1199 – Yaqub, Almohad Caliph (b. 1160)
1622 – William Baffin, English explorer, dies of a gunshot wound at in attack on Qeshm about 38
1785 – Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (b. 1717)
1988 – Dan Daniel, American politician (Rep-D-VA, 1969-88), dies at 73
1993 – Thomas A. Dorsey, American jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies at 93
1997 – Charles Craig, English opera singer, dies at 77
1997 – Roger John Tayler, British astrophysicist (author of The Origin of the Chemical Elements), dies at 67
2002 – Igor Kipnis, American harpsichordist, pianist, conductor, and educatordies of renal cancer at 71
2007 – Ryszard Kapuściński, Polish journalist and writer (b. 1932)
2017 – Gorden Kaye, British actor (Allo Allo), dies at 75
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 22nd January 2023
1922 – Benedict XV [Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa], Italian 258th pope (1914-22), dies at 67
1935 – Horace Rawlins, English golfer (US Open 1895), dies at 60
1942 – Xiao Hong, Chinese writer (The Field of Life and Death). dies at 30
1949 – Henry Slocum, American tennis player (US Nationals 1888-89), dies at 86
1952 – Roger Vitrac, French poet and dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies at 52
1974 – Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry-Burke’s Law), dies at 64
1995 – Christopher Francis Palmer, British composer, orchestrator, and musicologist, dies of AIDS complications 48
2002 – Kenneth Armitage, English sculptor, dies at 85
2005 – Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894)
2005 – Rose Mary Woods, American secretary to Richard Nixon (claimed to have erased part of Watergate tapes by accident), dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 21st January 2023
1519 – Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer (b. 1475)
1546 – Azai Sukemasa, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1491)
1704 – Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83
1815 – Matthias Claudius, German poet, dies at 74
1831 – Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49
1872 – Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81
1879 – John Blair Scribner, American magazine and book publisher, dies of pneumonia at 28
1956 – Sam Langford, Canadian boxer (b. 1883)
1988 – Abraham Sofaer, Burmese born British actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies at 91
2008 – Pam Barrett, Canadian politician (b. 1953)
Famous Deaths for 20th January 2023
288 – St. Sebastian, early Christian martyr (commemorated as his feast day)
1569 – Miles Coverdale, English bishop and translator of the Great Bible (the first authorized English translation of the Bible), dies at about 80
1713 – Pavao Vitezovic, Croatian historian, dies
1779 – David Garrick, English actor, producer and writer (Aboan-Oroonoko), dies at 61
1873 – The Blessed Father Basil Anthony Marie Moreau, Founder of the Congregation of Holy Cross (b. 1799)
1901 – Zénobe Gramme, Belgian engineer (Gramme dynamo), dies at 74
1914 – Emil Liebling, German-American composer, dies at 62
2003 – Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947)
2003 – Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908)
2022 – Elza Soares, Brazilian samba and jazz singer, named one of the Singers of the Millennium by BBC Radio, dies at 91
Famous Deaths for 19th January 2023
1479 – Johan II, king of Aragon/Navarra, dies at 81
1625 – Erhard Buttner, German composer, dies at 32
1766 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect, dies at 70
1847 – Charles Bent, American fur trader and Governor of New Mexico Territory for 100 days (1846-47), killed at 47
1970 – Hal March [Harold Mendelson], American comedian, actor and TV host ($64,000 Question, Outrage), dies of lung cancer at 49
1980 – Richard Franko Goldman, American educator and composer, dies at 69
1983 – Don Costa, American composer (Hello, Dolly!), arranger, and record producer (Sinatra and Strings; My Way), dies at 57
1991 – Marcel Chaput, French Canadian politician, dies at 72
1996 – Harold Wolpe, South African sociologist, lawyer, and activist, dies at 70
1997 – Adriana Caselotti, voice of Snow White in Disney’s animated film, dies at 70
Famous Deaths for 18th January 2023
1985 – Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (Hard Day’s Night, Steptoe and Son), dies from cancer at 72
