January 4

Events

=Pre-1600=

46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina.{{cite book|author=Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh|title=A History of Rome to the Battle of Actium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A-DQAAAAMAAJ|year=1902|publisher=Macmillan}}
871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army.{{cite book|author=Mark Grossman|title=World Military Leaders: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QSJoaugn2h8C&pg=PA13|year=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-7477-8|pages=13}}

=1601–1900=

1642 – English Civil War: King Charles I, accompanied by 400 soldiers, attempts to arrest five members of Parliament for treason, only to discover the men had been tipped off and fled.{{cite book|last=Miller|first=John|title=The Stuarts|location=London|publisher=Hambledon and London|date=2006|isbn=9781852855451|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YHyjdrLDf7IC|page=30|access-date=2023-01-04|archive-date=2023-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102074335/https://books.google.com/books?id=YHyjdrLDf7IC|url-status=live}}
1649 – English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.{{cite book|author=Corinne Weston|title=English Constitutional Theory and the House of Lords 1556-1832 (Routledge Revivals)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z5haBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA38|date=22 January 2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-97269-0|pages=38}}
1717 – The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.{{cite book |title=The Cambridge Modern History |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283068 |year=1907 |publisher=CUP Archive |page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283068/page/n54 27]}}
1762 – Great Britain declares war on Spain, which meant the entry of Spain into the Seven Years' War.{{cite book|author=Junius P. Rodriguez|title=The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qs7GAwwdzyQC&pg=PA118|year=2002|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-188-5|pages=118}}
1798 – Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire.Anton Caragea, "Ceasul cel mare al lui Constantin Hangerli" ("Constantin Hangerli's Big Hour"), in Magazin Istoric, December 2000
1844 – The first issue of the Swedish-languaged Saima newspaper founded by J. V. Snellman is published in Kuopio, Finland.{{cite web|url=https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/titles/1457-456X/data?set_language=en|title=Saima|work=Digital Collections|publisher=The National Library of Finland|access-date=22 January 2024|archive-date=22 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122145626/https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/titles/1457-456X/data?set_language=en|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://snellman.kootutteokset.fi/en/dokumentit/saima-nro-1-411844|title=Saima nro 1, 4.1.1844|work=Selected Works of J V. Snellman|access-date=22 January 2024|archive-date=22 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240122145845/https://snellman.kootutteokset.fi/en/dokumentit/saima-nro-1-411844|url-status=live}}
1853 – After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-york-times-1853-coverage-solomon-northup-hero-12-years-slave-180949944/|title=The New York Times' 1853 Coverage of Solomon Northup, the Hero of "12 Years A Slave"|date=3 March 2014|author=Joseph Stromberg|website=Smithsonian Magazine|access-date=31 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531175044/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-york-times-1853-coverage-solomon-northup-hero-12-years-slave-180949944/|archive-date=31 May 2019|url-status=live}}
1854 – The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang.{{cite book|author=William James Mills|title=Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PYdBH4dOOM4C&pg=PA291|year=2003|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-422-0|pages=291}}
1863 – The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.Teacher's Manual for Religious Instruction in the New Apostolic Church Vol 3., NAKI 2001
1878 – Russo-Turkish War (1877–78): Sofia is liberated from Ottoman rule.{{cite book|author=Stanley Sandler|title=Ground Warfare: An International Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_xxOM85bD8C&pg=PA690|year=2002|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-57607-344-5|pages=690|access-date=2019-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911170727/https://books.google.com/books?id=L_xxOM85bD8C&pg=PA690|archive-date=2015-09-11|url-status=live}}
1884 – The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.{{cite book |author=A. M. McBriar |title=Fabian Socialism and English Politics, 1884-1918 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=olQ4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA3 |year=1962 |publisher=CUP Archive |page=3}}
1885 – Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeat a numerically superior Qing force at Núi Bop in northern Vietnam.Lecomte, J., Lang-Son: combats, retraite et négociations (Paris, 1895). p. 169–71
1896 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.{{cite book|author=CHARLES MORRIS|title=The Greater Republic: A History of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5KSg1g7ZnyQC&pg=PT814|year=1899|publisher=Library of Alexandria|isbn=978-1-4655-0887-4|pages=814}}

=1901–present=

1903 – Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.Daly, Michael (2013). Topsy: The Startling Story of the Crooked-tailed Elephant, P.T. Barnum, and the American Wizard, Thomas Edison, page 282
1909 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes.{{cite book|author-link= Beau Riffenburgh|last= Riffenburgh|first=Beau|title= Nimrod|publisher= Bloomsbury Publications|location= London|year= 2004|isbn= 0-7475-7253-4 |pages=266}}
1912 – The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Empire by royal charter.{{cite web|url=https://scoutdocs.ca/Scouts_Canada_Act/Royal_Charter.php|title=Royal Charter of The Boy Scouts Association|website=Scouts Canada|access-date=14 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025134620/https://scoutdocs.ca/Scouts_Canada_Act/Royal_Charter.php|archive-date=25 October 2017|url-status=live}}
1918 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France.{{cite book|author=Suzanne Lalonde|title=Determining Boundaries in a Conflicted World: The Role of Uti Possidetis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x7qEqVpq9poC&pg=PA66|date=6 December 2002|publisher=McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP|isbn=978-0-7735-2424-8|pages=66}}
1944 – World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins.{{cite book|title=Anything, Anywhere, Anytime: An Illustrated History of the Military Airlift Command, 1941-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2HpZ11L1Md8C|year=1991|publisher=Headquarters Military Airlift Command|page=52}}
1946 – The first day of a three-day "disastrous" tornado outbreak across the south-central United States leaves 41 people dead and at least 412 others injured.{{cite journal |author1=L. H. Seamon (U.S. Weather Bureau) |title=Preliminary Report on Tornadoes in the United States During 1946 |journal=Monthly Weather Review |date=1 December 1946 |volume=74 |issue=12 |pages=211–213 |doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1946)074<0211:PROTIT>2.0.CO;2 |doi-access=free }}{{cite web |author1=Laura V. Wolford (U.S. Office of Climatology) |author2=Frederick H. Mueller (Secretary of Commerce) |author3=F. W. Reichelderfer (Chief of U.S. Weather Bureau) |title=Tornado Occurrences in the United States |url=https://www.weather.gov/media/owp/oh/hdsc/docs/TP20.pdf |publisher=Department of Commerce |access-date=22 April 2023 |pages=22–25 |date=1960 |archive-date=22 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422185622/https://www.weather.gov/media/owp/oh/hdsc/docs/TP20.pdf |url-status=live }}
1948 – Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom, becoming an independent republic.{{cite book|author=Bertil Lintner|title=Burma in Revolt: Opium and Insurgency since 1948|url=https://archive.org/details/burmainrevoltopi0000lint|url-access=registration|date=1 May 1999|publisher=Silkworm Books|isbn=978-1-63041-184-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/burmainrevoltopi0000lint/page/11 11]}}
1951 – Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time.{{cite book|title=New Encyclop3Œdia Britannica: Macrop3Œdia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvsaAQAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Encyclop3Œdia Britannica|page=501|isbn = 9780852296332}}
1956 – The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.{{cite book|title=Political Handbook of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r8ISAAAAIAAJ|year=1963|publisher=Center for Comparative Political Research of the State University of New York at Binghamton and for the Council on Foreign Relations|page=89}}
1958 – Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, falls to Earth from orbit.{{cite book|author1=Anil K. Maini|author2=Varsha Agrawal|title=Satellite Technology: Principles and Applications|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qw7ECiEvy5kC&pg=PA8|date=29 January 2007|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=978-0-470-03335-7|pages=8}}
1959 – Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-012A|title=Luna 1|website=NASA|access-date=8 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602031816/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1959-012A|archive-date=2 June 2019|url-status=live}}
1965 – Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20 crashes on approach to Alma-Ata Airport, killing 64 people.{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 18B CCCP-75685 Alma-Ata Airport (ALA) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650104-1 |access-date=2017-12-26 |website=aviation-safety.net}}
1972 – Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.{{Cite news|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/hilary-heilbron-writing-life-story-3333354|title=Hilary Heilbron on writing the life story of her mother – the late Liverpool legal pioneer Dame Rose Heilbron|last=Shennan|first=Paddy|date=2012-10-26|work=liverpoolecho|access-date=2018-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125204535/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/hilary-heilbron-writing-life-story-3333354|archive-date=2018-11-25|url-status=live}}
1975 – This date overflowed the 12-bit field that had been used in TOPS-10. There were numerous problems and crashes related to this bug while an alternative format was developed.{{Cite journal|last=Neumann|first=Peter G.|date=1987-02-02|title=The RISKS Digest, Volume 4 Issue 45|url=https://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/4.45.html|access-date=2021-07-20|website=The RISKS Digest, Volume 4 Issue 45|volume=4|issue=45|archive-date=2021-07-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720061243/http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/4.45.html|url-status=live}}
1976 – The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation.{{cite book|title=Lost Lives: The Stories of the Men, Women, and Children who Died as a Result of the Northern Ireland Troubles|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781840182279|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Mainstream|isbn=978-1-84018-227-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781840182279/page/610 610]}}
1987 – The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.{{cite book|title=Special Report: Rail Emergencies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JqGZj1QYZIUC&pg=PA16|publisher=FEMA|pages=16|id=GGKEY:2HTT9LF787X}}
1989 – Second Gulf of Sidra incident: A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation.* Stanik, Joseph T. El Dorado Canyon: Reagan’s Undeclared War with Qaddafi. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2003, page 228. {{ISBN|978-1-55750-983-3}}
1990 – In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/05/world/at-least-210-die-in-pakistan-s-worst-rail-crash.html|title=At Least 210 Die in Pakistan's Worst Rail Crash|date=5 January 1990|website=New York Times (archive)|access-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617113424/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/05/world/at-least-210-die-in-pakistan-s-worst-rail-crash.html|archive-date=17 June 2019|url-status=live}}
1998 – A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.{{Cite web|author=Burlington, Vermont National Weather Service|title=10th Anniversary of the Devastating 1998 Ice Storm in the Northeast|year=2008|publisher=NOAA|access-date=July 16, 2008|url=http://www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/events/IceStorm1998/ice98.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511204226/http://www.erh.noaa.gov/btv/events/IceStorm1998/ice98.shtml|archive-date=May 11, 2008|url-status=live}}
1999 – Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/jan99/ventura5.htm?|title=In Minnesota, Pomp and Pep Rally|date=January 5, 1999|author=Jon Jeter|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=17 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408213051/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/daily/jan99/ventura5.htm|archive-date=8 April 2016|url-status=live}}
2000 – A Norwegian passenger train departing from Trondheim, collides with a local train coming from Hamar in Åsta in Åmot Municipality; 19 people are killed and 68 injured in the accident.{{cite book |last1=Gulowsen |first1=Jon |last2=Ryggvik |first2=Helge |title=Jernbanen i Norge 1854–2004: Ny tider og gamle spor 1940–2004 |publisher=Vogmostad & Bjørke |location=Bergen |year=2004 |language=Norwegian |isbn=82-419-0332-4}}
2004 – Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.{{cite web|url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/details.php?id=5917|title=Mars Exploration Rover - Spirit|website=NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903114938/https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/details.php?id=5917|archive-date=3 September 2019|url-status=live}}
2004 – Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution.{{cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1051169.html|title=Georgia's Saakashvili Vows To Fight Corruption|date=6 January 2004|newspaper=Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616143640/https://www.rferl.org/a/1051169.html|archive-date=16 June 2019|url-status=live}}
2006 – Ehud Olmert becomes acting Prime Minister of Israel after the incumbent, Ariel Sharon, suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke.{{cite book|author1=United Nations|author2=United Nations Publications|title=Report of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ST-2XZ-C-IgC&pg=PA6|date=November 2006|publisher=United Nations Publications|isbn=978-92-1-810275-1|pages=6}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
2007 – The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/technology/2007/01/04/pelosi-sworn-in-as-first-woman-speaker-of-the-house/32917f2c-c075-4d7a-b404-90e8c9fe7cea/|title=Pelosi Sworn in as First Woman Speaker of the House|date=January 4, 2007|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=January 22, 2019|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122145116/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/technology/2007/01/04/pelosi-sworn-in-as-first-woman-speaker-of-the-house/32917f2c-c075-4d7a-b404-90e8c9fe7cea/|archive-date=January 22, 2019|url-status=live}}
2008 – A Let L-410 Turbolet crashes in the Los Roques Archipelago in Venezuela, killing 14 people.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Let L-410UVP-E3 YV2081 Los Roques Airport (LRV)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080104-0|access-date=2022-01-03|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-date=2020-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121210408/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080104-0|url-status=live}}
2010 – The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai.{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0105/World-s-tallest-building-What-s-it-worth-to-have-the-Dubai-tower-and-what-should-people-call-it|title=World's tallest building: What's it worth to have the Dubai tower – and what should people call it?|last=Huang|first=Carol|date=5 January 2010|newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor|access-date=6 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105174823/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2010/0105/World-s-tallest-building-What-s-it-worth-to-have-the-Dubai-tower-and-what-should-people-call-it|archive-date=5 January 2010|url-status=live}}
2013 – A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines.{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/04/world/asia/philippines-shooting/index.html|title=Gunman kills 9 in house-to-house rampage in Philippine town|date=4 January 2013|author=Tim Schwarz and Jethro Mullen|website=CNN|access-date=16 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616143643/https://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/04/world/asia/philippines-shooting/index.html|archive-date=16 June 2019|url-status=live}}
2018 – Hennenman–Kroonstad train crash: A passenger train operated by Shosholoza Meyl collides with a truck on a level crossing at Geneva Station between Hennenman and Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa. Twenty people are killed and 260 injured.{{cite news |url=https://news.sky.com/story/four-dead-and-hundreds-injured-in-south-africa-train-crash-11195032 |title=14 dead and up to 100 injured in South Africa train crash |first=Alix |last=Culbertson |newspaper=Sky News |access-date=4 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330075824/https://news.sky.com/story/four-dead-and-hundreds-injured-in-south-africa-train-crash-11195032 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |url-status=live }}
2019 – A fire in an escape room in Koszalin, Poland, kills five teenagers through carbon monoxide poisoning.{{Cite web |last=Palin |first=Megan |date=6 January 2019 |title=Five girls locked in home-based escape room died from 'asphyxiation' |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/five-girls-locked-in-home-based-escape-room-died-from-asphyxiation/MHDLSQRH4FYPRBVVCSZGITQSXM/ |access-date=15 January 2025 |website=The New Zealand Herald}}

