743 – Muhammad al-Baqir, Shia Imam (b. 676)
1925 – George W. Cable, American writer (Northampton Years), dies at 80
1973 – Ragnar Frisch, Norwegian economist (Nobel 1969), dies at 77
1974 – Paul Haesaerts, Flemish architect/painter (Flandre), dies at 72
1974 – Harry Baum, actor (Crime and Punishment), dies at 58
1995 – George Abbott, American theater producer and film director (Damn Yankees; Pajama Game), dies at 107
2000 – Gil Kane, Latvian-born comic book writer (b. 1926)
2015 – Lizabeth Scott [Emma Matzo], American actress (Desert Fury, Dark City), dies of heart failure at 92
2016 – Terry Wogan, British broadcaster (Eurovision Song Contest, Blankety Blank), dies of cancer at 77
2020 – Johnny Bumphus, American boxer (WBA super lightweight title 1984), dies at 59
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 30th January 2022
1393 – Yvain, son of earl of Foix, burned at royal ball
1774 – František Tůma, Czech composer, dies at 69
1816 – Reinier Vinkeles, Dutch engraver and art collector, dies at 74
1956 – Gerrit Mannoury, Dutch mathematician and philosopher, dies at 88
1962 – Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (b. 1894)
1968 – Tsugouharu Foujita, Japanese-French painter and printmaker, dies at 81
1991 – Clifton C. Edom, American photojournalism educator (b. 1907)
1994 – Bahjat Talhouni, Prime Minister of Jordan (1960-62, 64-65, 67-69, 69-70), dies
1997 – Frank Tejeda, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas), dies at 51
2001 – Johnnie Johnson, British fighter pilot (b. 1915)
Famous Deaths for 29th January 2022
1676 – Tsar Alexis I of Russia [Aleksey Mikhaylovich], Tsar of Russia (1645-76), dies at 46
1743 – Andre Hercule Fleury, French cardinal (1726-43), dies
1879 – Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80
1944 – William Allen White, American journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75
1960 – Louis Jean Heydt, American character actor (Waterfront; Gone With The Wind; The Great McGinty), dies from a heart attack at 56
1963 – Robert Frost, American poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88
1968 – Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies
1996 – John Terence Reese, British bridge master, dies at 82
2002 – Harold Russell, Canadian actor (Best Years of Our Life, Dogtown), dies from a heart attack at 88
2012 – Goody Petronelli, American boxing trainer and manager, dies at 88
Famous Deaths for 28th January 2022
1596 – Francis Drake, English pirate, Admiral and Governor of Newfoundland (Porto Bello West Indies), dies of dysentery at 50
1606 – Carolus Gallus [Karel de Haan], Dutch lawyer, pastor and vicar, dies at 85
1817 – Friedrich Ludwig Æmilius Kunzen, German composer, dies at 55
1859 – William H. Prescott, American historian, dies at 62
1903 – Augusta Holmes, French composer, dies at 55
1924 – Simon Abramsz, Dutch teacher and writer (For the Young Ones), dies at 56
1959 – Viktor Josef Keldorfer, Austrian composer, dies at 85
1994 – Hermanus P “Piet” Mulder, Dutch journalist (Het Parool), dies at 79
1996 – Dan Duva, American boxing promoter and producer (Howard Stern New Years Party), dies at 44
2020 – Nicholas Parsons, British presenter, comedian and actor “the ultimate quiz show host”, dies at 96
Famous Deaths for 27th January 2022
1850 – J Gottfried Schadow, German sculptor/cartoonist/writer, dies at 85
1864 – Leo von Klenze, German neoclassical architect (Walhalla), dies at 59
1901 – Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer (Rigoletto, La Traviata), dies at 77
1909 – Benoît-Constant Coquelin, French actor, dies at 68
1942 – Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian Prime Minister (b. 1888)
1972 – Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60
1984 – Lou Crosby, TV announcer (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 72
1999 – Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Spanish writer associated with the Generation of ’36 movement, dies at 88
2009 – R. [Ramaswamy] Venkataraman, Indian politician, eighth President of India, dies at 98
2021 – Mehrdad Minavand, Iranian soccer midfielder (67 caps; Persepolis, Sturm Graz), dies from COVID-19 at 45
