| 12211 | January 30 | Death | 1948 – Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895) |
| 12212 | January 30 | Death | 1948 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian lawyer, philosopher, and activist (b. 1869) |
| 12213 | January 30 | Death | 1948 – Orville Wright, American pilot and engineer co-founded the Wright Company (b. 1871) |
| 12214 | January 30 | Death | 1951 – Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and businessman founded Porsche (b. 1875) |
| 12215 | January 30 | Death | 1958 – Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878) |
| 12216 | January 30 | Death | 1958 – Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company (b. 1888) |
| 12217 | January 30 | Death | 1962 – Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894) |
| 12218 | January 30 | Death | 1963 – Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (b. 1899) |
| 12219 | January 30 | Death | 1966 – Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (b. 1912) |
| 12220 | January 30 | Death | 1968 – Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1889) |
| 12221 | January 30 | Death | 1969 – Dominique Pire, Belgian friar Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910) |
| 12222 | January 30 | Death | 1980 – Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1918) |
| 12223 | January 30 | Death | 1982 – Lightnin' Hopkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912) |
| 12224 | January 30 | Death | 1984 – Luke Kelly, Irish singer and banjo player (The Dubliners) (b. 1940) |
| 12225 | January 30 | Death | 1984 – Lee McCall, South African criminal (b. 1950) |
| 12226 | January 30 | Death | 1987 – Harold Loeffelmacher, American singer and bandleader (b. 1905) |
| 12227 | January 30 | Death | 1989 – Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (b. 1936) |
| 12228 | January 30 | Death | 1991 – John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908) |
| 12229 | January 30 | Death | 1991 – Clifton C. Edom, American photographer and educator (b. 1907) |
| 12230 | January 30 | Death | 1991 – John McIntire, American actor (b. 1907) |
| 12231 | January 30 | Death | 1994 – Pierre Boulle, French author (b. 1912) |
| 12232 | January 30 | Death | 1995 – Gerald Durrell, Indian-English zookeeper, author, and television host (b. 1925) |
| 12233 | January 30 | Death | 1998 – Richard Cassilly, American tenor and actor (b. 1927) |
| 12234 | January 30 | Death | 1999 – Huntz Hall, American actor and singer (b. 1919) |
| 12235 | January 30 | Death | 1999 – Ed Herlihy, American journalist and actor (b. 1909) |
| 12236 | January 30 | Death | 2001 – Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1911) |
| 12237 | January 30 | Death | 2001 – Johnnie Johnson, English air marshal and pilot (b. 1915) |
| 12238 | January 30 | Death | 2001 – Joseph Ransohoff, American surgeon and educator (b. 1915) |
| 12239 | January 30 | Death | 2005 – Martyn Bennett, Canadian-Scottish violinist (b. 1971) |
| 12240 | January 30 | Death | 2005 – Wes Wehmiller, American bass player (b. 1971) |