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January 26th famous deaths

List of celebrities and famous people who died on January 26th

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2029 - 2020

Famous deaths on January 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 2029 - 2020

2020

  • Kobe Bryant was an American professional basketball player and entrepreneur who co-founded a venture capital firm and media production company.

  • Kden Kobe was a legendary NBA player who spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, winning 5 championships and being named an All-Star 18 times.

  • Renowned author known for inspiring works.

  • Legendary NBA player known for his scoring prowess and work ethic.

  • Bryant Kobe was an American journalist who covered sports and entertainment.

2019 - 2010

Famous deaths on January 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 2019 - 2010

2017

  • Co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017 for the detection of gravitational waves.

  • Mike Connors

    Touch connors, an american actor, was first seen on screen in 1953. he is best known for his roles in "sudden fear," "five guns west," "harlow" and "five guns west," but he is also the star of "mannix," a tv series. he broke his wrist, dislocated the shoulder, and fractured some of his ribs while doing his own stunts.

  • Barbara Hale

    Barbara hale was an american actress best known for her role as della street in the television series perry mason.

  • Scottish academic and politician (d. 2017)

  • Canadian sprinter and educator (b. 1920)

2016

  • Abe Vigoda

    American actor. his roles included the role of salvatore tessio, detective sgt. and the godfather in francis ford coppola's film the godfather. from 1975 to 1977, phil fish was a regular on abc's sitcom barney miller and its spinoff fish. he died in 1978.

  • Lavoy Finicum was an American rancher and activist who was killed by law enforcement during the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.

  • Jamaican artist known for his realistic and vibrant paintings.

  • Pakistani military leader, foreign minister, and diplomat (b. 1920)

2015

  • Joyice Bates was an American actress known for her roles in television shows and films.

  • Australian soldier, boxer, and politician (d. 2015)

  • American art director and cartoonist (b. 1932)

2014

2013

2012

2011

  • American singer-songwriter/guitarist (the louvin brothers), (d. 2011).

  • Founding member of the girl group The Marvelettes.

  • Ugandan teacher and lgbt rights activist, considered a father of uganda's gay rights movement (b. 1964)

2010

  • Geffrey Burbidge was a British astronomer who made significant contributions to the understanding of the origin of chemical elements in the universe.

  • Louis auchincloss was an american novelist known for his prolific literary career, exploring the lives of the american upper class.

2009 - 2000

Famous deaths on January 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 2009 - 2000

2008

  • American family of note, the son marlon brando (and anna kashfi) on 5/16/1990, at his father's bel air estate, he shot and killed dag dag drollet, tahiti's sister's lover. they were arguing about whether drollet was beating tarita cheyenne brando (age 20), during an argument. he was drunk at the time and claimed that there had been a fight and …

  • British Labour Party politician and Member of Parliament.

  • American sculptor and designer (b. 1906)

  • Palestinian politician, founder of the pflp (b. 1926)

2007

2006

2004

2003

  • Soviet high jumper, Olympic champion and world record holder.

  • German numerologist and scholar on muslim culture. her important work on numerology, "the mystery of numbers", was published by oxford univ. press, 1993. 1993. schimmel was the harvard university professor of indo-muslim cultural studies. she is a prolific writer on muslim culture, with a book about the prophet muhammad, "and muhammad was his messenger," univ. chapel hill, 1985. she was …

  • 4th viscount younger, of leckie scottish banker politician secretary of state of defence (d. 2003).

  • 4th viscount younger of leckie, scottish banker and politician, secretary of state for scotland (b. 1931)

  • English academic and historian (d. 2003).

2002

  • American sprinter who won a gold medal at the 1952 Olympics.

2001

  • American basketball player, who was a professional basketball player for both the new york knicks (and the baltimore bullets). his brother dick and he are the only brothers in the basketball hall of fame. al was inducted in 1992 as a coach.

  • United states -- basketball coach (marquette).

  • American basketball player, who was a professional basketball player for both the new york knicks (and the baltimore bullets). his brother dick and he are the only brothers in the basketball hall of fame. al was inducted in 1992 as a coach.

