January 5
January 5 this yearin various calendars Akan Fodwo Armenian 19 Arach 1475 Aztec Huei Tozoztli 15, 9 Calli Babylonian 15 Kislimu, 2336 SE Balinese pawukon Luang, Pepet, Pasah, Jaya, Paing, Tungleh, Coma of Merakih, Kala, Dangu, Duka Bengali 21 Poush , BS 1432 Chinese Yin Earth Rabbit ・Exntended Net Mansion Wood Snake Year, Month 11 , Day 17Xiaohan , 15 days until Dahan )Common Era 5 January 2026 CE Coptic 27 Koiak , AM 1742Egyptian 24 Pachon , 2774 NE Ethiopian 27 Tākḫśāś, 2018 Amätä Məhrät French Republican Décade II, Sextidi de Nivôse de l'Année 234 de la République Gregorian 5 January , AD 2026 Hebrew 16 Tevet , AM 5786 Hindu Puṣya ・Vaidhṛti Pauṣa , 1947 SE Dvitīyā , Kṛishna pakṣa of Pauṣa , 2082 VE Siddhārthin ・5126 KY ・1,872,580 Icelandic Mánudagur, 13 Mörsugur 2025 Islamic 16 Rajab , AH 1447tabular method ) ISO week date 2026-W02-1 Japanese 17 Shimotsuki , Reiwa 8Shōkan , 15 days until Daikan ) Julian 23 December , AD 2025 (AM 7535)Julian day 2461046 Korean 17 Jwidal , 4358 DE Maya 13.0.13.4.3 1 Muan , 9 Akbal Roman ante diem X Kalendas Ianuarias , MMDCCLXXIX AUC Solar Hijri 15 Dey , SH 1404 Tibetan 17 mgo, shing mo sbrul
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Day of the year
January 5 is the fifth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar ; 360 days remain until the end of the year (361 in leap years ).
Events
1911 – Kappa Alpha Psi , the world's third-oldest and largest black fraternity , is founded at Indiana University .1912 – The sixth All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference ) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.1913 – First Balkan War : The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles , from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.1914 – The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.1919 – The German Workers' Party , which would become the Nazi Party , is founded in Munich .1925 – Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.1933 – Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay .1941 – Amy Johnson , a 37-year-old pilot and the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia, disappears after bailing out of her plane over the River Thames, and is presumed dead.1944 – The Daily Mail London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.1945 – The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland .1948 – The Semiramis Hotel bombing kills at least 23 people.1949 – In his State of the Union address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.1953 – The play Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.1957 – In a speech given to the United States Congress , United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine .1967 – Cultural Revolution : The Shanghai People's Commune is established following the seizure of power from local city officials by revolutionaries.1968 – Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia , effectively beginning the "Prague Spring ".1969 – The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC from Baikonur .1969 – Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes in Fernhill, West Sussex , UK, while on approach to Gatwick Airport , killing 50 people.
1970 – The 7.1 M w Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County , Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme ). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured.1970 – A Spantax Convair CV-990 Coronado crashes during takeoff from Stockholm Arlanda Airport , killing five people.
1972 – US President Richard Nixon announces the Space Shuttle program .1975 – The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania , Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra , killing twelve people.1976 – The Khmer Rouge announce that the new Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea is ratified.1976 – The Troubles : Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh , Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Irish Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists , particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before .
1991 – Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali , the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia , opening the 1991–92 South Ossetia War .1991 – Somali Civil War : The United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu is evacuated by helicopter airlift days after the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu.
