Famous Deaths on 22 Jan

Famous Deaths on 22 Jan

1536 - Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495)
1599 - Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian composer (b. 1547)
1666 - Shah Jahan, Mughal Emperor of India (b. 1592)
1750 - Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
1763 - John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
1767 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minterologist and geologist (b. 1719)
1779 - Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733)
1779 - Claudius Smith, American Revolutionary War loyalist (b. 1736)
1840 - Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German anthropologist (b. 1752)
1892 - Joseph Philo Bradley, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1813)
1900 - David E. Hughes, American musician (b. 1831)
1901 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
1921 - Captain George Streeter, American riverboat captain and circus owner (b. 1837)
1922 - Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1837)
1922 - Pope Benedict XV (b. 1854)
1922 - Camille Jordan, French mathematician (b. 1838)
1931 - Alma Rubens, American actress (b. 1897)
1945 - Else Lasker-Schuler, German-born poet (b. 1869)
1949 - William Thomas Walsh, American author (b. 1891)
1950 - Corinne Luchaire, French actress (b. 1921)
1950 - Alan Hale, Sr., American actor (b. 1892)
1951 - Karl Nessler, inventor of the perm (b. 1872)
1959 - Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (b. 1929)
1966 - Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890)
1967 - Robert Henriques, English writer (b. 1905)
1968 - Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer (b. 1890)
1973 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908)
1975 - Andrew George Burry, Swiss-born manufacturer and businessman (b. 1873)
1978 - Oliver Leese, British World War II general (b. 1894)
1978 - Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (b. 1894)
1981 - Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (b. 1903)
1982 - Tommy Tucker, American singer and pianist (b. 1933)
1985 - Sir Arthur Bryant, British historian (b. 1899)
1987 - Budd Dwyer, American politician (b. 1939)
1988 - Parker Fennelly, American comedian and actor (b. 1891)
1991 - Robert Choquette, French Canadian novelist, poet and diplomat (b. 1905)
1993 - Abe Kobo, Japanese writer (b. 1924)
1994 - Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910)
1994 - Rhett Forrester, American singer (Riot) (b. 1956)
1994 - Telly Savalas, American actor (b. 1924)
1995 - Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, matriarch of the Kennedy family (b. 1890)
1995 - Jerry Blackwell, American professional wrestler (b. 1949)
1997 - Ron Holden, American singer (b. 1939)
1997 - Billy Mackenzie, Scottish musician (Associates) (b. 1957)
1997 - Wally Whyton, English musician (b. 1929)
1999 - Graham Staines, Australian missionary (b. 1941)
2000 - Craig Claiborne, American writer and editor (b. 1920)
2000 - Anne Hébert, French Canadian author and poet (Kamouraska) (b. 1916)
2001 - Roy Brown, American clown (b. 1932)
2001 - Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942)
2002 - Stanley Marcus, American business executive (b. 1905)
2003 - Bill Mauldin, American World War II cartoonist (b. 1921)
2004 - Billy May, American composer and musician (b. 1916)
2004 - Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (b. 1918)
2004 - Ann Miller, American actress and dancer (b. 1923)
2005 - Rose Mary Woods, American Watergate scandal figure (b. 1917)
2005 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (b. 1924)
2005 - Carlo Orelli, Italian veteran of World War I (b. 1894)
2005 - César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player (b. 1943)
2007 - Doug Blasdell, American personal trainer
2007 - Ngô Quang Trưởng, South Vietnamese general (b. 1929)
2007 - Abbé Pierre, French priest (b. 1912)
2008 - Roberto Gari, American actor (b. 1920)
2008 - Heath Ledger, Australian actor (b. 1979)
2008 - Miles Lerman, Polish-American activist (b. 1920)