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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[52 BC]] – [[Publius Clodius Pulcher]], Roman politician (b. 93 BC) * [[474]] – [[Leo I (emperor)|Leo I]], Byzantine emperor (b. 401) * [[748]] – [[Odilo, Duke of Bavaria|Odilo]], duke of [[Bavaria]] * [[896]] – [[Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun]], ruler of the [[Tulunids]], murdered (b. 864) *[[1213]] – [[Tamar of Georgia]] (b. 1160) *[[1253]] – King [[Henry I of Cyprus]] (b. 1217) *[[1271]] – [[Margaret of Hungary (saint)|Saint Margaret of Hungary]] (b. 1242) *[[1326]] – [[Robert FitzWalter, 1st Baron FitzWalter]], English baron (b. 1247) *[[1357]] – [[Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile|Maria of Portugal]], infanta (b. 1313) *[[1367]] – [[Peter I of Portugal]] (b. 1320) *[[1411]] – [[Jobst of Moravia]], ruler of [[Moravia]], [[King of the Romans]] *[[1425]] – [[Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March]], English politician (b. 1391) *[[1451]] – [[Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen]] (1442–1451) (b. [[1414]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Van den Berg |first=F.M. |editor-last1=Van der Klooster |editor-first1=L.J. |editor-last2=Tiethoff-Spliethoff |editor-first2=M.E. |editor-last3=Tamse |editor-first3=C.A. |editor-last4=Elzenga |editor-first4=E. |name-list-style=& |date=1992 |chapter=Een Nassau’s graf in Italië |title=Militaire entourage rondom Oranje en andere bijdragen over het Huis van Oranje. Oranje-Nassau Museum Jaarboek 1992 |language=nl |location=Zutphen |publisher=Walburg Pers |page=89 |isbn=90-6011-812-X}}</ref> *[[1471]] – [[Emperor Go-Hanazono]] of Japan (b. 1419) *[[1479]] – [[Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria]] (b. 1417) *[[1547]] – [[Pietro Bembo]], Italian cardinal and scholar (b. 1470) *[[1586]] – [[Margaret of Parma]] (b. 1522) *[[1589]] – [[Magnus Heinason]], Faroese naval hero (b. 1545) ===1601–1900=== *[[1677]] – [[Jan van Riebeeck]], Dutch politician, founded [[Cape Town]] (b. 1619) *[[1756]] – [[Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim]], Archbishop-Elector of Trier (b. 1682) *[[1783]] – [[Jeanne Quinault]], French actress and playwright (b. 1699) *[[1803]] – [[Ippolit Bogdanovich]], Russian poet and academic (b. 1743) *[[1849]] – [[Panoutsos Notaras]], Greek politician (b. 1752) *[[1862]] – [[John Tyler]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1790) *[[1873]] – [[Edward Bulwer-Lytton]], English author, poet, playwright, and politician, [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] (b. 1803) *[[1878]] – [[Antoine César Becquerel]], French physicist and academic (b. 1788) *[[1886]] – [[Baldassare Verazzi]], Italian painter (b. 1819) *[[1892]] – [[Anton Anderledy]], Swiss religious leader, 23rd [[Superior General of the Society of Jesus]] (b. 1819) *[[1896]] – [[Charles Floquet]], French lawyer and politician, 55th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1828) ===1901–present=== *[[1923]] – [[Wallace Reid]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891) *[[1934]] – [[Joseph Devlin]], Northern Irish political leader of the [[Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland)]] (b. 1871)<ref>McMahon, Seán (2011), ''Wee Joe: the life of Joseph Devlin'', Belfast: Brehon Press, ISBN 978-1-905474-35-6</ref> *[[1936]] – [[Hermanus Brockmann]], Dutch rower (b. 1871) * 1936 – [[Rudyard Kipling]], English author and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1865) *[[1940]] – [[Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer]], Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865) *[[1951]] – [[Amy Carmichael]], Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)<ref>{{cite book |first=Lois |last=Hoadley Dick |title=Amy Carmichael: Let the Little Children Come |location=Chicago |publisher=Moody Press |year=1984 |page=5 |isbn=978-0-80240-433-6}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Curly Howard]], American actor (b. 1903) *[[1954]] – [[Sydney Greenstreet]], English-American actor (b. 1879) *[[1955]] – [[Saadat Hasan Manto]], Pakistani author and screenwriter (b. 1912) *[[1956]] – [[Makbule Atadan]], Turkish lawyer and politician (b. 1885) * 1956 – [[Konstantin Päts]], Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st [[President of Estonia]] (b. 1874) *[[1963]] – [[Hugh Gaitskell]], English academic and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. 