Deaths on January 7, 2026

This is the permanent Dead-People.com archive for notable deaths on January 7, 2026.

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Loraine Braham

Australian politicianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 9:25 pm

Chiara Valentini

Italian journalist and writerDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 8:15 pm

Jon Lindsay

American politicianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 8:00 pm

Howard Sanderford

American politicianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 7:55 pm

Denise Harlow

American politicianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 7:50 pm

Chiara Valentini

Italian Journalist and writerDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 7:40 pm

Raffaella Bragazzi

Italian television presenter and radio personalityDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 7:40 pm

Fazl-ur-Raheem Ashrafi

Pakistani Islamic scholarDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 7:10 pm

James Bernard

American music journalist and magazine editor (The SourceDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 7:05 pm

Bernard Lemoux

French businessmanDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 6:50 pm

Uljana Semjonova

Latvian basketball playerDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 6:45 pm

Claude-Inga Barbey

Swiss comedianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 5:20 pm

Murad Wahba

Egyptian writerDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 3:50 pm

Domenico Graziani

Italian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 3:20 pm

Klaus Keitel

German politicianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 3:15 pm

Rolf Riehm

German composer (Sirenen – Bilder des Begehrens und des Vernichtens)Died on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 2:45 pm

Roger Guesnerie

French economist and academicDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 2:25 pm

Herbet Beck

German art historianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 2:10 pm

Anna Eder

German politicianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 2:00 pm

Ángel Coerezza

Argentine football referee (AFA)Died on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 1:50 pm

Miroslav Stárek

Czech footballer (AC Sparta PragueDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 1:20 pm

Hiroya Ebina

Japanese politicianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 12:10 pm

Jaap Pop

Dutch politicianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 12:10 pm

Sidney de Jong

Dutch Olympic baseball player (2004Died on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 11:45 am

Jean-Max Causse

French actor (I Stand Alone)Died on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 11:10 am

Terry Yorath

Welsh football player (Leeds UnitedDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 8:35 am

Mourad Wahba

Egyptian writerDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 8:20 am

Vijay Singh Gond

Indian politicianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 8:10 am

Hiroshi Nakamura

Japanese artistDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 8:00 am

Madhav Gadgil

Indian ecologistDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 7:50 am

Sir Tim Shadbolt

New Zealand politicianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 3:55 am

Roberto Mondragón

American politicianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 2:45 am

Dick Dull

American athletic director (Maryland Terrapins)Died on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 1:55 am

Renee Nicole Good

American poet and writerDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 1:40 am

Glenn Hall

Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player (Detroit Red WingsDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 1:15 am

William H. Yohn Jr.

American jurist and politicianDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 12:20 am

Bruce Hammock

American entomologistDied on Thursday January 8th 2026

January 8, 2026 12:20 am

Arthur Stockwin British political scientist dead at age 90

Arthur Stockwin, a British political scientist who specialised in the politics and foreign policy of Japan, died on January 7, 2026. Born in Birmingham on November 28, 1935, he studied…

January 7, 2026 12:00 pm

Raj Kumar Pathria Statistical Mechanics 1972 dead at age 92

Raj Kumar Pathria, an Indian-American physicist and Urdu poet, died on January 7, 2026, at the age of 92. He was a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo…

January 7, 2026 12:00 pm

Willie Knox public figure dead at age 88

Willie Knox, the Scottish football player and manager, died on January 7, 2026. Born in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, on September 9, 1937, he played as a wing half for Raith Rovers,…

January 7, 2026 12:00 pm

Killing of Renée Good, shot, died on January 7, 2026

Killing of Renée Good American poet and writer, shot dead at age 37

Renée Nicole Macklin Good, an American poet and writer, was fatally shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 7, 2026. She was 37. According to reports, Good was in her car,…

January 7, 2026 12:00 pm