January
January 1: Scotland Frank McGarvey, Scottish footballer.
January 2: Morocco Abd al-Rahim al-Tunisi, a Moroccan comedian.
January 2: France Catherine David, French journalist and literary critic.
January 2: The State of Palestine, Muhammad Naim Yassin, a Palestinian Islamic preacher and writer.
January 2: USA Ken Block, American rally driver.
January 3: Russia Ruslan Hasab Allutov, Soviet and then Russian politician.
Morocco Karim Bennani, Moroccan plastic artist.
Egypt Mohamed Anani, Egyptian writer.
Jordan Abdul Salam Majali, Jordanian politician and physician.
United States Walter Cunningham, American astronaut.
January 4: United Kingdom Faye Weldon, British writer.
January 5: Italy Ernesto Castano, Italian soccer player.
United States Earl Boone, American actor.
January 6: Yemen Sadiq al-Ahmar, Yemeni politician and tribal leader.
Italy Gianluca Vialli, Italian football player and coach.
United States Dick Svet, American tennis player.
Austria Karl Pfeiffer, Austrian journalist.
January 7: Cameroonian Modeste Mbame, a Cameroonian footballer.
January 8: Brazil Roberto Dinamiti, a Brazilian soccer player.
January 9: Iraq Muhammad Hussein al-Saghir, an Iraqi Shiite poet and scholar.
January 10: Greece Constantine II, the last king of Greece.
January 11: Lebanon Hussein Al-Husseini, Lebanese politician.
January 15: Saudi Arabia Shaya Al-Nafisa, a Saudi football player.
January 16: Egypt Mansour Esawy, former Egyptian Minister of Interior.
January 17: France, Lucille Randon, the oldest French woman in the history of the Earth.
January 18: Iraq Ali Dakhil, Iraqi actor.
January 23: Egypt Sami Sharaf, an Egyptian intelligence officer.
January 25: Morocco Khadija Asad, Moroccan actress.
January 27: Syria is a harbinger of greatness, a Syrian poet and writer.
January 28: The State of Palestine, Khairy Alqam, a Palestinian martyr and fighter.
January 29 State of Palestine Jihad Saleh, Palestinian writer.
January 30: Saudi Arabia, Abdul Ilah bin Saud Al Saud, a Saudi prince.
February deaths
1
Terrence Dickinson, 79, Canadian astronomer.
Franklin Florence, 88, American priest and civil rights activist.
Dan Suleiman, 80, Nigerian politician and military man.
George Peter Wilbur, 81, American actor.
2
Yahya Rabah, 80, Palestinian politician and writer.
Jean-Pierre Jabouille, 80, French racing driver.
Kenny Jay, 85, American professional wrestler.
Gloria María, 73, Brazilian journalist and media personality.
Nizar Oyoun Al-Soud, 78, Syrian translator, writer and academic.
Alan Hirst, 77, British politician (death announced today).
Linda Matar, 97, Lebanese human rights activist.
Butch Miles, 78, American drummer.
Ron Campbell, 82, American baseball player.
David Richard Thorpe, 80, British historian.
3
Anthony Fernandez, 86, Indian Catholic bishop.
Oswald Gomes, 90, Sri Lankan Catholic bishop.
Paco Rabanne, 88, Spanish-French fashion designer.
Lawrence M. McKenna, 89, US judge.
4
Luciano Armani, 82, Italian cyclist.
Sherif Ismail, 67, an Egyptian politician who assumed the presidency of his country's Council of Ministers (2015-2018).
Abraham Lempel, 86, Israeli computer scientist and cryptographer.
Paul Martha, 80, American football player.
Ron Tompkins, 78, American baseball player.
Eugene Iglesias, 96, American actor.
5
Mohamed El Ghawi, 67, Moroccan singer.
Pervez Musharraf, 79, Pakistani politician and military commander who assumed the presidency of his country (2001-2008).
May Al-Sayegh, 82, Palestinian poet and human rights activist.
Mordechai Bibi, 100, Israeli politician of Iraqi descent.
