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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[871]] &ndash; [[Æthelwulf of Berkshire|Æthelwulf]], Saxon [[ealdorman]]<ref name="auto"/>
* [[874]] &ndash; [[Hasan al-Askari]], eleventh of [[the Twelve Imams]] (probable;<ref>Shareef al-Qurashi, Baqir (2005). The Life of Imam Al-Hasan Al-Askari. Translation by: Abdullah al-Shahin. Ansariyan Publications – Qum.</ref> b. 846)
*[[1248]] &ndash; [[Sancho II of Portugal]] (b. 1209)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Portugal |volume= 22 |last= Prestage |first= Edgar |author-link= Edgar Prestage | pages = 134&ndash;163l see page 141 |quote= Sancho II, 1223–1248....[final sentence]...Sancho II. retired to Toledo, where he died in January 1248}}</ref>
*[[1344]] &ndash; [[Robert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle]], English peer (b. 1288)<ref>{{cite book|author=Kathryn Ann Smith|title=Art, Identity and Devotion in Fourteenth-century England: Three Women and Their Books of Hours|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gc7FfUF5WJcC&pg=PA4|year=2003|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8691-4|pages=4–12}}</ref>
*[[1399]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Eymerich]], Catalan theologian and inquisitor<ref>{{cite book|author=E. Michael Gerli|title=Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=euVJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA317|date=4 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-77162-0|pages=317}}</ref>
*[[1424]] &ndash; [[Muzio Sforza]], Italian condottiero (b. 1369)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Philippe de Commynes|author2=Jean de Troyes|title=The memoirs of Philippe de Commines, Lord of Argenton: containing the histories of Louis XI and Charles VIII, Kings of France and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy|url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsofphilipd02commiala|year=1856|publisher=Henry G. Bohn|pages=[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofphilipd02commiala/page/112 112]–}}</ref>
*[[1428]] &ndash; [[Frederick I, Elector of Saxony]] (b. 1370)<ref>{{cite book|author=Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG|title=Künker Auktion 130 - The De Wit Collection of Medieval Coins, 1000 Years of European Coinage, Part II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O5xn6T-TZIcC&pg=PA302|publisher=Numismatischer Verlag Künker|pages=302|id=GGKEY:9RD0Y1RF51U}}</ref>
*[[1584]] &ndash; [[Tobias Stimmer]], Swiss painter and illustrator (b. 1539)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Landesarchiv zu Karlsruhe|author2=Badische Historische Kommission|author3=Oberrheinische Historische Kommission|title=Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins|publisher=G. Braun|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_yWQKAAAAIAAJ|year=1905|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_yWQKAAAAIAAJ/page/n710 680]|language=de}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[Ferenc Nádasdy]], Hungarian noble (b. 1555)<ref>{{cite book|author=R. T. McNally|title=Dracula Was a Woman: In Search of the Blood Countess of Transylvania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QbInAAAAYAAJ|year=1983|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-07-045671-6|page=38}}</ref>
*[[1695]] &ndash; [[François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg]], French general (b. 1628)<ref>{{cite book|author=Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon|title=The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon: On the Reign of Louis XIV and the Regency|url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsofdukeofs01sainiala|year=1857|publisher=Chapman & Hall|pages=[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofdukeofs01sainiala/page/76 76]}}</ref>
*[[1761]] &ndash; [[Stephen Hales]], English clergyman and physiologist (b. 1677)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Allen|title=The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Other Parts Adjacent: Continued to the Present Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9OdMRnDuAgIC&pg=PA124|year=1839|publisher=G. Virtue|pages=124}}</ref>
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Ange-Jacques Gabriel]], French architect, designed [[École Militaire]] (b. 1698)<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Tadgell|title=Ange-Jacques Gabriel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rFJQAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=[[Anton Zwemmer|A. Zwemmer]]|page=3|isbn=9780302027813}}</ref>
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[Moses Mendelssohn]], German philosopher and theologian (b. 1729)<ref>{{cite book|author=Alexander Altmann|title=Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwdhTEW18j8C&pg=PT272|year=1992|publisher=UPNE|pages=272–|id=GGKEY:JWF64DT7EQP}}</ref>
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Charlotte Lennox]], English author and poet (b. 1730)<ref>{{cite book|author=Charlotte Lennox|title=The Life of Harriot Stuart, Written by Herself|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=91lqeKJcZe8C&pg=PA16|year=1995|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3579-7|pages=16}}</ref>
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Ann Seton]], American nun and saint (b. 1774)<ref>{{cite book|author=Lawrence G. Lovasik|title=Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton|url=https://archive.org/details/saintelizabethan00lova|url-access=registration|date=May 1980|publisher=Catholic Book Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-89942-297-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/saintelizabethan00lova/page/31 31]}}</ref>
*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]] (b. 1751)<ref>{{cite book|title=Ernesti - Frustum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U_9eAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP239|year=1838|publisher=Knight|pages=231}}</ref>
