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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[738]] – [[John of Dailam]], Syrian monk and saint (born 660)<ref>{{cite book |title=مار يوحنا الديلمي السرياني |publisher=مكتبة السائح |author=نيسكو, موفق |year=2009}}</ref> *[[1390]] – [[Adolph IX, Count of Holstein-Kiel]] (bornc [[1327]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bremer |first1=Jürgen |title=Geschichte Schleswig-Holsteins bis zum Jahre 1848 |date=1864 |publisher=Schröder |page=143 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SBz7vSCiajoC |language=de}}</ref> *[[1567]] – [[Nicholas Wotton]], English courtier and diplomat (born 1497)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Wotton, Nicholas |volume= 28 | page = 837 |short= 1}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1620]] – [[Amar Singh I]], ruler of Mewar (born 1559)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHnHHwAACAAJ |title=History of Medieval India: 800-1700 |author=Satish Chandra |publisher=Orient BlackSwan |year=2007 |isbn=978-8125032267 |access-date=2020-09-24 |archive-date=2023-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310204403/https://books.google.com/books?id=qHnHHwAACAAJ |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1630]] – [[Henry Briggs (mathematician)|Henry Briggs]], English mathematician and astronomer (born 1556)<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Briggs, Henry|volume=4|noprescript=1}}</ref> *[[1641]] – [[Lawrence Hyde (attorney-general)|Lawrence Hyde]], English lawyer (born 1562)<ref>"[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp748-784 Horrobin-Hyte] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520043727/https://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp748-784 |date=2022-05-20 }}," in ''Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714'', ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford: University of Oxford, 1891), 748-784. ''British History Online'', accessed April 26, 2022.</ref> *[[1697]] – [[Georg Mohr]], Danish mathematician and theorist (born 1640)<ref>{{MacTutor Biography|id=Mohr|title=Georg Mohr}}</ref> *[[1744]] – [[Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller]], Austrian field marshal (born 1683)<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Khevenhüller, Ludwig Andreas|volume=15|page=776|noprescript=1}}</ref> *[[1750]] – [[Albert Schultens]], Dutch philologist and academic (born 1686)<ref>{{EB1911|wstitle=Schultens|volume=24|page=382|noprescript=1}}</ref> *[[1795]] – [[Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach]], German [[harpsichord]] player and composer (born 1732)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bach |first1=Johann Christoph Friedrich |title=Four Late Sinfonias |date=1 January 1988 |publisher=A-R Editions, Inc. |isbn=978-0-89579-226-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=93qDxwV0tXwC&pg=PR7}}</ref> *[[1799]] – [[Gabriel Christie (British Army officer)|Gabriel Christie]], Scottish general (born 1722)<ref>{{cite DCB |last1=Ouellet |first1=Fernand |title=Christie, Gabriel |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/christie_gabriel_4E.html |volume=4 |access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref> *[[1814]] – [[Manuel do Cenáculo]], Portuguese prelate and antiquarian (born 1724)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arqnet.pt/dicionario/vilasbcenaculo.html |title=Vilas Boas (D. frei Manuel do Cenáculo) |language=pt |last=Torres |first=João Romano |website=Portugal – Dicionário Histórico, Corográfico, Heráldico, Biográfico, Bibliográfico, Numismático e Artístico, Volume VII |access-date=15 November 2020 |archive-date=6 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806103022/http://www.arqnet.pt/dicionario/vilasbcenaculo.html |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1823]] – [[Edward Jenner]], English physician and immunologist, creator of the [[smallpox vaccine]] (born 1749)<ref>{{cite journal |first=Stefan |last=Riedel |pmc=1200696 |title=Edward Jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination |journal=Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=21–25 |date=January 2005 |publisher=Baylor University Medical Center |pmid=16200144 |doi=10.1080/08998280.2005.11928028}}</ref> *[[1824]] – [[Théodore Géricault]], French painter and lithographer (born 1791)<ref name=nie>{{NIE|wstitle=Géricault, Jean-Louis André Théodore|year=1906|inline=1|noprescript=1}}</ref> *[[1830]] – [[Filippo Castagna]], Maltese politician (born 1765)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Schiavone |first1=Michael J. |title=Dictionary of Maltese Biographies Vol. 1 A–F |date=2009 |publisher=Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza |location=[[Pietà, Malta|Pietà]] |isbn=9789993291329 |pages=546–547}}</ref> *[[1849]] – [[Thomas Lovell Beddoes]], English poet, playwright, and physician (born 1803)<ref>{{cite DNB |wstitle=Beddoes, Thomas Lovell |first=Edmund |last=Gosse |volume=4}}</ref> *[[1855]] – [[Gérard de Nerval]], French poet and translator (born 1808)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gérard de Nerval |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gerard-de-Nerval |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=11 April 2022 |archive-date=12 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220312140906/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gerard-de-Nerval |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1860]] – [[Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient]], opera singer (born 1804)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Richard Wagner |author2=Wagner, Edward |title=Richard Wagner: My Life |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S243AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA774 |date=17 November 1983 |publisher=CUP Archive |isbn=978-0-521-22929-6 |pages=774}}</ref> *[[1869]] – [[Duncan Gordon Boyes]], English soldier; [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (born 1846)<ref>{{cite book |last=Izzard |first=Brian |year=2018 |title=Glory and Dishonour: Victoria Cross Heroes Whose Lives Ended in Tragedy or Disgrace |publisher=Amberley |isbn=978-14456-7649-4 |location=Chapter 9: Suicide at Dunedin}}</ref> *[[1885]] – [[Edward Davy]], English-Australian physician and engineer (born 1806)<ref name="adb Gibberd" /> * 1885 – [[Charles George Gordon]], English general and politician (born 1833)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hickman |first1=Kennedy |title=Mahdist War: Siege of Khartoum |url=https://www.thoughtco.com/mahdist-war-siege-of-khartoum-2361378 |website=ThoughtCo |access-date=25 March 2022 |date=2 December 2019 |archive-date=25 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325155121/https://www.thoughtco.com/mahdist-war-siege-of-khartoum-2361378 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1886]] – [[David Rice Atchison]], American general and politician (born 1807)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000322 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620180150/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000322 |archive-date=20 June 2015 |title=Atchison, David Rice (1807-1886) |website=Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress}}</ref> *[[1887]] – [[Anandi Gopal Joshi]], one of the first female Indian physicians (born 1865)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/lifedranandabai02dallgoog |title=The Life of Dr. Anandabai Joshee: A Kinswoman of the Pundita Ramabai |last=Dall |first=Caroline Wells Healey |date=1888 |publisher=Roberts Brothers |page=[https://archive.org/details/lifedranandabai02dallgoog/page/n206 13]}}</ref> *[[1891]] – [[Nicolaus Otto]], German engineer, invented the [[Internal combustion engine]] (born 1833)<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicolaus August Otto |url=http://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/nicolaus-august-otto/DE-2086/lido/57c95767d405d6.69524041 |website=Rheinische Geschichte |access-date=22 February 2022 |language=de |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222183032/http://www.rheinische-geschichte.lvr.de/Persoenlichkeiten/nicolaus-august-otto/DE-2086/lido/57c95767d405d6.69524041 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1893]] – [[Abner Doubleday]], American general (born 1819)<ref>{{cite web |title=Abner Doubleday |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abner-Doubleday |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=24 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224110139/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abner-Doubleday |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1895]] – [[Arthur Cayley]], English mathematician and academic (born 1825)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Feldmann |first1=Richard W. |title=I. Arthur Cayley—founder of matrix theory |journal=The Mathematics Teacher |date=October 1962 |volume=55 |issue=6 |pages=482–484 |doi=10.5951/MT.55.6.0482 |jstor=27956657 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/27956657 |issn=0025-5769 |access-date=2022-02-22 |archive-date=2022-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211180724/https://www.jstor.org/stable/27956657 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription }}</ref> *[[1896]] – [[James Edwin Campbell (poet)|James Edwin Campbell]], American educator, school administrator, newspaper editor, poet, and essayist (born 1867)<ref name="Poetry Foundation 1" /><ref name="The Daily Herald 1" /><ref name="The Richwood Gazette 1" /> ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] – [[Whitaker Wright]], English businessman (born 1846)<ref>{{cite news |title=WHITAKER WRIGHT COMMITS SUICIDE IN COURT AFTER HEARING SENTENCE CONDEMNING HIM TO PENAL SERVITUDE |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19040127.2.2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |work=San Francisco Call |date=27 January 1904 |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054457/https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SFC19040127.2.2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Jeanne Hébuterne]], French painter and author (born 1898)<ref>{{cite book |first=William |last=Fifield |title=Modigliani |location=New York |publisher=W. Morrow |year=1976 |page=284 |isbn=978-0-68803-039-1}}</ref> *[[1932]] – [[William Wrigley Jr.]], American businessman, founded the [[Wrigley Company]] (born 1861)<ref>{{cite news |title=William Wrigley Dies at Age of 70 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/01/27/archives/william-wrigley-dies-at-age-of-70-chicagoan-who-made-millions-from.html |work=The New York Times |date=27 January 1932 |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054458/https://www.nytimes.com/1932/01/27/archives/william-wrigley-dies-at-age-of-70-chicagoan-who-made-millions-from.html |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Harry H. Laughlin]], American sociologist and eugenicist (born 1880)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Harry H. Laughlin; Geneticist and Author, 62, Once With Carnegie Institute, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1943/01/28/archives/dr-harry-h-laughlin-geneticst-and-author-62-once-with-carnegie.html |website=The New York Times |date=28 January 1943 |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054457/https://www.nytimes.com/1943/01/28/archives/dr-harry-h-laughlin-geneticst-and-author-62-once-with-carnegie.