1625 – Nicolò Rubini, Italian composer and cornettist, dies at 50
1661 – Andres Malong, Philippines rebel leader, executed
1751 – Tomaso Albinoni, Italian composer (Adagio in G-minor), dies at 79
1805 – Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, French scholar and interpreter, dies at 73
1899 – Jedediah Hotchkiss, American topographer and cartographer, dies at 70
1965 – Hans Marchwitza, German writer and communist, dies at 75
1992 – Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner, dies at 76
1993 – Ger ter Horst, Dutch soccer trainer (Sparta), dies
2005 – Zhao Ziyang, Premier of the People’s Republic of China (b. 1919)
2020 – Morimichi Takagi, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman (NPB All-Star 1966–67, 73, 79; Chunichi Dragons), dies at 78
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 16th January 2021
1545 – George Spalatin, German humanist, reformer and important figure in the Reformation, dies at 60
1659 – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer, dies at 78
1907 – Alfred Shaw, cricketer (seven Tests for England 1877-82), dies at 64
1935 – Ma Barker, American criminal (b. 1871)
1988 – Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (b. 1899)
1989 – Trey Wilson, actor (Bull Durham, Twins, Raising Arizona), dies
1995 – William Dillard, American jazz trumpeter and Broadway singer dies from complications of Lupus, at 83
2002 – Ron Taylor, American actor (b. 1952)
2017 – Cuthbert Johnson, English musician and Benedictine abbot, dies at 70
2017 – Eugene Cernan, American NASA astronaut (12th person on the moon), dies at 82
Famous Deaths for 15th January 2021
1904 – Eduard Lassen, Belgian-Danish composer, dies at 73
1947 – Elizabeth Short, American victim in the Black Dahlia case, murdered at 22
1950 – Gen Henry “Hap” Arnold, U.S. General of the Air Force (b. 1886)
1952 – Ned Hanlon, Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)
1965 – Pierre Ngendandumwe, premier of Burundi, murdered
1968 – Bill Masterson, Canadian American NHL player, first to be fatally injured during a game (Jan 13), dies at 29
1971 – John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of heart attack at 50
1973 – Jef Alpaerts, Flemish pianist/conductor, dies at 68
1974 – Karel Salmon, Israeli composer, dies at 76
1988 – Seán MacBride, Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army and founder of Amnesty International (Nobel 1974), dies at 83
Famous Deaths for 14th January 2021
1679 – Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)
1830 – Johann Georg Repsold, German instrument maker and astronomer, dies at 59
1892 – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, British prince (b. 1864)
1902 – Cato M. Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician and chemist (law of mass action), dies at 65
1945 – Sándor Vándor, Hungarian Jewish composer, murdered in the Holocaust at 43
1991 – Sallah Kharaf [Abu Iyad], co-founder (Al-Fatah), assassinated
1995 – Alexander Gibson, British conductor and founder of the Scottish Opera, dies at 68
2004 – Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal musician (Windir), dies in a snowstorm at 25
2005 – Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
2017 – Zhou Youguang [Zhou Yaoping], Chinese language scholar (father of pinyin), dies at 111
Famous Deaths for 13th January 2021
1658 – Edward Sexby, English Puritan soldier (b. 1616)
1762 – Leonhard Trautsch, German composer, dies at 68
1941 – James Joyce, novelist (Ulysses), dies in Zurich Switzerland, at 58
1954 – Roland Diggle, English-born American composer and organist, dies at 69
1995 – Arthur Mervyn Stockwood, Anglican bishop (Southwark England), dies at 81
2003 – Norman Panama, American screenwriter and director (b. 1914)
2007 – Doyle Holly, American comedian and musician (Buckaroos), dies at 70
2014 – Bobby Collins, Scottish soccer midfielder (31 caps; Celtic, Everton, Leeds), dies at 82
2015 – Ronnie Ronalde [Ronald Charles Waldron], British entertainer and world-famous whistler, dies at 91
2018 – Doug Harvey, American National League umpire (Baseball Hall of Fame 2010), dies at 87
Famous Deaths for 12th January 2021
1777 – Hugh Mercer, Scottish military officer (fought in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War), dies of his wounds at the Battle of Princeton at 50
