Editing January 2 (section)

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[951]] &ndash; [[Liu Chengyou]], Emperor Yin of the [[Later Han (Five Dynasties)|Later Han]] (b. 931)<ref name="OH">''[[Old History of the Five Dynasties]]'' [http://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/舊五代史/卷103 ch. 103.]</ref>
*   951   &ndash; [[Su Fengji]], Chinese official and [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor]]<ref name="OH"/>
*[[1096]] &ndash; [[William de St-Calais]], Bishop of [[Durham, England|Durham]] and chief counsellor of [[William II of England]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Ordericus Vitalis|title=The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy|url=https://archive.org/details/ecclesiasticalh04fragoog|year=1854|publisher=H.G. Bohn|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ecclesiasticalh04fragoog/page/n210 200]}}</ref>
*[[1169]] &ndash; [[Bertrand de Blanchefort]], sixth [[Grand Masters of the Knights Templar|Grand Master of the Knights Templar]] (b. c. 1109)<ref>{{cite book|author=Tobias Churton|title=The Gnostic Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VXUEAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Signal Pub.|isbn=978-0-9543309-1-0|page=199}}</ref>
*[[1184]] &ndash; [[Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria]], daughter of [[Andronikos Komnenos (son of John II Komnenos)|Andronikos Komnenos]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Genealogist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J7pnAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=The Association|page=31}}</ref>
*[[1298]] &ndash; [[Lodomer]], Hungarian prelate, Archbishop of Esztergom<ref>{{cite book |last=Zsoldos |first=Attila |year=2011 |title=Magyarország világi archontológiája, 1000–1301 [Secular Archontology of Hungary, 1000–1301] |page=82 |publisher=História, MTA Történettudományi Intézete |isbn=978-963-9627-38-3|language=hu}}</ref>
*[[1470]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Reuß von Plauen]], Grand Master of the Teutonic Order<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Meyer|title=Meyers Konversations-Lexikon: eine Encyklopädie des allgemeinen Wissens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iiRiAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA233|year=1875|publisher=Bibliographisches Institut|pages=233|language=de}}</ref>  
*[[1512]] &ndash; [[Svante Nilsson (regent of Sweden)|Svante Nilsson]], Sweden politician (b. 1460)<ref>{{cite book|author=Franklin Daniel Scott|title=Sweden, the Nation's History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qv8zxie3A18C&pg=PA101|year=1988|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-1489-8|pages=101}}</ref>
*[[1514]] &ndash; [[William Smyth]], English bishop and academic (b. 1460)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thompson Cooper|title=A New Biographical Dictionary: Containing Concise Notices of Eminent Persons of All Ages and Countries: and More Particularly of Distinguished Natives of Great Britain and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phhGJXvlcUkC&pg=PA1065|year=1874|publisher=Macmillan|pages=1065}}</ref>
*[[1543]] &ndash; [[Francesco Canova da Milano]], Italian composer (b. 1497)<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the Lute Society of America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZVdLAAAAYAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Lute Society of America|page=2}}</ref>
*[[1557]] &ndash; [[Pontormo]], Italian painter and educator (b. 1494)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jacopo Carucci Pontormo|title=Jacopo Carrucci, Known as Pontormo 1494-1557|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kydHAQAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Könemann|isbn=978-3-8290-0254-7|page=6}}</ref>
*[[1598]] &ndash; [[Morris Kyffin]], Welsh soldier and writer (b. c.1555)<ref>{{cite DWB|id=s-KYFF-MOR-1555|title=Kyffin, Morris (c.1555-1598), writer and soldier|author=Glanmor Williams|author-link=Glanmor Williams|access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1613]] &ndash; [[Salima Sultan Begum]], Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1539)<ref>{{cite book|author=Renuka Nath|title=Notable Mughal and Hindu women in the 16th and 17th centuries A.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0BuAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1990|publisher=Inter-India Publications|isbn=978-81-210-0241-7|page=59}}</ref>
*[[1614]] &ndash; [[Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza]], Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (b. 1566)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Carvajal, Luisa de |volume= 05 |last= Hannay |first= David McDowall |author-link= David McDowall Hannay| page = 437; see lines one and two and lines one and two from the end |quote=....was born at Jaraicejo in Estremadura on the 2nd of January 1568.....she died in the Spanish ambassador’s house on her birthday, the 2nd of January 1614.}}</ref>
*[[1726]] &ndash; [[Domenico Zipoli]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Clement J. McNaspy|author2=J. M. Blanch|title=Lost Cities of Paraguay: Art and Architecture of the Jesuit Reductions, 1607-1767|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F6xdAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Loyola University Press|isbn=978-0-8294-0396-1|page=131}}</ref>
