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==Deaths== <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 69|69]] – [[Galba]], Roman emperor (b. 3 BC) * [[378]] – [[Chak Tok Ich'aak I]], Mayan ruler * [[570]] – [[Íte of Killeedy]], Irish nun and saint (b. 475) * [[849]] – [[Theophylact (son of Michael I)|Theophylact]], Byzantine emperor (b. 793) * [[936]] – [[Rudolph of France]] (b. 880) * [[950]] – [[Wang Jingchong (Five Dynasties)|Wang Jingchong]], Chinese general *[[1149]] – [[Berengaria of Barcelona]], queen consort of Castile (b. 1116) *[[1477]] – [[Adriana of Nassau-Siegen]], German countess (b. 1449)<ref>{{cite book |last=Dek |first=A.W.E. |date=1970 |title=Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau |language=nl |location=[[Zaltbommel]] |publisher=Europese Bibliotheek |page=69 }}</ref> *[[1568]] – [[Nicolaus Olahus]], Romanian archbishop (b. 1493) *[[1569]] – [[Catherine Carey]], lady-in-waiting to [[Elizabeth I of England]] (b. 1524) *[[1584]] – [[Martha Leijonhufvud]], Swedish noblewoman (b. 1520) ===1601–1900=== *[[1623]] – [[Paolo Sarpi]], Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (b. 1552) *[[1672]] – [[John Cosin]], English bishop and academic (b. 1594) *[[1683]] – [[Philip Warwick]], English politician (b. 1609) *[[1775]] – [[Giovanni Battista Sammartini]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1700) *[[1783]] - [[William Alexander, Lord Stirling|Lord Stirling]], American Revolutionary War Major General (b. 1726)<ref>{{Cite web |title=William Alexander, Lord Stirling |url=https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/william-alexander-lord-stirling/ |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=George Washington's Mount Vernon |language=en}}</ref> *[[1790]] – [[John Landen]], English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719) *[[1804]] – [[Dru Drury]], English entomologist and author (b. 1725) *[[1813]] – [[Anton Bernolák]], Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762) *[[1815]] – [[Emma, Lady Hamilton]], English-French mistress of [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson]] (b. 1761) *[[1854]] – [[Jiang Zhongyuan]], Chinese scholar and soldier (b. 1812)<ref>{{cite ECCP |title=Chiang Chung-yüan|last=Těng|first=Ssǔ-yü|pages=136–137|link=no}}</ref> *[[1855]] – [[Henri Braconnot]], French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780) *[[1864]] – [[Isaac Nathan]], English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792) *[[1866]] – [[Massimo d'Azeglio]], Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798) *[[1876]] – [[Eliza McCardle Johnson]], American wife of [[Andrew Johnson]], 18th [[First Lady of the United States]] (b. 1810) *[[1880]] – [[Carl Georg von Wächter]], German jurist (b. 1797)<ref>{{Cite ADB|40|435|440|Wächter, Karl Georg von|Ritter von Eisenhart, Johann August|ADB:Wächter, Karl Georg von}}</ref> *[[1893]] – [[Fanny Kemble]], English actress (b. 1809) *[[1896]] – [[Mathew Brady]], American photographer and journalist (b. 1822) ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – [[George Thorn]], Australian politician, sixth [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1838) *[[1909]] – [[Arnold Janssen]], German priest and missionary (b. 1837) *[[1916]] – [[Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky]], Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850) *[[1919]] – [[Karl Liebknecht]], German politician (b. 1871) * 1919 – [[Rosa Luxemburg]], German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871) *[[1926]] – [[Enrico Toselli]], Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883) *[[1929]] – [[George Cope (artist)|George Cope]], American painter (b. 1855) *[[1936]] – [[Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster]], English cricketer and politician, seventh [[Governor-General of Australia]] (b. 1866) *[[1937]] – [[Anton Holban]], Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902) *[[1939]] – [[Kullervo Manner]], Finnish [[Speaker of the Parliament of Finland|Speaker of the Parliament]], the [[Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic|Prime Minister of the FSWR]] and the Supreme Commander of the [[Red Guard (Finland)|Red Guards]] (b. 1880)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://finland100.fi/persons/manner-kullervo/|title=Manner, Kullervo – Svinhufvud|website=Finland100.fi|access-date=October 26, 2020|language=en}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Wilhelm Wirtinger]], Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865) *[[1948]] – [[Josephus Daniels]], American publisher and diplomat, 41st [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (b. 1862) *[[1950]] – [[Henry H. Arnold]], American general (b. 1886) *[[1951]] – [[Ernest Swinton]], British Army officer (b. 1868) * 1951 – [[Nikolai Vekšin]], Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (b. 1887) *[[1952]] – [[Ned Hanlon (politician)|Ned Hanlon]], Australian sergeant and politician, 26th [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1887) *[[1955]] – [[Yves Tanguy]], French-American painter (b. 1900) *[[1959]] – [[Regina Margareten]], Hungarian businesswoman (b. 1863) *[[1962]] – [[Yos Sudarso]], Indonesian [[Officer (armed forces)|naval officer]] (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Media |first=Kompas Cyber |date=2021-06-04 |title=Yos Sudarso: Kiprah, Peran, dan Akhir Hidupnya Halaman all - Kompas.com |url=https://www.kompas.com/stori/read/2021/06/04/161859979/yos-sudarso-kiprah-peran-dan-akhir-hidupnya?page=all |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20211224124907/https://www.kompas.com/stori/read/2021/06/04/161859979/yos-sudarso-kiprah-peran-dan-akhir-hidupnya?page=all |archive-date=2021-12-24 |access-date=2025-01-19 |work=KOMPAS.com}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Jack Teagarden]], American singer-songwriter and trombonist (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ross Russell|title=Jazz Style in Kansas City and the Southwest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qKTz0RIwt8EC&pg=PA127|date=1 January 1983|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-04785-3|pages=127}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[David Burliuk]], Ukrainian author and illustrator (b. 1882) *[[1968]] – [[Bill Masterton]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1938) *[[1970]] – [[Frank Clement (racing driver)|Frank Clement]], English race car driver (b. 1886) * 1970 – [[William T. Piper]], American engineer and businessman, founded [[Piper Aircraft]] (b. 1881) *[[1972]] – [[Daisy Ashford]], English author (b. 1881) *[[1973]] – [[Coleman Francis]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1919) * 1973 – [[Ivan Petrovsky]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1901) *[[1974]] – [[Harold D. Cooley]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1897) *[[1981]] – [[Graham Whitehead]], English race car driver (b. 1922) *[[1982]] – [[Red Smith (sportswriter)|Red Smith]], American journalist (b. 1905) *[[1983]] – [[Armin Öpik]], Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (b. 1898) * 1983 – [[Shepperd Strudwick]], American actor (b. 1907) *[[1984]] – [[Fazıl Küçük]], Cypriot journalist and politician (b. 1906) *[[1987]] – [[Ray Bolger]], American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904) *[[1988]] – [[Seán MacBride]], Irish republican activist and politician, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade|Minister for External Affairs]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1904) *[[1990]] – [[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]], Scottish-English actor (b. 1923) * 1990 – [[Peggy van Praagh]], English ballerina, choreographer, and director (b. 1910) *[[1993]] – [[Sammy Cahn]], American songwriter (b. 1913) *[[1994]] – [[Georges Cziffra]], Hungarian-French pianist and composer (b. 1921) * 1994 – [[Harry Nilsson]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1941) * 1994 – [[Harilal Upadhyay]], Indian author, poet, and astrologist (b. 1916) *[[1996]] – [[Les Baxter]], American pianist and composer (b. 1922) * 1996 – [[Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho]] (b. 1938) *[[1998]] – [[Gulzarilal Nanda]], Indian economist and politician, [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. 1898) *[[1998]] – [[Junior Wells]], American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1934) *[[1999]] – [[Betty Box]], English film producer (b. 1915) *[[2000]] – [[Georges-Henri Lévesque]], Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903) *[[2001]] – [[Leo Marks]], English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920) *[[2002]] – [[Michael Anthony Bilandic]], American politician, 49th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. 1923) * 2002 – [[Eugène Brands]], Dutch painter (b. 1913) * 2002 – [[Jeanne Voltz]], American food journalist and cookbook writer (b. 1920)<ref name="x070">{{cite web | last=Archives | first=L.A. Times | title=Jeanne Voltz, 81; Past Editor of Times' Food Section | website=Los Angeles Times | date=2002-01-16 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-16-me-22953-story.html | access-date=2024-05-11}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Doris Fisher (songwriter)|Doris Fisher]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1915) *[[2004]] – [[Olivia Goldsmith]], American author (b. 1949) *[[2005]] – [[Victoria de los Ángeles]], Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1923) * 2005 – [[Walter Ernsting]], German author (b. 1920) * 2005 – [[Elizabeth Janeway]], American author and critic (b. 1913) * 2005 – [[Ruth Warrick]], American actress (b. 1916) *[[2006]] – [[Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]], Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1926) *[[2007]] – [[Awad Hamed al-Bandar]], Iraqi lawyer and judge (b. 1945) * 2007 – [[Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti]], Iraqi intelligence officer (b. 1951) * 2007 – [[James Hillier]], Canadian-American computer scientist and academic, co-invented the [[electron microscope]] (b. 1915) * 2007 – [[Pura Santillan-Castrence]], Filipino educator and diplomat (b. 1905) * 2007 – [[Bo Yibo]], Chinese commander and politician, [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China]] (b. 1908) *[[2008]] – [[Robert V. Bruce]], American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923) * 2008 – [[Brad Renfro]], American actor (b. 1982) *[[2009]] – [[Lincoln Verduga Loor]], Ecuadorian journalist and politician (b. 1917) *[[2011]] – [[Nat Lofthouse]], English footballer and manager (b. 1925) * 2011 – [[Pierre Louis-Dreyfus]], French soldier, race car driver, and businessman (b. 1908) * 2011 – [[Susannah York]], English actress and activist (b. 1939) *[[2012]] – [[Ed Derwinski]], American soldier and politician, first [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]] (b. 1926) * 2012 – [[Manuel Fraga Iribarne]], Spanish lawyer and politician, third [[President of the Xunta of Galicia]] (b. 1922) * 2012 – [[Carlo Fruttero]], Italian journalist and author (b. 1926) * 2012 – [[Samuel Jaskilka]], American general (b. 1919) * 2012 – [[Ib Spang Olsen]], Danish author and illustrator (b. 1921) * 2012 – [[Hulett C. Smith]], American lieutenant and politician, 27th [[Governor of West Virginia]] (b. 1918) *[[2013]] – [[Nagisa Oshima]], Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1932) * 2013 – [[John Thomas (athlete)|John Thomas]], American high jumper (b. 1941) *[[2014]] – [[Curtis Bray]], American football player and coach (b. 1970) * 2014 – [[John Dobson (amateur astronomer)|John Dobson]], Chinese-American astronomer and author (b. 1915) * 2014 – [[Roger Lloyd-Pack]], English actor (b. 1944) *[[2015]] – [[Ervin Drake]], American songwriter and composer (b. 1919) * 2015 – [[Kim Fowley]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1939) * 2015 – [[Ray Nagel]], American football player and coach (b. 1927) *[[2016]] – [[Francisco X. Alarcón]], American poet and educator (b. 1954) * 2016 – [[Ken Judge]], Australian footballer and coach (b. 1958) * 2016 – [[Manuel Velázquez]], Spanish footballer (b. 1943) *[[2017]] – [[Jimmy Snuka]], Fijian professional wrestler (b. 1943) *[[2018]] – [[Dolores O'Riordan]], Irish pop singer (b. 1971)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Dolores O'Riordan, troubled lead singer for Irish rock band The Cranberries |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituary-dolores-oriordan-troubled-lead-singer-irish-rock-band-cranberries-1433372 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=17 January 2018 |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Carol Channing]], American actress (b. 1921)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-Legendary-Carol-Channing-Dies-at-97-20190115|title=The Legendary Carol Channing Dies at 97|first=Stephi|last=Wild|website=BroadwayWorld.com}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Ida Kleijnen]], Dutch chef (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite web |title=IN MEMORIAM Ida Kleijnen (1936-2019) |url=https://www.chapeaumagazine.com/culinair/in-memoriam-ida-kleijnen-1936-2019/ |website=Chapeau Magazine |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=nl |date=17 January 2019}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Rocky Johnson]], Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rocky Johnson, wrestling legend and father of Dwayne Johnson, dies at 75|url=https://ew.com/celebrity/2020/01/15/rocky-johnson-dead-wresting-legend-father-dwayne-johnson-dies-75/|access-date=2021-02-10|website=EW.com|language=EN}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Lloyd Cowan]], British athlete and coach (b. 1962)<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Coach as performer: coach emotion, coping, and the coach-athlete-performance relationship|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.14264/uql.2018.687|publisher=University of Queensland Library|first=Jarred|last=Parkes|year=2018 |doi=10.14264/uql.2018.687}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Alexa McDonough]], first female politician to lead a major provincial political party in Canada, former leader of the federal New Democratic Party. (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news |author=Larouche, Jean |title=Alexa McDonough, former NDP leader and trailblazer for women in politics, has died |date=2022-01-15 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/alexa-mcdonough-death-ndp-women-in-politics-1.6314981 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115125507/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/alexa-mcdonough-death-ndp-women-in-politics-1.6314981 |archive-date=15 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Paul Danan]], English actor and television personality (b. 1978)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Minelle |first=Bethany |date=January 16, 2025 |title=Hollyoaks star Paul Danan dies aged 46 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/hollyoaks-star-paul-danan-dies-aged-46-13289367 |access-date=January 25, 2025 |website=[[Sky News]] |language=en}}</ref> *2025 – [[David Lynch]], American television and film director, visual artist and musician, complications from emphysema (b. 1946)<ref>[https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-dead-director-blue-velvet-twin-peaks-1236276106/ David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78]</ref> *2025 – [[Melba Montgomery]], American country music singer-songwriter (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Friskics-Warren |first=Bill |date=January 19, 2025 |title=Melba Montgomery, Country Singer Known for Her Duets, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/arts/music/melba-montgomery-dead.html |access-date=February 5, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2025 – [[Linda Nolan]], Irish singer and actress (b. 1959)<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntosh |first=Steven |date=January 15, 2025 |title=Linda Nolan: Singer dies aged 65, two decades after cancer diagnosis |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1ezlgzj4vvo |access-date=January 25, 2025 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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