Who Died in January 2021?
Who died in January 2021? Over 1,000 obituaries from that month — notable deaths, news, info and memorial pages.
Melanio Asensio
Spanish Olympic sprinter (1960)Died on Friday January 15th 2021
Yrjö Rantanen
Finnish chess playerDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Vlad Olărescu
Moldovan journalist and screenwriterDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Norman MacLeod
Canadian businessman and politicianDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Jürgen Hubbert
German mechanical engineer and managerDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Lionel Gossman
Scottish-American literary scholarDied on Friday January 15th 2021
William E. Thornton
American astronautDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Osian Ellis
Welsh harpist and composerDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Vicente Cantatore
Argentine football player and managerDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Cliff Burvill
Aussie cyclistDied on Friday January 15th 2021
B. S. Gnanadesikan
Indian politicianDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Aleksandr Nikitin
Russian football player (Torpedo VolzhskyDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Carlos Armando Biebrich
Mexican lawyer and politicianDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Boris Grachevsky
Russian film directorDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Pierre Cherpin
French rally motorcyclistDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Sjarifuddin Baharsjah
Indonesian academicianDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Dorine Mokha
Congolese dancerDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Sylvain Sylvain
American musician (New York Dolls)Died on Friday January 15th 2021
Antún Castro Urrutia
Colombian musician and actorDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Peter Mark Richman
American actorDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Joanne Rogers
American pianist and puppeteer (Mister Rogers' Neighborhood)Died on Friday January 15th 2021
Shirley Johnson
American politicianDied on Friday January 15th 2021
Duranice Pace
American gospel singer (The Anointed Pace Sisters)Died on Thursday January 14th 2021
Bernd Kannenberg
German race walkerDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Howard Andrew
American poker playerDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Evžen Neustupný
Czech archaeologistDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Bryan Monroe
American journalist (CNNDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
José Luis Caballero
Mexican Olympic footballer (1976)Died on Thursday January 14th 2021
Sinikka Nopola
Finnish writer (Ricky Rapper)Died on Thursday January 14th 2021
Stanley Gusman
Brazilian TV presenter COVID-19Died on Thursday January 14th 2021
Mircea Păcurariu
Romanian theologianDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Alan Daly
Australian footballer (Melbourne)Died on Thursday January 14th 2021
Ian Foreman
Australian footballer (Footscray)Died on Thursday January 14th 2021
Moses Hamungole
Zambian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Mario Cecchini
Italian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Éamonn Ryan
80–81Died on Thursday January 14th 2021
Harold Bornstein
American gastroenterologistDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Leonidas Pelekanakis
Greek OlympianDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Aleksandr Borisovich Nikitin
Russian footballer and coachDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Siegfried Fischbacher
German-American magician and entertainer (Siegfried & Roy)Died on Thursday January 14th 2021
Vincent Logan
Scottish Catholic bishopDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Natália de Sousa
73Died on Thursday January 14th 2021
Dinesh Chandra Yadav
Nepalese politicianDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Don Leppert
American baseball player (Baltimore Orioles)Died on Thursday January 14th 2021
Angie Jakusz
American TV personality (Survivor: Palau)Died on Thursday January 14th 2021
Oscar Rizzato
Roman Catholic titular bishopDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Luis Adriano Piedrahita
Colombian bishop of the Diocese of Santa MartaDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Adolfo Paredes
Panamanian lawyerDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Ali Jaber
Indonesian Islamic preacherDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Margo St. James
American women's rights activist and prostituteDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Tim Bogert
American rock bassist (Vanilla FudgeDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Untung Suharsono Radjab
Indonesian police officerDied on Thursday January 14th 2021
Nicky Booth
British bantamweight boxerDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Safwat El-Sherif
Egyptian politicianDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Theodoros Mitras
Greek politicianDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Marielle de Sarnez
French politicianDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Gerry Cottle
British circus owner and presenterDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Kathleen Heddle
Canadian rowerDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Grace Robertson
British photographerDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Eusébio Scheid
Brazilian Roman Catholic cardinalDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Abay Tsehaye
Ethiopian politicianDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Sir Robert Cohan
American-born dancer and choreographerDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Lidia Bobână
Moldovan journalistDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Seyoum Mesfin
Ethiopian politician and diplomatDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Lingson Belekanyama
Malawian politicianDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Norman Houston
Northern Irish diplomatDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Joël Robert
Belgian motocross racerDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Dame Margaret Weston
British museum curatorDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Alf Callick
Australian rules footballerDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Gábor Vass
Hungarian actorDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Yousef Ghawanmeh
Jordanian historianDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Donald Smith
English cricketerDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Borivoje Cenić
Serbian professional basketball coach and playerDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Edward Beard
American politicianDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Caroly Wilcox
American puppeteer (The Muppet ShowDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Hannes Viljoen
South African rugby union player (NatalDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
David Buchsbaum
American mathematicianDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Mario Masuku
Swazi politicianDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Philip Tartaglia
Scottish Roman Catholic prelateDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Osvaldo Peredo
Bolivian revolutionaryDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Kenneth Barker
British academic administratorDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Maguito Vilela
Brazilian lawyer and politicianDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Ndubuisi Kanu
Nigerian rear admiral and politicianDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Dame Margaret Booth
British judgeDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Enrique Pineda Barnet
Cuban film director and screenwriter (I Am Cuba)Died on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Tahir Mughal
Pakistani cricketerDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Álvaro Mejía
Colombian long-distance runnerDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Lingison Belekanyama
Malawian politicianDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Denis Karasyov
Russian actor (Mute WitnessDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Guy Auffray
French judokaDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Lisa Montgomery
American murdererDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Vivalyn Latty-Scott
West Indies cricketer and coachDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Guy Péqueux
French painterDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021
Mirzaq Biqtash
Algerian writerDied on Wednesday January 13th 2021