The following is a list of notable deaths in January 1991.
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 1991
1
- Inga Gentzel, 82, Swedish Olympic runner (1928).[1]
- Dáithí Ó Conaill, 52, Irish politician and republican.[2]
- Jerome Arthur Pechillo, 71, American Roman Catholic prelate.[3]
- Nicolae Petrescu, 77, Romanian football player and manager.
- Buck Ram, 83, American songwriter and music producer.[4]
2
- Sydney Caine, 88, British economist and educator.
- Edmond Jabès, 78, Egyptian-French writer and poet.[5]
- Joseph C. Fegan Jr., 70, United States Marine Corps general, cancer.
- Irving Johnson, 85, American sailor, adventurer, and writer.[6]
- Hiroshi Noma, 75, Japanese writer, cancer.[7]
- Gilbert Price, 48, American actor, asphyxiation.[8]
- Habib Ibrahim Rahimtoola, 78, Pakistani politician.
- Renato Rascel, 78, Italian actor and singer, heart attack.
- Joseph J. Spengler, 88, American economist, Alzheimer's disease.[9]
3
- Fayeq Abdul-Jaleel, 42, Kuwaiti poet, playwright and lyricist, execution.
- Luke Appling, 83, American baseball player.[10]
- João Azevedo, 75, Portuguese footballer.
- Tom Baker, 77, American baseball player.[11]
- Anna Gmeyner, 88, Austrian-English writer.[12]
- Cipe Pineles, 82, Austrian-American graphic designer, heart attack.
- Reuben Tam, 74, American painter, lymphoma.[13]
- Doris Zinkeisen, 92, Scottish theatrical designer.[14]
4
- Eddie Barefield, 81, American jazz musician, heart attack.[15]
- Bill Byrd, 83, American baseball player.[16]
- Joe Hoague, 72, American football player.[17]
- Berry Kroeger, 78, American actor, kidney failure.[18]
- Ib Storm Larsen, 65, Danish Olympic rower (1948).[19]
- Zvonko Lepetić, 62, Yugoslav actor, heart attack.
- Poon Lim, 72, Chinese sailor.
- Richard Maibaum, 81, American playwright and screenwriter (Dr. No, Goldfinger, From Russia with Love).[20]
- Thomas Stanley Matthews, 89, American magazine editor, lung cancer.[21]
- Tokushige Noto, 88, Japanese Olympic sprinter (1924).[22]
- Eric Rodin, 60, American baseball player.[23]
- Sanmao, 47, Chinese-born Taiwanese writer and translator, suicide by hanging.
- Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah, 84, Indian judge and Chief Justice of India.
- Leo Wright, 57, American jazz musician, heart attack.[24]
5
- Hubert Butler, 90, Irish writer.
- Johnny Eck, 79, American freak show performer and actor (Freaks), heart attack.
- Tõnis Kint, 94, Estonian politician.
- Walt Lamb, 70, American football player.[25]
- Vasko Popa, 68, Yugoslav poet.[26]
- Ted Robertson, 61, Australian politician.
6
- Ed Beinor, 73, American gridiron football player.[27]
- Heinrich Dathe, 80, German zoologist, cancer.[28]
- Bobby Estalella, 79, Cuban baseball player.[29]
- Antonio Blanco Freijeiro, 67, Spanish archaeologist.[30]
- Nicholas Marsicano, 82, American painter.[31]
- Ravikant Nagaich, 59, Indian filmmaker.
- Marko Nikezić, 69, Yugoslav politician.
- Ahmed Adnan Saygun, 83, Turkish composer and musicologist.[32]
- Alan Wiggins, 32, American baseball player (San Diego Padres, Baltimore Orioles), AIDS.[33]
7
- Kondrat Krapiva, 94, Soviet writer.[34]
- Henri Louveau, 80, French racing driver.
- José Guilherme Merquior, 49, Brazilian writer and diplomat, cancer.[35]
- Josef Stroh, 77, Austrian football player and manager.
- Charlotte Wynters, 91, American actress.
8
- Steve Clark, 30, English guitarist and songwriter (Def Leppard), alcohol poisoning.[36]
- Ursula Hirschmann, 77, German anti-fascist.
- Henry Rainsford Hulme, 82, British nuclear physicist.
- Windy Nicklaus, 87, American gridiron football player.[37]
9
- Salatyn Asgarova, 29, Soviet journalist, shot.
- Cuthbert Bardsley, 83, British Anglican prelate.
- J. McVicker Hunt, 84, American psychologist.
- Roland Laudenbach, 69, French writer, editor, and journalist.[38]
- Antonio León Ortega, 83, Spanish sculptor.[39]
- Soemarno Sosroatmodjo, 79, Indonesian politician.
- Charles Sterling, 89, Polish-French art historian.[40]
10
- Eva Bosáková, 59, Czechoslovak Olympic gymnast (1952, 1956, 1960).[41]
- Malte Jaeger, 79, German actor, embolism.
- Richard Kuremaa, 78, Estonian football player.[42]
- Bob Wallis, 56, British jazz musician.
