Deaths on January 26

This archive lists notable deaths associated with January 26 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on January 26, 2026.

Anne Agur, died aged 72

Anne Agur, a Canadian clinical anatomist and professor at the University of Toronto, died on January 26, 2026. She taught for many years in the Department of Anatomy within the…

Annette Dolphin, Physiology and Pharmacology at University College London, died on January 26, 2026, aged 74–75. Born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, in 1951, she studied biochemistry at the University of Oxford, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1973, and later received a PhD from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London in 1977 for research on noradrenaline receptors. Dolphin was a leader in the field of neuronal voltage-gated calcium channels, with influential work on the regulation of calcium channel trafficking and function, including their modulation by G-protein coupled receptors and by auxiliary calcium channel subunits, died on January 26, 2026

Annette Dolphin passed away at age 74

Annette Dolphin, a British scientist and professor of pharmacology in the Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology at University College London, died on January 26, 2026, aged 74–75. Born in…

Reinhardt Kiehl died at age 90

Reinhardt Kiehl, a German mathematician, died on January 26, 2026. Born in Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, on May 31, 1935, he studied mathematics, physics and astronomy from 1955 at the University…