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Who died on 21 January?
Celebrities who died on 21 January
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Vladimir Lenin
Russian politician, communist theorist and first leader of Soviet Russia
George Orwell
English author and journalist
Terry Jones
Welsh comedian, screenwriter, actor, film director and author
Jackie Wilson
American singer
Emiliano Sala
Argentine association football player
Cecil B. DeMille
film director from the United States
Nathalie Delon
French actress and director
Kaye Ballard
American actress, singer
Louie Anderson
American stand-up comedian and actor
Peggy Lee
American singer, songwriter, composer and actress
Michael Winner
English film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter
Jack Lord
American actor
Charlie Gehringer
American baseball player and coach
Harris Wofford
American politician
John J. Tigert
American university president, U.S. Commissioner of Education, College Football Hall of Fame member, professor, coach
Henri d'Orléans, Count of Paris
French noble
Carl Switzer
actor
Ann Sheridan
American actress
Marie Prevost
Canadian actress
Blaise Cendrars
French writer of Swiss origin
Luise Ullrich
Austrian actress
Mauricio Herdocia
Nicaraguan jurist
Henryk Chmielewski
Polish comic book artist and journalist
Shivakumara Swamiji
Indian saint
Adèle Bloemendaal
Dutch singer and actress
Paul Quarrington
Canadian novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator
Charles Kettles
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Ritt Bjerregaard
Danish politician
Barry Stanton
Australian singer
David Jones
Welsh dual-code international rugby union and rugby league footballer
De'Runnya Wilson
American football player
Bobby Bragan
American baseball player, coach, manager
Bert Whaling
American baseball player
Simon Dunn
Australian bobsledder
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Muravyov
soviet and Russian military officer
Eddie Graham
American professional wrestler
Joseph Schildkraut
actor
Alex Groza
basketball player
Carl Furillo
American baseball player
Krzysztof Gawedzki
Polish-French physicist
Susan Strasberg
American film and stage actress
Chartchai Chionoi
Thai boxer
José Rodríguez
Cuban baseball player
Norman Amadio
Canadian jazz musician
Raghbir Singh Bhola
Indian field hockey player
Bruno Giacosa
Rémy Julienne
French racing driver
Archie Hahn
German-American athlete