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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[395]] – [[Theodosius I]], Roman emperor (b. 347) * [[644]] – [[Sulpitius the Pious]], French bishop and saint * [[764]] – [[Joseph of Freising]], German bishop *[[1040]] – [[Mas'ud I of Ghazni]], Sultan of the [[Ghaznavids|Ghaznavid Empire]] (b. 998) *[[1156]] – [[André de Montbard]], fifth [[Grand Masters of the Knights Templar|Grand Master of the Knights Templar]] *[[1168]] – [[Thierry, Count of Flanders]] (b. 1099) *[[1229]] – [[Albert of Riga]], German bishop (b. 1165) *[[1329]] – [[Saint Roseline]], Carthusian nun (b. 1263) *[[1334]] – [[John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond]] (b. 1266) *[[1345]] – [[Henry of Asti]], Greek patriarch * 1345 – [[Martino Zaccaria]], Genoese [[Lord of Chios]] *[[1369]] – [[Peter I of Cyprus]] (b. 1328) *[[1456]] – [[Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont]], French translator (b. 1395) *[[1468]] – [[Skanderbeg]], Albanian soldier and politician (b. 1405) *[[1523]] – [[Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg]], German landgravine (b. 1466)<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=70 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Vorsterman van Oyen |first1=A.A. |date=1882 |title=Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden |language=nl |location=[[Leiden]] & [[Utrecht]] |publisher=A.W. Sijthoff & J.L. Beijers |page=95 }}</ref> *[[1588]] – [[Qi Jiguang]], Chinese general (b. 1528) *[[1598]] – [[Feodor I of Russia]] (b. 1557) ===1601–1900=== *[[1617]] – [[Fausto Veranzio]], Croatian bishop and lexicographer (b. 1551) *[[1705]] – [[John Ray]], English botanist and historian (b. 1627) *[[1718]] – [[Benjamin Church (ranger)|Benjamin Church]], American colonel (b. 1639) *[[1737]] – [[Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann]], German architect (b. 1662) *[[1738]] – [[Jean-François Dandrieu]], French organist and composer (b. 1682) *[[1751]] – [[Tomaso Albinoni]], Italian violinist and composer (b. 1671) *[[1826]] – [[Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga]], Spanish-French composer (b. 1806) *[[1834]] – [[Giovanni Aldini]], Italian physicist and academic (b. 1762) *[[1850]] – [[Elizabeth Simcoe]], English-Canadian painter and author (b. 1762)<ref>{{cite book|first=Mary|last=Beacock Fryer|title=Elizabeth Postuma Simcoe, 1762-1850: A Biography|location=Toronto|publisher=Dundurn Press|year=1989|page=235|isbn=978-1-55002-064-9}}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[Lola Montez]], Irish actress and dancer (b. 1821) *[[1863]] – [[Horace Vernet]], French painter (b. 1789) *[[1869]] – [[Alexander Dargomyzhsky]], Russian composer (b. 1813) *[[1878]] – [[Edward Shepherd Creasy]], English historian and jurist (b. 1812) *[[1884]] – [[Hermann Schlegel]], German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804) *[[1887]] – [[William Giblin]], Australian lawyer and politician, 13th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1840) *[[1888]] – [[Big Bear]], Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825) *[[1891]] – [[George Bancroft]], American historian and politician, 17th [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (b. 1800) *[[1893]] – [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1822) *[[1896]] – [[Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover]], Welsh writer and patron of the arts (b. 1802)<ref>{{cite book|first=Anya|last=Laurence|title=Women of Notes: 1,000 Women Composers Born Before 1900|location=New York|publisher=Richards Rosen Press|year=1978|page=91|oclc=252454075}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Ignaz Wechselmann]], Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828) *[[1908]] – [[Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (b. 1835) *[[1909]] – [[Agathon Meurman]], Finnish politician and journalist (b. 1826)<ref>[https://www.meurmansuku.fi/historia/agathon-meurman/ Agathon Meurman] – Agathon Meurmanin sukuseura (in Finnish)</ref> * 1909 – [[Francis Smith (Australian politician)|Francis Smith]], Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1819) *[[1911]] – [[Francis Galton]], English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822) *[[1927]] – [[Juliette Gordon Low]], American founder of the [[Girl Scouts of the USA]] (b. 1860) *[[1930]] – [[Gauhar Jaan]], One of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India. (b. 1873) *[[1931]] – [[Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia]] (b. 1864) *[[1932]] – [[Ahmet Derviş]], Turkish general (b. 1881) * 1932 – [[Albert Jacka]], Australian captain, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (b. 1893) *[[1933]] – [[Louis Comfort Tiffany]], American [[stained glass]] artist (b. 1848) *[[1936]] – [[Mateiu Caragiale]], Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885) *[[1942]] – [[Walther von Reichenau]], German field marshal (b. 1884) *[[1947]] – [[Pyotr Krasnov]], Russian historian and general (b. 1869) * 1947 – [[Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve]], Canadian cardinal (b. 1883) *[[1951]] – [[Jyoti Prasad Agarwala]], Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903) *[[1952]] – [[Walter Briggs Sr.]], American businessman (b. 1877) *[[1961]] – [[Patrice Lumumba]], Congolese politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (b. 1925) *[[1970]] – [[Simon Kovar]], Russian-American [[bassoon]] player and educator (b. 1890) * 1970 – [[Billy Stewart]], American rhythm and blues singer and pianist (b. 1937) *[[1972]] – [[Betty Smith]], American author and playwright (b. 1896) *[[1977]] – [[Dougal Haston]], Scottish mountaineer (b. 1940) * 1977 – [[Gary Gilmore]], American murderer (b. 1940) *[[1981]] – [[Loukas Panourgias]], Greek footballer and lawyer (b. 1899) *[[1984]] – [[Kostas Giannidis]], Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1903) *[[1987]] – [[Hugo Fregonese]], Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1908) * 1987 – [[Lawrence Kohlberg]], American psychologist and author (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite journal |journal=American Psychologist |title=Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987) |pages=399–400 |first1=James |last1=Rest |first2=Clark|last2=Power|first3=Mary|last3=Brabeck|volume=43 |date=May 1988 |issue=5 |doi=10.1037/h0091958}}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Percy Qoboza]], South African journalist and author (b. 1938) *[[1991]] – [[Olav V of Norway]] (b. 1903) *[[1992]] – [[Frank Pullen]], English soldier and businessman (b. 1915) *[[1993]] – [[Albert Hourani]], English-Lebanese historian and academic (b. 1915) *[[1994]] – [[Yevgeny Ivanov (spy)|Yevgeni Ivanov]], Russian spy (b. 1926) * 1994 – [[Helen Stephens]], American runner, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1918) *[[1996]] – [[Barbara Jordan]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1936) * 1996 – [[Sylvia Lawler]], English geneticist (b. 1922) *[[1997]] – [[Bert Kelly]], Australian farmer and politician, 20th [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Australian Minister for the Navy]] (b. 1912) * 1997 – [[Clyde Tombaugh]], American astronomer and academic, discovered [[Pluto]] (b. 1906) *[[2000]] – [[Philip Jones (musician)|Philip Jones]], English trumpet player and educator (b. 1928) * 2000 – [[Ion Rațiu]], Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1917) *[[2002]] – [[Camilo José Cela]], Spanish author and politician, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1916) * 2002 – [[Roman Personov]], Russian physicist and academic (b. 1932) *[[2003]] – [[Richard Crenna]], American actor and director (b. 1926) *[[2004]] – [[Raymond Bonham Carter]], English banker (b. 1929) * 2004 – [[Harry Brecheen]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1914) * 2004 – [[Ray Stark]], American film producer (b. 1915) * 2004 – [[Noble Willingham]], American actor (b. 1931) *[[2005]] – [[Charlie Bell (businessman)|Charlie Bell]], Australian businessman (b. 1960) * 2005 – [[Virginia Mayo]], American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1920) * 2005 – [[Albert Schatz (scientist)|Albert Schatz]], American microbiologist and academic (b. 1920) * 2005 – [[Zhao Ziyang]], Chinese politician, 3rd [[Premier of the People's Republic of China]] (b. 1919) *[[2006]] – [[Pierre Grondin]], Canadian surgeon (b. 1925) *[[2007]] – [[Art Buchwald]], American journalist and author (b. 1925) * 2007 – [[Yevhen Kushnaryov]], Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1951) * 2007 – [[Uwe Nettelbeck]], German record producer, journalist and film critic (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,2011628,00.html |title=Obituary: Uwe Nettelbeck |newspaper=The Guardian |first=J |last=Boyd |access-date=10 June 2021 | location=London |date=13 February 2007}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Bobby Fischer]], American chess player and author (b. 1943)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bobby Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) – The U.S. Chess Trust |url=http://www.uschesstrust.org/bobby-fischer-march-9-1943-january-17-2008/ |website=uschesstrust.org |access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref> * 2008 – [[Ernie Holmes]], American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1948) *[[2009]] – [[Anders Isaksson]], Swedish journalist and historian (b. 1943) *[[2010]] – [[Gaines Adams]], American football player (b. 1983) * 2010 – [[Jyoti Basu]], Indian politician and 9th [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] (b. 1914) * 2010 – [[Michalis Papakonstantinou]], Greek journalist and politician, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Foreign Minister of Greece]] (b. 1919) * 2010 – [[Erich Segal]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1937) *[[2011]] – [[Don Kirshner]], American songwriter and producer (b. 1934) *[[2012]] – [[Julius Meimberg]], German soldier and pilot (b. 1917) * 2012 – [[Johnny Otis]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1921) * 2012 – [[Marty Springstead]], American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937) *[[2013]] – [[Mehmet Ali Birand]], Turkish journalist and author (b. 1941) * 2013 – [[Jakob Arjouni]], German author (b. 1964) * 2013 – [[Yves Debay]], Belgian journalist (b. 1954) * 2013 – [[John Nkomo]], Zimbabwean politician, [[Vice President of Zimbabwe]] (b. 1934) * 2013 – [[Lizbeth Webb]], English soprano and actress (b. 1926) *[[2014]] – [[Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin]], Indian spiritual leader, 52nd [[Da'i al-Mutlaq]] (b. 1915) * 2014 – [[Francine Lalonde]], Canadian educator and politician (b. 1940) * 2014 – [[Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green]], English businessman and politician (b. 1942) * 2014 – [[John J. McGinty III]], American