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==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[307]] – [[Emperor Hui of Jin|Hui of Jin]], Chinese emperor (born 259)<ref>{{cite book|title=East Asian History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tT1uAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University|page=156}}</ref> * [[482]] – [[Severinus of Noricum]], Italian apostle and saint<ref>{{cite book|author=Adrian Murdoch|title=The Last Roman: Romulus Augustulus and the Decline of the West|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EMA7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT66|date=15 December 2006|publisher=History Press|isbn=978-0-7524-9608-5|page=66}}</ref> * [[871]] – [[Bagsecg]], Viking warrior and leader<ref>{{cite book|author=Jim Bradbury|title=The Routledge Companion to Medieval Warfare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3FRsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA135|date=2 August 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-59847-2|page=135}}</ref> * [[926]] – [[Athelm]], archbishop of Canterbury<ref name="Kelly2007">{{cite book|author=S. E. Kelly|title=Charters of Bath and Wells|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JoRnAAAAMAAJ|date=8 November 2007|publisher=OUP/British Academy|isbn=978-0-19-726397-6|page=182}}</ref> *[[1079]] – [[Adèle of France]], countess of Flanders (born 1009)<ref>{{cite book|author=Anne Commire|title=Women in World History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RT0OAQAAMAAJ|date=12 December 2000|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-4069-9|page=617}}</ref> *[[1107]] – [[Edgar, King of Scotland]] (born 1074)<ref>{{cite book|author=Philip J. Potter|title=Gothic Kings of Britain: The Lives of 31 Medieval Rulers, 1016-1399|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h_zW8TBBVQkC&pg=PA130|date=14 January 2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-5248-4|page=130}}</ref> *[[1198]] – [[Pope Celestine III|Celestine III]], pope of the Catholic Church (born 1106)<ref>{{cite book|author=Christopher Kleinhenz|title=Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E2CTAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT555|date=2 August 2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94880-1|page=555}}</ref> *[[1337]] – [[Giotto]], Italian painter and architect, designed [[Scrovegni Chapel]] and [[Giotto's Campanile]] (born 1266)<ref>{{cite book|author=Bard Thompson|title=Humanists and Reformers: A History of the Renaissance and Reformation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hrq9d567398C&pg=PA236|year=1996|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=978-0-8028-6348-5|page=236}}</ref> *[[1354]] – [[Charles de la Cerda]], French nobleman (born 1327)<ref>{{cite book |title=Les Grandes Chroniques de France: Chronique des règnes de Jean II et de Charles V, Tome Premier (1350–1364) |volume=I |editor-first=Roland |editor-last=Delachenal |publisher=Librairie Renouard |year=1910 |pages=37–38|language=fr}}</ref> *[[1424]] – [[Stephen Zaccaria]], archbishop of Patras<ref>{{La Morée franque}} page 10</ref> *[[1456]] – [[Lawrence Giustiniani]], Italian bishop and saint (born 1381)<ref>{{cite book|author=Pope John XXIII|title=Journal of a Soul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oSCr4lQbl30C&pg=PA286|date=9 July 2000|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-567-12306-0|page=286}}</ref> *[[1538]] – [[Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy|Beatrice of Portugal]], duchess of Savoy (born 1504)<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Piedmont|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1cj4Zj0RPq0C&pg=PA337|year=1855|publisher=Chapman and Hall|page=337}}</ref> *[[1557]] – [[Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach|Albert Alcibiades]], margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (born 1522)<ref>{{cite book|author=Rawdon Lubbock Brown|title=Calendar of State Papers and Manuscripts, Relating to English Affairs: Existing in the Archives and Collections of Venice, and in Other Libraries of Northern Italy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nf6VA0XRymIC&pg=PA1298|date=6 May 2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-06061-5|page=1298}}</ref> *[[1570]] – [[Philibert de l'Orme]], French sculptor and architect, designed the [[Château d'Anet]] (born 1510)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Russell Sturgis|author2=Francis A. Davis|title=Sturgis' Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture and Building: An Unabridged Reprint of the 1901-2 Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j9wAW2YleywC&pg=PA387|date=27 March 2013|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-14840-3|page=387}}</ref> *[[1598]] – [[John George, Elector of Brandenburg]] (born 1525)<ref>{{cite