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Roger Hanson]], American general (b. 1827)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Winston Coleman|author2=John Lyde Wilson|title=Famous Kentucky duels|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EHwWAQAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Henry Clay Press|page=95|isbn=9780876420065}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Thomas Gregson]], English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1798)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Australian Encyclopaedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtEiAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Grolier Society of Australia|isbn=978-0-9596604-0-1|page=225}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Cornelius Vanderbilt]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1794)<ref>{{cite book|author=Pennsylvania|title=Legislative Documents, Comprising the Department and Other Reports Made to the Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania During the Session of ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CmRDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA251|year=1877|publisher=State printer|pages=251}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Anselm Feuerbach]], German painter and educator (b. 1829)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Muther|title=The History of Modern Painting|url=https://archive.org/details/historymodernpa01muthgoog|year=1895|publisher=Henry and Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historymodernpa01muthgoog/page/n607 588]}}</ref>
*  1880 &ndash; [[Edward William Cooke]], English painter and illustrator (b. 1811)<ref>{{cite book|author=Edmund Burke|title=Annual Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-x3I94qMGEC|year=1881|page=137}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[John William Draper]], English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions|url=https://archive.org/details/pharmaceuticaljo3121unse|year=1882|publisher=J. & A. Churchill.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/pharmaceuticaljo3121unse/page/640 640]}}</ref>
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Antoine Chanzy]], French general (b. 1823)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Chanzy, Antoine Eugène Alfred |volume= 05 | page = 849; lines three and four from end |quote= He died suddenly, while commanding the VI. army corps....at Châlons-sur-Marne, on the 4th of January 1883}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Antoine Labelle]], Canadian priest (b. 1833)<ref>{{cite book|author=Francess G. Halpenny|title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-wicQs5ZB0C&pg=PA503|year=1990|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-8020-3460-1|pages=503}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Joseph Hubert Reinkens]], German bishop and academic (b. 1821)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Reinkens, Joseph Hubert |volume= 23 | page = 57; see last line |quote= He died at Bonn on the 4th of January 1896.}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Stanisław Mieroszewski]], Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (b. 1827)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_M/Mieroszewski_Stanislaw_1827_1900.xml|title='''Mieroszewski''' (Mieroszowski) Stanisław|work=[[Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950|Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon]]|language=de|access-date=Sep 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829234436/http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_M/Mieroszewski_Stanislaw_1827_1900.xml|archive-date=August 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Anna Winlock]], American astronomer and academic (b. 1857)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Churchman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9pROAQAAMAAJ|year=1904|publisher=Churchman Company|page=126}}</ref>
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Léon Delagrange]], French pilot and sculptor (b. 1873)<ref>{{cite book|title=The World Almanac and Book of Facts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BjMfAQAAMAAJ|year=1911|publisher=Press Publishing Company, (The New York World)|page=444}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Clarence Dutton]], American geologist and soldier (b. 1841)<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard P. Harmond|title=Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BdFuHC3DhwAC&pg=PA232|year=1997|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-23047-9|pages=232}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Georg von Hertling]], German academic and politician, 7th [[Chancellor of the German Empire]] (b. 1843)<ref>{{cite book|author1=University of Chicago|author2=Walter Yust|title=The Encyclopædia Britannica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sLImAQAAMAAJ|year=1937|publisher=The Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Ltd|page=525}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Benito Pérez Galdós]], Spanish author and playwright (b. 1843)<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert J. Weber|title=The Miau Manuscript of Benito Pérez Galdós: A Critical Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WFKTTdFsPVgC&pg=PA14|year=1964|publisher=University of California Press|pages=14}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Alfred Grünfeld]], Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1852)<ref>{{cite book|author=Albert Ernest Wier|title=The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nx8KAQAAMAAJ|year=1938|publisher=Macmillan|page=725}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Nellie Cashman]], American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (b. 1845)<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Judy Barrett Litoff]]|title=European Immigrant Women in the United