January 14

Pre-1600

 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
 * 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.

1601–1900

 * 1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas.
 * 1784 – American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.
 * 1814 – Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark cedes the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Pomerania.
 * 1858 – Napoleon III of France escapes an assassination attempt made by Felice Orsini and his accomplices in Paris.
 * 1899 – RMS Oceanic (1899), the largest ship afloat since SS Great Eastern, is launched.
 * 1900 – Giacomo Puccini's Tosca opens in Rome.

1901–present

 * 1907 – An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
 * 1911 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
 * 1939 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
 * 1943 – World War II: Japan begins Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign.
 * 1943  – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill begin the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war.
 * 1951 – National Airlines Flight 83 crashes during landing at Philadelphia International Airport, killing seven passengers and crew.
 * 1952 – NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
 * 1953 – Josip Broz Tito is elected the first President of Yugoslavia.
 * 1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
 * 1957 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars.
 * 1960 – The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority authorized by the 1959 Reserve Bank Act, is established.
 * 1967 – Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
 * 1969 – USS Enterprise fire: An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) near Hawaii kills 28 people.
 * 1972 – Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederik or Christian since 1513.
 * 1973 – Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
 * 1993 – In Poland's worst peacetime maritime disaster, ferry MS Jan Heweliusz sinks off the coast of Rügen, drowning 55 passengers and crew; nine crew-members are saved.
 * 2004 – The national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", is restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years.
 * 2010 – Yemen declares an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda.
 * 2011 – President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia seeks refuge in Saudi Arabia after a series of demonstrations against his regime, considered to be the birth of the Arab Spring.
 * 2016 – Multiple explosions reported near the Sarinah Building, Jakarta, followed by shootout between perpetrators and the Police, killing seven people. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility.
 * 2019 – A Saha Airlines Boeing 707 crashes at Fath Air Base near Karaj in Alborz Province, Iran, killing 15 people.
 * 2024 – Queen Margrethe II abdicates as Queen of Denmark and is succeeded by her son, Frederik X.

Pre-1600

 * 83 BC – Mark Antony, Roman general and politician (d. 30 BCE)
 * 1131 – Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)
 * 1273 – Joan I of Navarre, queen regnant of Navarre, queen consort of France (d. 1305)
 * 1451 – Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer and theorist (d. 1522)
 * 1477 – Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (d. 1552)
 * 1476 – Anne St Leger, Baroness de Ros, English baroness (d. 1526)
 * 1507 – Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (d. 1578)
 * 1507  – Luca Longhi, Italian painter (d. 1580)
 * 1551 – Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak, Grand vizier of emperor Akbar (d. 1602)
 * 1552 – Alberico Gentili, Italian-English academic and jurist (d. 1608)