book|author=Frederick II (King of Prussia)|title=Memoirs of Frederick III, King of Prussia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zIDgvwek9vIC&pg=PA3|year=1758|publisher=P. Wilson and J. Exshaw|page=3}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1642]] – [[Galileo Galilei]], Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (born 1564)<ref>{{cite book|title=Nuncius|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-gHAQAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=L.S. Olschki|page=315}}</ref> *[[1707]] – [[John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair]], Scottish soldier and politician, [[Secretary of State, Scotland|Scottish Secretary of State]] (born 1648)<ref>{{cite book|title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AmBBAQAAMAAJ|year=1910|publisher=Burke's Peerage Limited|page=1697}}</ref> *[[1713]] – [[Arcangelo Corelli]], Italian violinist and composer (born 1653)<ref>{{cite book|author=L. C. Harnsberger|title=Essential Dictionary of Music|date=1997 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mzu1eaR0ikAC&pg=PA80|publisher=Alfred Music|isbn=978-1-4574-1112-0|page=80}}</ref> *[[1775]] – [[John Baskerville]], English printer and type designer (born 1706)<ref>{{cite book|author=John Alfred Langford|title=A Century of Birmingham Life; or, a chronicle of local events, from 1741 to 1841. Compiled and edited by J. A. L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vJ8qhNRaZ_cC&pg=PA214|year=1868|page=214}}</ref> *[[1789]] – [[Jack Broughton]], English boxer (born 1703)<ref>{{cite ODNB|last=Gee | first=Tony | title=Broughton, John (c. 1703–1789), pugilist | year=2004 |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-3586 | doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/3586 | isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 |access-date=26 July 2023}}</ref> *[[1794]] – [[Justus Möser]], German lawyer and jurist (born 1720)<ref>{{cite book|author=Franz J. L. THIMM|title=The Literature of Germany, from its earliest period to the present time... Edited by W. H. Faru|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_nNaAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA59|year=1866|page=59}}</ref> *[[1815]] – [[Edward Pakenham]], Anglo-Irish general and politician (born 1778)<ref>{{cite book|author=Stuart Murray|title=Atlas of American Military History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bJ_sy7mmmxQC&pg=PA55|year=2004|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-3025-5|page=55}}</ref> *[[1825]] – [[Eli Whitney]], American engineer and theorist, invented the [[cotton gin]] (born 1765)<ref>{{cite book|author=Holly Cefrey|title=The Inventions of Eli Whitney: The Cotton Gin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vnnLV9S5ANYC&pg=PA20|date=15 December 2002|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc|isbn=978-0-8239-6443-7|page=20}}</ref> *[[1854]] – [[William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford]], English field marshal and politician, [[Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance]] (born 1768)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Military Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bVu5AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA7|year=1854|page=7}}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of Defence]] (born 1779) *[[1874]] – [[Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg]], French historian and archaeologist (born 1814)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Brasseur de Bourbourg, Charles Etienne |volume= 04 | pages = 434–435; see page 435, penultimate line |quote= He died at Nice on the 8th of January 1874}}</ref> *[[1878]] – [[Nikolay Nekrasov]], Russian poet and critic (born 1821)<ref>{{cite book|author=Murray B. Peppard|title=Nikolai Nekrasov|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BxBgAAAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Twayne Publishers|page=16}}</ref> *[[1880]] – [[Emperor Norton]], English-American businessman (born 1811)<ref>{{cite book|author=Allen Stanley Lane|title=Emperor Norton: The Mad Monarch of America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lEEJAQAAIAAJ|year=1939|publisher=Caxton printers, Limited|page=272}}</ref> *[[1883]] – [[Miska Magyarics]], Slovene-Hungarian poet (born 1825) *[[1896]] – [[William Rainey Marshall]], American banker and politician, 5th [[Governor of Minnesota]] (born 1825) * 1896 – [[Paul Verlaine]], French poet and writer (born 1844)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Charles Dudley Warner|author2=Hamilton Wright Mabie|author3=Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle|title=Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9jtOAAAAYAAJ|year=1902|publisher=J. A. Hill|page=15315}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1914]] – [[Simon Bolivar Buckner]], American general