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1943 – [[Nikolai Vavilov]], Russian botanist and geneticist (born 1887)<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Crow |first1=J. F. |title=N. I. Vavilov, martyr to genetic truth |journal=Genetics |volume=134 |issue=1 |pages=1–4 |year=1993 |doi=10.1093/genetics/134.1.1 |pmid=8514123 |pmc=1205417}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Adriaan van Maanen]], Dutch-American astronomer and academic (born 1884)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Seares |first1=Frederick H. |title=Adriaan van Maanen, 1884-1946 |journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific |date=April 1946 |volume=58 |issue=341 |pages=89–103 |doi=10.1086/125791 |jstor=40671760 |bibcode=1946PASP...58...89S |s2cid=122629369 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40671760 |issn=0004-6280 |access-date=2022-02-22 |archive-date=2022-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222052745/https://www.jstor.org/stable/40671760 |url-status=live|url-access=subscription }}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[Grace Moore]], American soprano and actress (born 1898)<ref>{{cite news |title=Paris Funeral Service For Grace Moore |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30510546 |access-date=22 February 2022 |work=The Advertiser |date=4 February 1947 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054458/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30510546 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1947]] – [[India]] adopted its [[Constitution of India|constitution]] and transitioned into a [[republic]] on [[Republic Day (India)|this day]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Republic Day Celebration 2024 – Republic Of India – Know India: National Portal of India |url=https://knowindia.india.gov.in/republic-day-celebration/republic-of-india.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918131437/https://knowindia.india.gov.in/republic-day-celebration/republic-of-india.php |archive-date=2021-09-18 |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Know India}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Fred Conrad Koch]], American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blustein |first1=Bonnie Ellen |title=Koch, Fred Conrad (1876-1948), biochemist |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1300932 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1300932 |isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 |access-date=2019-08-24 |archive-date=2019-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824011221/https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1300932 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Athanase David]], Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1882)<ref>{{Quebec MNA biography|david-athanase-2771}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Lucky Luciano]], Italian-American mob boss (born 1897)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lucky Luciano Is Dead at 65; Was Facing Arrest in Naples |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1962/01/27/90129087.pdf |website=The New York Times |access-date=22 February 2022 |date=27 January 1962}}</ref> *[[1968]] – [[Merrill C. Meigs]], American publisher (born 1883)<ref>{{cite web |title=Merrill Meigs, Publisher, Dead; Ex-Head of Chicago Papers and Aviation Pioneer, 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/01/26/archives/merrill-meigs-publisher-dead-exhead-of-chicago-papers-and-aviation.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=22 February 2022 |date=26 January 1968 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054459/https://www.nytimes.com/1968/01/26/archives/merrill-meigs-publisher-dead-exhead-of-chicago-papers-and-aviation.html |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Edward G. Robinson]], Romanian-American actor (born 1893)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitman |first1=Alden |title=Edward G. Robinson, 79, Dies; His 'Little Caesar' Set a Style |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/27/archives/edward-g-robinson-79-dies-his-little-caesar-set-a-style-man-of.html |website=The New York Times |date=27 January 1973 |access-date=22 February 2022 |archive-date=11 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311081421/https://www.nytimes.com/1973/01/27/archives/edward-g-robinson-79-dies-his-little-caesar-set-a-style-man-of.html |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[João Branco Núncio]], Portuguese bullfighter (born 1901)<ref>{{cite web |title=João Branco Núncio |url=http://www.cm-alcacerdosal.pt/PT/Concelho/Personalidades/Paginas/JoãoBrancoNúncio.aspx |website=Câmara Municipal de Alcácer do Sal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217064640/http://www.cm-alcacerdosal.pt/PT/Concelho/Personalidades/Paginas/Jo%C3%A3oBrancoN%C3%BAncio.aspx |archive-date=17 December 2014 |language=pt}}</ref> *[[1977]] – [[Dietrich von Hildebrand]], German Catholic philosopher and author (born 1889)<ref>{{cite news |title=Scholar Dead |url=https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=SLR19770211-01.2.11&srpos=2&e=------197-en-20--1--txt-txIN-Dietrich+von+Hildebrand----1977--- |access-date=1 February 2024 |work=The St. Louis Review |volume=36 |issue=6 |date=11 February 1977}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Nelson Rockefeller]], American businessman and politician, 41st [[Vice President of the United States]] (born 1908)<ref>{{cite web |last1=McFadden |first1=William |title=New York Governor and United States<!