Famous Deaths for 26th January 2022
1798 – Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer, conductor and tutor of Ludwig van Beethoven, dies at 49
1824 – Théodore Géricault, French painter (The Raft of the Medusa), dies at 32
1893 – Abner Doubleday, Union general-major and inventor (baseball), dies at 73
1950 – Betsy van den Arend, Dutch [Betje], actress (Miss Hobbs), dies at 78
1965 – Ali Mansoer, premier of Persia, murdered
1993 – Jan Gies, Dutch resistance fighter (helped Anne Frank), dies at 87
1995 – Louis Heren, journalist, dies at 65
1996 – Harold Brodkey, American writer (My Venice), dies at 65
1998 – S P Leary, Texan blues drummer (Muddy Waters), dies at 67
2019 – Michel Legrand, French composer, film arranger and jazz musician (Summer of ’42, Windmills of Your Mind), dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 25th January 2022
1139 – Godfried I, with the Beard, duke of Brabant/earl of Leuven, dies
1855 – Dorothy Wordsworth, English poet, diarist and sister of William Wordsworth, dies at 83
1906 – Joseph Wheeler, American Major General (Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee), dies at 70
1907 – René Pottier, French racing cyclist (Tour de France 1906), dies at 27
1910 – Leon Walras, French economist (School of Lausanne), dies at 75
1940 – Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)
1973 – Masao Ohba, Japanese boxer (WBA flyweight champion), dies in a car accident at 23
1975 – Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician, Mayor of Ottawa (1951-56), dies at 78
2005 – Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906)
2020 – Gene Corrigan, American lacrosse player, coach and college athletics administrator (President of the NCAA 1995-97), dies at 91
Famous Deaths for 24th January 2022
772 – Stephen III/IV, Catholic Pope (768-72), dies. (b. 720)
817 – Stefanus IV, Pope (816-17), dies
1709 – George Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650)
1824 – Ercole Consalvi, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal, dies at 66
1971 – Bill W., American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
1992 – Charles Moulin, French actor (French Tarzan), dies
1995 – Ian Prestt, English ornithologist, dies at 65
1995 – Victor Reinganum, English artist and illustrator, dies at 87
2008 – Randy Salerno, co-anchor of Chicago’s CBS 2 News (b. 1963)
2018 – Mark E. Smith, British rock vocalist (The Fall, The Post-Nearly Man), dies after a long illness at 60
Famous Deaths for 23rd January 2022
1356 – Margaretha of Bavaria, Emperess of Germany, dies
1833 – Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, British admiral (b. 1757)
1937 – Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (Minister of Education), dies at 60
1944 – Viktor Gusev, Russian poet (b. 1909)
1947 – Roy Park, Australian cricketer (prolific Victorian bat and official), dies at 54
1952 – Natalia Brassova, Russian noblewoman, wife of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, dies at 71
1982 – Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83
1995 – Peter Luke, British playwright, dies at 75
2002 – Igor Kipnis, American harpsichordist, pianist, conductor, and educatordies of renal cancer at 71
2007 – Syed Hussein Alatas, Malaysian Politician (b. 1928)
Famous Deaths for 22nd January 2022
1875 – Charles Sprague, American banker and poet (Curiosity), dies at 83
1913 – Ferdinand van der Haeghen, Flemish librarian/bibliographer, dies at 82
1950 – Alan Hale Sr., American actor (Little John-The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies of a liver ailment and viral infection at 57
1964 – Marc Blitzstein, American composer (Cradle Will Rock), dies at 58
1979 – Ali Hassan Salameh [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes
1994 – Rhett Forrester, American singer (Riot) (b. 1956)
1997 – Irwin Levine, composer (Tie a Yellow Ribbon), dies at 58
2003 – Bill Mauldin, American cartoonist famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers (Pulitzer-1945, 59), dies of Alzheimer’s disease and a bathtub scalding at 81
2007 – Abbé Pierre, French priest (b. 1912)
2010 – Jean Simmons, British actress (Thorn Birds, Guys and Dolls), dies at 80