and 30th [[Governor of Kentucky]] (born 1823)<ref>{{cite book|author=Arndt Stickles|title=Simon Bolivar Buckner: Borderland Knight|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uv3U_BMcktoC|year=2001|publisher=UNC Press Books|isbn=978-0-8078-5356-6|page=425}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Rembrandt Bugatti]], Italian sculptor (born 1884)<ref>{{cite book|author=Philippe Dejean|title=Bugatti: Carlo, Rembrandt, Ettore, Jean|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1KdTAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Random House Incorporated|isbn=978-0-8478-0446-7|page=144}}</ref> * 1916 – [[Ada Rehan]], Irish-American actress (born 1860)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Acting of Ada Rehan (Ada Crehan,1860-1916): A Study Based on Contemporary Opinion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4RdKAQAAMAAJ|year=1919|publisher=University of Iowa|page=15}}</ref> *[[1918]] – [[Ellis H. Roberts]], American journalist and politician, 20th [[Treasurer of the United States]] (born 1827)<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnbUAAAAMAAJ|year=1918|publisher=Board of Publication of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints|page=253}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Josef Josephi]], Polish-born singer and actor (born 1852)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2016041832.html|title= Josephi, Josef, 1852-1920|website=[[id.loc.gov]]|access-date=30 October 2019}}</ref> *[[1925]] – [[George Bellows]], American painter (born 1882)<ref>{{cite book|author=Gerry Souter|title=American Realism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XXOlCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT162|date=15 September 2015|publisher=Parkstone International|isbn=978-1-78310-767-4|page=162}}</ref> *[[1934]] – [[Andrei Bely]], Russian novelist, poet, and critic (born 1880)<ref>{{cite book|author=Gerald Janecek|title=Andrey Bely: A Critical Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gLQfBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA8|date=15 July 2014|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-6167-9|page=8}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Alexandre Stavisky]], Ukrainian-French financier (born 1886)<ref>Paul Jankowski, ''Stavisky - A Confidence Man in the Republic of Virtue'', (2002)</ref><ref>David Clay Large, ''Between Two Fires: Europes Path in the 1930s'' (W.W.Norton: 1990) pp 24-58</ref> *[[1938]] – [[Johnny Gruelle]], American author and illustrator (born 1880)<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/01/10/archives/john-gruelle-dead-cartoonist-writer-creator-of-comic-strip-brutus.html | title=John Gruelle Dead; Cartoonist, Writer; Creator of Comic Strip 'Brutus' Was on The Herald Tribune – Wrote Children's Books| agency = [[Associated Press]] | work=[[The New York Times]] | date= January 10, 1938| access-date = October 30, 2015}} Abstract; full article requires subscription.</ref><ref>Hall, ''Johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy'', p. 178.</ref> *[[1941]] – [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell]], English general and founder of the [[Scouting|Scout movement]] (born 1857)<ref>{{cite book|author=F. M. Leventhal|title=Twentieth-century Britain: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MwgZAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Peter Lang|isbn=978-0-8204-5108-4|page=35}}</ref> * 1941 – [[Vladimír Mandl]], Czechoslovak lawyer (born 1899)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kopal |first1=Vladimír |title=Pioneers of Space Law |last2=Hofmann |first2=Mahulena |publisher=Brill |year=2013 |isbn=978-90-04-24027-8 |editor-last=Hobe |editor-first=Stephan |pages=56–69 |chapter=Vladimír Mandl (20.3.1899 – 8.1.1941) |doi=10.1163/9789004240285_007}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[Joseph Franklin Rutherford]], American lawyer and religious leader (born 1869)<ref>{{cite book | last = Rogerson |first = Alan| title = Millions Now Living Will Never Die: A Study of Jehovah's Witnesses | publisher = Constable & Co, London| year = 1969 |page = 64| isbn = 0-09-455940-6}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Andres Larka]], Estonian general and politician, 1st [[Minister of Defence (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of War]] (born 1879) *[[1944]] – [[William Kissam Vanderbilt II]], American lieutenant and sailor (born 1878)<ref>{{cite news |title=William Kissam Vanderbilt |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/174800962.html?dids=174800962:174800962&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jan+08%2C+1944&author=&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=William+K.