Ivica Žnidaršič
Slovenian activist and educational theorist · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Other
Deaths Died in January 2026
Antonio Fernández Pombo
Spanish businessman and politician · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Pombo
Alexander Ryazanov
Russian air defense designer · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Other
Shin Sung-woo
South Korean chef and theatre actor · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18
H.K. Edgerton
American Neo-Confederate activist · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Other
Valentino
Italian stylist · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Other
Mladen Bartolović
Bosnian football player (Cibalia · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18
Serafín Cartagena Ocaña
Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Serafin · Ocaña · Other
Julio Terán Dutari
Panamanian Roman Catholic prelate · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Dutari · Other
Giancarlo Piretti
Italian designer · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Other
Liang Dongcai
Chinese molecular biophysicist · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Other
Muhammad Bashir Saliu
Nigerian Islamic scholar · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Other · Saliu
Luciano Zardi Italian Olympic weightlifter dead at age 95
Luciano Zardi, an Italian weightlifter who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, died on January 19, 2026, at the age of 95. Born in Ferrara, Italy, on September 15, 1930, he took part in the men's middle heavyweight event at… · 19 January 2026 · January 2026
Muhammad Yousuf
Pakistani politician · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18
Nabaloum Dramane
Ivorian-born Burkinabe boxer · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18
Ioan Crâsnic
Romanian wrestler and wrestling coach · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Other
Raul Jungmann
Brazilian businessman · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Other · Raúl
Kuncoro
Indonesian football player (Arema · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18
Bill Millar
English visual effects artist (The X-Files · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18
Wilbur Wood
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17
John ‘Oke Afareha
Nigerian Catholic prelate · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17 · Afareha · Other
Phil Goyette
Canadian ice hockey player (Montreal Canadiens) · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17
Roger Allers
American animator and filmmaker (The Lion King · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17 · Other
Tom Kim
North Korean-born American physician · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17
Ralph Towner
American jazz multi-instrumentalist · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17 · Musicians
David Young (footballer, born 1945) English footballer dead at age 80
David Young, an English footballer who played for Charlton Athletic, Southend United and Newcastle United, died on January 18, 2026, aged 80. A central defender, he made 209 appearances in the Football League. Young won the FA Cup in 1973… · 18 January 2026 · January 2026
David Thomas (jeweller) British crown jeweller, complications from Alzheimer’s disease dead a…
David Thomas, British crown jeweller, died on January 18, 2026, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. David Vyvyan Thomas MVO was Crown Jeweller for the British monarchy and worked for the Royal Family from 1991 until his retirement in 2007 as… · Alzheimer's Disease · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · Other
Alexander Ryazanov (air defense designer) Russian air defense designer dead at age 93
Alexander Ryazanov, a Russian air defense designer, died on January 18, 2026, at the age of 93. He designed the S-25, S-75, S-200, and S-300 air defense systems. Ryazanov was born on September 6, 1932, in Aleksandrovshchina, Lodeynopolsky District, Leningrad… · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · Other
Clare Cooper Marcus Architect dead at age 91
Clare Cooper Marcus, an American educator in landscape architecture and architecture, died on January 18, 2026, at age 91. She was a pioneer in the study of social issues in housing, open space design, and healing landscapes. Born on April… · 18 January 2026 · January 2026
Arthur Bankhurst Rheumatologist dead at age 88
Arthur Bankhurst, an American rheumatologist, died on January 18, 2026, at age 88. Arthur Dale Bankhurst was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 21, 1937. He completed his undergraduate education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1958 and earned… · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · Other
Alan Black
Scottish footballer (Norwich City · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17
Oskár Elschek
Slovak ethnomusicologist · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17 · Oskar · Other
Francesco Gurrieri
Italian architect · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17 · Other
Stella Isodo Apolot
Ugandan politician · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17 · Apolot
Bruce Leung
Hong Kong martial artist and actor · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17 · Artists
Liu Thai Ker
Singaporean architect and urban planner · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17 · Other · Ker
Lazar Shvets
Russian priest · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17 · Lazăr · Other
Guillermo Salatino
Argentine sports journalist · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17 · Argentine
Nandana Gunathilake
Sri Lankan politician · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17
Chet Brooks
American football player (San Francisco 49ers) · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16
S. V. Adinarayana Rao
Indian orthopaedic surgeon · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16 · Rao
Ali Salem al-Beidh
Yemeni politician · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16 · al-Beidh
Angelo Gugel
Italian papal assistant · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16 · Other
Raju Bandara
Sri Lankan singer · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16
Ray Crone
American baseball player (Milwaukee Braves · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16
Zara Aramyan
Armenian actress and journalist · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16
Osvaldas Jablonskis
Lithuanian painter · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16
Wei Fulin
Chinese army general · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16 · Other
Craig Anderson (bishop) American bishop dead at age 83
Craig Anderson, an American bishop, died on January 17, 2026, at age 83. Craig Barry Anderson was an Episcopal Church bishop who served as Bishop of South Dakota from 1984 to 1992. He was born in Glendale, California, on February… · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · Other
Hoot Gibson (American football) American football player (San Diego Chargers dead at age 86
Claude "Hoot" Andrew Gibson, an American football player and coach, died on January 17, 2026. He was 87. Gibson was a defensive back and kick returner who played college football for the NC State Wolfpack before competing professionally in the… · 17 January 2026 · January 2026
James Petras Professor of sociology dead at age 89
James Petras, an American sociologist and academic, died on January 17, 2026. He was the Bartle Professor emeritus of sociology at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, and an adjunct professor at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Petras… · 17 January 2026 · January 2026
W. John McDonald Canadian physicist and academic administrator dead at age 89
W. John McDonald, a Canadian physicist and academic administrator, died on January 17, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1936, he earned degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and a PhD from the University of… · 17 January 2026 · January 2026
Fabian Malbon British Royal Navy officer, lieutenant governor of Guernsey dead at age 79
Vice Admiral Sir Fabian Malbon, a British Royal Navy officer and former Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey, died on January 17, 2026, aged 79. Born on October 1, 1946, he joined the Royal Navy in 1965 after attending Brighton Hove and… · 17 January 2026 · January 2026
François Bazaramba
Rwandan war criminal · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16
Murad Hasratyan
Armenian architectural historian · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16
Luang Ta Chiwananto
Thai monk · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · Chiwananto · January 16 · Other
Mickey Brady
Northern Irish politician · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16
Anatoli Zabolotskiy
Russian cinematographer · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16 · Other
Carl Sommer
American entrepreneur · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16 · Other
Grant Batty
New Zealand rugby union player (Wellington · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16 · Grant,
Rocco B. Commisso
Italian-born US businessman and football owner (Fiorentina) · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16 · Commisso · Other
Kianna Underwood
American actress (Little Bill · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16
Anatoli Zabolotski
Russian cinematographer · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16 · Other
Valère Novarina
Swiss choreographer and photographer · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16 · Swiss
Jefery Levy
American filmmaker (S.F.W · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Other
Peer Bork
German bioinformatician · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Other