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==Deaths== <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> ===Pre-1600=== * [[654]] – [[Gao Jifu]], Chinese politician and chancellor (b. 596) * [[957]] – [[Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ali al-Madhara'i]], Tulunid vizier (b. 871) * [[970]] – [[Polyeuctus of Constantinople]], Byzantine patriarch (b. 956) *[[1263]] – [[Shinran|Shinran Shonin]], Japanese founder of the Jodo Shinshu branch of Pure Land Buddhism (b. 1173) *[[1289]] – [[Buqa]], Mongol minister *[[1327]] – [[Nikephoros Choumnos]], Byzantine monk, scholar, and politician (b. 1250) *[[1354]] – [[Joanna of Châtillon]], duchess of Athens (b. c.1285) *[[1373]] – [[Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford]] (b. 1342) *[[1391]] – [[Muhammed V of Granada]], Nasrid emir (b. 1338) *[[1400]] – [[John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter]], English politician, [[Lord Great Chamberlain]] (b. 1352) *[[1443]] – [[Erasmo of Narni]], Italian mercenary (b. 1370) *[[1545]] – [[George Spalatin]], German priest and reformer (b. 1484) *[[1547]] – [[Johannes Schöner]], German astronomer and cartographer (b. 1477) *[[1554]] – [[Christiern Pedersen]], Danish publisher and scholar (b. 1480) *[[1585]] – [[Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln]], English admiral and politician (b. 1512) *[[1595]] – [[Murad III]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1546) ===1601–1900=== *[[1635]] – [[Mariana de Jesús Torres]], Spanish nun and mystic (b. 1563)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cadena y Almeida |first=Luis |url=https://www.tfp.org/free-version-of-a-spanish-mystic/ |title=A Spanish mystic in Quito : Sor Mariana de Jesús Torres |publisher=Foundation for a Christian Civilization, Inc. |year=1990 |isbn=9781877905186 |edition=1st |location=New York |pages=67 |language=en |chapter=I am Mary of Good Success}}</ref> *[[1659]] – [[Charles Annibal Fabrot]], French lawyer (b. 1580) *[[1710]] – [[Emperor Higashiyama|Higashiyama]], Japanese emperor (b. 1675) *[[1711]] – [[Joseph Vaz]], Indian-Sri Lankan priest and saint (b. 1651) *[[1747]] – [[Barthold Heinrich Brockes]], German poet and playwright (b. 1680) *[[1748]] – [[Arnold Drakenborch]], Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684) *[[1750]] – [[Ivan Trubetskoy]], Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1667) *[[1752]] – [[Francis Blomefield]], English historian and author (b. 1705) *[[1794]] – [[Edward Gibbon]], English historian and politician (b. 1737) *[[1809]] – [[John Moore (British Army officer)|John Moore]], Scottish general and politician (b. 1761) *[[1817]] – [[Alexander J. Dallas (statesman)|Alexander J. Dallas]], Jamaican-American lawyer and politician, sixth [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (b. 1759) *[[1834]] – [[Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette]], French mathematician and academic (b. 1769) *[[1856]] – [[Thaddeus William Harris]], American entomologist and botanist (b. 1795) *[[1864]] – [[Anton Schindler]], Austrian secretary and author (b. 1795) *[[1865]] – [[Edmond François Valentin About]], French journalist and author (b. 1828) *[[1879]] – [[Octave Crémazie]], Canadian-French poet and bookseller (b. 1827) *[[1886]] – [[Amilcare Ponchielli]], Italian composer and academic (b. 1834) *[[1891]] – [[Léo Delibes]], French pianist and composer (b. 1836) *[[1898]] – [[Charles Pelham Villiers]], English lawyer and politician (b. 1802) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Jules Barbier]], French poet and playwright (b. 1825) * 1901 – [[Arnold Böcklin]], Swiss painter and academic (b. 1827) * 1901 – [[Hiram Rhodes Revels]], American soldier, minister, and politician (b. 1822) * 1901 – [[Mahadev Govind Ranade]], Indian scholar, social reformer, judge and author (b. 1842)<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Ranade, Mahadeo Govind |volume=22 |page=884}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[Marshall Field]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Marshall Field's]] (b. 1834) *[[1917]] – [[George Dewey]], American admiral (b. 1837) *[[1919]] – [[Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves]], Brazilian lawyer and politician, fifth [[President of Brazil]] (b. 1848) *[[1933]] – [[Bekir Sami Kunduh]], Turkish politician (b. 1867) *[[1936]] – [[Albert Fish]], American serial killer, rapist and cannibal (b. 1870) *[[1938]] – [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]] Indian author and playwright (b. 1876) *[[1942]] – [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]] (b. 1850) * 1942 – [[Villem Grünthal-Ridala]], Estonian poet and linguist (b. 1885) * 1942 – [[Carole Lombard]], American actress and comedian (b. 1908) * 1942 – [[Ernst Scheller]], German lawyer and politician, [[List of mayors of Marburg|Mayor of Marburg]] (b. 1899) *[[1957]] – [[Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone]], English general and politician, 16th [[Governor General of Canada]] (b. 1874) * 1957 – [[Arturo Toscanini]], Italian cellist and conductor (b. 1867) *[[1959]] – [[Phan Khôi]], Vietnamese journalist and author (b. 1887) *[[1961]] – [[Max