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History Deaths on January 22


Anthony Durnford
Anthony Durnford, Irish colonel (b. 1830)

#Anthony_Durnford

Lawson Robertson
Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (b. 1883)

#Lawson_Robertson

Homayoun Behzadi
Homayoun Behzadi, Iranian footballer and coach (b. 1942)

#Homayoun_Behzadi

Billy Mackenzie
Billy Mackenzie, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1957)

#Billy_Mackenzie

Stephen Mather
Stephen Mather, American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company (b. 1867)

#Stephen_Mather

Robert Bonnaud
Robert Bonnaud, French historian and academic (b. 1929)

#Robert_Bonnaud

Craig Claiborne
Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1920)

#Craig_Claiborne

Herbert Marshall
Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890)

#Herbert_Marshall

Ferdinand II of León
Ferdinand II of León (b. 1137)

#Ferdinand_II_of_León

R. Budd Dwyer
R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (b. 1939)

#R._Budd_Dwyer

Bernhard Knipperdolling
Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495)

#Bernhard_Knipperdolling

Emil Erlenmeyer
Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist and academic (b. 1825)

#Emil_Erlenmeyer

David Edward Hughes
David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (b. 1831)

#David_Edward_Hughes

Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson, American lieutenant and politician, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908)

#Lyndon_B._Johnson

Joseph P. Bradley
Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1813)

#Joseph_P._Bradley

Lewis Morris
Lewis Morris, American judge and politician (b. 1726)

#Lewis_Morris

Marc Blitzstein
Marc Blitzstein, American pianist and composer (b. 1905)

#Marc_Blitzstein

Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin, American sci-fi and fantasy novelist (b. 1929)

#Ursula_K._Le_Guin

Anastasius of Persia
Anastasius of Persia, monk

#Anastasius_of_Persia

Miles Lerman
Miles Lerman, Polish Holocaust survivor and activist (b. 1920)

#Miles_Lerman

Masaya Nakamura (businessman)
Masaya Nakamura, Japanese businessman (b. 1925)

#Masaya_Nakamura_(businessman)

Herbert Sutcliffe
Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1894)

#Herbert_Sutcliffe

Bill Mauldin
Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (b. 1921)

#Bill_Mauldin

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

#Fanny_Bullock_Workman

Billy Werber
Billy Werber, American baseball player (b. 1908)

#Billy_Werber

Kamer Genç
Kamer Genç, Turkish politician (b. 1940)

#Kamer_Genç

Maziar Partow
Maziar Partow, Iranian cinematographer (b. 1933)

#Maziar_Partow

Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)

#Queen_Victoria

Johann Gottlob Lehmann (scientist)
Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German meteorologist and geologist (b. 1719)

#Johann_Gottlob_Lehmann_(scientist)

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

#James_Ford_Rhodes

Joe Paterno
Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (b. 1926)

#Joe_Paterno

Jean Simmons
Jean Simmons, English-American actress (b. 1929)

#Jean_Simmons

Oliver Leese
Oliver Leese, English general (b. 1894)

#Oliver_Leese

Yitzhak Baer
Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1888)

#Yitzhak_Baer

Duke Kahanamoku
Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1890)

#Duke_Kahanamoku

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

#Ibrahim_bin_Abdullah_Al_Suwaiyel

Jean-Louis Barrault
Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910)

#Jean-Louis_Barrault

Pope Benedict XV
Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)

#Pope_Benedict_XV

Hinton Mitchem
Hinton Mitchem, American businessman and politician (b. 1938)

#Hinton_Mitchem

Abbé Pierre
Abbé Pierre, French priest and activist (b. 1912)

#Abbé_Pierre

Camille Jordan
Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic (b. 1838)

#Camille_Jordan

R. C. Lehmann
R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856)

#R._C._Lehmann

Liz Renay
Liz Renay, American actress, author and performer (b. 1926)

#Liz_Renay

Ngô Quang Tr??ng
Ngô Quang Tr??ng, Vietnamese general (b. 1929)