+Vanderbilt&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106194856/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/174800962.html?dids=174800962:174800962&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jan+08,+1944&author=&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=William+K.+Vanderbilt&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |quote=William Kissam Vanderbilt, who passed on here today, was a former President of the New York Central Railroad and one of the nation's foremost yachtsmen ... |newspaper=[[Associated Press]] |date= January 8, 1944 |access-date=2011-05-23 }}</ref> *[[1945]] – [[Karl Ernst Krafft]], Swiss astrologer and author (born 1900)<ref>{{cite book|author=James Randi|title=The Mask of Nostradamus: The Prophecies of the World's Most Famous Seer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4J1hNKT3nSUC|year=1993|publisher=Prometheus Books|isbn=978-0-87975-830-1|page=124}}</ref> *[[1948]] – [[Kurt Schwitters]], German painter and graphic designer (born 1887)<ref>{{cite book|author=Elizabeth Burns Gamard|title=Kurt Schwitters Merzbau: The Cathedral of Erotic Misery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HMr4w3V5otYC&pg=RA1-PA2|date=April 2000|publisher=Princeton Architectural Press|isbn=978-1-56898-136-9|page=2}}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[Joseph Schumpeter]], Czech-American economist and academic (born 1883)<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url= http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Schumpeter.html |chapter=Joseph Alois Schumpeter: Biography |title=Library of Economics and Liberty |publisher=Econlib.org |access-date=19 December 2019}}</ref> *[[1952]] – [[Antonia Maury]], American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1866)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cavendish |first1=Dean Miller |title=Astronomers and Cosmologists |date=Jan 1, 2014 |publisher=Square Publishing, LLC |pages=127–129 |isbn=978-1-62712-549-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kpVmDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA127 |access-date=8 July 2020}}</ref> *[[1953]] – [[Hugh Binney]], English admiral and politician, 16th [[Governor of Tasmania]] (born 1883)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated London News|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IZoeAQAAMAAJ|year=1953|publisher=William Little|page=83}}</ref> *[[1954]] – [[Eduard Wiiralt]], Estonian-French painter and illustrator (born 1898)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Yale University Library Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3NMaAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Yale University Library|page=159}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Mary Colter]], American architect, designed the [[Desert View Watchtower]] (born 1869)<ref>{{cite book|title=Arizona, 1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXOxlZyym8sC|date=29 August 1990|publisher=Fodor's Travel Publications|isbn=978-0-679-01874-2|page=183}}</ref> *[[1961]] – [[Schoolboy Rowe]], American baseball player and coach (born 1910)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_R/Rowe.Linwood.Obit.html|title=Schoolboy Rowe, Pitcher, 48, Dies|work=[[New York Times]]|date=January 9, 1961}}</ref> *[[1963]] – [[Kay Sage]], American painter (born 1898)<ref>Suther, Judith D. ''A House of Her Own: Kay Sage, Solitary Surrealist.'' Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997, page 223</ref> *[[1975]] – [[Richard Tucker (tenor)|Richard Tucker]], American operatic tenor (born 1913)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carmody |first1=Deirdre |title=''Richard Tucker's Friends Fill the Met for Funeral'' |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1975/01/11/936867572.html?pageNumber=32 |access-date=8 November 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=January 11, 1975}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Zhou Enlai]], Chinese soldier and politician, 1st [[Premier of the People's Republic of China]] (born 1898)<ref>{{cite book|title=Great Events: 1971-1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbhWAAAAYAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-1-58765-058-1|page=1849}}</ref> *[[1980]] – [[John Mauchly]], American physicist and academic (born 1907)<ref>{{cite book|author=IDG Enterprise|title=Computerworld|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5XFJRnhR28C&pg=PA35|date=2 November 1981|publisher=IDG Enterprise|page=35}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Grégoire Aslan]], Swiss-English actor and screenwriter (born 1908)<ref>{{cite book|author=Mike Kaplan|title=Variety International Show Business Reference, 1983|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_RLAAAAYAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Garland Pub.