Ernest Morrell (54)

American scholar and music executive

Malcolm Ferguson-Smith (94)

British geneticist.

Barry Wilburn (62)

American football player (Washington Commanders

Matti Caspi (76)

Israeli singer-songwriter

David Federman (81)

Israeli stockbroker and basketball club owner (Maccabi Tel Aviv).

Ebo Taylor (90)

Ghanaian musician and producer.

Eli Alaluf (80)

Israeli politician

George R. Rossman (81)

American mineralogist and academic.

Jung Jin-woo (88)

South Korean film director (Oyster Village

Erkki Nghimtina (77)

Namibian politician

Ray Handley (81)

American football coach (New York Giants).

Kazimierz Wielikosielec (80)

Belarusian Roman Catholic prelate

David J. Farber (91)

American computer scientist.

Adriano Lima (52)

Brazilian swimmer

Francis Takirwa (60)

Ugandan military general.

Ramesh Chandra Sen (85)

Bangladeshi politician

Sunil Thapa (68)

Nepali actor (Mary Kom

Jeane Freeman (72)

Scottish businesswoman and politician

Pierangelo Belli (81)

Italian football/soccer player.

Herbert Sukopp (95)

German ecologist and academic.

Tommy McMillan (81)

Scottish footballer (Aberdeen

Milon Kanti Dey (78)

Bangladeshi Jatra artist.

Benny Indra Ardhianto (33)

Indonesian politician and businessman

Alberto Bourdillón (82)

Argentine Olympic swimmer (1964).

Terrance Gore (34)

American baseball player (Kansas City Royals

Pietro Gabrielli (94)

Italian Roman Catholic prelate

Valerie Volontir (73)

Moldovan photographer and journalist.

Pentti Lindegren (86)

Finnish ice hockey player and commentator.

Daniel Boyd (69)

American filmmaker and academic.

Brad Arnold (47)

American singer (3 Doors Down)

Manolín Bueno (86)

Spanish footballer.

Stasys Baranauskas (63)

Lithuanian retired football midfielder.

Odílio Balbinotti (84)

Brazilian politician

Michael Greenhalgh (82)

British art historian.

Luc-Russel Adjaho

Togolese evangelical pastor.

Eva Keleti (94)

Hungarian photographer.

Mario Merlino (81)

Italian neo-fascist activist (National Vanguard).

Charles Renoux (100)

French Benedictine monk and orientalist.

Deaths in January 2026

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Robert J. Plemmons (87)

American mathematician

Frank S. Royal (86)

American physician

Nevin Efe (78)

Turkish actress (Valley of the Wolves: Ambush

Richard W. Mansbach (83)

American political scientist.

Tommy Crook (81)

American guitarist.

Jana Brejchová (86)

Czech actress.

Lynn Blakey

American country musician (Tres Chicas).

John F. Stewart (99)

American politician

Reta Holden (87)

American politician

Vicki L. Hanson

American computer scientist.

Charles C. Stevenson Jr. (95)

American actor (Will & Grace).

Tamás Vásáry (92)

Hungarian pianist and conductor.

Doan Duy Thanh (96)

Vietnamese politician.

Vardan Khachatryan (66)

Armenian politician.

Blessed Geza (82)

82–83

Damien Byrne (71)

Irish football/soccer player.

Ricardo Melchior (78)

Spanish politician

Sondra Gotlieb (89)

Canadian journalist and novelist.

Morishige Naruse (92)

Japanese politician

Sonny Jurgensen (91)

American Hall of Fame football player (Philadelphia Eagles

Jorge Ruffinelli (82)

Uruguayan literary critic and academic.

Peter Schofield (93)

Australian footballer (Richmond

Frederick King Keller (75)

American filmmaker (Tuck Everlasting

Annette Dolphin (74)

74–75

John Heneghan (79)

Irish Gaelic footballer.

Clay Iles (83)

English tennis player and coach.

Thanasis Skourtopoulos (60)

Greek basketball player (AEK Athens) and coach (national team)

Ken Weetch (92)

British parliament

Ricardo Schnetzer (72)

Brazilian voice actor

Lloyd Monsen (94)

American soccer player (New York Americans

Damian Ball (50)

British former footballer and coach (York Wasps

Peter Hargitai (79)

Hungarian-born American poet

Zoraida Burgos i Matheu (92)

Spanish writer.

Michael Opitz (63)

German footballer (FC Schalke 04

Dabirul Islam Choudhury (106)

British-Bangladeshi community leader and poet.

Fobazi Ettarh (37)

American academic and librarian best known for coining the term "vocational awe."

Henry G. Lackey (78)

American politician

Vladimir Kuroyedov (81)

Russian admiral of the fleet.

René Kaës (89)

French psychologist and psychoanalyst.

