Harry Beal (August 16, 1930 – January 26, 2021) was the first US Navy Seal.
Beal joined the U.S. Navy in 1948, first serving aboard the U.S.S. Shenandoah as a gunner's mate. He joined the underwater demolition team, the precursor to the Navy SEALs, in 1955. When the first Navy SEALs team was established in 1962, Beal was the first to volunteer for the elite special operations force. Later, Beal was credited with pulling John Glenn out of the water after his historic spaceflight. Beal became a SEAL instructor, serving until his retirement from the U.S. Navy in 1968.
Beal later worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for 20 years until his retirement in 1990. In 2020, a bridge was named after Beal in his hometown of Meyersdale, Pennsylvania. He died on January 26, 2021.
Gert Blomé
Gert Arne Blomé (28 August 1934 – 27 January 2021) was a Swedish ice hockey player. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics. He won a silver medal in 1964. Blomé was born in Gävle, Sweden.
Blomé died on 27 January 2021 in Gothenburg, Sweden at the age of 86.
Blas Camacho
Blas Camacho Zancada (1939 – 27 January 2021) was a Spanish politician. He was born in Tomelloso, Sweden. He was a Deputy from 1977 to 1982 and 1986 to 1993. He was a member of the People's Party.
Camacho died of COVID-19 in Madrid on 27 January 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain at the age of 81.
Adrián Campos
Adrián Campos Suñer (17 June 1960 – 27 January 2021) was a Spanish Formula One driver. He participated in 21 Grands Prix. He made his first appearance on 12 April 1987. He was the founder of the Campos Meta Formula One team (later known as HRT). Campos owned Campos Racing. He was born in Alzira, Valencia.
Campos died on 27 January 2021 in Valencia, Spain of an aortic dissection, aged 60.
Corky Lee
Young Kwok "Corky" Lee (1947 – January 27, 2021) was an American photojournalist. He was known for taking pictures of Asian American culture which not many people paid attention to. He was known for protecting and promoting Asian American history and how it should be a part of American history. Lee was born in New York City.
Mayor of New York City David Dinkins made May 5, 1988 "Corky Lee Day". Many of his photographs appeared on "Downtown Express" and "The Villager" during the 1990s and 2000s.
Lee died on January 27, 2021 at a hospital in New York City from problems caused by COVID-19, aged 73.
Lai Xiaomin
Lai Xiaomin (; July 8, 1962 – January 29, 2021) was a Chinese businessman and senior economist. He was party chief and chairman of the board of China Huarong Asset Management from September 2012 to April 2018. Lai was born in Ruijin, Jiangxi, China.
In January 5, 2021, Lai was sentenced to death for bribery, embezzlement, and bigamy. He was executed on January 29, 2021 at the age of 58.
Tochinoumi Teruyoshi
Teruyoshi died on January 29, 2021 from pneumonia at the age of 82.
Juan del Río Martín
Juan del Río Martín (14 October 1947 – 28 January 2021) was a Spanish Roman Catholic prelate. He was the Military Archbishop of Ordinary of Spain from 2008 until his death in 2021. From 2000 to 2008, he was Bishop of Asidonia-Jerez. del Río Martín was born in Ayamonte, Spain.
del Río Martín died on 28 January 2021 from COVID-19 in Madrid, aged 73.
Wismoyo Arismunandar
Wismoyo Arismunandar (10 February 1940 – 28 January 2021) was an Indonesian high-ranking Army officer. He was Army Chief of Staff from 1993 to 1995 and Commander of Army Strategic Command from 1990 to 1993. Arismunandar was born in Bondowoso, Dutch East Indies.
Arismunandar died on 28 January 2021 in Jakarta, Indonesia at the age of 80.
Ryszard Kotys
Ryszard Kotys (20 March 1932 – 28 January 2021) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 140 movies and television shows during his career. His career lasted from 1953 until his death. Kotys was born in Mniów, Poland. He was best known for his roles in "Operacja Himmler", "Shivers" and "Świat według Kiepskich".