1601–1900

 * 1683 – Gottfried Silbermann, German instrument maker (d. 1753)
 * 1684 – Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (d. 1742)
 * 1684  – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (d. 1745)
 * 1699 – Jakob Adlung, German organist, historian, and theorist (d. 1762)
 * 1700 – Picander, German poet and playwright (d. 1764)
 * 1702 – Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (d. 1737)
 * 1705 – Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French sailor, explorer, and politician (d. 1786)
 * 1741 – Benedict Arnold, American-British general (d. 1801)
 * 1749 – James Garrard, American farmer, Baptist minister and politician (d. 1822)
 * 1767 – Maria Theresa of Austria (d. 1827)
 * 1780 – Henry Baldwin, American judge and politician (d. 1844)
 * 1792 – Christian de Meza, Danish general (d. 1865)
 * 1793 – John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician (d. 1852)
 * 1798 – Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 1872)
 * 1800 – Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher (d. 1877)
 * 1806 – Charles Hotham, English-Australian soldier and politician, 1st Governor of Victoria (d. 1855)
 * 1806  – Matthew Fontaine Maury, American astronomer, oceanographer, and historian (d. 1873)
 * 1818 – Zachris Topelius, Finnish author and journalist (d. 1898)
 * 1819 – Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Romanian poet and politician (d. 1872)
 * 1824 – Vladimir Stasov, Russian critic (d. 1906)
 * 1834 – Duncan Gillies, Scottish-Australian politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (d. 1903)
 * 1836 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (d. 1904)
 * 1841 – Berthe Morisot, French painter (d. 1895)
 * 1845 – Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, English politician, 34th Governor-General of India (d. 1927)
 * 1849 – Frank Cowper, English yachtsman, author and illustrator (d. 1930)
 * 1850 – Pierre Loti, French captain and author (d. 1923)
 * 1856 – J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, co-founded The Bulletin (d. 1919)
 * 1861 – Mehmed VI, Ottoman sultan (d. 1926)
 * 1862 – Carrie Derick, Canadian botanist and geneticist (d. 1941)
 * 1863 – Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa, Portuguese general and politician, 10th President of Portugal (d. 1929)
 * 1863  – Richard F. Outcault, American author and illustrator (d. 1928)
 * 1869 – Robert Fournier-Sarlovèze, French polo player and politician (d. 1937)
 * 1870 – George Pearce, Australian carpenter and politician (d. 1952)
 * 1875 – Albert Schweitzer, French-German physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
 * 1882 – Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American historian and journalist (d. 1944)
 * 1883 – Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1970)
 * 1886 – Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created Doctor Dolittle (d. 1947)
 * 1887 – Hugo Steinhaus, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1972)
 * 1892 – Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian (d. 1984)
 * 1892  – Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1992)
 * 1892  – George Wilson, English footballer (d. 1961)
 * 1894 – Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Romanian soldier and nurse (d. 1917)
 * 1896 – John Dos Passos, American novelist, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)
 * 1897 – Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)
 * 1899 – Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the United Nations General Assembly (d. 1985)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Bebe Daniels, American actress (d. 1971)
 * 1901  – Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1983)
 * 1904 – Cecil Beaton, English photographer, painter, and costume designer (d. 1980)
 * 1904  – Emily Hahn, American journalist and author (d. 1997)
 * 1904  – Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1939)
 * 1905 – Mildred Albert, American fashion commentator, TV and radio personality, and fashion show producer (d. 1991)
 * 1905  – Takeo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 67th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1995)
 * 1905 – Sterling Holloway, American actor (d. 1992)
 * 1906 – William Bendix, American actor (d. 1964)
 * 1907 – Georges-Émile Lapalme, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1985)
 * 1908 – Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (d. 1934)
 * 1909 – Brenda Forbes, English-American actress (d. 1996)
 * 1909  – Joseph Losey, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1984)
 * 1911 – Anatoly Rybakov, Russian-American author (d. 1998)
 * 1912 – Tillie Olsen, American short story writer (d. 2007)
 * 1914 – Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (d. 2002)
 * 1914  – Selahattin Ülkümen, Turkish diplomat (d. 2003)
 * 1915 – Mark Goodson, American game show producer, created Family Feud and The Price Is Right (d. 1992)
 * 1919 – Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician, 41st Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013)
 * 1919  – Andy Rooney, American soldier, journalist, critic, and television personality (d. 2011)
 * 1920 – Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 1982)
 * 1921 – Murray Bookchin, American author and philosopher (d. 2006)