-- "State" in original --> Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller dies after a heart attack in 1979 |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nelson-rockefeller-dies-heart-attack-1979-article-1.2085034 |website=New York Daily News |access-date=22 February 2022 |date=27 January 1979 |archive-date=22 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054458/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nelson-rockefeller-dies-heart-attack-1979-article-1.2085034 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Bear Bryant]], American football player and coach (born 1913)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Puma |first1=Mike |title=Bear Bryant 'simply the best there ever was' |url=https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Bryant_Bear.html |publisher=ESPN Classic |access-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-date=February 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220222054458/https://www.espn.com/classic/biography/s/Bryant_Bear.html |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Kenny Clarke]], American jazz drummer and bandleader (born 1914)<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Clarke, Kenny |first=Barry |last=Kernfeld |author-link=Barry Kernfeld |encyclopedia=[[American National Biography]] |year=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1802594}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Ruben Nirvi]], Finnish linguist and professor (born 1905)<ref>Ellonen, Leena (ed.): ''Suomen professorit 1640–2007'', p. 575. Helsinki: Professoriliitto, 2008. {{ISBN|978-952-99281-1-8}}.</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Lewis Mumford]], American sociologist and historian (born 1895)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lewis Mumford |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lewis-Mumford |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=20 February 2022 |archive-date=17 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117062148/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lewis-Mumford |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[José Ferrer]], Puerto Rican-American actor (born 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=José Ferrer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Ferrer |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=20 February 2022 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603225203/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jose-Ferrer |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Jan Gies]], Dutch businessman and humanitarian (born 1905)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jan Gies; Smuggled Food to Help Anne Frank |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-28-mn-2224-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054031/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-01-28-mn-2224-story.html |archive-date=14 February 2022 |date=28 January 1993}}</ref> * 1993 – [[Jeanne Sauvé]], Canadian journalist and politician, [[Governor General of Canada]] (born 1922)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeanne Sauvé {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jeanne-mathilde-sauve |website=thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=29 January 2021 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008181429/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jeanne-mathilde-sauve |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Harold Brodkey]], American author and academic (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Dinitia |title=Harold Brodkey, 65, New Yorker Writer And Novelist, Dies of Illness He Wrote About |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/27/us/harold-brodkey-65-new-yorker-writer-and-novelist-dies-of-illness-hewrote-about.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 1996 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054402/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/27/us/harold-brodkey-65-new-yorker-writer-and-novelist-dies-of-illness-hewrote-about.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Frank Howard (American football)|Frank Howard]], American football player and coach (born 1909)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frank Howard |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1735 |website=National Football Foundation |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930023803/http://www.collegefootball.org/famersearch.php?id=50009 |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref> * 1996 – [[Henry Lewis (musician)|Henry Lewis]], American bassist and conductor (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gordon |first1=Larry |title=Henry Lewis; Symphony Conductor Broke Racial Barriers |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-28-mn-29628-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110822/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-01-28/news/mn-29628_1_henry-lewis |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live |date=28 January 1996}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Jeane Dixon]], American astrologer and psychic (born 1904)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pace |first1=Eric |title=Jeane Dixon, 79, Astrologer Claiming Psychic Power, Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/27/us/jeane-dixon-79-astrologer-claiming-psychic-power-dies.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 1997 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214051908/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/27/us/jeane-dixon-79-astrologer-claiming-psychic-power-dies.html |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Don Budge]], American tennis player and coach (born 1915)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Finn |first1=Robin |title=Don Budge, First to Win Tennis's Grand Slam, Dies at 84 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/27/sports/don-budge-first-to-win-tennis-s-grand-slam-dies-at-84.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 2000 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054401/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/01/27/sports/don-budge-first-to-win-tennis-s-grand-slam-dies-at-84.