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville]], English statesman (b. 1690)<ref>{{cite book|author=Arthur Collins|title=The Peerage of England: Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of that Kingdom...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SeYHoB7iD_wC&pg=PA410|year=1768|publisher=H. Woodfall|pages=410}}</ref>
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Manuel de la Peña y Peña]], Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://presidentes.mx/manuel-de-la-pena-y-pena|publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico|title=Manuel de la Peña y Peña|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528035501/https://presidentes.mx/manuel-de-la-pena-y-pena|archive-date=May 28, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Frederick William IV of Prussia]] (b. 1795)<ref>{{cite book|last=Feldhahn|first=Ulrich|title=Die preußischen Könige und Kaiser (German)|publisher=Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg|year=2011|isbn=978-3-89870-615-5|pages=21–23}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[George Biddell Airy]], English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last=Hutchins |first=R.  |date=2004 |title=Adams, John Couch (1819–1892) |id=123}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[James Longstreet]], American general and diplomat (b. 1821)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/james-longstreet-1821-1904|title=James Longstreet (1821-1904)|author=Steven Nash|website=Georgia Encyclopedia|access-date=18 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423155600/https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/james-longstreet-1821-1904|archive-date=23 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Léon Teisserenc de Bort]], French meteorologist (b. 1855)<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the Scottish Meteorological Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YNI-AQAAMAAJ|year=1914|publisher=Blackwood|page=195}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Karl Goldmark]], Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830)<ref name="Arthur Saul Super 1969 119"/>
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Léon Flameng]], French cyclist (b. 1877)<ref>{{cite book|author=Nigel McCrery|title=The Extinguished Flame: Olympians Killed in The Great War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_U3CDAAAQBAJ|date=19 October 2016|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-4738-7801-3|page=156}}</ref> 
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Paul Adam (French novelist)|Paul Adam]], French author (b. 1862)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Adam, Paul}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Sabine Baring-Gould]], English author and scholar (b. 1834)<ref>{{cite book|author=J. Stephen Lang|title=The Christian History Devotional: 365 Readings and Prayers to Deepen and Inspire Your Faith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7AHSTeFtgOMC&pg=PA3|year=2012|publisher=Thomas Nelson Inc|isbn=978-1-4002-0433-5|pages=3–}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Roman Dmowski]], Polish politician, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland)|Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1864)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Spencer Tucker|author2=Priscilla Mary Roberts|title=World War I: A Student Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TogXVHTlxG4C&pg=PA582|year=2005|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-85109-879-8|pages=582}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Mischa Levitzki]], Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898)<ref>Staff. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F00E6D7153BE33BBC4B53DFB766838A659EDE&legacy=true "MISCHA LEVITZKI, NOTED PIANIST, DIES; Virtuoso Who Won Acclaim of Audiences Throughout World Succumbs to Heart Attack KNOWN AS CHILD PRODIGY Composer, 42, Made His Debut Here in 1916 After Giving Many Recitals in Europe"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228034006/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F00E6D7153BE33BBC4B53DFB766838A659EDE&legacy=true |date=2016-12-28 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 3, 1941. Accessed December 27, 2016.</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Joe Darling]], Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155700.html | title = Obituary: Joseph Darling | work = Wisden Cricketers' Almanack | publisher = John Wisden & Co | access-date = 10 February 2008 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130121055243/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/155700.html | archive-date = 21 January 2013 | url-status = live }}</ref> 
