Notable deaths on January 4

American television personality and journalist (1945–2026)

Yugoslav and Serbian virologist (1934–2025)

German actor (1972–2024)

American-British actor (1943–2024)

British actress (1923–2024)

German alpine skier (1950–2023)

American actress (1949–2021)

Australian actor (1968–2020)

American nuclear physicist and U.S. Secretary of Defense

French conductor

Canadian ice hockey player (1918–2017)

38th Chief Justice of India

American academic and diplomat (1939-2016)

Italian singer-songwriter and musician (1955–2015)

Air Chief Marshal (1931-2013)

4th Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia

American photojournalist (1912–2012)

Canadian architect and planner

Dutch footballer

Scottish singer-songwriter (1947–2011)

Tunisian who self-immolated (1984–2011)

Pakistani businessman and politician (1944–2011)

President of Suriname from 1975 to 1980

Japanese atomic bombing survivor