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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[236]] – [[Pope Anterus|Anterus]], pope of the Catholic Church<ref>Shahan, Thomas (1907). "Pope St. Anterus" in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.</ref> * [[323]] – [[Emperor Yuan of Jin]], Chinese emperor (b. 276)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Venning |first1=Timothy |title=A Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume I Ancient |date=30 June 2023 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-86850-0 |page=216 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Compendium_of_World_Sovereigns_Volume/RqDEEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT216&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1028]] – [[Fujiwara no Yukinari]], Japanese calligrapher (b. 972)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fujiwara Yukinari {{!}} Traditional Japanese, Brushwork, Sumi-e {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fujiwara-Yukinari |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *1028 – [[Fujiwara no Michinaga]], Japanese nobleman (b. 966)<ref>{{cite web |title=Fujiwara Michinaga {{!}} Heian period, court politics, Japanese aristocracy {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fujiwara-Michinaga |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1098]] – [[Walkelin]], Norman bishop of Winchester<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen Hyde Cassan|title=Roman Catholic bishops|url=https://archive.org/details/livesbishopswin00cassgoog|year=1827|publisher=C. and J. Rivington|pages=[https://archive.org/details/livesbishopswin00cassgoog/page/n107 70]}}</ref> *[[1322]] – [[Philip V of France|Philip V]], king of France (b. 1292)<ref>Rose, Hugh James. (1857) ''A New General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 11.'' London: Fellows. Page 89.</ref> *[[1437]] – [[Catherine of Valois]], queen consort of [[Henry V of England|Henry V]] (b. 1401)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Westminster Abbey |title=Henry V and Catherine de Valois |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/henry-v-and-catherine-de-valois |website=Westminster Abbey |access-date=27 August 2019 |archive-date=23 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323080739/https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/royals/henry-v-and-catherine-de-valois |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1501]] – [[Ali-Shir Nava'i]], Turkic poet, linguist, and mystic (b. 1441)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://rta.org.af/eng/2016/02/01/ali-shir-navai/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171216211310/http://rta.org.af/eng/2016/02/01/ali-shir-navai| archive-date = 2017-12-16| title = Ali-Shir Nava'i – National Radio Television of Afghanistan}} {{Cite web |url=http://rta.org.af/eng/2016/02/01/ali-shir-navai/ |title=Ali-Shir Nava'i – National Radio Television of Afghanistan |access-date=2022-01-04 |archive-date=2018-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304090032/http://rta.org.af/eng/2016/02/01/ali-shir-navai/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> *[[1543]] – [[Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo]], Portuguese explorer and navigator (b. 1499)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080803/news_lz1mc3cabrill.html|title=Cabrillo statue's journey to San Diego marked by legal twists|last=Crawford|first=Richard|date=3 August 2008|work=San Diego Union Tribune|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=7 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307201519/http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080803/news_lz1mc3cabrill.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1571]] – [[Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg|Joachim II Hector]], Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1505)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joachim-II-Hektor|title=Joachim II Hektor | elector of Brandenburg|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|date=9 January 2024|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801225643/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joachim-II-Hektor|url-status=live}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1641]] – [[Jeremiah Horrocks]], English astronomer and mathematician (b. 1618)<ref>{{cite book|title=Stinchcombe parish magazine [afterw.] The parish magazine for Berkeley, Dursley, Stinchcombe and Uley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ygIIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR76|year=1874|pages=76}}</ref> *[[1656]] – [[Mathieu Molé]], French politician (b. 1584)<ref>{{Cite wikisource | title = 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Molé, Mathieu | last = Chrisholm | first = Hugh | year = 1911}}</ref> *[[1670]] – [[George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (b. 1608)<ref>{{cite book|author=Texas Christian University|title=Monographs in History and Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UppCAQAAIAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Texas Christian University Press|page=140}}</ref> *[[1701]] – [[Louis I, Prince of Monaco|Louis I]], prince of Monaco (b. 1642)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Venning |first1=Timothy |title=A Compendium of World