January 22nd famous deaths

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on January 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2022

Thích Nhất Hạnh
Vietnamese thiền buddhist monk, peace activist, and founder of the plum village tradition (b. 1926)

2021

Hank Aaron
American baseball player. he was a great batting champion and one of the first black baseball super-stars. he was with the braves starting on 3/14/1954, when he made his debut against boston red sox. it was a thrilling three-hit performance. he was known as hammerin' hank, and was often called the greatest slugger in baseball history. his incredible success came …

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on January 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2018

Kypton Le Guin
Kypton Le Guin was an acclaimed American author of speculative fiction, known for her imaginative and socially conscious works.
William B. Jordan
American art historian (b. 1940)[69]
Ursula K. Le Guin
American sci-fi and fantasy novelist (b. 1929)

2017

Naika Venant
Young journalist who tragically took her own life, sparking discussions on mental health in the industry.
Yordano Ventura
Dominican baseball player (b. 1991)
Masaya Nakamura
Japanese businessman (b. 1925)

2016

Cecil Parkinson
English accountant and politician, secretary of state for transport (d. 2016)
Lois Ramsey
Australian actress (b. 1922)
Homayoun Behzadi
Iranian footballer and coach (b. 1942)
Kamer Genç
Turkish politician (b. 1940)

2015

Areal Abraham
Renowned author known for his impactful novels.
Wendell Ford
Wendell Ford was an American politician who served as the 53rd Governor of Kentucky and as a United States Senator.
Gerhart Potyka
Gerhart Potyka was an Austrian electrical engineer who made important contributions to the development of power electronics and control systems.
Judithann Patton
Judithann Patton was an American actress who appeared in several television shows and films during the 1950s and 1960s.
Wendell H. Ford
American lieutenant and politician, 53rd governor of kentucky (b. 1924)

Fabrizio de Miranda

Italian engineer and academic, co-designed the rande bridge (b. 1926)

Margaret Bloy Graham

Canadian author and illustrator (b. 1920)

2014

Maziar Partow
Iranian cinematographer (b. 1933)

2013

Hinton Mitchem
American businessman and politician (b. 1938)
Robert Bonnaud
French academic and historian (d. 2013).

2012

Clarence Tillenius
Canadian painter and environmentalist (b. 1913)
Simon Marsden
English photographer and author (b. 1948)
Joe Paterno
American football player and coach (b. 1926)
Dick Tufeld
American actor (b. 1926)

2010

Elbony Washington
Elbony Washington was a prominent civil rights activist who fought for racial equality and social justice.
Jean Simmons
British actress on screen since 1944. she was 17 years old when david lean cast estella as estella in "great expectations." she had previously made her acting debut at age 13 in a british comedy. she was already a star in england by the age of 21 and was well on her way to america. she was nominated as ophelia …
Jean Simmons
British actress onscreen since 1944. she was 17 years old when david lean cast estella as estella in "great expectations." she had previously made her acting debut at age 13 in a british comedy. she was already a star in england by the age of 21 and was well on her way to america. she was nominated as ophelia in …
Halana Ashjian
Halana Ashjian was an Armenian-American actress who appeared in several films and television shows.
Louis R. Harlan
American historian and author (b. 1922)

Sultan Iskandar of Johor

Also, the 8th yang di pertuan agong of malaysia (born in 1932).

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on January 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2009

Morty Scully
Morty Scully was a renowned actor known for his work in theater and film.
Billy Werber
American baseball player (born in 1908)

2008

Heath Ledger
Australian actor. he was a young, talented man who was well-known for his intense performances.
Miles Lerman
Polish holocaust survivor and activist (b. 1920)
Roberto Gari
American actor (born 1920).

2007

Abbé Pierre
French roman catholic priest, ordained 1938. he organized a escape route for jews to switzerland during ww ii and created resistance groups. he was eventually captured by the germans and allowed to flee. abbe pierre founded emmaus, a non profit organization that provided 12,000 housing units for the hungry and cold. he also set up communities to provide shelter for …
Liz Renay
American exotic dancer, model and stripper. she was poor-white-trash and raised in a three-room cottage on the banks of the ditch. at 14 she fled to america. at the age of 14, she married a soldier. one daughter was her first of seven marriages. at 23 she was an exotic dancer in a strip club, with a beautiful face and …
Ngô Quang Trưởng
Vietnamese general (b. 1929)
Ngo Quang Truong
South vietnamese general (born 1929)
Doug Blasdell
American personal trainer (born 1962).

