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
Category: Famous Deaths
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
Famous Deaths for 13th January 2023
1658 – Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
1889 – Solomon Bundy, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York’s 21st district), dies at 65
1914 – Bernardus Hermanus Heldt, Dutch trade union leader and politician, dies at 72
1924 – Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist (Test of Quincke), dies at 89
1929 – Wyatt Earp, American frontiersman and marshal who participated in the gunfight at the OK Corral, dies at 80
1980 – Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor (Lincoln Portrarit), dies of pneumonia at 78
1983 – D Mack Reynolds, American writer (Amazon Planet, Once Departed), dies
1992 – Yvonne Bryceland, South African stage actress (Road to Mecca), dies of cancer at 66
2007 – Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (Brecker Brothers), dies at 57
2008 – Johnny Podres, American baseball player (b. 1932)
Famous Deaths for 12th January 2023
1839 – Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70
1926 – Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864)
1940 – Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56
1962 – Richard de Guide, composer, dies at 52
1972 – Padraic Colum, Irish novelist and poet (Collected Poems), dies at 90
1996 – Edmund Happold, British structural engineer (founder of Buro Happold), dies at 65
1999 – Leo Cherne, American economist and commentator (All Star News), dies at 86
2019 – Bonnie Guitar [Buckingham], American guitarist, singer and record executive (Dark Moon), dies at 95
2021 – Khalid bin Abdullah Al Saud, Saudi thoroughbred racing owner and breeder (Juddmonte Farms; Dancing Brave, Enable, Frankel, Arrogate), dies at 84
2021 – Álvaro Mejía, Colombian athlete (Boston Marathon 1971 2:18:45), dies at 80
Famous Deaths for 11th January 2023
1641 – Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (b. 1583)
1914 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery was named (b. 1842)
1966 – Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish long-distance runner (Olympic gold 1912), dies at 76
1975 – Max Lorenz, German heldentenor famous for Wagner roles (b. 1901)
1986 – Sid Chaplin, UK novelist (b. 1916)
1996 – Eric Hebborn, artist/faker, dies at 61
2010 – Georgy Garanian, Armenian-Russian jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer, dies of cardiac arrest at 75
2013 – Lars Werner, Swedish communist leader, dies at 77
2016 – Monty Irvin, American Baseball HOF outfielder (4 x NgL All-Star, NgL World Series 1946 Newark Eagles; MLB All-Star 1952, World Series 1954 NY Giants), dies at 96
2017 – François Van der Elst, Belgian soccer winger (44 caps; Anderlecht, West Ham Utd), dies from cardiac arrest at 62