1993 – The oil tanker MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.2003 – A suicide bombing at the Tel Aviv central bus station kills 23 people and injures over 100 more.2005 – The dwarf planet Eris is discovered by Palomar Observatory -based astronomers, later motivating the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to define the term planet for the first time.2014 – A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine .2022 – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dismisses Prime Minister Asqar Mamin and declares state of emergency over the 2022 Kazakh unrest .2023 – The 2023 Sinaloa unrest begins.2024 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 makes an emergency landing at Portland International Airport after a door plug blows off the Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating the flight. There are no fatalities, but the accident prompts the 737 MAX to be grounded and renews scrutiny on Boeing's manufacturing and design issues .Births
1620 – Miklós Zrínyi , Croatian military commander (died 1664)1640 – Paolo Lorenzani , Italian composer (died 1713)1735 – Claude Martin , French-English general and explorer (died 1800)1767 – Jean-Baptiste Say , French economist and academic (died 1832)1779 – Stephen Decatur , American commander (died 1820)1779 – Zebulon Pike , American general and explorer (died 1813)
1781 – Gaspar Flores de Abrego , three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (died 1836)1793 – Harvey Putnam , American lawyer and politician (died 1855)1808 – Anton Füster , Austrian priest and activist (died 1881)1834 – William John Wills , English surgeon and explorer (died 1861)1838 – Camille Jordan , French mathematician and academic (died 1922)1846 – Rudolf Christoph Eucken , German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1926)1846 – Mariam Baouardy , Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (died 1878)
1855 – King Camp Gillette , American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (died 1932)1864 – Bob Caruthers , American baseball player and manager (died 1911)1865 – Fatima Cates , British Muslim convert and activist (died 1900)1867 – Dimitrios Gounaris , Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1922)1871 – Frederick Converse , American composer and academic (died 1940)1874 – Joseph Erlanger , American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)1876 – Konrad Adenauer , German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of West Germany (died 1967)1879 – Hans Eppinger , Austrian physician and academic (died 1946)1880 – Nikolai Medtner , Russian pianist and composer (died 1951)1881 – Pablo Gargallo , Spanish sculptor and painter (died 1934)1882 – Herbert Bayard Swope , American journalist (died 1958)1882 – Edwin Barclay , 18th president of Liberia (died 1955)
1885 – Humbert Wolfe , Italian-English poet and civil servant (died 1940)1886 – Markus Reiner , Israeli physicist and engineer (died 1976)1892 – Agnes von Kurowsky , American nurse (died 1984)1893 – Paramahansa Yogananda , Indian-American guru and philosopher (died 1952)1897 – Kiyoshi Miki , Japanese philosopher and author (died 1945)1900 – Yves Tanguy , French-American painter (died 1955)1902 – Hubert Beuve-Méry , French journalist (died 1989)1902 – Stella Gibbons , English journalist and author (died 1989)
1903 – Harold Gatty , Australian pilot and navigator (died 1957)1904 – Jeane Dixon , American astrologer and psychic (died 1997)1904 – Erika Morini , Austrian violinist (died 1995)
1906 – Kathleen Kenyon , English archaeologist and academic (died 1978)1907 – Volmari Iso-Hollo , Finnish athlete (died 1969)1908 – George Dolenz , Italian-American actor (died 1963)1909 – Lucienne Bloch , Swiss-American sculptor, painter, and photographer (died 1995)1909 – Stephen Cole Kleene , American mathematician and computer scientist (died 1994)
1910 – Jack Lovelock , New Zealand runner and journalist (died 1949)1911 – Jean-Pierre Aumont , French actor and screenwriter (died 2001)1914 – Doug Deitz , Australian rugby league player (died 1994)1914 – George Reeves , American actor and director (died 1959)
1915 – Arthur H. Robinson , Canadian geographer and cartographer (died 2004)1917 – Francis L. Kellogg , American businessman and diplomat (died 2006)1917 – Wieland Wagner , German director and producer (died 1966)
