Napoléon Coste]], French guitarist and composer (b. 1806) *[[1888]] – [[Stephen Heller]], Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813) *[[1889]] – [[Ema Pukšec]], Croatian soprano (b. 1834) *[[1892]] – [[Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale]] (b. 1864)<ref>Official statement of [[Dighton Probyn|Sir Dighton Probyn]] released to the press and quoted in many newspapers, e.g. "The Death of the Duke of Clarence: Description of His Last Hours". (15 January 1892). ''The Times''. Issue 33535, p. 9, col. F.</ref> * 1892 – [[Alexander Jackson Davis|Alexander J. Davis]], American architect (b. 1803) *[[1898]] – [[Lewis Carroll]], English novelist, poet, and mathematician (b. 1832)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Lewis Carroll |author2=Edward Wakeling |title=Rediscovered Lewis Carroll Puzzles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PMSk75TnYI0C&pg=PA11 |year=1996 |publisher=Courier Corporation |isbn=978-0-486-28861-1 |page=11}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Mandell Creighton]], English bishop and historian (b. 1843) * 1901 – [[Charles Hermite]], French mathematician and theorist (b. 1822) *[[1905]] – [[Ernst Abbe]], German physicist and engineer (b. 1840) *[[1907]] – [[Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet]], Scottish soldier and politician, 6th [[Governor of New Zealand]] (b. 1832) *[[1908]] – [[Holger Drachmann]], Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846) *[[1915]] – [[Richard Meux Benson]], English priest and saint, founded the [[Society of St. John the Evangelist]] (b. 1824) *[[1919]] – [[Platon (Kulbusch)|Platon]], Estonian bishop and saint (b. 1869) *[[1920]] – [[John Francis Dodge]], American businessman, co-founded the [[Dodge|Dodge Automobile Company]] (b. 1864) *[[1926]] – [[August Sedláček]], Czech historian and author (b. 1843) *[[1934]] – [[Ioan Cantacuzino]], Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863) *[[1937]] – [[Jaishankar Prasad]], Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889) *[[1938]] – [[Jaakko Mäki]], Finnish politician (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Jaakko Mäki |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911109.aspx |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date=January 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501004312/https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/911109.aspx |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Porfirio Barba-Jacob]], Colombian poet and author (b. 1883) *[[1943]] – [[Laura E. Richards]], American author and poet (b. 1850) *[[1944]] – [[Mehmet Emin Yurdakul]], Turkish author and politician (b. 1869) *[[1949]] – [[Harry Stack Sullivan]], American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892) *[[1951]] – [[Gregorios Xenopoulos]], Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867) *[[1952]] – [[Artur Kapp]], Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1878) *[[1957]] – [[Humphrey Bogart]], American actor (b. 1899) *[[1959]] – [[Eivind Berggrav]], Norwegian bishop and translator (b. 1884) *[[1961]] – [[Barry Fitzgerald]], Irish actor (b. 1888) *[[1965]] – [[Jeanette MacDonald]], American actress and singer (b. 1903) *[[1966]] – [[Sergei Korolev]], Ukrainian-Russian engineer and academic (b. 1906) *[[1968]] – [[Dorothea Mackellar]], Australian poet and author (b. 1885) *[[1970]] – [[William Feller]], Croatian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906) * 1970 – [[Asım Gündüz]], Turkish general (b. 1880) *[[1972]] – [[Horst Assmy]], German footballer (b. 1933) * 1972 – [[Frederik IX of Denmark]] (b. 1899) *[[1976]] – [[Abdul Razak Hussein]], Malaysian lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]] (b. 1922) *[[1977]] – [[Anthony Eden]], English soldier and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1897) * 1977 – [[Peter Finch]], English-Australian actor (b. 1916) * 1977 – [[Anaïs Nin]], French-American essayist and memoirist (b. 1903) *[[1978]] – [[Harold Abrahams]], English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist (b. 1899) * 1978 – [[Kurt Gödel]], Austrian-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1906) * 1978 – [[Robert Heger]], German conductor and composer (b. 1886) * 1978 – [[Blossom Rock]], American actress (b. 1895) *[[1980]] – [[Robert Ardrey]], American-South African author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1908) * 1981 – [[G. Lloyd Spencer]], American lieutenant and politician (b. 1893) *[[1984]] – [[Ray Kroc]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1902) *[[1986]] – [[Donna Reed]], American actress (b. 1921) *[[1987]] – [[Turgut Demirağ]], Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921) * 1987 – [[Douglas Sirk]], German-Swiss director and screenwriter (b. 1900) *[[1988]] – [[Georgy Malenkov]], Russian engineer and politician, 5th [[Premier of the Soviet Union]] (b. 1902) *[[1991]] – [[Gordon Bryant]], Australian educator and politician (b. 1914) *[[1995]] – [[Alexander Gibson (conductor)|Alexander Gibson]], Scottish conductor (b. 1926) *[[1996]] – [[Onno Tunç]], Armenian-Turkish composer (b. 1948) *[[1997]] – [[Dollard Ménard]], Canadian general (b. 1913) *[[2000]] – [[Leonard Weisgard]], American author and illustrator (b. 1916) *[[2004]] – [[Uta Hagen]], German-American actress (b. 1919) * 2004 – [[Ron O'Neal]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1937) *[[2005]] – [[Charlotte MacLeod]], Canadian-American author (b. 1922) * 2005 – [[Conroy Maddox]], English painter and educator (b. 1912) * 2005 – [[Rudolph Moshammer]], German fashion designer (b. 1940) * 2005 – [[Jesús Rafael Soto]], Venezuelan sculptor and painter (b. 1923) *[[2006]] – [[Henri Colpi]], French director and screenwriter (b. 1921) * 2006 – [[Jim Gary]], American sculptor (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/feb/14/guardianobituaries.usa |title=Obituary: Jim Gary |first=Andrew |last=Roth |newspaper=The Guardian |date=February 14, 2006 |via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> * 2006 – [[Shelley Winters]], American actress (b. 1920) *[[2007]] – [[Vassilis Photopoulos]], Greek painter, director, and set designer (b. 1934) *[[2008]] – [[Judah Folkman]], American physician, biologist, and academic (b. 1933) *[[2009]] – [[Jan Kaplický]], Czech architect, designed the [[Selfridges Building, Birmingham|Selfridges Building]] (b. 1937) * 2009 – [[Ricardo Montalbán]], Mexican actor (b. 1920) *[[2010]] – [[Antonio Fontán]], Spanish journalist and academic (b. 1923) *[[2011]] – [[Georgia Carroll]], American singer, model and actress (b. 1919) *[[2012]] – [[Txillardegi]], Spanish linguist and politician (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[Dan Evins]], American businessman, founded [[Cracker Barrel Old Country Store]] (b. 1935) * 2012 – [[Arfa Karim]], Pakistani student and computer prodigy, youngest [[Microsoft Certified Professional]] in 2004 (b. 1995) * 2012 – [[Giampiero Moretti]], Italian entrepreneur and race car driver (b. 1940) * 2012 – [[Rosy Varte]], Armenian-French actress (b. 1923) *[[2013]] – [[Conrad Bain]], Canadian-American actor (b. 1923) *[[2014]] – [[Jon Bing]], Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (b. 1944) * 2014 – [[Juan Gelman]], Argentinian poet and author (b. 1930) * 2014 – [[Flavio Testi]], Italian composer and musicologist (b. 1923) *[[2015]] – [[Bob Boyd (basketball)|Bob Boyd]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1930) * 2015 – [[Zhang Wannian]], Chinese general (b. 1928) *[[2016]] – [[René Angélil]], Canadian music producer, talent manager, and singer (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 14, 2016 |title=René Angélil, Céline Dion's husband and former manager, dead at 73 CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/ren%C3%A9-ang%C3%A9lil-dead-c%C3%A9line-dion-s-husband-dead-at-73-1.3007809 |access-date=March 12, 2021 |work=CBC |language=en-US}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Alan Rickman]], English actor (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alan Rickman obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/14/alan-rickman-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=January 14, 2021 |language=en |date=January 14, 2016}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Zhou Youguang]], Chinese sociologist, (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/world/asia/zhou-youguang-who-made-writing-chinese-as-simple-as-abc-dies-at-111.html |title=Zhou Youguang, Who Made Writing Chinese as Simple as ABC, Dies at 111 |work=The New York Times |date=January 14, 2017 |access-date=January 14, 2025 |last=Fox |first=Margalit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204130605/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/14/world/asia/zhou-youguang-who-made-writing-chinese-as-simple-as-abc-dies-at-111.html |archive-date=February 4, 2017 |url-status=live |url-access=registration}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Spanky Manikan]], Filipino veteran actor (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/36853/veteran-actor-spanky-manikan-dies-at-75/story |title=Veteran actor Spanky Manikan dies at 75 |last=Ramos |first=Jansen |website=[[GMA Network]] |language=fil |date=January 15, 2018 |access-date=January 14, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-date=April 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418081352/https://www.gmanetwork.com/entertainment/showbiznews/news/36853/veteran-actor-spanky-manikan-dies-at-75/story}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Cyrille Regis]], French Guianan-English footballer (b. 1958)<ref>{{cite news |title=Cyrille Regis obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/15/cyrille-regis-obituary |access-date=January 14, 2025 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |first=Peter |last=Mason |date=January 15, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-date=June 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606153714/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/15/cyrille-regis-obituary}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Joël Robert|Joel Robert]], Belgian motorcycle racer (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Roscoe |first=Matthew |date=January 13, 2021 |title=Belgian Motocross Legend Joël Robert Has Passed Away Aged 77 |url=https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/01/13/belgian-motocross-legend-joel-robert-has-passed-away-aged-77/ |access-date=January 15, 2021 |newspaper=Euro Weekly News |language=en-GB}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Mukarram Jah]], 8th [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite news |first=Srinivasa |last=Rao Apparasu |work=Hindustan Times |title=Last Nizam of Hyderabad dies in Turkey, to be laid to rest in India |date=January 16, 2023 |access-date=January 16, 2023 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/last-nizam-of-hyd-dies-in-turkey-to-be-laid-to-rest-in-india-101673806423213.html}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Arthur Blessitt]], American Christian preacher (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=January 24, 2025 |title=Arthur Blessitt, Who Carried a Cross Around the World, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/us/arthur-blessitt-dead.html |access-date=February 8, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2025 – [[Tony Slattery]], British actor, comedian and television personality (b. 1959)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shafer |first=Ellise |date=January 14, 2025 |title=Tony Slattery, Actor and Comedian Known for 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?,' Dies at 65 |url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/tony-slattery-dead-actor-comedian-whose-line-is-it-anyway-1236273934/ |access-date=January 15, 2025 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</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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