States: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZyYa0cAPbkC&pg=PA52|year=1994|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8240-5306-2|pages=52|access-date=2019-08-16|archive-date=2024-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104123228/https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZyYa0cAPbkC&pg=PA52#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Süleyman Nazif]], Turkish poet and civil servant (b. 1870)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ansiklopedi.turkcebilgi.com/Süleyman_Nazif |publisher=Türkçe Bilgi-Ansiklopedi |title=Süleyman Nazif Hakkında Bilgi |access-date=2008-11-09 |language=tr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214205803/http://ansiklopedi.turkcebilgi.com/S%C3%BCleyman_Nazif |archive-date=2009-02-14 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Art Acord]], American actor and stuntman (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Donald W. McCaffrey|author2=Christopher P. Jacobs|title=Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/guidetosilentyea00mcca|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30345-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/guidetosilentyea00mcca/page/17 17]}}</ref>
*1931 &ndash; [[Louise, Princess Royal]] of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian North Lee|title=British Royal Bookplates: And Ex-Libris of Related Families|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JxbhAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Brookfield, Vt., USA|isbn=978-0-85967-883-4|page=139}}</ref>
*1931 &ndash; [[Mohammad Ali Jauhar]], Indian Muslim activist (b. 1878)<ref name=storyofpakistan>{{cite web|url=http://storyofpakistan.com/maulana-muhammad-ali-jouhar|title=Mohammad Ali Jauhar profile|website=Storyofpakistan.com website|archive-date=30 October 2018|access-date=5 September 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030191816/http://storyofpakistan.com/maulana-muhammad-ali-jouhar}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Henri Bergson]], French philosopher and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1859)<ref>{{cite book|author=Simon Glendinning|title=The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJwwL6wBOqwC&pg=PA214|year=1999|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-57958-152-7|pages=214}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz]], Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)<ref name="veterans2">{{cite web |title=70th anniversary of the death of Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, hero of Poland and Greece |url=https://www.udskior.gov.pl/70th,anniversary,of,the,death,of,Jerzy,Iwanow,Szajnowicz,hero,of,Poland,and,Greece,515.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518073744/https://www.udskior.gov.pl/70th%2Canniversary%2Cof%2Cthe%2Cdeath%2Cof%2CJerzy%2CIwanow%2CSzajnowicz%2Chero%2Cof%2CPoland%2Cand%2CGreece%2C515.html |archive-date=18 May 2015 |access-date=28 April 2015 |publisher=Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression}}</ref>
*  1943 &ndash; [[Marina Raskova]], Russian pilot and navigator (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor=Commire, Anne|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=6|year=2002|publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group|location=Waterford|isbn=978-0-78764-075-0|page=563}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Kaj Munk]], Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)<ref>''Rise and Fall of the Third Reich'', William L. Shirer, 1960. Retrieved 23.3.13</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Albert Camus]], French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite book|author=D. Drake|title=Intellectuals and Politics in Post-War France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rfpZCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA120|date=11 November 2001|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-50963-4|pages=120}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Erwin Schrödinger]], Austrian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1887)<ref>{{cite book|title=Acta Physica Polonica: B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J7EfAQAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe|page=684}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[T. S. Eliot]], American-English poet, playwright, and critic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1888)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/thomas-stearns-eliot|title=Thomas Stearns Eliot|website=Westminster Abbey|access-date=5 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605090044/https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/thomas-stearns-eliot|archive-date=5 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Donald Campbell]], English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6DhWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5871%2C1363609 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Speed king dies in crash |date=5 January 1967 |page=13 |access-date=5 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501145126/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6DhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7ugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5871,1363609 |archive-date=1 May 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Paul Chambers]], American bassist and composer (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite book|author=Music Hound|title=Jazz: The Essential Album Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JjWAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Music Sales Corporation|isbn=978-0-8256-7253-8|access-date=2019-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905223704/https://books.google.com/books?id=3JjWAAAAMAAJ|archive-date=2017-09-05|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Carlo Levi]], Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/05/archives/carlo-levi-dies-in-rome-at-72-wrote-christ-stopped-at-eboli-book.html|title=Carlo Levi dies in Rome at 72|date=5 January 1975|website=New York Times|access-date=18 