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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 41|41]] – [[Caligula]], [[Roman emperor]] (b. 12) * [[817]] – [[Pope Stephen IV]] (b. 770) * [[901]] – [[Liu Jishu]], general of the [[Tang dynasty|Tang Dynasty]] *[[1046]] – [[Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen]] (b. c. 985) *[[1125]] – [[David IV of Georgia]] (b. 1073) *[[1336]] – [[Alfonso IV of Aragon]] (b. 1299) *[[1376]] – [[Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel]], English commander (b. 1306) *[[1473]] – [[Conrad Paumann]], German organist and composer (b. 1410) *[[1525]] – [[Franciabigio]], Florentine painter (b. 1482) *[[1595]] – [[Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria]] (b. 1529) ===1601–1900=== *[[1626]] – [[Samuel Argall]], English captain and politician, [[List of colonial governors of Virginia|Colonial Governor of Virginia]] (b. 1572) *[[1639]] – [[Jörg Jenatsch]], Swiss pastor and politician (b. 1596) *[[1666]] – [[Johann Andreas Herbst]], German composer and theorist (b. 1588) *[[1709]] – [[George Rooke]], English admiral and politician (b. 1650) *[[1877]] – [[Johann Christian Poggendorff]], German physicist and journalist (b. 1796) *[[1881]] – [[James Collinson]], English painter (b. 1825) *[[1883]] – [[Friedrich von Flotow]], German composer (b. 1812)<ref>{{cite book|author1=David Mason Greene|author2=Constance Green|title=Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA592|year=1985|publisher=Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd.|isbn=978-0-385-14278-6|pages=592–}}</ref> *[[1895]] – [[Lord Randolph Churchill]], English lawyer and politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. 1849)<ref>{{cite book|title=Truth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L1MxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA254|year=1895|pages=254}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1920]] – [[Percy French]], Irish songwriter, entertainer and artist (b. 1854)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.countysongs.ie/song/?songwriter=Percy%20French |title=Percy French |website=Country Songs (Ireland) |access-date=24 January 2021 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122123944/http://www.countysongs.ie/song/?songwriter=Percy%20French |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Amedeo Modigliani]], Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884) *[[1939]] – [[Maximilian Bircher-Benner]], Swiss physician, created [[Muesli]] (b. 1867) *[[1943]] – [[John Burns]], English trade union leader and politician, [[Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]] (b. 1858) *[[1946]] – [[Morris Alexander]], South African politician (b. 1877)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Abrahams |first=Israel |author-link=Israel Abrahams |editor-last=De Kock |editor-first=W. J. |encyclopedia=Dictionary of South African Biography |title=Alexander, Morris |language=en |edition=1st |date=1968 |volume=1 |oclc=85921202 |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofsout0000unse_p0x9/page/10/mode/2up |page=10}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Edwin Fischer]], Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)<ref>{{cite book|author=Don Michael Randel|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA270|year=1996|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-37299-3|pages=270}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Alfred Carlton Gilbert]], American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the [[A. C. Gilbert Company]] (b. 1884) *[[1962]] – [[André Lhote]], French sculptor and painter (b. 1885) * 1962 – [[Stanley Lord]], English naval captain (b. 1877) * 1962 – [[Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar]], Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901) *[[1965]] – [[Winston Churchill]], English statesman, soldier, and writer, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1874) *[[1966]] – [[Homi J. Bhabha]], Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909) *[[1970]] – [[Caresse Crosby]], American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the [[Black Sun Press]] (b. 1891) *[[1971]] – [[Bill W.]], American activist, co-founder of [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] (b. 1895) *[[1973]] – [[J. Carrol Naish]], American actor (b. 1896) *[[1975]] – [[Larry Fine]], American comedian (b. 1902) *[[1982]] – [[Alfredo Ovando Candía]], Bolivian general and politician, 56th [[President of Bolivia]] (b. 1918) *[[1983]] – [[George Cukor]], American director and producer (b. 1899) *[[1986]] – [[L. Ron Hubbard]], American religious leader and author, founded the [[Church of Scientology]] (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clarke |first1=Peter |title=Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements |date=March 2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-49970-0 |page=281 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DouBAgAAQBAJ&dq=L.+Ron+Hubbard&pg=PA281 |language=en |access-date=2022-01-04 |archive-date=2023-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207122959/https://books.google.com/books?id=DouBAgAAQBAJ&dq=L.+Ron+Hubbard&pg=PA281#v=onepage&q=L.%20Ron%20Hubbard&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1986 – [[Gordon MacRae]], American actor and singer (b. 1921) *[[1988]] – [[Werner Fenchel]], German-Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1905) *[[1989]] – [[Ted Bundy]], American serial killer (b. 1946) *[[1990]] – [[Madge Bellamy]], American actress (b. 1899) *[[1991]] – [[Jack Schaefer]], American journalist and author (b. 1907) *[[1992]] – [[Ken Darby]], American composer and conductor (b. 1909) *[[1993]] – [[Gustav Ernesaks]], Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908) * 1993 – [[Thurgood Marshall]], American lawyer and jurist, 32nd [[United States Solicitor General]] (b. 1908) * 1993 – [[Uğur Mumcu]], Turkish investigative journalist (b. 1942)<ref name="milliyet">{{cite news |title=Uğur Mumcu karanlık yılların aydınlık yüzüydü |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/ugur-mumcu-karanlik-yillarin-aydinlik-yuzuydu-6413746 |access-date=24 January 2021 |work=Milliyet |language=tr |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124055009/https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/ugur-mumcu-karanlik-yillarin-aydinlik-yuzuydu-6413746 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="sozcu">{{cite news |title=Uğur Mumcu öldürülüşünün 28. yılında anılıyor |url=https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2021/gundem/ugur-mumcu-oldurulusunun-28-yilinda-aniliyor-6226077/ |access-date=24 January 2021 |work=Sözcü |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124093748/https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2021/gundem/ugur-mumcu-oldurulusunun-28-yilinda-aniliyor-6226077/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Gaffar Okkan]], Turkish police chief (b. 1952)<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Ayvaz |first1=Emre |last2=Şimşek |first2=Ömer Faruk |date=24 January 2021 |title=Şehit Emniyet Müdürü Ali Gaffar Okkan mezarı başında anıldı |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/sehit-emniyet-muduru-ali-gaffar-okkan-mezari-basinda-anildi/2121058 |access-date=24 January 2021 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124104841/https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/sehit-emniyet-muduru-ali-gaffar-okkan-mezari-basinda-anildi/2121058 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gaffar Okkan: Diyarbakır Emniyet Müdürü Gaffar Okkan öldürülmesinin 20. yılında anılıyor |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/gaffar-okkan-diyarbakir-emniyet-muduru-gaffar-okkan-oldurulmesinin-20-yilinda-aniliyor-1808499 |access-date=24 January 2021 |work=Cumhuriyet |language=tr |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124195217/https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/gaffar-okkan-diyarbakir-emniyet-muduru-gaffar-okkan-oldurulmesinin-20-yilinda-aniliyor-1808499 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Elie Hobeika]], Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956) *[[2003]] – [[Gianni Agnelli]], Italian businessman (b. 1921) *[[2004]] – [[Leônidas (footballer, born 1913)|Leônidas]], Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913) *[[2006]] – [[Schafik Handal]], Salvadoran politician (b. 1930) *[[2007]] – [[Krystyna Feldman]], Polish actress (b. 1916) * 2007 – [[İsmail Cem İpekçi]], Turkish journalist and politician, 45th [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1940) * 2007 – [[Guadalupe Larriva]], Ecuadorian academic and politician (b. 1956) * 2007 – [[Emiliano Mercado del Toro]], Puerto Rican-American soldier (b. 1891) * 2008 – [[Usha Narayanan]], Burmese-born [[First ladies and gentlemen of India|First Lady of India]] (b. 1922)<ref name="ex">{{cite news |date=25 January 2008 |title=Ex-First Lady Usha Narayanan dies at 86 |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/exfirst-lady-usha-narayanan-dies-at-86/265309/ |access-date=24 July 2015 |publisher=The Indian Express |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301012547/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/exfirst-lady-usha-narayanan-dies-at-86/265309/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2010 – [[Pernell Roberts]], American actor (b. 1928) *[[2011]] – [[Bernd Eichinger]], German director and producer (b. 1949) *[[2014]] – [[Shulamit Aloni]], Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th [[Ministry of Education (Israel)|Israeli Minister of Education]] (b. 1928) * 2014 – [[Rafael Pineda Ponce]], Honduran academic and politician (b. 1930) *[[2015]] – [[Otto Carius]], German lieutenant and pharmacist (b. 1922) *[[2016]] – [[Fredrik Barth]], German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (b. 1928) * 2016 – [[Marvin Minsky]], American computer scientist and academic (b. 1927)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/03/marvin-minsky-obituary|title=Marvin Minsky obituary|first=Martin|last=Campbell-Kelly|newspaper=The Guardian |date=February 3, 2016|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Henry Worsley (explorer)|Henry Worsley]], English colonel and explorer (b. 1960) * [[2017]] – [[Helena Kmieć]], Polish Roman Catholic missionary (b. 1991)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-23 |title=Helena Kmieć. Dziewczyna, która pokazała, co to znaczy kochać naprawdę |url=https://pl.aleteia.org/2024/04/23/helena-kmiec-dziewczyna-ktora-pokazala-co-to-znaczy-kochac-naprawde/ |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=Aleteia Polska |language=pl |archive-date=2024-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430081514/https://pl.aleteia.org/2024/04/23/helena-kmiec-dziewczyna-ktora-pokazala-co-to-znaczy-kochac-naprawde/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Butch Trucks]], American drummer (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Kory |last=Grow |date=January 25, 2017 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/butch-trucks-allman-brothers-founding-member-dead-at-69-w462870 |title=Butch Trucks, Allman Brothers Band Drummer and Co-Founder, Dead at 69 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=January 25, 2017 |archive-date=January 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126200529/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/butch-trucks-allman-brothers-founding-member-dead-at-69-w462870 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Mark E. Smith]], British singer-songwriter (b. 1957) *[[2019]] – [[Rosemary Bryant Mariner]], American United States Naval Aviator (b. 1953)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Rosemary Mariner, Pathbreaking Navy Pilot and Commander, Is Dead at 65 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/obituaries/rosemary-mariner-dead.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203134412/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/obituaries/rosemary-mariner-dead.html |archive-date=3 February 2019 |date=1 Feb 2019}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Iris Cummings]], American swimmer and aviator (b. 1920)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Langer |first=Emily |date=January 31, 2025 |title=Iris Cummings Critchell, pioneering aviator and Olympian, dies at 104 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/01/31/iris-cummings-critchell-swimmer-aviator/ |access-date=February 2, 2025 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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