Deaths in January 2016 facts for kids

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This article lists famous people who passed away in January 2016. Their names are listed in alphabetical order under each date.

Dale Bumpers
1925–2016

Vilmos Zsigmond
1930–2016

Frances Cress Welsing
1935–2016

Michel Delpech
1946–2016

Peter Naur
1928–2016

Michel Galabru
1922–2016

Pierre Boulez
1925–2016

Christy O'Connor
1948–2016

Ashraf Pahlavi
1919–2016

Otis Clay
1942–2016

German Moreno
1933–2016

Angus Scrimm
1926–2016

Yusuf Zuayyin
1931–2016

David Bowie
1947–2016

Monte Irvin
1919–2016

Alan Rickman
1946–2016

René Angélil
1942–2016

Manuel Velázquez
1943–2016

Glenn Frey
1948–2016

Michel Tournier
1924–2016

Ettore Scola
1931–2016

Kamer Genç
1940–2016

Jimmy Bain
1947–2016

Fredrik Barth
1928-2016

Marvin Minsky
1927–2016

Abe Vigoda
1921–2016

Paul Kantner
1941–2016

Jacques Rivette
1928–2016

Terry Wogan
1938–2016

Famous People Who Passed Away in January 2016

This section lists notable people who passed away during January 2016. They were known for their work in various fields like politics, entertainment, sports, and science.

January 1

Fazu Aliyeva, 83, a poet and journalist from Russia.
Lennie Bluett, 96, an American actor who appeared in movies like Gone with the Wind.
Dale Bumpers, 90, an American politician. He was the Governor of Arkansas and a Senator from Arkansas.
Antonio Carrizo, 89, a famous broadcaster from Argentina.
Brian Johns, 79, an Australian company director who led the ABC.
Gilbert Kaplan, 74, an American conductor and businessman.
Mark B, 45, a British hip-hop record producer.
Mike Oxley, 71, an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Ian Pieris, 82, a cricketer from Sri Lanka.
Jim Ross, 89, a Canadian ice hockey player for the New York Rangers.
Vilmos Zsigmond, 85, a Hungarian-American cinematographer. He won an Oscar for his work on Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

January 2

Marcel Barbeau, 90, a Canadian painter and sculptor.
Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan, 91, an Indian politician who was General Secretary of the Communist Party of India.
Michel Delpech, 69, a French singer-songwriter and actor.
Tim Francis, 87, a New Zealand diplomat who was Ambassador to the United States.
Maria Garbowska-Kierczyńska, 93, a Polish actress.
Matt Hobden, 22, an English cricketer for Sussex.
Gisela Mota Ocampo, 33, a Mexican politician and Mayor of Temixco.
Nimr al-Nimr, 56, a Saudi religious leader.
Shigeji Kaneko, 84, a Japanese boxer.
Frances Cress Welsing, 80, an American psychiatrist and author of The Isis Papers.
Sabri Yirmibeşoğlu, 87, a Turkish military officer.

January 3

Paul Bley, 83, a Canadian jazz pianist.
Stephen W. Bosworth, 76, an American diplomat who was Ambassador to South Korea.
Amby Fogarty, 82, an Irish footballer who played for Sunderland.
C. B. Forgotston, 70, an American political blogger.
Demmus Hentze, 92, a Faroese politician and Finance Minister.
Peter Powell, 83, an English kite maker.
Bill Plager, 70, a Canadian ice hockey player for the St. Louis Blues.
Peter Naur, 87, a Danish computer science pioneer and Turing award winner.
Georg Nees, 89, a German academic and artist.
Tommy Sale, 97, an English rugby league player.
Igor Sergun, 58, a Russian military officer who was Director of the GRU.

