Editing January 7 (section)

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[312]] &ndash; [[Lucian of Antioch]], Christian martyr, saint, and theologian (b. 240)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alban Butler|author2=Paul Burns|title=Butler's Lives of the Saints|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIEAD2MC1YkC&pg=PA51|date=1 January 1995|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-86012-250-0|pages=51}}</ref>
* [[838]] &ndash; [[Babak Khorramdin]], Iranian leader of the [[Khurramite]] uprising against the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Bābak Ḵorramī|last=Yusofi|first=Ḡ.-Ḥ.|date=August 18, 2011|url= http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/babak-korrami|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 3|pages=299–306|orig-date=December 15, 1988}}</ref>
* [[856]] &ndash; [[Aldric of Le Mans|Aldric]], bishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Mans|Le Mans]]{{fact|date=September 2024}}
*[[1131]] &ndash; [[Canute Lavard]], Danish prince and saint (b. 1096)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alban Butler|author2=Paul Burns|title=Butler's Lives of the Saints|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIEAD2MC1YkC&pg=PA53|date=1 January 1995|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-86012-250-0|pages=53}}</ref>
*[[1285]] &ndash; [[Charles I of Naples]] (b. 1226)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde de Sismondi|title=Italian Republics or the origin, progress, and fall of Italian freedom|url=https://archive.org/details/italianrepublic00sismgoog|year=1841|publisher=A. and W. Galignani|pages=[https://archive.org/details/italianrepublic00sismgoog/page/n102 78]}}</ref>
*[[1325]] &ndash; [[Denis of Portugal]] (b. 1261)<ref>{{cite book|author=H. V. Livermore|title=A History of Portugal|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.152869|year=1947|publisher=University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.152869/page/n177 158]}}</ref>
*[[1355]] &ndash; [[Inês de Castro]], Castilian noblewoman (b. 1325)<ref>{{cite book|author=H. V. Livermore|title=A New History of Portugal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=voE6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA90|year=1966|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=90}}</ref>
*[[1400]] &ndash; [[John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury]], English Earl (b. 1350)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Charles Botolph Joseph|author2=Lord Mowbray|author3=Segrave|author4=Stourton|title=The History of the Noble House of Stourton, of Stourton, in the County of Wilts|volume=II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KAARAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA788|place=London|publisher=Privately printed, Elliot Stock|date=1899|pages=788|isbn=9785880603800|oclc=46998701}}</ref>
*[[1451]] &ndash; [[Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy]] a.k.a. Antipope Felix V (b. 1383)<ref>{{cite book|author=Aubrey Attwater|title=A Dictionary of Popes: From Peter to Pius XII.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVmcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA246|year=1939|isbn=978-0-19-929581-4|pages=246|publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref>
*[[1529]] &ndash; [[Peter Vischer the Elder]], German sculptor (b. 1455)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia Americana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AVcjAQAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Americana Corporation|isbn=978-0-7172-0107-5|page=179}}</ref>
*[[1536]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Aragon]] (b. 1485)<ref>{{cite book|author=Anthony K. Martienssen|title=Queen Katherine Parr|url=https://archive.org/details/queenkatherinepa00mart|url-access=registration|date=March 1974|publisher=McGraw-Hill|page=[https://archive.org/details/queenkatherinepa00mart/page/67 67]|isbn=9780070406100}}</ref>
*[[1566]] &ndash; [[Louis de Blois]], Flemish monk and author (b. 1506)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Hugh Feiss|author2=Ronald Pepin|author3=Maureen M. O'Brien|title=A Benedictine Reader: 530-1530|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHmTDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA581|date=12 February 2019|publisher=Liturgical Press|isbn=978-0-87907-175-2|pages=581}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1619]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Hilliard]], English painter and goldsmith (b. 1547)<ref>{{cite book|author1=George Scharf|author2=Edward Henry Stanley Earl of Derby|title=A Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures at Knowsley Hall|url=https://archive.org/details/adescriptiveand00derbgoog|year=1875|publisher=Bradbury, Agnew, & Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/adescriptiveand00derbgoog/page/n284 272]}}</ref>
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Ruggiero Giovannelli]], Italian composer and author (b. 1560)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Charles George Herbermann|author2=Edward Aloysius Pace|author3=Condé Bénoist Pallen|title=The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wLRAAQAAIAAJ|year=1912|publisher=Robert Appleton Company|page=568}}</ref>
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent X]] (b. 1574)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Evelyn|title=The Diary of John Evelyn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l7-wBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA148|date=5 March 2015|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-07883-2|pages=148}}</ref>
