Jack Davis
American football player (Boston Patriots)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.
Barbara Werle
American actress (Battle of the BulgeDied on Tuesday January 1st 2013
Michael Patrick Cronan
American graphic designer and artistDied on Tuesday January 1st 2013
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
Michael Glennon
Australian Roman Catholic priest and convicted child molesterDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Tabby Thomas
American blues musicianDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Pete DeCoursey
American political journalistDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Cal Swenson
Canadian ice hockey playerDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Herman Pieter de Boer
Dutch writerDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Josep Seguer
Spanish footballerDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Traian T. Coșovei
Romanian poetDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Dean Nyquist
American politician and lawyerDied 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 refereeDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Juanita Moore
American actress (Imitation of Life)Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Therese Mills
Trinidad journalist and editorDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
William Mgimwa
Tanzanian politicianDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Billy McColl
Scottish actor (Doctor Who)Died on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Patrick Karegeya
Rwandan dissidentDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Jorge Jottar
Chilean Olympic skeet shooterDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Jamal al-Jamal
Palestinian diplomatDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Milan Horvat
Croatian conductorDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Higashifushimi Kunihide
Japanese Buddhist monkDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Tokuo Yamashita
Japanese politicianDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
James H. Harless
American industrialist and philanthropistDied on Wednesday January 1st 2014
Jeff Golub
American guitaristDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Matthew Franjola
American journalist (Associated Press) and photographerDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Donna Douglas
American actress (The Beverly HillbilliesDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Mario Cuomo
American politicianDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Eric Cunningham
Canadian politicianDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Miller Williams
American poetDied 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 colonelDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
William Lloyd Standish
American federal judgeDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Staryl C. Austin
American air force brigadier generalDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Ninón Sevilla
Cuban-born Mexican actress (Aventurera)Died on Thursday January 1st 2015
Mrunalini Devi Puar
Indian educatorDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Kjell Noreik
Norwegian physicianDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Boris Morukov
Russian physician and cosmonautDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Géry Leuliet
French Roman Catholic prelateDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Tore Helge Larsen
Norwegian harness racerDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Bill Keating
American football player (Denver BroncosDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Omar Karami
Lebanese politicianDied on Thursday January 1st 2015
Ulrich Beck dead at age 70, German sociologist
Ulrich Beck, the German sociologist who helped define modern debates about uncertainty and globalization, died on January 1, 2015. Born on May 15, 1944, in Słupsk, then in Germany and…