|isbn=978-0-8240-9089-0|page=17}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Gerhard Barkhorn]], German general and pilot (born 1919)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Barbas |first=Bernd |year=2014 |title=Das vergessene As — Der Jagdflieger Gerhard Barkhorn |trans-title=The Forgotten Ace — The Fighter Pilot Gerhard Barkhorn |language=de, en |location=Bad Zwischenahn, Germany |publisher=Luftfahrtverlag-Start |isbn=978-3-941437-22-7|page=202}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Pierre Fournier]], French cellist and educator (born 1906)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holland |first1=Bernard |title=Pierre Fournier is Dead at 79; Cellist Typified French Style |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/09/obituaries/pierre-fournier-is-dea-at-79-cellist-typified-french-style.html |access-date=10 November 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=9 January 1986 |ref=nytobituary}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Bernard Krigstein]], American illustrator (born 1919) * 1990 – [[Terry-Thomas]], English actor and comedian (born 1911)<ref>{{cite news|last=Adair|first=Gilbert|title=Obituary: Terry-Thomas|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=9 January 1990|author-link=Gilbert Adair|location=London|page=13}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Steve Clark]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1960)<ref>{{cite book|author=Deborah Andrews|title=Annual Obituary, 1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6FMYAAAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-175-6|page=14}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Pat Buttram]], American actor and comedian (born 1915)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Patsy Montana|author2=Jane Frost|title=Patsy Montana: The Cowboy's Sweetheart|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qd_HkaVAWzMC&pg=PA238|date=15 February 2002|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1080-4|page=238}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Harvey Haddix]], American baseball player and coach (born 1925)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/10/obituaries/harvey-haddix-68-known-for-pitching-12-perfect-innings.html|title=Harvey Haddix, 68; Known for Pitching 12 Perfect Innings|date=January 10, 1994|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Metin Göktepe]], Turkish photographer and journalist (born 1968)<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Journal of the European Communities: Information and notices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3DeutcF3w48C|year=1996|publisher=Office for Official Publications of the European Communities|pages=280–289}}</ref> * 1996 – [[François Mitterrand]], French sergeant and politician, 21st [[President of France]] (born 1916)<ref>{{cite news |title=1996: France's former president Mitterrand dies |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/8/newsid_4489000/4489322.stm |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Melvin Calvin]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1911)<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Seaborg | first1 = G. T. | author-link1 = Glenn T. Seaborg| last2 = Benson | first2 = A. A. | author-link2 = Andrew Benson| doi = 10.1098/rsbm.2007.0050 | title = Melvin Calvin. 8 April 1911 -- 8 January 1997 | journal = Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society | volume = 54 | pages = 59–70 | year = 2008 | doi-access = free }}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Michael Tippett]], English composer and conductor (born 1905)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Kenneth Gloag|author2=Nicholas Jones|title=The Cambridge Companion to Michael Tippett|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Qj3AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA3|date=17 January 2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-47033-0|page=3}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[Hilary Smart]], American sailor (born 1925)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hilary Smart |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/63693 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=28 March 2024 }}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Alexander Prokhorov]], Australian-Russian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1916)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/alexander-prokhorov-9180425.html|title=Alexander Prokhorov|author=Jeff Hecht|date=23 January 2002|website=The Independent|access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref> * 2002 – [[Dave Thomas (businessman)|Dave Thomas]], American businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Wendy's]] (born 1932)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/09/business/dave-thomas-69-wendy-s-founder-dies.html|title=Dave Thomas, 69, Wendy's Founder, Dies|last=Martin|first=Douglas|date=2002-01-09|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-27|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *[[2003]] – [[Ron