Deaths Famous Dead Politicians
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
Lu Hsin-min
Taiwanese politician · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15
Luísa Diogo
Mozambican politician · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15 · Luisa
Arthur Tobin LawyerPolitician dead at age 95
Arthur Tobin, 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… · 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
James F. White Funeral director, politician dead at age 90
James F. White, an American funeral director and politician, died on January 15, 2026, in Farmington, Minnesota, at the age of 90. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1975 to 1978.… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026
Filip Stojanović (politician) Serbian politician dead at age 81
Filip Stojanović, a Serbian politician who served several terms in the parliaments of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Serbia, died on January 15, 2026. He was a member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party. Born on August 10, 1944, in… · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · Stojanovic
Namirembe Bitamazire
Ugandan academic and politician · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14