 * 1921  – Kenneth Bulmer, American author (d. 2005)
 * 1921  – Ken Sailors, American basketball player (d. 2016)
 * 1922 – Hank Biasatti, Italian-Canadian baseball and basketball player (d. 1996)
 * 1922  – Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (d. 2010)
 * 1923 – Gerald Arpino, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2008)
 * 1923  – Fred Beckey, American mountaineer and author (d. 2017)
 * 1924 – Carole Cook, American actress and singer (d. 2023)
 * 1924  – Guy Williams, American actor (d. 1989)
 * 1925 – Jean-Claude Beton, Algerian-French engineer and businessman, founded Orangina (d. 2013)
 * 1925  – Moscelyne Larkin, American ballerina (d. 2012)
 * 1925  – Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, poet, and playwright (d. 1970)
 * 1926 – Frank Aletter, American actor (d. 2009)
 * 1926  – Warren Mitchell, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
 * 1926  – Tom Tryon, American actor and author (d. 1991)
 * 1927 – Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichord player (d. 2017)
 * 1928 – Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and songwriter (d. 2007)
 * 1928  – Hans Kornberg, German-English biologist and academic (d. 2019)
 * 1928  – Garry Winogrand, American photographer and author (d. 1984)
 * 1929 – Peter Barkworth, English actor (d. 2006)
 * 1930 – Johnny Grande, American pianist and accordion player (d. 2006)
 * 1930  – Kenny Wheeler, Canadian-English trumpet player and composer (d. 2014)
 * 1931 – Frank Costigan, Australian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
 * 1931  – Martin Holdgate, English biologist and academic
 * 1932 – Don Garlits, American race car driver and engineer
 * 1933 – Stan Brakhage, American director and producer (d. 2003)
 * 1934 – Richard Briers, English actor (d. 2013)
 * 1934  – Pierre Darmon, French tennis player
 * 1934  – Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1977)
 * 1936 – Clarence Carter, American blues and soul singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer
 * 1937 – J. Bernlef, Dutch author and poet (d. 2012)
 * 1937  – Ken Higgs, English cricketer and coach (d. 2016)
 * 1937  – Leo Kadanoff, American physicist and academic (d. 2015)
 * 1937  – Rao Gopal Rao, Indian actor, producer, and politician (d. 1994)
 * 1937  – Sonny Siebert, American baseball player
 * 1937  – Billie Jo Spears, American country singer (d. 2011)
 * 1938 – Morihiro Hosokawa, Japanese journalist and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
 * 1938  – Jack Jones, American singer and actor
 * 1938  – Allen Toussaint, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2015)
 * 1939 – Kurt Moylan, Guamanian businessman and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Guam
 * 1940 – Julian Bond, American academic and politician (d. 2015)
 * 1940  – Ron Kostelnik, American football player (d. 1993)
 * 1940  – Siegmund Nimsgern, German opera singer
 * 1940  – Trevor Nunn, English director and composer
 * 1940  – Vasilka Stoeva, Bulgarian discus thrower
 * 1941 – Nicholas Brooks, English historian (d. 2014)
 * 1941  – Faye Dunaway, American actress and producer
 * 1941  – Gibby Gilbert, American golfer
 * 1941  – Barry Jenner, American actor (d. 2016)
 * 1941  – Milan Kučan, Slovenian politician, 1st President of Slovenia
 * 1942 – Dave Campbell, American baseball player and sportscaster
 * 1942  – Gerben Karstens, Dutch cyclist (d. 2022)
 * 1943 – Angelo Bagnasco, Italian cardinal
 * 1943  – Mariss Jansons, Latvian conductor (d. 2019)
 * 1943  – Shannon Lucid, American biochemist and astronaut
 * 1943  – Holland Taylor, American actress and playwright
 * 1944 – Marjoe Gortner, American actor and evangelist
 * 1944  – Graham Marsh, Australian golfer and architect
 * 1944  – Nina Totenberg, American journalist
 * 1945 – Kathleen Chalfant, American actress
 * 1945  – Maina Gielgud, English ballerina and director
 * 1947 – Taylor Branch, American historian and author
 * 1947  – Bev Perdue, American educator and politician, 73rd Governor of North Carolina
 * 1947  – Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)
 * 1948 – T Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
 * 1948  – Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan, Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
 * 1948  – Carl Weathers, American football player and actor (d. 2024)
 * 1949 – Lawrence Kasdan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1949  – Mary Robison, American short story writer and novelist
 * 1949  – İlyas Salman, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter
 * 1949  – Lamar Williams, American bass player (d. 1983)
 * 1950 – Arthur Byron Cover, American author and screenwriter
 * 1950  – Swen Nater, Dutch-American basketball player
 * 1950  – Rambhadracharya, Indian religious leader, scholar, and author
 * 1951 – Ron Behagen, American basketball player
 * 1951  – O. Panneerselvam, Indian politician, 7th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
 * 1952 – Sydney Biddle Barrows, American businesswoman and author
 * 1952  – Maureen Dowd, American journalist and author
 * 1952  – Konstantinos Iosifidis, Greek footballer and manager
 * 1952  – Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Romanian engineer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Romania
