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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[680]] – [[Balthild]], Frankish queen (b. 626) * [[970]] – [[Peter I of Bulgaria]] *[[1030]] – [[William V, Duke of Aquitaine]] (b. 969) *[[1181]] – [[Emperor Takakura]] of Japan (b. 1161) *[[1240]] – [[Pelagio Galvani]], Leonese lawyer and cardinal (b. 1165) *[[1314]] – [[Nicholas III of Saint Omer]] *[[1344]] – [[William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury]] (b. 1301) *[[1384]] – [[Louis II, Count of Flanders]] (b. 1330) *[[1574]] – [[Damião de Góis]], Portuguese historian and philosopher (b. 1502) ===1601–1900=== *[[1606]] – [[Everard Digby]], English criminal (b. 1578)<ref>{{cite ODNB |title=Digby, Sir Everard (c. 1578–1606), conspirator |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/7626 |isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-7626 |access-date=25 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1606 – [[John Grant (Gunpowder Plot)|John Grant]], English conspirator (b. 1570) * 1606 – [[Robert Wintour]], English conspirator (b. 1565) *[[1649]] – [[Charles I of England|Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland]] (b. 1600)<ref name=CharlesI /> *[[1664]] – [[Cornelis de Graeff]], Dutch mayor (b. 1599) *[[1730]] – [[Peter II of Russia]] (b. 1715) *[[1770]] – [[Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de Soldanis]], Maltese linguist, historian and cleric (b. 1712) *[[1836]] – [[Betsy Ross]], American seamstress, said to have designed the [[Flag of the United States|American Flag]] (b. 1752) *[[1838]] – [[Osceola]], American tribal leader (b. 1804)<ref name=Chase2022 /> *[[1858]] – [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck]], Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (b. 1778) *[[1867]] – [[Emperor Kōmei]] of Japan (b. 1831) *[[1869]] – [[William Carleton]], Irish author (b. 1794) *[[1881]] – [[Arthur O'Shaughnessy]], English poet and herpetologist (b. 1844) *[[1889]] – [[Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria]], [[heir apparent]] to the throne of Austria-Hungary (b. 1858) ===1901–present=== *[[1923]] – [[Columba Marmion]], Benedictine abbot (b. 1858)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tierney |first1=Mark |title=Blessed Columba Marmion: A Short Biography |date=2000 |publisher=The Liturgical Press |location=Collegeville, Minnesota |isbn=0-8146-2756-0 |page=130 |url=https://archive.org/details/blessedcolumbama0000tier/page/130/mode/2up}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Barbara La Marr]], American actress (b. 1896) *[[1928]] – [[Johannes Fibiger]], Danish physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1867) *[[1934]] – [[Frank Nelson Doubleday]], American publisher, founded the [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday Publishing Company]] (b. 1862) *[[1947]] – [[Frederick Blackman]], English botanist and physiologist (b. 1866) *[[1948]] – [[Arthur Coningham (RAF officer)|Arthur Coningham]], Australian air marshal (b. 1895) * 1948 – [[Mahatma Gandhi]], leader of the [[Indian independence movement]] against [[British Raj|British rule]] (b. 1869) * 1948 – [[Wright brothers|Orville Wright]], American pilot and engineer, co-founded the [[Wright Company]] (b. 1871)<ref>{{cite book|first=Arthur George|last=Renstrom|title=Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Reissue of a Chronology Commemorating Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Orville Wright, August 19, 1871|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher= Office of External Relations, National Aeronautics and Space Administration|year=2003|page=61|oclc=52159927}}</ref> *[[1951]] – [[Ferdinand Porsche]], Austrian-German engineer and businessman, founded [[Porsche]] (b. 1875) *[[1958]] – [[Jean Crotti]], Swiss painter (b. 1878) * 1958 – [[Ernst Heinkel]], German engineer and businessman; founded the [[Heinkel|Heinkel Aircraft Company]] (b. 1888) *[[1962]] – [[Manuel de Abreu]], Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894) *[[1963]] – [[Francis Poulenc]], French pianist and composer (b. 1899) *[[1966]] – [[Jaan Hargel]], Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (b. 1912) *[[1968]] – [[Makhanlal Chaturvedi]], Indian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1889) *[[1969]] – [[Dominique Pire]], Belgian friar, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1910) *[[1973]] – [[Elizabeth Baker (economist)|Elizabeth Baker]], American economist and academic (b. 1885)<ref>{{Cite book|title=A biographical dictionary of women economists|url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00dima|url-access=limited|date=2000|publisher=Edward Elgar|author1=Dimand, Robert William|author2=Dimand, Mary Ann|author3=Forget, Evelyn L.