211 – Lucius Septimius Severus, Emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64
1615 – Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552)
1774 – Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)
1936 – Wilhelm Gustloff, German leader of the Swiss Nazi party (b. 1895)
1956 – Peder Gram, Danish composer, dies at 74
2000 – Doris Coley, American pop singer (The Shirelles – “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”; “Baby It’s You”), dies of breast cancer at 58
2001 – Iannis Xenakis, Romanian-born, Greek-French composer, music theorist, and architect who helped revolutionize 20th century classical music (Metastaseis), dies after several years of serious illness at 78
2016 – Ulf Söderblom, Finnish conductor (Finnish National Opera, 1973-93), and teacher, dies at 85
2020 – Giancarlo Bergamini, Italian fencer (Olympic gold foil, team 1956; silver foil team 1952, individual 1956), dies at 93
2021 – Nolan Porter, American RandB singer-songwriter (“Keep On Keeping On”), dies at 71
Category: Famous Deaths
Famous Deaths for 3rd February 2024
1566 – George Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)
1846 – Joseph Weigl, German-Austrian composer (La Principessa d’Amalfi; Emmeline), and conductor, dies at 79
1875 – Everhardus Johannes Potgieter, Dutch writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66
1895 – Theodore Dwight Weld, American abolitionist and writer (American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses), dies at 91
1943 – Alexander Goode, American US Navy chaplain and rabbi (The Four Chaplains) drowns in the sinking of the Dorchester at 31
1956 – Émile Borel, French mathematician (b. 1871)
1958 – Johan Buziau, Dutch cabaret performer and clown (1 great dog), dies at 81
1966 – June Walker, American actress (War Nurses), dies at 65
1975 – Robert Evett, American composer, dies at 52
1996 – Tibor Reich, British textile designer (Tibor Ltd), dies at 79
Famous Deaths for 2nd February 2024
1768 – Robert Smith, English mathematician (b. 1689)
1828 – Frederik Sigismund van Bylandt, Dutch count and vice-admiral, dies at 78
1987 – Edna Manley, Jamaican sculptor ‘Mother of Jamaican art’, dies at 86
1988 – G. Mennen Williams, American lawyer, politician (Governor of Michigan, 1949-61), diplomat, and jurist (Chief Justice of Michigan Supreme Court, 1983-86), dies at 76
1988 – Clive Epstein, British music artist manager, and brother of Brian Epstein, dies at 51
1994 – Zilner Randolph, American jazz trumpeter, arranger, and music educator, dies at 95
1997 – Godfrey Baseley, British radio executive, dies at 92
2008 – Earl Butz, 18th U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1971-76), dies at 98
2016 – Intizar Hussain, Pakistani and Urdu writer and columnist, dies in his early 90s
2021 – Rudolph Pariser, American physical and polymer chemist (molecular orbital computation), dies at 97
Famous Deaths for 1st February 2024
1328 – Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies at 33
1590 – Lawrence Humphrey, English clergyman and educator, dies at 63
1839 – Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect and archaeologist, dies at 76
1873 – Matthew Maury, American oceanographer, dies at 67
1928 – Hughie Jennings, American Baseball Hall of Fame infielder (Baltimore Orioles) and manager (Detroit Tigers 1907-20), dies of meningitis at 58
1997 – Herb Caen, American columnist (SF Chronicle), dies of lung cancer, at 80
2003 – Rick D. Husband, American astronaut and member of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), dies at 45
2003 – Laurel Clark, American astronaut and member of the STS-107 Mission (Space Shuttle Columbia disaster), dies at 41
2007 – Ahmad Abu Laban, Danish Muslim leader, dies at 60
2009 – Jay Uzzell, American RandB singer (Corsairs), dies at 66
Famous Deaths for 31st January 2024
1606 – Guy Fawkes, English Catholic conspirator convicted in the “Gunpowder Plot” to blow up the British Parliament, hanged at 35
1729 – Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch navigator and explorer (1st European to discover Easter Island), dies at 69
1794 – Marriott Arbuthnot, British admiral and naval commander during the American War for Independence, dies at 82 or 83
1844 – Henri Gratien, Comte Bertrand, French general and engineer, dies at 70
1940 – René Schickele, German-French writer, sometimes under nom de plume ‘Sascha’ (Erbe am Rhein), poet, and magazine editor (Weissen Blätter), dies at 56
2000 – Anne Cox Chambers, American media owner (Cox Enterprises) and US ambassador to Belgium (1977-81), dies at 100
2014 – Christopher Jones, American actor, dies from cancer at 72
2014 – Paul Humphrey, American jazz, RandB, and rock session and touring drummer, dies at 78
2017 – Deke [Roger] Leonard, Welsh rock musician (Man), dies at 72
2020 – Johnny Bumphus, American boxer (WBA super lightweight title 1984), dies at 59
Famous Deaths for 30th January 2024
1384 – Louis II, Count of Flanders, dies at 53
