| 7711 | January 17 | Death | 2002 – Queenie Leonard, English-American actress and singer (b. 1905) |
| 7712 | January 17 | Death | 2002 – Eddie Meduza, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948) |
| 7713 | January 17 | Death | 2002 – Roman Personov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1932) |
| 7714 | January 17 | Death | 2003 – Richard Crenna, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1926) |
| 7715 | January 17 | Death | 2003 – Balint Vazsonyi, Hungarian-American pianist and educator (b. 1936) |
| 7716 | January 17 | Death | 2004 – Raymond Bonham Carter, English banker (b. 1929) |
| 7717 | January 17 | Death | 2004 – Harry Brecheen, American baseball player and coach (b. 1914) |
| 7718 | January 17 | Death | 2004 – Czesław Niemen, Polish singer-songwriter (Niebiesko-Czarni) (b. 1939) |
| 7719 | January 17 | Death | 2004 – Noble Willingham, American actor (b. 1931) |
| 7720 | January 17 | Death | 2005 – Charlie Bell, Australian businessman (b. 1960) |
| 7721 | January 17 | Death | 2005 – Virginia Mayo, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1920) |
| 7722 | January 17 | Death | 2005 – Albert Schatz, American microbiologist and academic (b. 1920) |
| 7723 | January 17 | Death | 2005 – Zhao Ziyang, Chinese politician, 3rd Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1919) |
| 7724 | January 17 | Death | 2006 – Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer (b. 1930) |
| 7725 | January 17 | Death | 2006 – Pierre Grondin, Canadian surgeon (b. 1925) |
| 7726 | January 17 | Death | 2007 – Art Buchwald, American journalist and author (b. 1925) |
| 7727 | January 17 | Death | 2007 – Yevhen Kushnaryov, Ukrainian politician (b. 1951) |
| 7728 | January 17 | Death | 2008 – Carlos, French singer and actor (b. 1943) |
| 7729 | January 17 | Death | 2008 – Bobby Fischer, American chess player and author (b. 1943) |
| 7730 | January 17 | Death | 2008 – Ernie Holmes, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1948) |
| 7731 | January 17 | Death | 2008 – Allan Melvin, American actor (b. 1923) |
| 7732 | January 17 | Death | 2009 – Anders Isaksson, Swedish journalist and historian (b. 1943) |
| 7733 | January 17 | Death | 2010 – Gaines Adams, American football player (b. 1983) |
| 7734 | January 17 | Death | 2010 – Jyoti Basu, Indian politician, 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1914) |
| 7735 | January 17 | Death | 2010 – Daisuke Gōri, Japanese voice actor (b. 1952) |
| 7736 | January 17 | Death | 2010 – Michalis Papakonstantinou, Greek journalist and politician, Foreign Minister of Greece (b. 1919) |
| 7737 | January 17 | Death | 2010 – Erich Segal, American author and screenwriter (b. 1937) |
| 7738 | January 17 | Death | 2011 – Don Kirshner, American songwriter and producer (b. 1934) |
| 7739 | January 17 | Death | 2012 – Ernie Alexander, American educator and politician (b. 1933) |
| 7740 | January 17 | Death | 2012 – Aengus Fanning, Irish journalist (b. 1942) |