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[James Dooley (New South Wales politician)|James Dooley]], Irish-Australian politician, 21st [[Premier of New South Wales]] (b. 1877)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Appleton|title=The Australian Encyclopaedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7dVBAAAAYAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Grolier Society of Australia|isbn=978-0-9596604-2-5|page=220}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[William Campion (governor)|William Campion]], English colonel and politician, 21st [[Governor of Western Australia]] (b. 1870)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Michael Stenton|author2=Stephen Lees|title=Who's who of British members of parliament: a biographical dictionary of the House of Commons, based on annual volumes of Dod's 'parliamentary companion' and other sources|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQcWAQAAIAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Harvester Press|page=55|isbn=9780391007680|access-date=2019-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108015535/http://books.google.com/books?id=eQcWAQAAIAAJ|archive-date=2014-01-08|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Edith New]], English militant suffragette (b. 1877)<ref>{{citation|first=Frances|last=Bevan|title=New, Edith Bessie|website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2019|doi=10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.56249|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-56249|access-date=6 March 2021}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Guccio Gucci]], Italian businessman and fashion designer, founder of [[Gucci]] (b. 1881)<ref>{{cite book|author=Mary Ellen Snodgrass|title=World Clothing and Fashion: An Encyclopedia of History, Culture, and Social Influence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gO9nBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA286|date=17 March 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-45167-9|pages=286}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Paul Sauvé]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th [[Premier of Quebec]] (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael D. Behiels|title=Prelude to Quebec's Quiet Revolution: Liberalism vs Neo-Nationalism, 1945-60|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9bk4WiV7L10C&pg=PA262|date=1 June 1985|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-6095-6|pages=262}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Dick Powell]], American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)<ref name="DPobit">{{cite news |title=Film World Mourns Dick Powell; Jack Carson |newspaper=St. Petersburg Times |date=January 4, 1963 |agency=AP |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wo1PAAAAIBAJ&pg=6901,1269933 |access-date=May 19, 2019}}</ref>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Jack Carson]], Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)<ref name="DPobit"/>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Tex Ritter]], American actor (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite book|author=Johnny Bond|title=The Tex Ritter story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VfY5AQAAIAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Chappell Music Co.|page=229|isbn=9780146910319 }}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Siraj Sikder]], Bangladesh revolutionary leader (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite book|title=Asian Survey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vgy1AAAAIAAJ|year=1986|publisher=University of California Press|page=760}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Erroll Garner]], American pianist and composer (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite book|title=Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=shJofk603zMC&pg=PA106|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-29826-4|pages=106}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Una Merkel]], American actress (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19860105&id=kYZGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4011,301370&hl=en |title=Actress Una Merkel dies |date=January 5, 1986 |work=The Evening News |page=2A |access-date=March 22, 2015 |location=Newburgh, New York |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311111825/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19860105&id=kYZGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VjMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4011,301370&hl=en |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Harekrushna Mahatab]], Indian journalist and politician, 1st [[List of Chief Ministers of Odisha|Chief Minister of Odisha]] (b. 1899)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Indian Law Reports: Cuttack series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hwe36tpfGegC|year=1991|publisher=Superintendent, Orissa Government Press|page=414}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Safdar Hashmi]], Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sunday-guardian.com/artbeat/on-the-death-of-safdar-hashmi|title=On the death of Safdar Hashmi|date=23 May 2019|author=Sumana Roy|website=The Sunday Guardian|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922060413/http://www.sunday-guardian.com/artbeat/on-the-death-of-safdar-hashmi|archive-date=22 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Alan Hale Jr.]], American film and television actor (b. 1921)<ref name="AndrewsTurner1990"/>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Evangelos Averoff]], Greek historian and politician, [[List of defence ministers of Greece|Greek Minister for National Defence]] (b. 1910)<ref name="AndrewsTurner1990">{{cite book|author1=Deborah Andrews|author2=Roland Turner|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6VIYAAAAIAAJ|year=1990|publisher=St. James Pr.