Births

=Pre-1600=

659 – Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (died680){{cite book|last=Sharif al-Qarashi|first=Baqir|year=2000|url=https://www.al-islam.org/printpdf/book/export/html/38883|title=The Life of Imām Zayn al-Abidin (as)|others=Translated by Jasim al-Rasheed|location=Iraq|publisher=Ansariyan Publications|page=14|access-date=2023-02-17|archive-date=2024-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240514072744/https://www.al-islam.org/printpdf/book/export/html/38883|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://al-islam.org/masoom/bios/4thimam2.html|title=Imam Ali Ibn al Husayn (as)|work=Al-Islam.org|date=6 December 2012|access-date=4 July 2015|archive-date=10 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610082511/http://www.al-islam.org/masoom/bios/4thimam2.html|url-status=live}}
1077 – Emperor Zhezong of China (died 1100){{cite book|author=Alfreda Murck|title=Poetry and Painting in Song China: The Subtle Art of Dissent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1eGqk66tvsQC&pg=PA326|date=April 2002|publisher=Harvard Univ Asia Center|isbn=978-0-674-00782-6|pages=326}}
1334 – Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (died 1383){{cite book|author1=Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward|author2=William Leist Readwin Cates|title=Encyclopaedia of Chronology: Historical and Biographical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cqoyEa3Ztu0C&pg=PA65|year=1872|publisher=Lee and Shepard|pages=65}}
1467 – Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (died 1538){{Cite ADB|36|327|329|Stolberg-Wernigerode, Botho III, Graf zu|Eduard Jacobs|Wikisource title|language=de}}
1581 – James Ussher, Irish archbishop and historian (died 1656){{cite book|author=R. Buick Knox|title=James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RYtCAQAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=University of Wales Press|page=7}}

=1601–1900=

1643 (NS) – Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist (died 1726/27){{cite book|author=Patrick Hamill|title=Intermediate Dynamics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G1GhFvSiNsUC&pg=PA80|date=11 January 2012|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers|isbn=978-1-4496-8267-5|pages=80}}
1654 – Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (died 1742){{cite web|url=https://runeberg.org/nfcc/0275.html|title=Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 23. Retzius - Ryssland|website=runeberg.org|access-date=25 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417005428/http://runeberg.org/nfcc/0275.html|archive-date=17 April 2019|url-status=live}}
1672 – Hugh Boulter, English-Irish archbishop (died 1742){{cite book|title=The List of the Queen's Scholars of St. Peter's College, Westminster|url=https://archive.org/details/listqueensschol00welcgoog|year=1852|publisher=G.W. Ginger|pages=[https://archive.org/details/listqueensschol00welcgoog/page/n51 30]}}
1710 – Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, violinist, and organist (died 1736){{cite book|author=Christopher Baker|title=Absolutism and the Scientific Revolution, 1600-1720: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDy-MtS9mvgC&pg=PA297|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30827-7|pages=297}}
1720 – Johann Friedrich Agricola, German organist and composer (died 1774){{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Agricola, Johann Friedrich |volume= 01 | page = 387; lines one and two |quote=....was born at Dobitschen in Saxe-Altenburg, on the 4th of January 1720}}
1731 – Karl Abraham Zedlitz, Prussian minister of education (died 1793){{Cite ADB|44|744|748|Zedlitz, Karl Abraham Freiherr von |Rethwisch, Conrad |ADB:Zedlitz, Karl Abraham Freiherr von}}
1785 – Jacob Grimm, German philologist and mythologist (died 1863){{cite book|title=The English Cyclopædia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_7dCAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA210|year=1856|publisher=Bradbury and Evans|pages=209}}
1809 – Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (died 1852){{cite book|author1=Bhushan Punani|author2=Nandini Rawal|title=Visual Handicap: Hand Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=43baAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1993|publisher=Ashish Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7024-596-4|page=127}}
1813 – Isaac Pitman, English linguist and educator (died 1897){{cite book|title=Browne's Phonographic Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zXt763A6RR8C&pg=PA43|year=1877|publisher=D. L. Scott-Browne|pages=43}}
1832 – George Tryon, English admiral (died 1893){{cite book|title=Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I82Q_JiPn9UC|year=1993|publisher=J. Bale, Sons, & Danielsson|page=91}}
1838 – General Tom Thumb, American circus performer (died 1883){{cite book|author=Henry Alden|title=Alden's illustrated family miscellany [afterw.] record, and Oxford monthly advertiser, publ. by H. Alden|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6nUOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PT76|year=1864|pages=76}}
1839 – Carl Humann, German archaeologist, architect, and engineer (died 1896){{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc|title=The New Encyclopaedia Britannica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qH4xAQAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|isbn=978-0-85229-633-2|page=139|access-date=2019-06-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416130243/https://books.google.com/books?id=qH4xAQAAIAAJ|archive-date=2017-04-16|url-status=live}}
1848 – Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (died 1913){{cite book|author1=Mayako Shimamoto|author2=Koji Ito|author3=Yoneyuki Sugita|title=Historical Dictionary of Japanese Foreign Policy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g8PyCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA152|date=1 July 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-5067-3|pages=152}}
1858 – Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 1946){{cite book|author=Lyon Gardiner Tyler|title=Men of Mark in Virginia: Ideals of American Life; a Collection of Biographies of the Leading Men in the State|url=https://archive.org/details/menmarkinvirgin01unkngoog|year=1906|publisher=Men of Mark Publishing Company|page=311}}
1864 – Clara Emilia Smitt, Swedish doctor and author (died 1928)Sveriges dödbok 1901–2013, (Version 6.0) Sveriges släktforskarförbund (2014) {{ISBN|9187676648}} (in Swedish)
1869 – Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and umpire (died 1960){{cite book|author=Contemporary Books|title=Chase's sports calendar of events: 1997|year=1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t1vS43orTU0C|publisher=Contemporary Books|page=1|isbn=9780809231331}}
1874 – Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (died 1935){{cite book|author=Nicolas Slonimsky|title=Music Since 1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W5PlAAAAMAAJ|year=1938|publisher=W.W. Norton, Incorporated|page=483}}
1877 – Gibson Gowland, English film actor (died 1951){{cite book|last=Katchmer|first=George A.|title=Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland|date=2009|isbn=9780786446933|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ|page=139|postscript=none|access-date=2024-01-04|archive-date=2023-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725084529/https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}; {{cite news|title=Obituary: Gibson Gowland|work=Los Angeles Times|date=14 September 1951|page=12}}
1877 – Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet (died 1943){{cite book|author=Townsend Ludington|title=Marsden Hartley: The Biography of an American Artist|url=https://archive.org/details/marsdenhartleybi0000ludi|url-access=registration|year=1998|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=0-8014-8580-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/marsdenhartleybi0000ludi/page/15 15]}}
1878 – A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer (died 1957){{cite book|author=Louis Untermeyer|title=Modern British poetry: a critical anthology|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.215174|year=1942|publisher=Harcourt, Brace & World}}
1878 – Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator (died 1961){{cite book|author1=Augustus John|author2=Malcolm Easton|author3=Michael Holroyd|title=The Art of Augustus John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kr7pAAAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=David R. Godine|isbn=978-0-87923-113-2}}
1881 – Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (died 1919){{cite book|author=August Hoff|title=Wilhelm Lehmbruck: Life and Work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vL1CAAAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Praeger}}
1883 – Max Eastman, American author and poet (died 1969){{cite book|title=The WRITER and his CRAFT|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jkDnpcB7CgcC|year=1954}}
1883 – Johanna Westerdijk, Dutch pathologist and academic (died 1961){{cite book|author1=Klaas Van Berkel|author2=Albert Van Helden|author3=L. C. Palm|title=The History of Science in the Netherlands: Survey, Themes and Reference|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1jwjTsRu6AMC&pg=PA603|year=1999|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-10006-7|pages=603}}
1884 – Guy Pène du Bois, American painter, critic, and educator (died 1958){{cite book|author=Richard Carl Medford|title=Guy Pène Du Bois|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ib5NAAAAYAAJ|year=1940|publisher=Washington county museum of fine arts|page=13}}
1889 – M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India (died 1963){{cite book|author=G.A. Natesan|title=The Indian Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gG_jAAAAMAAJ|year=1951|publisher=G.A. Natesan & Company|page=605}}
1891 – Edward Brooker, English-Australian sergeant and politician, 31st Premier of Tasmania (died 1948)R. P. Davis, [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130300b.htm 'Brooker, William Edward (1891 - 1948)'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525030721/http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130300b.htm |date=2011-05-25 }}, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 13, Melbourne University Press, 1993, p. 265.
1895 – Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. (died 1982){{cite book|author1=Robert B. MacKay|author2=Geoffrey Louis Rossano|title=Between Ocean and Empire: An Illustrated History of Long Island|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XvcpAQAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Windsor Publications|isbn=9780897811439}}
1896 – Everett Dirksen, American politician (died 1969){{cite book|author=Harvard Sitkoff|title=Postwar America: A Student Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eU_nCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA86|year=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-510300-7|pages=86}}
1896 – André Masson, French painter and illustrator (died 1987){{cite book|author=Wayne Andrews|title=The Surrealist Parade|url=https://archive.org/details/surrealistparade00andr|url-access=registration|year=1990|publisher=New Directions Publishing|isbn=978-0-8112-1126-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/surrealistparade00andr/page/88 88]}}
1897 – Chen Cheng, Chinese politician, Vice President of the Republic of China (died 1965){{cite book|author=Pak-Wah Leung|title=Political Leaders of Modern China: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lpR8yKWjHRQC&pg=PA13|year=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30216-9|pages=13}}
1900 – James Bond, American ornithologist and zoologist (died 1989){{cite book|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1QYAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=St. Martin's|isbn=978-1-55862-056-8|page=82}}

