Deaths Died in January 2026
Mohammad Nouri
- · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Other
Aniceto Sobrepeña
Filipino banker and public servant · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Filipino · Other
Latif Karimi
a retired brigadier general killed during the 2025–2026 Iranian protests · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11 · Other
Takashi Ono
Japanese-born American mathematician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Kōtarō Kodama
Japanese politician and mayor of Akitakata (1980–2008) · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Herman Wouters
Belgian politician and mayor of Grobbendonk (1989–1997) · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Yao Chiang-lin
Taiwanese politician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11
Marvalene Hughes
88–89 · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Other
John Wallace
Scottish trumpet player · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10
Jim Hartung
American gymnast · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Other
Nasser bin Radan Al Rashid Al Wadaei
Saudi supercentenarian · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Wadaei · Other
Trevor A. Toussaint
British actor (Hollyoaks) · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Toussaint
Frank S. Cerveny
American clergyman · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Cerveny · Other
Miroslava Pešíková
Czech solo dancer and ballet master · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Czech · Other
Stephen E. Haggerty
American geophysicist · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Haggerty · Other
Thierry Steimetz
French footballer (Amnéville · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · French
Włodzimierz Jakubowski
Polish football player (Lech Poznań) and manager (Mieszko Gniezno · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10
Giancarlo Cauteruccio
Italian theater actor and director · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10
Pavel Akishev
Russian baseball player (national team) · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10
Michael Kemner
German bass guitarist (Fehlfarben) · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10
Erich von Däniken
Swiss author and ufologist · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Däniken · Swiss
Robert Hopkins
English footballer (Birmingham City · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10
Prawase Wasi
Thai hematologist · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Other
Manolo Villaverde
Cuban-American actor (¿Qué Pasa · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10
Ivan Štampach
Czech religionist and theologian · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Czech · Other · Iván
Diane Munday
British political activist · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Other
Mario Jacquet
Paraguayan footballer (Cerro Porteño · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10
Nelly Chatué Diop
Cameroonian computer scientist · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Diop
Dieudonné Larose
Haitian singer · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10
Musa Gibril Bala Gaye
Gambian economist and politician · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Gaye
Prashant Tamang
Indian singer (Indian Idol) and actor (Paatal Lok) · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10
Ai
chimpanzee · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Other
Derek Martin
English actor (Law & Order · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10
Manoel Carlos
Brazilian television writer (Por Amor · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Bob Weir
American musician (Grateful Dead) · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Terry Sullivan
British drummer (Renaissance) · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Ulf Granberg
Swedish comics creator and editor (The Phantom) · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Guy Moon
American television composer (The Fairly OddParents · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Rhoda Levine
American opera director and choreographer · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Other
Distorted Humor
American Thoroughbred racehorse · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Other
Davinder Singh
Indian Olympic field hockey player (1980) · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Isabela Veloso
Brazilian influencer · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Other
T. K. Carter
American actor (The Thing · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Carter
Tina Packer
British actress (David Copperfield · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Zelico Petrovic
Yugoslav-born Italian footballer (Taranto · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Kamlesh Shukla Indian politician, MLA dead at age 73
Kamlesh Shukla, an Indian politician and former MLA, died on January 10, 2026, at the age of 73. He was a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh and represented the Rampur Karkhana Assembly constituency in Deoria district… · 10 January 2026 · January 2026
Dan Coleman (American football) American football player dead at age 63
Dan Coleman, an American football player who was a defensive end for the Minnesota Vikings, died on January 10, 2026, at the age of 63. Born in Lansing, Michigan, on August 14, 1962, he played college football for the Murray… · 10 January 2026 · January 2026
Fredrick Brennan Founder of 8chan dead at age 31
Fredrick Brennan, an American software developer and founder of 8chan, died on January 10, 2026. He was 31. Born Fredrick Robert Brennan in Albany, New York, on February 21, 1994, he also worked as a type designer. Brennan founded the… · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · Other
Valery Noskov
Russian biathlete · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Other
Sergey Daniel
Soviet art historian · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Yao Jianglin
Taiwanese politician · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Jian Shuisheng
Chinese academian · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Other
Zhou Liwei
Chinese electro-optics professor · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Other
Aoi Fujino
Japanese model · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Other
Zhang Kerang
Chinese peking opera actor · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Dong Xiaoping
Chinese folklorist · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Other
Lin Chaoqiang
Chinese aerodynamicist · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Other
Elisa Lisboa
Portuguese actress (Sabor da Paixão · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Carmen Arnold Biucchi
Switzerland numismatist and archaeologist · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Biucchi · Other
Jacqueline Schaeffer
French psychoanalyst · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · French · Other
Randy Riley
American librarian · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Other
Robert K. Tanenbaum
American trial attorney and novelist · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Tanenbaum
Ian McCrae
Scottish rugby union player (Gordonians · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Bob Boyer
Canadian professional wrestler · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Other
Tom Cherones
American television director (Seinfeld) · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Other
Hessy Levinsons Taft
German chemist and child model · 08 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 8 · Taft
David M. Maddox
American Army general · 08 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 8 · Maddox · Other
Jim Furlong
Canadian gridiron football player (Calgary Stampeders) · 08 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 8