*[[1658]] &ndash; [[Theophilus Eaton]], American farmer and politician, 1st [[List of colonial governors of Connecticut|Governor of the New Haven Colony]] (b. 1590)<ref>{{cite book|author=James Luce Kingsley|title=A Historical Discourse, Delivered by Request Before the Citizens of New Haven, April 25, 1838: The Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Settlement of the Town and Colony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s-tHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA77|year=1838|publisher=B. & W. Noyes|pages=77}}</ref>
*[[1694]] &ndash; [[Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire]] (b. 1618)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Pennant|title=The Journey from Chester to London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HlxaAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA424|year=1783|publisher=Luke White|pages=424}}</ref>
*[[1700]] &ndash; [[Raffaello Fabretti]], Italian scholar and author (b. 1618)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Lemprière|author2=Eleazar Lord|title=Lempriere's Universal Biography: Containing a Critical and Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Labours of Eminent Persons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=06kDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA625|year=1825|publisher=R. Lockwood|pages=625}}</ref>
*[[1715]] &ndash; [[François Fénelon]], French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)<ref>{{cite book|author=Louis François de Bausset|title=The Life of Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9lI8AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA309|year=1810|publisher=Sherwood, Neely, and Jones|pages=309}}</ref>
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Allan Ramsay (poet)|Allan Ramsay]], Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1686)<ref>{{cite book|author=Allan Ramsay|title=The Poems of Allan Ramsay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rqQ_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR50|year=1800|publisher=A. Strahan|pages=50}}</ref>
*[[1767]] &ndash; [[Thomas Clap]], American minister and academic (b. 1703)<ref>{{cite book|author=John F. Ohles|title=Biographical Dictionary of American Educators|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5YNz-kNZgsC&pg=PA267|year=1978|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-04012-2|pages=267}}</ref>
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Carl Gustaf Tessin]], Swedish politician and diplomat (b. 1695)<ref>{{cite book|author=Joanna Banham|title=Encyclopedia of Interior Design|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MlKhCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT1301|date=May 1997|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-78758-4|pages=1301}}</ref>
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Joseph Dennie]], American journalist and author (b. 1768)<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Dexter Cleveland|title=A Compendium of American Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dAbjzezDaQC&pg=PA113|year=1858|publisher=E. C. & J. Biddle|pages=113}}</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[John Thomas Campbell]], Irish-Australian public servant and politician (b. 1770)<ref>{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons|title=Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=13FbAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA4-PA37|year=1845|publisher=Ordered to be printed|pages=37–38}}</ref>
*  1830 &ndash; [[Thomas Lawrence]], English painter and educator (b. 1769)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4no4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA37|year=1877|publisher=Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday|pages=37}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Mustafa Reşid Pasha]], Ottoman politician, [[List of Ottoman grand viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (b. 1800)<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjzYdCxumFcC&pg=PA414 |title=Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire |last1=Ágoston |first1=Gábor |last2=Masters |first2=Bruce Alan |date=2010-05-21 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-1025-7 |pages=413–414}}</ref>
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Caleb Blood Smith]], American journalist and politician, 6th [[U.S. Secretary of the Interior]] (b. 1808)<ref>{{CongBio|S000519}}</ref>
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Golam Ali Chowdhury]], Bengali landlord and philanthropist (b. 1824)<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56b49619607dba348f016a4c|date=5 December 1994|quote=Karimunnessa Khatun and others v. Mahomed Fazlul Karim and others|title=Privy Council Appeal No. 90 of 1922, from Bengal Appeal No. 27 of 1919|work=Case Mine}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Tewfik Pasha]], Egyptian ruler (b. 1852)<ref>{{cite book|author=James Oliver Bevan|title=Egypt and the Egyptians: Their History, Antiquities, Language, Religion, and Influence Over Palestine and Neighbouring Countries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EnwFAQAAIAAJ|year=1909|publisher=G. Allen|page=87}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Josef Stefan]], Slovenian physicist and mathematician (b. 1835)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ludwig Boltzmann|author2=Österreichische Zentralbibliothek für Physik|title=Ludwig Boltzmann 1844-1906: eine Ausstellung der Österreichischen Zentralbibliothek für Physik|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pvRAAQAAIAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Österr. Zentralbibliothek für Physik|page=71|isbn=9783900490119}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Sophia Jex-Blake]], English physician and feminist (b. 1840)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Ewan|first2=Rosemary J.