captain, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1940) * 2014 – [[Sunanda Pushkar]], Indian-Canadian businesswoman (b. 1962) * 2014 – [[Suchitra Sen]], Indian film actress (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/suchitra-sen-india-s-greta-garbo-dies-aged-82-1.276314|title=Suchitra Sen, India's Greta Garbo, dies aged 82|date=January 18, 2014|website=The National}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Ken Furphy]], English footballer and manager (b. 1931) * 2015 – [[Faten Hamama]], Egyptian actress and producer (b. 1931) * 2015 – [[Don Harron]], Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1924) *[[2016]] – [[Blowfly (musician)|Blowfly]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939) * 2016 – [[Melvin Day]], New Zealand painter and historian (b. 1923) * 2016 – [[V. Rama Rao]], Indian lawyer and politician, 12th [[Governor of Sikkim]] (b. 1935) * 2016 – [[Sudhindra Tirtha (Kashi Math)|Sudhindra Thirtha]], Indian religious leader (b. 1926) *[[2017]] – [[Tirrel Burton]], American football player and coach (b. 1929) * 2017 – [[Colo (gorilla)|Colo]], American [[western lowland gorilla]], first gorilla born in captivity and oldest recorded (b. 1956)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lyttle|first1=Jeff|title=Gorillas in Our Midst: The Story of the Columbus Zoo Gorillas|date=1997|publisher=Ohio State University Press|location=Columbus, Ohio|isbn=9780814207666}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38659471 |title=Colo, the oldest gorilla in captivity, dies aged 60 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=June 20, 2023 |date= January 18, 2017}}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[S. Balakrishnan (composer)|S. Balakrishnan]], Malayalam movie composer (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movie-news/noted-music-composer-s-balakrishnan-passes-away-1.3489865|title=Noted music composer S Balakrishnan passes away|website=Mathrubhumi|access-date=2019-01-17|archive-date=2019-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174240/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movie-news/noted-music-composer-s-balakrishnan-passes-away-1.3489865|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Derek Fowlds]], British actor (b.1937)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/yes-minister-and-heartbeat-star-derek-fowlds-dead-at-82/ar-BBZ3fcF?ocid=spartanntp|title=Yes Minister and Heartbeat star Derek Fowlds dead at 82|publisher=MSN|author=Louise Randell|access-date=2020-01-18}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Rasheed Naz]], Pakistani film and television actor (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1189260/veteran-actor-rashid-naz-passes-away-at-73|title=Veteran actor Rashid Naz passes away at 73|date=17 January 2022 }}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Birju Maharaj]], Indian dancer (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2022-01-17|title=Leading Indian dancer Birju Maharaj dies|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/leading-indian-dancer-birju-maharaj-dies-2022-01-17/|access-date=2022-01-18}}</ref> * [[2023]] – [[Lucile Randon]], French supercentenarian (b. 1904)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-17 |title=The world's oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, dead at 118 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230117-the-world-s-oldest-known-person-french-nun-lucile-randon-dead-at-118 |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=France 24}}</ref> * [[2025]] – [[Didier Guillaume]], French politician, 25th [[Minister of State (Monaco)|Minister of State of Monaco]] (b. 1959)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beaudet |first=Florence |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Drôme : Didier Guillaume, ancien président du département et ancien ministre de l'Agriculture, est mort |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/l-ancien-homme-politique-dromois-didier-guillaume-est-mort-a-l-age-de-65-ans-8240198 |access-date=January 18, 2025 |website=[[ici (radio network)|France Bleu]] |language=fr}}</ref> * 2025 – [[Jules Feiffer]], American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Webster |first=Andy |date=January 21, 2025 |title=Jules Feiffer, Acerbic Cartoonist, Writer and Much Else, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/arts/jules-feiffer-dead.html |access-date=January 21, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * 2025 – [[Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat]], Mongolian politician, 1st [[President of Mongolia]] (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2025 |title=Mongolian ex-president passes away |url=https://english.news.cn/20250118/519747f04dcb4470b1abe92c54b5acd8/c.html |access-date=January 18, 2025 |website=[[Xinhua News Agency|XinhauNet]] |language=en}}</ref> * [[2025]] – [[Denis Law]], Scottish footballer (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 19, 2025 |title=Denis Law obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jan/19/denis-law-obituary |access-date=January 19, 2025 |website=[[The Guardian, UK]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Man Utd and Scotland legend Law dies aged 84 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckgvny01x9go |access-date=January 24, 2025 |website=[[BBC Sport]] |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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