Deaths on 14 January
2000s
Arthur Blessitt
2025
American Christian preacher (1940–2025)
Tony Slattery
2025
English actor and comedian (1959–2025)
Mukarram Jah
2023
Titular Nizam of Hyderabad (1967–2023)
Joël Robert
2021
Belgian motorcycle racer (1943–2021)
Spanky Manikan
2018
Filipino theatre, film and television actor (1942-2018)
Cyrille Regis
2018
English footballer (1958–2018)
Zhou Youguang
2017
Chinese linguist and author (1906–2017)
René Angélil
2016
Canadian musical producer, talent manager, and singer (1942–2016)
Alan Rickman
2016
English actor (1946–2016)
Bob Boyd (basketball)
2015
Former collegiate men's basketball coach
Zhang Wannian
2015
Chinese general
Jon Bing
2014
Norwegian writer and professor of law (1944–2014)
Juan Gelman
2014
Argentine poet
Flavio Testi
2014
Italian composer
Conrad Bain
2013
Canadian-American actor (1923–2013)
Txillardegi
2012
Spanish linguist, politician, and writer (1929–2012)
Dan Evins
2012
American entrepreneur and founder of Cracker Barrel
Arfa Karim
2012
Pakistani computer prodigy (1995–2012)
Gianpiero Moretti
2012
Italian racing driver
Rosy Varte
2012
French actress
Georgia Carroll
2011
American singer (1919 - 2011)
Antonio Fontán
2010
Spanish journalist and anti-Franco activist
Jan Kaplický
2009
Czech architect
Ricardo Montalbán
2009
Mexican and American actor (1920–2009)
Judah Folkman
2008
American surgeon and research biologist (1933–2008)
Vassilis Photopoulos
2007
Greek painter, film director, art director, and set designer
Henri Colpi
2006
French film editor and film director
Jim Gary
2006
American artist and sculptor (1939-2006)
Shelley Winters
2006
American actress (1920–2006)
Charlotte MacLeod
2005
Novelist
Conroy Maddox
2005
British artist (1912–2005)
Rudolph Moshammer
2005
German fashion designer (1940–2005)
Jesús Rafael Soto
2005
Venezuelan artist
Uta Hagen
2004
American actress and teacher (1919–2004)
Ron O'Neal
2004
American actor (1937–2004)
Leonard Weisgard
2000
American writer
1900s
Dollard Ménard
1997
Canadian general
Onno Tunç
1996
Musical artist
Alexander Gibson (conductor)
1995
Scottish conductor
Gordon Bryant
1991
Australian politician (1914–1991)
Georgy Malenkov
1988
Soviet politician (1902–1988)
Turgut Demirağ
1987
Turkish film producer
Douglas Sirk
1987
German film director (1897–1987)
Donna Reed
1986
American actress (1921–1986)
Ray Kroc
1984
American business magnate (1902–1984)
Lloyd Spencer
1981
American politician (1893-1981)
Robert Ardrey
1980
American playwright (1908–1980)
Harold Abrahams
1978
English track and field athlete (1899-1978)
Kurt Gödel
1978
Mathematical logician and philosopher
Robert Heger
1978
German conductor and composer (1886–1978)
Blossom Rock
1978
American actress (1895–1978)
Anthony Eden
1977
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957
Peter Finch
1977
English and Australian actor (1916–1977)
Anaïs Nin
1977
French-born American author (1903–1977)
Abdul Razak Hussein
1976
Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1970 to 1976
Horst Assmy
1972
German footballer
Frederik IX
1972
King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972
William Feller
1970
Croatian–American mathematician
Asım Gündüz
1970
Deputy Chief of the General Staff of Turkish Armed Forces
Dorothea Mackellar
1968
Australian poet (1885–1968)
Sergei Korolev
1966
Soviet aerospace engineer (1907–1966)
Jeanette MacDonald
1965
American singer and actress (1903–1965)
Barry Fitzgerald
1961
Irish actor (1888–1961)
Eivind Berggrav
1959
Norwegian Lutheran bishop
Humphrey Bogart
1957
American actor (1899–1957)
Artur Kapp
1952
Estonian composer (1878–1952)
Gregorios Xenopoulos
1951
Greek novelist, journalist and playwright (1867–1951)
Harry Stack Sullivan
1949
American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1892–1949)
Gustave Mathieu
1947
French worker and illegalist anarchist
Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
1944
Turkish politician
Laura E. Richards
1943
American writer and poet (1850–1943)
Porfirio Barba-Jacob
1942
Colombian poet and writer (1883–1942)
Jaakko Mäki
1938
Finnish politician (1878–1938)
Jaishankar Prasad
1937
Indian (Hindi) litterateur and writer (1889–1937)
Ioan Cantacuzino
1934
Romanian physician and bacteriologist
August Sedláček
1926
Czech historian and archivist
John Francis Dodge
1920
American businessman (1864–1920)
Platon Kulbusch
1919
Estonian bishop
Richard Meux Benson
1915
Anglican priest (1824–1915)
Holger Drachmann
1908
Danish author and painter (1846–1908)
Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet
1907
British politician and colonial administrator
Ernst Abbe
1905
German physicist, entrepreneur, and social reformer (1840–1905)
Mandell Creighton
1901
British historian and bishop (1843–1901)
Charles Hermite
1901
French mathematician (1822–1901)
1800s
Lewis Carroll
1898
British author and scholar (1832–1898)
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
1892
British prince (1864–1892)
Alexander Jackson Davis
1892
American architect (1803–1892)
Ema Pukšec
1889
Austrian opera singer
Stephen Heller
1888
Hungarian pianist, teacher, and composer
Napoléon Coste
1883
French classical guitarist and composer
Johann Philipp Reis
1874
German scientist and inventor
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
1867
French painter (1780–1867)
Seraphim of Sarov
1833
Russian saint (1754/1759–1833)
George Dance the Younger
1825
English architect (1741–1825)
Athanasios Kanakaris
1823
Greek politician
Before 1800
Michael Arne
1786
British composer (c.1740–c.1786)
Meshech Weare
1786
American judge
Edward Cornwallis
1776
British Army general (1713–1776)
Frederick V of Denmark
1766
King of Denmark and Norway from 1746 to 1766
George Berkeley
1753
Anglo-Irish philosopher and bishop (1685–1753)
Tokugawa Mitsukuni
1701
Japanese daimyo of the Edo period
Jacques de Billy
1679
French Jesuit mathematician
Francesco Cavalli
1676
Italian composer (1602–1676)
Caspar Barlaeus
1648
Dutch polymath and Renaissance humanist (1584 –1648)
Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry
1640
English politician
Jacques Dubois
1555
French anatomist (1478 – 1555)
John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk
1476
English nobleman (1444–1476)
Thomas Beckington
1465
15th-century Bishop of Bath and Wells
Odoric of Pordenone
1331
Franciscan friar and missionary (c. 1280 – 1331)
Andrew III of Hungary
1301
King of Hungary and Croatia from 1290 to 1301
Saint Sava
1236
Serbian Orthodox monk (c. 1174 – 1235)
Ladislaus II of Hungary
1163
King of Hungary and Croatia from 1162 to 1163
Vratislaus II of Bohemia
1092
Duke of Bohemia from 1061 to 1085
Ekkehard I
973
German writer
Zhang Yanlang
937
Wang Yanhan
927
King of Min from 926 to 927
Cui Huan
769
Chinese politician
Chak Tok Ichʼaak I
378
Ajaw of the Maya city of Tikal