Notable Deaths on January 10

Q: Who died on January 10?

Notable people who died on January 10 include: Polyeuctus, Miltiades, Agatho, John I Tzimiskes, Pietro I Orseolo.

117 people 259 – 2026

January 10 has seen 117 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 259 – 2026. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.

By thisDay.info Editorial Team · January 10 — Wikipedia

1218 — Hugh I

king of Cyprus

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Hugh I was the king of Cyprus from 1205 until his death

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Sometime between 1208 and 1211, Hugh married Alice of Champagne, with whom he had three children

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After reaching the age of majority and assuming personal rule in 1210, he fell out with Walter, who fled to the Kingdom of Jerusalem

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Hugh embarked on the Fifth Crusade in late 1217, but died of an illness in Tripoli soon after

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Hugh reversed Walter's policies, making peace with the Seljuqs of Rum and siding with the Armenians in the War of the Antiochene Succession

Polyeuctus

Roman saint

Saint Polyeuctus of Melitene is a Christian saint from the Roman era.

259

Miltiades

pope of the Catholic Church

Pope Miltiades, also known as Melchiades the African, was the bishop of Rome from 311 to his death on 10 or 11 January 314. It was during his pontificate that Emperor Constantine the Great issued the Edict of Milan…

314

Agatho

pope of the Catholic Church

Pope Agatho served as the bishop of Rome from 27 June 678 until his death on 10 January 681. He heard the appeal of Wilfrid of York, who had been displaced from his see by the division of the archdiocese ordered by…

681

John I Tzimiskes

Byzantine emperor (born 925)

John I Tzimiskes was the senior Byzantine emperor from 969 to 976. An intuitive and successful general who married into the influential Skleros family, he strengthened and expanded the Byzantine Empire to include Thrace…

976

Pietro I Orseolo

doge of Venice (born 928)

Pietro I Orseolo OSBCam, also known as Peter Urseulus, (928–987) was the Doge of Venice from 976 until 978. He abdicated his office and left in the middle of the night to become a monk. He later entered the order of the…

987

Bretislav I

duke of Bohemia

Bretislav I, known as the "Bohemian Achilles", of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia from 1034 until his death in 1055.

1055

Al-Mustansir Billah

Egyptian caliph (born 1029)

Abū Tamīm Maʿad al-Mustanṣir biʾllāh was the eighth Fatimid Caliph from 1036 until 1094. He was one of the longest reigning Muslim rulers. His reign was the twilight of the Fatimid state. The start of his reign saw the…

1094

Gregory X

pope of the Catholic Church (born c.1210)

Pope Gregory X was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 1 September 1271 to his death and was a member of the Third Order of St. Francis. He was elected at the conclusion of a papal election…

1276

Petrus Aureolus

scholastic philosopher

Petrus Aureoli, often anglicized Peter Auriol, was a scholastic philosopher and theologian.

1322

Abu Inan Faris

Marinid ruler of Morocco (born 1329)

Abu Inan Faris was a Marinid ruler. He succeeded his father Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman in 1348. He extended his rule over Tlemcen and Ifriqiya, which covered the north of what is now Algeria and Tunisia, but was forced…

1358

Johann Cochlaeus

German humanist and controversialist (born 1479)

Johann Cochlaeus (Cochläus) was a German humanist, music theorist, and controversialist.

1552

William Laud

English archbishop and academic (born 1573)

William Laud was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Charles I's religious reforms; he was arrested by Parliament in 1640 and executed…

1645

Nicholas Culpeper

English botanist, physician, and astrologer (born 1616)

Nicholas Culpeper was an English botanist, herbalist, physician and astrologer. His book The English Physitian is a source of pharmaceutical and herbal lore of the time, and Astrological Judgement of Diseases from the…

1654

Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont

French priest and historian (born 1637)

Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont was a French ecclesiastical historian.

