Deaths Famous Dead Scientists
Josef Dvorak public figure dead at age 91
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
Fobazi Ettarh American academic and librarian best known for coining the term “vocational awe…
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
Mark Batzer
American geneticist and academic · 26 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 26
Reinhardt Kiehl German mathematician dead at age 90
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 Musculoskeletal system research, Anatomy education dead at age 72
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
Annette Dolphin 74–75 dead at age 74
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
Michael F. Adams
American political staffer and educator · 25 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 25 · Adams · Other
David Abulafia
British historian (The Great Sea: A Human History of the Mediterranean) · 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
Stuart Tave
American literary scholar · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23 · Other
Peter Duesberg
German-American molecular biologist and academic · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23
George Speake
English art historian and archaeologist · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23
Harry Olmer
Polish-born British Holocaust survivor and educator · 22 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 22 · Other
Roseanne Diab
South African atmospheric scientist · 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
Donald John Roberts Canadian-American economist dead at age 80
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
E. A. Siddiq
Indian agricultural scientist · 22 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 22 · Siddiq
André Jammes
French bookseller and photography historian · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · French
Barbara Aronstein Black
American legal scholar · 20 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 20 · Black · Other
Justin Taylor
New Zealand priest and historian · 20 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 20
M. Hafizuddin Khan Economist, political analyst dead at age 89
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
Henri Dorion
Canadian academic and geographer · 19 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 19
Deborah Cameron (linguist) British linguist and feminist, pancreatic cancer dead at age 67
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 Human-Computer InteractionAccessibility dead at age -1
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 Association for Computing… · 20 January 2026 · January 2026
Daniel Moerman
American medical anthropologist and ethnobotanist · 19 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 19 · Other
Sir Christopher White
British art historian and curator · 19 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 19 · White
Muhammad Bashir Saliu
Nigerian Islamic scholar · 18 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 18 · Other · Saliu
Clare Cooper Marcus Architect dead at age 91
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 Professor of sociology dead at age 89
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 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
Murad Hasratyan
Armenian architectural historian · 16 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 16
Mieczysław Mąkosza
Polish organic chemist · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15
Rudolf Urc
Slovak director of documentary and animated films and academic · 15 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 15
Namirembe Bitamazire
Ugandan academic and politician · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14
Vicki L. Gregory
American academic and librarian · 14 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 14 · Gregory
Eleni Varikas
Greek-born French political philosopher and academic · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12 · French · Greek
Allyn Bromley
American visual artist and art educator · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 12
Pedro A. Sanchez American soil scientist dead at age 85
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 the Millennium Villages… · 12 January 2026 · January 2026 · Sánchez
Ivan Štampach
Czech religionist and theologian · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Czech · Other · Iván
Nelly Chatué Diop
Cameroonian computer scientist · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Diop
Musa Gibril Bala Gaye
Gambian economist and politician · 10 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 10 · Gaye
Sergey Daniel
Soviet art historian · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9
Zhou Liwei
Chinese electro-optics professor · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Other
Carmen Arnold Biucchi
Switzerland numismatist and archaeologist · 09 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 9 · Biucchi · Other
Hessy Levinsons Taft
German chemist and child model · 08 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 8 · Taft
Ted Nichols Composer dead at age 97
Ted Nichols, an American composer, conductor and arranger best known for his work on Hanna-Barbera productions including The Flintstones and Jonny Quest, died on January 9, 2026, at age 97. Born Theodore Nicholas Sflotsos on October 2, 1928, in Missoula,… · 09 January 2026 · January 2026