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| Date | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 4th of January 0871 | EVENT | Battle of Reading: Ethelred of Wessex fights, and is defeated by, a Danish invasion army. |
| 4th of January 1490 | EVENT | Anna of Brittany announces that all those who would ally with the king of France will be considered guilty of the crime of lese majeste. |
| 4th of January 1642 | EVENT | King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England's slide into civil war. |
| 4th of January 1649 | EVENT | English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial. |
| 4th of January 1717 | EVENT | The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance. |
| 4th of January 1762 | EVENT | Great Britain declares war on Spain and Naples. |
| 4th of January 1847 | EVENT | Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government. |
| 4th of January 1854 | EVENT | The McDonald Islands are discovered by Captain William McDonald aboard the Samarang. |
| 4th of January 1863 | EVENT | The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany. |
| 4th of January 1865 | EVENT | The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City. |
| 4th of January 1878 | EVENT | Sofia is emancipated from Ottoman rule. |
| 4th of January 1884 | EVENT | The Fabian Society is founded in London. |
| 4th of January 1885 | EVENT | The first successful appendectomy is performed by William W. Grant on Mary Gartside. |
| 4th of January 1896 | EVENT | Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. |
| 4th of January 1903 | EVENT | Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign. |
| 4th of January 1912 | EVENT | The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal Charter. |
| 4th of January 1944 | EVENT | World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters in Europe, begins. |
| 4th of January 1948 | EVENT | Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom. |
| 4th of January 1951 | EVENT | Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul. |
| 4th of January 1955 | EVENT | The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis. |
| 4th of January 1958 | EVENT | Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit. |
| 4th of January 1959 | EVENT | Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon. |
| 4th of January 1965 | EVENT | United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address. |
| 4th of January 1966 | EVENT | A military coup takes place in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso), dissolving the National Parliament and leading to a new national constitution. |
| 4th of January 1967 | EVENT | Donald Campbell is killed on Coniston Water while attempting to break the world water speed record. |
| 4th of January 1972 | EVENT | Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London. |
| 4th of January 1974 | EVENT | United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. |
| 4th of January 1976 | EVENT | The Reavey and O'Dowd killings take place (part of The Troubles in Northern Ireland) |
| 4th of January 1987 | EVENT | The Chase, Maryland rail wreck: An Amtrak train en route to Boston, Massachusetts from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, killing 16 people. |
| 4th of January 1989 | EVENT | Second Gulf of Sidra incident: a pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation. |
| 4th of January 1998 | EVENT | A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction. |
| 4th of January 1998 | EVENT | Wilaya of Relizane massacres in Algeria: over 170 are killed in three remote villages. |
| 4th of January 1999 | EVENT | Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota. |
| 4th of January 1999 | EVENT | Gunmen open fire on Shiite Muslims worshipping in an Islamabad mosque, killing 16 people and injuring 25. |
| 4th of January 2004 | EVENT | Spirit, a NASA Mars Rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC. |
| 4th of January 2006 | EVENT | Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. His authority is transferred to acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. |
| 4th of January 2007 | EVENT | The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history. |
| 4th of January 2010 | EVENT | The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building is officially opened. |