Goodwin]], English composer and conductor (born 1925)<ref>{{cite book|title=Film Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=easqAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Orpheus Pub|page=17}}</ref> *[[2006]] – [[Tony Banks, Baron Stratford]], Northern Irish broadcaster and politician, [[Minister for Sport and the Olympics]] (born 1943)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jan/09/guardianobituaries.obituaries1|title=Tony Banks|author=Julia Langdon|date=9 January 2006|website=The Guardian|access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref> *[[2007]] – [[Jane Bolin]], American lawyer and judge (born 1908)<ref>{{cite book|title=Who's who in Colored America|date=1942|publisher=Who's Who in Colored America Corporation|page=371|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_rQRAQAAMAAJ&q=ralph+mizelle&pg=PA371|access-date=28 March 2018|language=en}}</ref> * 2007 – [[Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield]], English lawyer and politician, [[Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]] (born 1916)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2169226.ece|title=Obituary - Lord Cockfield|website=[[The Independent]]|date=22 January 2007|author=John Barnes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001031353/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2169226.ece|access-date=24 November 2020|archive-date=2007-10-01}}</ref> * 2007 – [[Yvonne De Carlo]], Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1922)<ref>{{cite news|last=Saxon|first=Wolfgang|title=Yvonne De Carlo Dies at 84; Played Lily on 'Munsters'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/11/arts/television/11decarlo.html?_r=0|access-date=March 25, 2014|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 11, 2007|page=B6}}</ref> * 2007 – [[David Ervine]], Northern Irish politician and activist (born 1953)<ref>[http://www.independent.ie/national-news/progressive-unionist-leader-ervine-dies-58295.html Progressive Unionist leader Ervine dies] The Independent, 8 January 2007. Accessed 3 June 2020</ref> * 2007 – [[Iwao Takamoto]], American animator, director, and producer (born 1925)<ref>{{cite news |title=Scooby-Doo's creator dies aged 81 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6243717.stm |work=BBC News |date=2007-01-08 |access-date=2007-01-10 }}</ref> *[[2008]] – [[George Moore (jockey)|George Moore]], Australian jockey and trainer (born 1923)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-01-09/champion-jockey-moore-dies/1007240|title=Champion jockey Moore dies|date=8 January 2008|website=ABC|access-date=12 February 2021}}</ref> *[[2009]] – [[Lasantha Wickrematunge]], Sri Lankan journalist (born 1958)<ref>{{cite news |first=Oliver |last=Luft |title=Sri Lankan newspaper editor shot dead |work=The Guardian |date=8 January 2009|access-date=10 January 2009|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/08/sri-lankan-editor-killed | location=London}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Art Clokey]], American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)<ref>{{cite news|last=Felch | first=Jason | url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-me-art-clokey9-2010jan09,0,5170610.story | title=Art Clokey dies at 88; creator of Gumby | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=January 9, 2010 | access-date=May 20, 2012}}</ref> *[[2011]] – [[Jiří Dienstbier]], Czech journalist and politician (born 1937)<ref>{{cite news |title=Jiri Dienstbier: A Czech's career |url=http://www.economist.com/node/17911256 |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=13 January 2011 |access-date=3 September 2012}}</ref> * 2011 – [[Thorbjørn Svenssen]], Norwegian footballer (born 1924)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Svenssen/utdypning|title=Thorbjørn Svenssen|last=Jacobsen|first=Fridthjof|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|language=Norwegian|access-date=12 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915022355/http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Thorbj%c3%b8rn_Svenssen/utdypning|archive-date=2012-09-15}}</ref> *[[2012]] – [[Dave Alexander (blues musician)|Dave Alexander]], American singer and pianist (born 1938)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ksla.com/story/16473447/legendary-arklatex-musician-found-shot-to-death |title=Legendary ArkLaTex musician found dead Sunday |date=January 8, 2012 |access-date=January 9, 2012 |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113085147/http://www.ksla.com/story/16473447/legendary-arklatex-musician-found-shot-to-death |last=Stanley |first=James |publisher=[[KSLA News 12]] }}</ref> * 2012 – [[T. J. Hamblin]], English haematologist and academic (born 1943)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/medicine-obituaries/9036815/Terry-Hamblin.