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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[390]] – [[Gregory Nazianzus]], [[theology|theologian]] and [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|Patriarch of Constantinople]] (b. 329) * [[477]] – [[Gaiseric]], king of the Vandals (b. 389) * [[750]] – [[Ibrahim ibn al-Walid]], Umayyad [[caliph]] * [[844]] – [[Pope Gregory IV]] (b. 795) * [[863]] – [[Charles of Provence]], Frankish king (b. 845) * [[951]] – [[Ma Xiguang]], ruler of [[Chu (Ten Kingdoms)|Chu]] ([[Ten Kingdoms]]) *[[1003]] – [[Lothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark]] *[[1067]] – [[Emperor Yingzong of Song]] (b. 1032) *[[1138]] – [[Antipope Anacletus II]] *[[1139]] – [[Godfrey I, Count of Louvain]] and Duke of Lower Lorraine (as Godfrey VI) *[[1366]] – [[Henry Suso]], German priest and mystic (b. 1300) *[[1413]] – [[Maud de Ufford, Countess of Oxford]] (b. 1345) *[[1431]] – [[Charles II, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. 1364) *[[1492]] – [[Ygo Gales Galama]], Frisian warlord and rebel (b. 1443) *[[1494]] – [[Ferdinand I of Naples]] (b. 1423) *[[1559]] – [[Christian II of Denmark]] (b. 1481) *[[1578]] – [[Mihrimah Sultan (daughter of Suleiman I)|Mihrimah Sultan]] of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1522) *[[1586]] – [[Lucas Cranach the Younger]], German painter (b. 1515) ===1601–1900=== *[[1640]] – [[Robert Burton (scholar)|Robert Burton]], English physician and scholar (b. 1577) *[[1670]] – [[Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. 1612) *[[1726]] – [[Guillaume Delisle]], French cartographer (b. 1675) *[[1733]] – [[Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet]], English banker and politician, [[Lord Mayor of London]] (b. 1652) *[[1742]] – [[Edmond Halley]], English astronomer (b. 1656)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://astro.uni-bonn.de/~pbrosche/persons/pers_halley.html|title=Halley, Edmond|website=astro.uni-bonn.de}}</ref> *[[1751]] – [[Paul Dudley (jurist)|Paul Dudley]], American lawyer, jurist, and politician (b. 1675) *[[1852]] – [[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], Russian admiral, cartographer, and explorer (b. 1778) *[[1856]] – [[John Doubleday (restorer)|John Doubleday]], British craftsperson, restorer, and dealer<ref>{{cite journal | date = 2 February 1856 | title = Our Weekly Gossip | journal = The Athenæum | issue = 1475 | pages = 139–140 | url = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858029267303;view=1up;seq=154 }}</ref> *[[1872]] – [[Richard S. Ewell]], American general (b. 1817) *[[1881]] – [[Konstantin Thon]], Russian architect, designed the [[Grand Kremlin Palace]] and [[Cathedral of Christ the Saviour]] (b. 1794) *[[1884]] – [[Périclès Pantazis]], Greek-Belgian painter (b. 1849) *[[1891]] – [[Theo van Gogh (art dealer)|Theo van Gogh]], Art dealer, the brother of [[Vincent van Gogh]] (b. 1857) *[[1900]] – [[Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg]], German Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1835)<ref name=TTObituary>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Obituary - The Duchess Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein|date=26 January 1900 |page=10 |issue=36049}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1907]] – [[René Pottier]], French cyclist (b. 1879) *[[1908]] – [[Ouida]], English-Italian author (b. 1839) * 1908 – [[Mikhail Chigorin]], Russian chess player and theoretician (b. 1850) *[[1910]] – [[W. G. Read Mullan]], American Jesuit and academic (1860) *[[1914]] – [[Frank Avery Hutchins]], American librarian and educator (b. 1851)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lyman |first1=Helen Huguenor |editor1-last=Wynas |editor1-first=Bohdan S. |title=Dictionary of American Library Biography |date=1978 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=9780872871809 |page=259 |chapter=HUTCHINS, FRANK AVERY (1851-1914)}}</ref> *[[1912]] – [[Dmitry Milyutin]], Russian field marshal and politician (b. 1816) *[[1925]] – [[Juan Vucetich]], Croatian-Argentinian anthropologist and police officer (b. 1858) *[[1939]] – [[Charles Davidson Dunbar]], Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (b. 