#Ngô_Quang_Tr??ng

Fredrik Bajer
Fredrik Bajer, Danish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837)

#Fredrik_Bajer

Eduardo Frei Montalva
Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile (b. 1911)

#Eduardo_Frei_Montalva

John of Leiden
John of Leiden, Anabaptist leader from the Dutch city of Leiden (b. 1509)

#John_of_Leiden

Jeremiah Dixon
Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)

#Jeremiah_Dixon

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

#Harry_Frank_Guggenheim

Simon Marsden
Simon Marsden, English photographer and author (b. 1948)

#Simon_Marsden

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (b. 1752)

#Johann_Friedrich_Blumenbach

Yordano Ventura
Yordano Ventura, Dominican baseball player (b. 1991)

#Yordano_Ventura

John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)

#John_Carteret,_2nd_Earl_Granville

Anne Hébert
Anne Hébert, Canadian author and poet (b. 1916)

#Anne_Hébert

Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset
Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, English general and politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1500)

#Edward_Seymour,_1st_Duke_of_Somerset

Fabrizio de Miranda
Fabrizio de Miranda, Italian engineer and academic, co-designed the Rande Bridge (b. 1926)

#Fabrizio_de_Miranda

James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault
James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault (b. 1516)

#James_Hamilton,_Duke_of_Châtellerault

Heath Ledger
Heath Ledger, Australian actor and director (b. 1979)

#Heath_Ledger

Vincent Pallotti
Vincent Pallotti, Italian missionary and saint (b. 1795)

#Vincent_Pallotti

Telly Savalas
Telly Savalas, American actor (b. 1924)

#Telly_Savalas

Ann Miller
Ann Miller, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1923)

#Ann_Miller

Else Lasker-Schüler
Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and playwright (b. 1869)

#Else_Lasker-Schüler

Wang Chongyang
Wang Chongyang, Chinese Daoist and co-founder of the Quanzhen School (b. 1113)

#Wang_Chongyang

Israel Eldad
Israel Eldad, Polish-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1910)

#Israel_Eldad

Shah Jahan
Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor (b. 1592)

#Shah_Jahan

Carlo Orelli
Carlo Orelli, Italian soldier (b. 1894)

#Carlo_Orelli

Lois Ramsey, Australian actress (b. 1922)
Cecil Parkinson, English politician (b. 1931)
Margaret Bloy Graham, Canadian author and illustrator (b. 1920)
Wendell H. Ford, American lieutenant and politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (b. 1924)
Dick Tufeld, American actor, announcer, narrator and voice actor (b. 1926)
Clarence Tillenius, Canadian painter and environmentalist (b. 1913)
Louis R. Harlan, American historian and author (b. 1922)
Ayd?n Güven Gürkan, Turkish academic and politician, Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security (b. 1941)
Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (b. 1924)
César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1943)
Tom Mead, Australian journalist and politician (b. 1918)
Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1916)
Roy Brown, American clown and puppeteer (b. 1932)
Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)
Graham Staines, Australian-Indian missionary and translator (b. 1941)
K?b? Abe, Japanese playwright and photographer (b. 1924)
Robert Choquette, Canadian author, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan author and academic (b. 1924)
Arthur Bryant, English historian and journalist (b. 1899)
Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and academic (b. 1903)
Ali Hassan Salameh, Palestinian rebel leader (b. 1940)
Andrew George Burry, Swiss-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1873)
Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (b. 1929)
Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic (b. 1876)
Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (b. 1892)
William Thomas Walsh, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891)
László Batthyány-Strattmann, Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870)
George Streeter, American captain and businessman (b. 1837)
Henry Pulleine, English colonel (b. 1838)
Claudius Smith, American guerrilla leader (b. 1736)
Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1547)
Wang Zhi, Chinese pirate
Had?m Sinan Pasha, Ottoman politician, 32nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. ?)
Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
Ælfric Puttoc, archbishop of York
Ma, empress of Southern Han
He, empress of the Tang Dynasty
Cao Rui, Chinese emperor (b. 205)