Gu Fangzhou
Chinese virologist credited with eradicating polio in China
Died on Monday January 7th 2019
Deaths on January 7
This archive lists notable deaths associated with January 7 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on January 7, 2026.
Sun Ganqing
Chinese major general
Died on Monday January 7th 2019
Moshe Arens
Israeli aeronautical engineer and politician
Died on Monday January 7th 2019
Sylvia Chase
American news anchor and journalist
Died on Monday January 7th 2019
Mungau Dain
Ni-Vanuatu film actor (Tanna)
Died on Monday January 7th 2019
Norman Birnbaum
American sociologist
Died on Monday January 7th 2019
Kwamie Lassiter
American football player (Arizona Cardinals
Died on Monday January 7th 2019
Joe Ellis Brown
American politician
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Nigel Sims
English footballer (Aston Villa)
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Saksham Yadav
Indian powerlifter
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Chris Tsangarides
British music producer (Black Sabbath
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Corrado Beguinot
Italian urbanist
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Konrad Ragossnig
Austrian classical guitarist
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Ray Thomas
American musician (The Moody Blues).
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Arthur Rorheim
American born Norwegian director
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Shrivallabh Vyas
Indian actor (Lagaan)
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Peter Sutherland
Irish businessman
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
France Gall
70
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Horace Ashenfelter
American athlete.
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Peter Preston
British journalist
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Sauryavong Savang
Laotian royal
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Małgorzata Bocheńska
Polish journalist
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Dick Bestwick
American football coach (Virginia Cavaliers)
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Dhiraj Kumar Nath
Bangladeshi diplomat
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Norman Lamb
American politician
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Ricardo Cierbide
Spanish philologist
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Antonio Valentín Angelillo
Italian-Argentine football player (Inter Milan)
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Rita Crocker Clements
American political organizer
Died on Sunday January 7th 2018
Mike Buchanan
Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks)
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Lech Trzeciakowski
Polish historian
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Refik Erduran
Turkish playwright
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Jerzy Kossela
Polish guitarist
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Michael Scanlan
American Roman Catholic priest and academic administrator
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Mario Soares
Portuguese politician
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Lelio Lagorio
Italian politician
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Marzio Strassoldo
Italian politician
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Paul Goble
English-born American author and illustrator (The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses)
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Bayezid Osman
44th Head of the Imperial House of Osman
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Sir Bruce Slane
New Zealand public servant
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Tom Harpur
Canadian Classicist
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Yaron Ben-Dov
Israeli footballer
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Ricardo Piglia
Argentine author
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Rolf Linkohr
German politician
Died on Saturday January 7th 2017
Princess Ashraf of Iran
Persian princess
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
D. Harlan Cutshall
Canadian actor (Tomorrowland
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
István Komáromi
Hungarian politician
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Sir Christopher Wallace
British army general
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
FC Wichita
Zimbabwean footballer (FC Wichita
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Robert Goossens
French jeweller
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Robert M. Cundick
American organist and composer
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Brahim Chergui
Algerian militant
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Richard Libertini
American actor (Fletch
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Tyler Alexander
American race car engineer and co-founder of (McLaren)
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Jesús María Ramón Valdés
Mexican politician
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Abel Sebele
Zimbabwean footballer (FC Wichita
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Troy Shondell
American singer
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Cristian Moisescu
Romanian politician
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Hansrudi Wäscher
Swiss cartoonist
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Patrick Connolly
80s
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Joaquín Gamboa Pascoe
Mexican trade union leader and politician
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Leonard White
British actor and producer
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Ashraf Pahlavi
Persian princess
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Jit Samaroo
Trinidadian Steelpan musician and arranger
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Klaas Bakker
Dutch football player.(Ajax)
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Anton Srholec
Czech writer
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
William H. “Billy” O’Dell
American politician
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Kitty Kallen
American singer
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Judith Kaye
American judge
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
János György Szilágyi
Hungarian historian
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Anna Synodinou
Greek actress and politician
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Sergei Simonov
Russian ice hockey player (HC Lipetsk)
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Sol Polansky
American diplomat
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Valerio Zanone
Italian politician
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Sergey Shustikov
Russian football player (FC Torpedo Moscow)
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Paddy Doherty
Northern Irish civil rights activist
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Indian politician
Died on Thursday January 7th 2016
Nadeane Walker
American journalist
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Richard Ben Cramer
American journalist
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Dorothy Vest
American tennis player
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Jim Cosman
American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Fred L. Turner
American restaurant industry executive
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Stanley Cohen
British sociologist
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Harvey Shapiro
American poet and newspaper editor (The New York Times)
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Larry Clapp
American politician
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Joseph Roney
Haitian politician
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Nancy Burley
Australian figure skater
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Gonzalo Puyat II
Filipino sport administrator and politician
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Carl Berner
German-born American supercentenarian
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Epifanie Norocel
Romanian archbishop of Buzău and Vrancea
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Louise Laurin
Canadian educator and activist
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Maruša Krese
Slovene poet
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Jiřina Jirásková
Czech actress and UNICEF Czech Committee President (2002–2011)
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Ada Louise Huxtable
American architecture critic (Wall Street Journal) and Pulitzer Prize winner (1970)
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Huell Howser
American television personality (California's Gold)
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Jeremy Hindley
British horse trainer
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
David R. Ellis
American stuntman (Lethal Weapon
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Birck Elgaaen
Norwegian Olympic equestrian
Died on Monday January 7th 2013
Zvi Yavetz
Romanian-born Israeli historian and Israel Prize winner (1990)
Died on Monday January 7th 2013