Historical Deaths

🏥 Famous Historical Deaths - January 29, 2026

1995 Richard Desborough Burnell, oarsman, dies at 77

1994 Jevgeni P Leonov, Russian actor (Gori, Moja Zvezda), dies at 67

1951 James Bridie, [Osborne Henry Mavor], dramatist, dies

1976 Michael Gwynn, actor (Dunkirk, Barabbas, Cleopatra), dies at 59

1991 Jan Od‚, Dutch pianist/director Sweelinck Conservatory, dies

1743 Andr‚ Hercule Fleury, French cardinal (1726-43), dies

1995 Arthur Guy Clutton-Brock, English agronomist (Rhodesia), dies at 88

1837 Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel

1879 Antonia MB Antonucci, Italian cardinal/diplomat, dies at 80

1910 Edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies at 52

1906 Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies

1955 Hans Hedtoft, premier of Denmark (1947.. 55), dies at 51

1997 Eric Schneider, murderer of 2 teachers, executed in MO at 35

1888 Edward Lear, poet/author, dies at 75

1917 Evelyn Baring earl Cromer, English consul-general in Egypt, dies at 75

1912 Hermann Bang, writer, dies at 54

1960 Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54

1962 Fritz Kreisler, Austria/US violinist/composer, dies at 86

1941 Ioannis Metaxas, Greek gen/dictator (1936-41), commits suicide at 69

1995 Raymond Joseph Cecil, British architect, dies at 69

1963 Robert Lee Frost, US poet (New Hampshire, 4 Pulitzers), dies at 88

1947 Fred Barratt, cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 Tests for Eng 1929-30), dies

1988 James R Killian Jr, MIT pres (1948-59), dies at 83

1977 Freddie Prinze, comedian/actor (Chico & the Man), shoots himself at 22

1964 Alan Ladd, actor (Shane), dies at 50 in Palm Springs Calif

1995 Chris de Marigny, painter/designer, dies at 52

1965 Michael Spisak, composer, dies at 50

1696 Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies

1899 Robert J Fruin, Dutch historian (80-year war), dies at 75

1970 Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74

1921 Billy Gunn, cricket (score 392 runs for Eng including a century), dies

1924 Joseph Ludwig, composer, dies at 79

1559 Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52

1899 Alfred Sisley, painter, dies

1942 Ladislao Joseph Philip Paul Zavrtal, composer, dies at 92

1993 Michel Renault, French ballet dancer (Giselle), dies

1967 Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62

1968 Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, cricketer (Test for India), dies

0969 Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies

1996 Jack Sutherland, journalist, dies at 79

1994 Ulrike Maier, olympic skier, breaks neck during world cup skiing at 26

1986 Leif Erickson, actor (John-High Chaparral), dies at 74

1993 Hank Werba, [Herman Werblowski], US journalist (Variety), dies at 79

1994 Nick Cravat, midget (Gremlin-Twilight Zone), dies of lung cancer at 81

1944 William Allen White, US journalist (Emporia Gazette), dies at 75

1984 Frances Goodrich, (Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 93 of lung cancer

1663 Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies

1992 Willie Dixon, blues composer (I'm a Man, Backdoor Man), dies at 76

1977 E P "Buster" Nupen, cricketer (50 wickets for S Af, lost eye), dies

1973 Johannes Paul Thilman, composer, dies at 67

1934 Fritz Haber, German chemist (Nobel 1918), dies at 65

1980 Jimmy Durante, comedian (Palooka, Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 86

1988 Rogier van Otterloo, Dutch composer/conductor, dies at 46

1987 Ivo Lhotka-Kalinski, composer, dies at 73

1965 John Larkin, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High), dies at 52

1916 Edward Hubertus Joannes Keurvils, composer, dies at 62

1988 Bantcho Bantchevsky, US opera singer, commits suicide

1946 Sidney James Jones, composer, dies at 84

1978 Tim McCoy, actor (Arizona Bound), dies at 86

1824 Louise MC countess of Albany, Henegouws salon owner, dies at 71

1980 Antonio Molina, composer, dies at 85

1997 Osvaldo Soriano, writer, dies at 54

1966 Josef Winckler, German dentist/writer (Tolle Bomberg), dies at 84

1820 George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81

1928 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig/field marshal (WW I), dies at 66

1996 John Terence Reese, bridge master, dies at 82

1995 Richard Burnell, British rower (Olympics-gold-1948), dies at 77

1956 H[enry] L[ouis] Mencken, US essayist/critic (Smart Set), dies at 75

1973 Ludwig Stossel, Austrian actor (Man With a Camera), dies at 89

1981 Cozy Cole, rocker (Topsy Part II), dies

1814 Johann G Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51

1997 Louis Pauwels, writer/editor, dies at 76

1966 Pierre Mercure, composer, dies at 38

1991 Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian, dies

1946 Harry L Hopkins, US min of Business (Loan & Lease law), dies at 55

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