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Kathleen Hale]], English author and illustrator (born 1898)<ref>{{cite web |last1=MacCarthy |first1=Fiona |title=Obituary: Kathleen Hale |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jan/28/news.obituaries |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=28 January 2000 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054330/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/jan/28/news.obituaries |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2000 – [[A. E. van Vogt]], Canadian-American author (born 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=A E van Vogt |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/feb/01/news.obituaries |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=31 January 2000 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214051246/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/feb/01/news.obituaries |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Al McGuire]], American basketball player and coach (born 1928)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kupper |first1=Mike |title=Time runs out for McGuire |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ylBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6790%2C6309536 |access-date=14 February 2022 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |date=27 January 2001 |archive-date=14 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314093727/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ylBWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6790,6309536 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Valeriy Brumel]], Russian high jumper (born 1942)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mason |first1=Nick |title=Obituary: Valery Brumel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/feb/06/guardianobituaries.russia |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=6 February 2003 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054332/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/feb/06/guardianobituaries.russia |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2003 – [[Hugh Trevor-Roper]], English historian and academic (born 1917)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beran |first1=Michael Knox |title=H. R. Trevor-Roper, R.I.P. |website=[[National Review]] |url=http://nationalreview.com/comment/comment-beran013103.asp |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419114843/http://nationalreview.com/comment/comment-beran013103.asp |archive-date=19 April 2007 |date=31 January 2003}}</ref> * 2003 – [[George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie]], Scottish banker and politician, [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] (born 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Viscount Younger of Leckie |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/viscount-younger-of-leckie-729988.html |website=The Independent |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304133457/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/viscount-younger-of-leckie-729988.html |archive-date=4 March 2009 |date=27 January 2003}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Fred Haas]], American golfer (born 1916)<ref>{{cite web |agency=Associated Press |title=Fred Haas; Golfer, 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/29/sports/fred-haas-golfer-88.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=29 January 2004 |archive-date=26 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826044812/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/29/sports/fred-haas-golfer-88.html |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Khan Abdul Wali Khan]], Pakistani politician (born 1917)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Yusufzai |first1=Ashfaq |title=Wali Khan passes away |url=https://www.dawn.com/2006/01/27/top2.htm |newspaper=Dawn |location=Pakistan |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230543/http://www.dawn.com/2006/01/27/top2.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007 |date=27 January 2006}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Gump Worsley]], Canadian ice hockey player (born 1929)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Litsky |first1=Frank |title=Gump Worsley, 77, Hall of Famer Who Won Four Titles, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/sports/hockey/29worsley.html?_r=0 |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=29 January 2007 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054333/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/sports/hockey/29worsley.html?_r=0 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Viktor Schreckengost]], American sculptor and designer (born 1906)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Litt |first1=Steven |title=Viktor Schreckengost has died at age 101 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/arts/2008/01/viktor_schreckengost_has_died.html |website=cleveland.com |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 2008 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214054359/https://www.cleveland.com/arts/2008/01/viktor_schreckengost_has_died.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2008 – [[George Habash]], Palestinian politician, founder of the [[PFLP]] (born 1926)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andoni |first=Lamis |date=13 July 2009 |title=Habash: The bearer of the dream |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2009/7/13/habash-the-bearer-of-the-dream |access-date=2022-07-06 |publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Louis Auchincloss]], American novelist and essayist (born 1917)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Noble |first1=Holcomb B. |last2=McGrath |first2=Charles |title=Louis Auchincloss, Chronicler of New York's Upper Crust, Dies at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/nyregion/28auchincloss.