Miquel Contestí
Spanish football executive · 01 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 1 · Other
Deaths Died in 01 January 2026
Marat Amankulov
Kyrgyz politician · 01 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 1
Ivanne Trebbi
Italian partisan and politician · 01 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 1
Andrey Khoroshev
Russian actor and screenwriter (Engineering Red · 01 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 1
Diane Crump
American jockey and horse trainer · 01 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 1
Robert Wolski
Polish high jumper · 01 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 1 · Other
Andrey Fyodorovich Khoroshev
Soviet actor and screenwriter (Engineering Red · 01 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 1 · Khoroshev
Tony Carr
Maltese session drummer and percussionist (CCS · 01 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 1
Ian Balding
British horse trainer · 01 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 1 · Other
Serafim Shyngo-Ya-Hombo
Angolan Roman Catholic prelate · 01 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 1 · Other
Yuen Cheung-yan
Hong Kong actor · 01 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 1
Colin McDonald (footballer, born 1930) English footballer dead at age 95
Colin McDonald, the English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Burnley and the national team, died on January 1, 2026. Born Colin Agnew McDonald on 15 October 1930, he made 201 appearances for Burnley across two spells from 1948… · 01 January 2026 · January 2026
Paul McCullagh Jr. Northern Irish boxer, bone cancer dead at age 25
Paul McCullagh Jr., a Northern Irish boxer, died on January 1, 2026, from bone cancer. Born in Belfast in 2000, he was nicknamed The Irish Drago. He turned professional in 2020 after winning the 2019 Ulster Elite championship. McCullagh died… · 01 January 2026 · January 2026
Mohammed Harbi Algerian historian dead at age 92
Mohammed Harbi, an Algerian historian and former member of the National Liberation Front during the Algerian War of Independence, died on January 1, 2026. Born on June 16, 1933, in El Harrouch, Algeria, he came from a wealthy family and… · 01 January 2026 · January 2026
Brian Doyle (Canadian writer) Author dead at age 90
Brian Doyle, a Canadian writer of novels and short stories, died on January 1, 2026. Born in Ottawa in 1935, he drew many of his stories from his experiences growing up in the Ottawa area. His children’s books were adapted… · 01 January 2026 · January 2026