Deaths Died in January 2016
Nicholas Caldwell
American R&B singer (The Whispers) · 05 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 5
Edward Yourdon
American computer scientist · 20 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 20
Koichi Sekimoto
Japanese footballer (Sagan Tosu) · 23 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 23 · Kōichi
Henry Worsley
British adventurer · 24 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 24 · Other
R. Clayton McWhorter
American businessman and philanthropist · 23 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 23 · McWhorter · Other
Kalpana Ranjani
50 · 25 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 25 · Other
D. Harlan Cutshall
Canadian actor (Tomorrowland · 07 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 7 · Cutshall
Terence Cook
Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer · 18 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 18
John Dowie
Scottish footballer (Fulham · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22
Grahame Hodgson
Welsh rugby union player (Neath) · 23 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 23
Nikolay Abramov
Russian Vepsian writer and translator · 23 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 23
Jimmy Bain
Scottish bassist (Rainbow · 24 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 24
Jennifer Guinness
Irish socialite and kidnapping victim · 23 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 23 · Other
Bobby Wanzer
American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach (Rochester Royals) · 23 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 23
Žuži Jelinek
Croatian fashion stylist · 23 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 23 · Jelínek · Other
Archie Gouldie
Canadian-American professional wrestler · 23 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 23
Alec Wishart
British-born New Zealand musician (Hogsnort Rupert) · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22
Elisabeta Polihroniade
Romanian chess Woman Grandmaster (1982) and International Arbiter · 23 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 23 · Other
Ian Murray
Scottish Roman Catholic prelate · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22 · Other
Tommy Bryceland
Scottish footballer (St. Mirren · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22
Jack Bannister
English cricket player (Warwickshire) and commentator · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22
Constantin Mihail
Romanian athletics coach · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22
Storm Flag Flying
American thoroughbred racehorse · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22 · Flying · Other
Eugene Borowitz
American rabbi and philosopher · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22
Stanley Mann
Canadian scriptwriter (The Collector) · 11 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 11
Juan Manuel Ley
Mexican businessman · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22 · Other · Ley
Nic Zwetnow
Norwegian Olympic sport shooter. · 18 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 18 · Other
Richard Levins
American mathematical ecologist and population geneticist · 19 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 19 · Other
Rik Wilson
American ice hockey player (St. Louis Blues) · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22
Shankar Ghosh
Indian tabla player · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22
Abolhassan Najafi
Iranian writer and translator · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22
Miloslav Ransdorf
Czech politician (KSČM) · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22
Robin Fletcher
British academic administrator and Olympic field hockey player · 15 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 15
Stephanie Czech Rader
American-born spy of "unusual fortitude and sang-froid." · 21 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 21 · Other · Rader
Jean-Philippe Douin
French military · 19 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 19 · Other
Chuck Pitcock
American football player (Tampa Bay Bandits) · 11 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 11
Joe Hergert
American football player (Buffalo Bills) · 16 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 16
Ananda Chandra Dutta
Indian botanist · 16 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 16 · Dutta · Other
Bill Johnson
American alpine skier · 21 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 21
Homayoun Behzadi
Iranian Legend football player and coach · 22 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 22
Gerald Williams
Welsh tennis commentator · 21 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 21
Ron Southern
Canadian businessman (ATCO) · 21 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 21 · Other
Garnet “Sam” Richardson
Canadian curler · 21 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 21 · Richardson · Other
William Morgan
American architect · 18 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 18 · Other
Ronald Southern
Canadian businessman (ATCO) · 21 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 21 · Other
Robert Sassone
French road racing cyclist · 21 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 21
Derrick Todd Lee
convicted American murderer known as The Baton Rouge Serial Killer · 21 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 21 · Lee
Francis Seow
Singapore-born American writer and political refugee · 21 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 21
Ronald Greenwald
American rabbi · 20 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 20 · Other
Bogusław Kaczyński
Polish classical music journalist · 21 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 21 · Kaczynski
Mustafa Koç
Turkish businessman (Koç Holding) · 21 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 21 · Other
Mykolas Burokevičius
Lithuanian politician · 20 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 20
Nuno Teotónio Pereira
Portuguese architect · 20 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 20 · Pereira · Other
Mrinalini Sarabhai
Indian classical dancer · 21 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 21 · Other
Sylvia McLaughlin
American environmentalist · 19 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 19 · Other
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American Historian and Constitutional Scholar · 19 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 19
William Y. Smith
retired four-star U.S. Air Force general · 19 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 19 · Other · Smith
Frank Sullivan
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox) · 19 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 19
Bud Beardmore
American lacrosse coach (Maryland) · 20 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 20
Wilkes Bashford
American clothier · 16 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 16 · Other
Kingmambo
American-bred French thoroughbred racehorse · 20 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 20 · Other
Alexandre Reza
Russian-born French jeweler · 15 January 2016 · January 2016 · January 15 · Other