11
- Carl David Anderson, 85, American physicist, Nobel Prize recipient (1936).[43]
- Garland Frazier, 73, American sports coach.
- Maxine Jennings, 81, American actress.
- Sepp Ketterer, 91, Austrian cinematographer.
- Jaroslav Kučera, 61, Czech cinematographer.[44]
- Charles Mozley, 76, British painter.[45]
- Sarangapani Raman, 70-71, Indian football player.[46]
- Alec Rose, 82, English sailor.[47]
- Ronald Sanders, 58, American journalist.[48]
- Georg Schäfer, 64, German writer, heart attack.
12
- Charles Drury, 78, Canadian politician.
- Eric Evans, 69, English rugby player.
- Robert Jackson, 79, Australian public servant.[49]
- Keye Luke, 86, Chinese-American actor (Kung Fu, The Green Hornet, Gremlins), stroke.[50]
- Doug McEnulty, 68, American football player.[51]
- Vasco Pratolini, 77, Italian writer.[52]
- Niels Rasmussen, 68, Danish Olympic rower (1948).[53]
- Arthur L. White, 83, American Seventh-day Adventist writer, and theology professor.[54]
13
- François Falc'hun, 89, French linguist.[55]
- Tribhuvandas Luhar, 82, Indian poet.
- Eladio Rojas, 56, Chilean football player.[56]
- Ed Williamson, 78, American football coach, cancer.[57]
14
- David Arkin, 49, American actor (All the President's Men, M*A*S*H, The Long Goodbye), suicide.[58]
- Duncan Black, 82, Scottish economist.[59]
- Gordon Bryant, 76, Australian politician.[60]
- Chitragupta, 73, Indian composer.
- Donald Coleman, 65, British politician, heart attack.
- Miles Copeland, Jr., 74, American musician and CIA officer, heart attack.[61]
- Heli Finkenzeller, 76, German actress.[62]
- Irwin Goodman, 47, Finnish singer, heart attack.
- Salah Khalaf, 57-58, Palestinian politician, shot.[63]
- Harry Shorten, 77, American writer, editor, and book publisher.[64]
- Roger Tubby, 80, American diplomat and press secretary.[65]
15
- Leona Baumgartner, 88, American physician.[66]
- Vishwa Gopal Jhingran, 72, Indian zoologist.
- Lyle Judy, 77, American baseball player.[67]
- Julius Podlipny, 92, Czechoslovak and Romanian artist.
- Karl L. Rankin, 92, American diplomat, prostate cancer.[68]
- Tony Slydini, 90, Italian-American magician.
- Bob Stirling, 71, English rugby union player.
16
- Preston Cloud, 78, American paleontologist, pneumonia.[69]
- Rinaldo Del Bo, 74, Italian politician.
- Nicholas Mansergh, 80, British historian.[70]
- Jabbo Smith, 82, American jazz musician.[71]
17
- Marv Breuer, 76, American baseball player.[72]
- Giacomo Manzù, 82, Italian sculptor.[73]
- John C. Morgan, 76, American Air Force pilot and Medal of Honor recipient, Alzheimer's disease.[74]
- Paul Mross, 80, Polish-German chess player.
- Olav V of Norway, 87, Norwegian royal, king (since 1957), heart attack.[75]
- Scott Speicher, 33, United States Navy aviator, killed in action.
18
- Bryan Alton, 71, Irish politician and physician.
- Charles W. Davis, 73, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient.[76]
- Hamilton Fish III, 102, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1920–1945).[77]
- Vic Fusia, 77, American gridiron football player and coach, heart attack.[78]
- Leo Hurwitz, 81, American documentary filmmaker, colon cancer.[79]
- Jakob Kiefer, 71, German Olympic gymnast (1952, 1956).[80]
19
- Uzeir Abduramanov, 74, Soviet Red Army officer and war hero during World War II.
- Don Beddoe, 87, American actor.[81]
- Paul Bikle, 74, American aeronautical engineer.
- Winston H. Bostick, 74, American physicist, lung cancer.[82]
- Marcel Chaput, 72, Canadian Quebecois independence activist.[83]
- Bobby Combe, 66, Scottish footballer.[84]
- Gernot Reinstadler, 20, Austrian skier, skiing accident.[85]
- John Russell, 70, American actor (Rio Bravo, Pale Rider, The Outlaw Josey Wales), emphysema.[86]
- Roy Weatherly, 75, American baseball player.[87]
20
- Joseph Carroll, 80, American general, Alzheimer's disease.[88]
- Harry Giese, 87, German actor and narrator.[89]
- Louis Hardiquest, 80, Belgian cyclist.[90]
- Herbie Lewis, 85, Canadian ice hockey player.[91]
- Owen Madden, 74, Irish footballer.[92]
- Frank Pfütze, 32, German Olympic swimmer (1976, 1980), heart failure.[93]
- Louis Seigner, 87, French actor, house fire.[94]
- James Stewart, 84, American Olympic athlete (1928).[95]
- Stan Szelest, 48, American musician, heart attack.[96]
- Alfred Wainwright, 84, British writer.[97]
- Aldert van der Ziel, 80, Dutch physicist.
