Deaths on 10 January
2000s
Yeison Jiménez
2026
Colombian singer (1991–2026)
Bob Weir
2026
American musician (1947–2026)
José Jiménez (activist)
2025
Puerto Rican activist (1948–2025)
Bill McCartney
2025
American football player and coach (1940–2025)
Sam Moore
2025
American singer (1935–2025)
Jeff Beck
2023
English guitarist (1944–2023)
Constantine II of Greece
2023
King of Greece from 1964 to 1973
Joyce Eliason
2022
American TV writer and producer (1934–2022)
Robert Durst
2022
American murderer (1943–2022)
Qaboos bin Said
2020
Sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020
Ross Lowell
2019
Buddy Greco
2017
American singer and pianist (1926–2017)
Clare Hollingworth
2017
English journalist and author (1911–2017)
David Bowie
2016
English musician and actor (1947–2016)
Bård Breivik
2016
Norwegian sculptor and art instructor
George Jonas
2016
Canadian-Hungarian writer (1935–2016)
Junior Malanda
2015
Belgian footballer (1994–2015)
Taylor Negron
2015
American actor (1957–2015)
Francesco Rosi
2015
Italian film director
Robert Stone (novelist)
2015
American writer (1937 – 2015)
Sam Berns
2014
American activist (1996–2014)
Petr Hlaváček
2014
Czech shoe expert (1950–2014)
Zbigniew Messner
2014
Polish communist politician and economist (1929–2014)
Larry Speakes
2014
Former White House spokesman
Dajikaka Gadgil
2014
Indian jeweller
George Gruntz
2013
Swiss jazz keyboardist and composer (1932–2013)
Claude Nobs
2013
Swiss businessman
Jean Pigott
2012
Canadian politician
Gevork Vartanian
2012
Soviet intelligence officer (1924–2012)
María Elena Walsh
2011
Argentine author and composer
Margaret Whiting
2011
American singer (1924–2011)
Patcha Ramachandra Rao
2010
Indian metallurgist (1942–2010)
Christopher Bowman
2008
American figure skater (1967–2008)
Maila Nurmi
2008
American actress and television personality (1922–2008)
Carlo Ponti
2007
Italian film producer (1912–2007)
Bradford Washburn
2007
American explorer, mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer (1910–2007)
Wasyly Fedak
2005
Jack Horner (journalist)
2005
American sports journalist
Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium
2005
Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000
Spalding Gray
2004
American actor and writer (1941–2004)
Sam Jaffe (producer)
2000
American film producer
1900s
Edward Williams (Queensland judge)
1999
Australian judge (1921–1999)
Elspeth Huxley
1997
English writer, journalist, magistrate, environmentalist and adviser
Sheldon Leonard
1997
American actor and producer (1907–1997)
Alec Todd
1997
British biochemist (1907–1997)
Kathleen Tynan
1995
Canadian-British author (1937–1995)
Roberto Bonomi
1992
Argentine racing driver (1919–1992)
Tochinishiki Kiyotaka
1990
Japanese sumo wrestler
Herbert Morrison (journalist)
1989
American journalist (1905–1989)
Marion Hutton
1987
American singer and actress (1919–1987)
David Robinson (philanthropist)
1987
English businessman (1904–1987)
Jaroslav Seifert
1986
Czech writer and poet (1901–1986)
Souvanna Phouma
1984
Laotian politician (1901–1984)
Fawn M. Brodie
1981
American historian and biographer (1915–1981)
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal
1978
Nicaraguan journalist (1924–1978)
Don Gillis (composer)
1978
American composer
Gluck (painter)
1978
British painter (1895–1978)
Howlin' Wolf
1976
American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player (1910–1976)
Aksel Larsen
1972
Danish politician (1897–1972)
Coco Chanel
1971
French fashion designer (1883–1971)
Ignazio Giunti
1971
Italian racing driver (1941–1971)
Pavel Belyayev
1970
Soviet cosmonaut (1925–1970)
Sampurnanand
1969
Indian politician (1891–1969)
Ali Fuat Cebesoy
1968
6th Speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Turkey (1948)
Charles E. Burchfield
1967
American painter
Dashiell Hammett
1961
American writer (1894–1961)
Jack Laviolette
1960
Canadian ice hockey player (1879–1960)
Şükrü Kaya
1959
Turkish politician and Minister of Interior
Gabriela Mistral
1957
Chilean author and diplomat (1889–1957)
Zonia Baber
1956
American geologist and geographer
Chester Wilmot
1954
Australian war correspondent
Sinclair Lewis
1951
American writer (1885–1951)
Yoshio Nishina
1951
Japanese physicist
Erich von Drygalski
1949
German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist
Matti Turkia
1946
Finnish politician (1871–1946)
Frank Bridge
1941
English composer and violist (1879–1941)
John Lavery
1941
Irish painter (1856–1941)
Issai Schur
1941
German mathematician (1875–1941)
Edwin Flack
1935
Australian athlete and tennis player (1873-1935)
Charlie McGahey
1935
English cricketer (1871–1935)
Eino Leino
1926
Finnish poet and journalist
Frank Tudor
1922
Australian politician and leader of the Labor Party
Sali Nivica
1920
Albanian politician and journalist (1890–1920)
Buffalo Bill
1917
American soldier and showman (1846–1917)
Feliks Leparsky
1917
Russian fencer
Kārlis Baumanis
1905
Latvian composer
Jean-Léon Gérôme
1904
French painter and sculptor (1824–1904)
James Dickson (Queensland politician)
1901
Australian politician (1832–1901)
1800s
Benjamin Godard
1895
French violinist and composer
Lyman Beecher
1863
American Presbyterian minister (1775–1863)
Samuel Colt
1862
American industrialist and inventor (1814–1862)
Mary Russell Mitford
1855
English writer (1787–1855)
Karl Freiherr von Müffling
1851
German general and cartographer (1775–1851)
Dimitrie Macedonski
1843
Wallachian Pandur captain and revolutionary leader
Gregorio Funes
1829
Argentine clergyman and author
Nicolas François de Neufchâteau
1828
French statesman (1750–1828)
Victor Emmanuel I
1824
King of Sardinia from 1802 to 1821
Marie-Joseph Chénier
1811
French poet, dramatist and politician (1764–1811)
Before 1800
Georg Forster
1794
German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary
Carl Linnaeus
1778
Swedish biologist and physician (1707–1778)
Edward Boscawen
1761
Royal Navy officer and politician (1711–1761)
Edward Cave
1754
English printer, editor and publisher
Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont
1698
French ecclesiastical historian (1637–1698)
Nicholas Culpeper
1654
English botanist and physician (1616–1654)
William Laud
1645
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645
Johann Cochlaeus
1552
German humanist and music theorist (1479–1552)
Abu Inan Faris
1358
Marinid sultan from 1348 to 1358
Petrus Aureoli
1322
Pope Gregory X
1276
Head of the Catholic Church from 1271 to 1276
Hugh I of Cyprus
1218
King of Cyprus from 1205 to 1218
Al-Mustansir Billah
1094
Fatimid caliph from 1036 to 1094/95
Bretislav I
1055
Duke of Bohemia from 1034 to 1055
Pietro I Orseolo
987
Doge of Venice from 976 until 978
John I Tzimiskes
976
Byzantine emperor from 969 to 976
Pope Agatho
681
Head of the Catholic Church from 678 to 681
Pope Miltiades
314
Head of the Catholic Church from 311 to 314
Polyeuctus
259
Roman/Armenian martyr and saint (died 259)