Bruce Bilson
American television director (Get SmartDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Deaths on January 20
This archive lists notable deaths associated with January 20 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on January 20, 2026.
Sara Jane Paez
Filipino beauty queenDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Bobby Duncum
American professional wrestler (WWWFDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Barbara Aronstein Black
American legal scholarDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Aleksandr Shavlokhov
South Ossetian politicianDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Bob Taylor
Australian footballer (Essendon)Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Stu Tate
American baseball player (San Francisco Giants)Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Stephen Baxter
56–57Died on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Marie-Thérèse Lorcin
French historian and academicDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Stephen H. Hess
American political scientistDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Phillip Boudreault
Canadian boxer and outlaw bikerDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Linda Kohen
Italian-born Uruguayan painterDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Helen Peters
Canadian academicDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Justin Taylor
New Zealand priest and historianDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Leopold Herz
German politicianDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
M Hafizuddin Khan
Bangladeshi bureaucratDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Georg Winter
German businessman and environmentalistDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Mieczysław Furmanek
Polish politicianDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Piotr Chojnacki
Polish politicianDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Ronald Joseph
American figure skaterDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Thadeu Gomes Canellas
Brazilian Roman Catholic prelateDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Haldun Dormen
Turkish theaterDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Colette Flesch
Luxembourgish Olympic fencer and politicianDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Yuriy Chonka
Ukrainian footballerDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld
Swedish royalDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Patsy King
Australian actress (PrisonerDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Ilias Javed
Bangladeshi actor and choreographerDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Rifaat al-Assad
Syrian politicianDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Norman Gifford
English cricketer (WorcestershireDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Raja Nadir Pervez
Pakistani politicianDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Eugen Botez
Romanian sprint canoerDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
René V. Dawis
American psychologistDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Maria Alzira Seixo
Portuguese writer and literary criticDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Arvo Siikamäki
Finnish sculptorDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Frank Pitts
American football player (Kansas City ChiefsDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Georges Borchardt
American literary agentDied on Wednesday January 21st 2026
Vicki L. Hanson Human-Computer InteractionAccessibility dead at age -1
Vicki L. Hanson, an American computer scientist, died on January 20, 2026. She was noted for her research on human-computer interaction and accessibility, and for her leadership in broadening participation…
Toshikatsu Yamamoto Japanese physician dead at age 96
Toshikatsu Yamamoto, a Japanese physician who worked in the field of acupuncture, died on January 20, 2026. Born on December 15, 1929, he graduated in 1956 from Nippon Medical School…
Ronald Joseph American figure skater, Olympic bronze medallist, complications from amyotrophic late…
Ronald Joseph, an American figure skater and 1964 Olympic bronze medallist, died on January 20, 2026, at age 81 from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He competed in pair skating…
Peter Cousens South African-born English cricketer dead at age 93
Peter Cousens, the South African-born English cricketer who played for Essex, died on January 20, 2026, aged 93. Born in Durban, Natal, on May 15, 1932, he was a right-handed…
Deborah Cameron British linguist and feminist, pancreatic cancer dead at age 67
Deborah Jane Cameron, a British linguist and feminist, died on January 20, 2026, at the age of 67. She held the Rupert Murdoch Professorship in Language and Communication at Worcester…
Abdoulaye Diabaté
Senegalese pianist (Kora Jazz Trio)Died on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Edward L. Bowen
American horse racing historian and authorDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Dominique Robert
French politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Henry Rey
Monegasque sporting director and politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Willard Ikola
American Olympic ice hockey player (1956) and coachDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Charles Phan
American chefDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Luca Beatrice
Italian art criticDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Petr Hannig
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Garth Hudson
Canadian musician (The Band). Died on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Valérie André
French neurosurgeon and generalDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Keiichi Suzuki
Japanese Olympic speed skater (1964Died on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Bertrand Blier
French film director (Get Out Your HandkerchiefsDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Jules Feiffer
American cartoonistDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Håkon Bleken
Norwegian painterDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Ion Diaconescu
Romanian footballerDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Jalal Matini
Iranian writerDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Hanne Reintoft
Danish politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Jean Penders
Dutch politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Doug Shapiro
American racing cyclistDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Franco Giustinelli
Italian politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Kunioki Mima
Japanese plasma physicistDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Riccardo Chieppa
Italian magistrateDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Reinhard Anders
German politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Wulf Traugott Kruse
German politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Kalilou Singhateh
Gambian politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Christine Wischer
German politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Evaldo Gonçalves
Brazilian politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Yusuf Kırkpınar
Turkish politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Luís Cechinel
Brazilian politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Witold Dąbrowski
Polish politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Miguel de la Espriella
Colombian painter and sculptorDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Alexey Zlobin
Russian priest and politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Anatoliy Frantsuz
Ukrainian politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Yusuf Kırkbınar
Turkish politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Richard J. Howrigan
American politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Basil Nasr al-Kafarna
Palestinian politicianDied on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Neil French
English cricketer (Lincolnshire)Died on Tuesday January 21st 2025
Benedict Fitzgerald
American screenwriter (The Passion of the Christ)Died on Sunday January 21st 2024
James D. Hughes
American Air Force lieutenant generalDied on Sunday January 21st 2024
Robert Nemeček
Serbian musician (Rok MašinaDied on Sunday January 21st 2024
Jimmy Somers
Irish trade unionistDied on Sunday January 21st 2024
Graham Bright
British politicianDied on Sunday January 21st 2024
Roger Rogerson
Australian police officer and convicted murdererDied on Sunday January 21st 2024
David Gail
American actor (Robin's HoodsDied on Sunday January 21st 2024
Doug Padgett
English cricketer (national team)Died on Sunday January 21st 2024
Jean Forest
Canadian politicianDied on Sunday January 21st 2024
Seán Dineen
Irish mathematicianDied on Sunday January 21st 2024
Klaas de Groot
Dutch bioengineerDied on Sunday January 21st 2024
Sanjay Shah
Indian corporate executive (Vistex)Died on Sunday January 21st 2024
Gaby Vallejo Canedo
Bolivian writerDied on Sunday January 21st 2024
Robert Whitman
American artistDied on Sunday January 21st 2024
Günter Figal
German philosopherDied on Sunday January 21st 2024
César Suárez Pilay
Ecuadorian prosecutor (TC Televisión newsroom takeover)Died on Sunday January 21st 2024
Choe Thae-bok
North Korean politicianDied on Sunday January 21st 2024
Pat McNamara
American actor (The Silence of the Lambs)Died on Sunday January 21st 2024
Sekou Odinga
American activistDied on Sunday January 21st 2024