Did you know
Allen Welsh Dulles was an American lawyer who was the first civilian director of central intelligence (DCI) and its longest serving director.
Notable Deaths on January 29
1969 — Allen Dulles
American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th Director of Central Intelligence (born 1893)
January 29 has 111 recorded notable deaths across history, from 757 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
111 source records
757 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on January 29
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1989 Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so. Source
- 1856 Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War. Source
- 1845 "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe. Source
- 2025 A chartered Beechcraft 1900 crashes near the Unity oilfield in South Sudan, killing 20 people. Source
Did you know
For this work, Haber has been called one of the most important scientists and industrial chemists in human history.
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James Ingram had two number-one singles on the Hot 100: the first, a duet with fellow R&B artist Patti Austin, 1982's "Baby, Come to Me" topped the U.
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Howard Hesseman was an American actor known for his television roles as burned-out disc jockey Dr.
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George Mathew Fernandes was an Indian politician, trade unionist, statesman, and journalist, who served as the Defence Minister of India from 1998 until 2004.
More major people who died on January 29
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1934
Fritz Haber
Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1868)
Fritz Jakob Haber was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas.
2019
James Ingram
American musician (born 1952)
James Edward Ingram was an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He was a two-time Grammy Award-winner and a two-time Academy Award nominee for Best Original Song.
2022
Howard Hesseman
American actor (born 1940)
Howard Hesseman was an American actor known for his television roles as burned-out disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on WKRP in Cincinnati and the lead role of history teacher Charlie Moore on Head of the Class.
2019
George Fernandes
Indian politician (born 1930)
George Mathew Fernandes was an Indian politician, trade unionist, statesman, and journalist, who served as the Defence Minister of India from 1998 until 2004.
2008
Margaret Truman
American singer and author (born 1924)
Mary Margaret Truman Daniel was an American classical soprano, actress, journalist, radio and television personality, writer, and New York socialite. She was the only child of President Harry S.
2015
Rod McKuen
American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1933)
Rodney Marvin McKuen was an American poet, singer-songwriter and composer. He was one of the best-selling poets in the United States during the late 1960s.
2023
Hazel McCallion
Canadian businesswoman and politician, 5th Mayor of Mississauga (born 1921)
Hazel Mary Muriel McCallion was a Canadian politician who served as the fifth mayor of Mississauga.
1987
Vincent R. Impellitteri
American politician and judge, 101st Mayor of New York City (born 1900)
Vincent Richard Impellitteri was an Italian-American politician and judge who served as the 102nd Mayor of New York City from 1950 to 1953.
1982
Roger Stanier
Canadian microbiologist (born 1916)
Roger Yate Stanier was a Canadian microbiologist who was influential in the development of modern microbiology. As a member of the Delft School and former student of C. B.
2015
Alexander Vraciu
American commander and pilot (born 1918)
Alexander Vraciu was a United States Navy fighter ace, Navy Cross recipient, and Medal of Honor nominee during World War II. At the end of the war, Vraciu ranked fourth among the U.S.
2023
Will Steffen
American-Australian chemist (born 1947)
William Lee Steffen was an American-born Australian chemist. He was the executive director of the Australian National University (ANU) Climate Change Institute and a member of the Australian Climate Commission until its…
1820
George III of the United Kingdom (born 1738)
George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. During his reign, the Acts of Union 1800 merged Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom.
1964
Alan Ladd
American actor (born 1913)
Alan Walbridge Ladd was an American actor and film producer. Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in films noir and Westerns.
1940
Edward Harkness
American philanthropist (born 1874)
Edward Stephen Harkness was an American philanthropist. Given privately and through his family's Commonwealth Fund, Harkness' gifts to private hospitals, art museums, and educational institutions in the Northeastern…
1929
Charles Fox Parham
American preacher and evangelist (born 1873)
Charles Fox Parham was an American preacher and evangelist. Together with William J.
2015
Colleen McCullough
Australian neuroscientist, author, and academic (born 1937)
Colleen McCullough was an Australian author. Raised in Sydney, she trained as a neurophysiologist and spent her early career working at hospitals and universities in Australia and overseas.
1962
Fritz Kreisler
Austrian-American violinist and composer (born 1875)
Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian and American violinist and composer.
1917
Evelyn Baring
1st Earl of Cromer, British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator (born 1841)
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, was a British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator.
1948
Prince Aimone
Duke of Aosta (born 1900)
Prince Aimone, 4th Duke of Aosta, was a prince of Italy's reigning House of Savoy and an officer of the Royal Italian Navy.