Notable deaths on January 1

Australian musician (1933–2025)

English writer (1935–2025)

American musician (1951–2025)

American online celebrity chef (1956–2024)

American musical group

American football player and coach (1944–2022)

British broadcaster and journalist (1975–2022)

Portuguese fado singer (1939–2021)

Governor-General of Belize from 1981 to 1993

American football player (1942–2021)

English actor (1928–2021)

British-Australian journalist and travel writer (1937–2020)

Australian rugby union player (1940–2020)

American businessman, lawyer, and NBA commissioner (1942–2020)

American baseball player (1929–2020)

American rapper (1998–2020)

Last of the species Achatinella apexfulva

Australian politician (1940–2019)

American singer, songwriter, environmentalist, philanthropist

American actor (1984–2018)

American musician, composer and conductor (1920–2018)

British economist (1944–2017)

Canadian politician (1926–2017)

American politician (1925–2016)