Famous Deaths on January 22, Who Died on January 22
Here is a list who died on January 22. Famous deaths for the 22nd of January. See which celebrities, musicians, actors, historical figures, scientists and other famous people were died on January 22. Also you can find some answers for the following questions;
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| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1001 | Al-Muqallad ibn al-Musayyab, Uqaylid emir of Mosul |
| 1051 | Ælfric Puttoc, archbishop of York |
| 1170 | Wang Chongyang, Chinese Daoist and co-founder of the Quanzhen School (b. 1113) |
| 1188 | Ferdinand II of León (b. 1137) |
| 1341 | Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279) |
| 1517 | Hadım Sinan Pasha, Ottoman politician, 32nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. ?) |
| 1536 | Bernhard Knipperdolling, German religious leader (b. 1495) |
| 1552 | Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, English general and politician, Lord High Treasurer of England (b. 1500) |
| 1560 | Wang Zhi, Chinese pirate |
| 1575 | James Hamilton, Duke of Châtellerault (b. 1516) |
| 1599 | Cristofano Malvezzi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1547) |
| 1666 | Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor (b. 1592) |
| 1750 | Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675) |
| 1763 | John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690) |
| 1767 | Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German meteorologist and geologist (b. 1719) |
| 1779 | Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (b. 1733) |
| 1798 | Lewis Morris, American judge and politician (b. 1726) |
| 1840 | Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (b. 1752) |
| 1850 | Vincent Pallotti, Italian missionary and saint (b. 1795) |
| 1879 | Anthony Durnford, Irish colonel (b. 1830) |
| 1892 | Joseph P. Bradley, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1813) |
| 1900 | David Edward Hughes, Welsh-American physicist, co-invented the microphone (b. 1831) |
| 1901 | Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819) |
| 1909 | Emil Erlenmeyer, German chemist and academic (b. 1825) |
| 1921 | George Streeter, American captain and businessman (b. 1837) |
| 1922 | Fredrik Bajer, Danish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1837) |
| 1925 | Fanny Bullock Workman, American geographer and mountain climber (b. 1859) |
| 1927 | James Ford Rhodes, American historian and author (b. 1848) |
| 1929 | R. C. Lehmann, English journalist, author, and politician (b. 1856) |
| 1930 | Stephen Mather, American businessman and conservationist, co-founded the Thorkildsen-Mather Borax Company (b. 1867) |
| 1931 | László Batthyány-Strattmann, Hungarian physician and ophthalmologist (b. 1870) |
| 1945 | Else Lasker-Schüler, German poet and playwright (b. 1869) |
| 1949 | William Thomas Walsh, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1891) |
| 1950 | Alan Hale, Sr., American actor and director (b. 1892) |
| 1951 | Harald Bohr, Danish mathematician and footballer (b. 1887) |
| 1955 | Jonni Myyrä, Finnish-American athlete (b. 1892) |
| 1957 | Ralph Barton Perry, American philosopher and academic (b. 1876) |
| 1959 | Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver (b. 1929) |
| 1964 | Marc Blitzstein, American pianist and composer (b. 1905) |
| 1966 | Herbert Marshall, English actor (b. 1890) |
| 1968 | Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1890) |
| 1971 | Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday (b. 1890) |
| 1973 | Lyndon B. Johnson, American lieutenant and politician, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908) |
| 1975 | Andrew George Burry, Swiss-American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1873) |
| 1977 | Ibrahim bin Abdullah Al Suwaiyel, Saudi Arabian diplomat (b. 1916) |
| 1978 | Oliver Leese, English general (b. 1894) |
| 1979 | Ali Hassan Salameh, Palestinian rebel leader (b. 1940) |
| 1980 | Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1888) |
| 1981 | Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and academic (b. 1903) |
| 1982 | Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean lawyer and politician, 28th President of Chile (b. 1911) |
| 1985 | Arthur Bryant, English historian and journalist (b. 1899) |
| 1987 | R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (b. 1939) |
| 1989 | S. Vithiananthan, Sri Lankan author and academic (b. 1924) |
| 1991 | Robert Choquette, Canadian author, poet and diplomat (b. 1905) |
| 1993 | Kōbō Abe, Japanese playwright and photographer (b. 1924) |
| 1994 | Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910) |
| 1996 | Israel Eldad, Polish-Israeli philosopher and author (b. 1910) |
| 1997 | Billy Mackenzie, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1957) |
| 1999 | Graham Staines, Australian-Indian missionary and translator (b. 1941) |
| 2000 | Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic (b. 1920) |
| 2001 | Tommie Agee, American baseball player (b. 1942) |
| 2003 | Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (b. 1921) |
| 2004 | Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1916) |
| 2005 | César Gutiérrez, Venezuelan baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1943) |
| 2006 | Aydın Güven Gürkan, Turkish academic and politician, Turkish Minister of Labor and Social Security (b. 1941) |
| 2007 | Ngô Quang Trưởng, Vietnamese general (b. 1929) |
| 2008 | Heath Ledger, Australian actor and director (b. 1979) |
| 2009 | Billy Werber, American baseball player (b. 1908) |
| 2010 | Louis R. Harlan, American historian and author (b. 1922) |
| 2012 | Simon Marsden, English photographer and author (b. 1948) |
| 2013 | Robert Bonnaud, French historian and academic (b. 1929) |
| 2014 | Maziar Partow, Iranian cinematographer (b. 1933) |
| 2015 | Fabrizio de Miranda, Italian engineer and academic, co-designed the Rande Bridge (b. 1926) |
| 2016 | Homayoun Behzadi, Iranian footballer and coach (b. 1942) |
| 2017 | Masaya Nakamura, Japanese businessman (b. 1925) |
| 2018 | Ursula K. Le Guin, American sci-fi and fantasy novelist (b. 1929) |
| 2021 | Hank Aaron, American baseball player (b. 1934) |
| 2022 | Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, and founder of the Plum Village Tradition (b. 1926) |
| 239 | Cao Rui, Chinese emperor (b. 205) |
| 628 | Anastasius of Persia, monk |
| 906 | He, empress of the Tang Dynasty |
| 935 | Ma, empress of Southern Han |
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