Deaths on January 21, 2026

Eldaafer

American Thoroughbred racehorse
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 9:50 pm

Dino Turcato

Italian weightlifter
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 9:15 pm

Roger-Maurice Bonnet

French astrophysicist and academic
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 8:50 pm

Sani Lakatani

Niuean politician
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 8:40 pm

Dave Schmidt

American baseball player (Boston Red Sox)
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 8:00 pm

Kevin Johnson

American football player (Philadelphia Eagles
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 7:30 pm

Paul Larivaille

French literary critic and academic
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 7:20 pm

Brian McGowan

Australian rules footballer (South Melbourne
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 7:20 pm

Jan Nico Scholten

Dutch politician
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 6:55 pm

John L. Allen Jr.

American journalist
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 6:45 pm

Anthony P. Vainieri

American politician
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 6:40 pm

André Jammes

French bookseller and photography historian
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 5:30 pm

Monique Freres

Belgian gymnast
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 5:10 pm

Jean Chollet

French scenographer and journalist (Encyclopædia Universalis)
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 4:45 pm

Hristina Obradović

Serbian hegumenia
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 4:30 pm

Rüdiger Erben

German politician
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 3:40 pm

Nancy Skinner Nordhoff

American philanthropist and environmentalist
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 1:10 pm

Abdul Salam Azimi

Afghan judge
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 9:35 am

Ziyad Halab

37-38
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 8:45 am

Eric L. Huntley

Guyanese-born activist
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 8:30 am

Hifumi Katō

Japanese shogi player
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 6:40 am

Kevin Healy

Australian rules footballer (Collingwood)
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 5:05 am

Claude “Hoot” Gibson

American football player (San Diego Chargers
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 4:45 am

Li Chang-Su

North Korean judoka World Champions bronze medallist (1989)
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 1:10 am

Robert H. Liebeck

American aerodynamicist
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 12:20 am

Senka Veletanlić

Yugoslav actress
Died on Thursday January 22nd 2026

January 22, 2026 12:00 am

Virginia Oliver American lobster fisherwoman dead at age 105

Virginia Oliver, 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,…

January 21, 2026 12:00 pm

M. Hafizuddin Khan Economist, political analyst dead at age 89

M. Hafizuddin Khan, 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…

January 21, 2026 12:00 pm

Freddy Ehrström Finnish Olympic sailor dead at age 100

Freddy Ehrström, 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…

January 21, 2026 12:00 pm

Richard Dugdale Oceanographer dead at age 97

Richard Dugdale, 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…

January 21, 2026 12:00 pm