|last2=Pipes|first3=Jane|last3=Rendall|first4=Sian|last4=Reynolds|title=Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-1-47443-627-4|page=183}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Henry Ware Eliot]], American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[Washington University in St. Louis]] (b. 1843)<ref>{{cite book|author=Grolier Incorporated|title=The Encyclopedia Americana: International Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ro8xAQAAIAAJ|date=March 1998|publisher=Grolier|isbn=978-0-7172-0130-3|page=240}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Edmund Barton]], Australian judge and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. 1849)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jeannie Meekins|title=Sir Edmund Barton: Australia's First Prime Minister: A 15-Minute Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JW37AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT16|publisher=Learning Island|pages=16}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos]], Greek politician, 99th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1851)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Edward Channing]], American historian and author (b. 1856)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[André Maginot]], French sergeant and politician (b. 1877)<ref>{{cite book|author=Rod Kedward|title=La Vie en Bleu: France and the French Since 1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4FGWTe743YC&pg=PT377|date=29 June 2006|publisher=Penguin Adult|isbn=978-0-14-013095-9|pages=377}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Guy d'Hardelot]], French pianist and composer (b. 1858)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Sir Compton Mackenzie|author2=Christopher Stone|title=The Gramophone|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Brw6AAAAIAAJ|year=1936|publisher=C. Mackenzie|page=294}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Charles Finger]], English journalist and author (b. 1869)<ref>{{cite book|author=Miller Williams|title=Ozark, Ozark: A Hillside Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vGokAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=University of Missouri Press|isbn=978-0-8262-0331-1|page=1}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Nikola Tesla]], Serbian-American inventor and engineer (b. 1856)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jerry E. Smith|title=HAARP: The Ultimate Weapon of the Conspiracy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CfXjAR0LlTQC&pg=PA49|year=1998|publisher=Adventures Unlimited Press|isbn=978-0-932813-53-4|pages=49}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[René Guénon]], French-Egyptian philosopher and author (b. 1886)<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Chacornac|title=The Simple Life of Rene Guenon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-w9UxolIXgC&pg=PA2|date=May 2005|publisher=Sophia Perennis|isbn=978-1-59731-055-0|pages=2}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers]], English tennis player and coach (b. 1878)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Grasso|title=Historical Dictionary of Tennis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W39oSS7c2xAC&pg=PA87|date=16 September 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7237-0|pages=87}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Arthur Edward Moore]], New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 23rd [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1876)<ref>[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/moore-arthur-edward-7632 Moore, Arthur Edward (1876–1963)] &ndash; ''[[Australian Dictionary of Biography]]'' Retrieved 1 February 2015.</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Reg Parnell]], English racing driver and manager (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite book|author=Mark Whitelock|title=1 1/2-litre Grand Prix Racing: Low Power, High Tech|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pf-bn_ihlhYC&pg=PA95|date=10 August 2006|publisher=Veloce Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-84584-016-7|pages=95}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[David Goodis]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite book|title=Sight and Sound|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpSRAAAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=British Film Institute|page=41}}</ref>
*  1967 &ndash; [[Carl Schuricht]], German-Swiss conductor (b. 1880)<ref>{{cite book|author=Marion Elizabeth Cullen|title=Memorable days in music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2cs4AQAAIAAJ|date=May 1970|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=11|isbn=9780810802933}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[J. L. B. Smith]], South African chemist and academic (b. 1897)<ref>{{cite book|title=The J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology: 50 Years of Ichthyology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LZQhAQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology in collaboration with Royal Society of South Africa|pages=2–9|isbn = 9780958395823}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[John Berryman]], American poet and scholar (b. 1914)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jay Parini|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMhMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA174|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-515653-9|pages=174}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Alvar Lidell]], English journalist and radio announcer (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite book|author=Janet Podell|title=Annual Obituary, 1981|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=upAJSGc3LRcC|date=May 1982|publisher=Thomson Gale|isbn=978-0-912289-51-9|pages=21–22}}</ref>
