Deaths on 4 January
2000s
Michael Reagan
2026
American television personality and journalist (1945–2026)
Ana Gligić
2025
Yugoslav and Serbian virologist (1934–2025)
Glynis Johns
2024
British actress (1923–2024)
David Soul
2024
American-British actor (1943–2024)
Christian Oliver
2024
German actor (1972–2024)
Rosi Mittermaier
2023
German alpine skier (1950–2023)
Tanya Roberts
2021
American actress (1949–2021)
Tom Long (actor)
2020
Australian actor (1968–2020)
Harold Brown (secretary of defense)
2019
American nuclear physicist and U.S. Secretary of Defense
Milt Schmidt
2017
Canadian ice hockey player (1918–2017)
Georges Prêtre
2017
French conductor
S. H. Kapadia
2016
38th Chief Justice of India
Stephen W. Bosworth
2016
American academic and diplomat (1939-2016)
Pino Daniele
2015
Italian singer-songwriter and musician (1955–2015)
Anwar Shamim
2013
Air Chief Marshal (1931-2013)
Zoran Žižić
2013
4th Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia
Eve Arnold
2012
American photojournalist (1912–2012)
Rod Robbie
2012
Canadian architect and planner
Coen Moulijn
2011
Dutch footballer
Gerry Rafferty
2011
Scottish singer-songwriter (1947–2011)
Salman Taseer
2011
Pakistani businessman and politician (1944–2011)
Mohamed Bouazizi
2011
Tunisian street vendor who self-immolated in 2010, beginning the Tunisian Revolution
Johan Ferrier
2010
President of Suriname from 1975 to 1980
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
2010
Japanese atomic bombing survivor
Gert Jonke
2009
Austrian poet, playwright and novelist (1946–2009)
Xavier Chamorro Cardenal
2008
Nicaraguan newspaper editor
Helen Hill
2007
American animator, artist, filmmaker, writer, teacher, and social activist (1970–2007)
Marais Viljoen
2007
President of South Africa from 1979 to 1984
Irving Layton
2006
Romanian-born Canadian poet (1912–2006)
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
2006
2nd vice president, 1st and 3rd prime minister of the United Arab Emirates
Milton Himmelfarb
2006
American sociographer (1918 – 2006)
Bud Poile
2005
Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive
Frank Harary
2005
American mathematician (1921–2005)
Humphrey Carpenter
2005
English writer and broadcaster (1946–2005)
Robert Heilbroner
2005
American economist (1919–2005)
Brian Gibson (director)
2004
English film director (1944–2004)
Joan Aiken
2004
English writer (1924–2004)
John Toland (historian)
2004
American writer (1912–2004)
Les Brown (bandleader)
2001
American bandleader (1912–2001)
1900s
Iron Eyes Cody
1999
American actor (1904–1999)
Mae Questel
1998
American actress (1908–1998)
Harry Helmsley
1997
American businessman (1909–1997)
Eduardo Mata
1995
Mexican conductor and composer (1942-1995)
Sol Tax
1995
American anthropologist
R. D. Burman
1994
Indian musician (1939–1994)
Harold Edgerton
1990
American engineer and inventor (1903-1990)
Henry Bolte
1990
Australian politician (1908–1990)
Lily Laskine
1988
Christopher Isherwood
1986
English and American novelist (1904–1986)
Phil Lynott
1986
Irish rock musician (1949–1986)
Brian Horrocks
1985
British Army general (1895–1985)
Carlo Levi
1975
Italian painter, writer and activist (1902–1975)
Paul Chambers
1969
American jazz double bassist
Donald Campbell
1967
British land and water speed record holder (1921–1967)
T. S. Eliot
1965
Poet, essayist and playwright (1888–1965)
Erwin Schrödinger
1961
Austrian–Irish theoretical physicist (1887–1961)
Albert Camus
1960
French philosopher and writer (1913–1960)
Kaj Munk
1944
Danish playwright and pastor (1898–1944)
Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz
1943
Polish-Greek athlete
Marina Raskova
1943
Soviet aviator (1912–1943)
Henri Bergson
1941
French philosopher (1859–1941)
Art Acord
1931
American actor (1890–1931)
Louise, Princess Royal
1931
British princess (1867–1931)
Mohammad Ali Jauhar
1931
Indian Muslim activist (1878–1931)
Süleyman Nazif
1927
Turkish Poet and Politician
Margherita of Savoy
1926
Queen of Italy from 1878 to 1900
Nellie Cashman
1925
American gold prospector (1845–1925)
Alfred Grünfeld
1924
Austrian pianist and composer (1852–1924)
Benito Pérez Galdós
1920
Spanish realist novelist (1843–1920)
Georg von Hertling
1919
Chancellor of the German Empire from 1917 to 1918
Clarence Dutton
1912
American geologist (1841–1912)
Léon Delagrange
1910
French sculptor
Anna Winlock
1904
American astronomer
Stanisław Mieroszewski
1900
1800s
Joseph Hubert Reinkens
1896
German Old Catholic bishop
Antoine Labelle
1891
Antoine Chanzy
1883
French general
John William Draper
1882
British-academic (1811–1882)
Anselm Feuerbach
1880
German painter (1829–1880)
Edward William Cooke
1880
English painter
Cornelius Vanderbilt
1877
American business tycoon (1794–1877)
Thomas Gregson
1874
2nd Premier of Tasmania, Australia
Roger Hanson
1863
American politician
Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
1825
King of Naples and Sicily (r. 1759–1799; 1799–1806; 1815–1825)
Elizabeth Ann Seton
1821
American Roman Catholic educator and saint (1774–1821)
Charlotte Lennox
1804
Scottish writer (c. 1729 – 1804)
Before 1800
Moses Mendelssohn
1786
German philosopher and theologian (1729–1786)
Ange-Jacques Gabriel
1782
French architect (1698–1782)
Stephen Hales
1761
English clergyman and scientist (1677–1761)
François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg
1695
French general (1628–1695)
Ferenc Nádasdy
1604
Hungarian noble, politician (1555–1604)
Tobias Stimmer
1584
Swiss painter and illustrator (1539–1584)
Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
1428
Margrave of Meissen & Elector of Saxony
Muzio Attendolo Sforza
1424
Italian condottiero (1369–1424)
Nicholas Eymerich
1399
Roman Catholic theologian
Robert Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle of Rougemont
1344
English peer
Sancho II of Portugal
1248
King of Portugal from 1223 to 1247
Hasan al-Askari
874
Eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
Æthelwulf of Berkshire
871
Saxon ealdorman (before 825 – 871)