Eldaafer
American Thoroughbred racehorse · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · Other
Deaths on 21 January 2026
Sani Lakatani
Niuean politician · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21
Dave Schmidt
American baseball player (Boston Red Sox) · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21
Kevin Johnson
American football player (Philadelphia Eagles · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21
Brian McGowan
Australian rules footballer (South Melbourne · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21
Raúl Guglielminetti
Argentine intelligence officer and convicted criminal (Batallón de Inteligencia 601) · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · Argentine
André Jammes
French bookseller and photography historian · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · French
Monique Freres
Belgian gymnast · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · Other
Jean Chollet
French scenographer and journalist (Encyclopædia Universalis) · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · French
Hristina Obradović
Serbian hegumenia · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · Other
Nancy Skinner Nordhoff
American philanthropist and environmentalist · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · Nordhoff · Other
Abdul Salam Azimi
Afghan judge · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · Azimi
Ziyad Halab
37-38 · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · Other
Eric L. Huntley
Guyanese-born activist · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · Huntley · Other · Éric
Hifumi Katō
Japanese shogi player · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21
Kevin Healy
Australian rules footballer (Collingwood) · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21
Claude “Hoot” Gibson
American football player (San Diego Chargers · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · Gibson
Li Chang-Su
North Korean judoka World Champions bronze medallist (1989) · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · Other
Robert H. Liebeck
American aerodynamicist · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21 · Liebeck · Other
Senka Veletanlić
Yugoslav actress · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 21
Virginia Oliver American lobster fisherwoman dead at age 105
an American lobster fisherwoman, died on January 21, 2026, at the age of 105. Born in Rockland, Maine, on June 6, 1920, she grew up on the Neck, a small island connected by a tidal sandbar to Andrews Island. She… · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · Other
M. Hafizuddin Khan Economist, political analyst dead at age 89
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 from Dhaka University… · 21 January 2026 · January 2026
Freddy Ehrström Finnish Olympic sailor dead at age 100
a Finnish Olympic sailor, died on January 21, 2026. Born Fredrik August Ehrström on August 29, 1925, in Helsinki, Finland, he competed in the Star event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He also worked as an administrator with the International… · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · Other
Richard Dugdale (oceanographer) Oceanographer dead at age 97
an American oceanographer, died on January 21, 2026, at age 97. Born Richard Cooper Dugdale in Madison, Wisconsin, he earned degrees from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, including a BS in electrical engineering, an MS in botany and zoology, and a… · 21 January 2026 · January 2026 · Other