*  1981 &ndash; [[Eric Robinson (Australian politician)|Eric Robinson]], Australian businessman and politician, 2nd [[Minister for Finance (Australia)|Australian Minister for Finance]] (b. 1926)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Alfred Kastler]], German-French physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1902)<ref>{{cite book|author=M. Melarango|title=Quantification in Science: The VNR Dictionary of Engineering Units and Measures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFt6YPLNjMgC&pg=PA51|date=1 July 1991|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-442-00641-9|pages=51}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Juan Rulfo]], Mexican author, screenwriter, and photographer (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clubcultura.com/clubliteratura/clubescritores/juanrulfo/cronologia.htm|title=Sobre la vida de Juan Rulfo|language=es|publisher=Club Cultura|access-date=10 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216195124/http://www.clubcultura.com/clubliteratura/clubescritores/juanrulfo/cronologia.htm|archive-date=16 December 2014}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Zara Cisco Brough]], American [[Nipmuc]] Indian chief and fashion designer (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite web |title=Indian Chief Who Was Fashion Designer And Engineer Dies |work=AP NEWS |url=https://www.apnews.com/44ef44f68482ca465ffb2463049453e7 |publisher=ap.com |access-date=2018-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107010245/https://www.apnews.com/44ef44f68482ca465ffb2463049453e7 |archive-date=2018-11-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1988 &ndash; [[Trevor Howard]], English actor (b. 1913)<ref>Pettigrew ''Trevor Howard: A Personal Biography'', London: Peter Owen, 2001, p. 26 and p. 245<!-- ISSN/ISBN needed --></ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Hirohito]], Japanese emperor (b. 1901)<ref>{{cite book|author=Stephen S. Large|title=Shōwa Japan: 1926-1941|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JD1iyqWwHQcC&pg=PA2|year=1998|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-14320-2|pages=2}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Bronko Nagurski]], Canadian-American football player and wrestler (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite book|author=Dave Blevins|title=College Football Awards: All National and Conference Winners Through 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RdWo8gM8ES8C&pg=PA8|date=31 August 2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4867-8|pages=8}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Richard Hunt (puppeteer)|Richard Hunt]], American puppeteer and voice actor (b. 1951)<ref name=NYTObi>{{cite news|title=Richard Hunt; Puppeteer, 40|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=9 January 1992|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/09/obituaries/richard-hunt-puppeteer-40.html|access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Murray Rothbard]], American economist, historian, and theorist (b. 1926)<ref>[[David Stout]], [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/11/obituaries/murray-n-rothbard-economist-and-free-market-exponent-68.html Obituary: Murray N. Rothbard, Economist And Free-Market Exponent, 68], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 11, 1995.</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Károly Grósz]], Hungarian politician, 51st [[List of Prime Ministers of Hungary|Prime Minister of Hungary]] (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite book|author=Andr?s Boz?ki|title=The Roundtable Talks of 1989: The Genesis of Hungarian Democracy: Analysis and Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VQhQqCmSaoC&pg=PA392|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Central European University Press|isbn=978-963-9241-21-3|pages=392}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Owen Bradley]], American record producer (b. 1915)<ref>{{cite book|title=Appalachian Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQkSAAAAYAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Appalachian State University|page=454}}</ref>