=1901–present=

1901 – C. L. R. James, Trinidadian journalist and theorist (died 1989){{cite book|author1=Selwyn Reginald Cudjoe|author2=William E. Cain|title=C.L.R. James: His Intellectual Legacies|url=https://archive.org/details/clrjameshisintel00cudj|url-access=registration|year=1995|publisher=Univ of Massachusetts Press|isbn=0-87023-907-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/clrjameshisintel00cudj/page/3 3]}}
1902 – John A. McCone, American businessman and politician, 6th Director of Central Intelligence (died 1991){{cite book|author=Ralph Weber|title=Spymasters: Ten CIA Officers in Their Own Words|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uTbFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA219|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4616-4257-2|pages=219}}
1903 – Georg Elser, German carpenter and attempted assassin of Adolf Hitler (died 1945){{Cite web |title=Georg Elser |url=https://www.gdw-berlin.de/en/recess/biographies/index_of_persons/biographie/view-bio/georg-elser/ |access-date=4 January 2025 |website=www.gdw-berlin.de}}
1913 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (died 2007){{cite book|author1=Brij V. Lal|author2=Kate Fortune|title=The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T5pPpJl8E5wC&pg=PA282|year=2000|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-2265-1|pages=282}}
1916 – Lionel Newman, American pianist and composer (died 1989){{cite book|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1QYAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=St. Martin's|isbn=978-1-55862-056-8|page=142}}
1916 – Robert Parrish, American actor and director (died 1995){{cite book|author=Peter Noble|title=International Film and TV Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZpmAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Screen International, King Publications Limited|page=344}}
1920 – William Colby, American intelligence officer, 10th Director of Central Intelligence (died 1996){{cite book|author=Christopher Story|title=The New Underworld Order: Triumph of Criminalism the Global Hegemony of Masonic Intelligence|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9fs2BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA115|year=2006|publisher=Stranger Journalism|isbn=978-1-899798-05-6|pages=115}}
1920 – Rosalie Crutchley, British actress (died 1997){{cite news|last=Vallance|first=Tom|title=Obituary: Rosalie Crutchley|work=The Independent|date=1 August 1997|accessdate=4 January 2024|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/obituary-rosalie-crutchley-5556602.html|archive-date=26 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326114622/https://www.independent.co.uk/incoming/obituary-rosalie-crutchley-5556602.html|url-status=live}}
1924 – Marianne Werner, German shot putter (died 2023){{Cite sports-reference |title = Marianne Werner |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/marianne-werner-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417175411/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/marianne-werner-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 17 April 2020 |access-date = 12 October 2018}}
1925 – Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish skier and technician (died 2003){{cite book|author1=Bud Greenspan|author2=Cappy Petrash Greenspan|title=Numero uno|url=https://archive.org/details/numerouno00gree|url-access=registration|date=March 1982|publisher=New American Library|isbn=978-0-451-11760-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/numerouno00gree/page/69 69]}}
1927 – Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (died 2013){{cite book|author=Canada. Royal Commission on Corporate Concentration|title=Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RuANtG40CzwC|year=1977|publisher=Printing and Publishing, Supply and Services Canada|isbn=978-0-660-00460-0|page=16}}
1927 – Barbara Rush, American actress (died 2024){{cite book|author=Jack Ward|title=Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRQbAQAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-89950-807-8|page=451}}
1929 – Günter Schabowski, German journalist and politician (died 2015){{cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/2015/11/07/one-little-word|title=One little word - Obituary: Günter Schabowski|date=7 November 2015|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-date=1 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801225229/https://www.economist.com/obituary/2015/11/07/one-little-word|url-status=live}}
1930 – Sorrell Booke, American actor and director (died 1994){{cite book|author=Jack Ward|title=Television Guest Stars: An Illustrated Career Chronicle for 678 Performers of the Sixties and Seventies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRQbAQAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-89950-807-8|page=67}}
1930 – Don Shula, American football player and coach (died 2020){{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29132028/dolphins-hall-fame-coach-don-shula-dies-90|title=Dolphins Hall of Fame coach Shula dies at 90|date=May 4, 2020|website=ESPN.com|access-date=May 4, 2020|archive-date=May 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200504181353/https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/29132028/dolphins-hall-fame-coach-don-shula-dies-90|url-status=live}}
1931 – William Deane, Australian judge and politician, 22nd Governor-General of Australia{{cite book|title=Who's who in Australia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=axgxAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Herald and Weekly Times|page=1}}
1931 – Nora Iuga, Romanian poet, writer and translator{{cite web |title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79052939.html |website=id.loc.gov |access-date=10 January 2020 |archive-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901105849/http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79052939.html |url-status=live }}
1932 – Carlos Saura, Spanish director and screenwriter (died 2023){{cite web |last1=Goodfellow |first1=Melanie |title=Carlos Saura Dies: Iconic Spanish Director Was 91 |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/carlos-saura-die-iconic-spanish-director-was-91-1235255826/ |website=Deadline |access-date=13 February 2023 |date=10 February 2023 |archive-date=12 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212134555/https://deadline.com/2023/02/carlos-saura-die-iconic-spanish-director-was-91-1235255826/ |url-status=live }}
1932 – Clint Hill, American Secret Service agent (died 2025){{cite web |title=Clint Hill |url=https://www.governor.nd.gov/theodore-roosevelt-rough-rider-award/clint-hill |website=North Dakota Governor's Office |access-date=25 February 2025}}
1934 – Rudolf Schuster, Slovak politician, 2nd President of Slovakia{{cite book|author1=Roger East|author2=Richard J. Thomas|author3=Richard Thomas|title=Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mz-fXRsedPMC&pg=PA466|year=2003|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-126-1|pages=466}}
1935 – Floyd Patterson, American boxer (died 2006){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/may/12/guardianobituaries.usa1|title=Floyd Patterson|date=12 May 2006|author=Mike Lewis|website=The Guardian|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803014326/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/may/12/guardianobituaries.usa1|archive-date=3 August 2018|url-status=live}}
1937 – Grace Bumbry, American operatic soprano (died 2023){{cite book|author=Jan Onofrio|title=Missouri Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0oOueph_raYC&pg=PA108|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Somerset Publishers, Inc.|isbn=978-0-403-09598-8|pages=108}}
1937 – Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter{{cite book|author=Earl Blackwell|title=Celebrity Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfsZAAAAYAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Harper & Row|page=81|isbn=9780961547608}}
1938 – Jim Norton, Irish stage, film and television actor{{cite book|last1=Willis|first1=John|last2=Hodges|first2=Ben|title=Theatre World. Vol. 58: 2001-2002|location=New York|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|date=2004|isbn=9781557836250|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-btschPC0YC|page=262|access-date=2024-01-04|archive-date=2023-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709213909/https://books.google.com/books?id=7-btschPC0YC|url-status=live}}
1938 – Eberhard Wagner, German academic, linguist and author{{cite web |title=Wagner, Eberhard, 1938-, Das fränkische Dialektbuch |url=https://lccn.loc.gov/87146664 |website=Library of Congress |access-date=2024-05-08 |archive-date=2024-05-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508185636/https://lccn.loc.gov/87146664 |url-status=live }}
1940 – Brian Josephson, Welsh physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate{{cite book|author=International Publications Service|title=International Who's Who, 1983-84|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_xJ4R0t9G3oC|date=1 January 1983|publisher=Europa Publications Limited|isbn=978-0-905118-86-4|page=672}}
1940 – Gao Xingjian, Chinese novelist, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate{{cite book|author=Sy Ren Quah|title=Gao Xingjian and Transcultural Chinese Theater|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-CPFVYgySlUC&pg=PA4|year=2004|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-2629-1|pages=4}}
1941 – George P. Cosmatos, Italian-Canadian director and screenwriter (died 2005){{cite book|author=Peter Noble|title=Screen International Film and TV Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZxmAAAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Screen International, King Publications Limited|page=374}}
1941 – Kalpnath Rai, Indian politician (died 1999){{cite book|title=Irrigation and Power|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OeJVAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|page=x|access-date=2019-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405064129/http://books.google.com/books?id=oEJVAAAAMAAJ|archive-date=2015-04-05|url-status=live}}
1942 – Bolaji Akinyemi, Nigerian political scientist, academic, and politician{{cite book|title=Nigeria, the Handbook Review 1987: Nigeria Undergoes Structural Adjustment and Prepares for Growth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6poPAQAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Patike Communications Limited|page=237}}
1942 – Jim Downing, American race car driver and inventor{{Cite web|url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/jim-downing/|title=Jim Downing | Racing career profile | Driver Database|website=driverdb.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030054917/https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/jim-downing/|url-status=live}}
1942 – John McLaughlin, English guitarist and songwriter{{cite book|author1=Pete Prown|author2=Harvey P. Newquist|title=Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60Jde3l7WNwC&pg=PA123|year=1997|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=978-0-7935-4042-6|pages=123}}
1943 – Doris Kearns Goodwin, American historian and author{{cite book|author=Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf|title=American women writers: a critical reference guide : from colonial times to the present|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f-0UAQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=St. James Press|isbn=978-1-55862-431-3|page=123}}
1943 – Hwang Sok-yong, South Korean author and educator{{cite web|url=https://thebookerprizes.com/resources/media/pressreleases/man-booker-international-prize-2019-longlist-announced|title=The Man Booker International Prize 2019 longlist announced|website=The Booker Prizes|access-date=27 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727155823/https://thebookerprizes.com/resources/media/pressreleases/man-booker-international-prize-2019-longlist-announced|archive-date=27 July 2019|url-status=live}}
1944 – Gary Stevens, Australian rugby league player{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/gary-stevens/summary.html|title=Gary Stevens - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2018-11-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181110015806/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/gary-stevens/summary.html|url-status=live}}
1944 – Alan Sutherland, New Zealand rugby player{{Cite web|url=http://www.espnscrum.com/newzealand/rugby/player/7662.html|title=Alan Richard Sutherland|website=ESPN scrum|access-date=2021-02-23|archive-date=2013-05-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510055048/http://www.espnscrum.com/newzealand/rugby/player/7662.html|url-status=live}} (died 2020)
1945 – Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor, musician and comedian (died 2022){{citation| url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/5107a38a-f826-41da-9ed9-ccac1d4cda1c| title=Vesa-Matti Loiri, 77, on kuollut| access-date=10 August 2022| work=Iltalehti| language=fi| archive-date=10 August 2022| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810091841/https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/5107a38a-f826-41da-9ed9-ccac1d4cda1c| url-status=live}}
1945 – Richard R. Schrock, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate{{cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2005/schrock/facts/|title=Richard R. Schrock|website=Nobel Prize|date=2005|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403115414/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2005/schrock/facts/|archive-date=3 April 2019|url-status=live}}
1946 – Arthur Conley, American singer-songwriter (died 2003){{cite book|author=Zell Miller|title=They Heard Georgia Singing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7kv8EdRRkiQC&pg=PA88|year=1996|publisher=Mercer University Press|isbn=978-0-86554-504-5|pages=88}}
1947 – Chris Cutler, English percussionist, lyricist and music theorist{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Larkin |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWoZAQAAIAAJ |year=2002 |edition=3rd revised |publisher=Virgin |page=175 |isbn=978-1-85227-947-9}}
1947 – Marie-Thérèse Letablier, French sociologist and academic{{cite web |title= Letablier, Marie-Thérèse |url= http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95100066.html |publisher= Library of Congress |access-date= 10 February 2015 |quote= data sheet (born 1/4/1947) |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150210212235/http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95100066.html |archive-date= 10 February 2015 |url-status= live }}
1948 – Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (died 1992){{cite journal|author=Bakounakis, Nikos|title=There are still some ethical heroes left|journal=Το Vima|date=12 January 2003}}
1948 – Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (died 2021)[http://www.maliweb.net/category.php?NID=73513 Mme Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, nouveau Premier ministre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406041445/http://www.maliweb.net/category.php?NID=73513|date=6 April 2011}}. Le Républicain. 4 April 2011.
1949 – Mick Mills, English footballer and manager{{Cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/|title=Mick MILLS - League appearances. - Southampton FC|website=Sporting Heroes|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2017-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203164511/http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football/coventry-city-fc/youssef-safri-11212/league-appearances_a17894/|url-status=live}}
1949 – Bwanga Tshimen, Congolese footballer{{Cite web|url=https://us.soccerway.com/players/tshimen-buhanga/106656/|title=Congo DR - B. Tshimen - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=us.soccerway.com|access-date=2024-02-08|archive-date=2024-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208204212/https://us.soccerway.com/players/tshimen-buhanga/106656/|url-status=live}}
1950 – Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (died 2013){{cite book|author=Pharida Kabira|title=Pañcāsa Bacharera Premera Kabitā: Bāṃlādeśa O Paścimabāṃlāra Kabitāra Panḍulipi Saṃkalana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YndjAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Signorinā|page=48}}
1953 – Norberto Alonso, Argentinian footballer{{cite book|title=Copa Libertadores de América, 30 años|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=35ENAAAAYAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol|page=318}}
1954 – Rob Kerin, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of South Australia{{Cite web|url=https://members.parliament.sa.gov.au/Detail.aspx?pid=544|title=Member of Parliament Details|website=members.parliament.sa.gov.au|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128050426/https://members.parliament.sa.gov.au/Detail.aspx?pid=544|url-status=dead}}
1954 – Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon{{cite book|author=Daryl Easlea|title=Crazy in Love: The Beyoncé Knowles Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FeiaAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT12|date=3 July 2000|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-723-5|pages=12}}
1956 – Tom Borton, American jazz saxophonist, songwriter and composer (died 2011){{cite web | title = Thomas William Borton | work = Legacy.com | url = https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/thomas-borton-obituary?id=20390326 | access-date = January 4, 2024 | archive-date = October 20, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231020162257/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/thomas-borton-obituary?id=20390326 | url-status = live }}
1956 – Zehava Gal-On, Israeli politician{{cite web|url=https://knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=201|title=Zehava Galon|website=Knesset|access-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180210183116/https://knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=201|archive-date=10 February 2018|url-status=live}}
1956 – Ann Magnuson, American actress and performance artist{{cite book|publisher=Contemporary Books|location=Chicago|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1NnUNBh6jIAC|date=1 September 2002|isbn=978-0-07-139098-9|page=75}}
1956 – Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer{{cite book|author=Colin Larkin|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=crs7AQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Virgin|isbn=978-0-7535-0427-7|page=142}}
1957 – Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist{{cite book|author=Kurt Wolff|title=Country Music: The Rough Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Jorozp1yp4C&pg=PA482|year=2000|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-85828-534-4|pages=482}}
1958 – Matt Frewer, American-Canadian actor{{cite book|title=Film Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R3hZAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Orpheus Pub|page=93}}
1958 – Julian Sands, English actor (died 2023)
1960 – Gavin Miller, Australian rugby league player{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/gavin-miller/summary.html|title=Gavin Miller - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029015149/https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/gavin-miller/summary.html|url-status=live}}
1960 – Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer{{cite book|title=Chase's ... Calendar of Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_0KAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-07-139098-9}}
1961 – Sidney Green, American basketball player and coach{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/greensi02.html|title=Sidney Green Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2010-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515135105/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/greensi02.html|url-status=live}}
1961 – Cliff Levingston, American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Cliff Levingston |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77377/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061242/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77377/career |url-status=live }}
1961 – Graham McTavish, Scottish actor and author{{cite book|last1=Heughan|first1=Sam|last2=McTavish|first2=Graham|title=Clanlands Almanac: Seasonal Stories From Scotland|location=London|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|date=2021|isbn=9781529372182|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y7BCEAAAQBAJ|page=6}}
1962 – Joe Kleine, American basketball player and coach{{cite web |title=Joe Kleine |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/170/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061244/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/170/career |url-status=live }}
1963 – Dave Foley, Canadian comedian, actor, director, and producer{{cite book|author1=Kathleen J. Edgar|author2=Gale Group|author3=Joshua Kondek|title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_dkAAAAMAAJ|date=October 1998|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-2058-5|page=145}}
1963 – Till Lindemann, German singer, songwriter, and poet{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 4: Jaeden Martell, Dafne Keen |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/04/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-4-Jaeden-Martell-Dafne-Keen/1851672800421/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=3 January 2024 |date=4 January 2023 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106111053/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/04/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-4-Jaeden-Martell-Dafne-Keen/1851672800421/ |url-status=live }}
1963 – Martina Proeber, German diver{{cite web |title=Martina PROEBER - Olympic Diving {{!}} German Democratic Republic (1955-1990 |url=https://www.olympic.org/martina-proeber |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=10 January 2020|date=14 June 2016 |archive-date=27 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327105946/https://www.olympic.org/martina-proeber |url-status=live }}
1964 – Susan Devoy, New Zealand squash player{{cite web|url=https://www.squashnz.co.nz/high-performance/player-profiles/former-players.cfm?section=damesusandevoy|title=Dame Susan Devoy|website=Squash New Zealand|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201183421/http://squashnz.co.nz/high-performance/player-profiles/former-players.cfm?section=damesusandevoy|archive-date=1 February 2019|url-status=live}}
1964 – Dot-Marie Jones, American actress and athlete
1964 – Adrian Shelford, New Zealand rugby league player (died 2003){{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/adrian-shelford/summary.html|title=Adrian Shelford - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030213145/https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/adrian-shelford/summary.html|url-status=live}}
1965 – Guy Forget, French tennis player{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/F035/overview|title=Guy Forget|website=ATP|access-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702145730/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/F035/overview|archive-date=2 July 2019|url-status=live}}
1965 – Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director{{cite book|author=Craig Revel Horwood|title=All Balls and Glitter: My Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PSTdAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT12|date=21 January 2011|publisher=Michael OMara|isbn=978-1-84317-630-5|pages=12}}
