Odílio Balbinotti (84)

Brazilian politician

Michael Greenhalgh (82)

British art historian.

Luc-Russel Adjaho

Togolese evangelical pastor.

Eva Keleti (94)

Hungarian photographer.

Mario Merlino (81)

Italian neo-fascist activist (National Vanguard).

Charles Renoux (100)

French Benedictine monk and orientalist.

Deaths in January 2026

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Robert J. Plemmons (87)

American mathematician

Frank S. Royal (86)

American physician

Nevin Efe (78)

Turkish actress (Valley of the Wolves: Ambush

Richard W. Mansbach (83)

American political scientist.

Tommy Crook (81)

American guitarist.

Jana Brejchová (86)

Czech actress.

Lynn Blakey

American country musician (Tres Chicas).

John F. Stewart (99)

American politician

Reta Holden (87)

American politician

Vicki L. Hanson

American computer scientist.

Charles C. Stevenson Jr. (95)

American actor (Will & Grace).

Tamás Vásáry (92)

Hungarian pianist and conductor.

Doan Duy Thanh (96)

Vietnamese politician.

Vardan Khachatryan (66)

Armenian politician.

Blessed Geza (82)

82–83

Damien Byrne (71)

Irish football/soccer player.

Ricardo Melchior (78)

Spanish politician

Sondra Gotlieb (89)

Canadian journalist and novelist.

Morishige Naruse (92)

Japanese politician

Sonny Jurgensen (91)

American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles

Jorge Ruffinelli (82)

Uruguayan literary critic and academic.

Peter Schofield (93)

Australian footballer (Richmond

Frederick King Keller (75)

American filmmaker (Tuck Everlasting

Annette Dolphin (74)

74–75

John Heneghan (79)

Irish Gaelic footballer.

Clay Iles (83)

English tennis player and coach.

Thanasis Skourtopoulos (60)

Greek basketball player (AEK Athens) and coach (national team)

Ken Weetch (92)

British parliament

Ricardo Schnetzer (72)

Brazilian voice actor

Lloyd Monsen (94)

American soccer player (New York Americans

Damian Ball (50)

British former footballer and coach (York Wasps

Peter Hargitai (79)

Hungarian-born American poet

Zoraida Burgos i Matheu (92)

Spanish writer.

Michael Opitz (63)

German footballer (FC Schalke 04

Dabirul Islam Choudhury (106)

British-Bangladeshi community leader and poet.

Fobazi Ettarh (37)

American academic and librarian best known for coining the term "vocational awe."

Henry G. Lackey (78)

American politician

Vladimir Kuroyedov (81)

Russian admiral of the fleet.

René Kaës (89)

French psychologist and psychoanalyst.

Jim Ferguson (85)

Australian diplomat

Hoot Gibson (86)

American football player (San Diego Chargers

Helen Micallef (75)

Maltese singer (Helen and Joseph).

Alevtina Fedulova (85)

Russian political activist.

Antonio Arregui Yarza (86)

Spanish-born Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate

Charles Poindexter (83)

American politician

Janina Borońska

Polish actress (How I Unleashed World War II).

Kenneth Hyman (97)

American film executive (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts).

Jacques Tremblay (83)

Canadian politician.

Ron Teasley (99)

American baseball player (New York Cubans).

Alexis Ortega (36)

Mexican dub actor.

André Beteille (91)

Indian sociologist.

Lorenza Trucchi (104)

Italian art critic.

Tom Britt (89)

American interior designer.

Elyakim Schlesinger (104)

Austrian-born British Orthodox rabbi.

John Virgo (79)

English professional snooker player

Nicholas White (74)

British medical doctor and researcher.

Tomàs Pladevall (79)

Catalan cinematographer.

Abdul Latif (86)

Bangladeshi cricket player (East Pakistan) and manager (national team).

Julian Wojtkowski (99)

Polish Roman Catholic prelate and theologian

Gisela Engeln-Müllges (85)

German mathematician

Lee Hamilton (94)

American politician

Lajos Ódor (65)

Hungarian Olympic rower (1980).

Thuraya Qabil (85)

Saudi Arabian poet.

Zohar Shavit (74)

Israeli scholar.

Mickey Lolich (85)

American baseball player (Detroit Tigers

Igal Talmi (101)

Ukrainian-born Israeli nuclear physicist.

François Beukelaers (88)

Belgian actor and stage director.

Tōsha Meishō (84)

Japanese hayashi musician.

Leo Hilokoski (84)

Finnish bowler.

Frankie Cain (93)

American professional wrestler.

Bruce Bentley (81)

Australian footballer (Carlton).

Ted Berger (85)

American arts activist.

Heather Goodall (75)

Australian academic and historian.

Seiichirō Dōkyū (72)

Japanese politician

George LeBlanc (71)

Canadian politician

Ivan Nikulin (89)

Russian politician

Sérgio Görgen (72)

Brazilian politician

Gabor Boritt (86)

American historian.