|author3-link=Evelyn L. Forget|isbn=1843761424|location=Cheltenham, UK|pages=[https://archive.org/details/biographicaldict00dima/page/n44 16]|oclc=49852577}}</ref> * 1973 – [[Titina Silá]], Bissau-Guinean revolutionary (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Guiné-Bissau presta homenagem a Titina Silá|date=30 January 2007|url=https://expresso.pt/africa/guine-bissau-presta-homenagem-a-titina-sila=f108649|access-date=24 October 2023|website=[[Expresso (newspaper)|Expresso]]|language=pt|issn=0870-1970}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Olav Roots]], Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1910) *[[1977]] – [[Paul Marais de Beauchamp]], French zoologist (b. 1883) *[[1980]] – [[Professor Longhair]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Santelli|title=The Big Book of Blues: A Biographical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aGwZAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-100145-6|page=382}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Lightnin' Hopkins]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues: A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger | location= Santa Barbara, California| pages=294 | isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[John Bardeen]], American physicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1908)<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Pippard | first1 = B. | author-link = Brian Pippard| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1994.0002 | title = John Bardeen. 23 May 1908–30 January 1991 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 39 | pages = 20–34| year = 1994 | s2cid = 121943831 }}</ref> * 1991 – [[Clifton C. Edom]], American photographer and educator (b. 1907) *[[1993]] – [[Alexandra of Yugoslavia]], the last Queen of Yugoslavia (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tomlinson |first1=Richard |title=Obituary: Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-queen-alexandra-of-yugoslavia-1470477.html |access-date=9 February 2021 |work=The Independent |date=22 October 2011 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Pierre Boulle]], French soldier and author (b. 1912) *[[1999]] – [[Huntz Hall]], American actor (b. 1919) * 1999 – [[Ed Herlihy]], American journalist (b. 1909) *[[2001]] – [[Jean-Pierre Aumont]], French soldier and actor (b. 1911) * 2001 – [[Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer)|Johnnie Johnson]], English air marshal and pilot (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |title=Johnnie Johnson {{!}} British military officer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johnnie-Johnson |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=27 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 2001 – [[Joseph Ransohoff]], American surgeon and educator (b. 1915) *[[2004]] – [[Egon Mayer (sociologist)|Egon Mayer]], Swiss-American sociologist (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite journal |title=In Memoriam: Professor Egon Mayer |journal=Holocaust and Genocide Studies |date=2004 |volume=18 |issue=2 |page=376 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/171666 |access-date=7 December 2022}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Martyn Bennett]], Canadian-Scottish violinist (b. 1971) *[[2006]] – [[Coretta Scott King]], American author and activist (b. 1927) * 2006 – [[Wendy Wasserstein]], American playwright and academic (b. 1950) *[[2007]] – [[Sidney Sheldon]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/01/obituaries/01sheldon.html?ex=1185944400&en=6926e71f21afa7d5&ei=5087&excamp=GGGNsidneysheldon|title=Sidney Sheldon, Author of Steamy Novels, Dies at 89|website=The New York Times|date=January 31, 2007|author=Margalit Fox|access-date=February 28, 2022}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Marcial Maciel]], Mexican-American priest, founded the [[Legion of Christ]] and [[Regnum Christi]] (b. 1920) *[[2009]] – [[H. Guy Hunt]], American soldier, pastor, and politician, 49th [[Governor of Alabama]] (b. 1933) *[[2010]] – [[Fadil Ferati]], Kosovar accountant and politician (b. 1960) *[[2011]] – [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]], English composer and conductor (b. 1933) *[[2012]] – [[Frank Aschenbrenner]], American football player and soldier (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite web|title=Death Notice |url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/jsonline/obituary.aspx?n=frank-aschenbrenner&pid=155725731#fbLoggedOut|work=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|date=February 1, 2012|access-date=April 30, 2013}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Doeschka Meijsing]], Dutch author (b. 1947) *[[2013]] – [[Gamal al-Banna]], Egyptian author and scholar (b. 1920) * 2013 – [[Patty Andrews]], American singer (b. 1918) * 2013 – [[George Witt (baseball)|George Witt]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1931) *[[2014]] – [[Stefan Bałuk]], Polish general and photographer (b. 