1917 – Jane Wyman , American actress (died 2007)
1919 – Hector Abhayavardhana , Sri Lankan theorist and politician (died 2012)1919 – Severino Gazzelloni , Italian flute player (died 1992)
1920 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli , Italian pianist and educator (died 1995)1921 – Friedrich Dürrenmatt , Swiss author and playwright (died 1990)1921 – Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg , Luxembourgish soldier and aristocrat (died 2019)
1921 – John H. Reed , American politician and diplomat, 67th Governor of Maine (died 2012)
1922 – Anthony Synnot , Australian admiral (died 2001)1923 – Virginia Halas McCaskey , American football executive (died 2025)1923 – Sam Phillips , American radio host and producer, founded Sun Records (died 2003)
1925 – Lou Carnesecca , American basketball player and coach (died 2024)1926 – Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam , Singaporean lawyer and politician (died 2008)1926 – Veikko Karvonen , Finnish runner (died 2007)
1926 – W. D. Snodgrass , American poet (died 2009)
1926 – Hosea Williams , American businessman and activist (died 2000)
1927 – Sivaya Subramuniyaswami , American guru and author, founded Iraivan Temple (died 2001)1928 – Imtiaz Ahmed , Pakistani cricketer (died 2016)1928 – Zulfikar Ali Bhutto , Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan (died 1979)
1928 – Denise Bryer , English actress (died 2021)
1928 – Walter Mondale , American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Vice President of the United States (died 2021)
1929 – Aulis Rytkönen , Finnish footballer and manager (died 2014)1930 – Kevin Considine , Australian rugby league player (died 2023)1931 – Alvin Ailey , American dancer and choreographer, founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (died 1989)1931 – Alfred Brendel , Austrian pianist, poet, and author (died 2025)
1931 – Walt Davis , American athlete (died 2020)
1931 – Robert Duvall , American actor and director (died 2026)
1932 – Umberto Eco , Italian novelist, literary critic, and philosopher (died 2016)1932 – Chuck Noll , American football player and coach (died 2014)
1934 – Murli Manohar Joshi , Indian politician1934 – Phil Ramone , South African-American songwriter and producer, co-founded A & R Recording (died 2013)
1936 – Florence King , American journalist and memoirist (died 2016)1936 – Terry Lineen , New Zealand rugby player (died 2020)
1938 – Juan Carlos I of Spain 1938 – Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o , Kenyan author and playwright (died 2025)
1939 – M. E. H. Maharoof , Sri Lankan politician (died 1997)1940 – Athol Guy , Australian singer-songwriter and bassist1940 – Pim de la Parra , Surinamese-Dutch film director (died 2024)
1941 – Bob Cunis , New Zealand cricketer (died 2008)1941 – Chuck McKinley , American tennis player (died 1986)
1941 – Hayao Miyazaki , Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter
1941 – Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi , Indian cricketer and coach (died 2011)
1942 – Maurizio Pollini , Italian pianist and conductor (died 2024)1942 – Charlie Rose , American journalist and talk show host
1942 – Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah , Kuwaiti royal and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kuwait (died 2024)
1943 – Mary Gaudron , Australian lawyer and judge1943 – Murtaz Khurtsilava , Georgian footballer and manager
1944 – Carolyn McCarthy , American nurse and politician (died 2025)1944 – Ed Rendell , American politician, 45th Governor of Pennsylvania
1946 – Diane Keaton , American actress, director, and businesswoman (died 2025)1947 – Mike DeWine , American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Ohio 1947 – Mercury Morris , American football player (died 2024)
1948 – Ted Lange , American actor, director, and screenwriter1950 – Ioan P. Culianu , Romanian historian, philosopher, and author (died 1991)1950 – Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith , English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
1950 – John Manley , Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