| 4th of January 1077 | BIRTHDAY | Emperor Zhezong of Song Dynasty in China (d. 1100) |
| 4th of January 1334 | BIRTHDAY | Amadeus VI of Savoy (d. 1383) |
| 4th of January 1341 | BIRTHDAY | Wat Tyler leader of the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381 (d. 1381) |
| 4th of January 1581 | BIRTHDAY | James Ussher, Irish Anglican archbishop (d. 1656) |
| 4th of January 1643 | BIRTHDAY | Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and natural philosopher (d. 1727) |
| 4th of January 1664 | BIRTHDAY | Lars Roberg, Swedish physician (d. 1742) |
| 4th of January 1672 | BIRTHDAY | Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1742) |
| 4th of January 1710 | BIRTHDAY | Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (d. 1736) |
| 4th of January 1720 | BIRTHDAY | Johann Friedrich Agricola, German composer (d. 1774) |
| 4th of January 1735 | BIRTHDAY | Claude Martin, French then British General (d. 1800) |
| 4th of January 1785 | BIRTHDAY | Jacob Grimm, German philologist and folklorist (one of the Brothers Grimm) (d. 1863) |
| 4th of January 1809 | BIRTHDAY | Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind and inventor of braille (d. 1852) |
| 4th of January 1813 | BIRTHDAY | Isaac Pitman, English inventor (d. 1897) |
| 4th of January 1832 | BIRTHDAY | George Tryon, British admiral (d. 1893) |
| 4th of January 1838 | BIRTHDAY | Charles Sherwood Stratton, American circus performer (d. 1883) |
| 4th of January 1839 | BIRTHDAY | Carl Humann, German engineer (d. 1896) |
| 4th of January 1842 | BIRTHDAY | Frederic T. Greenhalge, American politician and 38th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1896) |
| 4th of January 1848 | BIRTHDAY | Katsura Taro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913) |
| 4th of January 1869 | BIRTHDAY | Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (d. 1960) |
| 4th of January 1870 | BIRTHDAY | Percy Pitt, English organist and conductor (d. 1932) |
| 4th of January 1874 | BIRTHDAY | Josef Suk, Czech composer (d. 1935) |
| 4th of January 1878 | BIRTHDAY | A. E. Coppard, English poet and short story writer (d. 1957) |
| 4th of January 1878 | BIRTHDAY | Augustus John, Welsh painter (d. 1961) |
| 4th of January 1881 | BIRTHDAY | Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (d. 1919) |
| 4th of January 1882 | BIRTHDAY | Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian artist (d. 1943) |
| 4th of January 1883 | BIRTHDAY | Max Eastman, American writer (d. 1969) |
| 4th of January 1891 | BIRTHDAY | Edward Brooker, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1948) |
| 4th of January 1892 | BIRTHDAY | Maria Diaz Cortes, Spanish supercentarian (d. 2009) |
| 4th of January 1893 | BIRTHDAY | Yone Minagawa, Japanese supercentarian (d. 2007) |
| 4th of January 1894 | BIRTHDAY | Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician (d. 1962) |
| 4th of January 1895 | BIRTHDAY | Leroy Grumman, American industrialist (d. 1982) |
| 4th of January 1896 | BIRTHDAY | Andre Masson, French artist (d. 1987) |
| 4th of January 1896 | BIRTHDAY | Everett Dirksen, American politician (d. 1969) |
| 4th of January 1900 | BIRTHDAY | James Bond, American ornithologist (d. 1989) |
| 4th of January 1901 | BIRTHDAY | C. L. R. James, Trinidadian writer and journalist (d. 1989) |
| 4th of January 1902 | BIRTHDAY | John McCone, American businessman, civil servant, and 6th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1991) |
| 4th of January 1905 | BIRTHDAY | Sterling Holloway, American Character Actor (d. 1992) |
| 4th of January 1910 | BIRTHDAY | Arthur Villeneuve, Quebec painter (d. 1990) |
| 4th of January 1913 | BIRTHDAY | Malietoa Tanumafili II, Sovereign Ruler of Samoa (d. 2007) |
| 4th of January 1914 | BIRTHDAY | Herman Franks, American baseball player (d. 2009) |
| 4th of January 1915 | BIRTHDAY | Meg Mundy, American actress |
| 4th of January 1916 | BIRTHDAY | Lionel Newman, American film music composer (d. 1989) |
| 4th of January 1916 | BIRTHDAY | Robert Parrish, American film editor and director (d. 1995) |
| 4th of January 1920 | BIRTHDAY | William Colby, American intelligence officer and 10th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 1996) |