1914) * 2014 – [[The Mighty Hannibal]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939) * 2014 – [[Russell D. Hemenway]], American political activist (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Adam |date=January 31, 2014 |title=Russell D. Hemenway, legislative reformer, dies at 88 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/russell-d-hemenway-legislative-reformer-dies-at-88/2014/01/31/ce121960-8a90-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601074959/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/russell-d-hemenway-legislative-reformer-dies-at-88/2014/01/31/ce121960-8a90-11e3-833c-33098f9e5267_story.html |archive-date=June 1, 2020 |access-date=May 6, 2025 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=2269358}}</ref> * 2014 – [[William Motzing]], American composer and conductor (b. 1937) * 2014 – [[Arthur Rankin Jr.]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/05/business/arthur-rankin-jr-who-brought-rudolph-and-santa-to-tv-dies-at-89.html | title = Arthur Rankin Jr., Who Brought Rudolph and Santa to TV, Dies at 89 | work = [[The New York Times]] | date = February 5, 2014 | access-date = February 5, 2014 | first = Paul | last = Vitello}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Greater (flamingo)|Greater]], oldest known [[greater flamingo]] and [[Feast Festival]] 2021 mascot (h. c.1919–1933)<ref>[http://www.zoossa.com.au/adelaide-zoo/animals-exhibits/animals/birds?species=greater%20flamingo Adelaide Zoo -- Our Animals -- Animals -- Greater Flamingo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202134855/http://www.zoossa.com.au/adelaide-zoo/animals-exhibits/animals/birds?species=greater%20flamingo |date=2014-02-02 }}, at the [[Adelaide Zoo]]; published no later than September 16, 2009 (date of earliest version on archive.org); retrieved June 21, 2023</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/13/strike-me-pink-australias-last-two-flamingos-resurrected-as-gay-emblems Strike me pink: Australia's last two flamingos resurrected as gay emblems], by Tory Shepherd, at ''[[The Guardian]]''; published November 12, 2021; retrieved June 21, 2023</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Carl Djerassi]], Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (b. 1923) * 2015 – [[Ülo Kaevats]], Estonian academic, philosopher, and politician (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vihalemm |first1=Rein |last2=Müürsepp |first2=Peeter |last3=Pietarinen |first3=Ahti-Veikko |title=In Memoriam Professor Ülo Kaevats |journal=Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum |date=30 June 2015 |volume=3 |issue=1 |pages=119–123 |doi=10.11590/abhps.2015.1.09|doi-access=free }}</ref> * 2015 – [[Geraldine McEwan]], English actress (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Versatile Actress Geraldine McEwan |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/obituary-versatile-actress-geraldine-mcewan-30973238.html |website=independent |date=8 February 2015 |access-date=18 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Gerrit Voorting]], Dutch cyclist (b. 1923) * 2015 – [[Zhelyu Zhelev]], Bulgarian philosopher and politician, 2nd [[List of heads of state of Bulgaria|President of Bulgaria]] (b. 1935) *[[2016]] – [[Frank Finlay]], English actor (b. 1926)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/frank-finlay-dead-british-oscar-nominated-actor-who-played-opposite-olivier-dies-aged-89-a6844566.html |title=Frank Finlay dead: British Oscar-nominated actor who played opposite Olivier dies aged 89 |work=The Independent|access-date=31 January 2016 |date=30 January 2016}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Francisco Flores Pérez]], Salvadorian politician, [[President of El Salvador]] (b. 1959)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Sam|date=February 2, 2016|title=Francisco Flores, Tainted Ex-President of El Salvador, Dies at 56|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/03/world/americas/francisco-flores-ex-president-of-el-salvador-dies-at-56.html|access-date=4 February 2016}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Georgia Davis Powers]], American activist and politician (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Eblen|first1=Tom|title=Georgia Davis Powers, legislator and civil rights pioneer, dies at 92|url=http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article57463143.html|access-date=January 30, 2016|work=[[Lexington Herald-Leader]]|date=January 30, 2016}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Gaston Mialaret]], French pedagogist and professor (b. [[1918]])<ref>{{Cite web |last=Agrusti |first=G. |date=2016 |title=Gaston Mialaret and Teacher Education |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313578531 |website=ResearchGate}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/ibe-staff/gaston-mialaret|title=Gaston