1698

Edward Cave

English publisher, founded The Gentleman's Magazine (born 1691)

Edward Cave was an English printer, editor and publisher. He coined the term "magazine" for a periodical, founding The Gentleman's Magazine in 1731, and was the first publisher to successfully fashion a wide-ranging…

1754

Edward Boscawen

English admiral and politician (born 1711)

Admiral of the Blue Edward Boscawen, was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He is known principally for his various naval commands during the 18th century and the engagements that he won, including the Siege of…

1761

Carl Linnaeus

Swedish botanist and physician (born 1707)

Carl Linnaeus, also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of…

1778

Georg Forster

German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (born 1754)

Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster, was a German-Polish geographer, naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father, Johann Reinhold…

1794

Joseph Chénier

French poet, playwright, and politician (born 1764)

Marie-Joseph Blaise de Chénier was a French poet, dramatist and politician of French and Greek origin. Active in the years leading up to and during the French Revolution, he was a fierce critic of the French monarchy…

1811

Victor Emmanuel I

duke of Savoy and king of Sardinia (born 1759)

Victor Emmanuel I was the Duke of Savoy, King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 4 June 1802 until his reign ended in 1821 upon abdication due to a liberal revolution. Shortly thereafter, his brother…

1824

François de Neufchâteau

French poet, academic, and politician, French Minister of the Interior (born 1750)

Nicolas François de Neufchâteau was a French statesman, poet, and agricultural scientist.

1828

Gregorio Funes

Argentinian clergyman, historian, and educator (born 1749)

Gregorio Funes, also known as Deán Funes, was an Argentine clergyman, educator, historian, journalist and lawmaker who played a significant role in his nation's early, post-independence history.

1829

Dimitrie Macedonski

Greek-Romanian captain and politician (born 1780)

Dimitrie Macedonski was a Wallachian Pandur captain and revolutionary leader.

1843

Karl Freiherr von Müffling

Prussian field marshal (born 1775)

Friedrich Karl Ferdinand Freiherr von Müffling, nicknamed Weiss, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall and military theorist. He served as Blücher's liaison officer in Wellington's headquarters during the Battle of…

1851

Mary Russell Mitford

English author and playwright (born 1787)

Mary Russell Mitford was an English essayist, novelist, poet and dramatist. She was born in New Alresford in Hampshire, England. She is best known for Our Village, a series of sketches of village scenes and vividly…

1855

Samuel Colt

American engineer and businessman, founded Colt's Manufacturing Company (born 1814)

Samuel Colt was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable.

1862

Lyman Beecher

American minister and activist, co-founded the American Temperance Society (born 1775)

Lyman Beecher was an American Presbyterian minister and abolitionist. He fathered 13 children, over half of whom became writers or ministers, including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Edward…

1863

Benjamin Godard

French violinist and composer (born 1849)

Benjamin Louis Paul Godard was a French violinist and Romantic-era composer of Jewish extraction, best known for his opera Jocelyn. Godard composed eight operas, five symphonies, two piano and two violin concertos,…

1895

James Dickson

English-Australian businessman and politician, 1st Australian Minister for Defence (born 1832)

Sir James Robert Dickson, was an Australian politician and businessman, the 13th Premier of Queensland and a member of the first federal ministry.

1901

Jean-Léon Gérôme

French painter and sculptor (born 1824)

Jean-Léon Gérôme was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was "arguably the world's most famous living artist by 1880." The range of his…

1904

Kārlis Baumanis

Latvian composer (born 1835)

Kārlis Baumanis, better known as Baumaņu Kārlis, was an ethnic Latvian composer in the Russian Empire. He is the author of the lyrics and music of Dievs, svētī Latviju! , the national anthem of Latvia.

1905

Buffalo Bill

American soldier and hunter (born 1846)

William Frederick Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman. One of the most famous figures of the American Old West, Cody began performing at the age of 23. He performed in…

1917

Feliks Leparsky

Russian fencer and captain (born 1875)

Feliks Leparsky was a Russian fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1912 Summer Olympics. He served as a captain in the Russian army and was killed during World War I.

1917

Sali Nivica

Albanian journalist and politician (born 1890)

Sali Nivica or Sali Nivitza was a politician, a patriot, an Albanian journalist and a teacher. For his patriotic activity he received the highest Albanian award, 'Honor of the Nation' as well as that of 'Teacher of the…

1920

Frank Tudor

Australian politician, 6th Australian Minister for Trade and Investment (born 1866)

Francis Gwynne Tudor was an Australian politician who served as the leader of the Australian Labor Party from 1916 until his death. He had previously been a government minister under Andrew Fisher and Billy Hughes.