Kotys died on 28 January 2021 of a long-illness in Poznań, Poland at the age of 88.
César Isella
César Isella (20 October 1938 – 28 January 2021) was an Argentinian folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. He played for Los Fronterizos from 1956 to 1966. He also wrote "Canción con todos", which is thought to be the Latin American anthem. He was born in Salta, Argentina.
Isella died on 28 January 2021 in Buenos Aires from coronary artery disease, aged 82.
Guillermo Galeote
Guillermo Galeote Jiménez (6 May 1941 – 28 January 2021) was a Spanish politician and physician. He was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Galeote was born in San Sebastián, Spain. Galeote was a member of the Congress of Deputies from 1977 to 1993.
Galeote died on 28 January 2021 in Madrid from COVID-19, aged 79.
Maravilha, Santa Catarina
Maravilha, Santa Catarina is a city in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil.
Sylvirana faber
Sylvirana faber is a frog. It lives in the hills in Cambodia and Thailand.
The adult frog is 5.9 cm long. The head is long and narrow. There are eight vomerine teeth in its jaw.
This frog is light brown in color on the back and dark brown on the sides and eardrum. There are stripes of dark brown on its legs. The belly is white and the insides of the legs are pink. There are disks for climbing on its toes.
Scientists say this frog is related to "Rana nigrovittata" and "Rana mortenseni.
Paul J. Crutzen
Paul Jozef Crutzen (; 3 December 1933 – 28 January 2021) was a Dutch atmospheric chemist. He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1995. He was known for work on the ozone layer and climate change.
Crutzen died on 28 January 2021 at the age of 87.
Eddie Connachan
Edward Devlin Connachan (27 August 1935 – 28 January 2021) was a Scottish football goalkeeper. He played for Dunfermline Athletic, Middlesbrough, Falkirk, East London Celtic and the Scotland national team.
Donald M. Blinken
Donald Mayer Blinken (born November 11, 1925) is an American politician and businessman. He was born in New York City.
Blinken was director and one of the founders of E. M. Warburg Pincus & Company. He was the board chairman of the State University of New York from 1978 to 1990. He was the American Ambassador to Hungary from 1994 to 1998 during the Bill Clinton presidency. He is the father of United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Harriet Andersson
Harriet Andersson (born 14 February 1932) is a Swedish actress. She is best known for appearing in many movies directed by Ingmar Bergman and eventually being his romantic partner. Andersson appeared in several of his best-known movies, including "Smiles of a Summer Night" (1955), "Through a Glass Darkly" (1961), "Cries and Whispers" (1972), and "Fanny and Alexander" (1982).
Nils Eklund
Nils Eklund (born 17 January 1927) is a Swedish actor. He has appeared in more than 50 movies and television shows since 1952. He was born in Stockholm.
Eklund appeared in "Äktenskapsbrottaren" (1964), "Rooftree" (1967), "Doctor Glas" (1968), "The Bookseller Gave Up Bathing" (1969), "Pistol" (1973), "Peter-No-Tail" (1981), "Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?" (1981), "The Journey to Melonia" (1989), "Freud's Leaving Home" (1991)
He voiced dubbed Charles F. Muntz in the Swedish version of the 2009 Disney movie "Up".
Alan Blinken
Alan John Blinken (born 1937) is an American businessman and politician. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Belgium from 1993 to 1997 during the Bill Clinton presidency. He was born in New York City.
Blinken was also the 2002 Democratic nominee for Idaho United States Senator, losing to Larry Craig.
He is the brother of U.S. Ambassador Donald M. Blinken and the uncle of United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Abdellatif Kechiche
Abdellatif Kechiche (; , born 7 December 1960) is a Tunisian-French actor, movie director and screenwriter. He is known for directing the movie "Blue Is the Warmest Colour", which won the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Ruggero Deodato