|page=1|isbn=9781558620926}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Dixy Lee Ray]], American biologist and politician; 17th [[Governor of Washington]] (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19940103/1887837/dixy-lee-ray-unpolitical-unique-uncompromising|title=Dixy Lee Ray: Unpolitical, Unique, Uncompromising|date=January 3, 1994|author1=Don Duncan|author2=Mark Matassa|author3=Jim Simon|website=Seattle Times|access-date=19 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918220614/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19940103&slug=1887837|archive-date=18 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Pierre-Paul Schweitzer]], French lawyer and businessman (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite book|title=The New York Times Biographical Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VNo1AQAAIAAJ|date=January 1994|publisher=New York Times & Arno Press|page=31}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Nancy Kelly]], American actress (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JoHAQAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-0253-3|page=104}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Siad Barre]], Somalian general and politician; 3rd [[List of Presidents of Somalia|President of Somalia]] (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mohamed-said-barre-1566452.html|title=Rolf Liebermann obituary|date=3 January 1995|author=Richard Greenfield|website=The Independent|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524220254/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-mohamed-said-barre-1566452.html|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Rolf Liebermann]], Swiss-French composer and manager (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jan/14/guardianobituaries.tomsutcliffe|title=Rolf Liebermann obituary|date=14 January 1999|author=Tom Sutcliffe|website=The Guardian|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524220253/https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jan/14/guardianobituaries.tomsutcliffe|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1999 &ndash; [[Sebastian Haffner]], German journalist and author (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jan/14/guardianobituaries|title=Sebastian Haffner obituary|date=14 January 1999|author=Neil Ascherson|website=The Guardian|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524215745/https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jan/14/guardianobituaries|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1999 &ndash; [[Aaron Wiggins]], American professional basketball player<ref name="WigginsNBA">{{cite web |title=Aaron Wiggins |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630598 |website=NBA |access-date=10 February 2025}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Elmo Zumwalt]], American admiral (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=58232 | title=William J. Clinton: "Remarks at Funeral Services for Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr. in Annapolis, Maryland," January 10, 2000 | publisher=The American Presidency Project | access-date=2013-11-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203022712/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=58232 | archive-date=December 3, 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2000   &ndash; [[Patrick O'Brian]], English author and translator (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/6916742/Patrick-OBrian.html|title=Patrick O'Brian|date=7 January 2000|website=The Telegraph|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903005816/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/6916742/Patrick-OBrian.html|archive-date=3 September 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[William P. Rogers]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 55th [[United States Secretary of State]] (b. 1913)<ref name=obit>{{cite news |first=David|last=Stout |title=William P. Rogers, Who Served as Nixon's Secretary of State, Is Dead at 87 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E5D6113BF937A35752C0A9679C8B63 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=January 4, 2001 |access-date=December 25, 2008}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Maclyn McCarty]], American geneticist and physician (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/obituaries/maclyn-mccarty-dies-at-93-pioneer-in-dna-research.html|title=Maclyn McCarty Dies at 93; Pioneer in DNA Research|date=January 6, 2005|author=Lawrence K. Altman|website=New York Times|access-date=20 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529172950/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/obituaries/maclyn-mccarty-dies-at-93-pioneer-in-dna-research.html|archive-date=29 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Cecilia Muñoz-Palma]], Filipino lawyer and jurist (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite book|author=Alfred A. Yuson|title=Heroes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQJxAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Alay sa Bansa|isbn=978-971-93477-0-5}}</ref>