Mialaret|author=IBE|date=2015-05-13|website=International Bureau of Education|language=en|access-date=2021-06-21|archive-date=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623124339/http://www.ibe.unesco.org/en/ibe-staff/gaston-mialaret|url-status=}}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Mark Salling]], American actor and musician<ref name="Mark Selling Dead">{{cite web|first1=Michelle|last1=Corriston|first2=Aurelie|last2=Corinthios|first3=Kara|last3=Warner|first4=Christine|last4=Pelisek|title=Mark Salling Dead in Apparent Suicide a Month Before His Sentencing in Child Porn Case|url=http://people.com/tv/mark-salling-dead-apparent-suicide-reports/|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|publisher=[[Meredith Corporation]]|location=New York City|date=January 20, 2018|access-date=January 30, 2018|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131010709/http://people.com/tv/mark-salling-dead-apparent-suicide-reports/|archive-date=January 31, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref> (b. 1982) *[[2019]] – [[Dick Miller]], American actor (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/obituaries-people-news/dick-miller-dead-dies-gremlins-terminator-1203124265/|title=Dick Miller, 'Gremlins' and 'Terminator' Actor, Dies at 90|first1=Nate|last1=Nickolai|date=January 31, 2019}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Sophie (musician)|Sophie]], Scottish musician (b. 1986)<ref>{{cite news |title='Visionary' music producer Sophie dies aged 34 |work=BBC News |date=30 January 2021 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55860938 |access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Cheslie Kryst]], American television presenter and model (b. 1991)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Cheslie Kryst, former Miss USA, dies at 30|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/cheslie-kryst-miss-usa-dies-30-82569368|access-date=2022-01-31|website=ABC News|language=en}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Bobby Beathard]], American [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] executive (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rifkin |first1=Glenn |title=Bobby Beathard, Hall of Fame football executive, dies at 86 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/02/01/bobby-beathard-washington-general-manager-dead/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=1 February 2023}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Bobby Hull]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dailyherald.com/sports/20230130/former-blackhawks-great-bobby-hull-dies-at-84 |title=Former Blackhawks great Bobby Hull dies at 84 |last=Dietz |first=John |date=30 January 2023 |website=Daily Herald |access-date=30 January 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Chita Rivera]], American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wagmeister |first1=Elizabeth |date= |title=Chita Rivera, Tony Award-winning actress and singer, dead at 91 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/30/entertainment/chita-rivera-death/index.html |access-date=January 31, 2023 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Dick Button]], American figure skater and actor (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilner |first=Barry |date=January 30, 2025 |title=Dick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/dick-button-olympic-great-voice-skating-dies-95-118292366 |access-date=February 1, 2025 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |language=en}}</ref> *2025 – [[Julius Chan]], Papua New Guinean politician, 2nd [[Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea]] (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bush |first=Rebecca |date=January 30, 2025 |title=Sir Julius Chan, Papua New Guinea's last 'founding father', dies aged 85 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/30/sir-julius-chan-papua-new-guineas-last-founding-father-dies-aged-85 |access-date=January 30, 2025 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *2025 – [[Marianne Faithfull]], English singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=January 30, 2025 |title=Marianne Faithfull, a Pop Star Turned Survivor, Is Dead at 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/arts/music/marianne-faithfull-dead.html |access-date=January 30, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2025 – [[Edcel Lagman]], Filipino politician (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2025 |title=Veteran lawmaker, human rights advocate Edcel Lagman dies at 82 |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/934635/albay-lawmaker-edcel-lagman-dies-at-82/story/ |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=[[GMA Integrated News|GMA News Online]] |language=en}}</ref> <!--Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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