Who Died in January 2016?
Who died in January 2016? Over 700 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Linus Maurer
American cartoonist
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
M. O. Joseph
Indian film producer
Died on Friday January 8th 2016
Lance Cox
Australian football player (Richmond)
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
David St Vincent
British writer and LGBT activist (body found on this date)
Died on Tuesday January 12th 2016
Nikos Panagiotopoulos
Greek filmmaker
Died on Tuesday January 12th 2016
David Chatters
Canadian politician
Died on Sunday January 24th 2016
Nikos Panayiotopoulos
Greek filmmaker
Died on Tuesday January 12th 2016
Ron Collins
Canadian curler
Died on Thursday January 21st 2016
Wolbert Klaus Smidt
German intelligence official
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Tony Blaz
Guamanian politician and civil servant
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Nicolaus Zwetnow
Norwegian sport shooter
Died on Monday January 18th 2016
Mere Broughton
New Zealand Māori language activist and unionist
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
Peter Robinson
New Zealand musician (The Tin Syndrome)
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Robert Pickus
American activist
Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Pat Piper
American politician
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
Matthiew Klinck
Canadian Film director and producer
Died on Monday January 4th 2016
Michael J. Feeney
American journalist
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
Wolfgang Rademann
German television producer and journalist
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
Princess Ashraf of Iran
Persian princess
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Alex Hickman
Canadian judge and politician
Died on Sunday January 10th 2016
Jalal Aliyev
Azerbaijani politician
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
Bob Pelkington
American basketball player (Xavier University)
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
Miron Chichișan
Romanian politician
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
John F. G. Howe
South African-born British air marshal
Died on Wednesday January 27th 2016
Stephanie Rader
American spy
Died on Thursday January 21st 2016
Tony Beard
English radio announcer (BBC Radio Devon)
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Peter Quinn
Irish Gaelic footballer (Mayo)
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Jim Morris
American bodybuilder
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Dov Yermiya
Israeli army officer and author
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Mohammad Salimi
Iranian general
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Betty Rosenquest Pratt
American tennis player
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
Gil Carmichael
American politician and businessman
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
Janusz Muniak
Polish jazz saxophonist
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
Laurence Lerner
South African born British literary critic
Died on Tuesday January 19th 2016
Denise Newman
British Olympic diver
Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Afif Sunakim
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Died on Thursday January 14th 2016
Trude Dothan
Israeli archaeologist
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Anthony Simmons
British screenwriter and film director (The Optimists of Nine Elms
Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Mary Lou Crocker
American professional golfer
Died on Wednesday January 27th 2016
Hoyt Scoggins
American rockabilly and gospel singer
Died on Wednesday January 13th 2016
Price West
American Negro league baseball player
Died on Friday January 1st 2016
Nigel Peel
English cricketer (Cheshire)
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Mike Salmon
British racing driver
Died on Wednesday January 13th 2016
Tommy O’Hara
Scottish footballer (Queen of the South
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Jerzy Tomaszewski
Polish photographer
Died on Tuesday January 26th 2016
Tias Eckhoff
Norwegian industrial designer
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Franklin Gene Bissell
American football player and coach
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Terry Wogan
Irish broadcaster for the BBC
Died on Sunday January 31st 2016
Francisco Flores Pérez
Salvadorian politician
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Maikhail Miller
American football player (Murray State
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Signe Toly Anderson
American singer (Jefferson Airplane)
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Signe Anderson
American singer (Jefferson Airplane)
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Frank Finlay
British television
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Mike Minor
American actor Petticoat Junction
Died on Monday January 25th 2016
Rusty Rose
American entrepreneur
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Jenő Váncsa
Hungarian politician
Died on Sunday January 17th 2016
Nayani Krishnakumari
Indian writer and folklorist
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Ken Sailors
American basketball player
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
K. V. Krishna Rao
Indian military officer
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Yevgeny Chernov
Soviet Russian Vice Admiral
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Georgia Davis Powers
American civil rights activist and politician
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Bo Östvall
Swedish politician
Died on Friday January 15th 2016
Raymond Rock
Canadian politician
Died on Friday January 22nd 2016
Aurèle Nicolet
Swiss flautist
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
T. N. Gopakumar
Indian journalist
Died on Saturday January 30th 2016
Tommy Mulgrew
British footballer (Southampton)
Died on Tuesday January 12th 2016
Takeo Uesugi
Japanese landscape architect
Died on Tuesday January 26th 2016
Georgy Firtich
Russian composer and pianist
Died on Wednesday January 27th 2016
Yisroel Belsky
American rabbi
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Jean-Marie Doré
Guinean politician
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Theodore Karras
American football player (Chicago Bears)
Died on Tuesday January 26th 2016
Bryce Rohde
Australian jazz pianist
Died on Tuesday January 26th 2016
Ted Karras
American football player (Chicago Bears)
Died on Tuesday January 26th 2016
John Roper, Baron Roper
British politician
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Philip J. Rock
American politician
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Mariusz Krezolek
Polish-born British child murderer (Daniel Pelka).
Died on Wednesday January 27th 2016
Dave Thomson
Scottish footballer (Dunfermline Athletic)
Died on Thursday January 28th 2016
Karen Johnson Boyd
American billionaire heiress
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Wolfgang Rittmann
German Cue Sports Official
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Gordon Goody
British criminal (Great Train Robbery)
Died on Friday January 29th 2016
Artur Fischer
German inventor
Died on Wednesday January 27th 2016