Sovereigns: Volume III Early Modern |date=30 June 2023 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-86452-6 |page=19 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Compendium_of_World_Sovereigns_Volume/MWbFEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA19-IA31&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1705]] – [[Luca Giordano]], Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1634)<ref>{{cite book|author=J. Patrice Marandel|title=Luca Giordano, 1634-1705|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qf5GAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Electa Napoli|isbn=9788843585793}}</ref> *[[1743]] – [[Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena]], Italian painter and architect (b. 1657)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Warrack|author2=Ewan West|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxforddic00warr|url-access=registration|date=7 March 1996|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-280028-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/conciseoxforddic00warr/page/182 182]}}</ref> *[[1785]] – [[Baldassare Galuppi]], Italian composer (b. 1706)<ref>{{cite book|author=Gorton Carruth|title=The encyclopedia of world facts and dates|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo00carr|url-access=registration|year=1993|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=978-0-06-270012-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofwo00carr/page/365 365]}}</ref> *[[1795]] – [[Josiah Wedgwood]], English potter, founded the [[Wedgwood|Wedgwood Company]] (b. 1730)<ref>{{cite book|author=Llewellynn Jewitt|title=The Wedgwoods: Being a Life of Josiah Wedgwood|url=https://archive.org/details/wedgwoodsbeinga00jewigoog|year=1865|publisher=Virtue|pages=[https://archive.org/details/wedgwoodsbeinga00jewigoog/page/n383 356]–}}</ref> *[[1826]] – [[Louis-Gabriel Suchet]], French general (b. 1770)<ref>{{cite web |title=Louis-Gabriel Suchet, duke d’Albufera da Valencia {{!}} Napoleonic Wars, Peninsular Campaign, Catalonia {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Gabriel-Suchet-duc-dAlbufera-da-Valencia |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1871]] – [[Kuriakose Elias Chavara]], Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Catholic Directory of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PNQlAQAAIAAJ|year=2005|publisher=St. Paul Publications|page=70}}</ref> *[[1875]] – [[Pierre Larousse]], French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia Americana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ko8xAQAAIAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Americana Corporation|isbn=978-0-7172-0108-2|page=756}}</ref> *[[1882]] – [[William Harrison Ainsworth]], English author (b. 1805)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Harrison Ainsworth {{!}} Victorian novelist, historical fiction {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Harrison-Ainsworth |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1895]] – [[James Merritt Ives]], American lithographer and businessman, co-founded [[Currier and Ives]] (b. 1824)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Leonard C. Schlup|author2=James Gilbert Ryan|title=Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lhRqUo9HzVwC&pg=PA118|year=2003|publisher=M.E. Sharpe|isbn=978-0-7656-2106-1|pages=118}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] – [[Alois Hitler]], Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=James |title=Hitler's Alpine Headquarters |date=13 January 2014 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=978-1-78303-004-0 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I9MVBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[Alexandros Papadiamantis]], Greek author and poet (b. 1851)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Thomopoulos |first1=Elaine |title=Modern Greece |date=5 November 2021 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-216-11856-5 |page=156 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Modern_Greece/DwTHEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT156&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1915]] – [[James Elroy Flecker]], English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chambers |first1=Colin |title=The Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre |date=14 May 2006 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-84714-612-0 |page=279 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Continuum_Companion_to_Twentieth_Cen/EsOvAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA279&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Grenville M. Dodge]], American general and politician (b. 1831)<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the Western Society of Engineers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DEwyAQAAMAAJ|year=1917|publisher=Western Society of Engineers|page=42}}</ref> *[[1923]] – [[Jaroslav Hašek]], Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite book | last = Parrott | first = Cecil | title = Jaroslav Hašek : a study of Švejk and the short stories | publisher = Cambridge University Press | location = Cambridge New York | year = 1982 | isbn = 9780521243520 | page=203}}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Carl David Tolmé Runge]], German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hutter |first1=Kolumban |last2=Wang |first2=Yongqi |title=Fluid and Thermodynamics: Volume 1: Basic Fluid Mechanics |date=10 June 2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-33633-6 |page=141 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Fluid_and_Thermodynamics/ngpkDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA141&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Joseph Joffre]], French general (b. 1852)<ref>{{cite book | last = Venzon | first = Anne | title = The United States in the First World War : an encyclopedia | publisher = Garland Pub | location = New York | year = 1995 | isbn = 9780815333531 | page=314}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Wilhelm Cuno]], German lawyer and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite web |title=Wilhelm Cuno {{!}} Weimar Republic, Reichstag, Shipping Industry {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilhelm-Cuno |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Jack Pickford]], Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1896)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Foster|first=Charles|title=Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood|publisher=Dundurn Press Ltd.|year=2000|pages=[https://archive.org/details/stardustshadowsc0000fost/page/963 963]|isbn=1-55002-348-9|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/stardustshadowsc0000fost/page/963|ref=none}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Walter James (Australian politician)|Walter James]], Australian lawyer and politician, 5th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (b. 1863)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Australian Encyclopaedia: Ferns to Ley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtEiAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Grolier Society of Australia|isbn=978-0-9596604-0-1|page=421}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Jurgis Baltrušaitis]], Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Suziedelis |first1=Saulius A. |title=Historical Dictionary of Lithuania |date=7 February 2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7536-4 |page=59 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Historical_Dictionary_of_Lithuania/VkGB1CSfIlEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA59&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Edgar Cayce]], American psychic and author (b. 1877)<ref>{{cite web |title=Edgar Cayce {{!}} Psychic Readings, Prophecies & Dreams {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edgar-Cayce |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en |date=14 March 2025}}</ref> *[[1946]] – [[William Joyce]], American-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rise And Fall Of Lord Haw Haw During The Second World War |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-rise-and-fall-of-lord-haw-haw-during-the-second-world-war |website=Imperial War Museums |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1956]] – [[Alexander Gretchaninov]], Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1864)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swain |first1=Joseph P. |title=The A to Z of Sacred Music |date=9 April 2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4616-7212-8 |page=78 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_A_to_Z_of_Sacred_Music/S4PJrkvu-MYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA78&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> * 1956 – [[Dimitrios Vergos]], Greek Olympian (b. 1886)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Dimitrios Vergos |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/58513 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=12 May 2025}}</ref> * 1956 – [[Joseph Wirth]], German educator and politician, [[Chancellor of Germany]] (b. 1879)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Wirth {{!}} Weimar Republic, Reichstag, Social Democrat {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Wirth |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Edwin Muir]], Scottish poet, author, and translator (b. 1887)<ref>{{cite book | last = Stratford | first = Jenny | title = The Arts Council collection of modern literary manuscripts, 1963-1972 : a catalogue | publisher = Turret Books | location = London | year = 1974 | isbn = 9780854690732 | page=1}}</ref> *[[1960]] – [[Eric P. Kelly]], American journalist, author, and academic (b. 1884)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bostrom |first1=Kathleen Long |title=Winning Authors: Profiles of the Newbery Medalists |date=2003 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |location=Westport, Connecticut |isbn=978-1-56308-877-3 |page=22 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtjKpgdZS00C&pg=PA22 |chapter=1929: Eric P. Kelly}}</ref> *[[1965]] – [[Milton Avery]], American painter (b. 1885)<ref>{{cite web |title=Milton Avery {{!}} National Gallery of Art |url=https://www.nga.gov/artists/2947-milton-avery |website=www.nga.gov |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Sammy Younge Jr.]], American civil rights activist (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bourlin |first1=Olga |title=Samuel (“Sammy”) Leamon Younge, Jr. (1944-1966) |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/younge-samuel-sammy-leamon-jr-1944-1966/ |website=BlackPast.org |access-date=12 May 2025 |date=30 September 2014}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Mary Garden]], Scottish-American soprano and actress (b. 1874)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mary Garden {{!