| 8851 | January 20 | Death | 1994 – Matt Busby, Scottish footballer and coach (b. 1909) |
| 8852 | January 20 | Death | 1994 – Bedia Muvahhit, Turkish actress (b. 1897) |
| 8853 | January 20 | Death | 1996 – Gerry Mulligan, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1927) |
| 8854 | January 20 | Death | 1997 – Curt Flood, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1938) |
| 8855 | January 20 | Death | 1998 – Bobo Brazil, American wrestler and actor (b. 1924) |
| 8856 | January 20 | Death | 2002 – Carrie Hamilton, American actress and singer (b. 1963) |
| 8857 | January 20 | Death | 2003 – Al Hirschfeld, American painter and illustrator (b. 1903) |
| 8858 | January 20 | Death | 2003 – Nedra Volz, American actress (b. 1908) |
| 8859 | January 20 | Death | 2003 – Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (b. 1947) |
| 8860 | January 20 | Death | 2004 – Alan Brown, English racing driver (b. 1919) |
| 8861 | January 20 | Death | 2004 – T. Nadaraja, Sri Lankan lawyer and academic (b. 1917) |
| 8862 | January 20 | Death | 2004 – Guinn Smith, American pole vaulter (b. 1920) |
| 8863 | January 20 | Death | 2005 – Parveen Babi, Indian model and actress (b. 1949) |
| 8864 | January 20 | Death | 2005 – Per Borten, Norwegian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1913) |
| 8865 | January 20 | Death | 2005 – Jan Nowak-Jeziorański, Polish journalist and politician (b. 1913) |
| 8866 | January 20 | Death | 2006 – Dave Lepard, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crashdïet) (b. 1980) |
| 8867 | January 20 | Death | 2007 – Dan Christensen, American painter (b. 1942) |
| 8868 | January 20 | Death | 2009 – Stéphanos II Ghattas, Egyptian patriarch (b. 1920) |
| 8869 | January 20 | Death | 2009 – David "Fathead" Newman, American saxophonist and songwriter (b. 1933) |
| 8870 | January 20 | Death | 2012 – Etta James, American singer-songwriter (b. 1938) |
| 8871 | January 20 | Death | 2012 – John Levy, American bassist and manager (b. 1912) |
| 8872 | January 20 | Death | 2012 – Ioannis Kefalogiannis, Greek politician, Greek Minister of the Interior (b. 1933) |
| 8873 | January 20 | Death | 2012 – Alejandro Rodriguez, Venezuelan-American pediatrician and psychiatrist (b. 1918) |
| 8874 | January 20 | Death | 2013 – Pavlos Matesis, Greek author and playwright (b. 1933) |
| 8875 | January 20 | Death | 2013 – Toyo Shibata, Japanese poet and author (b. 1911) |
| 8876 | January 20 | Death | 2014 – Claudio Abbado, Italian conductor (b. 1933) |
| 8877 | January 20 | Death | 2014 – James Jacks, American film producer (b. 1947) |
| 8878 | January 20 | Death | 2015 – Edgar Froese, Russian-German keyboard player and songwriter (Tangerine Dream) (b. 1944) |
| 8879 | January 20 | Death | 2015 – Hitoshi Saito, Japanese martial artist (b. 1961) |
| 8880 | January 20 | Death | 2015 – Ricardo dos Santos Brazilian surfer (b. 1990) |