Deaths on 7 January
2000s
Glenn Hall
2026
Canadian ice hockey player (1931–2026)
Jean-Marie Le Pen
2025
French politician (1928–2025)
Peter Yarrow
2025
American singer and songwriter (1938–2025)
Franz Beckenbauer
2024
German footballer (1945–2024)
Michael Apted
2021
English television and film director and producer
Tommy Lasorda
2021
American baseball player and manager (1927–2021)
Henri Schwery
2021
Swiss Catholic Cardinal (1932���2021)
Neil Peart
2020
Canadian and American drummer (1952–2020)
Silvio Horta
2020
American television producer and writer (1974-2020)
Elizabeth Wurtzel
2020
American writer and journalist (1967–2020)
Jim Anderton
2018
New Zealand politician (1938–2018)
France Gall
2018
French singer (1947–2018)
Mário Soares
2017
Portuguese statesman (1924–2017)
Bill Foster (basketball, born 1929)
2016
American college basketball coach
John Johnson (basketball, born 1947)
2016
American basketball player (1947–2016)
Kitty Kallen
2016
American singer (1921–2016)
Judith Kaye
2016
American judge (1938–2016)
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
2016
6th chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir (1932–2016)
Mompati Merafhe
2015
6th vice-president of Botswana from 2008 to 2012
Rod Taylor
2015
Australian actor (1930–2015)
Georges Wolinski
2015
French cartoonist (1934–2015)
Run Run Shaw
2014
Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist (1907–2014)
Tony Blankley
2012
American political analyst (1948–2012)
Alwyn Schlebusch
2008
South African politician
Bobby Hamilton
2007
American racing driver (1957–2007)
Magnus Magnusson
2007
Icelandic-born journalist (1929–2007)
Heinrich Harrer
2006
Austrian mountaineer and author (1912–2006)
Pierre Daninos
2005
French writer and humorist (1913–2005)
Ingrid Thulin
2004
Swedish actress (1926–2004)
Avery Schreiber
2002
American actor and comedian (1935–2002)
James Carr (singer)
2001
American R&B and soul singer (1942–2001)
Gary Albright
2000
American professional wrestler (1963–2000)
1900s
Owen Bradley
1998
American record producer (1915–1998)
Vladimir Prelog
1998
Croatian-Swiss chemist (1906–1998)
Károly Grósz
1996
Leader of Hungary from 1988 to 1989
Murray Rothbard
1995
American economist (1926–1995)
Richard Hunt (puppeteer)
1992
American puppeteer (1951–1992)
Bronko Nagurski
1990
Canadian-American football player and professional wrestler (1908–1990)
Hirohito
1989
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
Zara Cisco Brough
1988
Native American chief and politician
Trevor Howard
1988
English actor (1913–1988)
Juan Rulfo
1986
Mexican writer (1917–1986)
Alfred Kastler
1984
German-born French physicist (1902–1984)
Alvar Lidell
1981
English radio presenter (1908–1981)
Eric Robinson (Australian politician)
1981
Australian politician
John Berryman
1972
American poet and scholar (1914–1972)
J. L. B. Smith
1968
South African ichthyologist
David Goodis
1967
American novelist (1917–1967)
Carl Schuricht
1967
German conductor (1880–1967)
Reg Parnell
1964
British racing driver (1911–1964)
Arthur Edward Moore
1963
Australian politician (1876–1963)
Dorothea Lambert Chambers
1960
British tennis and badminton player
René Guénon
1951
French intellectual (1886–1951)
Nikola Tesla
1943
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
Charles Finger
1941
American writer (1869–1941)
Guy d'Hardelot
1936
André Maginot
1932
French civil servant, soldier and member of parliament
Edward Channing
1931
American historian
Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos
1927
Greek politician (1851–1927)
Edmund Barton
1920
Prime Minister of Australia from 1901 to 1903
Henry Ware Eliot
1919
American industrialist and philanthropist
Sophia Jex-Blake
1912
British physician and suffragist (1840–1912)
1800s
Josef Stefan
1893
Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician and poet (1835–1893)
Tewfik Pasha
1892
Khedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1879 to 1892
Golam Ali Chowdhury
1888
Bengali Muslim zamindar and philanthropist
Caleb B. Smith
1864
American judge and politician (1808–1864)
Mustafa Reşid Pasha
1858
Ottoman statesman and Grand Vizier (1800–1858)
John Thomas Campbell
1830
Australian public servant and politician
Thomas Lawrence
1830
English painter (1769–1830)
Joseph Dennie
1812
American writer (1768–1812)
Before 1800
Carl Gustaf Tessin
1770
Swedish nobleman and politician (1695–1770)
Thomas Clap
1767
American academic and Congregational minister (1703–1767)
Allan Ramsay (poet)
1758
Scottish poet (1686–1758)
François Fénelon
1715
French archbishop, theologian and writer (1651–1715)
Raffaello Fabretti
1700
Italian antiquary (1618–1700)
Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield
1694
English aristocrat, soldier and courtier
Theophilus Eaton
1658
British merchant and politician c. 1590–1658
Pope Innocent X
1655
Head of the Catholic Church from 1644 to 1655
Ruggiero Giovannelli
1625
Italian composer
Nicholas Hilliard
1619
English miniaturist (1547–1619)
Louis de Blois
1566
Flemish monk (1506–1566)
Catherine of Aragon
1536
Queen of England from 1509 to 1533
Peter Vischer the Elder
1529
German sculptor
Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy
1451
Savoyard nobleman and antipope (1383–1451)
John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury
1400
English nobleman (c. 1350–1400)
Inês de Castro
1355
Galician noblewoman and courtier (1325–1355)
Denis of Portugal
1325
King of Portugal from 1279 to 1325
Charles I of Anjou
1285
King of Sicily from 1266 to 1285
Canute Lavard
1131
Duke of Schleswig and Danish prince
Aldric of Le Mans
856
Babak Khorramdin
838
9th-century Iranian revolutionary leader
Lucian of Antioch
312
Christian martyr, presbyter and theologian