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/medicine-obituaries/9036815/Terry-Hamblin.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary for Professor Terry Hamblin|website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=24 January 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2012 – [[Alexis Weissenberg]], Bulgarian-French pianist and educator (born 1929)<ref>{{cite web| author=Margalit Fox | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/arts/music/alexis-weissenberg-pianist-of-fire-and-ice-dies-at-82.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/arts/music/alexis-weissenberg-pianist-of-fire-and-ice-dies-at-82.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Alexis Weissenberg, Pianist of Fire and Ice, Dies at 82|work=The New York Times| date=2012-01-09 |access-date=2014-11-14}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2013]] – [[Kenojuak Ashevak]], Canadian sculptor and illustrator (born 1927)<ref>{{cite web|author=Mark Lipman|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/visualarts/article/1312121--kenojuak-ashevak-renowned-inuit-artist-dies-at-85|title=Kenojuak Ashevak, renowned Inuit artist, dies at 85|website=The Star|access-date=2020-11-18|archive-date=2013-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130055809/http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/visualarts/article/1312121--kenojuak-ashevak-renowned-inuit-artist-dies-at-85}}", 8 January 2013, ''The Toronto Star''. Accessed 8 January 2013.</ref> * 2013 – [[Jeanne Manford]], American educator and activist, co-founded [[PFLAG]] (born 1920)<ref name = Cote>{{cite news|title = Jeanne Manford, PFLAG founder, dies|author = Coté, J.|date = January 10, 2013|access-date = November 18, 2020|newspaper = [[San Francisco Chronicle]]|url = http://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Jeanne-Manford-PFLAG-founder-dies-4184570.php}}</ref> * 2013 – [[Alasdair Milne]], Indian-English director and producer (born 1930)<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilby|first=Peter|url= http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/04/thin-controller|title=The Thin Controller|work=New Statesman|date=16 April 2016|access-date=20 October 2016}}</ref> *[[2014]] – [[Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher]], Dutch-Australian swimmer (born 1925)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.knzb.nl/wedstrijdsport/zwemmen/nieuws/bericht/1000024886/oud_topzwemster_irma_heijting_schuhmacher_overleden/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122170856/http://www.knzb.nl/wedstrijdsport/zwemmen/nieuws/bericht/1000024886/oud_topzwemster_irma_heijting_schuhmacher_overleden/|title=Irma Heijting-Schuhmacher's obituary|archive-date=January 22, 2014|language=nl}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Antonino P. Roman]], Filipino lawyer and politician (born 1939)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/08/14/ex-congressman-antonino-roman-passes-away |title=Ex-congressman Antonino Roman passes away |date=8 January 2014|access-date=8 January 2014 |publisher=abs-cbnnews.com}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Andraé Crouch]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (born 1942)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/arts/music/andra-crouch-72-who-infused-gospel-with-soul-dies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/arts/music/andra-crouch-72-who-infused-gospel-with-soul-dies.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| title=Andraé Crouch, 72, Who Infused Gospel With Soul, Dies| work=[[The New York Times]] | date=January 9, 2015 | access-date=November 8, 2016 | author=Bruce Weber}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Kep Enderby]], Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd [[Attorney-General for Australia]] (born 1926)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/former-federal-attorney-general-kep-enderby-remembered-among-his-peers-20150113-12nqcy.html|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=14 January 2015|title=Former federal Attorney General Kep Enderby remembered among his peers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928091608/http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/former-federal-attorney-general-kep-enderby-remembered-among-his-peers-20150113-12nqcy.html|archive-date=28 September 2016|first=Michael|last=Easson|author-link=Michael Easson}}</ref> * 2015 – [[Patsy Garrett]], American actress and singer (born 1921)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/people-news/actress-patsy-garrett-dies-at-93-1201407386/|title=Actress Patsy Garrett Dies at 93|work=Variety|date=16 January 2015|access-date=17 January 2015}}</ref> *[[2016]] – [[Maria Teresa de Filippis]], Italian racing driver (born 