| 7231 | January 16 | Death | 1982 – Red Smith, American journalist (b. 1905) |
| 7232 | January 16 | Death | 1985 – Robert Fitzgerald, American poet, critic, and translator (b. 1910) |
| 7233 | January 16 | Death | 1986 – Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892) |
| 7234 | January 16 | Death | 1987 – Bertram Wainer, Australian physician and activist (b. 1928) |
| 7235 | January 16 | Death | 1988 – Andrija Artuković, Croatian Ustaše leader, Porajmos perpetrator (b. 1899) |
| 7236 | January 16 | Death | 1988 – Ballard Berkeley, English actor (b. 1904) |
| 7237 | January 16 | Death | 1989 – Prem Nazir, Indian actor (b. 1926) |
| 7238 | January 16 | Death | 1993 – Glenn Corbett, American actor (b. 1930) |
| 7239 | January 16 | Death | 1993 – Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strongman and weightlifter (b. 1960) |
| 7240 | January 16 | Death | 1995 – Eric Mottram, English poet and critic (b. 1924) |
| 7241 | January 16 | Death | 1996 – Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (b. 1903) |
| 7242 | January 16 | Death | 1996 – Kaye Webb, English journalist and publisher (b. 1914) |
| 7243 | January 16 | Death | 1997 – Ennis Cosby, American educator (b. 1969) |
| 7244 | January 16 | Death | 1997 – Markus Hoffmann, German actor (b. 1971) |
| 7245 | January 16 | Death | 1998 – Dimitris Horn, Greek actor (b. 1921) |
| 7246 | January 16 | Death | 1999 – Jim McClelland, Australian lawyer, jurist, and politician, 12th Minister for Industry and Science (b. 1915) |
| 7247 | January 16 | Death | 2000 – Will "Dub" Jones, American singer (The Coasters and The Cadets) (b. 1928) |
| 7248 | January 16 | Death | 2000 – Robert R. Wilson, American physicist and academic (b. 1914) |
| 7249 | January 16 | Death | 2001 – Auberon Waugh, English author and journalist (b. 1939) |
| 7250 | January 16 | Death | 2002 – Robert Hanbury Brown, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1916) |
| 7251 | January 16 | Death | 2002 – Bobo Olson, American boxer (b. 1928) |
| 7252 | January 16 | Death | 2002 – Ron Taylor, American actor and singer (b. 1952) |
| 7253 | January 16 | Death | 2003 – Richard Wainwright, English politician (b. 1918) |
| 7254 | January 16 | Death | 2004 – Kalevi Sorsa, Finnish politician 34th Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1930) |
| 7255 | January 16 | Death | 2005 – Marjorie Williams, American journalist and author (b. 1958) |
| 7256 | January 16 | Death | 2006 – Stanley Biber, American soldier and physician (b. 1923) |
| 7257 | January 16 | Death | 2007 – Ron Carey, American actor (b. 1935) |
| 7258 | January 16 | Death | 2007 – Benny Parsons, American race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1941) |
| 7259 | January 16 | Death | 2009 – Joe Erskine, American boxer and runner (b. 1930) |
| 7260 | January 16 | Death | 2009 – John Mortimer, English lawyer and author (b. 1923) |