Deaths on January 24th
Caligula, Roman emperor (b. 12)
Pope Stephen IV (b. 770)
Liu Jishu, general of the Tang Dynasty
Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (b. c. 985)
David IV of Georgia (b. 1073)
Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)
Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English commander (b. 1306)
Conrad Paumann, German organist and composer (b. 1410)
Franciabigio, Florentine painter (b. 1482)
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (b. 1529)
Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1572)
Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician (b. 1596)
Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (b. 1588)
George Rooke, English admiral and politician (b. 1650)
Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)
James Collinson, English painter (b. 1825)
Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)
Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1849)
Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (b. 1867)
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John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1858)
Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (b. 1884)
André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)
1962
Stanley Lord, English naval captain (b. 1877)
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1962
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)
Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)
Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (b. 1891)
Bill W., American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1896)
Larry Fine, American comedian (b. 1902)
Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (b. 1918)
George Cukor, American director and producer (b. 1899)
L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)
1986
Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921)
Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)
Jack Schaefer, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)
1993
Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (b. 1908)
Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)
Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (b. 1921)
Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)
Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (b. 1916)
2007
İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1940)
2007
Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (b. 1956)
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2007
Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (b. 1891)
2010
Pernell Roberts, American actor (b. 1928)
Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (b. 1949)
Shulamit Aloni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1928)
2014
Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (b. 1930)
Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (b. 1922)
Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (b. 1928)
2016
Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1927)
2016
Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (b. 1960)
Butch Trucks, American drummer (b. 1947)
Mark E. Smith, British singer-songwriter (b. 1957)
Rosemary Bryant Mariner, American United States Naval Aviator (b. 1953)[13]