1950 – Chris Stein , American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1952 – Uli Hoeneß , German footballer and chairman1953 – Pamela Sue Martin , American actress1953 – Mike Rann , English-Australian journalist and politician, 44th Premier of South Australia
1953 – George Tenet , American civil servant and academic, 18th Director of Central Intelligence
1954 – Alex English , American basketball player and coach1954 – László Krasznahorkai , Hungarian author and screenwriter
1955 – Mamata Banerjee , Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal 1956 – Frank-Walter Steinmeier , German academic and politician, 12th President of Germany 1957 – Kevin Hastings , Australian rugby league player1957 – George Moroko , Australian rugby league player
1958 – Jiří Hrdina , Czech ice hockey player1958 – Ron Kittle , American baseball player and manager
1959 – Clancy Brown , American actor1959 – Nancy Delahunt , Canadian curler
1960 – Glenn Strömberg , Swedish footballer and sportscaster1961 – Iris DeMent , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1962 – Suzy Amis , American actress and model1962 – Danny Jackson , American baseball player and manager
1962 – Arie Setiabudi Soesilo , Indonesian sociologist
1963 – Jeff Fassero , American baseball player and coach1965 – Vinnie Jones , British footballer and actor1965 – Stuart Raper , Australian rugby league player and coach
1965 – Patrik Sjöberg , Swedish high jumper
1965 – Alfie Turcotte , American ice hockey player
1967 – Joe Flanigan , American actor1968 – Carrie Ann Inaba , American actress, dancer, and choreographer1968 – Joé Juneau , Canadian ice hockey player and engineer
1969 – Marilyn Manson , American singer-songwriter, actor, and director1969 – Paul McGillion , Scottish actor
1969 – Shaun Micheel , American golfer
1969 – Shea Whigham , American actor
1970 – Nigel Gaffey , Australian rugby league player1971 – Stian Carstensen , Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and composer1972 – Sakis Rouvas , Greek singer-songwriter, producer, and actor1973 – Derek Cecil , American actor1973 – Uday Chopra , Indian actor and filmmaker
1974 – Jessica Chaffin , American actress, comedian, and writer1974 – Iwan Thomas , Welsh sprinter and coach
1975 – Bradley Cooper , American actor and producer1975 – Warrick Dunn , American football player
1975 – Mike Grier , American ice hockey player and scout
1976 – Diego Tristán , Spanish footballer1977 – Gavin Lester , Australian rugby league player1978 – January Jones , American actress1979 – Jason Basham , American stock car racing driver1979 – Kyle Calder , Canadian ice hockey player
1979 – Giuseppe Gibilisco , Italian pole vaulter
1979 – Scott Kremerskothen , Australian cricketer
1980 – Luke Bailey , Australian rugby league player1980 – Brad Meyers , Australian rugby league player
1981 – Deadmau5 , Canadian musician1981 – Brooklyn Sudano , American actress
1982 – Nori Aoki , Japanese baseball player1982 – Janica Kostelić , Croatian skier
1984 – Derrick Atkins , Bahamian sprinter1984 – Matt Ballin , Australian rugby league player
1984 – Bronx Goodwin , Australian rugby league player
1985 – Filinga Filiga , New Zealand rugby league player1985 – Anthony Stewart , Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Diego Vera , Uruguayan footballer
1986 – Deepika Padukone , Indian actress1987 – Dexter Bean , American race car driver1987 – Kristin Cavallari , American television personality
1987 – Stuart Flanagan , Australian rugby league player
1987 – Brian Mushana Kwesiga , Ugandan-born entrepreneur, engineer, and civic leader1987 – Jason Mitchell , American actor
1987 – Alexander Salák , Czech ice hockey player
1988 – Azizulhasni Awang , Malaysian track cyclist1988 – Luke Daniels , English footballer
1988 – Mandip Gill , English actress
1988 – Nikola Kalinić , Croatian footballer
1988 – Miroslav Raduljica , Serbian basketball player
1989 – Eduardo Escobar , Venezuelan-American baseball player1989 – Krisztián Németh , Hungarian footballer
1990 – C. J. Cron , American baseball player1990 – Leroy Fer , Dutch footballer
1990 – José Iglesias , Cuban-American baseball player
1990 – Mark Nicholls , Australian rugby league player
1990 – José Luis Palomino , Argentine footballer
1991 – Denis Alibec , Romanian footballer1991 – Eric Fisher , American football player