1788 – Bonnie Prince Charlie [Charles Edward Stuart], English pretender to throne (Jacobite rebellion), dies of a stroke at 67
1797 – Johann Abraham Sixt, German organist, harpsichord player, and composer, dies at 40
1951 – Ferdinand Porsche, German automotive engineer (Volkswagen Beetle; Mercedes-Benz SS) and founder of the Porsche car company, dies at 75
1970 – Malcolm Keen, British actor (The Lodger, The Manxman, The Murder Party), dies at 82
1976 – Beau De Glen “Mance” Lipscomb, American blues singer and guitarist (“Shine On, Harvest Moon”), dies of a stroke at 80
1983 – Joan Valerie, American actress (Pier 13), dies of pneumonia at 71
2002 – Carlo Karges, German guitarist and songwriter (Nena – “99 Luftballons”), dies of liver failure at 50
2007 – Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor and artistic director (b. 1934)
2020 – Jörn Donner, Finnish director (Anna, Tenderness), dies at 86
Famous Deaths for 29th January 2024
1597 – Elias Ammerbach, German organist dies at about 67
1942 – Bion J. Arnold, American electrical engineer and inventor (railroad electrification), dies at 80
1980 – Antonio Molina, Filipino composer, conductor and music administrator (Ana Maria, Hatinggabi), dies at 85
2002 – Harold Russell, Canadian actor (Best Years of Our Life, Dogtown), dies from a heart attack at 88
2004 – Janet Frame, New Zealand writer (An Angel at My Table, Care, Owls Do Cry), dies at 79
2004 – Otto Wilhelm Fischer, Austrian actor (Helden, Ich suche dich), dies of kidney disease at 88
2009 – (Bennie Ross) “Hank” Crawford, American saxophonist, arranger and songwriter (Help Me Make It Through the Night), dies of complications from a stroke at 74
2012 – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian President (1992-99), dies at 93
2020 – Larry Eisenhauer, American football defensive end (AFL All-Star 1962, 63, 64, 66; Boston Patriots), dies at 79
2021 – Hilton Valentine, British rock guitarist (Animals – “House of the Rising Sun”), dies at 77
Famous Deaths for 28th January 2024
1271 – Isabella of Aragon, wife of Philip III and Queen consort of France (1270-1), dies of complications from childbirth at 22 or 23
1844 – Johannes van den Bosch, Dutch colonial administrator (Governor-General of Dutch East Indies 1830-33), dies at 63
1893 – Samuel S. Carroll, American Brigadier General (Union Army), dies at 60
1959 – Viktor Josef Keldorfer, Austrian composer, dies at 85
1965 – Jef van Durme, Belgian composer, dies at 57
1972 – Dino Buzzati, Italian writer (The Tartar Steppe), dies at 67
1986 – Dick Scobee, US Air Force officer and astronaut, dies in the Challenger disaster at 46
1986 – Christa McAuliffe, American teacher, dies in the Challenger space shuttle disaster at 37
2020 – Bob Nave, American rock and blues Hammond B-3 organist (Lemon Pipers – “Green Tambourine”), jazz radio DJ, and philanthropist, dies at 75
2023 – Lisa Loring [DeCinces], American actress (The Addams Family – “Wednesday”; As the World Turns, 1980-83 – “Cricket”), dies following a stroke at 64
Famous Deaths for 27th January 2024
1740 – Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France, dies at 47
1773 – Philippe Buache, French geographer and cartographer (pioneered use of contour lines), dies at 72
1816 – Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary Wars, dies at 92
1850 – Philipp Roth, German composer, dies at 70
1936 – Johnny Golden, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1922, 26, 27 3rd; Ryder Cup 1927, 29 [3-0-0 record]; 9 x PGA Tour titles), dies of pneumonia at 39
1995 – Geoffrey Parsons, Australian-British concert pianist, accompanist, and harpsichord player. dies of cancer at 65
2009 – John Updike, American Novelist (b. 1932)
2012 – Kevin White, American politician, dies at 82
2022 – Charanjit Singh, Indian field hockey captain (Olympic gold 1964, silver 1960), dies from a heart attack at 90
2023 – Sylvia Syms, English actress (Asylum, Moonraker, Shirley Valentine), dies at 89
Famous Deaths for 26th January 2024
1844 – John Wedgwood, British ceramicist and founder of the Royal Horticultural Society, dies at 77
1850 – Francis Jeffrey, Baron Jeffrey, Scottish judge and literary critic, dies (b. 1773)
1952 – André Cheron [Duval], French-American silent and sound screen character actor (The King of Kings; Anna Karenina; Wife vs. Secretary), dies at 71
1953 – Martinus Nijhoff, Dutch poet and linguistic (spelling), dies at 58
1963 – Ole Olsen, American comedian (Olsen and Johnson), dies at 70
1975 – Lubov Orlova, Russian actress (Moscow Laughs; Man of Music; Tanya), dies at 74
1978 – Leo Genn, British lawyer and actor (Mourning Becomes Electra, Moby-Dick, Affair in Monte Carlo), dies at 72
1990 – Bob Gerard, British racing driver (b. 1914)
2013 – Edwin London, American horn player, conductor (Cleveland Chamber Orchestra; Ineluctable Modality Choir), and composer (Dream Thing on Biblical Episodes), dies at 83
2023 – Keith Thomson, New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests, 1 x 50; Canterbury) and field hockey centre-half (28 Tests; Canterbury), dies at 81