Richard Leakey
Kenyan paleoanthropologistDied on Sunday January 2nd 2022
Deaths on January 1
This archive lists notable deaths associated with January 1 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on January 1, 2026.
John Efford
Canadian politicianDied on Sunday January 2nd 2022
Maharram Mammadyarov
Azerbaijani chemistDied on Sunday January 2nd 2022
Saliu Adetunji
Nigerian traditional rulerDied on Sunday January 2nd 2022
Basti Vaman Shenoy
Indian writer and political activistDied on Sunday January 2nd 2022
Charles Njonjo
Kenyan juristDied on Sunday January 2nd 2022
Gary Burgess
British broadcaster (ITV Channel Television)Died on Sunday January 2nd 2022
Max Julien
American actor (The Mack) and screenwriter (Cleopatra Jones)Died on Sunday January 2nd 2022
Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr.
American juristDied on Sunday January 2nd 2022
Pierantonio Costa
Italian diplomatDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Arsenio Lope Huerta
Spanish politicianDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Sun Qiaolu
Chinese actressDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Mike Reese
American politicianDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Floyd Little
American football player (Denver Broncos)Died on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Cléber Eduardo Arado
Brazilian football playerDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Clint Boulton
English footballer (Port ValeDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Paul Westphal
American Hall of Fame basketball player (Boston CelticsDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Jean Panisse
French actor (An Angel on WheelsDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Zoran Džorlev
North Macedonian violinistDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Modibo Keita
Malian politicianDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Michael McKevitt
Irish republicanDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Neelamperoor Madhusoodanan Nair
Indian poetDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Yuri Saukh
Russian football player (SKA RostovDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Abdul Hakim Al-Taher
Sudanese director and actorDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
José Cleonâncio da Fonseca
Brazilian farmer and politicianDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Marco Formentini
Italian politicianDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Wahid Hamed
Egyptian screenwriter (Terrorism and KebabDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Liam Reilly
Irish singerDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Vladimir Korenev
Russian actor (Amphibian ManDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Oleg Danilov
Russian playwright and screenwriter (You Are My Only LoveDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
K. Balu
Indian film producer (Chinna ThambiDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Buta Singh
Indian politicianDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Ben Chafin
American politicianDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Barry Austin
52 or 53Died on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Ron Dominguez
American businessmanDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
Carlos Escudé
Argentine political scientist and authorDied on Saturday January 2nd 2021
David Stern
American businessman and lawyerDied on Wednesday January 1st 2020
Vittorio Fusari
Italian chefDied on Wednesday January 1st 2020
Silva Zurleva
Bulgarian journalistDied on Wednesday January 1st 2020
Serikbolsyn Abdildin
Kazakhstani economist and politicianDied on Wednesday January 1st 2020
Chris Pattikawa
Indonesian director and producerDied on Wednesday January 1st 2020
Ng Jui Ping
Singaporean entrepreneur and army generalDied on Wednesday January 1st 2020
Paul Neville
Australian politicianDied on Tuesday January 1st 2019
Gülriz Sururi
Turkish drama actress and authorDied on Tuesday January 1st 2019
Feis Ecktuh
Dutch rapperDied on Tuesday January 1st 2019
Raymond Ramazani Baya
politician from the Democratic Republic of the CongoDied on Tuesday January 1st 2019
Santiago Elias Castro Escobedo
Mexican politicianDied on Monday January 1st 2018
Gonzalo Adrio Barreiro
Spanish lawyer and politicianDied on Monday January 1st 2018
Raymond King
Nigerian footballerDied on Monday January 1st 2018
Manuel Olivencia
Spanish economist and diplomatDied on Monday January 1st 2018
James Earl Jones
American voice and film actorDied on Monday January 1st 2018
Manuel Olivencia Ruiz
Spanish economist and diplomatDied on Monday January 1st 2018
Pierre Minvielle
French writerDied on Monday January 1st 2018
Albino Longhi
Italian journalist. Died on Monday January 1st 2018
Ebrahim Nafae
Egyptian journalist Died on Monday January 1st 2018
Ali Khamenei
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Bill Marshall
Canadian film and theater producerDied on Sunday January 1st 2017
Tony Atkinson
British economistDied on Sunday January 1st 2017
Yaakov Neeman
Israeli lawyer and politicianDied on Sunday January 1st 2017
Talat Tunçalp
Turkish cyclistDied on Sunday January 1st 2017
Hilarion Capucci
Syrian archbishop in the Melkite Greek Catholic ChurchDied on Sunday January 1st 2017
Memo Morales
Venezuelan singerDied on Sunday January 1st 2017
Emmanuel Niyonkuru
Burundian politicianDied on Sunday January 1st 2017
Price West
American Negro league baseball playerDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Lennie Bluett
American actor (Gone with the Wind)Died on Friday January 1st 2016
John Coleman Moore
American mathematicianDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Annie de Reuver
Dutch singerDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Helmut Koester
German-born American history professorDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Jacques Deny
French mathematicianDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Vilmos Zsigmond
Hungarian-American cinematographerDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Homa Nategh
Iranian educator and historianDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Natasha Aguilar
Costa Rican swimmerDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Dale Bumpers
American politicianDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Gilberto Mendes
Brazilian composerDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Ian Pieris
Sri Lankan cricketer. Died on Friday January 1st 2016
Craig Lynch
Irish company directorDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Fazu Aliyeva
Russian Avar poet and journalistDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Antonio Carrizo
Argentine broadcasterDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Fazu Alijeva
Russian Avar poetDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Mike Oxley
American politicianDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Mark B
UK Hip Hop producerDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Gilbert Kaplan
American businessmanDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Natalie Cole
American singerDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Fazu Alieva
Russian poetessDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Ronda Rousey
MMA fighterDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Brian Johns
Australian company directorDied on Friday January 1st 2016
Brihaspati Dev Triguna
Indian traditional healerDied on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Robert Callahan
American juristDied on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Mojtaba Tehrani
Iranian Twelver Marja'Died on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Lory Blanchard
New Zealand rugby league player and coachDied on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Slobodan Rakitić
Serbian writer and politicianDied on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Moses Anderson
American Roman Catholic prelateDied on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Patti Page
American singer ("Tennessee Waltz"Died on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Louis J. Nigro, Jr.
American diplomatDied on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Alois Moser
Canadian Olympic ski jumper (1960)Died on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
British cricket journalist (Test Match SpecialDied on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Roz Howard
American racing driverDied on Tuesday January 1st 2013