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===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[Josephine Butler]], English [[Feminism|feminist]] and [[social reform]]er (b. 1828) *[[1908]] – [[Thomas-Alfred Bernier]], Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1844) *[[1916]] – [[Grigori Rasputin]], Russian mystic (b. 1869) *[[1928]] – [[Jean Collas]], French rugby player and [[tug of war]] competitor (b. 1874) *[[1937]] – [[Hans Niels Andersen]], Danish businessman, founded the [[East Asiatic Company]] (b. 1852) *[[1940]] – [[Childe Wills]], American engineer (b. 1878) *[[1941]] – [[El Lissitzky]], Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890) *[[1944]] – [[Romain Rolland]], French author and playwright, [[List of Nobel laureates|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1866) *[[1945]] – [[Song Jin-woo (journalist)|Song Jin-woo]], South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889) *[[1947]] – [[Han van Meegeren]], Dutch painter (b. 1889) * 1947 – [[Alfred North Whitehead]], English-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861) *[[1954]] – [[Archduke Eugen of Austria]] (b. 1863) *[[1955]] – [[Rex Ingamells]], Australian poet and author (b. 1913) *[[1967]] – [[Vincent Massey]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Governor General of Canada]] (b. 1887) *[[1968]] – [[Trygve Lie]], Norwegian journalist and politician, first [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] (b. 1896) *[[1970]] – [[Sonny Liston]], American boxer (b. 1932) *[[1971]] – [[Jo Cals]], Dutch lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (b. 1914) * 1971 – [[Vikram Sarabhai]], Indian physicist and academic (b. 1919) *[[1979]] – [[Richard Rodgers]], American playwright and composer (b. 1902)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Rodgers {{!}} American composer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Rodgers |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=9 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Alberto Vargas]], Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1896) *[[1983]] – [[Violette Cordery]], English race car driver (b. 1900) *[[1986]] – [[Era Bell Thompson]], American journalist (b. 1905) *[[1988]] – [[Yuli Daniel]], Russian author and poet (b. 1925) * 1988 – [[Isamu Noguchi]], American sculptor and landscaper (b. 1904) *[[1990]] – [[Raghuvir Sahay]], Indian author, poet, and critic (b. 1929) *[[1992]] – [[Romeo Muller]], American actor, [[screenwriter]], for [[screenplays]] like the 1964, [[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)]] (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Romeo Muller Jr., 64, Writer for Animation Dies |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/02/obituaries/romeo-muller-jr-64-writer-for-animation.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 January 1993 |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil]], Turkish lawyer and politician, 20th [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1908) * 1993 – [[Irving Paul Lazar|Irving "Swifty" Lazar]], American talent agent (b. 1907) * 1993 – [[Giuseppe Occhialini]], Italian-French physicist and academic (b. 1907) *[[1994]] – [[Dmitri Ivanenko]], Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1904) *[[1995]] – [[Ralph Flanagan]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1914) * 1995 – [[Doris Grau]], American voice actor and script supervisor (b. 1924) *[[1996]] – [[Lew Ayres]], American actor (b. 1908) *[[1997]] – [[Shinichi Hoshi]], Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1926) *[[1998]] – [[Sam Muchnick]], American wrestling promoter, co-founded the [[National Wrestling Alliance]] (b. 1905) *[[1999]] – [[Joff Ellen]], Australian comedian and actor (b. 1915) * 1999 – [[Fritz Leonhardt]], German engineer, co-designed the [[Cologne Rodenkirchen Bridge]] and [[Fernsehturm Stuttgart]] (b. 1909) * 1999 – [[Des Renford]], Australian swimmer (b. 1927) * 1999 – [[Sarah Knauss]], American supercentenarian (b. 1880) *[[2000]] – [[Julius J. Epstein]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1909) *[[2002]] – [[Mary Brian]], American actress (b. 1906) * 2002 – [[Eleanor J. Gibson]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1910) * 2002 – [[Mary Wesley]], English author (b. 1912) *[[2003]] – [[John Gregory Dunne]], American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (b. 1932) *[[2004]] – [[Artie Shaw]], American clarinet player, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910) *[[2005]] – [[Eddie Barlow]], South