Deaths on 3 January
2000s
Jeff Baena
2025
American screenwriter and film director (1977–2025)
Brenton Wood
2025
American singer and songwriter (1941–2025)
Niko Lekishvili
2025
Georgian politician (1947–2025)
Elena Huelva
2023
Spanish influencer and writer (2002–2023)
Eric Jerome Dickey
2021
American author (1961–2021)
Qasem Soleimani
2020
Iranian military officer (1957–2020)
Herb Kelleher
2019
American airline businessman (1931–2019)
Colin Brumby
2018
Australian composer and conductor
H. S. Mahadeva Prasad
2017
Indian politician
Paul Bley
2016
Canadian jazz pianist (1932–2016)
Peter Naur
2016
Danish computer science pioneer
Bill Plager
2016
Canadian ice hockey player
Igor Sergun
2016
Russian military officer (1957–2016)
Martin Anderson (economist)
2015
American academic, economist, and policy analyst
Edward Brooke
2015
American politician (1919–2015)
Phil Everly
2014
American singer-songwriter (1939–2014)
George Goodman
2014
American author, broadcaster (1930–2014)
Saul Zaentz
2014
American record company executive and film producer (1921–2014)
Alfie Fripp
2013
British Royal Air Force leader
Ivan Mackerle
2013
Czech cryptozoologist and explorer
William Maxson
2013
Sergiu Nicolaescu
2013
Romanian film director, actor and politician (1930–2013)
Vicar (cartoonist)
2012
Chilean Disney comics artist
Robert L. Carter
2012
American judge (1917–2012)
Winifred Milius Lubell
2012
American illustrator and writer
Josef Škvorecký
2012
Czech-Canadian writer and publisher (1924–2012)
Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt
2010
Chilean composer (1925–2010)
Mary Daly
2010
American feminist philosopher and theologian (1928–2010)
Betty Freeman
2009
Arts patron and photographer
Pat Hingle
2009
American actor (1924–2009)
Hisayasu Nagata
2009
Japanese politician
Jimmy Stewart (racing driver)
2008
British racing driver (1931–2008)
Choi Yo-sam
2008
South Korean boxer (1973–2008)
William Verity Jr.
2007
American businessman (1917–2007)
Bill Skate
2006
Acting governor-general of Papua New Guinea
Koo Chen-fu
2005
Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (1917–2005)
Egidio Galea
2005
Maltese Roman Catholic priest
Jyotindra Nath Dixit
2005
Indian diplomat and former National security advisor (1936–2005)
Des Corcoran
2004
Australian politician (1928–2004)
Sid Gillman
2003
American football player and coach (1911–2003)
Satish Dhawan
2002
Indian mathematician and engineer (1920–2002)
1900s
Judith Anderson
1992
Australian stage and screen actress (1897–1992)
Sergei Sobolev
1989
Russian mathematician (1908-1989)
Rose Ausländer
1988
Jewish poet and author (1901–1988)
Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
1981
British princess (1883–1981)
Joy Adamson
1980
Naturalist, artist and author (1910–1980)
George Sutherland Fraser
1980
British poet
Conrad Hilton
1979
American hotel tycoon and politician (1887–1979)
Victor Kraft
1975
Austrian philosopher
Gladys Aylward
1970
Missionary in China (1902–1970)
Mary Garden
1967
American soprano (1874–1967)
Reginald Punnett
1967
British geneticist (1875–1967)
Jack Ruby
1967
American nightclub owner and murderer of Lee Harvey Oswald (1911–1967)
Sammy Younge Jr.
1966
American activist (1944–1966)
Milton Avery
1965
American artist (1885–1965)
Eric P. Kelly
1960
American writer
Edwin Muir
1959
Scottish writer (1887-1959)
Alexander Gretchaninov
1956
Russian Romantic composer ( 1864 to 1956)
Dimitrios Vergos
1956
Greek athlete
Joseph Wirth
1956
Chancellor of Germany from 1921 to 1922
William Joyce
1946
American-born fascist and propaganda broadcaster (1906–1946)
Edgar Cayce
1945
American clairvoyant (1877–1945)
Jurgis Baltrušaitis
1944
Lithuanian poet (1897–1944)
Walter James (Australian politician)
1943
Australian politician
Wilhelm Cuno
1933
Chancellor of Germany from 1922 to 1923
Jack Pickford
1933
Canadian-American actor (1896–1933)
Joseph Joffre
1931
French general (1852–1931)
Carl Runge
1927
German mathematician and physicist
Jaroslav Hašek
1923
Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist
Grenville M. Dodge
1916
Union Army general during the American Civil War
James Elroy Flecker
1915
British poet
Alexandros Papadiamantis
1911
Greek writer (1851-1911)
Alois Hitler
1903
Father of Adolf Hitler (1837–1903)
1800s
James Merritt Ives
1895
American lithographer
William Harrison Ainsworth
1882
English novelist (1805–1882)
Pierre Larousse
1875
French grammarian
Kuriakose Elias Chavara
1871
Indian Carmelite and religious founder
Louis-Gabriel Suchet
1826
French Marshal
Before 1800
Josiah Wedgwood
1795
English potter and founder of the Wedgwood company (1730–1795)
Baldassare Galuppi
1785
Italian composer (1706–1785)
Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena
1743
Italian painter (1657–1743)
Luca Giordano
1705
Italian Baroque painter (1634–1705)
Louis I, Prince of Monaco
1701
Prince of Monaco from 1662 to 1701
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
1670
English military officer and politician (1608–1670)
Mathieu Molé
1656
French statesman
Jeremiah Horrocks
1641
English astronomer (1618–1641)
Joachim II Hector
1571
Elector of Brandenburg from 1535 to 1571
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
1543
16th-century Iberian maritime explorer of North America
Ali-Shir Nava'i
1501
Turkic poet and politician (1441–1501)
Catherine of Valois
1437
Queen of England from 1420 to 1422
Philip V of France
1322
King of France and Navarre from 1316 to 1322
Walkelin
1098
11th-century Bishop of Winchester
Fujiwara no Yukinari
1028
Fujiwara no Michinaga
1028
Japanese statesman
Emperor Yuan of Jin
323
Emperor of Chinese Jin dynasty from 318 to 323
Pope Anterus
236
Head of the Catholic Church from 235 to 236