Jim Ferguson (85)

Australian diplomat

Hoot Gibson (86)

American football player (San Diego Chargers

Helen Micallef (75)

Maltese singer (Helen and Joseph).

Alevtina Fedulova (85)

Russian political activist.

Antonio Arregui Yarza (86)

Spanish-born Ecuadorian Roman Catholic prelate

Charles Poindexter (83)

American politician

Janina Borońska

Polish actress (How I Unleashed World War II).

Kenneth Hyman (97)

American film executive (Warner Bros.-Seven Arts).

Jacques Tremblay (83)

Canadian politician.

Ron Teasley (99)

American baseball player (New York Cubans).

Alexis Ortega (36)

Mexican dub actor.

André Beteille (91)

Indian sociologist.

Lorenza Trucchi (104)

Italian art critic.

Tom Britt (89)

American interior designer.

Elyakim Schlesinger (104)

Austrian-born British Orthodox rabbi.

John Virgo (79)

English professional snooker player

Nicholas White (74)

British medical doctor and researcher.

Tomàs Pladevall (79)

Catalan cinematographer.

Abdul Latif (86)

Bangladeshi cricket player (East Pakistan) and manager (national team).

Julian Wojtkowski (99)

Polish Roman Catholic prelate and theologian

Gisela Engeln-Müllges (85)

German mathematician

Lee Hamilton (94)

American politician

Lajos Ódor (65)

Hungarian Olympic rower (1980).

Thuraya Qabil (85)

Saudi Arabian poet.

Zohar Shavit (74)

Israeli scholar.

Mickey Lolich (85)

American baseball player (Detroit Tigers

Igal Talmi (101)

Ukrainian-born Israeli nuclear physicist.

François Beukelaers (88)

Belgian actor and stage director.

Tōsha Meishō (84)

Japanese hayashi musician.

Leo Hilokoski (84)

Finnish bowler.

Frankie Cain (93)

American professional wrestler.

Bruce Bentley (81)

Australian footballer (Carlton).

Ted Berger (85)

American arts activist.

Heather Goodall (75)

Australian academic and historian.

Seiichirō Dōkyū (72)

Japanese politician

George LeBlanc (71)

Canadian politician

Ivan Nikulin (89)

Russian politician

Sérgio Görgen (72)

Brazilian politician

Gabor Boritt (86)

American historian.

Sandra Schultz Newman (87)

American judge

Robert Tinney (78)

American illustrator (Byte)

José Borba (76)

Brazilian politician

Ed Iskenderian (104)

American hot rodder and entrepreneur.

Nogueira de Brito (88)

Portuguese politician

Corrado Carnevale (95)

Italian jurist

Fernand Ouellette (95)

Canadian writer.

Mario Cid (93)

Mexican actor.

Scott Printz (69)

American television producer (How to Get Away with Murder

James Moschello (88)

American singer (The Elegants).

Josefina Castellví (90)

Spanish oceanographer

Lamonte McLemore (86)

American singer (The 5th Dimension).

Robert G. Bottoms (81)

American education executive.

Graham E. Fuller (89)

American political analyst.

Paul William Coteus (72)

American electrical engineer

Donald John Roberts (80)

Canadian-American economist.

Chuck Negron (83)

American singer (Three Dog Night).

Rick Renick (81)

American baseball player (Minnesota Twins).

S. P. Venkatesh (70)

Indian film score composer (Kilukkam

Marian Kasprzyk (86)

Polish welterweight boxer.

H. Robert Reynolds (91)

American musician and conductor.

Paul Deheuvels (77)

French statistician and specialist in probability.

Wei Wenbin (76)

Chinese media figure.

Peng Qingyi (94)

Chinese dancer.

Svetlana Zhiltsova (89)

Russian television presenter.

Li Wei (82)

Chinese computer scientist.

Craig Anderson (83)

American bishop

Sadhvi Prem Baisa (26)

Indian religious storyteller.

Tomáš Rothröckl (70)

Czech ecologist

Syed Ahmed Pasha Quadri (72)

Indian politician

Ken Peplowski (66)

American jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist.

Suzanne Bjerrehuus (77)

Danish author and actor

Vangelis Petrakis (87)

Greek footballer.

Şemsa Özar

Turkish academic.

Gladys Erbetta (97)

Argentine sprinter.

Ron Kenoly (81)

American Christian worship leader

Nicholas Colquhoun-Denvers

British polo official.

Myra MacPherson

American journalist.

Christa Lang (82)

German actress (What's Up

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (53)

Libyan politician

Ian Turnbull (90)

Canadian politician

Allan Massie (87)

British journalist.

Jean Widmer (96)

Swiss graphic designer.

Usman Idris Kusfa (57)

Nigerian Islamic cleric.

Virginia Oliver (105)

American lobster fisherwoman

John Terris (86)

New Zealand politician