Deaths Month: January 2026
Maria Constantinescu
Romanian handballer · 26 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 26 · Other
Boris Ignatyev
Russian football manager and player · 26 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 26
Zach Monroe
American baseball player (New York Yankees) · 26 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 26
Susan Leeman
American endocrinologist · 26 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 26 · Other
Mark Batzer
American geneticist and academic · 26 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 26
Harilyn Rousso
American disability rights activist · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25 · Other
Margaret Ross
American singer (The Cookies) · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25
Gabe Lopez
American songwriter and producer · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25
Howard Flight, Baron Flight
British politican · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25 · Flight · Other
Graham Knight
Australian footballer (Fitzroy) · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25
Sly Dunbar
Jamaican drummer (Sly and Robbie) · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25
Billy Bass Nelson
American bassist (Funkadelic) · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25 · Nelson
Raoul Aragon
Filipino actor (Ina ka ng Anak Mo) · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25 · Filipino
Anne Agur Musculoskeletal system research, Anatomy education dead at age 72
a Canadian clinical anatomist and professor at the University of Toronto, died on January 26, 2026. She taught for many years in the Department of Anatomy within the Department of Surgery and was a full professor. Agur received numerous awards… · America · 26 January 2026 · January 2026
Barney Cable American basketball player dead at age 90
an American basketball player who played for the Detroit Pistons, Syracuse Nationals and St. Louis Hawks, died on January 26, 2026, at age 90. Born Byrum William Cable on July 29, 1935, in Rochester, Pennsylvania, he was a six-foot-seven forward… · 26 January 2026 · January 2026
John Dwyer (field hockey) Australian Olympic field hockey player dead at age 97
an Australian field hockey player who competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics, died on January 26, 2026, at the age of 97. John Phillip Dwyer was born on July 10, 1928, and died in Bangalow, New… · 26 January 2026 · January 2026
Reinhardt Kiehl German mathematician dead at age 90
a German mathematician, died on January 26, 2026. Born in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, on May 31, 1935, he studied mathematics, physics and astronomy from 1955 at the University of Göttingen and the University of Heidelberg. He received his Ph.D. in… · 26 January 2026 · January 2026
François Lempérière President of HydroCoop dead at age 99
a French civil engineer, died on January 26, 2026, at the age of 99. He built and/or designed 15 dams in France and other countries and invented solutions including Fusegates, Piano Keys Weir, Twin Dams and Tidal Gardens. He was… · 26 January 2026 · January 2026
Annette Dolphin 74–75 dead at age 74
a British scientist and professor of pharmacology in the Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology at University College London, died on January 26, 2026, aged 74–75. Born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, in 1951, she studied biochemistry at the University of… · 26 January 2026 · January 2026
Frederick King Keller American filmmaker (Tuck Everlasting dead at age 75
an American film and television director, producer and screenwriter, died on January 26, 2026, in Los Angeles, California. He was 75. Born in Buffalo, New York, on April 18, 1950, Keller was the son of actor and screenwriter Frederick A.… · 26 January 2026 · January 2026
Robert Nazaryan
Armenian politician · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25
Michel Barbey
French actor (Rendezvous in July · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25 · French
Geoffrey Mason
American television producer (ABC Sports · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25 · Other
Michael F. Adams
American political staffer and educator · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25 · Adams · Other
Robert E. Hunter
American foreign policy advisor · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25 · Hunter · Other
Dominic Kokkat
Indian Syro-Malabar Catholic prelate · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24 · Other
Sia Figiel
Samoan writer · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24
Seyni Awa Camara
Senegalese sculptor · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24 · Camara
Roy Erskine
Scottish footballer (Stirling Albion · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24
Siegfried Radandt
German Olympic bobsledder (1976) · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24 · Athletes
Yuri Rymanov
Russian guitarist (Lyube) · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24
Orest Salamakha
Ukrainean politician · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24
Dede Sulaeman
Indonesian football player (Persija Jakarta · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24
Inderjit Singh Bindra
Indian sports administrator · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24 · Bindra · Other
Marian Goodman
American art dealer · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24 · Other
Kim Vo
American hairstylist · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24 · Other
David Abulafia
British historian (The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean) · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24
Faruk Kulenović
Bosnian-Croatian basketball player (HAKK Mladost) and coach (Šibenka) · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24
Robert Joseph Banks
American Roman Catholic prelate · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24 · Banks · Other
Lee Fobbs
American football player (Ottawa Rough Riders) and coach (North Carolina A&T Aggies · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24
Pedro Pablo Elizondo
Mexican Roman Catholic prelate · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24 · Elizondo · Other
Bill Allen (Canadian politician) Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA dead at age 79
a Canadian politician and Saskatchewan MLA from 1975 to 1982, died on January 25, 2026. Known as Bill Allen, he represented Regina Rosemont in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party member. Born in Regina on August… · 25 January 2026 · January 2026
Rafael Pineda (television journalist) Cuban-American journalist and television news reporter dead a…
a Cuban-American television journalist and news reporter, died on January 25, 2026. Born Julio Rafael Pineda in Baracoa, Cuba, on December 20, 1937, he immigrated to the United States before his 20th birthday. He began his career at WXTV in… · Spain · 25 January 2026 · January 2026
Li Wei (computer scientist) Chinese computer scientist dead at age 82
a Chinese computer scientist and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died on January 25, 2026. Born in Peking on June 8, 1943, he graduated from the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics at Peking University in 1966. He later… · 25 January 2026 · January 2026
Marie Rouanet
French singer and writer · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24 · French
Joe Gadston
English football player (Exeter City · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24
Liao Xilong
Chinese general · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24 · Other
Wim Kelleners
Dutch racing cyclist · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24 · Dutch
Abhijit Majumdar
Indian singer and music director · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24
William Foege
American physician and epidemiologist · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24
Stuart Tave
American literary scholar · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23 · Other
Travis Curtis
American football player (Washington Redskins · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23
Alex Pretti
American nurse · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23 · Other
Ann Clark
American singer (The Sentimentalists) · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23
Peter Duesberg
German-American molecular biologist and academic · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23
Klaus Zillich
German architect · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23 · Other
Anda Zaice
Latvian actress (Trial on the Road) · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23
Constantino de Oliveira Júnior
Brazilian businessman · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23 · Junior · Other
Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas
Mexican Roman Catholic prelate · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23 · Cárdenas · Other
Dalibor Brun
Croatian recording artist · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23
Lennart Backman Swedish footballer dead at age 91
the Swedish footballer who played for IFK Norrköping, AIK and the national team, died on January 24, 2026. Born Kurt Lennart Ingemar Backman on February 7, 1934, he played as a winger and made more than 200 Allsvenskan appearances for… · 24 January 2026 · January 2026
Bob Jones (ice hockey) Canadian ice hockey player dead at age 80
a Canadian ice hockey player who appeared in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers, died on January 24, 2026, at age 80. Robert Charles Jones was born in Espanola, Ontario, on November 27, 1945, and played two… · 24 January 2026 · January 2026
Peter Ryan (rugby union, born 1930) English rugby union player dead at age 95
an English international rugby union player, died on January 24, 2026, aged 95. Born in Bucklow, England, on October 1, 1930, he was head boy and football captain at Harrow School, where he also played in the cricket XI and… · 24 January 2026 · January 2026