}} Opera Scotland |url=http://www.operascotland.org/person/4366/Mary++Garden |website=operascotland.org |access-date=30 April 2020 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802031126/http://www.operascotland.org/person/4366/Mary++Garden |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1967 – [[Reginald Punnett]], British scientist (b. 1875)<ref>{{cite web |title=Reginald Punnett {{!}} Mendelian Genetics, Genetics Research, Genetics Theory {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Reginald-Punnett |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=12 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> * 1967 – [[Jack Ruby]], American businessman and murderer (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Dan Smoot Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQcQAQAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Dan Smoot Report, Incorporated|page=9}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Gladys Aylward]], English missionary and humanitarian (b. 1902)<ref>{{cite book|title=Radio Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T_FRAQAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=G. Newnes|page=14}}</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Victor Kraft]], Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1880)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Stuart |last2=Collinson |first2=Diane |last3=Wilkinson |first3=Robert |title=Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Philosophers |date=10 September 2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-92795-1 |page=418 |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Biographical_Dictionary_of_Twentieth_Cen/DfGIKKb3iZEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA418&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref> *[[1979]] – [[Conrad Hilton]], American businessman, founded the [[Hilton Hotels & Resorts]] (b. 1887)<ref>{{cite book|author=Nancy Capace|title=Encyclopedia of New Mexico|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bE-OBlP-zPUC&pg=PA177|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc.|isbn=978-0-403-09607-7|pages=177}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[Joy Adamson]], Austrian-Kenyan painter and conservationist (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite book|first=Catharine M. C.|last=Haines|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1|page=3}}</ref> * 1980 – [[George Sutherland Fraser]], Scottish poet and academic (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |title=George Sutherland Fraser {{!}} Artist {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/george-sutherland-fraser |website=www.royalacademy.org.uk |access-date=12 May 2025}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone]] (b. 1883)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/04/obituaries/princess-alice-at-london-home-a-grandchild-of-queen-victoria.html |title=Princess Alice, at London Home; A Grandchild of Queen Victoria |newspaper=The New York Times |date=4 January 1981 |access-date=27 May 2018 |archive-date=12 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812195937/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/04/obituaries/princess-alice-at-london-home-a-grandchild-of-queen-victoria.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1988]] – [[Rose Ausländer]], Ukrainian-German poet and author (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.lyrikline.org/en/poems/bukowina-i-545#.VzOLESGoWJY | title=Rose Ausländer | publisher=Literaturwerkstatt Berlin | work=[[Lyrikline.org]] | access-date=19 February 2020 | archive-date=14 September 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914200215/https://www.lyrikline.org/en/poems/bukowina-i-545#.VzOLESGoWJY | url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Sergei Sobolev]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite web|last=O'Connor|first=J J|title=Sergei Lvovich Sobolev|url=http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Sobolev.html|access-date=2021-01-02|archive-date=2019-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022211112/http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Sobolev.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Judith Anderson]], Australian actress (b. 1897)<ref>{{cite web|author=Eric Pace|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/04/arts/dame-judith-anderson-dies-at-93-an-actress-of-powerful-portrayals.html|title=Dame Judith Anderson Dies at 93; An Actress of Powerful Portrayals|website=The New York Times|date=4 January 1992|page=27|access-date=1 January 2020|archive-date=27 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327195144/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/04/arts/dame-judith-anderson-dies-at-93-an-actress-of-powerful-portrayals.