1922

Eino Leino

Finnish poet and journalist (born 1878)

Eino Leino was a Finnish poet and journalist who is considered one of the pioneers of Finnish poetry and a national poet of Finland. His poems combine modern and Finnish folk elements. Much of his work is in the style…

1926

Edwin Flack

Australian tennis player and runner (born 1873)

Edwin Harold Flack was an Australian athlete and tennis player. Also known as "Teddy", he was Australia's first Olympian, being its only representative in 1896, and the first Olympic champion in the 800 metres and the…

1935

Charlie McGahey

English cricketer and footballer (born 1871)

Charles Percy McGahey was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Essex between 1894 and 1921. McGahey also played for London County between 1901 and 1904 and was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of…

1935

Frank Bridge

English viola player and composer (born 1879)

Frank Bridge was an English composer, violist and conductor.

1941

John Lavery

Irish painter and academic (born 1856)

Sir John Lavery was an Irish painter best known for his portraits and wartime depictions.

1941

Issai Schur

Belarusian-German mathematician and academic (born 1875)

Issai Schur was a Russian mathematician who worked in Germany for most of his life. He studied at the University of Berlin. He obtained his doctorate in 1901, became lecturer in 1903 and, after a stay at the University…

1941

Matti Turkia

Finnish politician (born 1871)

Matti Turkia was a Finnish newspaper editor, politician and member of the Parliament of Finland, the national legislature of Finland. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), he represented Uusimaa Province…

1946

Erich von Drygalski

German geographer and geophysicist (born 1865)

Erich Dagobert von Drygalski was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, East Prussia.

1949

Sinclair Lewis

American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885)

Harry Sinclair Lewis was an American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. In 1930, he became the first author from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was awarded "for his vigorous…

1951

Yoshio Nishina

Japanese physicist and academic (born 1890)

Yoshio Nishina was a Japanese physicist who was called "the founding father of modern physics research in Japan". He led the efforts of Japan to develop an atomic bomb during World War II.

1951

Chester Wilmot

American journalist and historian (born 1911)

Reginald William Winchester Wilmot was an Australian war correspondent who reported for the BBC and the ABC during the Second World War. After the war he continued to work as a broadcast reporter, and wrote a…

1954

Zonia Baber

American geographer and geologist (born 1862)

Mary Arizona "Zonia" Baber was an American geographer and geologist best known for developing methods for teaching geography. Her teachings emphasized experiential learning through field work and experimentation.

1956

Gabriela Mistral

Chilean poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1889)

Lucila Godoy Alcayaga, known by her pseudonym Gabriela Mistral, was a Chilean poet-diplomat, journalist and educator. She read widely in theosophy, became a member of the Secular Franciscan Order or Third Franciscan…

1957

Şükrü Kaya

Turkish jurist and politician, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1883)

Şükrü Kaya was a Turkish civil servant and politician, who served as government minister, Minister of Interior and Minister of Foreign affairs in several governments. He is one of the perpetrators of the Armenian…

1959

Jack Laviolette

Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1879)

Jean-Baptiste "Jack" Laviolette was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Laviolette played nine seasons for the Montreal Canadiens hockey club and was their first captain, coach, and general manager.

1960

Dashiell Hammett

American detective novelist and screenwriter (born 1894)

Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles,…

1961

Charles E. Burchfield

American painter (born 1893)

Charles Ephraim Burchfield was an American painter and visionary artist, known for his passionate watercolors of nature scenes and townscapes. The largest collection of Burchfield's paintings, archives and journals are…

1967

Ali Fuat Cebesoy

Turkish general and politician, 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey (born 1882)

Ali Fuat Cebesoy was a Turkish military officer who served in the Ottoman Army and then in the Turkish army and politician.

1968

Sampurnanand

Indian educator and politician, 2nd Governor of Rajasthan (born 1891)

Sampurnanand was an Indian teacher and politician who served as the second Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1954 until 1960, and later as Governor of Rajasthan. Serving for five years and 344 days, he had the…

1969

Pavel Belyayev

Russian pilot and astronaut (born 1925)

Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the historic 1965 Voskhod 2 space mission which saw the first space walk. He had been a fighter pilot with extensive experience in piloting different types…

1970

Coco Chanel

French fashion designer, founded Chanel (born 1883)

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post–World War I era with popularising a sporty, casual chic as the…

1971

Ignazio Giunti

Italian racing driver (born 1941)

Ignazio Francesco Giunti was an Italian racing driver. He competed in Formula One as well as in saloon and Sports Car Racing.

