Charles W. Blackwell
American Chickasaw Nation diplomatDied 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.
Joe McGrath
Irish Gaelic football and hurling coach (Cork)Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Yuri Alexandrov
Russian boxerDied on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
Uruguayan footballerDied on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Gerda Lerner
Austrian-born American feminist historianDied on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Géza Koroknay
Hungarian actorDied on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Ned Wertimer
American actor (The JeffersonsDied on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Merv Hunter
Australian politicianDied on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Wen-Ying Tsai
Chinese–born American artistDied on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Zaharira Harifai
Israeli actressDied on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Teresa Torańska
Polish journalist (Gazeta Wyborcza) and writerDied on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Lee Eilbracht
American baseball coach (University of Illinois) (1952–1978)Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Rudolf Szanwald
Austrian footballer (Wiener Sport-Club)Died on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Angelo Coia
American football player (Chicago BearsDied on Wednesday January 2nd 2013
Michael J. Matthews
American politician and convicted criminalDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Franciszek Malinowski
Polish scholar and journalistDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Dhananjay Mahato
Indian politicianDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Ian Mackley
British diplomatDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Li Tai-hsiang
Taiwanese composer and folk songwriterDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Thomas Kurzhals
German composer and musician (Stern-Combo MeißenDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
R. Crosby Kemper, Jr.
American banker and civic philanthropistDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Elizabeth Jane Howard
English novelistDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Patrick Heron
Irish authorDied 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 FlyDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Arnold A. Saltzman
American businessman and diplomatDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Louis George
Saint Lucian politicianDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Dirk Sager
German journalistDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Anne Dorte of Rosenborg
Danish countessDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Oiteyama Hirokuni
Japanese sumo wrestlerDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Terry Magaoa Chapman
Niuean civil servantDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Harald Nugiseks
Estonian war veteran and anti-communism activistDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Jeanne Brabants
Belgian dancerDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Hal Newton
Canadian football playerDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Terry Biddlecombe
English National Hunt jockeyDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Yōko Mitsui
Japanese poetDied on Thursday January 2nd 2014
Vincent Cartledge Reddish
Scottish astronomerDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
Baldina Di Vittorio
Italian politicianDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
Arpád Račko
Hungarian-born Slovak sculptorDied 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 physicistDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
Charles Baur
French politicianDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
Arthur Neu
American politicianDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
James A. Barlow
American politicianDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
Derek Minter
British Grand Prix motorcycle and short-circuit road racerDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
Per-Olof Åstrand
Swedish physiologistDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
John McQuilten
Australian politicianDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
Abu Anas al-Libi
Libyan al-Qaeda member in United States custodyDied 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 entertainerDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
Lloyd House
American politicianDied 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 chairmanDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
Bob Gilmore
British musicologistDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
Maurice Fontaine
French politicianDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
Kristian Sundtoft
Norwegian politicianDied on Friday January 2nd 2015
Danny Dunton
English speedway rider and promoterDied on Friday January 2nd 2015