*  1998 &ndash; [[Vladimir Prelog]], Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite book|title=(Lebedev to Zworykin).|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYnL5DevFpQC|year=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-521665-3|page=780}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Gary Albright]], American wrestler (b. 1963)<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.wrestlingclassics.com/wawli/Nos.738-746.htm|title=Drugs Choke the Wrestling World|access-date=21 May 2020|work=New York Daily News}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[James Carr (singer)|James Carr]], American singer (b. 1942)<ref>{{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues - A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger Publishers| location= Santa Barbara| pages=204| isbn= 978-0313344237}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Avery Schreiber]], American comedian and actor (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Avery Schreiber, 66, Doritos Funnyman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/09/arts/avery-schreiber-66-doritos-funnyman.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 9, 2002 |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Ingrid Thulin]], Swedish actress (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web | title=Bergman's leading lady dies at 76 | website=BBC News | date=2004-01-09 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3381855.stm | access-date=2016-08-27}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Pierre Daninos]], French author (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite web|author-link=James Kirkup|first=James|last=Kirkup|title=Pierre Daninos, Creator of Major Thompson, the typical Englishman in France|date=11 January 2005|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/pierre-daninos-14381.html|work=[[The Independent (newspaper)|The Independent]]}}</ref>
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Harrer]], Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and author (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |title=Heinrich Harrer, 93, Explorer of Tibet, Dies |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/obituaries/10harrer.html |access-date=15 January 2012 |date=10 January 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206010412/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/obituaries/10harrer.html |archive-date=6 December 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Bobby Hamilton]], American race car driver and businessman (b. 1957)<ref>{{cite book|author=Lew Freedman|title=Encyclopedia of Stock Car Racing &#91;2 volumes&#93;|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JbABCwhdfhAC&pg=PA316|date=14 March 2013|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-38710-4|pages=316}}</ref>
*  2007 &ndash; [[Magnus Magnusson]], Icelandic journalist, author, and academic (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3561915.stm |title=Obituary: Magnus Magnusson |work=BBC News |date=7 January 2007 |access-date=12 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Alwyn Schlebusch]], South African academic and politician, [[Vice State President of South Africa]] (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mg.co.za/article/2008-01-07-sas-only-state-vicepresident-dies-at-90|title=SA's only state vice-president dies at 90|publisher=[[Mail & Guardian]]|date=7 January 2008}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Tony Blankley]], British-born American child actor, journalist and pundit (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/9011183/Tony-Blankley.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/9011183/Tony-Blankley.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|location=London, UK|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=Tony Blankley|date=January 12, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Run Run Shaw]], Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Shaw Brothers Studio]] and [[TVB]] (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/07/run-run-shaw-godfather-of-kung-fu-film-making-dies-aged-106|title=Run Run Shaw, godfather of kung fu film-making, dies aged 106|agency=Associated Press|work=The Guardian|date=7 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Mompati Merafhe]], Botswana general and politician, [[Vice-President of Botswana]] (b. 1936)<ref>[http://www.dailynews.gov.bw/news-details.php?nid=16766 "General Merafhe passes on"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306184852/http://www.dailynews.gov.bw/news-details.php?nid=16766 |date=6 March 2017 }}, Botswana Daily News Online, 7 January 2015.</ref>
*  2015 &ndash; [[Rod Taylor]], Australian-American actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/rod-taylor-dead-the-bird-the-time-machine-1201396390/ |title=Rod Taylor, 'The Birds' and 'The Time Machine' Star, Dies at 84 |magazine=Variety |date=8 January 2015 |access-date=8 January 2015 }}</ref>
*  2015 &ndash; [[Georges Wolinski]], Tunisian-French cartoonist (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/france/story/22976860 |title=Les dessinateurs Charb et Cabu seraient morts |language=fr |work=L'Essentiel |location=France |date=7 January 2015 |access-date=7 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Bill Foster (basketball, born 1929)|Bill Foster]], American basketball player and coach (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web | last = Fowler| first = Scott| title = Former Duke basketball coach Bill Foster dies at age 86 | work = newsobserver.com | date = January 7, 2016 | url = http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article53605210.html | access-date = January 7, 2016}}</ref>
*  2016 &ndash; [[John Johnson (basketball, born 1947)|John Johnson]], American basketball player (b. 1947)<ref>{{citation |title=Former SuperSonics All-Star Johnny Johnson dies in San Jose | newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]] |date=January 8, 2016 |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_29360530/former-supersonics-all-star-johnny-johnson-dies}}</ref>