Abbe Pierre

French priest (born 1912)

Abbe Pierre

French priest (born 1912)

2006

Aydın Güven Gürkan
Turkish academic and politician, turkish minister of labor and social security (b. 1941)

2005

Rosmary Woods
Known for her role in the Watergate scandal as President Nixon's secretary.
Rose Mary Woods
American watergate scandal figure (born 1917)
Consuelo Velázquez
Mexican pianist and songwriter (b. 1924)
Carlo Orelli
Italian soldier (b. 1894)
César Gutiérrez
Venezuelan baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1943)

Consuelo Velazquez

Mexican musician, songwriter, and recording artist.

Cesar Gutierrez

Venezuelan baseball player (born 1943)

2004

Nalan Rajaratnam
Renowned Sri Lankan Tamil poet and writer.
Sugar Pie Desmond
Sugar Pie Desmond was a popular American R&B and soul singer, best known for her hit songs 'In the Basement' and 'I Want to Know Your Name'.
Ann Miller
American dancer, who was a star in broadway's "sugar babies" alongside mickey rooney. she was said to have been able to perform 500 taps per hour. in 1937, she was a chorus girl and mattel's first "barbie" doll. she is energetic at 75 and has had a facelift. she proudly displays her jewelry, 52 fur coats, and 1000 bottles of …
Feliberto Terán
Feliberto Terán is a Ecuadorian poet and writer, recognized for his contributions to Latin American literature.
Billy May
Pittsburgh, pennsylvania -- leader of the orchestra (milton berle show)

Burris Ewell

Burris Ewell was an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader.

Tom Mead

Australian journalist and politician (b. 1918)

Thomas Mead

Born 1918, australian journalist and politician

2003

Bill Mauldin
American cartoonist who created outstanding images of soldiers during world war ii. he was awarded the 1945 pulitzer prize and a second pulitzer prize, both in 1959. mauldin is most well-known for his "up front" collection of war cartoons, and the stories that go with them.
Bill Mauldin
American soldier and cartoonist (b. 1921)

2002

Stanley Marcus
Stanley Marcus was an American businessman who transformed Neiman Marcus into a luxury retail powerhouse.
Stanley Marcus
American business executive (born in 1905)

2001

Roy Brown
American clown and puppeteer (b. 1932)
Tommie Agee
American baseball player (d. 2001).
Roy Brown
American singer-songwriter

2000

Anne Hébert
Canadian poet and author (d. 2000).
Craig Claiborne
Influential food critic and writer for The New York Times.
Craig Claiborne
American journalist (d. 2000).
Anne Hebert
French canadian poet and author (kamouraska), (born 1916).

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on January 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1999

Graham Staines
Australian-indian missionary and translator (b. 1941)

1998

Walter Orton
Walter Orton was an American novelist best known for his historical fiction set in the American West.
Win Mortimer
British painter known for his landscapes and portraits.

1997

Kennet Armitage
Kennet Armitage was a British painter known for his landscape and portrait works.
Billy Mackenzie
Scottish musician and songwriter, mackenzie was also the lead singer of the associates. mackenzie committed suicide on february 2, 1997.
Wally Whyton
English singer-songwriter (the vipers skiffle group, d. 1997).
Mollie Panter-Downes
Writer dies at the age of 90
Irwin Levine
At 58, composer ("tie a yellow ribbon") dies.

Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro

Medical journalist dies at the age of 73.

Ron Holden

American singer (born 1939)

1996

Israel Eldad
Polish-israeli philosopher and author (b. 1910)
Yisrael Eldad
Extremist politician dies at 85
Mabel Leigh
Potter dies at the age of 80.
Edward Thomas
Historian/intelligence expert, dies at age 77.
Efua Theodore Sutherland
Writer dies at 71

1995

Venida
American actress known for her roles in classic films of the 1920s and 1930s.
Rose Kennedy
American family and the wife of joseph p. kennedy, entrepreneur, on 10/07/1914 in boston, ma. nine children were born to her, of which two became u.s. citizens. two of her children became u.s. senators, and one, the u.s. president.
Jerry Blackwell
American professional wrestler (born 1949).
Margaret Barbara Lambert
At age 88, saar, a british historian, dies.
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Mother of us president john f kennedy dies at the age of 104 (born 1890).

Mahmoud Sayed Selim

Egyptian muslim leader, killed at the age of 29.

Christopher Francis Palmer

Orchestrater/author dies at 48

Nico Adriaans

Rotterdam junkiebond founder, who dies from aids at the age of 37.