 * 1953 – David Clary, English chemist and academic
 * 1953  – Denzil Douglas, Caribbean educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis
 * 1953  – Hans Westerhoff, Dutch biologist and academic
 * 1954 – Jim Duggan, American professional wrestler
 * 1956 – Étienne Daho, Algerian-French singer-songwriter and producer
 * 1957 – Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author
 * 1959 – Geoff Tate, German-American singer-songwriter and musician
 * 1961 – Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (d. 1996)
 * 1963 – Steven Soderbergh, American director, producer, and screenwriter
 * 1964 – Beverly Kinch, English long jumper and sprinter
 * 1964  – Sergei Nemchinov, Russian ice hockey player
 * 1964  – Shepard Smith, American television journalist
 * 1965 – Mark Addy, English actor
 * 1965  – Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player, coach, and lawyer
 * 1965  – Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 * 1965  – Jemma Redgrave, English actress
 * 1965  – Slick Rick, English-American rapper and producer
 * 1966 – Terry Angus, English footballer
 * 1966  – Marko Hietala, Finnish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
 * 1966  – Nadia Maftouni, Iranian philosopher
 * 1966  – Dan Schneider, American TV producer
 * 1967 – Leonardo Ortolani, Italian author and illustrator, created Rat-Man
 * 1967  – Emily Watson, English actress
 * 1967  – Zakk Wylde, American guitarist and singer
 * 1968 – Ruel Fox, English-Montserratian footballer, manager and chairman
 * 1968  – LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
 * 1969 – Jason Bateman, American actor, director, and producer
 * 1969  – Martin Bicknell, English cricketer
 * 1969  – Dave Grohl, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer
 * 1971 – Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier
 * 1971  – Bert Konterman, Dutch footballer and manager
 * 1971  – Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer and manager
 * 1972 – Kyle Brady, American football player and sportscaster
 * 1972  – Dion Forster, South African minister, theologian, and author
 * 1972  – James Key, English engineer
 * 1973 – Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver
 * 1973  – Paul Tisdale, English footballer and manager
 * 1974 – Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
 * 1974  – David Flitcroft, English footballer and manager
 * 1975 – Georgina Cates, English actress
 * 1975  – Jordan Ladd, American actress
 * 1976 – Vincenzo Chianese, Italian footballer
 * 1977 – Narain Karthikeyan, Indian race car driver
 * 1977  – Terry Ryan, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1978 – Shawn Crawford, American sprinter
 * 1979 – Karen Elson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and model
 * 1979  – Evans Soligo, Italian footballer
 * 1980 – Clive Clarke, Irish footballer
 * 1980  – Cory Gibbs, American soccer player
 * 1980  – Byron Leftwich, American football player and coach
 * 1981 – Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian footballer
 * 1981  – Jadranka Đokić, Croatian actress
 * 1981  – Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
 * 1981  – Concepción Montaner, Spanish long jumper
 * 1982 – Marc Broussard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
 * 1982  – Zach Gilford, American actor
 * 1982  – Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
 * 1982  – Thomas Longosiwa, Kenyan runner
 * 1982  – Víctor Valdés, Spanish footballer
 * 1983 – Cesare Bovo, Italian footballer
 * 1983  – Vincent Jackson, American football player (d. 2021)
 * 1983  – Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer
 * 1984 – Erick Aybar, American baseball player
 * 1984  – Erika Matsuo, Japanese violinist
 * 1984  – Mike Pelfrey, American baseball player
 * 1985 – Aaron Brooks, American basketball player
 * 1985  – Jake Choi, American actor
 * 1985  – Joel Rosario, Dominican-American jockey
 * 1985  – Shawn Sawyer, Canadian figure skater
 * 1986 – Yohan Cabaye, French footballer
 * 1986  – Alessio Cossu, Italian footballer
 * 1986  – Matt Riddle, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
 * 1987 – Jess Fishlock, Welsh footballer
 * 1987  – Atsushi Hashimoto, Japanese actor
 * 1988 – Kacey Barnfield, English actress
 * 1988  – Hakeem Nicks, American football player
 * 1988  – Jack P. Shepherd, English actor
 * 1989 – Frankie Bridge, English singer-songwriter and dancer
 * 1989  – Emma Greenwell, American-English actress
 * 1990 – Kacy Catanzaro, American athlete and wrestler
 * 1990  – Lelisa Desisa, Ethiopian runner
 * 1990  – Grant Gustin, American actor and singer
 * 1990  – Áron Szilágyi, Hungarian fencer
 * 1992 – Robbie Brady, Irish footballer
 * 1992  – Chieh-Yu Hsu, American tennis player
 * 1992  – Qiang Wang, Chinese tennis player
 * 1993 – Daniel Bessa, Brazilian footballer
 * 1993  – David Nwaba, American basketball player
 * 1994 – Kai, South Korean singer, model, actor and dancer
 * 1997 – Francesco Bagnaia, Italian motorcycle racer
 * 1998 – Maddison Inglis, Australian tennis player
 * 1999 – Declan Rice, English footballer
 * 1999   – Emerson Royal, Brazilian footballer
 * 1999  – D'Andre Swift, American football player
 * 2000 – Jonathan David, Canadian footballer
 * 2001 – Cora Jade, American wrestler