| 4th of January 1922 | BIRTHDAY | Rosalie Crutchley, English actress (d. 1997) |
| 4th of January 1923 | BIRTHDAY | Don Butterfield, American jazz and classical tuba player (d. 2006) |
| 4th of January 1924 | BIRTHDAY | Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (d. 1993) |
| 4th of January 1925 | BIRTHDAY | Veikko Hakulinen, Finnish cross-country skier (d. 2003) |
| 4th of January 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Barbara Rush, American actress |
| 4th of January 1927 | BIRTHDAY | Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman |
| 4th of January 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Sorrell Booke, American actor (d. 1994) |
| 4th of January 1930 | BIRTHDAY | Don Shula, American football coach |
| 4th of January 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Sir William Deane, Governor-General of Australia |
| 4th of January 1931 | BIRTHDAY | Adi Lady Lala Mara, First Lady of Fiji (d. 2004) |
| 4th of January 1932 | BIRTHDAY | Carlos Saura, Spanish director |
| 4th of January 1932 | BIRTHDAY | Jorge Russek, Mexican actor (d. 1998) |
| 4th of January 1933 | BIRTHDAY | Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia. |
| 4th of January 1934 | BIRTHDAY | Rudolf Schuster, President of Slovakia |
| 4th of January 1935 | BIRTHDAY | Floyd Patterson, American boxer (d. 2006) |
| 4th of January 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Dyan Cannon, American actress |
| 4th of January 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Grace Bumbry, American singer |
| 4th of January 1937 | BIRTHDAY | Mick O'Connell, Gaelic footballer |
| 4th of January 1940 | BIRTHDAY | Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate |
| 4th of January 1940 | BIRTHDAY | Helmut Jahn, German architect |
| 4th of January 1940 | BIRTHDAY | Brian David Josephson, Welsh physicist, Nobel laureate |
| 4th of January 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Joe Renzetti, American film composer |
| 4th of January 1941 | BIRTHDAY | George Pan Cosmatos, Greek film director (d. 2005) |
| 4th of January 1941 | BIRTHDAY | Maureen Reagan, American political activist (d. 2001) |
| 4th of January 1941 | BIRTHDAY | John Bennett Perry, American actor |
| 4th of January 1942 | BIRTHDAY | John McLaughlin, English jazz guitarist |
| 4th of January 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Doris Kearns Goodwin, American writer |
| 4th of January 1943 | BIRTHDAY | Hwang Sok-yong, Korean writer |
| 4th of January 1944 | BIRTHDAY | Charlie Manuel, American baseball manager |
| 4th of January 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish entertainer |
| 4th of January 1945 | BIRTHDAY | Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel laureate |
| 4th of January 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Arthur Conley, American singer (d. 2003) |
| 4th of January 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001) |
| 4th of January 1946 | BIRTHDAY | Dr.S.Rajasekharan, Indian poet and critic |
| 4th of January 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Chris Cutler, English musician and composer (Henry Cow, Art Bears) |
| 4th of January 1947 | BIRTHDAY | Rick Stein, English chef and television presenter |
| 4th of January 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (d. 1992) |
| 4th of January 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Eugeniusz Wycis?o, Polish politician |
| 4th of January 1948 | BIRTHDAY | Wolfgang Mulack, German footballer |
| 4th of January 1950 | BIRTHDAY | John Louis Evans, American convicted murderer (d. 1983) |
| 4th of January 1951 | BIRTHDAY | Barbara Cochran, American alpine skier |
| 4th of January 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Norberto Alonso, Argentine footballer |
| 4th of January 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Dirk Heun, German footballer |
| 4th of January 1953 | BIRTHDAY | Andreas Vgenopoulos, Greek businessman |
| 4th of January 1953 | BIRTHDAY | James Warren, American journalist |
| 4th of January 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Eugene Chadbourne, American composer and musician |
| 4th of January 1954 | BIRTHDAY | Tina Knowles, American fashion designer |
| 4th of January 1955 | BIRTHDAY | Mark Hollis, English musician and composer (Talk Talk) |
