Notable deaths on January 2

Hungarian-Israeli artistic gymnast (1921–2025)

Venezuelan-born Spanish politician (1958–2025)

American actor and comedy writer (1942–2019)

American musician (1942–2019)

American wrestling interviewer and announcer (1942–2019)

British transgender activist (1954–2019)

Portuguese actress (1950–2018)

President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (1927–2018)

French alpine skier (1933–2017)

British painter, writer and art critic (1926 - 2017)

Former General secretary of the Communist party of India

American psychiatrist (1935–2016)

Mexican politician and murder victim

Shia Muslim religious figure and Saudi government critic; executed in 2016

Serbian-American physicist (1929–2015)

American film director

English novelist

American historian and woman's history author (1920–2013)

Polish journalist and writer

American sociologist (1918–2012)

American actress (1953–2012)

American philanthropist and businessman

American actress (1930–2011)

Indian politician (1922-2011)