1926)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jan/11/maria-teresa-de-filippis|title=Maria Teresa de Filippis|author=Richard Williams|date=11 January 2016|website=The Guardian|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> * 2016 – [[German Moreno]], Filipino television host, actor, comedian and talent manager (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Master Showman German 'Kuya Germs' Moreno passes away|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/550430/showbiz/master-showman-german-kuya-germs-moreno-passes-away|website=GMA News Online|date=8 January 2016|access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref> *[[2017]] – [[Nicolai Gedda]], Swedish operatic tenor (born 1925)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/arts/music/nicolai-gedda-celebrated-opera-tenor-dies-at-91.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/arts/music/nicolai-gedda-celebrated-opera-tenor-dies-at-91.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Nicolai Gedda, Celebrated Opera Tenor, Dies at 91|author=[[Margalit Fox]]|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=10 February 2017|access-date=11 February 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2017 – [[James Mancham]], Seychellois politician, President 1976-77 (born 1939)<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Vannier | last2 = Bonnelame | first1 =Rassin | first2 =Betymie | title = Former Seychelles' president James Mancham dies at residence | newspaper = Seychelles News Agency | location = Victoria, Seychelles | language = en | date = 8 January 2017 | url =http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/6572/Former+Seychelles+president+James+Mancham+dies+at+residence | access-date = 8 January 2017 }}</ref> * 2017 – [[Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani]], Iranian politician (born 1934)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Erdbrink|first1=Thomas|title=Death of Iran's Rafsanjani Removes Influential Voice Against Hard-Liners|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/08/world/middleeast/iran-ali-akbar-hashemi-rafsanjani-dies.html?_r=0|access-date=8 January 2017|work=The New York Times|date=8 January 2017}}</ref> * 2017 – [[Peter Sarstedt]], Indian-British singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/advice/peter-sarstedt-dies-tdm9mrccg |title=Peter Sarstedt dies |work=The Times |date=9 January 2017 |access-date=9 January 2017}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Pat Dalton]], Australian footballer (born 1942)<ref name="perthfc">{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Peter |title=Pat Dalton - Champion Centreman |url=http://www.perthfc.com.au/news/18382/pat-dalton-champion-centreman |website=Perth Football Club |access-date=4 March 2020 |date=14 January 2020}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Buck Henry]], American actor, screenwriter, and director (born 1930)<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/buck-henry-dead-saturday-night-live-the-graduate-get-smart-1202825337/ | title=Buck Henry Dies: 'The Graduate' Writer, 'Get Smart' Co-Creator & Early 'SNL' Favorite Was 89| date=2020-01-09}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Iancu Țucărman]], Romanian Holocaust survivor (born 1922)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://newsweek.ro/actualitate/a-murit-iancu-tucarman-penultimul-supravietuitor-al-trenurilor-mortii-din-timpul-pogromului|title=A murit Iancu Țucărman, penultimul supraviețuitor al "trenurilor morții" din timpul Pogromului|first=Alex|last=Darvari|newspaper=Newsweek România|date=9 January 2021|language=ro}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/news/societate/iancu-Tucarman-supravietuitor-pogromului-iasi-murit-cauza-covid-19-1_5ff8c5ae5163ec4271bc21c6/index.html|title=Iancu Țucărman, supraviețuitor al Pogromului de la Iași, a murit din cauza COVID-19|first=George Andrei|last=Cristescu|newspaper=[[Adevărul]]|date=8 January 2021|language=ro}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Michael Lang (producer)|Michael Lang]], American concert promoter and producer (born 1944)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Newman |first1=Jason |last2=Kreps |first2=Daniel |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/woodstock-michael-lang-dead-1281681/ |title=Woodstock Impresario Michael Lang Dead at 77 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=January 9, 2022 |access-date=January 9, 2022}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Adan Canto]], Mexican actor (born 1981)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-01-09/adan-canto-dead-obituary-cleaning-lady|first=Jonah|last=Valdez|title=Adan Canto, 'The Cleaning Lady' and 'Designated Survivor' actor, dies at 42|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=10 January 2024|date=9 January 2024}}</ref>
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