Sandra Schultz Newman (87)

American judge

Robert Tinney (78)

American illustrator (Byte)

José Borba (76)

Brazilian politician

Ed Iskenderian (104)

American hot rodder and entrepreneur.

Nogueira de Brito (88)

Portuguese politician

Corrado Carnevale (95)

Italian jurist

Fernand Ouellette (95)

Canadian writer.

Mario Cid (93)

Mexican actor.

Scott Printz (69)

American television producer (How to Get Away with Murder

James Moschello (88)

American singer (The Elegants).

Josefina Castellví (90)

Spanish oceanographer

Lamonte McLemore (86)

American singer (The 5th Dimension).

Robert G. Bottoms (81)

American education executive.

Graham E. Fuller (89)

American political analyst.

Paul William Coteus (72)

American electrical engineer

Donald John Roberts (80)

Canadian-American economist.

Chuck Negron (83)

American singer (Three Dog Night).

Rick Renick (81)

American baseball player (Minnesota Twins).

S. P. Venkatesh (70)

Indian film score composer (Kilukkam

Marian Kasprzyk (86)

Polish welterweight boxer.

H. Robert Reynolds (91)

American musician and conductor.

Paul Deheuvels (77)

French statistician and specialist in probability.

Wei Wenbin (76)

Chinese media figure.

Peng Qingyi (94)

Chinese dancer.

Svetlana Zhiltsova (89)

Russian television presenter.

Li Wei (82)

Chinese computer scientist.

Craig Anderson (83)

American bishop

Sadhvi Prem Baisa (26)

Indian religious storyteller.

Tomáš Rothröckl (70)

Czech ecologist

Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri (72)

Indian politician

Ken Peplowski (66)

American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist.

Suzanne Bjerrehuus (77)

Danish author and actor

Vangelis Petrakis (87)

Greek footballer.

Şemsa Özar

Turkish academic.

Gladys Erbetta (97)

Argentine sprinter.

Ron Kenoly (81)

American Christian worship leader

Nicholas Colquhoun-Denvers

British polo official.

Myra MacPherson

American journalist.

Christa Lang (82)

German actress (What's Up

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (53)

Libyan politician

Ian Turnbull (90)

Canadian politician

Allan Massie (87)

British journalist.

Jean Widmer (96)

Swiss graphic designer.

Usman Idris Kusfa (57)

Nigerian Islamic cleric.

Virginia Oliver (105)

American lobster fisherwoman

John Terris (86)

New Zealand politician

Arthur P. Dempster (96)

American mathematician.

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Cezary Jędrzycki (57)

Polish Olympic rower.

Dan McQuade (43)

American journalist and writer

Hem Singh Bhadana (55)

Indian politician

Ranjit Das (93)

Bangladeshi football player and manager

Valentin Balakhnichev (76)

Russian engineer and athletics coach.

René Galy-Dejean (93)

French politician

William Safran (95)

95–96

Maria Rita Parsi (78)

Italian psychotherapist.

Yuan Wei-jen (57)

Taiwanese singer-songwriter.

Hillary Fernandes (88)

Catholic father.

Miroslav Košuta (89)

Slovenian poet.

Fabio Scuto (69)

Italian journalist.

Paolo Cristoni (81)

Italian politician

Tony Pigott (67)

English cricketer (Sussex

Józef Gąsienica-Sobczak (91)

Polish skier.

Horst Gallert (88)

German politician

Augusto Blacker Miller (80)

Peruvian politician

Nicolas Giani (39)

Italian football/soccer player.

John MacDonald (89)

Hong Kong racing car driver.

Miguel Ángel Alba Díaz (75)

Mexican Roman Catholic prelate

Steve Washington (67)

American musician (Slave

Geraldine Barniville (83)

Irish squash and tennis player.

Ahmad Obeidat (87)

Jordanian politician

William M. Keys (88)

American Marine general.

Neil Pappalardo (83)

American technology entrepreneur.

Otto Duecker (77)

American painter.

Gerardo Taracena (55)

Mexican actor (Apocalypto

Eric Cameron (90)

Canadian artist.

Nobuhiko Ochiai (84)

Japanese journalist and novelist.

Lucien Weiler (74)

Luxembourgish politician

Fernando Esteso (80)

Spanish comedian

Rafael Hui (77)

Hong Kong civil servant

Raghunatha Reddy (82)

Indian actor (Rowdy Durbar

Rita Süssmuth (88)

German politician

Gustavo Sánchez Vásquez (62)

Mexican politician

Sushila Tiriya (69)

Indian politician

Kazuhiko Hasegawa (80)

Japanese film director (The Man Who Stole the Sun)

Nicola Salerno (69)

Italian manager.

Ricardo Melchior Navarro (78)

Spanish politician

Mostafa Kamal (88)

Bangladeshi volleyball and football player and coach.

Morley Robertson (63)

Japanese-American musician