Deaths in January 1995

The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in January 1995. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.

Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.

January

1

Eugene Wigner, 92, Hungarian theoretical physicist

Fred West, 53, English serial killer

2

Auguste Hargus, 85, German field hockey player

Siad Barre, 75, President of Somalia

Henry Graham Sharp, 77, British figure skater

Nancy Kelly, 73, American actress

Joe Balsis, 74, American professional pool player

3

Andrija Puharich, 76, American physician

Edward Nugent, 90, American actor

4

Ramón Artigas, 86, Spanish swimmer

Eduardo Mata, 52, Mexican conductor

Dorothy Granger, 83, American actress

5

Mansour Sattari, 46, Iranian general

Francis Lopez, 78, French composer

Kiyoo Wadati, 92, Japanese seismologist

6

Karl Guttmann, 81, Dutch theater director

James Clay, 59, American saxophonist

Joe Slovo, 68, South African politician

Agustín Gaínza, 72, Spanish football

Todor Diev, 60, Bulgarian footballer

7

Murray Rothbard, 68, American economist

Ali Aliyev, 57, Soviet freestyle wrestler

Harry Golombek, 83, British chess player

8

Maud Bruce, 100, American forewoman

Carlos Monzón, 52, Argentine professional boxer

9

Gisela Mauermayer, 81, German athlete

Óscar Mendoza Azurdia, 78, Vice President of Guatemala

Peter Cook, 57, English satirist

Souphanouvong, 85, President of Laos

Stig Sjödin, 66, Swedish middleweight boxer

Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, 90, American chemist

10

Boris Gurevich, 63, Russian wrestler

Gabriel Aragón, 74, Spanish clown

11

Ad Kaland, 72, Dutch Politician

Denis Neville, 79, English football player

Lewis Nixon III, 76, United States Army officer

Josef Gingold, 85, Russian-American violinist

Theodor Wisch, 87, SS general

Paul Zumthor, 79, Swiss philologist

12

Takako Irie, 83, Japanese actress

Kay Aldridge, 77, American actress

Marion Herbst, 50, Dutch visual artist

13

Zsigmond Villányi, 45, Hungarian modern pentathlete

Ray Johnson, 67, American artist

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15

Jef Bruyninckx, 76, Belgian actor

Eric Mottram, 70, British teacher

16

Paul Delouvrier, 80, French civil servant

17

Rolf Böger, 86, German politician

Joseph Kagan, Baron Kagan, 79, Lithuanian-British industrialist

Miguel Torga, 87, Portuguese writer

Wilhelm Haferkamp, 71, German politician

18

Adolf Butenandt, 91, German biochemist

Ron Luciano, 57, American baseball umpire

19

Hermann Henselmann, 89, German architect

20

Thomas Arbuthnott, 83, New Zealand boxer

Mehdi Bazargan, 87, Prime Minister of Iran

21

Alex Groza, 68, American professional basketball player

Russ Bauers, 80, American baseball player

Philippe Casado, 30, French bicycler

Edward Hidalgo, 82, American politician

22

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, 104, American philanthropist

23

Saul Rogovin, 72, American baseball player

Edward Shils, 84, American sociologist

Albertis Harrison, 88, American politician

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25

Albert W. Tucker, 89, Canadian mathematician

Erich Hof, 58, Austrian footballer

John Smith, 63, American actor

William Sylvester, 72, American actor

26

Geoffrey Parsons, 65, Australian pianist

Marcel Bidot, 92, French bicycler

Bernardo Leighton, 85, Chilean Christian Democratic Party politician

Vic Buckingham, 79, English footballer

27

Jean Tardieu, 91, French visual artist

Raphael M. Robinson, 83, American mathematician

28

Ferruccio Tagliavini, 81, Italian operatic tenor

Aldo Gordini, 73, Motorsports racing driver

George Woodcock, 82, Canadian writer

29

Dickie Burnell, 77, British rower

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