Hansi Schmidt, 80, German handball player of Romanian descent.
6
Nader Joukhadar, 45, Syrian football player and coach.
Abdellatif Ben Ammar, 79, Tunisian film director.
Peter Allen, 75, English footballer.
Charlie Norris, 59, American professional wrestler.
Billy Thompson, 64, Scottish footballer (death announced today).
Lubomir Strogal, 98, 19th Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.
David Harris, 76, American writer, journalist, and peace activist.
Emory Kristoff, 80, American photographer.
Christian Atsu, 31, Ghanaian footballer (body found today).
7
Ahmed Eyup Turk Aslan, 28, Turkish football player.
Oleksandr Radchenko, 46, Soviet and then Ukrainian football player.
Friedel Lutz, 84, German footballer.
Makoto Ito, 86, Japanese economist.
8
Miroslav Blajević, 87, Yugoslav and then Croatian football player and coach.
Welkan Kahraman, 43, is an Austrian footballer of Turkish descent.
Ivan Silayev, 92, Soviet and later Russian politician.
Laure Gharib, 92, Lebanese painter, poet, journalist and critic.
Bert Bacarac, 94, American composer and musician.
Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, 96, American military pilot.
9
Marcos Alonso Peña, 63, Spanish football player and coach.
Ali al-Bahadli, 80, Iraqi politician.
10
Carlos Sora, 91, Spanish film director.
Sergey Tereshchenko, 71, Soviet and then Kazakh politician.
Hugh Hudson, 86, British film director.
Samuel Moreno Rojas, 62, Colombian politician.
Ben Steinberg, 93, Canadian composer and musician.
11
Deniz Baygal, 84, Turkish politician.
Hans Modrow, 95, American politician.
Jassim Ismail Jumaa, 85, Kuwaiti diplomat.
Robert Dean Hunter, 94, American politician.
Odd Eriksen, 67, Norwegian politician.
Lee James, 69, American weightlifter.
12
Nadia Hashem, ??, Jordanian politician, journalist and writer.
Amazonino Méndez, 83, Brazilian politician.
Arne Treholt, 80, Norwegian politician, diplomat and spy.
Youssef Al-Salem, 37, Saudi football player.
David Judd-Jolikor, 54, American rapper.
John Paul Taylor, 102, American politician.
Roger Bobo, 84, American musician.
Brian Dubois, 55, American baseball player.
13
Pierre García, 79, French football player and coach.
Zia Mohyuddin, 91, Pakistani actor.
Guido Basu, 85, Canadian jazz musician.
Robert Geddes, 99, American architect.
José María Gil Rubez y Kildelago, 87, Spanish lawyer and politician.
14
Marawan Najjar, 76, Lebanese television director and writer.
Mikhael Daher, 95, Lebanese politician and lawyer.
Morsi Atallah, 80, Egyptian sports journalist and administrator.
15
Gygoz Szket, 65, Polish actor and boxer.
Raquel Welch, 82, American actress.
Kevin Baird, 70, English footballer.
Paul Berg, 96, American biochemist.
James Fleming, 83, Canadian politician and journalist.
16
Simone Edwards, 49, Jamaican-American basketball player and coach.
Tim Loebinger, 50, German athlete.
Tony Marshall, 85, German opera singer.
Gunnar Heinsohn, 79, German sociologist and economist.
Colin Dobson, 82, English footballer and coach.
Alex Herrera, 43, Venezuelan baseball player.
17
Hans Paulsen, 77, Australian singer-songwriter.
Kyle Jacobs, 49, American composer and songwriter.
Stella Stephens, 84, American actress.
Rebecca Plank, 67, American economist and politician.
Gerald Fried, 95, American composer and musician.
18
Huang Da, 97, Chinese economist.
Oliver Wood, 73, British cinematographer.
Petar Zhikov, 78, Bulgarian football player and coach.
Ilario Castanger, 82, Italian football player and coach.
George Miller, 79, British-Australian film director.
19
Hakam Al-Baba, 61, Syrian writer, journalist, and political activist.
Daniel Roche, 87, French historian.