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Satish Dhawan]], Indian engineer (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/education/article/professor-satish-dhawan-birth-centenary-the-man-who-put-isro-into-big-league-of-space-research/657934|title=Professor Satish Dhawan birth centenary: The man who put ISRO into big league of space research|last=Pandey|first=Kirti|website=[[Times Now]]|date=25 September 2020|access-date=6 February 2021|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026165804/https://www.timesnownews.com/education/article/professor-satish-dhawan-birth-centenary-the-man-who-put-isro-into-big-league-of-space-research/657934|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Sid Gillman]], American football player and coach (b. 1911)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legendary Coach Sid Gillman Dies at 91 {{!}} Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2003/01/news-legendary-coach-sid-gillman-dies-at-91 |access-date=2023-01-03 |website=pfhof |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103142414/https://www.profootballhof.com/news/2003/01/news-legendary-coach-sid-gillman-dies-at-91 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Des Corcoran]], Australian politician, 37th [[Premier of South Australia]] (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2004-01-04/former-sa-premier-des-corcoran-dead-at-75/114616 |title=Former SA Premier Dead at 75 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=4 January 2004 |website=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |access-date=11 May 2023 |quote=|ref={{harvid|ABC News 4 January 2004}}}}</ref> *[[2005]] – [[Koo Chen-fu]], Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/01/04/2003217943|title=Koo Chen-fu, 88, dies of kidney cancer|last=Chen|first=Melody|website=[[Taipei Times]]|date=4 January 2005|access-date=6 February 2021|archive-date=13 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213164406/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/01/04/2003217943|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Egidio Galea]], Maltese Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/mgr-hugh-oflaherty-and-fr-egidio-galea.99956|title=Mgr Hugh O'Flaherty and Fr Egidio Galea|last=Bonnici|first=Eman|date=5 February 2005|website=timesofmalta.com|access-date=6 February 2021|archive-date=14 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214062818/https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/mgr-hugh-oflaherty-and-fr-egidio-galea.99956|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2005 – [[Jyotindra Nath Dixit]], Indian diplomat, 2nd [[National Security Adviser (India)|Indian National Security Adviser]] (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite book|title=Newswatch: Nigeria's Weekly Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zmIuAQAAIAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Newswatch Communications|page=61}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Bill Skate]], Papua New Guinean politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea]] (b. 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2006/01/04/png-former-prime-minister-sir-william-skate-dies-at-52|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070614094204/http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2006/01/04/png-former-prime-minister-sir-william-skate-dies-at-52|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 June 2007|title= Pacific Magazine: Former Prime Minister Sir William Skate Dies At 52|website=Pacific Magazine|date=4 January 2006}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[William Verity, Jr.]], American businessman and politician, 27th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/06/business/06verity.html |title=C. William Verity Jr., Former Commerce Secretary, 89, Dies |date=2007-01-06 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2020-03-01 |archive-date=2020-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027031420/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/06/business/06verity.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[Jimmy Stewart (racing driver)|Jimmy Stewart]], Scottish racing driver (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jimmy-stewart-racing-driver-brother-of-jackie-768821.html|title=Jimmy Stewart: Racing driver brother of Jackie|date=8 January 2008|last=Tremayne|first=David|website=independent.co.uk|access-date=6 February 2021|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142715/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/jimmy-stewart-racing-driver-brother-of-jackie-768821.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2008 – [[Choi Yo-sam]], South Korean boxer (b. 1972)<ref>{{cite news| url = http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/01/02/korean.boxer.ap/index.html?section=si_latest| title = Choi Yo-sam officially declared dead| date = 2008-01-03| publisher = Sports Illustrated|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080106164659/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/more/01/02/korean.boxer.ap/index.html?section=si_latest|archive-date = 2008-01-06}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Betty Freeman]], American philanthropist and photographer (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite news|title=Music patron Betty Freeman dies|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-patron-betty-freeman-dies-77269|date=2009-01-07|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2020-03-01|archive-date=2020-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301001142/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-patron-betty-freeman-dies-77269|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Pat