*  2016 &ndash; [[Kitty Kallen]], American singer (b. 1921)<ref>{{cite news|title=Kitty Kallen, Big Band Singer of 'Bésame Mucho,' Dies at 94|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=7 January 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/arts/music/kitty-kallen-big-band-singer-of-besame-mucho-dies-at-94.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/arts/music/kitty-kallen-big-band-singer-of-besame-mucho-dies-at-94.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2016-01-07|last1=Grady |first1=Denise }}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*  2016 &ndash; [[Judith Kaye]], American lawyer and jurist (b. 1938)<ref>Sam Roberts, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/nyregion/judith-s-kaye-first-woman-to-serve-as-new-yorks-chief-judge-dies-at-77.html Judith S. Kaye, First Woman to Serve as New York's Chief Judge, Dies at 77], ''[[The New York Times]]'' (January 7, 2016)</ref>
*  2016 &ndash; [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]], Indian lawyer and politician, [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Indian Minister of Home Affairs]] (b. 1936)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Mário Soares]], Portuguese politician; 16th [[President of Portugal]] (b. 1924)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/portugal/interior/funeral-de-mario-soares-e-o-guiao-para-futuras-exequias-de-estado-9029456.html|title= Funeral de Mário Soares é o guião para futuras exéquias de Estado|language=pt|publisher= [[Diário de Notícias]]|date=7 January 2018|access-date= 14 September 2018}}</ref> 
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Jim Anderton]], Former New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister (b. 1938)<ref>{{cite news|title=Former deputy PM Jim Anderton dies|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11970887|access-date=8 January 2018|publisher=The New Zealand Herald|date=7 January 2018}}</ref>
*  2018 &ndash; [[France Gall]], French singer (b. 1947)<ref>Maev Kennedy, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/07/french-singer-and-eurovision-winner-france-gall-dies-age-70 "France Gall: French singer who inspired My Way dies age 70"], ''The Guardian'', 8 January 2018</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Neil Peart]], Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1952)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=Neil Peart, Drummer and Lyricist for Rush, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/arts/music/neil-peart-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113141457/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/arts/music/neil-peart-dead.html |archive-date=13 January 2020 |date=10 January 2020}}</ref>
*  2020 &ndash; [[Silvio Horta]], American screenwriter and television producer (b. 1974)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2020-01-08 |title='Ugly Betty' Family & Others Mourn Death Of Creator Silvio Horta |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/ugly-betty-family-cast-mourn-death-creator-silvio-horta-america-ferrera-vanessa-williams-1202823912/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2020 &ndash; [[Elizabeth Wurtzel]], author and feminist (b. 1967)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=2020-01-07 |title=Elizabeth Wurtzel, journalist and author of Prozac Nation, dies aged 52 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/07/elizabeth-wurtzel-journalist-and-author-of-prozac-nation-dead-at-52 |access-date=2023-02-15 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Michael Apted]], English filmmaker (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-apted-dead-coal-miners-daughter-director-seven-up-documentarian-was-79-1292671|title=Michael Apted, 'Coal Miner's Daughter' Director and 'Seven Up' Documentarian, Dies at 79|date=8 January 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
*  2021 &ndash; [[Tommy Lasorda]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web | last=Gurnick | first=Ken | title=Tommy Lasorda, Dodgers legend, dies at 93 | website=MLB.com | date=2021-01-08 | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/tommy-lasorda-dodgers-legend-dies-at-93 | access-date=2025-05-03}}</ref>
*  2021 &ndash; [[Henri Schwery]], Swiss cardinal (b. 1932)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tdg.ch/deces-du-cardinal-valaisan-henri-schwery-959321760713|title=Eglise – Décès du cardinal valaisan Henri Schwery|website=Tribune de Genève|date=7 January 2021 }}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Franz Beckenbauer]], German footballer and manager (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nakrani |first=Sachin |date=8 January 2024 |title=Franz Beckenbauer, World Cup-winning captain and manager, dies aged 78 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/jan/08/franz-beckenbauer-world-cup-winning-captain-and-manager-dies-aged-78 |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>  
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]], French intelligence officer and politician (b. 1928)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gozzi |first=Laura |date=January 7, 2025 |title=French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen dies at 96 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgm2jvkl2yo |access-date=January 8, 2025 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash; [[Peter Yarrow]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Fred A. |date=January 7, 2025 |title=Peter Yarrow, troubadour of Peter, Paul and Mary folk trio, dies at 86 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/01/07/peter-yarrow-dead/ |access-date=January 8, 2025 |work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>
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