1971

Aksel Larsen

Danish lawyer and politician (born 1897)

Aksel Larsen was a Danish politician who was chairman of the Communist Party of Denmark (DKP), and chairman and founder of the Socialist People's Party. He is remembered today for his long service in the Communist Party…

1972

Howlin' Wolf

American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1910)

Chester Arthur Burnett, better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. He was at the forefront of transforming acoustic Delta blues into electric Chicago…

1976

Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal

Nicaraguan journalist and author (born 1924)

Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal was a Nicaraguan journalist and publisher. He was the editor of La Prensa, the only significant opposition newspaper to the long rule of the Somoza family. He was a 1977 laureate of the…

1978

Don Gillis

American composer and conductor (born 1912)

Donald Eugene Gillis was an American composer, conductor, teacher, and radio producer. The composition that has gained him most recognition is his orchestral Symphony No. 5½, A Symphony for Fun.

1978

Hannah Gluckstein

British painter (born 1895)

Gluck was a British painter. Gluck joined the Lamorna artists' colony near Penzance, and was noted for creating portraits and floral paintings, as well as a new design of picture-frame. Gluck's relationships with a…

1978

Fawn M. Brodie

American historian and author (born 1915)

Fawn McKay Brodie was an American biographer and one of the first female professors of history at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is best known for Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History (1974), a…

1981

Souvanna Phouma

Laotian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Laos (born 1901)

Prince Souvanna Phouma was the leader of the neutralist faction and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos several times.

1984

Jaroslav Seifert

Czech journalist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)

Jaroslav Seifert was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. Seifert was awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating…

1986

Marion Hutton

American singer (born 1919)

Marion Hutton was an American singer and actress. She is best remembered for her singing with the Glenn Miller Orchestra from 1938 to 1942. She was the sister of actress and singer Betty Hutton.

1987

David Robinson

English businessman and philanthropist (born 1904)

Sir David Robinson was a British entrepreneur and philanthropist.

1987

Herbert Morrison

American journalist and producer (born 1905)

Herbert Morrison was an American journalist whose charged radio report on the Hindenburg disaster is recognized as a landmark in broadcasting. Decades on from his 1937 report, he became the first news director at…

1989

Tochinishiki Kiyotaka

Japanese sumo wrestler, the 44th Yokozuna (born 1925)

Tochinishiki Kiyotaka was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Tokyo. He was the sport's 44th yokozuna. He won ten top division yūshō or tournament championships and was a rival of fellow yokozuna Wakanohana I.…

1990

Roberto Bonomi

Argentinian racing driver (born 1919)

Roberto Wenceslao Bonomi Oliva was a racing driver who took part in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix driving a Cooper for the Scuderia Centro Sud team. Before he participated in Formula One he was a sports…

1992

Kathleen Tynan

Canadian-English journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1937)

Kathleen Jeannette Halton Tynan was a Canadian-British journalist, author, and screenwriter.

1995

Elspeth Huxley

Kenyan-English journalist and author (born 1907)

Elspeth Joscelin Huxley CBE was an English writer, journalist, broadcaster, magistrate, environmentalist, farmer, and government adviser. She wrote over 40 books, including her best-known lyrical books, The Flame Trees…

1997

Sheldon Leonard

American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)

Sheldon Leonard Bershad was an American film and television actor, producer, director, and screenwriter.

1997

Alexander R. Todd

Baron Todd, Scottish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)

Alexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd was a British biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1957.

1997

Edward Williams

Australian lieutenant, pilot, and judge (born 1921)

Sir Edward Stratten Williams was a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland.

1999

Sam Jaffe

American screenwriter and producer (born 1901)

Sam Jaffe was, at different points in his career in the motion picture industry, an agent, a producer, and a studio executive.

2000

Spalding Gray

American actor and screenwriter (born 1941)

Spalding Rockwell Gray was an American actor and writer. He is best known for driving autobiographical monologues that he wrote and performed for theater in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as for his film adaptations of…

2004

Wasyly

Ukrainian-Canadian bishop (born 1909)

Metropolitan Wasyly or Basil, was the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC) from 1985 until his death in 2005.