1965 – Julia Ormond, English actress and producer{{cite book|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rPb1ElsVGl4C|date=30 September 2004|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-146002-6|page=74}}
1966 – Deana Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=untabCgOVkgC&pg=PA83|date=16 December 2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-977055-7|pages=83}}
1967 – Johnny Nelson, English boxer and sportscaster{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/623|title=BoxRec: Johnny Nelson|website=boxrec.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2016-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160831165322/http://boxrec.com/boxer/623|url-status=live}}
1967 – David Toms, American golfer and philanthropist{{cite book|author=Roger Matuz|title=Inside Sports Golf|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AHZYAAAAYAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Visible Ink Press|isbn=978-1-57859-007-0|page=81}}
1967 – David Wilson, Australian rugby player{{Cite web|url=https://classicwallabies.com.au/players/david%20john%20wilson|title=David John Wilson | Classic Wallabies|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031124722/https://classicwallabies.com.au/players/david%20john%20wilson|url-status=dead}}
1969 – Corie Blount, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Corie Blount |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/916/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061240/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/916/career |url-status=live }}
1969 – Kees van Wonderen, Dutch footballer and manager{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kees-van-wonderen/|title=Kees van Wonderen|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119043839/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kees-van-wonderen/|url-status=live}}
1970 – Josh Stamberg, American actor
1971 – Shane Walker, Australian rugby league player{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/shane-walker/summary.html|title=Shane Walker - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2019-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324133727/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/shane-walker/summary.html|url-status=live}}
1971 – Colin Ward, Australian rugby league player{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/colin-ward/summary.html|title=Colin Ward - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2019-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122094624/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/colin-ward/summary.html|url-status=live}}
1973 – Frank Høj, Danish cyclist{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/frank-hoj-christensen/overview/start|title=Frank Høj|website=procyclingstats.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-11-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101150437/https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/frank-hoj-christensen/overview/start|url-status=live}}
1974 – Danilo Hondo, German cyclist{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/danilo-hondo/overview/start|title=Danilo Hondo|website=procyclingstats.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2021-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104094147/https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/danilo-hondo/overview/start|url-status=live}}
1975 – Shane Carwin, American mixed martial artist and wrestler{{Cite web|url=http://ufcstats.com/fighter-details/68dd7b3783c19f9c|title=Stats | UFC|website=ufcstats.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031224118/http://ufcstats.com/fighter-details/68dd7b3783c19f9c|url-status=live}}
1975 – Paul Watson, English footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=8346|title=Paul Watson {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Age 50 {{!}} 1992-2009|website=Soccerbase|access-date=12 April 2025}}
1976 – Ted Lilly, American baseball player{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/lillyte01.shtml|title=Ted Lilly Stats|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2009-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131223359/http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lillyte01.shtml|url-status=live}}
1978 – Dominik Hrbatý, Slovak tennis player{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/H377/overview|title=Dominik Hrbaty|website=ATP|access-date=9 July 2019|archive-date=8 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708125701/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/H377/overview|url-status=live}}
1979 – Shergo Biran, German footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/shergo-biran/|title=Shergo Biran|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031155552/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/shergo-biran/|url-status=live}}
1979 – Tristan Gommendy, French racing driver{{Cite web|url=https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/tristan-gommendy/|title=Tristan Gommendy | Racing career profile | Driver Database|website=driverdb.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2022-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214213948/https://www.driverdb.com/drivers/tristan-gommendy/|url-status=live}}
1980 – D'Arcy Carden, American actress and comedian
1980 – Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.fpf.pt/pt/Jogadores/Jogador/playerId/424588|title=Miguel|website=Federeção Portugesa de Futebol|language=pt|access-date=25 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225182926/http://www.fpf.pt/pt/Jogadores/Jogador/playerId/424588|archive-date=25 December 2017|url-status=live}}
1980 – Justin Ontong, South African cricketer{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46681.html|title=Justin Ontong|website=Cricinfo|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2021-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122043738/https://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/player/46681.html|url-status=live}}
1982 – Richard Logan, English footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=15950|title=Richard Logan | Football Stats | No Club | Age 39 | 1998-2013 | Soccer Base|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106050452/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=15950|url-status=live}}
1982 – Danny Sullivan, Australian rugby league player{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/danny-sullivan/summary.html|title=Danny Sullivan - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312110658/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/danny-sullivan/summary.html|url-status=live}}
1982 – Kang Hye-jung, South Korean actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.lecturernews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=161203|title=영화 '허브' "그녀는 일곱살! 강혜정, 배종옥, 정경호 주연"|website=Lecturer News|date=2024-09-07|access-date=2025-02-10|language=ko}}
1983 – Will Bynum, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Will Bynum |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101198/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061245/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101198/career |url-status=live }}
1983 – Richard Rankin, Scottish film, television and theatre actor{{cite news|last=Watson|first=Fay|title=Outlander: How much older is Roger than Brianna in Outlander?|work=The Daily Express|date=8 January 2021|accessdate=4 January 2024|url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1381466/Outlander-age-difference-Roger-MacKenzie-Brianna-Fraser-older-evg|archive-date=4 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104183825/https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1381466/Outlander-age-difference-Roger-MacKenzie-Brianna-Fraser-older-evg|url-status=live}}
1984 – Jiří Hudler, Czech ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Jiri Hudler |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jiri-hudler-8470201 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061240/https://www.nhl.com/player/jiri-hudler-8470201 |url-status=live }}
1985 – Lenora Crichlow, British actress{{cite news|title=Celebrity birthdays: Jan. 4|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=4 January 2024|accessdate=4 January 2024|url=https://richmond.com/news/archives/celebrity-birthdays-jan-4/collection_bfa86bfa-3496-5199-9a3e-1708693c9dbf.html#15|archive-date=4 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104152032/https://richmond.com/news/archives/celebrity-birthdays-jan-4/collection_bfa86bfa-3496-5199-9a3e-1708693c9dbf.html#15|url-status=live}}
1985 – Kari Aalvik Grimsbø, Norwegian handball player{{cite web|title=Kari Aalvik Grimsboe|url=https://www.olympic.org/kari-aalvik-grimsboe|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=16 June 2020|archive-date=27 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327135944/https://www.olympic.org/kari-aalvik-grimsboe|url-status=live}}
1985 – Gökhan Gönül, Turkish footballer{{cite web|url=http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=414770|title=Gökhan Gönül|website=Turkish Football Federation|access-date=19 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201742/http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=414770|archive-date=5 January 2019|url-status=live}}
1985 – Al Jefferson, American basketball player{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/players/al/jefferson/2744|title=Al Jefferson stats, details, videos, and news|work=NBA.com|access-date=September 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008182640/http://www.nba.com/players/al/jefferson/2744|archive-date=October 8, 2017|url-status=live}}
1985 – Jung Sung-ryong, South Korean footballer{{cite web|title=Jung Sung-ryong|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/sung-ryong-jung/10696/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2025}}
1985 – Ross Turnbull, English footballer and coach{{cite web|title=Ross Turnbull|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/2309/Ross-Turnbull/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=5 January 2025}}
1986 – Younès Kaboul, French footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/3508/Younes-Kaboul/overview|title=Younes Kaboul|website=Premier League|access-date=31 December 2019|archive-date=5 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005182210/https://www.premierleague.com/players/3508/Younes-Kaboul/overview|url-status=live}}
1986 – Andrei Krauchanka, Belarusian decathlete{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/andrei-krauchanka|title=Andrei KRAUCHANKA - Olympic Athletics | Belarus|date=February 23, 2021|website=International Olympic Committee|access-date=December 31, 2020|archive-date=October 31, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031030652/https://www.olympic.org/andrei-krauchanka|url-status=live}}
1986 – Russell Martin, Scottish footballer and manager{{cite web|title=Russell Martin|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4349/Russell-Martin/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=5 January 2025}}
1986 – James Milner, English footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/first-team/player/james-milner|title=James Milner|website=Liverpool FC|access-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707010012/https://www.liverpoolfc.com/team/first-team/player/james-milner|archive-date=7 July 2019|url-status=live}}
1986 – Charlyne Yi, American actor, comedian, musician, and writer{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 4, 2023 includes celebrities Patty Loveless, Dafne Keen |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-4-2023-includes-celebrities-patty-loveless-dafne-keen.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=3 January 2024 |date=4 January 2023 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061241/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-4-2023-includes-celebrities-patty-loveless-dafne-keen.html |url-status=live }}
1987 – Marissa Coleman, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Marissa Coleman |url=https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/835/marissa-coleman |publisher=ESPN |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061241/https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/835/marissa-coleman |url-status=live }}
1987 – Przemysław Tytoń, Polish footballer{{cite web|title=Przemysław Tytoń|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/przemyslaw-tyton/17326/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2025}}
1987 – Danny Simpson, English footballer{{cite web|title=Danny Simpson|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/3157/Danny-Simpson/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=5 January 2025}}
1987 – Kay Voser, Swiss footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kay-voser/|title=Kay Voser|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030200432/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/kay-voser/|url-status=live}}
1988 – Anestis Argyriou, Greek footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=57211|title=Anestis Argyriou | Football Stats | Z Bydgoszcz | Age 33 | Soccer Base|website=soccerbase.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031132905/https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=57211|url-status=live}}
1988 – Maximilian Riedmüller, German footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/maximilian-riedmueller/|title=Maximilian Riedmüller|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031080732/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/maximilian-riedmueller/|url-status=live}}
1989 – Kevin Pillar, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Kevin Pillar |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/kevin-pillar-607680 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226105336/https://www.mlb.com/player/kevin-pillar-607680 |url-status=live }}
1989 – Graham Rahal, American race car driver{{cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Graham_Rahal|title=Graham Rahal|access-date=3 January 2020|archive-date=15 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915075446/https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Graham_Rahal|url-status=live}}
1990 – Iago Falque, Spanish footballer{{Cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/iago-falque-silva/62803/|title=Spain - Iago Falqué - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway|website=int.soccerway.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2021-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303234842/https://int.soccerway.com/players/iago-falque-silva/62803/|url-status=live}}
1990 – Raisel Iglesias, Cuban baseball player{{cite web |title=Raisel Iglesias |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/raisel-iglesias-628452 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061240/https://www.mlb.com/player/raisel-iglesias-628452 |url-status=live }}
1990 – Toni Kroos, German footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.realmadrid.com/en/football/squad/toni-kroos|title=Toni Kroos|website=Real Madrid FC|access-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712220615/https://www.realmadrid.com/en/football/squad/toni-kroos|archive-date=12 July 2019|url-status=live}}
1990 – Alberto Paloschi, Italian footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/alberto-paloschi/|title=Alberto Paloschi|website=worldfootball.net|date=March 2016|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130020854/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/alberto-paloschi/|url-status=live}}
1991 – Charles Melton, American actor
1992 – Kris Bryant, American baseball player{{Baseballstats|mlb=592178}}
1992 – Quincy Promes, Dutch footballer{{cite web|title=Quincy Promes|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/quincy-promes/191107/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2025}}
1993 – James Michael McAdoo, American basketball player{{cite web |title=James Michael McAdoo |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203949/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061241/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203949/career |url-status=live }}
1993 – Mahmoud Metwalli, Egyptian footballer{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Al Ahly SC |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212205323/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2023 |url-status=live }}
1994 – Derrick Henry, American football player{{cite web|title=Titans RB Derrick Henry records historic performance on 26th birthday|url=https://titanswire.usatoday.com/2020/01/05/titans-rb-derrick-henry-records-historical-performance-on-26th-birthday/|author=Froyd, Crissy|website=TitansWire.USAToday.com|date=January 5, 2020|access-date=January 11, 2020|archive-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111185704/https://titanswire.usatoday.com/2020/01/05/titans-rb-derrick-henry-records-historical-performance-on-26th-birthday/|url-status=live}}
1995 – Sarah Nurse, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Sarah Nurse |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/stats/joueur/75 |website=thepwhl.com |access-date=January 3, 2025}}
1995 – Adam Webster, English footballer{{cite web|title=Adam Webster|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/9426/Adam-Webster/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=5 January 2025}}
1996 – Michael Dickson, Australian gridiron football player{{cite web |title=Michael Dickson |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3929851/michael-dickson |publisher=ESPN |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061241/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3929851/michael-dickson |url-status=live }}
1996 – Jackson Hastings, Australian rugby league player{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jackson-hastings/summary.html|title=Jackson Hastings - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2019-02-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222155402/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jackson-hastings/summary.html|url-status=live}}
1996 – Marcus Ingvartsen, Danish footballer{{cite web|title=Marcus Ingvartsen|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/marcus-ingvartsen/269934/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2025}}
1996 – Jasmine Paolini, Italian tennis player{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/319280/jasmine-paolini|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Jasmine Paolini|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|access-date=17 October 2022|archive-date=16 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016202452/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/319280/jasmine-paolini|url-status=live}}
1997 – Angeliño, Spanish footballer{{cite web|title=Angeliño|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/10467/Angeli%C3%B1o/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=5 January 2025}}
1997 – Ante Žižić, Croatian basketball player{{cite web|url=https://www.nba.com/players/ante/zizic/1627790|title=NBA|website=NBA.com|access-date=5 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605090041/https://www.nba.com/players/ante/zizic/1627790|archive-date=5 June 2019|url-status=live}}
1998 – Coco Jones, American singer-songwriter and actress
1998 – Arnoldas Kulboka, Lithuanian basketball player{{cite web |title=Arnoldas Kulboka |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629083/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061242/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629083/career |url-status=live }}
1998 – Rodrigo Garro, Argentine footballer{{cite web|title=Rodrigo Garro|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/rodrigo-garro/534453/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2025}}
1998 – Liza Soberano, Filipina actress{{cite news|last1=Umerez|first1=Remy|title=Betting on Liza Soberano|url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/10/26/1384457/betting-liza-soberano|access-date=January 16, 2016|work=The Philippine Star|date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924185948/http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2014/10/26/1384457/betting-liza-soberano|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}
1999 – Daniel Arzani, Iranian-Australian footballer{{cite web|title=Daniel Arzani|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/daniel-arzani/424432/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2025}}
1999 – Nico Hischier, Swiss ice hockey player{{Cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/nico-hischier-8480002|title=Nico Hischier Stats and News|website=NHL.com|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2021-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116035949/https://www.nhl.com/player/nico-hischier-8480002|url-status=live}}
1999 – Jaeman Salmon, Australian rugby league player{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jaeman-salmon/summary.html|title=Jaeman Salmon - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2020-12-31|archive-date=2020-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031012946/https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/jaeman-salmon/summary.html|url-status=live}}
1999 – Collin Sexton, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Collin Sexton |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629012/collin-sexton |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=3 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103061240/https://www.nba.com/player/1629012/collin-sexton |url-status=live }}
2000 – Max Aarons, English footballer{{cite web|title=Max Aarons|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/19970/Max-Aarons/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=5 January 2025}}
2001 – Odilon Kossounou, Ivorian footballer{{cite web|title=Odilon Kossounou|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/odilon-kossounou|website=Bundesliga|access-date=5 January 2025}}
2001 – Lola Young, English singer and songwriter{{cite web |title=Lola Young |url=https://music.apple.com/bg/artist/lola-young/452271760 |website=Apple Music |access-date=January 3, 2025}}
2003 – Jaeden Martell, American actor
2004 – Victor Wembanyama, French basketball player{{cite web |title=Victor Wembanyama |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1641705/victor-wembanyama |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=3 January 2024 |archive-date=6 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006160834/https://www.nba.com/player/1641705/victor-wembanyama |url-status=live }}
2005 – Dafne Keen, British-Spanish actress{{cite web |last1=Toufexi |first1=Ioanna |last2=Della Sala |first2=Sofia |title=His Dark Materials season 3: Who is Lyra actor Dafne Keen |url=https://www.oxfordshirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/dark-materials-season-3-who-6640892 |publisher=Oxfordshire Live |access-date=3 January 2023 |date=11 February 2022 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103064722/https://www.oxfordshirelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/dark-materials-season-3-who-6640892 |url-status=live }}
2005 – Rob Dillingham, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Rob Dillingham |date=6 July 2023 |url=https://ukathletics.com/sports/mbball/roster/player/dillinham-rob/ |publisher=Kentucky Wildcats |access-date=4 January 2024 |archive-date=19 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219203610/https://ukathletics.com/sports/mbball/roster/player/dillinham-rob/ |url-status=live }}
2006 – Marc Guiu, Spanish footballer{{cite web |title=Marc Guiu - Chelsea Forward - ESPN |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/363038/marc-guiu |website=ESPN |access-date=January 3, 2025}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