1992 – Mike Faist , American actor, singer, and dancer1992 – Suki Waterhouse , English actress, singer-songwriter, and model
1993 – Phillip Dorsett , American football player1993 – Franz Drameh , English actor
1993 – Stefan Rzadzinski , Canadian race car driver
1994 – Lachlan Fitzgibbon , Australian rugby league player1994 – Zemgus Girgensons , Latvian ice hockey player
1994 – Matt Grzelcyk , American ice hockey player
1994 – Tyrone Phillips , Australian rugby league player
1994 – Gustavo Scarpa , Brazilian footballer
1995 – Toafofoa Sipley , New Zealand rugby league player1996 – James Fisher-Harris , New Zealand rugby league player1996 – Nicolás Tripichio , Argentine footballer
1996 – Tyler Ulis , American basketball player and coach
1997 – Jesús Vallejo , Spanish footballer1998 – Carles Aleñá , Spanish footballer1998 – Corey Horsburgh , Australian rugby league player
1999 – Mattias Svanberg , Swedish footballer1999 – Filip Ugrinić , Swiss footballer
2000 – Gastón Martirena , Uruguayan footballer2001 – Mykhailo Mudryk , Ukrainian footballer2001 – Ellis Simms , English footballer
2004 – Shane Wright , Canadian ice hockey player2009 – Walker Scobell , American actorDeaths
Pre-1600
842 – Al-Mu'tasim , Abbasid caliph (born 796)941 – Zhang Yanhan , Chinese chancellor (born 884)1066 – Edward the Confessor , King of England (born 1004)1173 – Bolesław IV the Curly , High Duke of Poland (born 1120)1382 – Philippa Plantagenet , Countess of Ulster (born 1355)1400 – John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury , English politician (born 1350)1430 – Philippa of England , Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (born 1394)1477 – Charles, Duke of Burgundy (born 1433)1524 – Marko Marulić , Croatian poet (born 1450)1527 – Felix Manz , Swiss martyr (born 1498)1578 – Giulio Clovio , Dalmatian painter (born 1498)1580 – Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg , German noblewoman (born 1542)1589 – Catherine de' Medici , queen of Henry II of France (born 1519)1713 – Jean Chardin , French explorer and author (born 1643)1740 – Antonio Lotti , Italian composer and educator (born 1667)1762 – Empress Elizabeth of Russia (born 1709)1771 – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford , English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1710)1796 – Samuel Huntington , American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (born 1731)1823 – George Johnston , Scottish-Australian colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (born 1764)1845 – Robert Smirke , English painter and illustrator (born 1753)1846 – Alfred Thomas Agate , American painter and illustrator (born 1812)1858 – Joseph Radetzky von Radetz , Austrian field marshal (born 1766)1860 – John Neumann , Czech-American bishop and saint (born 1811)1883 – Charles Tompson , Australian poet and public servant (born 1806)1885 – Peter Christen Asbjørnsen , Norwegian author and scholar (born 1812)1888 – Henri Herz , Austrian pianist and composer (born 1803)1889 – Konstanty Schmidt-Ciążyński , Polish collector and art connoisseur who donated a large collection to the National Museum in Kraków (born 1818)1899 – Ezra Otis Kendall , American professor, astronomer and mathematician (born 1818)1904 – Karl Alfred von Zittel , German paleontologist and geologist (born 1839)1910 – Léon Walras , French-Swiss economist and academic (born 1834)1917 – Isobel Lilian Gloag , English painter (born 1865)1922 – Ernest Shackleton , Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (born 1874)1933 – Calvin Coolidge , American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (born 1872)1939 – Lisandro de la Torre , Argentine politician (born 1868)1942 – Tina Modotti , Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (born 1896)1943 – George Washington Carver , American botanist, educator, and inventor (born 1864)1951 – Soh Jaipil , South Korean-American journalist and activist (born 1864)1951 – Andrei Platonov , Russian journalist and author (born 1899)
1952 – Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow , Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (born 1887)1952 – Hristo Tatarchev , Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (born 1869)