*  2006   &ndash; [[Osa Massen]], Danish-American actress (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite web|title=Osa Massen, 91; 1940s Danish-Born Actress Famous as Femme Fatale|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-14-me-passings14-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=13 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913003950/http://articles.latimes.com/2006/feb/14/local/me-passings14|archive-date=13 September 2017|url-status=live|date=2006-02-14}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[A. Richard Newton]], Australian-American engineer and academic (b. 1951)<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography - Arthur Richard (Rich) Newton - People Australia |url=https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/newton-arthur-richard-rich-1673 |website=peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au |access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref>
*  2007   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Fox-Genovese]], American historian and author (b. 1941)<ref>{{Citation |title = Voices; Vol. XXIV, No. 2 |edition = online |chapter = 3. Miss Betsey: A Memoir of Marriage; Nature and Grace |chapter-url = http://wf-f.org/09-02-Genovese.html |last = Genovese |first = Eugene |publisher = WF-F |year = 2009 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100624103535/http://wf-f.org/09-02-Genovese.html |archive-date = June 24, 2010 |df = mdy-all }}.</ref>
*  2007   &ndash; [[Teddy Kollek]], Hungarian-Israeli politician, [[List of mayors of Jerusalem|Mayor of Jerusalem]] (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/world/middleeast/03kollek.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=9322D2426A44CBC76889A4B16A54AEB3&gwt=pay|title=Teddy Kollek dies at 95|date=11 January 2007|website=New York Times|access-date=23 May 2019}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[George MacDonald Fraser]], Scottish journalist and author (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite news|title=Obituary of George MacDonald Fraser Author who brought new life to Flashman, the cad to end all cads|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=4 January 2008|location=London|page=27}}</ref>
*  2008   &ndash; [[Lee S. Dreyfus]], American politician, [[Governor of Wisconsin]] (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |title=Former Wisconsin Gov. Lee Dreyfus dies - UPI.com |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/01/03/Former-Wisconsin-Gov-Lee-Dreyfus-dies/89351199388020/ |website=UPI |access-date=21 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Dreyfus for governor ...campaign whistle stop special is coming to town : meet Lee Dreyfus |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2015648082/ |website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA |date=1978 |access-date=21 November 2023}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Inger Christensen]], Danish poet and author (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/feb/19/inger-christensen-obituary|title=Inger Christensen|date=19 February 2009|author=Charles Lock and Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen|website=The Guardian|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525171658/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/feb/19/inger-christensen-obituary|archive-date=25 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[David R. Ross]], Scottish historian and author (b. 1958)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/david-r-ross-1-785355|title=David R Ross|date=8 January 2010|website=The Scotsman|access-date=22 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810022214/http://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/david-r-ross-1-785355|archive-date=10 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Anne Francis]], American actress (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/03/anne-francis-obituary|title=Anne Francis obituary|date=3 January 2011|author=[[Ronald Bergan]]|website=The Guardian|access-date=22 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928172146/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/03/anne-francis-obituary|archive-date=28 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2011   &ndash; [[Bali Ram Bhagat]], Indian politician; 16th [[List of Governors of Rajasthan|Governor of Rajasthan]] (b. 1922)<ref name="death">{{cite news|title=Former Lok Sabha Speaker Baliram Bhagat passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/former-lok-sabha-speaker-baliram-bhagat-passes-away/article1025159.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=January 3, 2011|access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref>
