Deaths on 2 January
2000s
Ágnes Keleti
2025
Hungarian-Israeli artistic gymnast (1921–2025)
Francesc Antich
2025
Venezuelan-born Spanish politician (1958–2025)
Daryl Dragon
2019
American musician (1942–2019)
Julia Grant (transgender activist)
2019
British transgender activist (1954–2019)
Bob Einstein
2019
American actor and comedy writer (1942–2019)
Gene Okerlund
2019
American wrestling interviewer and announcer (1942–2019)
Guida Maria
2018
Portuguese actress (1950–2018)
Thomas S. Monson
2018
President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (1927–2018)
Jean Vuarnet
2017
French alpine skier (1933–2017)
John Berger
2017
British painter, writer and art critic
A. B. Bardhan
2016
Former General secretary of the Communist party of India
Frances Cress Welsing
2016
American psychiatrist (1935–2016)
Nimr al-Nimr
2016
Shia Muslim religious figure and Saudi government critic; executed in 2016
Gisela Mota Ocampo
2016
Mexican politician and murder victim
Tihomir Novakov
2015
Serbian-American physicist (1929–2015)
Bernard Glasser
2014
American film director
Elizabeth Jane Howard
2014
English novelist
Gerda Lerner
2013
Austrian-American scholar (1920–2013)
Teresa Torańska
2013
Polish journalist and writer
Gordon Hirabayashi
2012
American sociologist (1918–2012)
Silvana Gallardo
2012
American actress (1953–2012)
William P. Carey
2012
American philanthropist and businessman
Anne Francis
2011
American actress (1930–2011)
Bali Ram Bhagat
2011
Indian politician (1922-2011)
Pete Postlethwaite
2011
English actor (1946–2011)
David R. Ross
2010
Scottish author and historian (1958–2010)
Inger Christensen
2009
Danish poet, novelist, essayist, editor (1935–2009)
George MacDonald Fraser
2008
British author (1925–2008)
Lee S. Dreyfus
2008
American politician
A. Richard Newton
2007
Australian-born American computer scientist
Elizabeth Fox-Genovese
2007
American historian (1941–2007)
Teddy Kollek
2007
Israeli politician (1911–2007)
Cecilia Muñoz-Palma
2006
Filipino judge from Batangas
Osa Massen
2006
Danish actress (1914–2006)
Maclyn McCarty
2005
Biology research scientist, focused on DNA
William P. Rogers
2001
American politician (1913–2001)
Elmo Zumwalt
2000
United States Navy admiral (1920–2000)
Patrick O'Brian
2000
English novelist (1914–2000)
1900s
Rolf Liebermann
1999
Swiss composer and music administrator (1910–1999)
Sebastian Haffner
1999
German journalist and author (1907–1999)
Nancy Kelly
1995
American actress (1921–1995)
Siad Barre
1995
President of Somalia from 1969 to 1991
Dixy Lee Ray
1994
American politician (1914–1994)
Pierre-Paul Schweitzer
1994
French businessman
Alan Hale Jr.
1990
American actor (1921–1990)
Evangelos Averoff
1990
Greek politician and author
Safdar Hashmi
1989
Indian political playwright and director (1954–1989)
Harekrushna Mahatab
1987
Indian politician (1899 – 1987)
Una Merkel
1986
American actress (1903–1986)
Erroll Garner
1977
American jazz pianist and composer (1921–1977)
Siraj Sikder
1975
Bangladeshi Maoist insurgent (1944–1975)
Tex Ritter
1974
American country singer (1905–1974)
Dick Powell
1963
American actor (1904–1963)
Jack Carson
1963
Canadian-American actor (1910–1963)
Paul Sauvé
1960
Premier of Quebec from 1959 to 1960
Guccio Gucci
1953
Italian businessman and fashion designer (1881–1953)
William Campion (governor)
1951
British politician (1870–1951)
Edith New
1951
20th-century English suffragette
James Dooley (New South Wales politician)
1950
Australian politician (1877–1950)
Joe Darling
1946
Australian cricketer (1870–1946)
Mischa Levitzki
1941
Russian composer
Roman Dmowski
1939
Polish politician (1864–1939)
Sabine Baring-Gould
1924
English priest and scholar (1834–1924)
Paul Adam (French novelist)
1920
French novelist (1862–1920)
Léon Flameng
1917
French cyclist and pilot
Karl Goldmark
1915
Hungarian-born Viennese composer (1830–1915)
Léon Teisserenc de Bort
1913
French meteorologist
James Longstreet
1904
Confederate Army general (1821–1904)
1800s
George Biddell Airy
1892
English mathematician and astronomer (1801–1892)
Meta Heusser-Schweizer
1876
Swiss poet (1797–1876)
Frederick William IV
1861
King of Prussia from 1840 to 1861
Manuel de la Peña y Peña
1850
President of Mexico from 1847 to 1848
Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau
1816
French chemist (1737–1816)
Before 1800
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville
1763
British statesman (1690–1763)
Domenico Zipoli
1726
Italian composer (1688–1726)
Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza
1614
16th and 17th-century Spanish religious poet
Salima Sultan Begum
1613
Empress consort of Mughal Emperor Akbar (1539–1613)
Morris Kyffin
1598
Pontormo
1557
Florentine Mannerist painter
Francesco Canova da Milano
1543
Italian composer
William Smyth
1514
English bishop (c. 1460–1514)
Svante Nilsson (regent of Sweden)
1512
Swedish nobleman (c. 1460 – 1512)
Heinrich Reuß von Plauen
1470
Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
Lodomer
1298
13th-century Catholic archbishop
Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria
1184
Bertrand de Blanchefort
1169
6th Grand Master of the Knights Templar (c. 1109–1169)
William de St-Calais
1096
11th century Norman Bishop of Durham, England
Liu Chengyou
951
Later Han emperor from 948 to 951
Su Fengji
951