1994

Telly Savalas
Telly Savalas was an American actor, singer, and businessman, best known for his role as the title character in the television series Kojak.
Telly Savalas
Known for his role in Kojak, Telly Savalas was also involved in entrepreneurship ventures.
Telly Savalas
Telly Savalas was an American actor best known for his role as the title character in the television series Kojak.
Jean-Louis Barrault
French actor, director, and manager. he is widely considered france's greatest classical actor. for more than 50 years, his versatility and dramatic talents have delighted international audiences. barrault, a veteran of both contemporary and classic drama, was equally comfortable with shakespeare's hamlet, ionesco's rhinoceros, and a bold stage adaptation rabelaise's renaissance masterpiece, gargantua and pantagruel.
Frances Gifford
Emphysema deaths at 71

Irving B Kahn

At age 76, inventor (teleprompter) dies.

Rhett Forrester

American singer (riot) (born 1956)

Telly Savalas

Greek-american actor, best known for his role in "kojak", the tough, bald-headed, lollipop eating, new york city cop who is known for his trade term, "who loves you, baby?" savalas was a villain in many feature films before he became an international tv star. in 1961, he was nominated as best supporting actor for "birdman of alcatraz". in 1974, he …

1993

Abe Kobo
Japanese author known for his avant-garde literary works.
Kōbō Abe
Japanese playwright and photographer (b. 1924)
Alexander Bodon Hung
Dutch architect (rai dollywood), is killed at 86.
Kobo Abe
Japanese writer (wife in the sand), is killed at 68
Maria Vlamynck
Flemish author dies at 75

Charlie Gehringer

American baseball manager and player (d. 1993).

1992

A J Antoon
At 47, director (that championship season) dies
Newman
Newman was a prominent mathematician known for his work in number theory and mathematical analysis.
Ali Amini
Prime minister of iran (1961-62)

1991

Abbott Joseph
Abbott Joseph was an American journalist known for his work as a war correspondent during World War II.
Robert Choquette
French canadian poet, diplomat, and novelist (born in 1905)
Kenas Aroi
Nauruan politician (born 1942)

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on January 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

Clessie Dame
American author known for his novels and short stories.
Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr was a successful tennis player known for her powerful serve.
S. Vithiananthan
Sri lankan author and academic (b. 1924)

1988

Emagene Fitch
Emagene Fitch was an American actress who appeared in several films during the 1930s and 1940s.
Georgi M Malenkov
Russian premier (1953-1955), dies at the age of 86.

1987

Budd Dwyer
American politician who served as the Treasurer of Pennsylvania.
Delano Ames
American author known for detective fiction.
R. Budd Dwyer
American educator and politician, 30th treasurer of pennsylvania (b. 1939)
Budd Dwyer
American politician (born 1939)
R Budd Dwyer
Pennsylvania state treasurer is facing imprisonment for conspiracy and perjury. he commits suicide at a televised news conference.

1986

Rockwell Stephens
American journalist and editor known for his work at Time magazine.

1985

Tranquilino Quiñones
Tranquilino Quiñones was a professional baseball player from Puerto Rico who played in the Negro Leagues and the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League.
Gardiner Morse
Inventor of the Morse code and co-founder of the American Morse Code Institute.
Arthur Bryant
English historian and journalist (b. 1899)
Sir Arthur Bryant
British historian (born 1899).

1984

Chaim Perelman
Chaim Perelman was a Belgian entrepreneur known for founding the Perelman School of Rhetoric and Argumentation and his work on argumentation theory.

1982

Eduardo Frei Montalva
President of chile (1964-1970), dies at the age of 71.
Eduardo Frei Montalva
Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th president of chile (d. 1982)
Tommy Tucker
American singer-songwriter/pianist (d. 1982).

1981

Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi
Pakistani historian and academic (b. 1903)
Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi
Pakistani educationist and historian (born 1903).
Fannie Thomas
United states -- died at 113

1980

Evangelene Parsons
American painter known for her abstract expressionist works.
Yitzhak Baer
German-israeli academic and historian (d. 1980).
Iris Meredith
Actress (lawless land and gambling terror) dies at 64

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on January 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

Lulie Hardenbergh
Renowned actress known for her performances on Broadway and in films.
Carolyna Paulus
Carolyna Paulus was a German expressionist painter known for her vibrant and emotive paintings.
Hadley Richardson
American author and the first wife of Ernest Hemingway.
Ali Hassan Salameh
Palestinian rebel leader (b. 1940)
Ali Hassan Salameh [Abu Hassan]
Car bomb killed; believed to be responsible for the massacre of 1972 munich olympics athletes.

