| 4081 | January 9 | Death | 2012 – Ruth Fernández, Puerto Rican singer and politician (b. 1919) |
| 4082 | January 9 | Death | 2012 – Bridie Gallagher, Irish singer (b. 1924) |
| 4083 | January 9 | Death | 2012 – Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, Swiss geologist and academic (b. 1910) |
| 4084 | January 9 | Death | 2012 – Mae Laborde, American actress (b. 1909) |
| 4085 | January 9 | Death | 2012 – Salvador A. Rodolfo, Sr., Filipino soldier (b. 1919) |
| 4086 | January 9 | Death | 2012 – William G. Roll, German-American psychologist and parapsychologist (b. 1926) |
| 4087 | January 9 | Death | 2012 – Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (b. 1947) |
| 4088 | January 9 | Death | 2012 – László Szekeres, Hungarian physician and academic (b. 1921) |
| 4089 | January 9 | Death | 2013 – Brigitte Askonas, Austrian-English immunologist and academic (b. 1923) |
| 4090 | January 9 | Death | 2013 – James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919) |
| 4091 | January 9 | Death | 2013 – Rizana Nafeek, Sri Lankan murderer (b. 1988) |
| 4092 | January 9 | Death | 2013 – Robert L. Rock, American politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (b. 1927) |
| 4093 | January 9 | Death | 2013 – Rex Trailer, American television host, actor, and singer (b. 1928) |
| 4094 | January 9 | Death | 2013 – John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Agriculture (b. 1935) |
| 4095 | January 9 | Death | 2014 – Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (b. 1934) |
| 4096 | January 9 | Death | 2014 – Rynn Berry, American author and activist (b. 1945) |
| 4097 | January 9 | Death | 2014 – Roy Campbell, Jr., American trumpet player (b. 1952) |
| 4098 | January 9 | Death | 2014 – Josep Maria Castellet, Spanish poet and critic (b. 1926) |
| 4099 | January 9 | Death | 2014 – Lorella De Luca, Italian actress and director (b. 1940) |
| 4100 | January 9 | Death | 2014 – Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (b. 1965) |
| 4101 | January 9 | Death | 2014 – Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (b. 1929) |
| 4102 | January 9 | Death | 2014 – Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1939) |
| 4103 | January 9 | Death | 2015 – Amedy Coulibaly, French criminal (b. 1982) |
| 4104 | January 9 | Death | 2015 – Harry A. DeMaso, American soldier and politician (b. 1921) |
| 4105 | January 9 | Death | 2015 – Michel Jeury, French author (b. 1934) |
| 4106 | January 9 | Death | 2015 – Robert V. Keeley, Lebanese-American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Greece (b. 1929) |
| 4107 | January 9 | Death | 2015 – Józef Oleksy, Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1946) |
| 4108 | January 9 | Death | 2015 – Bud Paxson, American broadcaster, founded the Home Shopping Network and Pax TV (b. 1935) |
| 4109 | January 9 | Death | 2015 – Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak (b. 1928) |
| 4110 | January 9 | Holiday and observance | Christian feast day:Adrian of CanterburyPhilip II, Metropolitan of MoscowJulia Chester Emery (Episcopal Church (USA))January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) |