*  2011   &ndash; [[Pete Postlethwaite]], English actor (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jan/03/pete-postlethwaite-obituary|title=Pete Postlethwaite obituary|date=3 January 2011|author=[[Ronald Bergan]]|website=The Guardian|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423122718/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/jan/03/pete-postlethwaite-obituary|archive-date=23 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Gordon Hirabayashi]], American-Canadian sociologist and academic (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/us/gordon-hirabayashi-wwii-internment-opponent-dies-at-93.html|title=Gordon Hirabayashi, World War II Internment Opponent, Dies at 93|date=3 January 2012|author=Richard Goldstein|website=New York Times|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119054401/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/us/gordon-hirabayashi-wwii-internment-opponent-dies-at-93.html|archive-date=19 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[Silvana Gallardo]], American actress and producer (b. 1953)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/obituaries/article44148585.html|title=Silvana Gallardo, actress who had been living in Paris, Ky., dies at age 58|date=5 January 2012|author=Jennifer Hewlett|website=Lexington Herald Leader|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424171319/https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/obituaries/article44148585.html|archive-date=24 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2012   &ndash; [[William P. Carey]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded [[W. P. Carey]] (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/business/william-p-carey-leader-in-commercial-real-estate-dies-at-81.html|title=William P. Carey, Leader in Commercial Real Estate, Dies at 81|date=January 8, 2012|author=Dennis Hevesi|website=New York Times|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424171323/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/business/william-p-carey-leader-in-commercial-real-estate-dies-at-81.html|archive-date=24 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Gerda Lerner]], Austrian-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite news|title=Gerda Lerner, Pioneering Feminist and Historian, Dies at 92|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/us/gerda-lerner-historian-dies-at-92.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=3 January 2013 |access-date=January 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104071445/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/04/us/gerda-lerner-historian-dies-at-92.html|archive-date=January 4, 2013|url-status=live|last1=Grimes |first1=William }}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Teresa Torańska]], Polish journalist and author (b. 1944)<ref>[http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1,114871,13133032,Teresa_Toranska_nie_zyje.html Teresa Torańska nie żyje.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105045044/http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/1%2C114871%2C13133032%2CTeresa_Toranska_nie_zyje.html |date=2013-01-05 }} ''Gazeta.pl.'' Wiadomości. Retrieved January 2, 2013</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Bernard Glasser]], American director and producer (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/producer-bernard-glasser-dies-triffids-return-of-fly-stooges-668497|title=Sci-Fi Producer Bernard Glasser Dies at 89|date=4 January 2014|author=Mike Barnes|website=Hollywood Reporter|access-date=21 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416223310/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/producer-bernard-glasser-dies-triffids-return-of-fly-stooges-668497|archive-date=16 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Jane Howard]], English author and screenwriter (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/02/elizabeth-jane-howard-dies-90|title=Elizabeth Jane Howard obituary|date=2 January 2014|author=Janet Watts|website=The Guardian|access-date=21 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919070152/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jan/02/elizabeth-jane-howard-dies-90|archive-date=19 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Tihomir Novakov]], Serbian-American physicist and academic (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/59381/tihomir-novakov-1929-2015|title=Tihomir Novakov, 1929–2015|publisher=eetd.lbl.gov|date=January 2015|author=Thomas Kirchstetter|access-date=2019-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123190238/https://eetd.lbl.gov/news/article/59381/tihomir-novakov-1929-2015|archive-date=2017-01-23|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan]], Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pm-modi-condoles-veteran-cpi-leader-ab-bardhan-s-demise-2161693|title=PM Modi condoles veteran CPI leader AB Bardhan's demise|newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]]|date=2 January 2016|access-date=30 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430082838/https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pm-modi-condoles-veteran-cpi-leader-ab-bardhan-s-demise-2161693|archive-date=30 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; [[Frances Cress Welsing]], American psychiatrist and author (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rollingout.com/2016/01/02/noted-author-dr-frances-cress-welsing-dies-at-80/|title=Educator Frances Cress Welsing Dies at 80|publisher=Rolling Out.com|access-date=January 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104195552/http://rollingout.com/2016/01/02/noted-author-dr-frances-cress-welsing-dies-at-80|archive-date=January 4, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; [[Nimr al-Nimr]], Saudi Arabian religious leader (b. 1959)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/saudi-arabia-says-sheikh-nimr-al-nimr-leading-shiite-muslim-cleric-among-47-executed/2016/01/02/7c269600-b124-11e5-b281-43c0b56f61fa_story.html|title=Saudi