Myint Htwe
Burmese politician · 27 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 27
Deaths Famous Dead Politicians
Ralph Assheton, 2nd Baron Clitheroe
British businessman and politician · 27 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 27 · Clitheroe
Joan Pujal Areny
Andorran politician and businessman · 26 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 26 · Areny
Jim Ferguson (diplomat) Australian diplomat dead at age 85
Jim Ferguson, an Australian diplomat, senior public servant and sport administrator, died on January 27, 2026, aged 85. Born James Alexander Ferguson in Sydney on November 29, 1940, he was executive director of the Australian Sports Commission from 1990 to… · 27 January 2026 · January 2026
Robert G. Bottoms American education executive dead at age 81
Robert G. Bottoms, an American higher education executive and the 18th president of DePauw University, died on January 27, 2026, at age 81. He served as president of the university from 1986 to June 30, 2008, and was later named… · 27 January 2026 · January 2026
Wiley Drake American minister and radio host dead at age 82
Wiley Drake, an American minister and radio host, died on January 27, 2026, at age 82. Based in California, he served as pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park in Buena Park, California. Drake was the vice-presidential… · 27 January 2026 · January 2026
Louis J. Ceci American judge, justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court dead at age 98
Louis J. Ceci, an American judge and justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court from 1982 to 1993, died on January 27, 2026. He was 98. A lawyer, jurist and Republican politician, Ceci served eight years as a Wisconsin circuit court… · 27 January 2026 · January 2026
François Lempérière President of HydroCoop dead at age 99
François Lempérière, 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.… · 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
Li Wei, 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.… · 25 January 2026 · January 2026
Bill Allen (Canadian politician) Canadian politician, Saskatchewan MLA dead at age 79
William James Gilbert Allen, 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… · 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
Kikuo Arakawa, 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… · 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
Raja Nadir Pervez
Pakistani politician · 20 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 20 · Pervez
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
Ritsuko Nagao
Japanese politician · 19 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 19
Antonio Fernández Pombo
Spanish businessman and politician · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Pombo
Muhammad Yousuf
Pakistani politician · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18
Stella Isodo Apolot
Ugandan politician · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17 · Apolot
Nandana Gunathilake
Sri Lankan politician · 17 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 17
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
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
Mickey Brady
Northern Irish politician · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16