1978

Cleto Luzzi
Cleto Luzzi was an Italian composer who is best known for his operatic works.
Herbert Sutcliffe
Legendary English cricketer known for his exceptional batting skills.
Oliver Leese
British world war ii general (born in 1894)

1977

Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel
Saudi arabian diplomat (b. 1916)

1975

Klaas Voskuil
Dutch journalist dies at 79
Andrew George Burry
Swiss-born businessman and manufacturer (born 1873)

1974

Tison Whitfield
Tison Whitfield was an American football player who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions.

1973

Lyndon Johnson
36th President of the United States known for his 'Great Society' programs.
Lynkin Baines
Lynkin Baines was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Former President of the United States who was known for his political career.
Legend Johnson
Legend Johnson was a prominent political figure known for his contributions to civil rights and social reform.
Linden Johnson
Linden Johnson was the 36th President of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969.

Lyndon B. Johnson

36th President of the United States known for his 'Great Society' programs.

Lyndon B. Johnson

American lieutenant and politician, 36th president of the united states (b. 1908)

Lyndon B Johnson

36th president of united states (born in 1908)

1971

Harry Frank Guggenheim
American businessman and publisher, co-founded newsday (b. 1890)

1970

Denman Baynes
Denman Baynes was a British astronomer who made significant contributions to the study of variable stars.

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on January 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1969

Sidonie Veronica Noel
A British poet and writer, known for her lyrical and introspective poetry.

1968

Kawena Kahanamoku
Kawena Kahanamoku was a legendary Hawaiian surfer who helped to popularize the sport of surfing around the world.
Kaikoa Kahanamoku
Kaikoa Kahanamoku was a Hawaiian swimmer and the first person to win five Olympic gold medals in swimming.
Nohea Kahanamoku
Nohea Kahanamoku was a renowned Hawaiian poet who wrote extensively about the natural beauty and cultural traditions of the islands.
Duke Kahanamoku
Duke Kahanamoku was an Olympic champion swimmer known as the 'Father of Modern Surfing.'
Duke Kahanamoku
Duke Kahanamoku was an Olympic champion swimmer known as the 'Father of Modern Surfing.'

Duke Kahanamoku of Hawaii

100m swimmer (olympics gold-1912, 1920 and 1924), dies aged 77.

1967

Aydden Sijan
US Air Force pilot who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his bravery during the Vietnam War.
Atiya Fyzee
Indian author known for her works on Islamic culture and history.
Jobyna Ralston
Actress (wings girl shy, freshman), is killed at 66
Robert Henriques
English broadcaster and author of farmer stories (d. 1967).

1966

Herbert Marshall
Actor (dark angels, duel in the sun), dies at 75

1965

Estellar Eliot
Estellar Eliot was a British novelist and playwright, best known for her novel 'The Mill on the Floss'.

1964

Marc Blitzstein
Philadelphia, pennsylvania -- composer (cradle will rock).
Esten Huupponen
Esten Huupponen was a Finnish painter known for his landscape and portrait paintings.

1963

Earsel Bingham
Earsel Bingham was a renowned American botanist who made significant contributions to the study of plant taxonomy and ecology.

1961

Heyden Gunther
Heyden Gunther was a German expressionist painter known for his vibrant and emotive landscapes.
Absalom Wilkinson
Absalom Wilkinson was a Welsh poet known for his lyrical and introspective works.

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on January 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

Mike Hawthorn
English race car driver and f1 world champion (born 1929).
A J Else Mauhs
German/dutch actress nora hamlet (hamlet) dies at 73

1958

Paolina Montichelli
Paolina Montichelli was an Italian actress who appeared in numerous films during the early 20th century.
Irys Lilien
Irys Lilien was a Polish painter known for her impressionist landscapes and still life paintings.

1957

Elohim Stein
Elohim Stein was a Russian-American painter known for his abstract expressionist works.
Elek Ludvigh
Elek Ludvigh was a Hungarian electrical engineer who played a key role in the development of early television technology.
Ralph Barton Perry
American philosopher and academic (b. 1876)

1956

P A M Speet
Dutch broadcast ceo (kro), dies.

1955

Herberth Baumann
Herberth Baumann was a German painter known for his landscape and portrait works.
Jonni Myyrä
Finnish-american javelin thrower and discus thrower (d. 555)

1954

Alle Meijer
Alle Meijer was a Dutch painter and printmaker known for his landscape and portrait works.
Princess Margaret of Prussia
Queen of finland (born in 1872)

1953

Cranford Neville
Cranford Neville was an English poet who published several collections of poetry during the early 20th century.
Finley McRae
American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Arkansas.

