Baghdad International Airport airstrike
Iraqi military commander
Died on Friday January 3rd 2020
Deaths on January 3
This archive lists notable deaths associated with January 3 across multiple years. For the specific 2026 archive, see Deaths on January 3, 2026.
Gale McArthur
American basketball player (Oklahoma State Cowboys)
Died on Friday January 3rd 2020
Yunahar Ilyas
Indonesian Islamic cleric
Died on Friday January 3rd 2020
Qasem Soleimani
Iranian major general
Died on Friday January 3rd 2020
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
Iraqi military commander
Died on Friday January 3rd 2020
Herb Kelleher
American businessman
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Walt McKeel
baseball player (Boston Red Sox
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Malcolm E. Beard
American politician
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Bill Elsey
British racehorse trainer (Epsom Oaks
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Samuel Rayan
Indian theologian
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Dibyendu Palit
Indian writer
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Perry Deane Young
American journalist and playwright
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Joe Casely-Hayford
British fashion designer
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Hamza Abdullahi
Nigerian politician
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Kevin J. McIntyre
American politician
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Sayed Ashraful Islam
Bangladeshi politician
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Salvador Martínez Pérez
Mexican Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Kevin McIntyre
American politician
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Syed Ashraful Islam
Bengali politician
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Tu Mingjing
Chinese materials scientist
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Julia Grant
British trans woman pioneer (A Change of Sex)
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Peter Kelly
Irish politician
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Paulien van Deutekom
Dutch speed skater (Gold in Nagano)
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Katie Flynn
British novelist
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Jerry Magee
American sports writer (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Chandrashekhar Shankar Dharmadhikari
Indian judge and independence activist
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Gao Chengyong
Chinese serial killer and rapist
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Michael Yeung
Chinese Roman Catholic prelate
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Ludwig W. Adamec
Austrian historian
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Bob Hanner
American politician
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Dagfinn Bakke
Norwegian artist
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Jerzy Turonek
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Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Pegi Young
American singer-songwriter
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Marko Nikolić
Serbian actor (Bolji život).
Died on Thursday January 3rd 2019
Željko Senečić
Croatian film and television production designer
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Emily Dole
American wrestler
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Frank Buxton
American actor (What's Up
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Betty Woodman
American ceramic artist
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Donna Carter
Trinidadian politician
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Jakub Zedníček
Czech actor
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Donal Barrington
Irish judge
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Bernard de Fallois
French editor
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Colin Brumby
Australian composer and conductor
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Wilbur Plaugher
American rodeo cowboy
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Giovanni Di Clemente
Italian film producer
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Joseph Benjamin Johnson
American education executive
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Tony Calder
British music promoter and executive (The Beatles
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Francisco Peralta
Spanish puppeteer
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Germán León Vaquero
Spanish businessman
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Roberto Coll Vinent
Spanish lawyer and journalist
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Teddy Edelmann
Danish singer
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Keyvan Dahesch
German journalist
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Karel Makonj
Czech puppet theatre director and theorist
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Donna Carter-Hunt
Trinidad politician
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Lara Kruger
South African disc jockey and transgender advocate
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Michael Pfeiffer
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Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Rudolf Anděl
Czech historian and academic
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Keorapetse Kgositsile
South African poet and journalist
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Alan Deakin
English footballer (Aston Villa)
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Mike McCartney
Scottish footballer (Carlisle United
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Serafino Sprovieri
Italian Catholic Archbishop
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Radha Viswanathan
Indian vocalist
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Jon Paul Steuer
American actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Francis George Adeodatus Micallef
Maltese Catholic prelate
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Thomas S. Monson
LDS Church president (since 2008)
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Lawal Kaita
Nigerian politician
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Vidwan Mahadevappa
Indian violinist
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Janice Budd
Jamaican journalist and newsreader
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Robert Mann
American composer
Died on Wednesday January 3rd 2018
Charles J. Colgan
American politician
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Sylvester Uphus
American politician
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Ivo Brešan
Croatian writer
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
George M. Dennison
American university administrator
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Marlon Areola
American blogger and LGBT activist.
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Cecilia González Gómez
Mexican politician
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Rolf Noskwith
German-born British businessman and codebreaker during World War II
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Karl Gerstner
Swiss typographer
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Barbara Fei
Chinese opera singer
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Ciro Bustos
Argentine artist and guerrilla soldier
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Barbara Fei Ming-yi
Chinese opera singer
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
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Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Alfonso Wong
Chinese cartoonist
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Rita Bertolini
Austrian author and publisher
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Poul Pedersen
Danish Olympic medallist (1960)
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Manuel Fernández Mora
Spanish footballer and coach (Racing de Santander)
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Luis Mazzeo
Argentinian actor (Wild Tales)
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Gregorio Paunero Martín
Spanish director
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
H. S. Mahadeva Prasad
Indian politician
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Richard Machowicz
American Navy Seal
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Samuel Schweber
Argentinian Chess International Master
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Albert Brewer
American politician
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
Daryl Spencer
American baseball player (New York / San Francisco Giants)
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
George Kosana
American actor (Night of the Living Dead)
Died on Tuesday January 3rd 2017
John McDade Howell
American academic and university chancellor (East Carolina University)
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Leonard Berkowitz
American social psychologist
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016
Georg Nees
German academic and artist
Died on Sunday January 3rd 2016