1906) *[[1966]] – [[Kathleen Norris]], American journalist and author (b. 1880) *[[1967]] – [[Goose Tatum]], American basketball player and soldier (b. 1921) *[[1969]] – [[Hans Freyer]], German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1887) *[[1970]] – [[David O. McKay]], American religious leader, 9th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. 1873) *[[1971]] – [[Virgil Finlay]], American illustrator (b. 1914) *[[1973]] – [[Irina Nikolaevna Levchenko]], Russian tank commander (b. 1924) *[[1975]] – [[Gertrude Olmstead]], American actress (b. 1897) *[[1978]] – [[Hasan Askari (writer)|Hasan Askari]], Pakistani philosopher and author (b. 1919) *[[1980]] – [[Cecil Beaton]], English fashion designer and photographer (b. 1904) *[[1984]] – [[Panteleimon Ponomarenko]], Belarusian general and politician (b. 1902) * 1984 – [[Vassilis Tsitsanis]], Greek singer-songwriter and [[bouzouki]] player (b. 1915) *[[1989]] – [[Bruce Chatwin]], English-French author (b. 1940) *[[1990]] – [[Melanie Appleby]], English singer (b. 1966) * 1990 – [[Rusty Hamer]], American actor (b. 1947) *[[1993]] – [[Dionysios Zakythinos]], Greek historian, academic, and politician (b. 1905) *[[1995]] – [[Adolf Butenandt]], German biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903) * 1995 – [[Ron Luciano]], American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937) *[[1996]] – [[N. T. Rama Rao]], Indian actor, director, producer, and politician, 10th [[Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]] (b. 1923) *[[1997]] – [[Paul Tsongas]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1941) *[[1998]] – [[Dan Georgiadis]], Greek footballer and manager (b. 1922) *[[2000]] – [[Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky]], Austrian architect (b. 1897) *[[2001]] – [[Laurent-Désiré Kabila]], [[President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (b. 1939) *[[2003]] – [[Ed Farhat]], American wrestler and trainer (b. 1924) * 2003 – [[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]], Indian poet and author (b. 1907) *[[2004]] – [[Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova]], Russian-born Soviet test pilot and [[aerobatics]] champion (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bouraia |first=Marina |date=May–June 2004 |title=Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova |url=https://www.ninety-nines.org/pdf/newsmagazine/20040506.pdf |journal=International Women Pilots Magazine |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=21}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Lamont Bentley]], American actor and rapper (b. 1973) *[[2006]] – [[Jan Twardowski]], Polish priest and poet (b. 1915) *[[2007]] – [[Brent Liles]], American bass player (b. 1963) *[[2008]] – [[Georgia Frontiere]], American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927) * 2008 – [[Frank Lewin]], American composer and theorist (b. 1925) * 2008 – [[Lois Nettleton]], American actress (b. 1927) * 2008 – [[John Stroger]], American politician (b. 1929) *[[2009]] – [[Tony Hart]], English painter and television host (b. 1925) * 2009 – [[Nora Kovach]], Hungarian-American ballerina (b. 1931) * 2009 – [[Danai Stratigopoulou]], Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1913) * 2009 – [[Grigore Vieru]], Romanian poet and author (b. 1935) *[[2010]] – [[Kate McGarrigle]], Canadian musician and singer-songwriter (b. 1946) * 2010 – [[Robert B. Parker]], American author and academic (b. 1932) *[[2011]] – [[Sargent Shriver]], American politician and diplomat, 21st [[United States Ambassador to France]] (b. 1915) *[[2012]] – [[Anthony Gonsalves]], Indian composer and educator (b. 1927) * 2012 – [[Georg Lassen]], German captain (b. 1915) * 2012 – [[Yuri Rasovsky]], American playwright and producer, founded [[The National Radio Theater of Chicago]] (b. 1944) *[[2013]] – [[Sean