The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2017.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
January 2017 1 Sir Tony Atkinson, 72, British economist, multiple myeloma. Steve Browne, 52, English footballer (Yeovil Town, Slough Town).Former Glover Steve Browne Passes Away Hilarion Capucci, 94, Syrian Melkite Catholic hierarch, Patriarchal Vicar of Jerusalem (1965–1974). Jewel Plummer Cobb, 92, American biologist. Bill Craig, 71, American swimmer, Olympic champion (1964), complications from pneumonia. Yvon Dupuis, 90, Canadian politician. Peter Farmer, 75, British set designer. Karl Gerstner, 86, Swiss typographer. Stuart Hamilton, 87, Canadian pianist, vocal coach and broadcaster, prostate cancer. Aleksander Jackowski, 96, Polish anthropologist and ethnographer.Aleksander Jackowski nie żyje. Antropolog, znawca sztuki naiwnej, miał 96 lat Jean Le Lan, 79, French cyclist. Lorne Loomer, 79, Canadian rower, Olympic champion (1956). Mel Lopez, 81, Filipino politician. Bill Marshall, 77, Canadian film and theatre producer, co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival, cardiac arrest. Lane Meddick, 92, British actor.TV actor who became a campaigner for his beloved village George Miller, 87, Scottish cricketer (national team). Memo Morales, 79, Venezuelan singer, heart attack.Falleció Memo Morales durante un concierto de fin de año Moruca, 84, Spanish football player and coach (Racing de Santander).Luto en el Racing de Santander por la muerte de Manuel Fernández Mora «Moruca» Yaakov Neeman, 77, Israeli lawyer and politician, Minister of Justice (1996, 2009–2013) and Finance (1997–1998). Emmanuel Niyonkuru, 54, Burundian politician, Senator (since 2015) and Minister of Water and Environment (since 2015), shot. Derek Parfit, 74, English philosopher (Reasons and Persons). Sir Jeremy Reilly, 82, British army general. Abis Rizvi, 49, Indian businessman and film producer (Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans), shot. Samuel Schweber, 80, Argentinian chess player, International Master.Adiós al Maestro Internacional Samuel Schweber Jeremy Stone, 81, American scientist and arms control activist. Aleksander Tšutšelov, 83, Estonian sailor, Olympic silver medalist (1960).Lahkus olümpiamedalist ja seitsmekordne Eesti meister Talat Tunçalp, 101, Turkish Olympic racing cyclist (1936) and president of the Turkish Cycling Federation (1950–1968).Eski Bisiklet Federasyonu Başkanı Tunçalp, Vefat Etti Abu Omar al-Turkistani, Chinese Islamist militant.Commander of Al-Qaeda splinter group killed in US airstrike in Syria's Idlib Bogdan Tuszyński, 84, Polish sports journalist and reporter (Polskie Radio).Zmarł Bogdan Tuszyński Sylvester Uphus, 89, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1983–1993). Robert Vallée, 94, French mathematician. Frederick E. Vollrath, 76, American lieutenant general.Frederick "Fred" Vollrath Alfonso Wong, 93, Hong Kong cartoonist (Old Master Q), organ failure.
2 Auriel Andrew, 69, Australian country singer. René Ballet, 88, French journalist and author.Vanves : citoyen d'honneur de la ville, le journaliste René Ballet est mort John Berger, 90, English art critic and painter.Muere John Berger, escritor, pintor y crítico de arte británico Albert Brewer, 88, American politician, Governor of Alabama (1968–1971). François Chérèque, 60, French labor unionist (CFDT), leukemia.Mort de François Chérèque, ancien secrétaire général de la CFDT Ian Davison, 79, English cricketer (Nottinghamshire).Ian Davison Eric E. Dawson, 79, American politician.Eric E. Dawson, ESQ. Barbara Fei, 85, Hong Kong opera singer. Richard Gee, 83, Australian federal judge, Family Court (1980–1999), drowning. Anthony Goldstone, 72, English pianist.Anthony Goldstone obituary Tom Harpur, 87, Canadian classicist, theologian, priest, and journalist. Travis Hirschi, 81, American sociologist. Richard Machowicz, 51, American Navy SEAL and television host (Future Weapons, Deadliest Warrior), brain cancer. Ron Smith, 72, Canadian ice hockey player (New York Rangers).Smith won Stanley Cup with Carolina Daryl Spencer, 88, American baseball player (New York/San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals). István Tatár, 58, Hungarian Olympic sprinter (1980, 1988).Meghalt Tatár István futó Viktor Tsaryov, 85, Russian football player and coach (Dynamo Moscow, Soviet Union national team).Ушел из жизни чемпион Европы по футболу Виктор Царев Jean Vuarnet, 83, French alpine skier, Olympic champion (1960), stroke.Décès de l'ancien champion Olympique de ski Jean Vuarnet Brian Widlake, 85, British broadcaster (The Money Programme).