African cricketer and coach (b. 1940) * 2005 – [[Rona Jaffe]], American novelist (b. 1932) *[[2006]] – [[Saddam Hussein]], Iraqi general and politician, fifth [[President of Iraq]] (b. 1937) * 2006 – [[Terry Peck]], Falkland Islander police officer and spy (b. 1938) * 2006 – [[Michel Plasse]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948) *[[2009]] – [[Rowland S. Howard]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1959) * 2009 – [[Abdurrahman Wahid]], Indonesian journalist and politician, fourth [[President of Indonesia]] (b. 1940) *[[2010]] – [[Bobby Farrell]], Dutch dancer and performer from [[Aruba]] (b. 1949) *[[2011]] – [[Ronald Searle]], English-French cartoonist (b. 1920) *[[2012]] – [[Philip Coppens (author)|Philip Coppens]], Belgian-American journalist and author (b. 1971) * 2012 – [[Beate Sirota Gordon]], Austrian-American director and producer (b. 1923) * 2012 – [[Rita Levi-Montalcini]], Italian neurologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1909) * 2012 – [[Carl Woese]], American microbiologist and biophysicist (b. 1928) * 2012 – [[Dennis Ferguson]], Australian sex offender (b. 1948) *[[2013]] – [[Kinnaird R. McKee]], American admiral (b. 1929) * 2013 – [[José María Maguregui]], Spanish footballer and manager (b. 1934) * 2013 – [[Eiichi Ohtaki]], Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948) * 2013 – [[Johnny Orr (basketball, born 1927)|Johnny Orr]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1927) * 2013 – [[Paul Sally]], American mathematician and academic (b. 1933) *[[2014]] – [[Terry Becker]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1921) * 2014 – [[Jim Galloway]], Scottish-Canadian clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1936) * 2014 – [[Luise Rainer]], German-born American-British actress (b. 1910) *[[2015]] – [[Doug Atkins]], American football player (b. 1930) * 2015 – [[Howard Davis, Jr.]], American boxer and trainer (b. 1956) * 2015 – [[Mangesh Padgaonkar]], Indian poet, playwright, and translator (b. 1929) * 2015 – [[Howard Pawley]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Premier of Manitoba]] (b. 1934) *[[2017]] – [[Erica Garner]], American civil rights activist (b. 1990)<ref>{{cite web |title=Erica Garner: US civil rights activist whose father was killed by police chokehold |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/erica-garner-us-civil-rights-police-chokehold-death-black-lives-matter-nypd-new-york-racism-staten-island-a8141921.html |website=The Independent |access-date=30 December 2020 |language=en |date=4 January 2018}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Dawn Wells]], American actress, (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on 'Gilligan's Island,' dies of Covid-19 complications at 82 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/30/entertainment/dawn-wells-obit/index.html |work=[[CNN]] |last=Respers France |first=Lisa |date=30 December 2020 |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Barbara Walters]], American journalist, producer, and author (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/barbara-walters-dead-journalist-celebrity-interviewer-abc-news-1235476703/|title = Barbara Walters, Queen of Celebrity Interviews, Dies at 93|last = Dagan|first = Carmel|work = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date = December 30, 2022|accessdate = December 30, 2022}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Bryan Ansell]], British role-playing and wargame designer (b. 1955)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beck |first1=Laycie |title=Man behind one of Nottingham's most successful companies dies age 68 |url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/man-behind-one-nottinghams-most-9005580 |access-date=31 December 2023 |agency=NottinghamshireLive |date=31 December 2023}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Tom Wilkinson]], English actor (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-12-30 |title=Tom Wilkinson: The Full Monty actor dies at 75 |language=en-GB |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65823240 |access-date=2023-12-31}}</ref> * 2023 – [[Aki Yashiro]], Japanese singer (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Aki Yashiro, Enka Singer and Painter, Dies at Age 73; Known for Hit Songs "Funauta" and "Ame no Bojo" |url=https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/obituaries/20240109-160954/ |date=9 January 2024 |access-date=9 January 2024 |newspaper=[[The Japan News]]}}</ref>
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