History Deaths on January 29

Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (b. 1914)

#Harold_Russell

Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)

#Robert_Frost

Willie Dixon, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1915)

#Willie_Dixon

Margaret Truman, American singer and author (b. 1924)

#Margaret_Truman

Bengt Lindström, Swedish painter and sculptor (b. 1925)

#Bengt_Lindström

Yasushi Inoue, Japanese author and poet (b. 1907)

#Yasushi_Inoue

Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557)

#Frederick_I,_Duke_of_Württemberg

Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)

#Alfred_Sisley

Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)

#Ioannis_Metaxas

George Fernandes, Indian politician (b. 1930)

#George_Fernandes

Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1924)

#Ephraim_Kishon

An Lushan, Chinese general (b. 703)

#An_Lushan

Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)

#Charles_Sackville,_6th_Earl_of_Dorset

H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)

#H._L._Mencken

Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (b. 1954)

#Freddie_Prinze

George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish-English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1666)

#George_Hamilton,_1st_Earl_of_Orkney

Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (b. 1913)

#Hélio_Gracie

Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)

#Louis_Racine

Alexander Vraciu, American commander and pilot (b. 1918)

#Alexander_Vraciu

Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)

#Philippe-Joseph_Aubert_de_Gaspé

Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)

#Frank_Moss_(politician)

Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)

#Ahmad_Al-Jaber_Al-Sabah

Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)

#Christian_IX_of_Denmark

James Ingram, American musician (b. 1952)

#James_Ingram

Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)

#Alan_Ladd

Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)

#Fritz_Kreisler

André-Hercule de Fleury, French cardinal (b. 1653)

#André-Hercule_de_Fleury

Lili St. Cyr, American model and dancer (b. 1918)

#Lili_St._Cyr

Ali, cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad (b. 601)

#Ali

Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (b. 1919)

#Camilla_Williams

Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)

#Frank_Tarrant

Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1933)

#Rod_McKuen

Jacques Rivette, French director, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1928)

#Jacques_Rivette

Edward Lear, English poet and illustrator (b. 1812)

#Edward_Lear

Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)

#Sara_Teasdale

Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)

#Prince_Aimone,_Duke_of_Aosta

Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)

#Fritz_Haber

François Cavanna, French journalist and author (b. 1923)

#François_Cavanna

Frank Nicklin, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Queensland (b. 1895)

#Frank_Nicklin

Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (b. 1967)

#Ulrike_Maier

Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)

#Winifred_Brunton

Jimmy Durante, American entertainer (b. 1893)

#Jimmy_Durante

Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy (b. 1918)

#Oscar_Luigi_Scalfaro

Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)

#Harry_Hopkins

Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (b. 1861)

#Henri_Mathias_Berthelot

Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)

#Leopold_II,_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany

William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)

#William_Allen_White

Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)

#Douglas_Haig,_1st_Earl_Haig

Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine (b. 1300)

#Adolf,_Count_Palatine_of_the_Rhine

Jean-Marie Doré, Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Guinea (b. 1938)

Colleen McCullough, Australian neuroscientist, author, and academic (b. 1937)

Ranjit Singh Dyal, Indian general and politician, 10th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (b. 1928)

Milton Babbitt, American composer, educator, and theorist (b. 1916)

Nam June Paik, South Korean-American artist, (b. 1932)

Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (b. 1924)

Adetokunbo Ademola, Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria (b. 1906)

B. H. Liddell Hart, French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (b. 1895)

Allen Welsh Dulles, American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (b. 1893)

István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1760)

Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French captain and politician (b. 1755)

George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)

Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese missionary and author (b. 1593)

Francis Meres, English priest and author (b. 1565)

Elias Ammerbach, German organist and composer (b. 1530)

Louis, Duke of Savoy (b. 1413)

Pope Gelasius II (b. 1060)

Salih ibn Wasif, Muslim general

Princess ?ku of Japan (b. 661)