Pre-1600

 * 769 – Cui Huan, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
 * 927 – Wang Yanhan, king of Min (Ten Kingdoms)
 * 937 – Zhang Yanlang, Chinese official
 * 973 – Ekkehard I, Frankish monk and poet
 * 1092 – Vratislaus II of Bohemia
 * 1163 – Ladislaus II of Hungary (b. 1131)
 * 1236 – Saint Sava, Serbian archbishop and saint (b. 1175)
 * 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary (b. 1265)
 * 1331 – Odoric of Pordenone, Italian priest and explorer (b. 1286)
 * 1465 – Thomas Beckington, English statesman and prelate
 * 1476 – John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (b. 1444)
 * 1555 – Jacques Dubois, French anatomist (b. 1478)

1601–1900

 * 1640 – Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry, English lawyer, judge, and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1578)
 * 1648 – Caspar Barlaeus, Dutch historian, poet, and theologian (b. 1584)
 * 1676 – Francesco Cavalli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1602)
 * 1679 – Jacques de Billy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1602)
 * 1701 – Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyō (b. 1628)
 * 1753 – George Berkeley, Anglo-Irish philosopher and author (b. 1685)
 * 1766 – Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
 * 1776 – Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1713)
 * 1786 – Michael Arne, English organist and composer (b. 1741)
 * 1786  – Meshech Weare, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
 * 1823 – Athanasios Kanakaris, Greek politician (b. 1760)
 * 1825 – George Dance the Younger, English architect and surveyor (b. 1741)
 * 1833 – Seraphim of Sarov, Russian monk and saint (b. 1759)
 * 1867 – Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter and illustrator (b. 1780)
 * 1874 – Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (b. 1834)
 * 1883 – Napoléon Coste, French guitarist and composer (b. 1806)
 * 1888 – Stephen Heller, Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1813)
 * 1889 – Ema Pukšec, Croatian soprano (b. 1834)
 * 1892 – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (b. 1864)
 * 1892  – Alexander J. Davis, American architect (b. 1803)
 * 1898 – Lewis Carroll, English novelist, poet, and mathematician (b. 1832)

