Deaths Famous Dead Politicians
François Lempérière President of HydroCoop dead at age 99
a French civil engineer, died on January 26, 2026, at the age of 99. He built and/or designed 15 dams in France and other countries and invented solutions including Fusegates, Piano Keys Weir, Twin Dams and Tidal Gardens. He was… · 26 January 2026 · January 2026
Robert Nazaryan
Armenian politician · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25
Orest Salamakha
Ukrainean politician · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24
Li Wei (computer scientist) Chinese computer scientist dead at age 82
a Chinese computer scientist and member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, died on January 25, 2026. Born in Peking on June 8, 1943, he graduated from the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics at Peking University in 1966. He later… · 25 January 2026 · January 2026
Bill Allen (Canadian politician) Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA dead at age 79
a Canadian politician and Saskatchewan MLA from 1975 to 1982, died on January 25, 2026. Known as Bill Allen, he represented Regina Rosemont in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party member. Born in Regina on August… · 25 January 2026 · January 2026
Jógvan Durhuus
Faroese politician · 22 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 22
Kikuo Arakawa Research of hypertension, cardiovascular medicine dead at age 96
a Japanese medical scientist and internist, died on January 23, 2026. He specialized in hypertension and cardiovascular medicine and was a Professor Emeritus at Fukuoka University. Arakawa also served as the 12th President of the International Society of Hypertension. Born… · 23 January 2026 · January 2026
Sani Lakatani
Niuean politician · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21
Aleksandr Shavlokhov
South Ossetian politician · 20 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 20
Colette Flesch
Luxembourgish Olympic fencer and politician · 20 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 20
Maria Pilar Riba Font
Andorran politician · 19 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 19 · Font
Marie-Rose Kasa-Vubu Kiatazabu
Congolese politician · 19 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 19 · Kiatazabu
Peter Radunski
German politician (CDU) and political consultant · 19 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 19
Antonio Fernández Pombo
Spanish businessman and politician · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Pombo
Stella Isodo Apolot
Ugandan politician · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17 · Apolot
Ali Salem al-Beidh
Yemeni politician · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16 · al-Beidh
W. John McDonald Canadian physicist and academic administrator dead at age 89
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 Ottawa. He joined… · 17 January 2026 · January 2026
Fabian Malbon British Royal Navy officer, lieutenant governor of Guernsey dead at age 79
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 Sussex Grammar School. He went… · 17 January 2026 · January 2026
Mickey Brady
Northern Irish politician · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16
Luísa Diogo
Mozambican politician · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Luisa
Arthur Tobin LawyerPolitician dead at age 95
an American politician and lawyer from Quincy, Massachusetts, died on January 16, 2026, at age 95. He served on the Quincy City Council and in the Massachusetts legislature before being elected the 29th mayor of Quincy. After his time as… · 16 January 2026 · January 2026
Yolande Viviane Compaoré
Burkinabe politician · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Compaoré
Gagik Yeganyan
Armenian politician · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
Mochammad Djamhari
Indonesian military officer and politician · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14