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=14 February 2022 |date=27 January 2010 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702153415/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/nyregion/28auchincloss.html |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[David Kato|David Kato Kisule]], Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist, considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement (born 1964)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/27/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-murdered |title=Ugandan gay rights activist murdered weeks after court victory |first=Xan |last=Rice |date=27 January 2011 |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=14 February 2022 |archive-date=14 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214235047/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/27/ugandan-gay-rights-activist-murdered |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2011 – [[Charlie Louvin]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1927)<ref>{{cite news |last=Frisckis-Warren |first=Bill |date=2011-01-26 |title=Charlie Louvin, Country Singer, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/arts/music/27louvin.html?mcubz=0 |work=The New York Times |location=New York City |access-date=2017-08-18 |archive-date=2017-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818045314/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/arts/music/27louvin.html?mcubz=0 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Roberto Mieres]], Argentinian race car driver (born 1924)<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Maserati grand prix driver Roberto Mieres dies aged 87 |publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymarket Publications]] |work=autosport.com |url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97201 |date=2012-01-27 |accessdate=2012-01-27 |archive-date=2012-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127210011/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/97201 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Christine M. Jones]], American educator and politician (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news |last=Weil |first=Martin |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/former-md-state-delegate-christine-jones-dies/2013/01/27/5e54e8de-68f2-11e2-af53-7b2b2a7510a8_story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130217003640/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-01-27/local/36583605_1_state-delegate-county-fire-physical-education |url-status=live |archive-date=February 17, 2013 |title=Former Md. state delegate Christine Jones dies |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 27, 2013 |access-date=February 1, 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Stefan Kudelski]], Polish-Swiss engineer, inventor of the [[Nagra]] (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-29/stefan-kudelski-sound-recording-equipment-inventor-dies-at-84.html |title=Stefan Kudelski, Sound-Recording Equipment Inventor, Dies at 84 |author=Thomas Mulier |date=Jan 28, 2013 |publisher=Bloomberg News |access-date=2021-12-19 |archive-date=2015-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109121454/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-29/stefan-kudelski-sound-recording-equipment-inventor-dies-at-84.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Padma Kant Shukla]], Indian physicist and academic (born 1950)<ref name="obit">{{cite web |author=Ruhr-Universitaet-Bochum |url=http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=128027&CultureCode=en |title=The Ruhr-Universität mourns Padma Kant Shukla |publisher=Alphagalileo.org |date=2013-01-29 |accessdate=2013-01-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208170445/http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=128027&CultureCode=en |archivedate=February 8, 2013}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Shōtarō Yasuoka]], Japanese author (born 1920)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/people/AJ201301300061 |title=Postwar literary giant Yasuoka dies at 92 |work=The Asahi Shimbun |author=Staff writer |author-link=Staff writer |date=January 30, 2013 |accessdate=January 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130205042102/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/people/AJ201301300061 |archivedate=February 5, 2013}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Tom Gola]], American basketball player, coach, and politician (born 1933)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fitzpatrick |first1=Frank |last2=Juliano |first2=Joe |title=Philadelphia basketball great Tom Gola dies |newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=January 26, 2014 |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/la_salle/20140127_Philadelphia_basketball_great_Tom_Gola_dies.html |access-date=January 26, 2014 |archive-date=January 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127202355/http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/colleges/la_salle/20140127_Philadelphia_basketball_great_Tom_Gola_dies.html |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Paula Gruden]], Slovenian-Australian poet and translator (born 1921)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/knjige/umrla-je-pavla-gruden-pesniski-glas-slovencev-v-avstraliji/328389 |title=Umrla je Pavla Gruden, pesniški glas Slovencev v Avstraliji |publisher=MMC RTV Slovenija |date=27 January 2014 |language=Slovenian |trans-title=Pavla Gruden, the Poetic Voice of the Slovenes in Australia, Dies |access-date=19 December 2021 |archive-date=29 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929021016/http://www.rtvslo.si/kultura/knjige/umrla-je-pavla-gruden-pesniski-glas-slovencev-v-avstraliji/328389 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2014 – [[José Emilio Pacheco]], Mexican poet and author (born 1939)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jose Emilio Pacheco dies at 74; one of Mexico's foremost writers |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jose-emilio-pacheco-20140127-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=January 27, 2014 |access-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-date=December 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219020437/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jose-emilio-pacheco-20140127-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau]], American art director and cartoonist (born 1932)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_27395442/vallejos-art-icon-goodie-goudeau-dies-at-84 |title=Vallejo's art icon Goodie Goudeau dies at 83 |work=ContraCostaTimes.