2005

Jack Horner

American journalist (born 1912)

Gordon John Horner was a noted sports journalist who worked in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market of Minnesota. He participated in the first modern television broadcasts of KSTP-TV channel 5, appearing on the first fully…

2005

Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (born 1927)

Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium was Grand Duchess of Luxembourg as the wife of Grand Duke Jean. She was the first child of King Leopold III of Belgium, and sister of the late King Baudouin and former King Albert…

2005

Carlo Ponti

Italian film producer (born 1912)

Carlo Fortunato Pietro Ponti Sr. was an Italian film producer with more than 140 productions to his credit. Along with Dino De Laurentiis, he is credited with reinvigorating and popularizing Italian cinema post-World…

2007

Bradford Washburn

American explorer, photographer, and cartographer (born 1910)

Henry Bradford Washburn Jr. was an American explorer, mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer. He established the Boston Museum of Science, served as its director from 1939–1980, and from 1985 until his death served…

2007

Christopher Bowman

American figure skater and actor (born 1967)

Christopher Nicol Bowman was an American figure skater. He was a two-time World medalist, the 1983 World Junior champion, and a two-time U.S. national champion. He competed in two Olympic Winter Games, placing 7th in…

2008

Maila Nurmi

Finnish-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)

Maila Elizabeth Syrjäniemi, known professionally as Maila Nurmi, was an American actress best known for creating the camp 1950s character Vampira.

2008

Patcha Ramachandra Rao

Indian metallurgist, educator and administrator (born 1942)

Patcha Ramachandra Rao was a metallurgist and administrator. He has the unique distinction of being the only vice-chancellor (2002–05) of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) who was also a student (1963–68) and faculty…

2010

María Elena Walsh

Argentine author and composer (born 1930)

María Elena Walsh was an Argentine poet, novelist, musician, playwright, writer and composer, mainly known for her songs and books for children. Her work includes many of the most popular children's books and songs of…

2011

Margaret Whiting

American singer (born 1924)

Margaret Eleanor Whiting was an American singer of popular music who gained popularity in the 1940s and 1950s.

2011

Jean Pigott

Canadian businesswoman and politician (born 1924)

Jean Elizabeth Morrison Pigott was a Canadian politician and businesswoman. She served as the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Ottawa—Carleton from 1976 to 1979 as a member of the Progressive Conservative…

2012

Gevork Vartanian

Russian intelligence agent (born 1924)

Gevork Andreevich Vartanian was a Soviet intelligence officer.

2012

George Gruntz

Swiss pianist and composer (born 1932)

George Gruntz was a Swiss jazz pianist, organist, harpsichordist, keyboardist, and composer known for the George Gruntz Concert Big Band and his work with Phil Woods, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Don Cherry, Chet Baker, Art…

2013

Claude Nobs

Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (born 1936)

Claude Nobs was the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival.

2013

Sam Berns

American activist (born 1996)

Sampson Gordon Berns was an American activist with progeria, an extremely rare and fatal disease that causes the body to age rapidly. Berns helped raise awareness about the disease, and he was the subject of the HBO…

2014

Petr Hlaváček

Czech shoemaker and academic (born 1950)

Petr Hlaváček was a Czech shoe expert, university lecturer and researcher. His professional focus was to study the preparation and production of shoe materials, footwear, footwear ergonomics and historical footwear.

2014

Zbigniew Messner

Polish economist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (born 1929)

Zbigniew Stefan Messner was a Polish communist politician and economist. His ancestors were of German Polish descent who had assimilated into Polish society. In 1972, he became Professor of Karol Adamiecki University of…

2014

Larry Speakes

American journalist, 16th White House Press Secretary (born 1939)

Larry Melvin Speakes was an American journalist and spokesperson who acted as White House Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987. He assumed the role after Press Secretary James Brady was shot…

2014

Dajikaka Gadgil

Indian jeweller (born 1915)

Anant "Dajikaka" Gadgil was an Indian jeweller, industrialist and writer. He is best known for founding the P. N. Gadgil Jewellers & Company in Pune in 1958.

2014

Junior Malanda

Belgian footballer (born 1994)

Bernard Malanda-Adje known as his nickname Junior Malanda, was a Belgian professional footballer who played for German club VfL Wolfsburg as a defensive midfielder.

2015

Taylor Negron

American actor, playwright, and painter (born 1957)

Brad Stephen "Taylor" Negron was an American actor, comedian, writer and artist. He is known for his roles as Albert in Punchline (1988) and as Milo in the 1991 action comedy The Last Boy Scout.

2015

Francesco Rosi

Italian director and screenwriter (born 1922)

Francesco Rosi was an Italian film director and screenwriter. His film The Mattei Affair won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, often appeared to have…

2015

Robert Stone

American novelist and short story writer (born 1937)

Robert Anthony Stone was an American novelist, journalist, and college professor.