1833 – Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784)
1839 – Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70
1851 – Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72
1860 – Martinus Niewindt, Dutch Bishop of Curacao (christened slaves), dies at 63
1970 – Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84
1977 – Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director (Les Diaboliques, Truth), dies at 69
1994 – Bob Horen, dies of cancer at 67
2000 – Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)
2000 – Marc Davis, American animator (b. 1913)
Famous Deaths for 11th January 2021
1867 – Sir Stuart Donaldson, first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales (b. 1812)
1991 – Jason Christmas, dies of a gunshot wound during robbery in NY at 49
1994 – John Bradley, United States Navy corpsman, one of six who raised flag on top of Mt. Suribachi (see Iwo Jima), dies of a stroke at 70
1995 – Josef Gingold, Russian-American violinist (b. 1909)
1996 – Ike Isaacs, Burmese-English jazz guitarist, dies at 76
2000 – Bob Lemon, American Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (MLB All-Star 1948–54; World Series 1948; no-hitter 1948; Cleveland Indians) and manager (KC Royals, Chicago WS; World Series NY Yankees 1978), dies at 79
2002 – Struan Sutherland, Australian medical researcher (b. 1936)
2002 – [Charles Eugene] Gene Dinwiddie, American blues saxophonist (Paul Butterfield Blues Band), dies at 65
2005 – Spencer Dryden, American drummer (Jefferson Airplane) dies of colon cancer at 66
2016 – Gilberto Mendes, Brazilian composer, dies at 93
Famous Deaths for 10th January 2021
1754 – Daniel Raap, Dutch porcelain salesman/politician, dies at about 51
1811 – Marie-Joseph Chénier, French poet (Caïus Gracchus), dies at 46
1901 – Sir James Dickson, Premier of Queensland, Australian Minister for Defence (b. 1832)
1978 – Don Gillis, American composer (b. 1912)
1992 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (b. 1919)
1993 – Diana Adams, ballerina, dies
1996 – Arthur Sydney Martin, spycatcher, dies at 81
1997 – Alexander R. Todd, British chemist (Nobel Prize 1957), dies at 89
2017 – Clare Hollingworth, British war correspondent who was the first to report on the outbreak of WWII, dies at 105
2020 – Petko Petkov, Bulgarian soccer forward (33 caps; Beroe Stara Zagora, Austria Wien), dies at 73
Famous Deaths for 9th January 2021
1879 – Don Joaquin BF Espartero, fieldmarshall/viceroy of Navarra, dies at 86
1966 – Haro Levoni Step’anian, Armenian composer, dies at 68
1975 – Pierre Fresnay, French actor (Monsieur Vincent, Grand Illusion), dies at 77
1977 – Alexey Fedorovich Kozlovsky, Russian composer, dies at 71
1985 – Don Brennan, cricket wicket-keeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies
1991 – Chris Baay, Dutch actor (Tomorrow It Will Be Better, Klatergoud, Surprise Raid), dies at 86
2008 – Johnny Grant, American radio personality, television producer (b. 1923)
2009 – Dave Dee, British musician (Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich), dies of cancer at 67
2019 – Joseph Howze, American Roman Catholic bishop, 1st African American Bishop to be appointed in 20th century, dies at 95
2020 – Pete Dye, American golf course designer (TPC at Sawgrass, Crooked Stick, Oakwood CC), dies of Alzheimer’s disease at 94
Famous Deaths for 8th January 2021
1336 – Giotto di Bondone, Italian Renaissance painter, dies at about 71
1811 – Friedrich Nicolai, writer, dies
1932 – Eurosia Fabris, Italian Catholic (model of holiness in the daily life of a Catholic family), dies at 65
1975 – John Gregson, British actor (Gideon CID, The Longest Day, Shirley’s World), dies from a heart attack at 55
1989 – Kenneth McMillan, American actor (Malone, Concrete Beat), dies of liver disease at 56
1989 – Johnny Jordaan [Jan van Musscher], Dutch folk singer, dies at 64
1993 – Theo Bruins, Dutch concert pianist and composer (Sei Studi; Syncope), dies at 63
2011 – Hans Ulrich Engelmann, German composer (Ophelia), dies at 79
2013 – Kenojuak Ashevak, Canadian Inuit artist, dies from lung cancer at 85
2017 – Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 4th President of Iran (1989-97) and de facto commander-in-chief of the Iranian military during the Iran-Iraq War, dies of a heart attack at 82