871 – Æthelwulf, Saxon ealdorman
874 – Hasan al-Askari, eleventh of the Twelve Imams (probable;Shareef al-Qurashi, Baqir (2005). The Life of Imam Al-Hasan Al-Askari. Translation by: Abdullah al-Shahin. Ansariyan Publications – Qum. b. 846)
1248 – Sancho II of Portugal (born 1209){{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Portugal |volume= 22 |last= Prestage |first= Edgar |author-link= Edgar Prestage | pages = 134–163l see page 141 |quote= Sancho II, 1223–1248....[final sentence]...Sancho II. retired to Toledo, where he died in January 1248}}
1344 – Robert de Lisle, 1st Baron Lisle, English peer (born 1288){{cite book|author=Kathryn Ann Smith|title=Art, Identity and Devotion in Fourteenth-century England: Three Women and Their Books of Hours|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gc7FfUF5WJcC&pg=PA4|year=2003|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8691-4|pages=4–12}}
1399 – Nicholas Eymerich, Catalan theologian and inquisitor{{cite book|author=E. Michael Gerli|title=Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=euVJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA317|date=4 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-77162-0|pages=317}}
1424 – Muzio Sforza, Italian condottiero (born 1369){{cite book|author1=Philippe de Commynes|author2=Jean de Troyes|title=The memoirs of Philippe de Commines, Lord of Argenton: containing the histories of Louis XI and Charles VIII, Kings of France and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy|url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsofphilipd02commiala|year=1856|publisher=Henry G. Bohn|pages=[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofphilipd02commiala/page/112 112]–}}
1428 – Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (born 1370){{cite book|author=Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG|title=Künker Auktion 130 - The De Wit Collection of Medieval Coins, 1000 Years of European Coinage, Part II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O5xn6T-TZIcC&pg=PA302|publisher=Numismatischer Verlag Künker|pages=302|id=GGKEY:9RD0Y1RF51U}}
1584 – Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and illustrator (born 1539){{cite book|author1=Landesarchiv zu Karlsruhe|author2=Badische Historische Kommission|author3=Oberrheinische Historische Kommission|title=Zeitschrift für die Geschichte des Oberrheins|publisher=G. Braun|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_yWQKAAAAIAAJ|year=1905|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_yWQKAAAAIAAJ/page/n710 680]|language=de}}