1901–present

 * 1901 – Mandell Creighton, English bishop and historian (b. 1843)
 * 1901  – Charles Hermite, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1822)
 * 1905 – Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (b. 1840)
 * 1907 – Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, Scottish soldier and politician, 6th Governor of New Zealand (b. 1832)
 * 1908 – Holger Drachmann, Danish poet and playwright (b. 1846)
 * 1915 – Richard Meux Benson, English priest and saint, founded the Society of St. John the Evangelist (b. 1824)
 * 1919 – Platon, Estonian bishop and saint (b. 1869)
 * 1920 – John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founded the Dodge Automobile Company (b. 1864)
 * 1926 – August Sedláček, Czech historian and author (b. 1843)
 * 1934 – Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (b. 1863)
 * 1937 – Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet, author, and playwright (b. 1889)
 * 1938 – Jaakko Mäki, Finnish politician (b. 1878)
 * 1942 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
 * 1943 – Laura E. Richards, American author and poet (b. 1850)
 * 1944 – Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish author and politician (b. 1869)
 * 1949 – Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892)
 * 1951 – Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867)
 * 1952 – Artur Kapp, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1878)
 * 1957 – Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
 * 1959 – Eivind Berggrav, Norwegian bishop and translator (b. 1884)
 * 1961 – Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888)
 * 1962 – M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer, scholar, and politician (b. 1860)
 * 1965 – Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
 * 1966 – Sergei Korolev, Ukrainian-Russian engineer and academic (b. 1906)
 * 1968 – Dorothea Mackellar, Australian poet and author (b. 1885)
 * 1970 – William Feller, Croatian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)
 * 1970  – Asım Gündüz, Turkish general (b. 1880)
 * 1972 – Horst Assmy, German footballer (b. 1933)
 * 1972  – Frederik IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
 * 1976 – Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia (b. 1922)
 * 1977 – Anthony Eden, English soldier and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897)
 * 1977  – Peter Finch, English-Australian actor (b. 1916)
 * 1977  – Anaïs Nin, French-American essayist and memoirist (b. 1903)
 * 1978 – Harold Abrahams, English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist (b. 1899)
 * 1978  – Kurt Gödel, Austrian-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1906)
 * 1978  – Robert Heger, German conductor and composer (b. 1886)
 * 1978  – Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
 * 1980 – Robert Ardrey, American-South African author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
 * 1981  – G. Lloyd Spencer, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1893)
 * 1984 – Ray Kroc, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1902)
 * 1986 – Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
 * 1987 – Turgut Demirağ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
 * 1987  – Douglas Sirk, German-Swiss director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
 * 1988 – Georgy Malenkov, Russian engineer and politician, 5th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1902)
 * 1991 – Gordon Bryant, Australian educator and politician (b. 1914)
 * 1995 – Alexander Gibson, Scottish conductor (b. 1926)
 * 1996 – Onno Tunç, Armenian-Turkish composer (b. 1948)
 * 1997 – Dollard Ménard, Canadian general (b. 1913)
 * 2000 – Leonard Weisgard, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
 * 2004 – Uta Hagen, German-American actress (b. 1919)
 * 2004  – Ron O'Neal, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
 * 2005 – Charlotte MacLeod, Canadian-American author (b. 1922)
 * 2005  – Conroy Maddox, English painter and educator (b. 1912)
 * 2005  – Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
 * 2005  – Jesús Rafael Soto, Venezuelan sculptor and painter (b. 1923)
 * 2006 – Henri Colpi, French director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
 * 2006  – Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
 * 2006  – Shelley Winters, American actress (b. 1920)
 * 2007 – Vassilis Photopoulos, Greek painter, director, and set designer (b. 1934)
 * 2008 – Judah Folkman, American physician, biologist, and academic (b. 1933)
 * 2009 – Jan Kaplický, Czech architect, designed the Selfridges Building (b. 1937)
 * 2009  – Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (b. 1920)
 * 2010 – Antonio Fontán, Spanish journalist and academic (b. 1923)
 * 2011 – Georgia Carroll, American singer, model and actress (b. 1919)
 * 2012 – Txillardegi, Spanish linguist and politician (b. 1929)
 * 2012  – Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (b. 1935)
 * 2012  – Arfa Karim, Pakistani student and computer prodigy, youngest Microsoft Certified Professional in 2004 (b. 1995)
 * 2012  – Giampiero Moretti, Italian entrepreneur and race car driver (b. 1940)
 * 2012  – Rosy Varte, Armenian-French actress (b. 1923)
 * 2013 – Conrad Bain, Canadian-American actor (b. 1923)
 * 2014 – Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (b. 1944)
 * 2014  – Juan Gelman, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1930)
 * 2014  – Flavio Testi, Italian composer and musicologist (b. 1923)
 * 2015 – Bob Boyd, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
 * 2015  – Zhang Wannian, Chinese general (b. 1928)
 * 2016 – René Angélil, Canadian music producer, talent manager, and singer (b. 1942)
 * 2016  – Alan Rickman, English actor (b. 1946)
 * 2017 – Zhou Youguang, Chinese sociologist, (b. 1906)
 * 2018 – Spanky Manikan, Filipino veteran actor (b. 1942)
 * 2018  – Cyrille Regis, French Guianan-English footballer (b. 1958)
 * 2021 – Joel Robert, Belgian motorcycle racer (b. 1943)
 * 2023 – Mukarram Jah, 8th Nizam of Hyderabad (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

 * Christian feast day:
 * Barba'shmin
 * Devasahayam Pillai (Catholic Church)
 * Divina Pastora (Barquisimeto)
 * Eivind Berggrav (Lutheran)
 * Felix of Nola
 * Macrina the Elder
 * Odoric of Pordenone
 * January 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Defender of the Motherland Day (Uzbekistan)
 * Feast of the Ass (Medieval Christianity)
 * Flag Day (Georgia)
 * National Forest Conservation Day (Thailand)
 * Old New Year, and its related observance:
 * Azhyrnykhua (Abkhazia)
 * Yennayer (Berbers)
 * Ratification Day (United States)


 * Sidereal winter solstice celebrations in South and Southeast Asian cultures; marking the transition of the Sun to Capricorn, and the first day of the six months Uttarayana period. (see April 14):
 * Magh Bihu (Assam)
 * Maghe Sankranti (Nepal)
 * Maghi (Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh)
 * Makar Sankranti (India)
 * The first day of Pongal (Tamil Nadu)
 * Uttarayan (Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Rajasthan)
 * World Logic Day (UNESCO)