1952

Roger Vitrac
French poet / dramatist (mysteries of love) dies at 52

1951

Lawson Robertson
Lawson robertson was a scottish-american athlete and track and field coach, known for his achievements in the high jump and long jump.
Harald Bohr
Danish mathematician and footballer (b. 1887)
Eastwood Lane
Composer dies at 71
Karl Nessler
Inventor of the perm (born in 1872)

1950

Alan Hale
Sr., american actor and director (b. 1892)
Corinne Luchaire
French actress and star of french cinema at the start of world war ii. after the war, her association with the german occupation saw her sentenced to "national humiliation". she wrote an autobiography and died 22 january 1950 of tuberculosis at the age of 28.
Alan Hale
American actor. he was a charming young lead in his teens. he also became a star in silent movies, such as "four horsemen of the apocalypse." he was a charming and gregarious character actor in 150 films later, including "robin hood," the "dodge city", and "destination japan."

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on January 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

Phares Carpenter
Phares Carpenter was an American astronomer who made significant contributions to the study of variable stars.
Eldredge Hiller
Eldredge Hiller was an American entrepreneur and inventor who founded the Hiller Aircraft Corporation, a pioneering helicopter company.
William Thomas Walsh
American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891)
William Thomas Walsh
American author (born 1891)

1946

Urania Christmann
Urania Christmann was a German poet and writer known for her lyrical and introspective works.
Elai Davison
Elai Davison was a British politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Tottenham from 1910 to 1918.

1945

Travas Bickford
Travas Bickford was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine.
Else Lasker-Schüler
Jewish german poet, short-story writer and playwright who was born in wuppertal. she married jonathan lasker in 1894 and moved to berlin where she was a frequent visitor of the upcoming expressionism circles. she divorced lasker in 1903, when her son paul was born. in the same year, she married herwarth walden (a writer with whom she co-founded the expressionist …
A Wolfenstein
Writer dies at 61
Else Lasker-Schuler
German-born poet (born 1869)
Carlo Felice Boghen
Composer dies just a day before his 76th birthday

Johan Eykman

Theologian (world church), dead at 52

1942

Walter Richard Sickert
British painter (free house!) ), is buried at 81
Reimond Tollenaere
Flemish national front leader, dies at the age of 81.

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on January 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1938

Juneau Bickford
Juneau Bickford was an American politician who served as the mayor of Juneau, Alaska from 1915 to 1919.

1936

Louis Glass
Composer dies at 71

1933

Mahmud Tarzi
Mahmud Tarzi was an Afghan statesman, journalist, and reformist who played a key role in the modernization of Afghanistan.

1931

László Batthyány-Strattmann
Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870)
Alma Rubens
American actress (born 1897).

1930

Stephen Mather
American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the thorkildsen-mather borax company (b. 1867)

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on January 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1929

Melville E. Stone
Founder of the Chicago Daily News and the first president of the Associated Press.
R. C. Lehmann
English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856)
RC Lehmann
English writer (born 1856).

1927

James Ford Rhodes
American historian and author (b. 1848)

1926

Maie Reid
Pioneering novelist who broke barriers in the literary world.

1925

Fanny Bullock Workman
American geographer and mountain climber (b. 1859)

1922

Fredrik Bajer
Danish educator and politician, nobel prize laureate (b. 1837)
Bryor Bryce
Bryor Bryce was a Scottish essayist and political theorist who wrote extensively on democracy and governance.
Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)
Camille Jordan
French mathematician and topologist, as well as sociologist. age 84, she died in milan on january 20, 1922.
Benedictus XV [Giacomo Markies D Chiesa]
Pope (1914-22), is buried at the age of 67.

Pope Benedict

Xv (born 1854)

Fredrik Bajer

Danish politician and pacifist, winner of the nobel peace prize (born in 1837).

1921

George Streeter
American captain and businessman (b. 1837)
Captain George Streeter
American riverboat captain and circus owner (born in 1837).

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on January 22nd for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1918

Alanson Douglass
Alanson Douglass was an American architect who designed several notable buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

1916

Iwan Knorr composer
At the age of 63, he dies.

1914

Frederik Rung composer
At the age of 60, dies.

1913

Ady
Ady Endre was a Hungarian poet known for his modernist poems and influence on Hungarian literature.
Ferdinand van der Haeghen Flemish librarian/bibliographer
At the age of 82, he dies.