=1601–1900=

1604 – Ferenc Nádasdy, Hungarian noble (born 1555){{cite book|author=R. T. McNally|title=Dracula Was a Woman: In Search of the Blood Countess of Transylvania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QbInAAAAYAAJ|year=1983|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-07-045671-6|page=38}}
1695 – François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, French general (born 1628){{cite book|author=Louis de Rouvroy duc de Saint-Simon|title=The Memoirs of the Duke of Saint-Simon: On the Reign of Louis XIV and the Regency|url=https://archive.org/details/memoirsofdukeofs01sainiala|year=1857|publisher=Chapman & Hall|pages=[https://archive.org/details/memoirsofdukeofs01sainiala/page/76 76]}}
1761 – Stephen Hales, English clergyman and physiologist (born 1677){{cite book|author=Thomas Allen|title=The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Other Parts Adjacent: Continued to the Present Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9OdMRnDuAgIC&pg=PA124|year=1839|publisher=G. Virtue|pages=124}}
1782 – Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed École Militaire (born 1698){{cite book|author=Christopher Tadgell|title=Ange-Jacques Gabriel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rFJQAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=A. Zwemmer|page=3|isbn=9780302027813}}
1786 – Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher and theologian (born 1729){{cite book|author=Alexander Altmann|title=Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwdhTEW18j8C&pg=PT272|year=1992|publisher=UPNE|pages=272–|id=GGKEY:JWF64DT7EQP}}
1804 – Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (born 1730){{cite book|author=Charlotte Lennox|title=The Life of Harriot Stuart, Written by Herself|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=91lqeKJcZe8C&pg=PA16|year=1995|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-8386-3579-7|pages=16}}
1821 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint (born 1774){{cite book|author=Lawrence G. Lovasik|title=Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton|url=https://archive.org/details/saintelizabethan00lova|url-access=registration|date=May 1980|publisher=Catholic Book Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-89942-297-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/saintelizabethan00lova/page/31 31]}}
1825 – Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (born 1751){{cite book|title=Ernesti - Frustum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U_9eAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP239|year=1838|publisher=Knight|pages=231}}
1863 – Roger Hanson, American general (born 1827){{cite book|author1=John Winston Coleman|author2=John Lyde Wilson|title=Famous Kentucky duels|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EHwWAQAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Henry Clay Press|page=95|isbn=9780876420065}}
1874 – Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (born 1798){{cite book|title=The Australian Encyclopaedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rtEiAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Grolier Society of Australia|isbn=978-0-9596604-0-1|page=225}}
1877 – Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman and philanthropist (born 1794){{cite book|author=Pennsylvania|title=Legislative Documents, Comprising the Department and Other Reports Made to the Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania During the Session of ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CmRDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA251|year=1877|publisher=State printer|pages=251}}
1880 – Anselm Feuerbach, German painter and educator (born 1829){{cite book|author=Richard Muther|title=The History of Modern Painting|url=https://archive.org/details/historymodernpa01muthgoog|year=1895|publisher=Henry and Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historymodernpa01muthgoog/page/n607 588]}}
1880 – Edward William Cooke, English painter and illustrator (born 1811){{cite book|author=Edmund Burke|title=Annual Register|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-x3I94qMGEC|year=1881|page=137}}
1882 – John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (born 1811){{cite book|title=The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions|url=https://archive.org/details/pharmaceuticaljo3121unse|year=1882|publisher=J. & A. Churchill.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/pharmaceuticaljo3121unse/page/640 640]}}
1883 – Antoine Chanzy, French general (born 1823){{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Chanzy, Antoine Eugène Alfred |volume= 05 | page = 849; lines three and four from end |quote= He died suddenly, while commanding the VI. army corps....at Châlons-sur-Marne, on the 4th of January 1883}}
1891 – Antoine Labelle, Canadian priest (born 1833){{cite book|author=Francess G. Halpenny|title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-wicQs5ZB0C&pg=PA503|year=1990|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-8020-3460-1|pages=503}}
1896 – Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German bishop and academic (born 1821){{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Reinkens, Joseph Hubert |volume= 23 | page = 57; see last line |quote= He died at Bonn on the 4th of January 1896.}}
1900 – Stanisław Mieroszewski, Polish-born politician, writer, historian and member of the Imperial Council of Austria (born 1827){{cite web|url=http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_M/Mieroszewski_Stanislaw_1827_1900.xml|title=Mieroszewski (Mieroszowski) Stanisław|work=Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon|language=de|access-date=Sep 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829234436/http://www.biographien.ac.at/oebl/oebl_M/Mieroszewski_Stanislaw_1827_1900.xml|archive-date=August 29, 2019|url-status=live}}