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206225828/http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_27395442/vallejos-art-icon-goodie-goudeau-dies-at-84 |archive-date=2015-02-06}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Tom Uren]], Australian politician (born 1921)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/27/tom-uren-1921-2015 |title=Tom Uren, 1921–2015 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 January 2015 |author=Frank Bongiorno |author-link=Frank Bongiorno |access-date=24 October 2021 |archive-date=26 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826075745/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/27/tom-uren-1921-2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Sahabzada Yaqub Khan]], Pakistani military leader, foreign minister, and diplomat (born 1920)<ref name="The New York Times, Pakistan Bureau">{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Pakistani Diplomat, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/world/asia/sahabzada-yaqub-khan-dies-at-95-pakistani-diplomat-obituary.html?_r=0 |access-date=6 September 2016 |work=The New York Times |date=28 January 2016 |archive-date=2 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202174809/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/world/asia/sahabzada-yaqub-khan-dies-at-95-pakistani-diplomat-obituary.html?_r=0 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Abe Vigoda]], American actor (born 1921)<ref name=nytobit>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/arts/television/abe-vigoda-actor-of-godfather-fame-dies-at-94.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/arts/television/abe-vigoda-actor-of-godfather-fame-dies-at-94.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Abe Vigoda, of 'Godfather' and 'Barney Miller,' dies at 94 |last=Lavietes |first=Stuart |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 26, 2016 |access-date=September 19, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Mike Connors]], American actor (born 1925)<ref name="Grode nytimes">{{cite news |last=Grode |first=Eric |date=January 27, 2017 |title=Mike Connors, Long-Running TV Sleuth in 'Mannix,' Dies at 91 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/arts/mike-connors-mannix-dies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/arts/mike-connors-mannix-dies.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 27, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Tam Dalyell]], Scottish politician (born 1932)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38764220 |title=Former Labour MP Tam Dalyell dies |date=26 January 2017 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=26 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126191909/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38764220 |archive-date=26 January 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Lindy Delapenha]], Jamaican footballer and sports journalist (born 1927)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lindy Delapenha is dead |url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Lindy-Delapenha-is-dead |website=Jamaica Observer |date=January 26, 2017 |access-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918211226/https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Lindy-Delapenha-is-dead |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Barbara Hale]], American actress (born 1922)<ref name="BarbaraHale">{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/barbara-hale-dead-perry-mason-893891 |title=Barbara Hale, the Loyal Della Street on 'Perry Mason', Dies at 94 |first1=Mike |last1=Barnes |first2=Duane |last2=Byrge |date=January 27, 2017 |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=January 29, 2017 |archive-date=January 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128005800/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/barbara-hale-dead-perry-mason-893891 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Barbara Howard (athlete)|Barbara Howard]], Canadian sprinter and educator (born 1920)<ref>{{cite web |last=Marshall |first=Tabitha |date=January 26, 2018 |title=Barbara Howard |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/barbara-howard |url-status=live |access-date=2021-04-19 |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |archive-date=2021-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419003209/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/barbara-howard}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[John Altobelli]], American college baseball coach (born 1963)<ref name=kobe/> * 2020 – [[Gianna Bryant]], American student-athlete (born 2006)<ref name=kobe/> * 2020 – [[Kobe Bryant]], American basketball player (born 1978)<ref name=kobe/> *[[2025]] – [[Suzanne Massie]], American historian (born 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Suzanne Massie, former Reagan advisor known as ‘the woman who ended the Cold War,’ dies at 94 |url=https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/01/28/suzanne-massie-former-reagan-advisor-known-as-the-woman-who-ended-the-cold-war-dies-at-94 |website=Meduza |access-date=January 28, 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
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