Hingle]], American actor (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090104/ARTICLES/901042994/1120| last=Hotz| first=Amy| newspaper=[[Star-News]]| location=[[Wilmington, North Carolina]]| title=Actor Pat Hingle dies at age 84| date=January 4, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113072506/http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090104/ARTICLES/901042994/1120|archive-date=January 13, 2014}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Hisayasu Nagata]], Japanese politician (b. 1969)<ref>{{cite news|title=Disgraced DPJ member dies in apparent suicide|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/05/national/disgraced-dpj-member-dies-in-apparent-suicide/#.XlrW4KgzbIU|publisher=The Japan Times|date=January 5, 2009|access-date=March 1, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807125322/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/01/05/national/disgraced-dpj-member-dies-in-apparent-suicide/#.XlrW4KgzbIU|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt]], Chilean-German composer and academic (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://www.tokafi.com/news/gustavo-becerra-schmidt-chilean-mozart-passes-away/|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=26 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026160209/http://www.tokafi.com/news/gustavo-becerra-schmidt-chilean-mozart-passes-away/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2010 – [[Mary Daly]], American theologian and scholar (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncronline.org/news/women/mary-daly-radical-feminist-theologian-dead-81 |title=Mary Daly, radical feminist theologian, dead at 81 |first=Thomas C. |last=Fox |work=[[National Catholic Reporter]] |date=January 4, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112005656/https://www.ncronline.org/news/women/mary-daly-radical-feminist-theologian-dead-81|archive-date=January 12, 2012}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Vicar (cartoonist)|Vicar]], Chilean cartoonist (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://lambiek.net/artists/v/vicar.htm | title = Vicar | access-date = March 1, 2020 | publisher = Lambiek Comiclopedia | archive-date = May 29, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230529230644/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vicar.htm | url-status = live }}</ref> * 2012 – [[Robert L. Carter]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/nyregion/robert-l-carter-judge-and-desegregation-strategist-dies-at-94.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/nyregion/robert-l-carter-judge-and-desegregation-strategist-dies-at-94.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| title=Robert L. Carter, an Architect of School Desegregation, Dies at 94| last=Reed| first=Roy| date=3 January 2012| work=[[The New York Times]]| access-date=4 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Winifred Milius Lubell]], American author and illustrator (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/winifred-milius-lubell-political-graphic-artist-and-book-illustrator-dies/2012/01/05/gIQAmHSmdP_story.html |title=Winifred Milius Lubell, political graphic artist and book illustrator, dies |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 5, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107113456/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/winifred-milius-lubell-political-graphic-artist-and-book-illustrator-dies/2012/01/05/gIQAmHSmdP_story.html|archive-date=January 7, 2012}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Josef Škvorecký]], Czech-Canadian author and publisher (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite news |last= Martin |first= Sandra |title= Czech writer and publisher Josef Skvorecky dies in Toronto at age 87 |url= https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/czech-writer-and-publisher-josef-skvorecky-dies-in-toronto-at-age-87/article2289712 |newspaper= [[The Globe and Mail]] |date= January 3, 2012 |location=Toronto |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120120105640/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/czech-writer-and-publisher-josef-skvorecky-dies-in-toronto-at-age-87/article2289712/ |archive-date = January 20, 2012 |url-status= dead}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Alfie Fripp]], English soldier and pilot (b. 1913)<ref>{{Cite web | title=Last of the '39ers': Hero of the REAL Great Escape who was the oldest surviving and longest-serving British POW dies aged 98 | url=http://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured-article/longest-serving-british-prisoner-of-war-during-world-war-ii-has-died-aged-98.html | publisher=War History Online | date=4 January 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307161008/http://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured-article/longest-serving-british-prisoner-of-war-during-world-war-ii-has-died-aged-98.html | archive-date=7 March 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> * 2013 – [[Ivan Mackerle]], Czech cryptozoologist, explorer, and author (b. 1942)<ref name=Ivon>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/mackerle-obit/|title=Ivan Mackerle: Death Worm Hunter Dies|date=January 4, 2013|access-date=5 May 2013|publisher=Cryptozoo-news, Cryptomundo.com|archive-date=15 