Fallon (footballer)|Sean Fallon]], Irish footballer and manager (b. 1922) * 2013 – [[Jim Horning]], American computer scientist and academic (b. 1942) * 2013 – [[Jon Mannah]], Australian rugby league player (b. 1989) * 2013 – [[Lewis Marnell]], Australian skateboarder (b. 1982) * 2013 – [[Ron Nachman]], Israeli lawyer and politician (b. 1942) *[[2014]] – [[Kathryn Abbe]], American photographer and author (b. 1919) * 2014 – [[Michael Botmang]], Nigerian politician, 17th [[List of Governors of Plateau State|Governor of Plateau State]] (b. 1938) * 2014 – [[Dennis Frederiksen]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1951) * 2014 – [[Andy Graver]], English footballer (b. 1927) * 2014 – [[Sarah Marshall (British actress)|Sarah Marshall]], English actress (b. 1933) * 2014 – [[Eugenio Cruz Vargas]], Chilean poet and painter (b. 1923) *[[2015]] – [[Alberto Nisman]], Argentinian lawyer and prosecutor (b. 1963) * 2015 – [[Christine Valmy]], Romanian cosmetologist and author (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Piet van der Sanden]], Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1924) * 2015 – [[Tony Verna]], American director and producer, invented [[instant replay]] (b. 1933) *[[2016]] – [[Johnny Bach]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1924) * 2016 – [[Glenn Frey]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1948) * 2016 – [[T. S. Sinnathuray]], Judge of the [[High Court of Singapore]] (b. 1930) * 2016 – [[Michel Tournier]], French journalist and author (b. 1924) *[[2017]] – [[Peter Abrahams]], South African-Jamaican writer (b. 1919) * 2017 – [[Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint]], English cricketer, businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1939) * 2017 – [[Roberta Peters]], American coloratura soprano (b. 1930) *[[2019]] – [[John Coughlin (figure skater)|John Coughlin]], American figure skater (b. 1985)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2019/01/19/former-us-skating-champion-john-coughlin-found-dead-after-suspension/2623792002/ |title=Former U.S. figure skating champion dies by suicide after being suspended from sport |first=Christine |last=Brennan |website=USA TODAY}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Francisco Gento]], Spanish football player (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-01-18 |title=Real Madrid great Gento dies aged 88 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/real-madrid-great-gento-dies-aged-88-2022-01-18/ |access-date=2022-01-18}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Yvette Mimieux]], American actress (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/yvette-mimieux-dead-the-time-machine-actress-the-most-deadly-game-1234914745/ |title=Yvette Mimieux Dies; Actress/Writer Who Starred In 'The Time Machine' Had Just Turned 80 |publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=18 January 2022 |access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref> * 2022 – [[André Leon Talley]], American fashion journalist (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Notable deaths in 2022 |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/notable-deaths-in-2022-idUSRTS4OVLY |access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref> * [[2023]] – [[David Crosby]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Dolan |first1=Jon |last2=Greene |first2=Andy |date=2023-01-19 |title=David Crosby, Iconoclastic Rocker, Dead at 81 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-crosby-dead-obituary-1234664235/ |access-date=2023-01-20 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[2025]] – [[Claire van Kampen]], English director and composer (b. 1953)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Traub |first=Alex |date=January 19, 2025 |title=Claire van Kampen, 71, Playwright and Arranger of Early Music World, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/obituaries/claire-van-kampen-dead.html |access-date=January 20, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</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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