| 4th of January 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer |
| 4th of January 1956 | BIRTHDAY | Bernard Sumner, English musician (Joy Division, New Order, Electronic) |
| 4th of January 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Patty Loveless, American singer |
| 4th of January 1957 | BIRTHDAY | Gurdas Maan, Punjabi singer, actor, lyricist |
| 4th of January 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Matt Frewer, American actor |
| 4th of January 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Gary Jones, Welsh-born actor |
| 4th of January 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Julian Sands, English actor |
| 4th of January 1958 | BIRTHDAY | Andy Borowitz, American comedian and satirist |
| 4th of January 1959 | BIRTHDAY | Yoshitomo Nara, Japanese pop artist |
| 4th of January 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Art Paul Schlosser, American comedian,singer and song writer |
| 4th of January 1960 | BIRTHDAY | Michael Stipe, American singer (R.E.M.) |
| 4th of January 1960 | BIRTHDAY | April Winchell, American actress |
| 4th of January 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Sidney Green, American basketball player |
| 4th of January 1961 | BIRTHDAY | Lee Curreri, American actor |
| 4th of January 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Laila Eloui, Egyptian actress |
| 4th of January 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Robin Guthrie, Scottish guitarist (Cocteau Twins) |
| 4th of January 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Joe Kleine, American basketball player |
| 4th of January 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Andre Rouvoet, Dutch politician |
| 4th of January 1962 | BIRTHDAY | Peter Steele, American musician (Type O Negative) (d. 2010) |
| 4th of January 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Till Lindemann, German singer (Rammstein) |
| 4th of January 1963 | BIRTHDAY | Dave Foley, Canadian comedian and actor |
| 4th of January 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Nikos Thanopoulos, Greek businessman |
| 4th of January 1964 | BIRTHDAY | Tom Westman, American reality-show contestant |
| 4th of January 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Yvan Attal, French actor and director |
| 4th of January 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Guy Forget, French tennis player |
| 4th of January 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Julia Ormond, English actress |
| 4th of January 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Cait O'Riordan, British musician (The Pogues) |
| 4th of January 1965 | BIRTHDAY | Beth Gibbons, English singer (Portishead) |
| 4th of January 1966 | BIRTHDAY | Deana Carter, American singer |
| 4th of January 1967 | BIRTHDAY | David Berman, American poet and singer/songwriter (Silver Jews) |
| 4th of January 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Marina Orsini, Canadian actress |
| 4th of January 1967 | BIRTHDAY | Johnny Nelson, English boxer |
| 4th of January 1967 | BIRTHDAY | David Toms, American golfer |
| 4th of January 1968 | BIRTHDAY | Mike Wilpolt, American arena football head coach |
| 4th of January 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Corie Blount, American basketball player |
| 4th of January 1969 | BIRTHDAY | Kees van Wonderen, Dutch footballer |
| 4th of January 1970 | BIRTHDAY | Chris Kanyon, American professional wrestler (d. 2010) |
| 4th of January 1971 | BIRTHDAY | Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese artist, sculptor |
| 4th of January 1972 | BIRTHDAY | Charlotte Hudson, British television presenter |
| 4th of January 1972 | BIRTHDAY | James Longley, American documentary filmmaker |
| 4th of January 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Mike D. Anderson, American actor |
| 4th of January 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Frank H?j, Danish cyclist |
| 4th of January 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Greg de Vries, Canadian hockey player |
| 4th of January 1973 | BIRTHDAY | Harmony Korine, American film director and artist |
| 4th of January 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Armin Zoggeler, Italian luger |