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415131034/http://www.cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/mackerle-obit/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2013 – [[William Maxson]], American general (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web|title=Retired Maj. Gen. William B. Maxson, USAF|url=http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/552076/Retired-Maj--Gen--William-B--Maxson--USAF.html?nav=5011|publisher=The Advertiser Tribune|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129081820/http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/552076/Retired-Maj--Gen--William-B--Maxson--USAF.html?nav=5011|archive-date=29 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Sergiu Nicolaescu]], Romanian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniatv.net/nicolaescu-a-fost-tratat-timp-de-12-ani-pe-pentru-mai-multe-complicatii-ale-bolii-diverticulare_60263.html|title=De ce a murit Sergiu Nicolaescu. Vezi explicaţiile medicilor de la Spitalul Elias VIDEO|language=ro|trans-title=Why Sergiu Nicolaescu died. See the explanations of the doctors at Elias VIDEO Hospital|work=Romania TV|date=2013-01-03|access-date=2020-02-29|archive-date=2020-02-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229111837/https://www.romaniatv.net/nicolaescu-a-fost-tratat-timp-de-12-ani-pe-pentru-mai-multe-complicatii-ale-bolii-diverticulare_60263.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Phil Everly]], American singer and guitarist (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/03/showbiz/singer-phil-everly-dies/|title=Singer Phil Everly – half of legendary Everly Brothers – dies|last=Botelho|first=Greg|author2=Todd Leopold|date=January 4, 2014|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=February 29, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030050756/https://www.cnn.com/2014/01/03/showbiz/singer-phil-everly-dies/|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2014 – [[George Goodman]], American economist and author (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web|title=George Goodman, Aka TV's "Adam Smith," Dies at 83 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/george-goodman-aka-tvs-adam-smith-dies-83-21412376 |work=ABC News|date=3 January 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103224252/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/george-goodman-aka-tvs-adam-smith-dies-83-21412376|archive-date=3 January 2014}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Saul Zaentz]], American film producer (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/oscar-winning-producer-saul-zaentz-dies-at-92-1201025366/|title=Oscar winning producer Saul Zaentz dies at 92|magazine=Variety.com|access-date=February 29, 2020|date=January 3, 2014|archive-date=August 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140822074151/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/oscar-winning-producer-saul-zaentz-dies-at-92-1201025366/|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Martin Anderson (economist)|Martin Anderson]], American economist and academic (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/business/martin-anderson-adviser-to-ronald-reagan-dies-at-78.html|title=Martin Anderson, White House Adviser to Reagan, Dies at 78|work=The New York Post|date=2015-01-05|access-date=2020-02-29|archive-date=2020-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520171532/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/06/business/martin-anderson-adviser-to-ronald-reagan-dies-at-78.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Edward Brooke]], American captain and politician, 47th [[Massachusetts Attorney General]] (b. 1919)<ref>{{Cite news| last = Feeney| first = Mark| title = Edward W. Brooke, first African-American elected to the US Senate since Reconstruction, dies| work = [[The Boston Globe]]| date = January 4, 2015| access-date = February 29, 2020| url = https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/01/04/edward-brooke-first-african-american-elected-senate-since-reconstruction-dies/oRou5Pz1NyxIiX1ExZ9w6K/story.html| archive-date = June 10, 2016| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160610142247/http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/01/04/edward-brooke-first-african-american-elected-senate-since-reconstruction-dies/oRou5Pz1NyxIiX1ExZ9w6K/story.html| url-status = live}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Paul Bley]], Canadian-American pianist and composer (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/music/jazzblog/r-i-p-paul-bley |title=RIP, Paul Bley |first1=Peter |last1=Hum |date=5 January 2016 |website=[[Ottawa Citizen]] |access-date=29 February 2020 |archive-date=7 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107223949/http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/music/jazzblog/r-i-p-paul-bley |url-status=live }}</ref> * 2016 – [[Peter Naur]], Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.i-programmer.info/news/82-heritage/9308-computer-scientist-peter-naur-dies-aged.html |title=Peter Naur Dies Aged 87 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104201851/http://www.i-programmer.info/news/82-heritage/9308-computer-scientist-peter-naur-dies-aged.html |archive-date=4 January 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2016 – [[Bill Plager]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite web |author=nurun.com |url=http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2016/01/03/former-nhler-plager-dead-at-70 |title=Former NHLer Plager dead at 70 |publisher=Peterborough Examiner |date=2016-01-03 |access-date=2020-02-27 |archive-date=2016-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029114609/http://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/2016/01/03/former-nhler-plager-dead-at-70 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 2016 – [[Igor Sergun]], Russian general and diplomat (b. 1957)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/russias-director-of-military-intelligence-dies-unexpectedly-1451921653|title=Russia's Director of Military Intelligence Dies Unexpectedly|website=wsj.com|date=4 January 2016|last=Sonne|first=Paul|access-date=7 February 2020|archive-date=30 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230020302/https://www.wsj.com/articles/russias-director-of-military-intelligence-dies-unexpectedly-1451921653|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[H. S. Mahadeva Prasad]], Indian politician (b. 1958)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Karnataka-Minister-Mahadeva-Prasad-dies/article16982231.ece |title=Karnataka Minister Mahadeva Prasad dies |date=3 January 2017 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=29 February 2020 |archive-date=29 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229111837/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Karnataka-Minister-Mahadeva-Prasad-dies/article16982231.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2018]] – [[Colin Brumby]], Australian composer (b. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/colin-brumby-1933-2018 |title=Colin Brumby 1933-2018 |work=Resonate Magazine |access-date=3 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103133436/http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/article/colin-brumby-1933-2018 |archive-date=3 January 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2019]] – [[Herb Kelleher]], American businessman, co-founder of [[Southwest Airlines]] (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Herb-Kelleher-Southwest-Airlines-Founder-Dies-at-87-503869121.html|title=Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines Founder, Dies at 87|first1=Brian|last1=Curtis|first2=Frank|last2=Heinz|website=NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth|date=3 January 2019 |access-date=26 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603045746/https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Herb-Kelleher-Southwest-Airlines-Founder-Dies-at-87-503869121.html|archive-date=3 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Qasem Soleimani]], Iranian major general, commander of the Iranian [[Quds Force]] (b. 1957)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Four-rockets-land-on-Baghdad-airport-report-612947|title=Qasem Soleimani among those killed in Baghdad Airport attack – report|agency=[[Reuters]]|date=3 January 2020|access-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103011829/https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Four-rockets-land-on-Baghdad-airport-report-612947|archive-date=3 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Eric Jerome Dickey]], American author (b. 1961)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-01-06|title=Eric Jerome Dickey: Best-selling US author dies at 59|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55556801|access-date=2021-01-06|archive-date=2021-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106105226/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55556801|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Elena Huelva]], Spanish cancer activist and influencer (b. 2002)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roca |first=Ariadna |title=¿Quién es la familia de Elena Huelva? Su apoyo más importante durante su lucha contra el cáncer |url=https://www.antena3.com/novamas/gente/quien-familia-elena-huelva-apoyo-mas-importante-lucha-cancer_2023010463b5844216973000018e9471.html |access-date=2022-01-06 |website=[[Antena 3 (Spanish TV channel)|Antena 3]] |language=es |archive-date=2023-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104150114/https://www.antena3.com/novamas/gente/quien-familia-elena-huelva-apoyo-mas-importante-lucha-cancer_2023010463b5844216973000018e9471.html |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[2025]] – [[Jeff Baena]], American filmmaker (b. 1977)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jeff Baena, Writer-Director Married to Aubrey Plaza, Dies by Suicide at 47: Report |url=https://people.com/jeff-baena-writer-director-aubrey-plaza-husband-dead-at-47-8769239 |website=People |date=4 January 2025}}</ref> *2025 – [[Brenton Wood]], American R&B singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vega |first=Priscella |date=January 3, 2025 |title=Brenton Wood, 'Oogum Boogum Song' crooner who captivated Latino listeners, dies at 83 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2025-01-03/brenton-wood-dead-oogum-boogum-song |access-date=January 7, 2025 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |language=en-US}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. 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