| 961 | January 2 | Death | 1664 – Georg II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl (b. 1588) |
| 962 | January 2 | Death | 1726 – Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688) |
| 963 | January 2 | Death | 1861 – Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795) |
| 964 | January 2 | Death | 1892 – George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801) |
| 965 | January 2 | Death | 1904 – James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821) |
| 966 | January 2 | Death | 1913 – Léon Teisserenc de Bort, French meteorologist (b. 1855) |
| 967 | January 2 | Death | 1915 – Karl Goldmark, Hungarian violinist and composer (b. 1830) |
| 968 | January 2 | Death | 1917 – Léon Flameng, French cyclist (b. 1877) |
| 969 | January 2 | Death | 1920 – Paul Adam, French author (b. 1862) |
| 970 | January 2 | Death | 1921 – Doud Eisenhower, American son of Dwight D. Eisenhower (b. 1917) |
| 971 | January 2 | Death | 1924 – Sabine Baring-Gould, English author and scholar (b. 1834) |
| 972 | January 2 | Death | 1939 – Roman Dmowski, Polish politician Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1864) |
| 973 | January 2 | Death | 1941 – Mischa Levitzki, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1898) |
| 974 | January 2 | Death | 1946 – Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (b. 1870) |
| 975 | January 2 | Death | 1948 – Vicente Huidobro, Chilean poet (b. 1893) |
| 976 | January 2 | Death | 1950 – James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician 21st Premier of New South Wales (b. 1877) |
| 977 | January 2 | Death | 1950 – Theophrastos Sakellaridis, Greek composer and conductor (b. 1883) |
| 978 | January 2 | Death | 1951 – William Campion, English colonel and politician, 21st Governor of Western Australia (b. 1870) |
| 979 | January 2 | Death | 1959 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American author (b. 1880) |
| 980 | January 2 | Death | 1960 – Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (b. 1919) |
| 981 | January 2 | Death | 1960 – Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907) |
| 982 | January 2 | Death | 1963 – Dick Powell, American actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1904) |
| 983 | January 2 | Death | 1963 – Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1910) |
| 984 | January 2 | Death | 1968 – Nikolai Stepulov, Russian-Estonian boxer (b. 1913) |
| 985 | January 2 | Death | 1971 – E. V. Knox, English poet and journalist (b. 1881) |
| 986 | January 2 | Death | 1974 – Tex Ritter, American singer and actor (b. 1905) |
| 987 | January 2 | Death | 1977 – Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921) |
| 988 | January 2 | Death | 1983 – Dick Emery, English comedian and actor (b. 1915) |
| 989 | January 2 | Death | 1986 – Una Merkel, American actress and singer (b. 1903) |
| 990 | January 2 | Death | 1987 – Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (b. 1899) |