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818161600/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/05/archives/carlo-levi-dies-in-rome-at-72-wrote-christ-stopped-at-eboli-book.html|archive-date=18 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Brian Horrocks]], Indian-English general (b. 1895)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Patricia Burgess|author2=Roland Turner|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70sYAAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=St. Martin's|page=27|isbn=9780912289823|access-date=2019-08-16|archive-date=2023-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415041646/https://books.google.com/books?id=70sYAAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Christopher Isherwood]], English-American author and academic (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite book|author=David Garrett Izzo|title=Christopher Isherwood: His Era, His Gang, and the Legacy of the Truly Strong Man|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mPkBlBCmfbsC&pg=PA261|year=2001|publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press|isbn=978-1-57003-403-9|pages=261}}</ref>
*  1986 &ndash; [[Phil Lynott]], Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1949)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Putterford|first=Mark|title=Philip Lynott: The Rocker|publisher=Castle Communications|year=1994|isbn=1-898141-50-9|pages=291–297}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Lily Laskine]], French harp player (b. 1893)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|url=https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist09comm|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4068-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist09comm/page/179 179]}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Harold Eugene Edgerton]], American engineer and academic (b. 1903)<ref>{{cite book|author=National Academy of Engineering|title=Memorial Tributes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vXk44Q-vAXsC&pg=PT75|date=1 February 1991|publisher=National Academies|pages=63|id=NAP:14725}}</ref>
*  1990 &ndash; [[Henry Bolte]], Australian politician, 38th [[Premier of Victoria]] (b. 1908)<ref name=":0">{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Dunstan |first=David |id2=bolte-sir-henry-edward-12227 |title=Bolte, Sir Henry Edward (1908–1990) |access-date=2020-07-17}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[R. D. Burman]], Indian film composer and music director (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Balaji Vittal|author2=Anirudha Bhattacharjee|title=R. D. Burman -The Man, The Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tg49WV0j0IAC&pg=PT12|date=21 July 2012|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5029-236-5|pages=12}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Eduardo Mata]], Mexican conductor and composer (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/05/obituaries/eduardo-mata-is-dead-at-52-conducted-dallas-symphony.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=78B4F41083DC815E7EAEF32D49806CF1&gwt=pay|title=Eduardo Mata Is Dead at 52; Conducted Dallas Symphony|date=5 January 1995|author=Allan Kozinn|website=New York Times|access-date=18 July 2019|archive-date=3 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903184830/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/05/obituaries/eduardo-mata-is-dead-at-52-conducted-dallas-symphony.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=78B4F41083DC815E7EAEF32D49806CF1&gwt=pay|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1995 &ndash; [[Sol Tax]], American anthropologist and academic (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite book|title=Guatemala Scholars Network news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m7wMAAAAYAAJ|year=1995|publisher=The Network}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Harry Helmsley]], American businessman (b. 1909)<ref>{{cite book|author=Elizabeth A. Schick|title=Current Biography Yearbook, 1997|url=https://archive.org/details/currentbiography00eliz|url-access=registration|date=1 December 1997|publisher=H.W. Wilson|isbn=978-0-8242-0938-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/currentbiography00eliz/page/664 664]}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Mae Questel]], American actress (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E5sHAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-0748-4|page=185|access-date=2019-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306201914/https://books.google.com/books?id=E5sHAQAAMAAJ|archive-date=2017-03-06|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Iron Eyes Cody]], American actor and stuntman (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7gHAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-0748-4|page=45}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Les Brown (bandleader)|Les Brown]], American bandleader and composer (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/06/arts/les-brown-swing-bandleader-dies-at-88.html|title=Les Brown, swing bandleader, dies at 88|website=New York Times|author=Richard Severo|date=6 January 2001|access-date=21 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721144806/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/06/arts/les-brown-swing-bandleader-dies-at-88.html|archive-date=21 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Brian Gibson (director)|Brian Gibson]], English director and screenwriter (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite web|last=Bardach|first=Ann Louise|title=Brian Gibson|date=7 January 2004|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/07/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|access-date=8 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603230727/http://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/07/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|archive-date=3 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2004 &ndash; [[Joan Aiken]], English author (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/07/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Joan Aiken|date=7 January 2004|author=Julia Eccleshare|website=The Guardian|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726210919/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/07/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|archive-date=26 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2004 &ndash; [[John Toland (historian)|John Toland]], American historian and author (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite news|last=Barnes |first=Bart |date=6 January 2004 |title=Historian John Toland Dies |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |page=B05 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/01/06/historian-john-toland-dies/3b15b0cb-82b5-4db9-af53-ecadaef103d9/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701111720/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/01/06/historian-john-toland-dies/3b15b0cb-82b5-4db9-af53-ecadaef103d9/ |archive-date=1 July 2018 |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=2269358 }}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Bud Poile]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/norman-poile-1065712741|title=Norman Robert Poile|date=January 4, 2005|website=Vancouver Sun|access-date=10 August 2019}}</ref>
*  2005 &ndash; [[Frank Harary]], American mathematician and academic (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/25/obituaries/frank-harary-83-a-top-scholar-on-a-mathematical-specialty-dies.html|title=Frank Harary, 83, a top scholar on a mathematical specialty, dies|date=25 January 2005|website=New York Times|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810120014/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/25/obituaries/frank-harary-83-a-top-scholar-on-a-mathematical-specialty-dies.html|archive-date=10 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2005 &ndash; [[Humphrey Carpenter]], English radio host and author (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jan/05/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Humphrey Carpenter|date=5 January 2005|author=John Kelly|website=The Guardian|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726210921/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jan/05/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|archive-date=26 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2005 &ndash; [[Robert Heilbroner]], American economist and historian (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite news |last=Noble |first=Holcomb |title=Robert Heilbroner, Writer and Economist, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/obituaries/12heilbroner.html |access-date=9 August 2019 |newspaper=New York Times |date=2005-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102013252/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/obituaries/12heilbroner.html |archive-date=2 January 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Irving Layton]], Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jan/23/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Irving Layton|author=Cathryn Atkinson|date=23 January 2006|website=The Guardian|access-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809103832/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jan/23/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|archive-date=9 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2006 &ndash; [[Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum]], Emirati politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates]] (b. 1946)<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum dies|url = http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/government/shaikh-maktoum-bin-rashid-al-maktoum-dies-1.220506|website = gulfnews.com|access-date = 2015-05-21|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150925003623/http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/government/shaikh-maktoum-bin-rashid-al-maktoum-dies-1.220506|archive-date = 2015-09-25}}</ref>
*  2006 &ndash; [[Milton Himmelfarb]], American sociographer, author, and academic (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/nyregion/milton-himmelfarb-wry-essayist-87-dies.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=A3BCA183B8D7229E51393157A9E5CA5E&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL|title=Milton Himmelfarb, wry essayist, 87, dies|date=15 January 2006|website=New York Times|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-date=20 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120225212/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/nyregion/milton-himmelfarb-wry-essayist-87-dies.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=A3BCA183B8D7229E51393157A9E5CA5E&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Helen Hill]], American director and producer (b. 1970)<ref>{{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=http://silenceisviolence.org/about/ |website=silenceisviolence.org |publisher=Silence Is Violence |access-date=2022-05-27 |archive-date=2022-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704211609/https://silenceisviolence.org/about/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2007 &ndash; [[Marais Viljoen]], South African politician, 5th [[State President of South Africa]] (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/&articleid=294991  |title=Former state president Marais Viljoen passes away  |work=Mail & Guardian  |date=5 January 2007  |access-date=2007-01-05  |url-status=dead  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312053623/http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=%2Fbreaking_news%2Fbreaking_news__national%2F&articleid=294991  |archive-date=12 March 2007 }}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Xavier Chamorro Cardenal]], Nicaraguan journalist (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ticotimes.net/2008/01/11/founder-publisher-of-el-nuevo-diario-dies-at-75|title=Founder, Publisher