2000

1999 - 1990

Famous deaths on January 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1999 - 1990

1998

1997

1996

  • American baseball player, coach, and team manager who scored 48 home runs during his career with the washington senators in 1969.

  • American musician and conductor. he was one of the first black musicians to lead a major orchestra.

  • Duke of mecklenburg, head of the house mecklenburg stralitz (d. 1996).

  • American novelist and short story writer known for his introspective and lyrical style.

  • American novelist and short story writer known for his introspective and lyrical style.

1995

1994

  • Shepherd Mead was an American author known for his book 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.'

1993

1992

  • José Ferrer

    Puerto rican-american actor and director (d. 1992)

  • Dutch theologist/writer/poet, dies at age 63.

  • Pr actor / director (cyrano de bergerac), dies at 80

  • Pr actor / director (cyrano de bergerac), dies at 80

1991

1990

1989 - 1980

Famous deaths on January 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1989 - 1980

1989

  • Flemish chairman (ijzerbedevaart committee), dies.

1988

  • Bearl Bailey was an American jazz trumpeter and singer who was known for his innovative style and improvisational skills.

  • Thatcher Hurd was a renowned illustrator of children's books.

1986

1985

  • James Cameron

    James cameron is a canadian film director known for creating blockbuster movies such as titanic and avatar.

  • Known for his research on dream analysis.

  • American jazz drummer and bandleader (d. 1985)

1983

1981

  • Ceferino García was a Filipino boxer who became the world middleweight champion in 1939.

1979 - 1970

Famous deaths on January 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1979 - 1970

1979

  • American businessman and politician who served as the 41st Vice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977.

  • Emile Gagnan was a French engineer who co-invented the modern scuba diving regulator with Jacques Cousteau.

1977

  • A Catholic philosopher and theologian who was a vocal critic of Nazism and played a role in the German resistance against the Nazi regime.

  • Actress (robert montgomery presents) dies at 61

1976

1975

  • Actress (moscow laughs man of music tanya), who dies at 72

1974

1973

1969 - 1960

Famous deaths on January 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1969 - 1960

1968

1967

  • 2nd baron thomson, canadian businessman and art collector (d.2006).

  • French actor in "is paris burning?" "grand prix" & "shoot the piano player" remy died 1/26/1967, paris.

1965

1963

1962

  • Sicilian-american gangster. luciano was a grubby street urchin who rose up the ranks to become a director of a crime syndicate. luciano was nicknamed "lucky" for his ability to evade arrest on numerous occasions. he became well-known for racketeering in narcotics and prostitution, loan sharking, and "protection" as a result.

  • New york city, new york mafia gangster, dies at age 65.

  • Composer dies at 78

1961

1959 - 1950

Famous deaths on January 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1959 - 1950

1959

  • Graydon Curtis was an American astronomer known for his work on the structure of the Milky Way galaxy.

1954

1953

1952

1950

1949 - 1940

Famous deaths on January 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1949 - 1940

1949

1948

1947

  • Grace Moore

    United states -- soprano ("one night to live")

  • American soprano/actress, one night of love, dies at 45

  • Air crash kills crown prince of sweden

1946

1943

  • Nikolai Vavilov was a Soviet botanist and geneticist best known for his work on the origins of cultivated plants and the development of the theory of centers of origin.

  • American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)

  • American eugenicist (born 1880)

1942

1939 - 1930

Famous deaths on January 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1939 - 1930

1936

  • Engineer and water resource management expert instrumental in the development of irrigation projects in the American West.

1933

  • Prominent figure in the women's suffrage movement in the United States.

1932

1929 - 1920

Famous deaths on January 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1929 - 1920

1928

  • Henrietta Rae was a British painter known for her portraits and allegorical works, often depicting women in classical settings.

1926

1922

1920

  • French artist and most well-known for being the common-law spouse of amedeo modigliani, a frequent subject. she was a beautiful girl who was introduced to montparnasse's artistic community by her brother andra (c) ha (c)buterne, who wanted to be a painter. she was a model for tsuguharu fujita and met many of the artists who were struggling back then. she …

1919 - 1910

Famous deaths on January 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1919 - 1910

1911

1909 - 1900

Famous deaths on January 26th for the celebrities who died in the years 1909 - 1900

1904

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