2015

David Bowie

English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (born 1947)

David Robert Jones, known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as among the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie received particular acclaim for his work in the 1970s.…

2016

Bård Breivik

Norwegian sculptor and art instructor (born 1948)

Bård Breivik was a Norwegian sculptor and art instructor.

2016

George Jonas

Hungarian-Canadian journalist, author, and poet (born 1935)

George Jonas, CM was a Hungarian-born Canadian writer, poet, and journalist. A self-described classical liberal, he authored 16 books, including the bestseller Vengeance (1984), the story of an Israeli operation to kill…

2016

Buddy Greco

American jazz and pop singer and pianist (born 1926)

Armando Joseph "Buddy" Greco was an American jazz and pop singer and pianist who had a long career in the US and UK. His recordings have sold millions, including "Oh Look A-There Ain't She Pretty", "Up, Up and Away",…

2017

Clare Hollingworth

English journalist (born 1911)

Clare Hollingworth was an English journalist and author. She was the first war correspondent to report the outbreak of World War II, described as "the scoop of the century". As a rookie reporter for The Daily Telegraph…

2017

Ross Lowell

American inventor, photographer & author (born 1926)

Ross Kohut Lowell was an American inventor, photographer, cinematographer, lighting designer, author and entrepreneur who changed the film production industry with two inventions: a widely used quick-clamp lighting…

2019

Qaboos bin Said

ruler of Oman (born 1940)

Qaboos bin Said Al Said was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the Al Bu Said dynasty, he was the longest-serving leader in the Middle East and…

2020

Joyce Eliason

American television personality (born 1934)

Joyce Eliason was an American television writer and producer. She was best known for writing TV miniseries including Titanic and The Last Don, and for the TV film The Jacksons: An American Dream. Eliason was one of the…

2022

Robert Durst

American real estate heir and convicted murderer (born 1943)

Robert Alan Durst was an American convicted murderer, suspected serial killer and real estate heir. The eldest son of New York City real estate magnate Seymour Durst, he garnered attention as a suspect in the unsolved…

2022

Jeff Beck

English guitarist and songwriter (born 1944)

Geoffrey Arnold Beck was an English guitarist. He rose to prominence as a member of the rock band the Yardbirds, and afterwards founded and fronted the Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice. In 1975, he switched to…

2023

Constantine II of Greece

King of Greece (1964-1973) (born 1940)

Constantine II was the last King of Greece, reigning from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the Greek monarchy on 1 June 1973.

2023

José Jiménez

Puerto Rican activist (born 1948)

José Jiménez, nicknamed Cha Cha, was a Puerto Rican political activist and the founder of the Young Lords, a Chicago-based street gang that became a civil and human rights organization. Started on September 23, 1968, it…

2025

Bill McCartney

American football player and coach (born 1940)

William Paul McCartney was an American college football coach who was the head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes for 13 seasons (1982–1994). He compiled a 93–55–5 (.624) record, and won three consecutive Big Eight…

2025

Sam Moore

American soul singer-songwriter (born 1935)

Samuel David Moore was an American singer who was best known as a member of the soul and R&B duo Sam & Dave from 1961 to 1981. He was a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Vocal Group…

2025

Yeison Jiménez

Colombian singer, (born 1991)

Yeison Orlando Jiménez Galeano was a Colombian singer of música popular.

2026

Bob Weir

American musician, (born 1947)

Robert Hall Weir was an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. After the group disbanded in 1995, he performed with the Other Ones, later known as the Dead, together with…

2026

Notable deaths

Who died on January 10?

Hugh I — King of Cyprus from 1205 to 1218

FeaturedHugh I

Death year1218

Known forHe was nine when he succeeded his father, King Aimery, and his brother-in-law Walter of Montbéliard ruled the kingdom as regent

Deaths on this date117 (259 – 2026)

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2019

A 13-year-old American girl, Jayme Closs, is found alive in Gordon, Wisconsin, having been kidnapped 88 days earlier from her parents' home whilst they were murdered. Wikipedia →

2015

A traffic accident between an oil tanker truck and passenger coach en route to Shikarpur from Karachi on the Pakistan National Highway Link Road near Gulshan-e-Hadeed, Karachi, killing at least 62 people. Wikipedia →

2013

More than 100 people are killed and 270 injured in several bomb blasts in the Quetta area of Pakistan. Wikipedia →

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