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Ideologically an adherent to economic liberalism and imperialism, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955.
Notable Deaths on January 24
1965 — Winston Churchill
English statesman, soldier, and writer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)
January 24 has 66 recorded notable deaths across history, from 41 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
66 source records
41 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on January 24
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1990 Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States. Source
- 1857 The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia. Source
- 1651 Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in 1641 and 1647. Source
- 1933 The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices. Source
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Thurgood Marshall won 29 of the 32 civil rights cases he argued before the Supreme Court, culminating in the Court's landmark 1954 decision in Brown v.
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Hubbard created Scientology in 1952 after losing the intellectual rights to his literature on Dianetics in bankruptcy.
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Homi J. Bhabha was the first chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE).
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Amedeo Modigliani is known for portraits and nudes in a modern style characterised by a surreal elongation of faces, necks, and figures — works that were not received well during his lifetime, but later became much sought after.
More major people who died on January 24
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1993
Thurgood Marshall
American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (born 1908)
Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-American justice.
1986
L. Ron Hubbard
American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (born 1911)
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard was an American author and the founder of Scientology.
1966
Homi J. Bhabha
Indian physicist and academic (born 1909)
Homi Jehangir Bhabha was an Indian nuclear theoretical physicist who is widely credited as the "father of the Indian nuclear programme".
1920
Amedeo Modigliani
Italian painter and sculptor (born 1884)
Amedeo Clemente Modigliani was an Italian painter and sculptor of the École de Paris who worked mainly in France.
2016
Marvin Minsky
American computer scientist and academic (born 1927)
Marvin Lee Minsky was an American mathematician who conducted research in the cognitive and computer science aspects of artificial intelligence (AI).
1983
George Cukor
American director and producer (born 1899)
George Dewey Cukor was an American film director and producer. He concentrated primarily on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O.
2015
Otto Carius
German lieutenant and pharmacist (born 1922)
Otto Carius was a German tank commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He fought on the Eastern Front in 1943 and 1944 and on the Western Front in 1945.
2002
Elie Hobeika
Lebanese commander and politician (born 1956)
Elie Hobeika was a Lebanese militia commander in the Lebanese Forces militia during the Lebanese Civil War and one of Bachir Gemayel's close confidants.
1970
Caresse Crosby
American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (born 1891)
Caresse Crosby was an American publisher and writer. Time called her the "literary godmother to the Lost Generation of expatriate writers in Paris." As an American patron of the arts, she and her second husband, Harry…
2007
Emiliano Mercado del Toro
Puerto Rican-American soldier (born 1891)
Emiliano Mercado del Toro was a Puerto Rican supercentenarian and military veteran who was, at age 115, the world's oldest person following the death of 116-year-old Elizabeth Bolden on December 11, 2006, until his own…
2025
Iris Cummings
American swimmer and aviator (born 1920)
Iris Cummings, also known by her married name Iris Critchell, was an American aviator and competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
2004
Leônidas
Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1913)
Leônidas da Silva was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the most important players of the first half of the 20th century.
1989
Ted Bundy
American serial killer (born 1946)
Theodore Robert Bundy was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped and murdered dozens of young women and girls between 1974 and 1978.
2014
Shulamit Aloni
Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (born 1928)
Shulamit Aloni was an Israeli politician. She founded the progressive Ratz party, was leader of the Meretz party, Leader of the Opposition from 1988 to 1990, and served as Minister of Education from 1992 to 1993.
2018
Mark E. Smith
British singer-songwriter (born 1957)
Mark Edward Smith was an English singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist and only constant member of the post-punk group the Fall.
1988
Werner Fenchel
German-Danish mathematician and academic (born 1905)
Moritz Werner Fenchel was a German-Danish mathematician known for his contributions to geometry and to optimization theory.
1946
Morris Alexander
South African politician (born 1877)
Morris Alexander was a South African lawyer and politician who was a leading figure of Cape Town's Jewish community.
1709
George Rooke
English admiral and politician (born 1650)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
2010
Pernell Roberts
American actor (born 1928)
Pernell Elven Roberts Jr. was an American stage, film, and television actor, activist, and singer.