H. Robert Reynolds, an American musician, conductor and academic, died on January 30, 2026, at the age of 91. He was principal conductor of the Wind Ensemble at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, where… · 30 January 2026 · January 2026
Paul Deheuvels, a French statistician and specialist in probability, died on January 30, 2026. He was 77. Born in Istanbul, Turkey, on March 11, 1948, Deheuvels was a professor of mathematics at Pierre-et-Marie Curie University in Paris from 1974 to… · 30 January 2026 · January 2026
Martin Bruns, a Swiss baritone and music lecturer, died on January 30, 2026. Born in Weil am Rhein on November 25, 1960, he was a member of the Knabenkantorei Basel during his school years. He studied violin at the City… · 30 January 2026 · January 2026
Chip Berlet, an American investigative journalist and author, died on January 30, 2026, of leukemia. Born John Foster Berlet on November 22, 1949, he was known for his work as a research analyst, photojournalist, scholar and activist focused on extreme… · 30 January 2026 · January 2026
British polar historian and biographer · 29 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 29
American author and military historian · 29 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 29 · Rottman
Heather Goodall, an Australian academic and historian, died on January 29, 2026, at the age of 75. She was Emeritus Professor at the University of Technology Sydney. Her research and writing focused on Indigenous and environmental history and intercolonial networks.… · 29 January 2026 · January 2026
Eric Cameron, a Canadian artist known for his conceptual art work, died on January 29, 2026. He lived in Calgary, Alberta, and was also a writer and educator. Born in Leicester, England, on April 18, 1935, Cameron moved to Canada… · 29 January 2026 · January 2026 · Éric
Michael H. Prosser, an American academic and professor emeritus at the University of Virginia, died on January 29, 2026, at age 89. He served at the University of Virginia from 1972 to 2001 and was a Fulbright Professor at the… · 29 January 2026 · January 2026
Japanese-American historian · 28 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 28
Fobazi Ettarh, an American academic and librarian best known for coining the term “vocational awe,” died on January 28, 2026. Born in New Jersey in 1989, she served as a librarian at Temple University Libraries, California State University, Dominguez Hills… · 28 January 2026 · January 2026
Josef Dvorak, an Austrian therapist, Catholic theologian and author, died on January 28, 2026. Born in Vienna on January 28, 1934, he was also a scholar of Karl Rahner and a co-founder of the Viennese Actionism. He worked for several… · 28 January 2026 · January 2026 · Dvořák
Japanese economist · 27 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 27
American geneticist and academic · 26 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 26
Annette Dolphin, a British scientist and professor of pharmacology in the Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology at University College London, died on January 26, 2026, aged 74–75. Born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, in 1951, she studied biochemistry at the… · 26 January 2026 · January 2026
Reinhardt Kiehl, a German mathematician, died on January 26, 2026. Born in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, on May 31, 1935, he studied mathematics, physics and astronomy from 1955 at the University of Göttingen and the University of Heidelberg. He received his… · 26 January 2026 · January 2026
Anne Agur, a Canadian clinical anatomist and professor at the University of Toronto, died on January 26, 2026. She taught for many years in the Department of Anatomy within the Department of Surgery and was a full professor. Agur received… · America · 26 January 2026 · January 2026
American political staffer and educator · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25 · Adams · Other
British historian (The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean) · 24 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 24
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
American literary scholar · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23 · Other
German-American molecular biologist and academic · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23
English art historian and archaeologist · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23
Polish-born British Holocaust survivor and educator · 22 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 22 · Other
South African atmospheric scientist · 22 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 22
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
Donald John Roberts, a Canadian-American economist and professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, died on January 23, 2026. He was the John H. and Irene S. Scully Professor of Economics, Strategic Management and International Business at Stanford. Born… · 23 January 2026 · January 2026
Indian agricultural scientist · 22 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 22 · Siddiq
French bookseller and photography historian · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · French
American legal scholar · 20 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 20 · Black · Other
New Zealand priest and historian · 20 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 20
M. Hafizuddin Khan, a Bangladeshi bureaucrat and former 6th comptroller and auditor general of Bangladesh, died on January 21, 2026. Born in 1936 or 1937 in Sirajganj, Bengal Province, British India, he earned a B.A. and M.A. in political science… · 21 January 2026 · January 2026
Canadian academic and geographer · 19 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 19
Deborah Jane Cameron, a British linguist and feminist, died on January 20, 2026, at the age of 67. She held the Rupert Murdoch Professorship in Language and Communication at Worcester College, Oxford University. Cameron’s work focused on sociolinguistics and linguistic… · 20 January 2026 · January 2026
Vicki L. Hanson, an American computer scientist, died on January 20, 2026. She was noted for her research on human-computer interaction and accessibility, and for her leadership in broadening participation in computing. Hanson was named chief executive officer of the… · 20 January 2026 · January 2026
American medical anthropologist and ethnobotanist · 19 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 19 · Other
British art historian and curator · 19 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 19 · White
Nigerian Islamic scholar · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Other · Saliu
Clare Cooper Marcus, an American educator in landscape architecture and architecture, died on January 18, 2026, at age 91. She was a pioneer in the study of social issues in housing, open space design, and healing landscapes. Born on April… · 18 January 2026 · January 2026
James Petras, an American sociologist and academic, died on January 17, 2026. He was the Bartle Professor emeritus of sociology at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York, and an adjunct professor at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Petras… · 17 January 2026 · January 2026
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
Armenian architectural historian · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16
Polish organic chemist · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15
Slovak director of documentary and animated films and academic · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15
Ugandan academic and politician · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
American academic and librarian · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14 · Gregory
Greek-born French political philosopher and academic · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · French · Greek
American visual artist and art educator · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
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
Japanese-born American mathematician · 11 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 11