January 4

Tom Allin, 28, an English cricketer for Warwickshire.
Fernando Barrachina, 68, a Spanish footballer for Valencia CF.
Rūsiņš Mārtiņš Freivalds, 73, a Latvian computer scientist and mathematician.
Michel Galabru, 93, a French actor known for movies like Subway.
S. H. Kapadia, 68, an Indian judge who served as Chief Justice.
Jorge Lepra, 73, a Uruguayan diplomat and politician.
Achim Mentzel, 69, a German musician and television presenter.
Marjorie Pizer, 95, an Australian poet.
John Roberts, 69, a Welsh footballer for Arsenal.
Andres Rodríguez, 31, a Venezuelan equestrian competitor, who died in an accident.
Leo Rucka, 84, an American football player for the San Francisco 49ers.
Robert Stigwood, 81, an Australian music producer and movie producer of Grease and Saturday Night Fever.

January 5

María Lorenza Barreneche, 89, an Argentine socialite and First Lady.
Sian Blake, 42–43, a British actress from EastEnders. Her body was found on this date.
Pierre Boulez, 90, a French composer.
Percy Freeman, 70, an English footballer for Lincoln City.
Rudolf Haag, 93, a German theoretical physicist and educator.
Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov, 89, a Russian computer scientist.
Jean-Paul L'Allier, 77, a Canadian politician and Mayor of Quebec City.
Antônio Pompêo, 62, a Brazilian actor.
Michael Purcell, 70, an Australian rugby union player.

January 6

Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, 87, a Cuban trumpeter.
Pat Harrington, Jr., 86, an American actor known for One Day at a Time.
Florence King, 80, an American writer.
Christy O'Connor Jnr, 67, an Irish golfer.
Silvana Pampanini, 90, an Italian actress.
Ioannis Petridis, 84, a Greek politician.
Sol Polansky, 89, an American diplomat who was Ambassador to Bulgaria.
Nivaria Tejera, 86, a Cuban poet and novelist.
Yves Vincent, 94, a French actor.

January 7

Klaas Bakker, 89, a Dutch footballer for Ajax.
Robert M. Cundick, 89, an American organist and composer.
Kitty Kallen, 94, an American singer known for "Little Things Mean a Lot".
Judith Kaye, 77, an American lawyer who was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.
Richard Libertini, 82, an American actor.
Ashraf Pahlavi, 96, an Iranian princess.
Mohammad Sayeed, 79, an Indian politician who was Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Troy Shondell, 76, an American singer.
Sergey Shustikov, 45, a Russian football player and manager.
Anton Srholec, 86, a Slovak writer and priest.
Valerio Zanone, 79, an Italian politician and Mayor of Turin.

January 8

Otis Clay, 73, an American R&B and soul singer known for "Tryin' to Live My Life Without You".
Oscar Fritschi, 76, a Swiss politician.
German Moreno, 82, a Philippine television host and actor.
Royal Parker, 86, an American television personality.
Red Simpson, 81, an American country singer-songwriter known for "I'm a Truck".
Piet Steenkamp, 90, a Dutch politician.

January 9

Merab Chigoev, 65, a South Ossetian politician who was Prime Minister. He died in an accident.
Lawrence H. Cohn, 78, an American surgeon.
Hamada Emam, 68, an Egyptian footballer.
Maria Teresa de Filippis, 89, an Italian racing driver. She was the first woman to race in Formula One.
Peter Gavin Hall, 64, an Australian mathematician and statistician.
John Harvard, 77, a Canadian politician.
Umberto Raho, 93, an Italian actor.
José María Rivas, 57, a Salvadoran footballer.
Angus Scrimm, 89, an American actor known for Phantasm.
Ed Stewart, 74, a British broadcasting personality known for Top of the Pops.
Zelimkhan Yaqub, 65, an Azerbaijani poet.

