Notable deaths on January 26

American scholar of Russian history (1931–2025)

Daughter of Kobe and Vanessa Bryant (2006–2020)

American baseball coach (1963–2020)

American basketball player (1978–2020)

American actress (1922–2017)

Canadian sprinter (1920–2017)

Jamaican football player and journalist (1927–2017)

American actor (1925–2017)

Scottish politician (1932–2017)

American actor (1921–2016)

Pakistani politician and military officer

American art director and cartoonist

Australian politician (1921–2015)

Mexican poet, essayist, novelist and short story writer (1939–2014)

Slovenian-born Australian poet (1921–2014)

American basketball player and politician (1933–2014)

American politician (1929–2013)

Indian physicist

Japanese writer

Polish audio engineer (1931–2013)

Argentine racing driver (1924–2012)

American country music singer and songwriter

Ugandan LGBT rights activist (1964–2011)

American lawyer, novelist and historian (1917–2010)