January 9, 2026 Athletes Hans Herrmann German racing driver (Formula One). Died on Friday January 9th 2026 Other athletesRoque Avallay Argentine footballer dead at age 80Alex Zanardi Italian racing driver and paracyclist dead at age 59Alfredrick Hughes American basketball player dead at age 63Yevgeniy Duleyev Russian rower, Olympic silver medallist dead at age 70Péter Bikár Hungarian ice hockey player dead at age 81Dionysis Tsamis public figure dead at age 74Charlie Williams Maltese footballer dead at age 82Abdollah Movahed Iranian wrestler, Olympic champion, heart attack dead at age 86Merle Bettenhausen American racing driver, complications from a stroke dead at age 82Ghenadie Dudoglo Moldovan weightlifter dead at age 39More from GermanyGeorg Baselitz German painter and sculptor dead at age 88Volker Hage German journalist, author and literary critic dead at age 76Peter Gülke German conductor and musicologist dead at age 91Erich Arndt German table tennis player dead at age 87Jean-Yves Hugon French politician, deputy dead at age 76Manfred Kreuz German footballer dead at age 90Manfred Böckl German writer dead at age 77Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden German conductor, founder of the Tölzer Knabenchor dead at age 88Ivan Rebernik Slovenian diplomat dead at age 86Mark Mobius American-born German businessman dead at age 89More from January 8, 2026Murat Bisenbin Kazakh actor, cancer dead at age 53Ian Fraser (Canadian Army officer) Canadian army colonel and military event organiser dead at age 93Howard Riley (footballer) English footballer dead at age 87Hessy Levinsons TaftDavid M. MaddoxJim FurlongJohannes FabianMadjoulba BatocfetouFrédéric CerdalJenny Plocki Tags 08 January 2026 2026-01-08 Germany Hans Herrmann January 2026 January 8 Other ←Tony Dennis Seydou Madani Sy→