Emil Jannings (1884-1950)
Jan 2 German actor (Faust, The Blue Angel, The Way of All Flesh), dies of liver cancer at 65
- Jan 2 James Dooley, Irish-Australian Premier of New South Wales, dies at 72
- Jan 6 Isaiah Bowman, American geographer (co-founder of the Geographical Review), dies at 71
- Jan 8 George Rowe, cricketer (15 wckts in 4 Tests for S Af 1895-1902), dies
- Jan 8 Joseph A Schumpeter, Aus/US economist/Minister of Finance, dies at 66
- Jan 8 Joseph Issac Shneerson, Jewish Lubavitch Chabal leader, dies
- Jan 11 Karin Michaelis, Danish writer (The Dangerous Age), dies at 77
- Jan 12 Koos van de Griend, Dutch composer, dies at 44
- Jan 15 Henry "Hap" Arnold, American commanding general, US Army Air Force (WWII), dies at 63
- Jan 18 Horace Rice, Australian tennis player (Australasian C'ship 1907), dies at 77
George Orwell (1903-1950)
Jan 21 British author (Animal Farm, Nineteen Eighty-Four), dies at 46
- Jan 22 Alan Hale Sr., American actor (Little John-The Adventures of Robin Hood), dies of a liver ailment and viral infection at 57
- Jan 22 Corinne Luchaire, French actress (b. 1921)
- Jan 24 Bull Montana [Luigi Montagna], Italian actor (Brass Buttons, Victory, The Son of the Sheik), dies from coronary thrombosis at 62
- Jan 26 Betsy van den Arend, Dutch actress (Miss Hobbs), dies at 78
- Jan 28 Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, dies at 66
- Jan 29 Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1885)
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning