January 18, 2017 Scientists Ronan Fanning Irish historian Died on Wednesday January 18th 2017 Other scientistsShaikh Idrees Pakistani Islamic Scholar and politician, member of Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, shot dead at age 64Ion Toderaș Moldovan ecologist and biologist, member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova dead at age 77Herman Branover Russian-Israeli physicist dead at age 94Krzysztof Pawłowski Polish politician, senator dead at age 79Branko Marušič public figure dead at age 88Michel Debost French flutist dead at age 92Finn Wagle Norwegian Church of Norway clergyman, bishop of Nidaros dead at age 84Juliet Winters Carpenter American translator dead at age 77Michael Sollis Australian musician, bowel cancer dead at age 40Stephen Owen American sinologist dead at age 79More from IrelandChris Phelan Irish-born Australian rugby league player, pancreatic cancer dead at age 70Brendan O'Brien Irish journalist dead at age 82Gary Lydon public figure dead at age 61Stephen Greene Irish hurler dead at age 81Gordon Snell public figure dead at age 93Liam Browne public figure dead at age 89Noble Yeats public figure dead at age 10Moya Brennan Irish folk singer dead at age 73Patrick Campbell-Lyons public figure dead at age 82Murt Duggan Irish hurler dead at age 84More from January 18, 2017Patrick HenryLes LazarowitzWalter LangePascal GarrayBrenda C. BarnesSteve WrightHerlina KasimWilliam A. HilliardGita SenIan Davison Tags 18 January 2017 2017-01-18 Fanning Ireland January 18 January 2017 Rónán Scientists ←Hamza al Qadiri al Boutchichi Jens Christian Magnus→