Deaths Died in January 2026
Barbara Eustachiewicz
Polish Olympic gymnast (1960 · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13 · Athletes
Ali Hassan
Mozambican footballer (Sporting · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13
Igor Zolotovitskiy
Russian actor (Taxi Blues · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13
Annemarie Prins
Dutch actress (Accused · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13 · Dutch
Kim Min-jae
South Korean baseball player (Lotte Giants · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13
Robert G. Shulman
American biophysicist · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13 · Shulman · Other
George Vassiliou
Cypriot politician · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13
Thomas Causey
American sound engineer (Dick Tracy · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 13 · Other
Bruce McLeod
Canadian clergyman · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Other
Claudette Colvin
American civil rights activist · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Other
Yvan Aumont
French engineer and journalist (Lys rouge) · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · French
Jason Lafreniere
Canadian ice hockey player (Tampa Bay Lightning · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
Indira Devi Dhanrajgir
Indian poet and socialite · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · Dhanrajgir · January 12
Hun Yuan
Taiwanese religious leader · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Other
Eleni Varikas
Greek-born French political philosopher and academic · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · French · Greek
Karen Vold
American trick rider inductee · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Other
John Forté
American rapper (Refugee Camp All-Stars) and producer (The Score) · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Forte
Razmik Zohrabyan
Armenian politician · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
Bill Courtney
American college basketball coach (Cornell Big Red · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Other
Toshio Fujii
Japanese politician · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
Lê Văn Dũng
Vietnamese military officer and politician · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Dũng
Eric Redrobe
English association footballer · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Éric
Eddie McCreadie
85 · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Other
Lina Bernardi
Italian actress (The Story of Piera · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
David Webb
Hong Kong activist investor · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Other
David Collier
English sports administrator · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Other
Paul Grist (actor) Welsh actor (Doctor Who dead at age 86
Paul Grist, the Welsh actor, car racer and restorer, died on January 13, 2026, aged 86. Born in Glamorgan, Wales, on January 18, 1939, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he was taught by Peter Barkworth… · 13 January 2026 · January 2026
Peter Schofield (Australian rules footballer) Australian footballer (Richmond dead at age 93
Peter John Schofield, the Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond, Melbourne and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League, died on January 13, 2026, aged 93. Born on 12 February 1932, Schofield made his VFL debut for Richmond with… · 13 January 2026 · January 2026
Jerry Wilburn Businessman, farmer dead at age 85
Edwin J. "Jerry" Wilburn, an American politician and member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1964 to 1980, died on January 13, 2026, at the age of 85. Born on September 18, 1940, in Mantachie, Mississippi, he was also… · 13 January 2026 · January 2026
Brandon Holiday American canoeist dead at age 53
Brandon Holiday, an American canoeist, died on January 13, 2026. Born on January 25, 1972, he was a paracanoe sprint kayaker from the United States. Holiday grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey, where he played tennis and baseball and trained… · 13 January 2026 · January 2026
Scott Adams American cartoonist, prostate cancer dead at age 68
Scott Adams, the American cartoonist and writer best known for creating the Dilbert comic strip, died on January 13, 2026, at age 68. He was also a conservative commentator and wrote nonfiction works on business, self-improvement, commentary, satire, and politics.… · 13 January 2026 · January 2026 · Cancer
Allyn Bromley
American visual artist and art educator · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
Benjaminas Zelkevičius
81 Lithuanian football player (Žalgiris Vilnius · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
Marcus Gilbert
British actor (The Masks of Death · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
Ueli Kestenholz
Swiss snowboarder · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Other · Swiss
Iqbal Athas
Sri Lankan journalist · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
Hiroshi Kume
Japanese television host · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · Other
Isabel Veloso
Brazilian social media influencer · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Other
Sheila Bernette
English singer (The Good Old Days · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Matthew Taylor
57–58 · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Other
Ralph L. Thomas
Brazilian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Thomas
Oba C. D. Akran
Nigerian politician and traditional ruler · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Akran
Grete Salomonsen
Norwegian film director (Kamilla and the Thief · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Other
Marco Proaño Maya
Ecuadorian politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Maya
Dave Giusti
American baseball player (Houston Astros · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Mahmoud Al-Astal
Palestinian police chief · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Other
Alain Orsoni
French politician and Corsican independence activist · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · French
Ray Anthony
American trumpeter · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Other
Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin
British guitarist (Black Midi) · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Catherine Samie
French actress (Lovers of Paris · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · French
Ali Ardestani
Iranian man convicted of spying for Mossad · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Laumatiamanu Ringo Purcell
Samoan politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Purcell
Sergey Galkov
Russian Olympic sprint canoeist (1988) · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Dave Hitchcock
English record producer (In the Land of Grey and Pink · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Other
Sergey Gaikov
Russian Olympic sprint canoeist (1988) · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Pedro A. Sanchez American soil scientist dead at age 85
Pedro A. Sanchez, an American soil scientist and former director at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, died on January 12, 2026. He was 85. Sanchez served as director of the Agriculture & Food Security Center, senior research scholar, and director of… · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · Sánchez
Lu Kejian Chinese politician, deputy dead at age 93
Lu Kejian, a Chinese politician and deputy, died on January 12, 2026. An ethnic Tibetan, he was born in Jonê County, Gansu province, China, in 1932. He began his political career as leader of Bairi Tibetan Autonomous County in his… · 12 January 2026 · January 2026
Jacoby & Meyers American attorney dead at age 83
Jacoby & Meyers, the American law firm founded by Leonard Jacoby and Stephen Meyers, died on January 12, 2026. Established in September 1972 as a partnership, the firm began in a storefront in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles… · 12 January 2026 · January 2026
Luigi Nicolais
Italian engineer and politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Mohammad Ilyas
Pakistani cricketer (national team) · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Miquel Naudí
Andorran politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11