| 12601 | January 31 | Death | 1990 – Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-American biochemist and academic (b. 1935) |
| 12602 | January 31 | Death | 1991 – Kostas Mountakis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1926) |
| 12603 | January 31 | Death | 1995 – George Abbott, American director and producer (b. 1887) |
| 12604 | January 31 | Death | 1997 – John Joseph Scanlan, Irish-American bishop (b. 1930) |
| 12605 | January 31 | Death | 1998 – Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player (b. 1904) |
| 12606 | January 31 | Death | 1999 – Shohei Baba, Japanese wrestler co-founded All Japan Pro Wrestling (b. 1938) |
| 12607 | January 31 | Death | 1999 – Barış Manço, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1943) |
| 12608 | January 31 | Death | 1999 – Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (b. 1929) |
| 12609 | January 31 | Death | 2000 – Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (b. 1926) |
| 12610 | January 31 | Death | 2001 – Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian-American author (b. 1923) |
| 12611 | January 31 | Death | 2002 – Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (b. 1919) |
| 12612 | January 31 | Death | 2004 – Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress (b. 1913) |
| 12613 | January 31 | Death | 2006 – Moira Shearer, Scottish actress and ballerina (b. 1926) |
| 12614 | January 31 | Death | 2007 – Kirka, Finnish singer (b. 1950) |
| 12615 | January 31 | Death | 2007 – Lee Bergere, American actor (b. 1924) |
| 12616 | January 31 | Death | 2007 – Molly Ivins, American journalist and author (b. 1944) |
| 12617 | January 31 | Death | 2007 – Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Saudi Arabian businessman (b. 1957) |
| 12618 | January 31 | Death | 2007 – Olevi Kull, Estonian ecologist and academic (b. 1955) |
| 12619 | January 31 | Death | 2007 – Adelaide Tambo, South African activist and politician (b. 1929) |
| 12620 | January 31 | Death | 2008 – Zeltim Odie Peterson, American dog (b. 1997) |
| 12621 | January 31 | Death | 2009 – Nagesh, Indian actor (b. 1933) |
| 12622 | January 31 | Death | 2011 – Bartolomeu Anania, Romanian bishop and poet (b. 1921) |
| 12623 | January 31 | Death | 2011 – Mark Ryan, English guitarist (b. 1959) |
| 12624 | January 31 | Death | 2012 – Mani Ram Bagri, Indian politician (b. 1920) |
| 12625 | January 31 | Death | 2012 – Anthony Bevilacqua, American cardinal (b. 1923) |
| 12626 | January 31 | Death | 2012 – Leslie Carter, American singer-songwriter (b. 1986) |
| 12627 | January 31 | Death | 2012 – Tristram Potter Coffin, American author, scholar, and academic (b. 1922) |
| 12628 | January 31 | Death | 2012 – Dorothea Tanning, American painter and sculptor (b. 1910) |
| 12629 | January 31 | Death | 2013 – Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1923) |
| 12630 | January 31 | Death | 2013 – Hassan Habibi, Iranian lawyer and politician 1st Vice President of Iran (b. 1937) |