| 4th of January 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Danilo Hondo, German cyclist |
| 4th of January 1974 | BIRTHDAY | Ian Moor, English singer |
| 4th of January 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Jill Marie Jones, American actress |
| 4th of January 1975 | BIRTHDAY | Shane Carwin, UFC Heavyweight Fighter |
| 4th of January 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Benoit Joachim, Luxembourg cyclist |
| 4th of January 1976 | BIRTHDAY | Ted Lilly, American baseball player |
| 4th of January 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Dan Shanahan, Irish hurler |
| 4th of January 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Iran Castillo, Mexican actress |
| 4th of January 1977 | BIRTHDAY | David Millar, British cyclist |
| 4th of January 1977 | BIRTHDAY | Tim Wheeler, Irish singer (Ash) |
| 4th of January 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakian tennis player |
| 4th of January 1978 | BIRTHDAY | Mai Meneses, Spanish singer |
| 4th of January 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Tristan Gommendy, French racing driver |
| 4th of January 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Charity Rahmer, American actress |
| 4th of January 1979 | BIRTHDAY | Jeph Howard, American musician (The Used) |
| 4th of January 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Greg Cipes, American actor |
| 4th of January 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Bobbi Eden, Dutch pornostar |
| 4th of January 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer |
| 4th of January 1980 | BIRTHDAY | Yaroslav Popovych, Ukrainian cyclist |
| 4th of January 1981 | BIRTHDAY | Silvy De Bie, Belgian singer |
| 4th of January 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Paulo Ferrari, Argentinian footballer |
| 4th of January 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Kang Hye-jeong, South Korean actress |
| 4th of January 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Lucie Skrobakova, Czech athlete |
| 4th of January 1982 | BIRTHDAY | Richard Logan, English footballer |
| 4th of January 1983 | BIRTHDAY | Spencer Chamberlain, American musician (Underoath) |
| 4th of January 1985 | BIRTHDAY | Fernando Rees, Brazilian race car driver |
| 4th of January 1986 | BIRTHDAY | Steve Slaton , American football player |
| 4th of January 1986 | BIRTHDAY | James Milner, English footballer |
| 4th of January 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Anestis Argyriou, Greek footballer |
| 4th of January 1988 | BIRTHDAY | Nabila Jamshed, Indian writer |
| 4th of January 1989 | BIRTHDAY | Graham Rahal, American race car driver |
| 4th of January 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Melissa Long, American journalist |
| 4th of January 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Toni Kroos, German footballer |
| 4th of January 1990 | BIRTHDAY | Alberto Paloschi, Italian footballer |
| 4th of January 1991 | BIRTHDAY | Olivia Tennet, New Zealand actress |
| 4th of January 1991 | BIRTHDAY | Stefan Nenadovic, Montenegrin footballer |
| 4th of January 2000 | BIRTHDAY | Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, American actress |
| 4th of January 1248 | DEATH | King Sancho II of Portugal (Born 1207) |
| 4th of January 1428 | DEATH | Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (Born 1370) |
| 4th of January 1564 | DEATH | Hosokawa Ujitsuna, Japanese military commander (Born 1514) |
| 4th of January 1584 | DEATH | Tobias Stimmer, Swiss painter and drawer (Born 1539) |
| 4th of January 1695 | DEATH | Francois Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duc de Luxembourg, French general (Born 1628) |
| 4th of January 1752 | DEATH | Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (Born 1704) |
| 4th of January 1761 | DEATH | Stephen Hales, English physiologist (Born 1677) |
| 4th of January 1773 | DEATH | Anton Losenko, Russian painter (Born 1737) |
| 4th of January 1782 | DEATH | Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect (Born 1698) |
| 4th of January 1786 | DEATH | Moses Mendelssohn, German philosopher (Born 1729) |
| 4th of January 1804 | DEATH | Charlotte Lennox, English author and poet (Born c.1730) |
| 4th of January 1821 | DEATH | Elizabeth Ann Seton, American saint (Born 1774) |
