| 9901 | January 23 | Death | 1938 – Albertson Van Zo Post, American fencer and engineer (b. 1866) |
| 9902 | January 23 | Death | 1939 – Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer and manager (b. 1903) |
| 9903 | January 23 | Death | 1943 – Alexander Woollcott, American actor and journalist (b. 1887) |
| 9904 | January 23 | Death | 1944 – Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1863) |
| 9905 | January 23 | Death | 1947 – Pierre Bonnard, French painter (b. 1867) |
| 9906 | January 23 | Death | 1956 – Alexander Korda, Hungarian-English director and producer (b. 1893) |
| 9907 | January 23 | Death | 1957 – Willie Edwards, American murder victim (b. 1932) |
| 9908 | January 23 | Death | 1963 – Józef Gosławski, Polish sculptor (b. 1908) |
| 9909 | January 23 | Death | 1966 – T. M. Sabaratnam, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1895) |
| 9910 | January 23 | Death | 1971 – Fritz Feigl, Austrian-Brazilian chemist and academic (b. 1871) |
| 9911 | January 23 | Death | 1973 – Alexander Onassis, American-Greek businessman (b. 1948) |
| 9912 | January 23 | Death | 1973 – Kid Ory, American trombonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1886) |
| 9913 | January 23 | Death | 1976 – Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (b. 1913) |
| 9914 | January 23 | Death | 1976 – Paul Robeson, American actor, singer, and activist (b. 1898) |
| 9915 | January 23 | Death | 1977 – Toots Shor, American businessman, founded Toots Shor's Restaurant (b. 1903) |
| 9916 | January 23 | Death | 1978 – Terry Kath, American guitarist and songwriter (Chicago) (b. 1946) |
| 9917 | January 23 | Death | 1978 – Jack Oakie, American actor and singer (b. 1903) |
| 9918 | January 23 | Death | 1980 – Giovanni Michelotti, Italian engineer (b. 1921) |
| 9919 | January 23 | Death | 1981 – Samuel Barber, American pianist and composer (b. 1910) |
| 9920 | January 23 | Death | 1983 – Fred Bakewell, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908) |
| 9921 | January 23 | Death | 1984 – Muin Bseiso, Palestinian-Egyptian poet and critic (b. 1926) |
| 9922 | January 23 | Death | 1986 – Joseph Beuys, German sculptor and painter (b. 1921) |
| 9923 | January 23 | Death | 1988 – Charles Glen King, American biochemist and academic (b. 1896) |
| 9924 | January 23 | Death | 1989 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1904) |
| 9925 | January 23 | Death | 1989 – Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish race car driver (b. 1961) |
| 9926 | January 23 | Death | 1990 – Allen Collins, American guitarist and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins Band, and Allen Collins Band) (b. 1952) |
| 9927 | January 23 | Death | 1991 – Northrop Frye, Canadian author and critic (b. 1912) |
| 9928 | January 23 | Death | 1992 – Freddie Bartholomew, English-American actor and singer (b. 1924) |
| 9929 | January 23 | Death | 1993 – Thomas A. Dorsey, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1899) |
| 9930 | January 23 | Death | 1993 – Keith Laumer, American author (b. 1925) |