1870) *[[1947]] – [[Al Capone]], American gangster and mob boss (b. 1899) *[[1949]] – [[Makino Nobuaki]], Japanese politician, 15th [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1861) *[[1957]] – [[Ichizō Kobayashi]], Japanese businessman, founded [[Hankyu Hanshin Holdings]] (b. 1873) * 1957 – [[Kiyoshi Shiga]], Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871) *[[1958]] – [[Cemil Topuzlu]], Turkish surgeon and politician, [[List of mayors of Istanbul|Mayor of Istanbul]] (b. 1866) * 1958 – [[Robert R. Young]], American businessman and financier (b. 1897) *[[1960]] – [[Diana Barrymore]], American actress (b. 1921) *[[1966]] – [[Saul Adler]], Belarusian-English microbiologist and parasitologist (b. 1895) *[[1968]] – [[Louie Myfanwy Thomas]], Welsh writer (b. 1908) * 1968 – [[Yvor Winters]], American poet and literary critic (b. 1900)<ref>[https://poets.org/poet/yvor-winters Biography, poets.org]</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Jane Bathori]], French soprano (b. 1877) * 1970 – [[Eiji Tsuburaya]], Japanese director and producer (b. 1901) *[[1971]] – [[Barry III]], Guinean lawyer and politician (b. 1923) *[[1972]] – [[Erhard Milch]], German field marshal (b. 1892) *[[1975]] – [[Charlotte Whitton]], Canadian journalist and politician, 46th [[Mayor of Ottawa]] (b. 1896)<ref>{{cite book|first=Anne|last=Comrie|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=16|location=Detroit|publisher=Gale Group|year=2002|page=497|isbn=978-0-78764-075-0}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Skender Kulenović]], Bosnian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1910) *[[1981]] – [[Adele Astaire]], American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1896) *[[1982]] – [[Mikhail Suslov]], Russian economist and politician (b. 1902) *[[1985]] – [[Ilias Iliou]], Greek jurist and politician (b. 1904) *[[1987]] – [[Frank J. Lynch]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1922) *[[1988]] – [[Colleen Moore]], American actress (b. 1899) *[[1990]] – [[Ava Gardner]], American actress (b. 1922) *[[1991]] – [[Frank Soo]], English footballer and manager (b. 1914) *[[1992]] – [[Mir Khalil ur Rehman]], Founder and editor of the Jang Group of Newspapers (b. 1927) *[[1994]] – [[Stephen Cole Kleene]], American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1909) *[[1996]] – [[Jonathan Larson]], American playwright and composer (b. 1960)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Quinn|first=Dave|url=https://people.com/theater/rent-live-musical-history-jonathan-larson-death/|title=The True Story of Rent: How the Cast Banded Together After Creator Jonathan Larson's Death|date=27 January 2019|work=People Magazine}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Dan Barry (cartoonist)|Dan Barry]], American author and illustrator (b. 1923) *[[1999]] – [[Sarah Louise Delany]], American author and educator (b. 1889) * 1999 – [[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]], American conductor (b. 1916) *[[2001]] – [[Alice Ambrose]], American philosopher and logician (b. 1906) *[[2002]] – [[Cliff Baxter]], employee at [[Enron]] (b. 1958) *[[2003]] – [[Sheldon Reynolds (producer)|Sheldon Reynolds]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1923) * 2003 – [[Samuel Weems]], American lawyer and author (b. 1936) *[[2004]] – [[Fanny Blankers-Koen]], Dutch runner and hurdler (b. 1918) * 2004 – [[Miklós Fehér]], Hungarian footballer (b. 1979) *[[2005]] – [[Stanisław Albinowski]], Polish economist and journalist (b. 1923) * 2005 – [[William Augustus Bootle]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1902) * 2005 – [[Philip Johnson]], American architect, designed the [[PPG Place]] and [[Crystal Cathedral]] (b. 1906) * 2005 – [[Manuel Lopes (writer)|Manuel Lopes]], Cape Verdean author and poet (b. 1907) * 2005 – [[Netti Witziers-Timmer]], Dutch runner (b. 1923) *[[2009]] – [[Eleanor F. Helin]], American astronomer (b. 1932) * 2009 – [[Ewald Kooiman]], Dutch organist and educator (b. 1938) * 2009 – [[Kim Manners]], American director and producer (b. 1951) *[[2010]] – [[Ali Hassan al-Majid]], Iraqi general and politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Iraq)|Iraqi