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January 22nd
199 Notable deaths
Roman Vishniac
American photographer.
Born August 19th, 1897 in Pavlovsk. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1990 at 92 years old in New York City. [ref]
Chaïm Perelman
Philosopher of law (1912-1984).
Born May 20th, 1912 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1984 at 71 years old in City of Brussels, Uccle. [ref]
Arthur Symons
British poet.
Born February 28th, 1865 in Milford Haven. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 1945 at 79 years old in Wittersham. [ref]
Dennis Oppenheim
American artist, sculptor and photographer.
Born September 6th, 1938 in Electric City. [ref]
Died January 22nd, 2011 at 72 years old in New York City (liver cancer). [ref]
Xiao Hong
Female chinese writer.
Born June 1st, 1911 in Hulan District.
Died January 22nd, 1942 at 30 years old in Hong Kong.
Masaya Nakamura
Japanese businessman, founder of namco.
Born December 24th, 1925 in Yokohama.
Died January 22nd, 2017 at 91 years old
Otto Fenichel
Austrian-american psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and scientist.
Born December 2nd, 1897 in Vienna.
Died January 22nd, 1946 at 48 years old in Los Angeles.
John L. Allen Jr.
American journalist and writer (1965-2026).
Born January 20th, 1965 in Treviglio, Hays.
Died January 22nd, 2026 at 61 years old in Rome (stomach cancer). [ref]
Eugen Ott
German general, ambassador (1889-1977).
Born April 8th, 1889 in Rottenburg am Neckar.
Died January 22nd, 1977 at 87 years old in Tutzing.
Pedro Lemebel
Chilean writer.
Born November 21st, 1952 in Santiago.
Died January 22nd, 2015 at 62 years old in Santiago (laryngeal cancer).
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