3 Vida Alves, 88, Brazilian actress (Sua Vida Me Pertence), multiple organ failure.Morre, aos 88 anos, a atriz Vida Alves Augusto Barreto, 93, Portuguese Olympic fencer (1952).Augusto Mascarenhas Barreto Enzo Benedetti, 85, Italian footballer (Palermo).È morto Enzo Benedetti, storico capitano del Palermo Rodney Bennett, 81, British television director (Doctor Who). Martin Brandtner, 78, American Marine Corps general. Ivo Brešan, 80, Croatian writer (How the War Started on My Island).Umro Ivo Brešan: Legendarni hrvatski književnik, scenarist i pedagog preminuo u 81. godini Tony Bromell, 84, Irish politician. Mike Buchanan, 84, Canadian ice hockey player (Chicago Blackhawks). Kevin Casey, 40, Irish broadcaster (WLR FM), cancer. Charles J. Colgan, 90, American politician, member of the Virginia Senate (1976–2016), vascular ailment. Murray Crafter, 86, Australian professional golfer.Vale: Murray Crafter J. Dewey Daane, 98, American economist. George M. Dennison, 81, American university administrator, President of the University of Montana (1990–2010), non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Cecilia González Gómez, 55, Mexican politician, Deputy of Congress (2012–2015), heart attack.Fallece diputada Cecilia González Gómez Russ Gorman, 90, Australian politician, MHR for Chifley (1983–1984) and Greenway (1984–1996). Edward P. Kirby, 88, American politician. Shigeru Kōyama, 87, Japanese actor (Samurai Rebellion, Black Rain, Beyond Outrage), complications from pneumonia.神山繁さん死去 「ザ・ガードマン」「アウトレイジ ビヨンド」など出演 Gilberto Martínez, 82, Colombian Olympian Rolf Noskwith, 97, German-born British businessman and codebreaker (World War II). Peter Pollen, 89, Canadian politician, Mayor of Victoria, British Columbia (1971–1975, 1981–1985). H. S. Mahadeva Prasad, 58, Indian politician, MLA (since 1994), heart attack. John W. Slaby, 82, American politician.John William Slaby Rosemary Stevenson, 80, American baseball player (Grand Rapids Chicks). Alan Surgal, 100, American screenwriter (Mickey One). Igor Volk, 79, Ukrainian-born Russian cosmonaut and test pilot (Soyuz T-12).Ушел из жизни Игорь Петрович Волк
4 Hisham Al-Otaibi, 70, Kuwaiti politician, Minister of Finance (1998–1999). LeRoy G. Bernstein, 86, American politician.LeRoy Bernstein Heinz Billing, 102, German physicist and computer scientist.Computerpionier Heinz Billing ist tot William J. Cason, 92, American politician, member of the Missouri Senate (1960–1976). John Cummings, 73, British politician, MP for Easington (1987–2010), lung cancer. Willie Evans, 79, American football player (University at Buffalo). Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, 89, Indian sitar player and composer, cardiac arrest. Bruce Hugo, 71, American politician, member of the Oregon House of Representatives (1983–1993). Bade Fateh Ali Khan, 82, Pakistani singer, lung disease. Sandra Landy, 78, British contract bridge player, meningitis.Sandra Landy, bridge champion – obituary Carl E. Misch, 69, American prosthodontist, cancer. Jordi Pagans i Monsalvatje, 84, Spanish painter.Jordi Pagans Monsalvatje Ezio Pascutti, 79, Italian footballer (Bologna).È morto Ezio Pascutti, eroe dell'ultimo scudetto: lutto cittadino a Bologna Art Pennington, 93, American baseball player (Chicago American Giants, Birmingham Black Barons). Georges Prêtre, 92, French orchestral and opera conductor.Georges Prêtre, le plus viennois des chefs d'orchestre, est mort Lois Rice, 83, American business executive. Milt Schmidt, 98, Canadian Hall of Fame ice hockey player, coach and general manager (Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals), stroke. Anna Senkoro, 54, Tanzanian politician. Gabriel Tanginye, 66, South Sudanese rebel leader, killed in Civil War.Top rebel commander killed in clashes in Upper Nile Vlastimir Trajković, 69, Serbian composer.Umro član SANU Vlastimir Trajković Anthony Tu Shihua, 97, Chinese prelate from Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, illegitimate Bishop of Hanyang (since 1959). Veronica Steele, 69, Irish cheesemaker. Sir Douglas Wass, 93, British civil servant, Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury (1974–1983). Paul Went, 67, English footballer (Charlton Athletic, Leyton Orient, Portsmouth). Wayne Westner, 55, South African golfer, suicide by gunshot.
5 David Alexander, 90, British Royal Marines general. Graham Atkinson, 73, English footballer (Oxford United), cancer. Spartak Belyaev, 93, Russian theoretical physicist.Ушел из жизни бывший ректор НГУ Спартак Беляев Leonardo Benevolo, 93, Italian architect and city planner.Morto Leonardo Benevolo, l'urbanista che ridisegnò le periferie Géori Boué, 98, French operatic soprano.Décès de Geori Boué : l'une des plus grandes sopranos françaises nous quitte à l'âge de 98 ans Luc Coene, 69, Belgian economist. Tullio De Mauro, 84, Italian linguist and politician, Minister of Education (2000–2001).È morto Tullio De Mauro, il più grande linguista italiano. Cultura in lutto Paul Goble, 83, English-born American author and illustrator (Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters, The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses), Parkinson's disease. Gangmumei Kamei, 77, Indian academic and politician. Gerald E. McClearn, 89, American behavior geneticist. Frank Murphy, 69, Irish Olympic middle-distance runner (1968, 1972), European Championship silver medalist (1969).Irish Olympic track runner Frank Murphy dies aged 69 Alfonso Humberto Robles Cota, 85, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tepic (1981–2008). Stanley Russ, 86, American politician, member of the Arkansas Senate (1975–2001), myeloid leukemia. Jorge Sanguinetti, 82, Uruguayan politician, Minister of Transport (1985–1989).Murió Jorge Sanguinetti Jill Saward, 51, British sexual assault awareness campaigner, subarachnoid haemorrhage. Marzio Strassoldo, 77, Italian politician, President of the Province of Udine (2001–2007).E' morto Marzio Strassoldo, già presidente della Provincia e rettore dell'Università di Udine Rafiq Subaie, 86, Syrian actor, writer and director. Harry Taylor, 81, English footballer (Newcastle United). Christopher Weeramantry, 90, Sri Lankan judge, vice-president of the International Court of Justice (1997–2000). Bill West (racing driver), 89, American racing driver. Peter Weston, 72, British science fiction fanzine editor, cancer. Kurt Wigartz, 83, Swedish Olympic gymnast (1952, 1956, 1960).Kurt Wigartz John Wightman, 78, American politician, Mayor of Lexington, Nebraska (1992–1995), member of the Nebraska Legislature (2007–2015).
6 Yaron Ben-Dov, 46, Israeli footballer (Ironi Rishon LeZion, Maccabi Netanya, Hapoel Tel Aviv).כדורגלן העבר ירון בן דב הלך לעולמו בגיל 46 Audrey Grevious, 86, American civil rights activist. Awad Moukhtar Halloudah, 85, Egyptian Olympic swimmer.شيعت جنازة المغفور له بإذن الله John Hubbard, 85, American-born British artist. Greg Jelks, 55, American-Australian Olympic baseball player (2000), (Philadelphia Phillies).Perth Heat baseball legend Greg Jelks dies, aged 55 Kosei Kamo, 84, Japanese tennis player, winner of the 1955 U.S. Open, heart attack.加茂公成氏死去、84歳 全米選手権ダブルス覇者 Una Kroll, 91, British nun and Anglican priest.The Rev Dr Una Kroll obituary