=1901–present=

1904 – Anna Winlock, American astronomer and academic (born 1857){{cite book|title=The Churchman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9pROAQAAMAAJ|year=1904|publisher=Churchman Company|page=126}}
1910 – Léon Delagrange, French pilot and sculptor (born 1873){{cite book|title=The World Almanac and Book of Facts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BjMfAQAAMAAJ|year=1911|publisher=Press Publishing Company, (The New York World)|page=444}}
1912 – Clarence Dutton, American geologist and soldier (born 1841){{cite book|author=Richard P. Harmond|title=Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BdFuHC3DhwAC&pg=PA232|year=1997|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-23047-9|pages=232}}
1919 – Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (born 1843){{cite book|author1=University of Chicago|author2=Walter Yust|title=The Encyclopædia Britannica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sLImAQAAMAAJ|year=1937|publisher=The Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Ltd|page=525}}
1920 – Benito Pérez Galdós, Spanish author and playwright (born 1843){{cite book|author=Robert J. Weber|title=The Miau Manuscript of Benito Pérez Galdós: A Critical Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WFKTTdFsPVgC&pg=PA14|year=1964|publisher=University of California Press|pages=14}}
1924 – Alfred Grünfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1852){{cite book|author=Albert Ernest Wier|title=The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nx8KAQAAMAAJ|year=1938|publisher=Macmillan|page=725}}
1925 – Nellie Cashman, American nurse, restaurateur, entrepreneur, and gold prospector (born 1845){{cite book|author=Judy Barrett Litoff|title=European Immigrant Women in the United States: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZyYa0cAPbkC&pg=PA52|year=1994|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8240-5306-2|pages=52|access-date=2019-08-16|archive-date=2024-01-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104123228/https://books.google.com/books?id=1ZyYa0cAPbkC&pg=PA52#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}
1927 – Süleyman Nazif, Turkish poet and civil servant (born 1870){{cite web |url=http://ansiklopedi.turkcebilgi.com/Süleyman_Nazif |publisher=Türkçe Bilgi-Ansiklopedi |title=Süleyman Nazif Hakkında Bilgi |access-date=2008-11-09 |language=tr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214205803/http://ansiklopedi.turkcebilgi.com/S%C3%BCleyman_Nazif |archive-date=2009-02-14 |url-status=live }}
1931 – Art Acord, American actor and stuntman (born 1890){{cite book|author1=Donald W. McCaffrey|author2=Christopher P. Jacobs|title=Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/guidetosilentyea00mcca|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30345-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/guidetosilentyea00mcca/page/17 17]}}
1931 – Louise, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom (born 1867){{cite book|author=Brian North Lee|title=British Royal Bookplates: And Ex-Libris of Related Families|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JxbhAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Brookfield, Vt., USA|isbn=978-0-85967-883-4|page=139}}
1931 – Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Indian Muslim activist (born 1878){{cite web|url=http://storyofpakistan.com/maulana-muhammad-ali-jouhar|title=Mohammad Ali Jauhar profile|website=Storyofpakistan.com website|archive-date=30 October 2018|access-date=5 September 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030191816/http://storyofpakistan.com/maulana-muhammad-ali-jouhar}}
1941 – Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859){{cite book|author=Simon Glendinning|title=The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJwwL6wBOqwC&pg=PA214|year=1999|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-57958-152-7|pages=214}}
1943 – Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (born 1911){{cite web |title=70th anniversary of the death of Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, hero of Poland and Greece |url=https://www.udskior.gov.pl/70th,anniversary,of,the,death,of,Jerzy,Iwanow,Szajnowicz,hero,of,Poland,and,Greece,515.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518073744/https://www.udskior.gov.pl/70th%2Canniversary%2Cof%2Cthe%2Cdeath%2Cof%2CJerzy%2CIwanow%2CSzajnowicz%2Chero%2Cof%2CPoland%2Cand%2CGreece%2C515.html |archive-date=18 May 2015 |access-date=28 April 2015 |publisher=Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression}}
1943 – Marina Raskova, Russian pilot and navigator (born 1912){{cite encyclopedia|editor=Commire, Anne|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=6|year=2002|publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group|location=Waterford|isbn=978-0-78764-075-0|page=563}}
1944 – Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (born 1898)Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer, 1960. Retrieved 23.3.13
1960 – Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1913){{cite book|author=D. Drake|title=Intellectuals and Politics in Post-War France|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rfpZCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA120|date=11 November 2001|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-50963-4|pages=120}}
1961 – Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887){{cite book|title=Acta Physica Polonica: B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J7EfAQAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe|page=684}}
1965 – T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888){{cite web|url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/thomas-stearns-eliot|title=Thomas Stearns Eliot|website=Westminster Abbey|access-date=5 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605090044/https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/thomas-stearns-eliot|archive-date=5 June 2019|url-status=live}}
1967 – Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (born 1921){{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6DhWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5871%2C1363609 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Speed king dies in crash |date=5 January 1967 |page=13 |access-date=5 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501145126/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6DhWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7ugDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5871,1363609 |archive-date=1 May 2016 |url-status=live }}
1969 – Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (born 1935){{cite book|author=Music Hound|title=Jazz: The Essential Album Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JjWAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Music Sales Corporation|isbn=978-0-8256-7253-8|access-date=2019-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905223704/https://books.google.com/books?id=3JjWAAAAMAAJ|archive-date=2017-09-05|url-status=live}}
1975 – Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (born 1902){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/05/archives/carlo-levi-dies-in-rome-at-72-wrote-christ-stopped-at-eboli-book.html|title=Carlo Levi dies in Rome at 72|date=5 January 1975|website=New York Times|access-date=18 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818161600/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/01/05/archives/carlo-levi-dies-in-rome-at-72-wrote-christ-stopped-at-eboli-book.html|archive-date=18 August 2019|url-status=live}}
1985 – Brian Horrocks, Indian-English general (born 1895){{cite book|author1=Patricia Burgess|author2=Roland Turner|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70sYAAAAIAAJ|year=1988|publisher=St. Martin's|page=27|isbn=9780912289823|access-date=2019-08-16|archive-date=2023-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415041646/https://books.google.com/books?id=70sYAAAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
1986 – Christopher Isherwood, English-American author and academic (born 1904){{cite book|author=David Garrett Izzo|title=Christopher Isherwood: His Era, His Gang, and the Legacy of the Truly Strong Man|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mPkBlBCmfbsC&pg=PA261|year=2001|publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press|isbn=978-1-57003-403-9|pages=261}}
1986 – Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (born 1949){{Cite book|last=Putterford|first=Mark|title=Philip Lynott: The Rocker|publisher=Castle Communications|year=1994|isbn=1-898141-50-9|pages=291–297}}
1988 – Lily Laskine, French harp player (born 1893){{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|url=https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist09comm|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4068-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/womeninworldhist09comm/page/179 179]}}
1990 – Harold Eugene Edgerton, American engineer and academic (born 1903){{cite book|author=National Academy of Engineering|title=Memorial Tributes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vXk44Q-vAXsC&pg=PT75|date=1 February 1991|publisher=National Academies|pages=63|id=NAP:14725}}
1990 – Henry Bolte, Australian politician, 38th Premier of Victoria (born 1908){{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=Dunstan |first=David |id2=bolte-sir-henry-edward-12227 |title=Bolte, Sir Henry Edward (1908–1990) |access-date=2020-07-17}}
1994 – R. D. Burman, Indian film composer and music director (born 1939){{cite book|author1=Balaji Vittal|author2=Anirudha Bhattacharjee|title=R. D. Burman -The Man, The Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tg49WV0j0IAC&pg=PT12|date=21 July 2012|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers India|isbn=978-93-5029-236-5|pages=12}}
1995 – Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (born 1942){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/05/obituaries/eduardo-mata-is-dead-at-52-conducted-dallas-symphony.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=78B4F41083DC815E7EAEF32D49806CF1&gwt=pay|title=Eduardo Mata Is Dead at 52; Conducted Dallas Symphony|date=5 January 1995|author=Allan Kozinn|website=New York Times|access-date=18 July 2019|archive-date=3 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903184830/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/05/obituaries/eduardo-mata-is-dead-at-52-conducted-dallas-symphony.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=78B4F41083DC815E7EAEF32D49806CF1&gwt=pay|url-status=live}}
1995 – Sol Tax, American anthropologist and academic (born 1907){{cite book|title=Guatemala Scholars Network news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m7wMAAAAYAAJ|year=1995|publisher=The Network}}
1997 – Harry Helmsley, American businessman (born 1909){{cite book|author=Elizabeth A. Schick|title=Current Biography Yearbook, 1997|url=https://archive.org/details/currentbiography00eliz|url-access=registration|date=1 December 1997|publisher=H.W. Wilson|isbn=978-0-8242-0938-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/currentbiography00eliz/page/664 664]}}
1998 – Mae Questel, American actress (born 1908){{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E5sHAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-0748-4|page=185|access-date=2019-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306201914/https://books.google.com/books?id=E5sHAQAAMAAJ|archive-date=2017-03-06|url-status=live}}
1999 – Iron Eyes Cody, American actor and stuntman (born 1904){{cite book|author=Harris M. Lentz|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7gHAQAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-0748-4|page=45}}
2001 – Les Brown, American bandleader and composer (born 1912){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/06/arts/les-brown-swing-bandleader-dies-at-88.html|title=Les Brown, swing bandleader, dies at 88|website=New York Times|author=Richard Severo|date=6 January 2001|access-date=21 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721144806/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/06/arts/les-brown-swing-bandleader-dies-at-88.html|archive-date=21 July 2019|url-status=live}}
2004 – Brian Gibson, English director and screenwriter (born 1944){{cite web|last=Bardach|first=Ann Louise|title=Brian Gibson|date=7 January 2004|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/07/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|access-date=8 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603230727/http://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/07/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|archive-date=3 June 2016|url-status=live}}
2004 – Joan Aiken, English author (born 1924){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/07/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Joan Aiken|date=7 January 2004|author=Julia Eccleshare|website=The Guardian|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726210919/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/07/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|archive-date=26 July 2019|url-status=live}}
2004 – John Toland, American historian and author (born 1912){{cite news|last=Barnes |first=Bart |date=6 January 2004 |title=Historian John Toland Dies |newspaper=The Washington Post |page=B05 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/01/06/historian-john-toland-dies/3b15b0cb-82b5-4db9-af53-ecadaef103d9/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701111720/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/01/06/historian-john-toland-dies/3b15b0cb-82b5-4db9-af53-ecadaef103d9/ |archive-date=1 July 2018 |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=2269358 }}
2005 – Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (born 1924){{cite web|url=https://vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/norman-poile-1065712741|title=Norman Robert Poile|date=January 4, 2005|website=Vancouver Sun|access-date=10 August 2019}}
2005 – Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (born 1921){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/25/obituaries/frank-harary-83-a-top-scholar-on-a-mathematical-specialty-dies.html|title=Frank Harary, 83, a top scholar on a mathematical specialty, dies|date=25 January 2005|website=New York Times|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810120014/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/25/obituaries/frank-harary-83-a-top-scholar-on-a-mathematical-specialty-dies.html|archive-date=10 August 2019|url-status=live}}
2005 – Humphrey Carpenter, English radio host and author (born 1946){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jan/05/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Humphrey Carpenter|date=5 January 2005|author=John Kelly|website=The Guardian|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726210921/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jan/05/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|archive-date=26 July 2019|url-status=live}}
2005 – Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian (born 1919){{cite news |last=Noble |first=Holcomb |title=Robert Heilbroner, Writer and Economist, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/obituaries/12heilbroner.html |access-date=9 August 2019 |newspaper=New York Times |date=2005-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120102013252/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/12/obituaries/12heilbroner.html |archive-date=2 January 2012 |url-status=live }}
2006 – Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (born 1912){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jan/23/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|title=Irving Layton|author=Cathryn Atkinson|date=23 January 2006|website=The Guardian|access-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809103832/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/jan/23/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries|archive-date=9 August 2019|url-status=live}}
2006 – Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emirati politician, 1st Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (born 1946){{Cite web|title = Sheikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum dies|url = http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/government/shaikh-maktoum-bin-rashid-al-maktoum-dies-1.220506|website = gulfnews.com|access-date = 2015-05-21|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150925003623/http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/government/shaikh-maktoum-bin-rashid-al-maktoum-dies-1.220506|archive-date = 2015-09-25}}
2006 – Milton Himmelfarb, American sociographer, author, and academic (born 1918){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/nyregion/milton-himmelfarb-wry-essayist-87-dies.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=A3BCA183B8D7229E51393157A9E5CA5E&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL|title=Milton Himmelfarb, wry essayist, 87, dies|date=15 January 2006|website=New York Times|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-date=20 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120225212/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/nyregion/milton-himmelfarb-wry-essayist-87-dies.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=A3BCA183B8D7229E51393157A9E5CA5E&gwt=pay&assetType=REGIWALL|url-status=live}}
2007 – Helen Hill, American director and producer (born 1970){{cite web |title=Who We Are |url=http://silenceisviolence.org/about/ |website=silenceisviolence.org |publisher=Silence Is Violence |access-date=2022-05-27 |archive-date=2022-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704211609/https://silenceisviolence.org/about/ |url-status=live }}
2007 – Marais Viljoen, South African politician, 5th State President of South Africa (born 1915){{cite news |url=http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__national/&articleid=294991 |title=Former state president Marais Viljoen passes away |work=Mail & Guardian |date=5 January 2007 |access-date=2007-01-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312053623/http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=%2Fbreaking_news%2Fbreaking_news__national%2F&articleid=294991 |archive-date=12 March 2007 }}
2008 – Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (born 1932){{cite web|url=http://ticotimes.net/2008/01/11/founder-publisher-of-el-nuevo-diario-dies-at-75|title=Founder, Publisher of El Nuevo Diario Dies at 75|date=January 11, 2008|website=The Tico Times|access-date=21 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721144808/http://ticotimes.net/2008/01/11/founder-publisher-of-el-nuevo-diario-dies-at-75|archive-date=21 July 2019|url-status=live}}
2009 – Gert Jonke, Austrian poet, playwright, and author (born 1946){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2009/jan/06/gert-jonke-novel|title=Gert Jonke, a novelist against the times|date=6 January 2009|author=Guy Dammann|website=The Guardian|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726210925/https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2009/jan/06/gert-jonke-novel|archive-date=26 July 2019|url-status=live}}
2010 – Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname (born 1910){{in lang|nl}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110717121518/http://www.dbsuriname.com/archief/nat/2010/jan10/11-01-10/Nat_Johan%20Ferrier%2C%20eerste%20Chief%20Scout%20Suriname.asp Johan Ferrier, eerste Chief Scout Suriname]. dbsuriname.com. 11 January 2010
2010 – Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer (born 1916){{Cite news|author=Richard Lloyd Parry|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6978319.ece|title=Tsutomu Yamaguchi, victim of Japan's two atomic bombs, dies aged 93|newspaper=The Times|date=2010-01-07|access-date=2019-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716091710/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6978319.ece|archive-date=2011-07-16|url-status=dead}}
2011 – Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (born 1937){{cite web|url=https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/artikel/3138616/voetballegende-coen-moulijn-overleden|title=Voetballegende Coen Moulijn overleden|date=4 January 2011|website=RTL Nieuws|language=nl|access-date=20 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620121422/https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/artikel/3138616/voetballegende-coen-moulijn-overleden|archive-date=20 June 2019|url-status=live}}
2011 – Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1947){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/04/gerry-rafferty-obituary|title=Gerry Rafferty obituary|date=4 January 2011|author=Michael Gray|website=The Guardian|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411103205/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/04/gerry-rafferty-obituary|archive-date=11 April 2019|url-status=live}}
2011 – Salmaan Taseer, Pakistani businessman and politician, 26th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan (born 1944){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/12/salmaan-taseer-obituary|title=Salmaan Taseer obituary|author=Declan Walsh|date=12 January 2011|website=The Guardian|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810120015/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/12/salmaan-taseer-obituary|archive-date=10 August 2019|url-status=live}}
2012 – Eve Arnold, American photographer and journalist (born 1912){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/jan/05/photographer-eve-arnold-dies|title=Photographer Eve Arnold dies aged 99|author=Maev Kennedy|date=5 January 2012|website=The Guardian|access-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810120015/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/jan/05/photographer-eve-arnold-dies|archive-date=10 August 2019|url-status=live}}
2012 – Rod Robbie, English-Canadian architect, designed the Canadian Pavilion and Rogers Centre (born 1928){{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/skydome-and-expo-67-architect-rod-robbie-dead/article4085354/|title=SkyDome and Expo '67 architect Rod Robbie dead|date=4 January 2012|author=James Adams|website=Toronto Globe and Mail|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505154741/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/skydome-and-expo-67-architect-rod-robbie-dead/article4085354/|archive-date=5 May 2018|url-status=live}}
2013 – Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (born 1931){{cite web|url=https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/01/06/ex-paf-chief-anwar-shamim-laid-to-rest-with-military-honours/|title=Ex-PAF chief Anwar Shamim laid to rest with military honours|date=6 January 2013|website=Pakistan Today|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216163351/https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/01/06/ex-paf-chief-anwar-shamim-laid-to-rest-with-military-honours/|archive-date=16 December 2018|url-status=live}}
2013 – Zoran Žižić, Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1951){{cite web|url=http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Drustvo/361165/Preminuo-Zoran-Zizic-premijer-SR-Jugoslavije|title=Preminuo Zoran Žižić, bivši premijer SR Jugoslavije|date=4 January 2013|language=bs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125023217/http://www.blic.rs/Vesti/Drustvo/361165/Preminuo-Zoran-Zizic-premijer-SR-Jugoslavije|archive-date=25 January 2013}}
2015 – Pino Daniele, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1955){{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/pino-daniele-singer-songwriter-and-guitarist-whose-work-fused-blues-jazz-rock-and-the-traditional-9988838.html|title=Pino Daniele: Singer, songwriter and guitarist whose work fused blues, jazz, rock and the traditional music of Naples|date=19 January 2015|author=Frances D'Emilio|website=The Independent|access-date=13 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821195754/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/pino-daniele-singer-songwriter-and-guitarist-whose-work-fused-blues-jazz-rock-and-the-traditional-9988838.html|archive-date=21 August 2019|url-status=live}}
2016 – S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (born 1947){{cite web | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-chief-justice-of-india-sh-kapadia-passes-away/articleshow/50450344.cms | title=Former chief justice of India SH Kapadia passes away | work=The Economic Times | date=5 January 2015 | access-date=20 June 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225104604/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-chief-justice-of-india-sh-kapadia-passes-away/articleshow/50450344.cms | archive-date=25 February 2019 | url-status=live }}
2016 – Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (born 1939){{Cite news|title = Stephen W. Bosworth, three-time U.S. ambassador, dies at 76|url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/stephen-w-bosworth-three-time-us-ambassador-dies-at-76/2016/01/06/5c437be2-b489-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html|newspaper = The Washington Post|date = 2016-01-06|access-date = 2016-01-07|issn = 0190-8286|first = Emily|last = Langer|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160107144040/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/stephen-w-bosworth-three-time-us-ambassador-dies-at-76/2016/01/06/5c437be2-b489-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html|archive-date = 2016-01-07|url-status = live}}
2017 – Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (born 1918){{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/bruins-legend-milt-schmidt-obituary/c-285331360|title=Milt Schmidt, Bruins legend, dies at 98|website=NHL|date=January 4, 2017|access-date=4 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604130904/https://www.nhl.com/news/bruins-legend-milt-schmidt-obituary/c-285331360|archive-date=4 June 2019|url-status=live}}
2017 – Georges Prêtre, French orchestral and opera conductor (born 1924){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/05/georges-pretre-obituary|title=Georges Prêtre obituary|date=5 January 2017|author=Roger Nichols|website=The Guardian|access-date=28 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228192120/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/05/georges-pretre-obituary|archive-date=28 February 2019|url-status=live}}
2019 – Harold Brown, 14th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1927){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/obituaries/harold-brown-dead.html|title=Harold Brown, Defense Secretary in Carter Administration, Dies at 91|last=McFadden|first=Robert D.|work=The New York Times |date=January 5, 2019|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202204210/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/05/obituaries/harold-brown-dead.html|archive-date=February 2, 2019|url-status=live}}
2020 – Tom Long, Australian actor (born 1968){{cite news|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=5 January 2020|title=Australian actor Tom Long dies: report|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/australian-actor-tom-long-dies-report-20200105-p53ow3.html|access-date=4 March 2020|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025203037/https://www.smh.com.au/culture/tv-and-radio/australian-actor-tom-long-dies-report-20200105-p53ow3.html|url-status=live}}
2021 – Tanya Roberts, American actress (born 1949){{cite news|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=5 January 2021|title=Tanya Roberts, 'That '70s Show' star, dies at 65 a day after her death was prematurely announced|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tanya-roberts-70s-show-star-dies-65-day-after-her-n1252839|access-date=4 March 2021|archive-date=5 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105193536/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tanya-roberts-70s-show-star-dies-65-day-after-her-n1252839|url-status=live}}
2023 – Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier and Olympic champion (born 1950){{cite web | title=Olympic skiing champion Rosi Mittermaier dies at 72 | website=AP NEWS | date=5 January 2023 | url=https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-sports-alpine-skiing-canada-659ebfb756129f8eaa07a47f9488633d | access-date=5 January 2023 | archive-date=5 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105103753/https://apnews.com/article/winter-olympics-sports-alpine-skiing-canada-659ebfb756129f8eaa07a47f9488633d | url-status=live }}
2024 – Glynis Johns, British actress and singer (born 1923){{cite web|title=Glynis Johns, most known for role in 'Mary Poppins,' dies at 100|url=https://abc7.com/glynis-johns-actress-dies-mary-poppins/14274026/|publisher=ABC7|date=4 January 2024|access-date=4 January 2024|archive-date=4 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104190142/https://abc7.com/glynis-johns-actress-dies-mary-poppins/14274026/|url-status=live}}
2024 – David Soul, American-British actor and singer (born 1943){{Cite web|first1=Charlotte|last1=Gallagher|first2=Mark|last2=Savage|title=David Soul: Starsky & Hutch actor dies aged 80|date=5 January 2024|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67895679|access-date=5 January 2024|publisher=BBC News|archive-date=5 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105145244/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-67895679|url-status=live}}
2024 – Christian Oliver, German actor (born 1972){{cite magazine|last=Moreau|first=Justin|title='Speed Racer' Actor Christian Oliver and His Two Young Daughters Killed in Caribbean Plane Crash |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/christian-oliver-dead-plane-crash-caribbean-1235862628/|magazine=Variety|date=5 January 2024|access-date=7 January 2024}}