1995 – Charles Baskerville, American pop vocalist (Shep and the Limelites – “Daddy’s Home”), dies at 54
1996 – Leonor Fini, Argentine artist, dies at 87
2000 – Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (b. 1897)
2003 – Edward “The Sheik” Farhat, American professional wrestler (b. 1926)
2008 – Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (co-owner Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams 1979–2008), dies at 80
2008 – John Stroger, first African-American Cook County Board President (b. 1929)
2009 – Grigore Vieru, Romanian poet (b. 1935)
2016 – Johnny Bach, American basketball coach (Fordham Uni, Penn State Uni; NBA C’ship 1991-93 Chicago Bulls assistant coach), dies at 91
2022 – Ron Franklin, American sportscaster (ESPN 1987-2011; ESPN College Football Primetime), dies at 79
Famous Deaths for 17th January 2023
1856 – Thomas Attwood Walmisley, English organist, composer and educator (Cathedral Music), dies at 41
1899 – Jedediah Hotchkiss, American topographer and cartographer, dies at 70
1983 – Bill Bonthron, American athlete (world 1,500m record 3:48.8 1934), dies at 70
1987 – Raymond Scheyven, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs, dies at 75
1992 – Charlie Ventura [Venturo], American jazz tenor saxophonist and band leader (Bop for the People), dies of lung cancer at 75
1994 – Chung Il Kwon, Prime Minister of South Korea (1964-70), dies
2003 – Balint Vazsonyi, Hingarian pianist (b. 1936)
2004 – Noble Willingham, American actor (Walker, Texas Ranger), dies at 72
2010 – Daisuke Gouri, Japanese seiyu (b. 1952)
2013 – Lizbeth Webb, English soprano, dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 16th January 2023
1934 – Annie Patterson, Irish organist, composer, and musicologist, dies at 65
1942 – Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Governor General of Canada (1911-16), dies at 91
1945 – Dennis Donnini, British rifleman (Victoria Cross), dies in battle at 19
1962 – Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect, dies at 78
1963 – Ike Quebec, American tenor-saxophone player, dies of cancer at 44
1996 – Marcia Davenport, American author and music critic (b. 1903)
1997 – Jim Kensil, NFL president (NY Jets), dies of heart failure at 66
2001 – Auberon Waugh, British author and journalist (b. 1939)
2002 – Robert Hanbury Brown, British-Australian astronomer and physicist (b. 1916)
2022 – Charles McGee, American US Air Force officer and fighter pilot of the Tuskegee Airmen (WWII, Korean War, Vietnam), dies at 102
Famous Deaths for 15th January 2023
1597 – Juan de Herrera, Spanish Renaissance architect and mathematician (El Escorial, Vallododid Cathedral), dies (b. c. 1530)
1904 – Eduard Lassen, Belgian-Danish composer, dies at 73
1919 – Karl Liebknecht, German Marxist revolutionary (Sparta Party), murdered at 47
1926 – Enrico Toselli, Italian pianist and composer, dies at 42
1934 – Hermann Bahr, Austrian writer (Concert), dies at 70
1964 – Harry Sunderland, Australian rugby league administrator (manager 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of GB; Queensland RFL secretary 1913-22; inspired establishment RL in France), dies at 74
1964 – George Duncan, Scottish golfer, course designer (British Open 1920), dies at 80
2001 – Ted Mann, American screenwriter (b. 1916)
2018 – Cyrille Regis, English former footballer, dies of a heart attack at 59
2022 – Ed Cheff, American College Baseball HOF coach (16 × NAIA World Series; Lewis–Clark State College 1977-2010), dies at 78
Famous Deaths for 14th January 2023
1640 – Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer and judge (b. 1578)
1786 – Michael Arne, English composer (b. 1740 or 1741)
1971 – Ethel Glenn Hier, American composer, dies at 82
1986 – Walter Leblanc, Belgian painter, dies at 53
2004 – Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal musician (Windir), dies in a snowstorm at 25
2007 – Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (What’s My Line?, United Kingdom), dies at 83
2007 – Darlene Conley, American actress (The Bold and the Beautiful), dies at 72
2011 – Trish Keenan, lead vocalist of English band Broadcast (b. 1968)
2014 – Juan Gelman, Argentine poet, dies at 84
2016 – René Angélil, Canadian music executive, actor and director (Omertà, L’apparition), and husband of Céline Dion, dies of throat cancer at 73