Louis J. Nigro, Jr.
American diplomat
Died on Tuesday January 1st 2013
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.
Alois Moser
Canadian Olympic ski jumper (1960)
Died on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
British cricket journalist (Test Match Special
Died on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Roz Howard
American racing driver
Died on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Hugh Gillis
American politician
Died on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Lloyd Hartman Elliott
American educator
Died on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Lucio Dell’Angelo
Italian footballer
Died on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Ross Davis
American Negro League baseball player
Died on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Patrick Karegeya
Rwandan dissident
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Jorge Jottar
Chilean Olympic skeet shooter
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Jamal al-Jamal
Palestinian diplomat
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Milan Horvat
Croatian conductor
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Higashifushimi Kunihide
Japanese Buddhist monk
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Tokuo Yamashita
Japanese politician
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
James H. Harless
American industrialist and philanthropist
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Michael Glennon
Australian Roman Catholic priest and convicted child molester
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Tabby Thomas
American blues musician
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Pete DeCoursey
American political journalist
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Cal Swenson
Canadian ice hockey player
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Herman Pieter de Boer
Dutch writer
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Josep Seguer
Spanish footballer
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Traian T. Coșovei
Romanian poet
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Dean Nyquist
American politician and lawyer
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Peter Austin
British brewer (Ringwood Brewery)
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Jafar Namdar
Iranian Olympic and World Cup football referee
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Juanita Moore
American actress (Imitation of Life)
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Therese Mills
Trinidad journalist and editor
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
William Mgimwa
Tanzanian politician
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Billy McColl
Scottish actor (Doctor Who)
Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Kjell Noreik
Norwegian physician
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Boris Morukov
Russian physician and cosmonaut
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Géry Leuliet
French Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Tore Helge Larsen
Norwegian harness racer
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Bill Keating
American football player (Denver Broncos
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Omar Karami
Lebanese politician
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Jeff Golub
American guitarist
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Matthew Franjola
American journalist (Associated Press) and photographer
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Donna Douglas
American actress (The Beverly Hillbillies
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Mario Cuomo
American politician
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Eric Cunningham
Canadian politician
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Miller Williams
American poet
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Fiona Cumming
British television director (Doctor Who)
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Manasa Vaniqi
Fijian civil servant and lieutenant colonel
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
William Lloyd Standish
American federal judge
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Staryl C. Austin
American air force brigadier general
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Ninón Sevilla
Cuban-born Mexican actress (Aventurera)
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Barbara Atkinson
British actress (Z-Cars)
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Mrunalini Devi Puar
Indian educator
Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Ulrich Beck dead at age 70
Ulrich Beck, the German sociologist who helped shape the study of risk in modern society,
died on January 1, 2015, aged 70. Born in Słupsk in 1944, he became one…