| 4th of January 1825 | DEATH | King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (Born 1751) |
| 4th of January 1863 | DEATH | Roger Hanson, American Confederate general (Born 1827) |
| 4th of January 1874 | DEATH | Thomas Gregson, Premier of Tasmania (Born 1798) |
| 4th of January 1877 | DEATH | Cornelius Vanderbilt, American entrepreneur (Born 1794) |
| 4th of January 1882 | DEATH | John William Draper, English scientist, photographer (Born 1811) |
| 4th of January 1883 | DEATH | Antoine Eugene Alfred Chanzy, French general (Born 1823) |
| 4th of January 1891 | DEATH | Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (Born 1833) |
| 4th of January 1896 | DEATH | Joseph Hubert Reinkens, German Old Catholic bishop (Born 1821) |
| 4th of January 1901 | DEATH | Nikolaos Gyzis, Greek painter (Born 1842) |
| 4th of January 1903 | DEATH | Topsy the elephant (Born c. 1875) |
| 4th of January 1903 | DEATH | Gulstan Ropert, Roman Catholic prelate (Born 1839) |
| 4th of January 1910 | DEATH | Leon Delagrange, French aviator and sculptor (Born 1873) |
| 4th of January 1919 | DEATH | Georg von Hertling, Chancellor of Germany (Born 1843) |
| 4th of January 1920 | DEATH | Benito Perez Galdos, Spanish novelist (Born 1843) |
| 4th of January 1924 | DEATH | Alfred Grunfeld, Austrian pianist and composer (Born 1852) |
| 4th of January 1931 | DEATH | Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife (Born 1867) |
| 4th of January 1931 | DEATH | Art Acord, American actor (Born 1890) |
| 4th of January 1940 | DEATH | Flora Finch, British-American silent-film comedienne (Born 1867) |
| 4th of January 1941 | DEATH | Henri Bergson, French philosopher, Nobel laureate (Born 1859) |
| 4th of January 1944 | DEATH | Kai Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (Born 1898) |
| 4th of January 1947 | DEATH | Julian Ashby Burruss, American academic (Born 1876) |
| 4th of January 1960 | DEATH | Albert Camus, Algerian-born philosopher and Nobel laureate (Born 1913) |
| 4th of January 1961 | DEATH | Erwin Schrodinger, Austrian physicist and Nobel laureate (Born 1887) |
| 4th of January 1962 | DEATH | Hans Lammers, German SS officer (Born 1879) |
| 4th of January 1965 | DEATH | T. S. Eliot, American-born British Nobel laureate (Born 1888) |
| 4th of January 1967 | DEATH | Donald Campbell, English motorboat racer (Born 1921) |
| 4th of January 1969 | DEATH | Daisy and Violet Hilton, British conjoined twins (Born 1908) |
| 4th of January 1970 | DEATH | Jean-Etienne Valluy, French general (Born 1899) |
| 4th of January 1971 | DEATH | Arthur Ford, American clairaudient (Born 1896) |
| 4th of January 1974 | DEATH | Epameinondas Thomopoulos, Greek artist (Born 1878) |
| 4th of January 1975 | DEATH | Carlo Levi, Italian painter, writer and activist (Born 1902) |
| 4th of January 1981 | DEATH | Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and composer (Born 1914) |
| 4th of January 1985 | DEATH | Brian Horrocks, British general (Born 1895) |
| 4th of January 1985 | DEATH | Lovro von Matacic, Croatian conductor (Born 1899) |
| 4th of January 1986 | DEATH | Christopher Isherwood, English writer (Born 1904) |
| 4th of January 1986 | DEATH | Phil Lynott, Irish musician (Thin Lizzy) (Born 1949) |
| 4th of January 1988 | DEATH | Lily Laskine, French harpist (Born 1893) |
| 4th of January 1990 | DEATH | Sir Henry Bolte, Australian politician (Born 1908) |
| 4th of January 1990 | DEATH | Harold Edgerton, American electrical engineer (Born 1903) |
| 4th of January 1993 | DEATH | Charles Bridgford, Australian politician (Born 1910) |
| 4th of January 1994 | DEATH | RD Burman, Indian musician (Born 1939) |
| 4th of January 1995 | DEATH | Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor and composer (Born 1942) |
| 4th of January 1995 | DEATH | Sol Tax, American anthropologist (Born 1907) |
| 4th of January 1996 | DEATH | Ramon Vinay, Chilean operatic tenor (Born 1911) |
| 4th of January 1997 | DEATH | Harry Helmsley, American real estate mogul (Born 1909) |
| 4th of January 1998 | DEATH | John Gary, American singer (Born 1932) |
| 4th of January 1998 | DEATH | Mae Questel, American actress (Born 1908) |
| 4th of January 1999 | DEATH | Iron Eyes Cody, American actor (Born 1904) |
| 4th of January 2000 | DEATH | Tom Fears, American football player (Born 1922) |
