Ian McKeever
Irish mountaineer and Seven Summits record holder
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Deaths on January 2
This archive lists notable deaths associated with January 2 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on January 2, 2026.
Charles W. Blackwell
American Chickasaw Nation diplomat
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Joe McGrath
Irish Gaelic football and hurling coach (Cork)
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Yuri Alexandrov
Russian boxer
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
Uruguayan footballer
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Gerda Lerner
Austrian-born American feminist historian
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Géza Koroknay
Hungarian actor
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Ned Wertimer
American actor (The Jeffersons
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Merv Hunter
Australian politician
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Wen-Ying Tsai
Chinese–born American artist
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Zaharira Harifai
Israeli actress
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Teresa Torańska
Polish journalist (Gazeta Wyborcza) and writer
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Lee Eilbracht
American baseball coach (University of Illinois) (1952–1978)
Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Yōko Mitsui
Japanese poet
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Michael J. Matthews
American politician and convicted criminal
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Franciszek Malinowski
Polish scholar and journalist
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Dhananjay Mahato
Indian politician
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Ian Mackley
British diplomat
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Li Tai-hsiang
Taiwanese composer and folk songwriter
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Thomas Kurzhals
German composer and musician (Stern-Combo Meißen
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
R. Crosby Kemper, Jr.
American banker and civic philanthropist
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Elizabeth Jane Howard
English novelist
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Patrick Heron
Irish author
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Jay Traynor
American singer (Jay and the Americans)
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Bernard Glasser
American film producer (Return of the Fly
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Arnold A. Saltzman
American businessman and diplomat
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Louis George
Saint Lucian politician
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Dirk Sager
German journalist
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Anne Dorte of Rosenborg
Danish countess
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Oiteyama Hirokuni
Japanese sumo wrestler
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Terry Magaoa Chapman
Niuean civil servant
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Harald Nugiseks
Estonian war veteran and anti-communism activist
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Jeanne Brabants
Belgian dancer
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Hal Newton
Canadian football player
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Terry Biddlecombe
English National Hunt jockey
Died on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Kristian Sundtoft
Norwegian politician
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Danny Dunton
English speedway rider and promoter
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Vincent Cartledge Reddish
Scottish astronomer
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Baldina Di Vittorio
Italian politician
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Arpád Račko
Hungarian-born Slovak sculptor
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Little Jimmy Dickens
American country music singer ("May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose")
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
István Pásztor
Hungarian Olympic cyclist (1952)
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Tihomir Novakov
Serbian-born American physicist
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Charles Baur
French politician
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Arthur Neu
American politician
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
James A. Barlow
American politician
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Derek Minter
British Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racer
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Per-Olof Åstrand
Swedish physiologist
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
John McQuilten
Australian politician
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Abu Anas al-Libi
Libyan al-Qaeda member in United States custody
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Lam Pou-chuen
Hong Kong dubbing artist (Doraemon)
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Roger Kitter
British actor ('Allo 'Allo!) and entertainer
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Lloyd House
American politician
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Basil Hansen
Australian Olympic ice hockey player (1960)
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Vasant Gowarikar
Indian scientist and ISRO chairman
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Bob Gilmore
British musicologist
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015
Maurice Fontaine
French politician
Died on Friday January 2nd 2015