| 1861 | January 4 | Death | 2005 – Frank Harary, American mathematician and academic (b. 1921) |
| 1862 | January 4 | Death | 2005 – Guy Davenport, American author and scholar (b. 1927) |
| 1863 | January 4 | Death | 2005 – Humphrey Carpenter, English radio host and author (b. 1946) |
| 1864 | January 4 | Death | 2005 – Robert Heilbroner, American economist and historian (b. 1919) |
| 1865 | January 4 | Death | 2006 – Irving Layton, Romanian-Canadian poet and academic (b. 1912) |
| 1866 | January 4 | Death | 2006 – John Hahn-Petersen, Danish actor (b. 1930) |
| 1867 | January 4 | Death | 2006 – Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emirati politician, 1st Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1946) |
| 1868 | January 4 | Death | 2006 – Milton Himmelfarb, American sociographer, author, and academic (b. 1918) |
| 1869 | January 4 | Death | 2007 – Gren, Welsh cartoonist (b. 1934) |
| 1870 | January 4 | Death | 2007 – Helen Hill, American director and producer (b. 1970) |
| 1871 | January 4 | Death | 2007 – Jan Schröder, Dutch cyclist (b. 1941) |
| 1872 | January 4 | Death | 2007 – Lewis Hodges, English air marshal and pilot (b. 1918) |
| 1873 | January 4 | Death | 2007 – Marais Viljoen, South African politician, 5th State President of South Africa (b. 1915) |
| 1874 | January 4 | Death | 2007 – Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1939) |
| 1875 | January 4 | Death | 2007 – Steve Krantz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923) |
| 1876 | January 4 | Death | 2008 – Jimmy Nah, Singaporean comedian and actor (b. 1968) |
| 1877 | January 4 | Death | 2008 – Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist (b. 1932) |
| 1878 | January 4 | Death | 2008 – Yannis Tamtakos, Greek activist (b. 1908) |
| 1879 | January 4 | Death | 2009 – Gert Jonke, Austrian poet, playwright, and author (b. 1946) |
| 1880 | January 4 | Death | 2009 – Giselle Salandy, Trinidadian boxer (b. 1987) |
| 1881 | January 4 | Death | 2010 – Casey Johnson, American model and actress (b. 1979) |
| 1882 | January 4 | Death | 2010 – Johan Ferrier, Surinamese educator and politician, 1st President of Suriname (b. 1910) |
| 1883 | January 4 | Death | 2010 – Rory Markas, American sportscaster (b. 1955) |
| 1884 | January 4 | Death | 2010 – Sandro de América, Argentine singer and actor (b. 1945) |
| 1885 | January 4 | Death | 2010 – Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese engineer (b. 1916) |
| 1886 | January 4 | Death | 2011 – Ali-Reza Pahlavi, Iranian son of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (b. 1966) |
| 1887 | January 4 | Death | 2011 – Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (b. 1937) |
| 1888 | January 4 | Death | 2011 – Dick King-Smith English author (b. 1922) |
| 1889 | January 4 | Death | 2011 – Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (The Humblebums and Stealers Wheel) (b. 1947) |
| 1890 | January 4 | Death | 2011 – Mick Karn, Cypriot-English bass player and songwriter (Japan, Dalis Car, NiNa, and JBK) (b. 1958) |