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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[239]] – [[Cao Rui]], Chinese emperor (b. 205) * [[628]] – [[Anastasius of Persia]], monk<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dodgeon |first1=Michael H. |last2=Lieu |first2=Samuel N. C. |title=The Roman Eastern Frontier and the Persian Wars Ad 363-628 |date=1991 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-46530-4 |page=312 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zoZIxpQ8A2IC&pg=PA312 |language=en}}</ref> * [[906]] – [[Empress He (Tang dynasty)|He]], empress of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] * [[935]] – [[Empress Ma (Southern Han)|Ma]], empress of [[Southern Han]] *[[1001]] – [[Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab]], Uqaylid emir of Mosul<ref>{{cite book | last = Busse | first = Heribert | title = Chalif und Grosskönig - Die Buyiden im Irak (945-1055) | trans-title = Caliph and Great King - The Buyids in Iraq (945-1055) | language = German | orig-year = 1969 | year = 2004 | location = Würzburg | publisher = Ergon Verlag | isbn = 3-89913-005-7 | pages = 74–75}}</ref> *[[1051]] – [[Ælfric Puttoc]], archbishop of York<ref>{{cite book |last1=Loyn |first1=H. R. |title=The English Church, 940-1154 |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-88472-9 |page=59 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iGfJAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA59 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1170]] – [[Wang Chongyang]], Chinese Daoist and co-founder of the [[Quanzhen School]] (b. 1113) *[[1188]] – [[Ferdinand II of León]] (b. 1137)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ferdinand II {{!}} king of Leon |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-II-king-of-Leon |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1341]] – [[Louis I, Duke of Bourbon]] (b. 1279) *[[1517]] – [[Hadım Sinan Pasha]], Ottoman politician, 32nd [[Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (b. ?) *[[1536]] – [[Bernhard Knipperdolling]], German religious leader (b. 1495) * 1536 – [[John of Leiden]], Anabaptist leader from the Dutch city of Leiden (b. 1509) *[[1552]] – [[Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset]], English general and politician, [[Lord High Treasurer|Lord High Treasurer of England]] (b. 1500) *[[1560]] – [[Wang Zhi (pirate)|Wang Zhi]], Chinese pirate *[[1575]] – [[James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault]] (b. 1516)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Wright|title=The history of Scotland. With a survey of the religious history of Scotland; essays on the national music [&c.].|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h04BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA87|year=1873|pages=87}}</ref> *[[1599]] – [[Cristofano Malvezzi]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1547) ===1601–1900=== *[[1666]] – [[Shah Jahan]], Mughal emperor (b. 1592) *[[1750]] – [[Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl]], Bavarian politician (b. 1675) *[[1763]] – [[John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1690) *[[1767]] – [[Johann Gottlob Lehmann (scientist)|Johann Gottlob Lehmann]], German meteorologist and geologist (b. 1719) *[[1779]] – [[Jeremiah Dixon]], English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733) * 1779 – [[Claudius Smith]], American guerrilla leader (b. 1736) *[[1798]] – [[Lewis Morris]], American judge and politician (b. 1726) *[[1840]] – [[Johann Friedrich Blumenbach]], German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (b. 1752) *[[1850]] – [[Vincent Pallotti]], Italian missionary and saint (b. 1795) *[[1879]] – [[Anthony Durnford]], Irish colonel (b. 1830) * 1879 – [[Henry Pulleine]], English colonel (b. 1838) *[[1892]] – [[Joseph P. Bradley]], American lawyer and jurist (b. 1813) *[[1900]] – [[David Edward Hughes]], Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the [[microphone]] (b. 1831) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Queen Victoria]] of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)<ref>{{cite web |title=Victoria {{!}} Biography, Reign, Family, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Victoria-queen-of-United-Kingdom |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[George Holyoake]], English secularist, co-operator and newspaper editor (b. 1817)<ref>{{Citation |last=McCabe |first=J. |year=1922 |title=George Jacob Holyoake |location=United Kingdom |publisher=Watts}}</ref> *[[1909]] – [[Emil Erlenmeyer]], German chemist and academic (b. 1825) *[[1921]] – [[George Streeter]], American captain and businessman (b. 1837) *[[1922]] – [[Fredrik Bajer]], Danish educator and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1837) * 1922 – [[Pope Benedict XV]] (b. 1854) * 1922 – [[Camille Jordan]], French mathematician and academic (b. 1838) *[[1925]] – [[Fanny Bullock Workman]], American geographer and mountain climber (b. 1859) *[[1927]] – [[James Ford Rhodes]], American historian and author (b. 1848) *[[1929]] – [[R. C. Lehmann]], English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856) *[[1930]] – [[Stephen Mather]], American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the [[Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company]] (b. 1867) *[[1931]] – [[László Batthyány-Strattmann]], Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870) *[[1945]] – [[Else Lasker-Schüler]], German poet and playwright (b. 1869) *[[1949]] – [[William Thomas Walsh]], American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891) *[[1950]] – [[Alan Hale, Sr.]], American actor and director (b. 1892) *[[1951]] – [[Harald Bohr]], Danish mathematician and footballer (b. 1887)<ref>{{cite book|author=Salomon Bochner|title=Collected Papers of Salomon Bochner|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUIBUzD75UAC&pg=PA73|year=1992|publisher=American Mathematical Soc.|isbn=978-0-8218-7054-9|pages=73}}</ref> * 1951 – [[Lawson Robertson]], Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-lawson-roberts/22033619/ |title=Lawson Robertson Dies; World-Famed Coach 67 |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-philadelphia-inquirer-lawson-roberts/22033655/ 29] |date=1951-01-23 |access-date=2023-07-31 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Jonni Myyrä]], Finnish-American athlete (b. 1892)<ref>{{cite web|title=Jonni Myyrä|url=https://www.olympic.org/jonni-myyra|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=16 March 2020}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Ralph Barton Perry]], American philosopher and academic (b. 1876) *[[1959]] – [[Mike Hawthorn]], English racing driver (b. 1929) *[[1964]] – [[Marc Blitzstein]], American pianist and composer (b. 1905) *[[1966]] – [[Herbert Marshall]], English actor (b. 1890) *[[1968]] – [[Duke Kahanamoku]], American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite news |title=Duke Kahanamoku Dies at 77. Leading Swimmer of His Time. Olympic Swimming Champion of '12 and '20 in Freestyle.|work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 23, 1968 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/01/23/archives/duke-kahanamoku-dies-at-77-leading-swimmer-of-his-time-olympic.html |access-date=November 8, 2023}}</ref> *[[1971]] – [[Harry Frank Guggenheim]], American businessman and publisher, co-founded ''[[Newsday]]'' (b. 1890) *[[1973]] – [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], American lieutenant and politician, 36th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1908) *[[1977]] – [[Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel]], Saudi Arabian diplomat (b. 1916) *[[1978]] – [[Oliver Leese]], English general (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite book|last=Ryder|first=Rowland|title=Oliver Leese|url=https://archive.org/details/oliverleese0000ryde|url-access=registration|year=1987|publisher=Hamish Hamilton|isbn=0-241-12024-1|page=285}}</ref> * 1978 – [[Herbert Sutcliffe]], English cricketer and soldier (b. 1894) *[[1979]] – [[Ali Hassan Salameh]], Palestinian rebel leader (b. 1940) *[[1980]] – [[Yitzhak Baer]], German-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1888) *[[1981]] – [[Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi]], Pakistani historian and academic (b. 1903) *[[1982]] – [[Eduardo Frei Montalva]], Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th [[President of Chile]] (b. 1911) *[[1985]] – [[Arthur Bryant]], English historian and journalist (b. 1899) *[[1987]] – [[R. Budd Dwyer]], American educator and politician, 30th [[Pennsylvania Treasurer|Treasurer of Pennsylvania]] (b. 1939) *[[1989]] – [[S. Vithiananthan]], Sri Lankan author and academic (b. 1924) *[[1991]] – [[Robert Choquette]], Canadian author, poet and diplomat (b. 1905) *[[1993]] – [[Kōbō Abe]], Japanese playwright and photographer (b. 1924) *[[1994]] – [[Jean-Louis Barrault]], French actor and director (b. 1910) * 1994 – [[Telly Savalas]], American actor (b. 1922) *[[1996]] – [[Israel Eldad]], Polish-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1910) *[[1997]] – [[Billy Mackenzie]], Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1957) *[[1999]] – [[Graham Staines]], Australian-Indian missionary and translator (b. 1941) *[[2000]] – [[Craig Claiborne]], American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1920) * 2000 – [[Anne Hébert]], Canadian author and poet (b. 1916) *[[2001]] – [[Tommie Agee]], American baseball player (b. 1942) * 2001 – [[Roy Brown (clown)|Roy Brown]], American clown and puppeteer (b. 1932) *[[2003]] – [[Bill Mauldin]], American soldier and cartoonist (b. 1921) *[[2004]] – [[Billy May]], American trumpet player and composer (b. 1916) * 2004 – [[Tom Mead]], Australian journalist and politician (b. 1918) * 2004 – [[Ann Miller]], American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1923) *[[2005]] – [[César Gutiérrez]], Venezuelan baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1943) * 2005 – [[Carlo Orelli]], Italian soldier (b. 1894) * 2005 – [[Consuelo Velázquez]], Mexican pianist and songwriter (b. 1924) *[[2006]] – [[Aydın Güven Gürkan]], Turkish academic and politician, [[Ministry of Labour and Social Security (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security]] (b. 1941) *[[2007]] – [[Ngô Quang Trưởng]], Vietnamese general (b. 1929) * 2007 – [[Abbé Pierre]], French priest and activist (b. 1912) * 2007 – [[Liz Renay]], American actress, author and performer (b. 1926) *[[2008]] – [[Heath Ledger]], Australian actor and director (b. 1979) * 2008 – [[Miles Lerman]], Polish [[Holocaust]] survivor and activist (b. 1920) *[[2009]] – [[Billy Werber]], American baseball player (b. 1908) *[[2010]] – [[Louis R. Harlan]], American historian and author (b. 1922) * 2010 – [[Jean Simmons]], English-American actress (b. 1929) *[[2012]] – [[Simon Marsden]], English photographer and author (b. 1948) * 2012 – [[Joe Paterno]], American football player and coach (b. 1926) * 2012 – [[Clarence Tillenius]], Canadian painter and environmentalist (b. 1913) * 2012 – [[Dick Tufeld]], American actor (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dick-tufeld-20120125,0,7332046.story | title=Dick Tufeld dies at 85; actor who intoned 'Danger, Will Robinson!'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | accessdate=2012-01-25 | date=2012-01-25 | author=Noland, Claire}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Robert Bonnaud]], French historian and academic (b. 1929) * 2013 – [[Hinton Mitchem]], American businessman and politician (b. 1938) *[[2014]] – [[Maziar Partow]], Iranian cinematographer (b. 1933) *[[2015]] – [[Fabrizio de Miranda]], Italian engineer and academic, co-designed the [[Rande Bridge]] (b. 1926) * 2015 – [[Wendell H. Ford]], American lieutenant and politician, 53rd [[Governor of Kentucky]] (b. 1924) * 2015 – [[Margaret Bloy Graham]], Canadian author and illustrator (b. 1920) *[[2016]] – [[Homayoun Behzadi]], Iranian footballer and coach (b. 1942) * 2016 – [[Cecil Parkinson]], English politician (b. 1931) * 2016 – [[Lois Ramsey]], Australian actress (b. 1922) * 2016 – [[Kamer Genç]], Turkish politician (b. 1940) *[[2017]] – [[Masaya Nakamura (businessman)|Masaya Nakamura]], Japanese businessman (b. 1925) * 2017 – [[Yordano Ventura]], Dominican baseball player (b. 1991) *[[2018]] – [[Ursula K. Le Guin]], American sci-fi and fantasy novelist (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clute |first1=John |title=Ursula K Le Guin obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/24/obituary-ursula-k-le-guin |access-date=28 February 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=24 January 2018}}</ref> * 2018 – [[William B. Jordan]], American art historian (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Southern Methodist University|title=SMU and the Meadows Community Mourn the Passing of an Icon |url=https://www.smu.edu/Meadows/NewsAndEvents/News/2018/180123-FoundingDirectorOfMeadowsMuseumHasDied |accessdate=September 10, 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523204044/https://www.smu.edu/Meadows/NewsAndEvents/News/2018/180123-FoundingDirectorOfMeadowsMuseumHasDied|location=Dallas|archivedate=May 23, 2019|url-status=live|date=2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=William Bryan Jordan 1940–2018|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sanantonio/obituary.aspx?n=william-bryan-jordan&pid=190710929 |access-date=May 28, 2021 |work=[[San Antonio Express-News]] |publisher=Hearst |department=Obituaries |date=November 11, 2018|via=[[Legacy.com]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529112157/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/sanantonio/obituary.aspx?n=william-bryan-jordan&pid=190710929 |archivedate=May 29, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Hank Aaron]], American baseball player (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tmz.com/2021/01/22/hank-aaron-dead-died-baseball-legend/|title=Hank Aaron Dead at 86|website=TMZ|date=22 January 2021 }}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Thích Nhất Hạnh]], Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, and founder of the Plum Village Tradition (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mydans |first1=Seth |title=Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Master and Political Reformer, dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/world/asia/thich-nhat-hanh-dead.html |access-date=21 January 2022 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=21 January 2022}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Lin Brehmer]], American disc jockey (b. 1954)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2023/1/22/23566367/lin-brehmer-dies-wxrt/|title=WXRT host Lin Brehmer dies at 68|website=Chicago Sun Times|date=22 January 2023 }}</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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