of El Nuevo Diario Dies at 75|date=January 11, 2008|website=The Tico Times|access-date=21 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721144808/http://ticotimes.net/2008/01/11/founder-publisher-of-el-nuevo-diario-dies-at-75|archive-date=21 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Gert Jonke]], Austrian poet, playwright, and author (b. 1946)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2009/jan/06/gert-jonke-novel|title=Gert Jonke, a novelist against the times|date=6 January 2009|author=Guy Dammann|website=The Guardian|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726210925/https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2009/jan/06/gert-jonke-novel|archive-date=26 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Johan Ferrier]], Surinamese educator and politician, 1st [[President of Suriname]] (b. 1910)<ref>{{in lang|nl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717121518/http://www.dbsuriname.com/archief/nat/2010/jan10/11-01-10/Nat_Johan%20Ferrier%2C%20eerste%20Chief%20Scout%20Suriname.asp Johan Ferrier, eerste Chief Scout Suriname]. dbsuriname.com. 11 January 2010</ref>
*  2010 &ndash; [[Tsutomu Yamaguchi]], Japanese engineer (b. 1916)<ref>{{Cite news|author=Richard Lloyd Parry|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6978319.ece|title=Tsutomu Yamaguchi, victim of Japan's two atomic bombs, dies aged 93|newspaper=The Times|date=2010-01-07|access-date=2019-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716091710/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6978319.ece|archive-date=2011-07-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Coen Moulijn]], Dutch footballer (b. 1937)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/artikel/3138616/voetballegende-coen-moulijn-overleden|title=Voetballegende Coen Moulijn overleden|date=4 January 2011|website=RTL Nieuws|language=nl|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620121422/https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/artikel/3138616/voetballegende-coen-moulijn-overleden|archive-date=20 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2011 &ndash; [[Gerry Rafferty]], Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/04/gerry-rafferty-obituary|title=Gerry Rafferty obituary|date=4 January 2011|author=Michael Gray|website=The Guardian|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411103205/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/04/gerry-rafferty-obituary|archive-date=11 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2011 &ndash; [[Salmaan Taseer]], Pakistani businessman and politician, 26th [[Governor of Punjab, Pakistan]] (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/12/salmaan-taseer-obituary|title=Salmaan Taseer obituary|author=Declan Walsh|date=12 January 2011|website=The Guardian|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810120015/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/12/salmaan-taseer-obituary|archive-date=10 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Eve Arnold]], American photographer and journalist (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/jan/05/photographer-eve-arnold-dies|title=Photographer Eve Arnold dies aged 99|author=Maev Kennedy|date=5 January 2012|website=The Guardian|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810120015/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/jan/05/photographer-eve-arnold-dies|archive-date=10 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2012 &ndash; [[Rod Robbie]], English-Canadian architect, designed the [[Canadian Pavilion]] and [[Rogers Centre]] (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/skydome-and-expo-67-architect-rod-robbie-dead/article4085354/|title=SkyDome and Expo '67 architect Rod Robbie dead|date=4 January 2012|author=James Adams|website=Toronto Globe and Mail|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505154741/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/skydome-and-expo-67-architect-rod-robbie-dead/article4085354/|archive-date=5 May 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Anwar Shamim]], Pakistani general (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/01/06/ex-paf-chief-anwar-shamim-laid-to-rest-with-military-honours/|title=Ex-PAF chief Anwar Shamim laid to rest with military honours|date=6 January 2013|website=Pakistan Today|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216163351/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/01/06/ex-paf-chief-anwar-shamim-laid-to-rest-with-military-honours/|archive-date=16 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2013 &ndash; [[Zoran Žižić]], Montenegrin politician, 4th [[Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]] (b. 1951)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Drustvo/361165/Preminuo-Zoran-Zizic-premijer-SR-Jugoslavije|title=Preminuo Zoran Žižić, bivši premijer SR Jugoslavije|date=4 January 2013|language=bs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125023217/http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Drustvo/361165/Preminuo-Zoran-Zizic-premijer-SR-Jugoslavije|archive-date=25 January 2013}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Pino Daniele]], Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1955)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/pino-daniele-singer-songwriter-and-guitarist-whose-work-fused-blues-jazz-rock-and-the-traditional-9988838.html|title=Pino Daniele: Singer, songwriter and guitarist whose work fused blues, jazz, rock and the traditional music of Naples|date=19 January 2015|author=Frances D'Emilio|website=The Independent|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821195754/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/pino-daniele-singer-songwriter-and-guitarist-whose-work-fused-blues-jazz-rock-and-the-traditional-9988838.html|archive-date=21 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[S. H. Kapadia]], Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th [[Chief Justice of India]] (b. 1947)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-chief-justice-of-india-sh-kapadia-passes-away/articleshow/50450344.cms | title=Former chief justice of India SH Kapadia passes away | work=[[The Economic Times]] | date=5 January 2015 | access-date=20 June 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225104604/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-chief-justice-of-india-sh-kapadia-passes-away/articleshow/50450344.cms | archive-date=25 February 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref>