| 4th of January 2000 | DEATH | Spyros Markezinis, Greek politician (Born 1909) |
| 4th of January 2001 | DEATH | Yoshika, Japanese fashion model (Born 1983) |
| 4th of January 2001 | DEATH | Les Brown, American bandleader (Born 1912) |
| 4th of January 2003 | DEATH | Hanno Drechsler, German politician (Born 1931) |
| 4th of January 2003 | DEATH | Sabine Ulibarri, American writer (Born 1919) |
| 4th of January 2003 | DEATH | Conrad Hall, American cinematographer (Born 1927) |
| 4th of January 2003 | DEATH | Yfrah Neaman, Lebanese-born violinist (Born 1923) |
| 4th of January 2004 | DEATH | Brian Gibson (director), English film director (Born 1944) |
| 4th of January 2004 | DEATH | Jake Hess, American singer (Born 1927) |
| 4th of January 2004 | DEATH | Joan Aiken, English author (Born 1924) |
| 4th of January 2004 | DEATH | John Toland, American historian (Born 1912) |
| 4th of January 2004 | DEATH | Jeff Nuttall, English writer (Born 1933) |
| 4th of January 2005 | DEATH | Humphrey Carpenter, English author (Born 1946) |
| 4th of January 2005 | DEATH | Guy Davenport, American author and scholar (Born 1927) |
| 4th of January 2005 | DEATH | Ali al-Haidri, Iraqi governor of Baghdad |
| 4th of January 2005 | DEATH | Alton Tobey, American artist (Born 1914) |
| 4th of January 2005 | DEATH | Frank Harary, American mathematician (Born 1921) |
| 4th of January 2005 | DEATH | Bud Poile, Canadian ice hockey player (Born 1924) |
| 4th of January 2005 | DEATH | Robert Heilbroner, American economist (Born 1919) |
| 4th of January 2006 | DEATH | Irving Layton, Canadian poet (Born 1912) |
| 4th of January 2006 | DEATH | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubaian politician and statesman (Born 1946) |
| 4th of January 2006 | DEATH | Robert Howard White, New Zealander politician (Born 1914) |
| 4th of January 2006 | DEATH | John Hahn-Petersen, Danish actor (Born 1930) |
| 4th of January 2007 | DEATH | Ben Gannon, Australian theatre producer (Born 1952) |
| 4th of January 2007 | DEATH | Gren, Welsh newspaper cartoonist (Born 1934) |
| 4th of January 2007 | DEATH | Helen Hill, American filmmaker (Born 1970) |
| 4th of January 2007 | DEATH | Steve Krantz, American film and TV producer (Born 1923) |
| 4th of January 2007 | DEATH | Sir Lewis Hodges, British Air Chief Marshal (Born 1918) |
| 4th of January 2007 | DEATH | Gaspar Nagy, Hungarian poet and writer (Born 1949) |
| 4th of January 2007 | DEATH | Sandro Salvadore, Italian footballer (Born 1939) |
| 4th of January 2007 | DEATH | Marais Viljoen, South African politician (Born 1915) |
| 4th of January 2007 | DEATH | Osman Waqialla, Sudanese artist and calligrapher (Born 1925) |
| 4th of January 2007 | DEATH | Jan Schroder, Dutch cyclist (Born 1941) |
| 4th of January 2008 | DEATH | Joyce Carlson, American artist (Born 1923) |
| 4th of January 2008 | DEATH | Jimmy Nah, Singaporan comedian and actor (Born 1968) |
| 4th of January 2008 | DEATH | Yannis Tamtakos, Greek political activist (Born 1908) |
| 4th of January 2008 | DEATH | Xavier Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan print editor (Born 1932) |
| 4th of January 2009 | DEATH | Gert Jonke, Austrian poet, playwright and novelist (Born 1946) |
| 4th of January 2009 | DEATH | Giselle Salandy, Trinidadian female boxer (Born 1987) |
| 4th of January 2010 | DEATH | Casey Johnson, American heiress and socialite (Born 1979) |
| 4th of January 2010 | DEATH | Johan Ferrier, Surinamian politician (Born 1910) |
| 4th of January 2010 | DEATH | Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Japanese Businessman, and Survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings (Born 1916) |
| 4th of January 2010 | DEATH | Rory Markas, American sportscaster (Born 1955) |
| 4th of January 2010 | DEATH | Sandro, Argentine songwriter (Born 1945) |
| 4th of January 2011 | DEATH | Mick Karn, Cypriot-born British musician (Japan) (Born 1958) |
| 4th of January 2011 | DEATH | Dick King-Smith English Author (Born 1922) |
| 4th of January 2011 | DEATH | Coen Moulijn, Dutch footballer (Born 1937) |
| 4th of January 2011 | DEATH | Gerry Rafferty, British musician and songwriter (Born 1947) |
| 4th of January 2011 | DEATH | Mohamed Bouazizi, Tunisian vegetable vendor and activist (Born 1984) |