Minister of Defence]] (b. 1941) *[[2011]] – [[Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos]] Greek captain and businessman (b. 1935) * 2011 – [[Vincent Cronin]], Welsh historian and author (b. 1924) *[[2012]] – [[Paavo Berglund]], Finnish violinist and conductor (b. 1929) * 2012 – [[Jacques Maisonrouge]], French businessman (b. 1924) * 2012 – [[Franco Pacini]], Italian astrophysicist and academic (b. 1939) * 2012 – [[Robert Sheran]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1916) *[[2013]] – [[Martial Asselin]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th [[Lieutenant Governor of Quebec]] (b. 1924) * 2013 – [[Kevin Heffernan (Gaelic footballer)|Kevin Heffernan]], Irish footballer and manager (b. 1929) * 2013 – [[Aase Nordmo Løvberg]], Norwegian soprano and actress (b. 1923) *[[2014]] – [[Arthur Doyle]], American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and flute player (b. 1944) * 2014 – [[Heini Halberstam]], Czech-English mathematician and academic (b. 1926) * 2014 – [[Dave Strack]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1923) * 2014 – [[Morrie Turner]], American cartoonist (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/comics/morrie-turner-dies-at-90-pioneering-wee-pals-cartoonist/2014/01/28/181143ea-883b-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html| title=Morrie Turner dies at 90; pioneering 'Wee Pals' cartoonist| newspaper=The Washington Post| first=Adam| last=Bernstein| date=January 28, 2014| access-date=May 1, 2014| archive-date=May 6, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140506171022/http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/comics/morrie-turner-dies-at-90-pioneering-wee-pals-cartoonist/2014/01/28/181143ea-883b-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html| url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[John Leggett]], American author and academic (b. 1917) * 2015 – [[Richard McBrien]], American priest, theologian, and academic (b. 1936) * 2015 – [[Bill Monbouquette]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1936) * 2015 – [[Demis Roussos]], Egyptian-Greek singer (b. 1946) *[[2017]] – [[Stephen P. Cohen (Middle East scholar)|Stephen P. Cohen]], Canadian academic (b. 1945) * 2017 – [[Robert Garcia (New York politician)|Robert Garcia]], American politician (b. 1933) * 2017 – [[John Hurt]], English actor (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/acclaimed-british-actor-sir-john-hurt-dies-from-cancer-aged-77-10745597|title=Acclaimed British actor Sir John Hurt dies from cancer aged 77|last=Sephton|first=Connor|date=29 January 2017|publisher=[[Sky News]]|access-date=17 Feb 2017}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Harry Mathews]], American novelist and poet (b. 1930) * 2017 – [[Marcel Prud'homme]], Canadian politician (b. 1934) * 2017 – [[Mary Tyler Moore]], American actress and producer (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Tyler Moore obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/25/mary-tyler-moore-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=8 November 2021 |language=en |date=25 January 2017}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Neagu Djuvara]], Romanian historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat (b. 1916) *[[2024]] – [[Sanath Nishantha]], Sri Lankan politician (b. 1975)<ref>{{cite web |title=Minister of State Sanath Nishantha killed in a car accident |url=https://www.bbc.com/sinhala/articles/ckkvzyy4yg9o |website=BBC|access-date=27 January 2024 |language=si |date=25 January 2024}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Gloria Romero]], Filipino actress (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web|first=Kiko|last=Escuadro|title=Iconic Actress Gloria Romero passes away at 91 |url=https://tribune.net.ph/2025/01/25/iconic-actress-gloria-romero-passes-away-at-91|date=January 25, 2025|newspaper=Daily Tribune|access-date=January 25, 2025}}</ref> <!--Don't add those without Wikipedia articles. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Don't link multiple occurrences of the same year – just link the first occurrence-->
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