January 10

Abbas Bahri, 61, a Tunisian mathematician.
Wim Bleijenberg, 85, a Dutch footballer for Ajax.
David Bowie, 69, a British singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor. He was famous for songs like "Space Oddity" and his role in Labyrinth.
Ann Z. Caracristi, 94, an American cryptographer and former Deputy Director of the NSA.
Jeanne Cordova, 67, an American LGBT activist.
Teofil Codreanu, 74, a Romanian footballer.
Kalevi Lehtovirta, 87, a Finnish footballer.
Hernán Gamboa, 69, a Venezuelan musician.
Ulrich Hahnen, 63, a German politician.
Ralph Hauenstein, 103, an American philanthropist and businessman.
George Jonas, 80, a Canadian writer.
Bob Oatley, 87, an Australian yachtsman and winemaker.
Arthur S. Obermayer, 84, an American entrepreneur and philanthropist.
Cornelis Zitman, 89, a Dutch sculptor.
Yusuf Zuayyin, 84, a Syrian politician who was Prime Minister.

January 11

Reginaldo Araújo, 38, a Brazilian footballer.
William Del Monte, 109, an American centenarian and the last known survivor of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Berge Furre, 78, a Norwegian politician and historian.
Alexander Hickman, 90, a Canadian judge and politician.
Monte Irvin, 96, an American Hall of Fame baseball player.
Brian Johnson, 59, an Australian rugby league player and coach.
David Margulies, 78, an American actor known for Ghostbusters and The Sopranos.
János Radványi, 93, an American political scientist and diplomat.
Gunnel Vallquist, 97, a Swedish writer and translator.

January 12

Ivan Bukavshin, 20, a Russian chess player.
Rose Chibambo, 87, a Malawian politician.
Andrew Smith, 25, an American basketball player.
Gastón Guzmán, 83, a Mexican mycologist and anthropologist.
William Needles, 97, a Canadian theater actor.
Dave Sime, 79, an American sprinter and ophthalmologist.
Carolyn D. Wright, 67, an American poet.

January 13

Brian Bedford, 80, a British actor and voice actor, known for Robin Hood.
William Craig, 97, an American philosopher and educator.
Giorgio Gomelsky, 81, a Georgian filmmaker and music manager.
Bern Herbolsheimer, 67, an American composer.
J. F. R. Jacob, 92, an Indian military officer.
Conrad Phillips, 90, a British television and movie actor.
Jim Simpson, 88, an American sportscaster.
Zaharije Trnavčević, 90, a Serbian politician.
Ellen Meiksins Wood, 73, an American historian.

January 14

René Angélil, 73, a Canadian entertainment manager, known for managing Céline Dion.
George Carroll, 94, an American lawyer and politician who was Mayor of Richmond.
Franco Citti, 80, an Italian actor known for The Godfather.
Alan Rickman, 69, an English actor famous for his roles in Harry Potter, Die Hard, and Love Actually.
Shaolin, 44, a Brazilian humorist.
Rajesh Vivek, 66, an Indian actor.
Leonid Zhabotinsky, 77, a Soviet weightlifter and Olympic champion.

January 15

Francisco X. Alarcón, 61, an American poet.
Noreen Corcoran, 72, an American actress.
Dan Haggerty, 74, an American actor known for The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.
Ken Judge, 58, an Australian football player and coach.
P. J. Mara, 73, an Irish public affairs consultant and Senator.
Oleksandr Shevchenko, 78, a Ukrainian scientist, jurist, and politician.
Manuel Velázquez, 72, a Spanish footballer for Real Madrid.

January 16

Carina Jaarnek, 53, a Swedish singer.
Ted Marchibroda, 84, an American football player and coach.
Rudy Migay, 87, a Canadian ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Jean-Noël Rey, 66, a Swiss politician and CEO of Swiss Post, who passed away in an attack.
Aristide von Bienefeldt, 56, a Dutch writer.

January 17

Blowfly, 76, an American musician and producer.
Bob Harkey, 85, an American racecar driver.
Gottfried Honegger, 98, a Swiss artist and graphic designer.
Sudhindra Thirtha, 89, an Indian Hindu religious leader.