*  2016 &ndash; [[Stephen W. Bosworth]], American academic and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to South Korea]] (b. 1939)<ref>{{Cite news|title = Stephen W. Bosworth, three-time U.S. ambassador, dies at 76|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/stephen-w-bosworth-three-time-us-ambassador-dies-at-76/2016/01/06/5c437be2-b489-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html|newspaper = The Washington Post|date = 2016-01-06|access-date = 2016-01-07|issn = 0190-8286|first = Emily|last = Langer|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160107144040/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/stephen-w-bosworth-three-time-us-ambassador-dies-at-76/2016/01/06/5c437be2-b489-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html|archive-date = 2016-01-07|url-status = live}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Milt Schmidt]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/bruins-legend-milt-schmidt-obituary/c-285331360|title=Milt Schmidt, Bruins legend, dies at 98|website=NHL|date=January 4, 2017|access-date=4 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604130904/https://www.nhl.com/news/bruins-legend-milt-schmidt-obituary/c-285331360|archive-date=4 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2017 &ndash; [[Georges Prêtre]], French orchestral and opera conductor (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/05/georges-pretre-obituary|title=Georges Prêtre obituary|date=5 January 2017|author=Roger Nichols|website=The Guardian|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228192120/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/05/georges-pretre-obituary|archive-date=28 February 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)|Harold Brown]], 14th [[United States Secretary of Defense]] (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/obituaries/harold-brown-dead.html|title=Harold Brown, Defense Secretary in Carter Administration, Dies at 91|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|work=The New York Times |date=January 5, 2019|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202204210/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/obituaries/harold-brown-dead.html|archive-date=February 2, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Tom Long (actor)|Tom Long]], Australian actor (b. 1968)<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=5 January 2020|title=Australian actor Tom Long dies: report|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/australian-actor-tom-long-dies-report-20200105-p53ow3.html|access-date=4 March 2020|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025203037/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/australian-actor-tom-long-dies-report-20200105-p53ow3.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Tanya Roberts]], American actress (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=5 January 2021|title=Tanya Roberts, 'That '70s Show' star, dies at 65 a day after her death was prematurely announced|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tanya-roberts-70s-show-star-dies-65-day-after-her-n1252839|access-date=4 March 2021|archive-date=5 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105193536/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tanya-roberts-70s-show-star-dies-65-day-after-her-n1252839|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Rosi Mittermaier]], German alpine skier and Olympic champion (b. 1950)<ref>{{cite web | title=Olympic skiing champion Rosi Mittermaier dies at 72 | website=AP NEWS | date=5 January 2023 | url=https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-sports-alpine-skiing-canada-659ebfb756129f8eaa07a47f9488633d | access-date=5 January 2023 | archive-date=5 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105103753/https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-sports-alpine-skiing-canada-659ebfb756129f8eaa07a47f9488633d | url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Glynis Johns]], British actress and singer (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web|title=Glynis Johns, most known for role in 'Mary Poppins,' dies at 100|url=https://abc7.com/glynis-johns-actress-dies-mary-poppins/14274026/|publisher=ABC7|date=4 January 2024|access-date=4 January 2024|archive-date=4 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104190142/https://abc7.com/glynis-johns-actress-dies-mary-poppins/14274026/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2024 &ndash; [[David Soul]], American-British actor and singer (b. 1943)<ref>{{Cite web|first1=Charlotte|last1=Gallagher|first2=Mark|last2=Savage|title=David Soul: Starsky & Hutch actor dies aged 80|date=5 January 2024|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67895679|access-date=5 January 2024|publisher=[[BBC News]]|archive-date=5 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105145244/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67895679|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2024 &ndash; [[Christian Oliver]], German actor (b. 1972)<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Moreau|first=Justin|title='Speed Racer' Actor Christian Oliver and His Two Young Daughters Killed in Caribbean Plane Crash |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/christian-oliver-dead-plane-crash-caribbean-1235862628/|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=5 January 2024|access-date=7 January 2024}}</ref>
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