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
Angela of Foligno{{cite book |last1=Marrone |first1=Gaetana |title=Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies: A-J |date=2007 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-57958-390-3 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=69ey6Z-05fMC&pg=PA43}}
Elizabeth Ann Seton{{cite book |last1=Schauber |first1=Vera |last2=Schindler |first2=Michael |title=101 Saints and Special People |date=2003 |publisher=Don Bosco Publications |isbn=978-0-9544539-1-6 |page=136 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=46MZk93Gej4C&pg=PT136}}
Ferréol of Uzès{{cite web |title=Name Ferreolus |url=https://catholicsaints.info/tag/name-ferreolus/ |website=CatholicSaints.Info |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802033508/https://catholicsaints.info/tag/name-ferreolus/ |url-status=live }}
Mavilus{{cite book |last1=Felix |first1=Minucius |title=Apologetical Works; Octavius |date=2010 |publisher=CUA Press |isbn=978-0-8132-1110-7 |page=156 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ys1rm5KKl-8C&pg=PA156}}
Pharaildis of GhentWatkins 2015, p. 604
RigobertWatkins 2015, p. 643
January 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
The eleventh of the Twelve Days of Christmas. (Western Christianity){{cite web |title=When do the 12 days of Christmas start and what do they all celebrate? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2017/12/01/when-do-the-12-days-of-christmas-start-and-what-do-they-all-celebrate-7124109/ |website=Metro |access-date=25 May 2020|date=1 December 2017 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603072957/https://metro.co.uk/2017/12/01/when-do-the-12-days-of-christmas-start-and-what-do-they-all-celebrate-7124109/ |url-status=live }}
Independence Day (Myanmar), celebrates the independence of Myanmar from the United Kingdom in 1948.{{cite book |last1=Leifer |first1=Michael |title=Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia |date=2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-12945-3 |page=65 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UCl7VE4VMIC&pg=PA65}}
Colonial Martyrs Repression Day (Angola){{cite book |last1=James |first1=W. Martin |title=Historical Dictionary of Angola |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-1123-9 |page=255 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtJKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA255}}
Day of the Martyrs (Democratic Republic of the Congo){{cite web |title=Martyrs Day- Day of Independence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo |url=https://www.nyantendefoundation.org/single-post/2017/01/17/Martyrs-Day--Day-of-Independence-in-the-Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo |website=nyantendefoundation |access-date=25 May 2020|archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802005231/https://www.nyantendefoundation.org/single-post/2017/01/17/Martyrs-Day--Day-of-Independence-in-the-Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo |url-status=dead }}
Ogoni Day (Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People){{cite web |title=UNPO: On Ogoni Day, UNPO Strongly Condemns Nigerian Government's Non-Commitment to Niger Delta Clean Up |url=https://unpo.org/article/20540 |website=unpo.org |date=2 November 2009 |access-date=25 May 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801222935/https://unpo.org/article/20540 |url-status=live }}
Tokyo Dome Show: The annual Wrestle Kingdom event run by New Japan Pro-Wrestling{{cite web |title=NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 date, card, matches, start time, Tokyo Dome show, location |url=https://www.cbssports.com/wwe/news/njpw-wrestle-kingdom-13-date-card-matches-start-time-tokyo-dome-show-location/ |website=CBSSports.com |date=3 January 2019 |access-date=25 May 2020}}
World Braille Day{{cite web |title=World Braille Day |url=https://www.un.org/en/observances/braille-day |website=United Nations |access-date=25 May 2020}}

Notes

{{cite book |last1=Watkins |first1=Basil |title=The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary |date=2015 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-567-66456-3 |page=604 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kE6TCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA604}}

References

External links

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/4 BBC: On This Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070118215159/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/4 |date=2007-01-18 }}
{{NYT On this day|month=1|day=4}}
[https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/4 Historical Events on January 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620140035/https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/4 |date=2020-06-20 }}

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