January 18

Johnny Bach, 91, an American basketball player and coach.
Glenn Frey, 67, an American guitarist and songwriter for the Eagles, known for songs like "Hotel California". He was also an actor.
Michel Tournier, 91, a French writer.

January 19

Robert M. Carter, 73, a British-born Australian marine geologist.
M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana, 68, a Sri Lankan politician.
Yasutaro Koide, 112, a Japanese supercentenarian, who was the world's oldest man.
Richard Levins, 85, an American mathematical ecologist.
Ettore Scola, 84, an Italian movie director and screenwriter.
Sheila Sim, Lady Attenborough, 93, an English actress.
William Y. Smith, 90, an American air force general.
Frank Sullivan, 85, an American baseball player.

January 20

Edmonde Charles-Roux, 95, a French writer.
Ronald Greenwald, 82, an American rabbi and activist.
David G. Hartwell, 74, an American editor, publisher, and critic.

January 21

Bogusław Kaczyński, 73, a Polish classical music journalist.
Mrinalini Sarabhai, 97, an Indian classical dancer and choreographer.
Robert Sassone, 37, a French road racing cyclist.

January 22

Homayoun Behzadi, 73, an Iranian football player and coach.
Kamer Genç, 75, a Turkish politician.
Cecil Parkinson, 84, a British politician and cabinet minister.
Miloslav Ransdorf, 62, a Czech politician and Member of the European Parliament.
Rik Wilson, 53, an American ice hockey player.

January 23

Barry Brickell, 80, a New Zealand ceramic artist.
Josip Friščić, 66, a Croatian politician.
A. C. Jose, 78, an Indian politician.
Elisabeta Polihroniade, 80, a Romanian chess Woman Grandmaster.
Dmitry Shirkov, 88, a Russian theoretical physicist.

January 24

Jimmy Bain, 68, a Scottish bassist for bands like Rainbow and Dio.
Fredrik Barth, 87, a Norwegian social anthropologist.
Marvin Minsky, 88, an American cognitive scientist and pioneer in artificial intelligence.
Henry Worsley, 55, a British adventurer.
Forouzan, 78, an Iranian actress.

January 25

Kalpana, 49, an Indian actress.
Concepcion Picciotto, 80, a Spanish-born American peace activist.
Paul Terasaki, 86, an American scientist and philanthropist.

January 26

Black, 53, a British singer-songwriter known for "Wonderful Life".
Tommy Kelly, 90, an American actor known for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, 95, a Pakistani politician and diplomat.
Abe Vigoda, 94, an American actor known for The Godfather and Barney Miller.

January 27

Augusto Giomo, 75, an Italian basketball player.
Carlos Loyzaga, 85, a Filipino Olympic basketball player.

January 28

Signe Toly Anderson, 74, an American singer for Jefferson Airplane.
Yisroel Belsky, 77, an American rabbi.
Buddy Cianci, 74, an American politician and radio host, who was Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island.
Aleš Debeljak, 54, a Slovenian writer, who died in a car crash.
Paul Kantner, 74, an American musician for Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.

January 29

Jean-Marie Doré, 77, a Guinean politician who was Prime Minister.
Gordon Goody, 86, a British criminal and businessman.
Cayetano Paderanga, Jr., 67, a Filipino economist.
Jacques Rivette, 87, a French movie director and critic.
John Roper, Baron Roper, 80, a British politician.

January 30

Frank Finlay, 89, a British actor.
Francisco Flores Pérez, 56, a Salvadoran politician who was President.
T. N. Gopakumar, 58, an Indian journalist.
Georgia Davis Powers, 92, an American civil rights activist and politician.
Mohammad Salimi, 78, an Iranian general.

January 31

Mere Broughton, 79, a New Zealand Māori language activist.
Sir Terry Wogan, 77, a British-Irish broadcaster for the BBC.