| 1891 | January 4 | Death | 2011 – Mohamed Bouazizi, Tunisian activist (b. 1984) |
| 1892 | January 4 | Death | 2011 – Salmaan Taseer, Pakistani businessman and politician, 26th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan (b. 1944) |
| 1893 | January 4 | Death | 2012 – Carmen Naranjo, Costa Rican author and poet (b. 1928) |
| 1894 | January 4 | Death | 2012 – David Wheeler, American director and producer (b. 1925) |
| 1895 | January 4 | Death | 2012 – Gatewood Galbraith, American lawyer, author, and politician (b. 1947) |
| 1896 | January 4 | Death | 2012 – Harry Fowler, English actor (b. 1926) |
| 1897 | January 4 | Death | 2012 – Kerry McGregor, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1974) |
| 1898 | January 4 | Death | 2012 – Richard Alf, American businessman, co-founded San Diego Comic-Con International (b. 1952) |
| 1899 | January 4 | Death | 2012 – Rod Robbie, English-Canadian architect, designed the Canadian Pavilion and Rogers Centre (b. 1928) |
| 1900 | January 4 | Death | 2012 – Ruben Ayala, American politician (b. 1922) |
| 1901 | January 4 | Death | 2013 – Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (b. 1931) |
| 1902 | January 4 | Death | 2013 – Murray Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1921) |
| 1903 | January 4 | Death | 2013 – Nikos Samaras, Greek volleyball player (b. 1970) |
| 1904 | January 4 | Death | 2013 – Pete Elliott, American football player and coach (b. 1926) |
| 1905 | January 4 | Death | 2013 – Sammy Johns, American singer-songwriter (b. 1946) |
| 1906 | January 4 | Death | 2013 – Tony Lip, American actor (b. 1930) |
| 1907 | January 4 | Death | 2013 – Yevgeny Pepelyaev, Russian colonel and pilot (b. 1918) |
| 1908 | January 4 | Death | 2013 – Zoran Žižić, Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1951) |
| 1909 | January 4 | Death | 2014 – Andy Holden, English runner and coach (b. 1948) |
| 1910 | January 4 | Death | 2014 – Caixa Eletronica, American race horse (b. 2005) |
| 1911 | January 4 | Death | 2014 – Gabe Gabler, American baseball player (b. 1930) |
| 1912 | January 4 | Death | 2014 – Irving Fishman, American lawyer and politician (b. 1921) |
| 1913 | January 4 | Death | 2014 – Jean Metellus, Haitian neurologist, author, poet, and playwright (b. 1937) |
| 1914 | January 4 | Death | 2014 – Shirley Jeffrey, Australian biologist and academic (b. 1930) |
| 1915 | January 4 | Death | 2015 – Ahuti Prasad, Indian actor and director (b. 1958) |
| 1916 | January 4 | Death | 2015 – Chitresh Das, Indian dancer and choreographer (b. 1944) |
| 1917 | January 4 | Death | 2015 – Hank Peters, American businessman (b. 1924) |
| 1918 | January 4 | Death | 2015 – Michele Serros, American author and poet (b. 1966) |
| 1919 | January 4 | Death | 2015 – Pino Daniele, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1955) |
| 1920 | January 4 | Death | 2015 – Stu Miller, American baseball player (b. 1927) |