1954 – Rabbit Maranville , American baseball player and manager (born 1891)1956 – Mistinguett , French actress and singer (born 1875)1963 – Rogers Hornsby , American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1896)1970 – Max Born , German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1882)1970 – Roberto Gerhard , Catalan composer and scholar (born 1896)
1971 – Douglas Shearer , Canadian-American sound designer and engineer (born 1899)1974 – Lev Oborin , Russian pianist and educator (born 1907)1976 – John A. Costello , Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1891)1978 – Wyatt Emory Cooper , American author and screenwriter (born 1927)1979 – Billy Bletcher , American actor, singer, and screenwriter (born 1894)1979 – Charles Mingus , American bassist, composer, bandleader (born 1922)
1981 – Harold Urey , American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893)1981 – Lanza del Vasto , Italian poet and philosopher (born 1901)
1982 – Hans Conried , American actor (born 1917)1982 – Edmund Herring , Australian general and politician, 7th Chief Justice of Victoria (born 1892)
1985 – Eithne Coyle , Irish Republican , President of Cumann na mBan (born 1897)1985 – Robert L. Surtees , American cinematographer (born 1906)1987 – Margaret Laurence , Canadian author and academic (born 1926)1987 – Herman Smith-Johannsen , Norwegian-Canadian skier (born 1875)
1990 – Arthur Kennedy , American actor (born 1914)1991 – Vasko Popa , Serbian poet and academic (born 1922)1994 – Tip O'Neill , American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1912)1996 – Thung Sin Nio , Dutch–Indonesian activist (born 1902)1997 – André Franquin , Belgian author and illustrator (born 1924)1997 – Burton Lane , American composer and songwriter (born 1912)
1998 – Sonny Bono , American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and politician (born 1935)2000 – Kumar Ponnambalam , Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (born 1938)2003 – Roy Jenkins , Welsh politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1920)2003 – Félix Loustau , Argentine footballer (born 1922)
2004 – Norman Heatley , English biologist and chemist, co-developed penicillin (born 1911)2006 – Merlyn Rees , Welsh educator and politician, Home Secretary (born 1920)2007 – Momofuku Ando , Taiwanese-Japanese businessman and inventor, founded Nissin Foods (born 1910)2009 – Griffin Bell , American lawyer and politician, 72nd United States Attorney General (born 1918)2010 – Willie Mitchell , American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer (born 1928)2010 – Kenneth Noland , American painter (born 1924)
2012 – Isaac Díaz Pardo , Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1920)2012 – Frederica Sagor Maas , American author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1900)
2013 – Qazi Hussain Ahmad , Pakistani scholar and politician (born 1938)2014 – Eusébio , Mozambican-Portuguese footballer and manager (born 1942)2014 – Carmen Zapata , American actress (born 1927)
2015 – Jean-Pierre Beltoise , French racing driver and motorcycle racer (born 1937)2015 – Bernard Joseph McLaughlin , American bishop (born 1912)
2016 – Pierre Boulez , French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1925)2017 – Jill Saward , English rape victim and activist (born 1965)2018 – Asghar Khan , Pakistani three star general and politician (born 1921)2018 – Thomas Bopp , American astronomer best known as the co-discoverer of comet Hale–Bopp (born 1949)
2018 – Karin von Aroldingen , German ballerina (born 1941)
2019 – Bernice Sandler , American women's rights activist (born 1928)2019 – Dragoslav Šekularac , Serbian footballer and manager (born 1937)
2020 – Tafazzul Haque Habiganji , Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (born 1938)2021 – Colin Bell , English footballer (born 1946)2021 – John Georgiadis , English violinist and composer (born 1939)
2022 – Kim Mi-soo , South Korean actress and model (born 1992)2024 – Joseph Lelyveld , American journalist and executive editor of The New York Times 2024 – Mário Zagallo , Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1931)
2025 – Mike Rinder , Australian-American former Scientologist, critic (born 1955)2025 – Costas Simitis , Greek economist, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (born 1936)