Schöne]], German swimmer (b. 1880) *[[1962]] – [[Frank Hurley]], Australian photographer, director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1885) * 1962 – [[Ivan Meštrović]], Croatian sculptor and architect, designed the [[Monument to the Unknown Hero]] (b. 1883) *[[1967]] – [[Robert J. Van de Graaff]], American physicist and academic (b. 1901) *[[1968]] – [[Bob Jones Sr.]], American evangelist, founded [[Bob Jones University]] (b. 1883) * 1968 – [[Panagiotis Poulitsas]], Greek archaeologist and judge (b. 1881) *[[1969]] – [[Vernon Duke]], Russian-American composer and songwriter (b. 1903) *[[1971]] – [[Philippe Thys (cyclist)|Philippe Thys]], Belgian cyclist (b. 1890) *[[1972]] – [[Teller Ammons]], American soldier and politician, 28th [[Governor of Colorado]] (b. 1895) * 1972 – [[Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created ''[[Alvin and the Chipmunks]]'' (b. 1919) *[[1973]] – [[Edgar Sampson]], American musician and composer (b. 1907) *[[1975]] – [[Israel Abramofsky]], Russian-American painter (b. 1888) *[[1978]] – [[A. V. Kulasingham]], Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1890) *[[1981]] – [[Bernard Lee]], English actor (b. 1908)<ref>{{Cite book |last1= Lloyd |first1= Ann|last2= Fuller |first2=Graham|last3= Desser |first3= Arnold |title= The Illustrated who's who of the cinema |year=1983 |publisher=Orbis Publishing |location=London |isbn= 978-0-85613-521-7 }}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Virginia Mauret]], American musician and dancer *[[1986]] – [[Herbert W. Armstrong]], American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892) *[[1987]] – [[Bertram Wainer]], Australian physician and activist (b. 1928) *[[1988]] – [[Andrija Artuković]], Croatian politician, war criminal, and [[Porajmos|Porajmos perpetrator]], first [[Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia]] (b. 1899) *[[1990]] – [[Lady Eve Balfour]], British farmer, educator, and founding figure in the organic movement (b. 1898)<ref>{{cite book|first=Catharine M. C.|last=Haines|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1|page=16}}</ref> *[[1995]] – [[Eric Mottram]], English poet and critic (b. 1924) *[[1996]] – [[Marcia Davenport]], American author and critic (b. 1903) * 1996 – [[Kaye Webb]], English journalist and publisher (b. 1914) *[[1999]] – [[Jim McClelland]], Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th [[Minister for Industry and Science]] (b. 1915) *[[2000]] – [[Robert R. Wilson]], American physicist and academic (b. 1914) *[[2001]] – [[Auberon Waugh]], English author and journalist (b. 1939) *[[2002]] – [[Robert Hanbury Brown]], English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916) *[[2003]] – [[Richard Wainwright (politician)|Richard Wainwright]], English politician (b. 1918) *[[2004]] – [[Kalevi Sorsa]], Finnish politician 34th [[Prime Minister of Finland]] (b. 1930) *[[2005]] – [[Marjorie Williams]], American journalist and author (b. 1958) *[[2006]] – [[Stanley Biber]], American soldier and physician (b. 1923) *[[2009]] – [[Joe Erskine (American boxer)|Joe Erskine]], American boxer and runner (b. 1930) * 2009 – [[John Mortimer]], English lawyer and author (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4269779/Sir-John-Mortimer-Writer-by-choice-lawyer-at-his-fathers-behest.html |title=Sir John Mortimer (Obituary) |last=Smith |first=Benedict |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206103706/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/4269779/Sir-John-Mortimer-Writer-by-choice-lawyer-at-his-fathers-behest.html |archive-date=6 February 2016 |url-status=live |website=[[telegraph.co.uk]] |date=16 January 2009}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Andrew Wyeth]], American painter (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/jan/19/andrew-wyeth-obituary| title=Andrew Wyeth|author=Michael McNay |author-link=Michael McNay|work=The Guardian| date=19 January 2009|access-date=16 November 2020}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Glen Bell]], American businessman, founded [[Taco Bell]] (b. 1923) * 2010 – [[Takumi Shibano]], Japanese author and translator (b. 1926) *[[2012]] – [[Joe Bygraves]], Jamaican-English boxer (b. 1931) * 2012 – [[Jimmy Castor]], American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1940) * 2012 – [[Sigursteinn Gíslason]], Icelandic footballer and manager (b. 1968) * 2012 – [[Lorna Kesterson]], American journalist and politician (b. 1925) * 2012 – [[Gustav Leonhardt]], Dutch pianist, conductor, and musicologist (b. 1928) *[[2013]] – [[Wayne D. Anderson]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1930) * 2013 – [[André Cassagnes]], French technician and toy maker, created the [[Etch A Sketch]] (b. 1926) * 2013 – [[Gussie Moran]], American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1923) * 2013 – [[Pauline Phillips]], American journalist and radio host, created [[Dear Abby]] (b. 1918) * 2013 – [[Glen P. Robinson]], American businessman, founded [[Scientific Atlanta]] (b. 1923) *[[2014]] – [[Gary Arlington]], American author and illustrator (b. 1938) * 2014 – [[Ruth Duccini]], American actress (b. 1918) * 2014 – [[Dave Madden]], Canadian-American