History Deaths on January 26

Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)

#Helene_Costello

Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (b. 1917)

#Hugh_Trevor-Roper

Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)

#Lucky_Luciano

Sahabzada Yaqub Khan, Pakistani politician and diplomat, 14th Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1920)

#Sahabzada_Yaqub_Khan

Anandi Gopal Joshi, One of the first female Indian physicians (b. 1865)

#Anandi_Gopal_Joshi

Jan Gies, Dutch businessman and humanitarian (b. 1905)

#Jan_Gies

Lawrence Hyde, English lawyer (b. 1562)

#Lawrence_Hyde_(attorney-general)

Amar Singh I, ruler of Mewar (b. 1559)

#Amar_Singh_I

Tom Uren, Australian soldier and politician (b. 1921)

#Tom_Uren

Stefan Kudelski, Polish-Swiss engineer, invented the Nagra (b. 1929)

#Stefan_Kudelski

José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (b. 1939)

#José_Emilio_Pacheco

Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German harpsichord player and composer (b. 1732)

#Johann_Christoph_Friedrich_Bach

Mike Connors, American actor (b. 1925)

#Mike_Connors

Anton Delvig, Russian poet and journalist (b. 1798)

#Anton_Delvig

Edward Davy, English-Australian physician and engineer (b. 1806)

#Edward_Davy

Gabriel Christie, Scottish general (b. 1722)

#Gabriel_Christie_(British_Army_officer)

Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683)

#Ludwig_Andreas_von_Khevenhüller

Al McGuire, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)

#Al_McGuire

Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (b. 1914)

#Kenny_Clarke

Edward G. Robinson, Romanian-American actor (b. 1893)

#Edward_G._Robinson

Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (b. 1887)

#Nikolai_Vavilov

Louis Auchincloss, American novelist and essayist (b. 1917)

#Louis_Auchincloss

Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)

#Athanase_David

David Rice Atchison, American general and politician (b. 1807)

#David_Rice_Atchison

Eadgyth, Queen consort of Germany (b.c 910)

#Eadgyth

Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician and academic (b. 1868)

#Felix_Hausdorff

Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, opera singer (b. 1804)

#Wilhelmine_Schröder-Devrient

Gérard de Nerval, French poet and translator (b. 1808)

#Gérard_de_Nerval

Whitaker Wright, English businessman (b. 1846)

#Whitaker_Wright

Sh?tar? Yasuoka, Japanese author (b. 1920)

#Sh?tar?_Yasuoka

Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)

#Oskar_Kallas

Kâz?m Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)

#Kâz?m_Karabekir

Abner Doubleday, American general (b. 1819)

#Abner_Doubleday

Victor de Broglie, French politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (b. 1785)

#Victor_de_Broglie_(1785-1870)

Charles George Gordon, English general and politician (b. 1833)

#Charles_George_Gordon

Théodore Géricault, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)

#Théodore_Géricault

Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist and academic (b. 1686)

#Albert_Schultens

Khan Abdul Wali Khan, Pakistani politician (b. 1917)

#Khan_Abdul_Wali_Khan

Tam Dalyell, Scottish politician (b. 1932)

#Tam_Dalyell

Nicholas Wotton, English courtier and diplomat (b. 1497)

#Nicholas_Wotton

Merrill C. Meigs, American publisher (b. 1883)

#Merrill_C._Meigs

José Ferrer, Puerto Rican-American actor (b. 1912)

#José_Ferrer

Jeanne Sauvé, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Governor General of Canada (b. 1922)

#Jeanne_Sauvé

Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)

#Khorloogiin_Choibalsan

Gump Worsley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)

#Gump_Worsley

Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (b. 1825)

#Arthur_Cayley

Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)

#Fred_Conrad_Koch

Valeriy Brumel, Russian high jumper (b. 1942)

#Valeriy_Brumel

Duncan Gordon Boyes, English soldier; Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1846)

#Duncan_Gordon_Boyes

Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician (b. 1803)

#Thomas_Lovell_Beddoes

Paula Gruden, Slovenian-Australian poet and translator (b. 1921)

#Paula_Gruden

Viktor Schreckengost, American sculptor and designer (b. 1906)

#Viktor_Schreckengost

Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)

#Grace_Moore

Barbara Hale, American actress (b. 1922)

#Barbara_Hale

Harold Brodkey, American author and academic (b. 1930)

#Harold_Brodkey

Christine M. Jones, American educator and politician (b. 1929)

#Christine_M._Jones

Charlie Louvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1927)

#Charlie_Louvin

Henry Lewis, American bassist and conductor (b. 1932)

#Henry_Lewis_(musician)

Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st Vice President of the United States (b. 1908)

#Nelson_Rockefeller

Abe Vigoda, American actor (b. 1921)

#Abe_Vigoda

Yazid II, Umayyad caliph (b. 687)

#Yazid_II

Edward Jenner, English physician and immunologist (b. 1749)

#Edward_Jenner

Don Budge, American tennis player and coach (b. 1915)

#Don_Budge

Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1924)

#Roberto_Mieres

Tom Gola, American basketball player, coach, and politician (b. 1933)

#Tom_Gola

Fred Haas, American golfer (b. 1916)

#Fred_Haas

George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, Scottish banker and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1931)

#George_Younger,_4th_Viscount_Younger_of_Leckie

Lindy Delapenha, Jamaican footballer and sports journalist (b. 1927)

Cleven "Goodie" Goudeau, American art director and cartoonist (b. 1932)

Ralph T. Troy, American banker and politician (b. 1935)

Padma Kant Shukla, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1950)

David Kato Kisule, Ugandan teacher and LGBT rights activist, considered a father of Uganda's gay rights movement (b. 1964)

A. E. van Vogt, Canadian-American author (b. 1912)

Kathleen Hale, English author and illustrator (b. 1898)

Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic (b. 1904)

Frank Howard, American football player and coach (b. 1909)

Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (b. 1921)

Robert Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and painter (b. 1912)

Lewis Mumford, American sociologist and historian (b. 1895)

Bob Gerard, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1914)

Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (b. 1913)

Simon Kapwepwe, Zambian politician, 2nd Vice President of Zambia (b. 1922)

Filopimin Finos, Greek production manager and producer, founded Finos Film (b. 1908)

João Branco Núncio, Portuguese bullfighter (b. 1901)

Donald Sheldon, American bush pilot (b. 1921)

John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)

Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)

Harry H. Laughlin, American sociologist and eugenicist (b. 1880)

William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded the Wrigley Company (b. 1861)

John Flannagan, American priest and academic (b. 1860)

Nikolaus Otto, German engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (b. 1833)

Sangolli Rayanna, Indian soldier (b. 1798)

Thomas Hudson, English painter (b. 1701)

Georg Mohr, Danish mathematician and theorist (b. 1640)

Jean Hotman, Marquis de Villers-St-Paul, French diplomat (b. 1552)

Henry Briggs, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1556)

Lady Catherine Grey, Countess of Hertford (b. 1540)

Adolph IX, Count of Holstein-Kiel (b.c 1327)

Ismat ad-Din Khatun, wife of Saladin

Luo Yin, Chinese statesman and poet

John of Dailam, Syrian monk and saint (b. 660)