21
- Cornelia Aalten, 77, Dutch Olympic runner (1932).[98]
- Muhammad Taqi Amini, 64, Indian theologian.
- John Bicknell Auden, 87, English geologist.[99]
- Ganga Devi, 63, Indian painter.[100]
- James W. Duckett, 79, American military academic.
- Mieczysław Gracz, 71, Polish footballer.
- Nick Gulas, 76, American professional wrestling promoter.
- Frank Mitchell, 85, American actor, cardiac arrest.
- Princess Ileana of Romania, 82, Romanian royal, heart attack.
22
- Kenos Aroi, 48, Nauruan politician, president (1989).[101]
- Robert Choquette, 85, Canadian novelist.[102]
- Les Gore, 77, English footballer.
- Arnholdt Kongsgaard, 76, Norwegian skier and Olympian.[103]
- Kristo Kono, 83, Albanian composer.
23
- Northrop Frye, 78, Canadian literary critic and theorist.[104]
- Herbert Fröhlich, 85, German-British physicist.[105]
- Ester Graff, 93, Danish feminist and businesswoman.
- Václav Janeček, 61, Czechoslovak Olympic sprinter (1952, 1956).[106]
- Annie Markart, 83, German actress.[107]
- P. Padmarajan, 45, Indian film maker, screenwriter and author, cardiac arrest.
- Nikolai Talyzin, 61, Soviet economist.
- Luis Hernán Álvarez, 52, Chilean footballer, stomach cancer.
24
- Rūdolfs Bārda, 87, Soviet footballer.[108]
- Everett Freeman, 79, American screenwriter.[109]
- John M. Kelly, 59, Irish politician, heart attack.
- John Middleton, 84, British Olympic racing cyclist (1928).[110]
- Sarashi Ranjan Mukherjee, 71, Indian surgeon and a neurobiologist.
- Jack Schaefer, 83, American writer, heart failure.[111]
- Sensitive Prince, 15, American thoroughbred racehorse.
25
- Lilian Bond, 83, English-American actress, heart attack.[112]
- Stanley Brock, 59, American actor (Days of Our Lives, UHF, He's the Mayor), heart attack.[113]
- Diana Turbay Castillo, 40, Colombian journalist, shot.
- Hoot Evers, 69, American baseball player, heart attack.[114]
- Per Gjelten, 63, Norwegian Olympic skier (1952).[115]
- Fiorenzo Marini, 76, Italian Olympic fencer (1948, 1960).[116]
- Ismail Marjan, 70, Singaporean badminton player.
- Lafran Pane, 69, Indonesian academic, traffic collision.
- Gino Pollini, 88, Italian architect.[117]
- Frank Soo, 76, English footballer, dementia.
26
- Des Koch, 58, American Olympic discus thrower (1956).[118]
- Glenn Langan, 73, American actor, lymphoma.[119]
- Orestes López, 82, Cuban musician.
- Hans Strååt, 73, Swedish actor.
- Johnny van Doorn, 46, Dutch writer, cancer.[120]
- Karen Young, 39, American disco singer, peptic ulcer bleeding.[121]
27
- Zheng Dongguo, 88, Chinese National Revolutionary Army officer.
- George Hazelwood Locket, 90, British arachnologist.
- Dale Long, 64, American baseball player, cancer.[122]
- Miroslav Válek, 63, Czechoslovak poet and politician.[123]
- Leif Wikström, 72, Swedish Olympic sailor (1956).[124]
28
- Red Grange, 87, American gridiron football player,Parkinson's disease.[125]
- Christopher Jackman, 74, American politician.
- Nikola Radović, 57, Yugoslav football player.[126]
- Alexander M. Schmidt, 60, American physician and government official, coronary artery disease.[127]
29
- Jal Cursetji, 71, Indian naval admiral.
- Ingebrigt Davik, 65, Norwegian children's writer, singer and songwriter..
- Hasan Dosti, 96, Albanian politician.[128]
- Yasushi Inoue, 83, Japanese writer.[129]
- Władysław Król, 83, Polish ice hockey and football player and coach.
- V. N. Navaratnam, 61, Sri Lankan politician, heart attack.
- Arne Robertsson, 48, Swedish wrestler and Olympian.[130]
- Joe Stynes, 88, Irish footballer.
30
- John Bardeen, 82, American physicist, Nobel Prize recipient (1956, 1972), heart attack.[131]
- Kurt Bittel, 83, German prehistorian.[132]
- Clifton C. Edom, 83, American photojournalist.[133]
- Rhys Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Kilgerran, 83, Welsh politician.
- John McIntire, 83, American actor (Wagon Train, Psycho, Turner & Hooch), lung cancer.[134]
- José Ferrater Mora, 78, Spanish philosopher, heart attack.[135]
31
- Robert J. Havighurst, 90, American chemist, Alzheimer's disease.[136]
- Márcio Melo, 84, Brazilian politician.
- Kostas Mountakis, 64, Greek musician.
- Åge Rønning, 65, Norwegian writer and journalist.
- Justin Apostol, 69, Romanian football player.[137]
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