actor (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[Hiroo Onoda]], Japanese lieutenant (b. 1922) *[[2015]] – [[Miriam Akavia]], Polish-Israeli author and translator (b. 1927) * 2015 – [[Yao Beina]], Chinese singer (b. 1981) *[[2016]] – [[Joannis Avramidis]], Greek sculptor (b. 1922) * 2016 – [[Ted Marchibroda]], American football player and coach (b. 1931) *[[2017]] – [[Eugene Cernan]], American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1934) *[[2018]] – [[Ed Doolan]], British radio presenter (b. 1941)<ref>{{cite news|title=BBC WM presenter Ed Doolan dies aged 76 after dementia battle|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-42701795|access-date=16 January 2018|work=[[BBC News]]|date=16 January 2018}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Oliver Ivanović]], Kosovo Serb politician (b. 1953)<ref name="dwassassination">{{cite news|title=Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic gunned down in Kosovo|url=http://www.dw.com/en/serb-politician-oliver-ivanovic-gunned-down-in-kosovo/a-42162269|access-date=16 January 2018|work=dw.com|publisher=Deutsche Wellle|date=16 January 2018}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[John C. Bogle]], American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|title=John C. Bogle, Founder of Financial Giant Vanguard, Is Dead at 89|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/obituaries/john-bogle-vanguard-dead.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/16/obituaries/john-bogle-vanguard-dead.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|last=Wyatt|first=Edward|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 16, 2019|access-date=January 19, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Lorna Doom]], American musician (b. 1958)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/germs-bassist-lorna-doom-dead-780323/|title=Germs Bassist Lorna Doom Dead at 60|first1=Althea|last1=Legaspi|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=January 17, 2019}}</ref> * 2019 – [[Chris Wilson (Australian musician)|Chris Wilson]], Australian musician (b. 1956)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/magnificent-australian-chris-wilson-dies-after-cancer-diagnosis-20190117-p50rx1.html|title='Magnificent Australian': Chris Wilson dies after cancer diagnosis|first=Broede|last=Carmody|date=January 17, 2019|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Christopher Tolkien]], British academic and editor (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garth |first1=John |title=Christopher Tolkien obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/20/christopher-tolkien-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=22 January 2020 |date=20 January 2020}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Pedro Trebbau]], German-born Venezuelan zoologist (b. 1929)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=16 January 2021|title=Falleció Pedro Trebbau, reconocido zoólogo venezolano de origen alemán|url=https://www.elnacional.com/venezuela/fallecio-pedro-trebbau-reconocido-zoologo-venezolano-de-origen-aleman/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=17 January 2021|website=[[El Nacional (Venezuela)|El Nacional]]|language=es-VE}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Chris Cramer]], British journalist (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite web|author=Michael Holmes|title=Chris Cramer, veteran journalist and former CNN executive, dies aged 73|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/media/chris-cramer-death-intl/index.html|access-date=2021-01-21|website=CNN|date=17 January 2021 }}</ref> * 2021 – [[Phil Spector]], American record producer, songwriter (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Notable deaths in 2021 |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2021-idUSRTR4Z4Y0|access-date=2021-02-27|website=www.reuters.com}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta|Ibrahim Boubacar Keita]], Former Malian President (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web|author=Stephanie Busari and Eleanor Pickston|title=Former Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita dies at 76|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/16/africa/mali-ibrahim-boubacar-keita-death-intl/index.html|access-date=2022-01-18|website=CNN|date=16 January 2022 }}</ref> *[[2025]] – Dame [[Joan Plowright]], English actress (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Youngs|first1=Ian|title=Acting legend Dame Joan Plowright dies at 95 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyppre55gyo|work=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=17 January 2025}}</ref> *2025 – [[Bob Uecker]], American professional baseball catcher and sportscaster (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web | last=Sandomir | first=Richard | title=Bob Uecker, Clubhouse Wit-Turned-Popular Sportscaster, Dies at 90 | website=The New York Times | date=2025-01-16 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/sports/bob-uecker-dead.html/ | access-date=2025-05-03}}</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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