Arabia says Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, leading Shiite Muslim cleric, among 47 executed|agency=Associated Press|date=2 January 2016|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102082524/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/saudi-arabia-says-sheikh-nimr-al-nimr-leading-shiite-muslim-cleric-among-47-executed/2016/01/02/7c269600-b124-11e5-b281-43c0b56f61fa_story.html|archive-date=2 January 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; [[Gisela Mota Ocampo]], mayor of [[Temixco]], Morelos, Mexico, assassinated (b. 1982)<ref>{{citation|title=Mayor killed after less than a day in office|url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mayor-killed-after-less-than-a-day-in-office/|newspaper=Mexico City Daily News|date=January 2, 2016|access-date=March 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216153401/https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mayor-killed-after-less-than-a-day-in-office/|archive-date=February 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Jean Vuarnet]], French ski racer (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/sports/skiing/jean-vuarnet-a-downhill-skiing-innovator-dies-at-83.html|title=Jean Vuarnet, a Downhill Skiing Innovator, Dies at 83|date=3 January 2017|author=Richard Sandomir|website=New York Times|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706081138/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/sports/skiing/jean-vuarnet-a-downhill-skiing-innovator-dies-at-83.html|archive-date=6 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2017   &ndash; [[John Berger]], English art critic, novelist and painter (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news|title=John Berger, art critic and author, dies aged 90|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/02/john-berger-art-critic-and-author-dies-aged-90|work=The Guardian|date=2 January 2017|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414012006/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/02/john-berger-art-critic-and-author-dies-aged-90|archive-date=14 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Guida Maria]], Portuguese actress (b. 1950)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.publico.pt/2018/01/02/culturaipsilon/noticia/morreu-a-atriz-guida-maria-1797838|title=Teatro. Guida Maria (1950-2018), uma actriz combativa e ousada|last=Frota|first=Gonçalo|work=PÚBLICO|access-date=5 January 2018|language=pt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202212700/https://www.publico.pt/2018/01/02/culturaipsilon/noticia/morreu-a-atriz-guida-maria-1797838|archive-date=2 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*  2018   &ndash; [[Thomas S. Monson]], American religious leader, 16th president of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/obituaries/thomas-monson-dies.html|title=Thomas Monson, President of the Mormon Church, Dies at 90|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=23 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614202751/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/obituaries/thomas-monson-dies.html|archive-date=14 June 2019|url-status=live|date=2018-01-03|last1=McFadden|first1=Robert D.}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Daryl Dragon]], American musician (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Daryl-Dragon-of-Captain-and-Tennille-dead-toni-celebrity-503813061.html |title=Daryl Dragon of Captain and Tennille Dies at 76 |date=2 January 2019 |access-date=2019-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190208095358/https://www.nbcmiami.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/Daryl-Dragon-of-Captain-and-Tennille-dead-toni-celebrity-503813061.html |archive-date=2019-02-08 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2019 &ndash; [[Bob Einstein]], American actor and comedian (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/bob-einstein-dead-curb-your-enthusiasm-super-dave-osborne-smothers-brothers-1202527938/ |title=Bob Einstein Dies: 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Actor Who Also Played Super Dave Osborne Was 76 |access-date=2019-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403111322/https://deadline.com/2019/01/bob-einstein-dead-curb-your-enthusiasm-super-dave-osborne-smothers-brothers-1202527938/ |archive-date=2019-04-03 |url-status=live |date=2019-01-02 }}</ref>
*  2019 &ndash; [[Gene Okerlund]], American wrestling announcer (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46740603 |title=WWE: Gene Okerlund, wrestling interviewer, dies at 76 |access-date=2019-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412223541/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46740603 |archive-date=2019-04-12 |url-status=live |work=BBC News |date=2019-01-02 }}</ref>
*  [[2025]] &ndash; [[Ágnes Keleti]], Hungarian Olympic gymnast (b. 1921)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=January 2, 2025 |title=Agnes Keleti, World's Oldest Olympic Champion, Dies at 103 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/obituaries/agnes-keleti-dead.html |access-date=January 3, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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