3 January Deaths

January 3 is the third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 362 days remaining until the end of the year (363 in leap years). This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56). Perihelion, the point during the year when the Earth is closest to the Sun, occurs around this date.

Deaths

236 – Pope Anterus
323 – Emperor Yuan of Jin (b. 276)
661 – Benjamin, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
1098 – Walkelin, French bishop
1322 – Philip V of France (b. 1292)
1437 – Catherine of Valois, queen of Henry V of England (b. 1401)
1489 – Martin Truchseß von Wetzhausen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights (b. 1435)
1497 – Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan (b. 1475)
1501 – Ali-Shir Nava'i, Turkic poet, linguist, and mystic (b. 1441)
1543 – Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Portuguese explorer and navigator (b. 1499)
1571 – Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1505)
1641 – Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer and mathematician (b. 1618)
1656 – Mathieu Molé, French politician (b. 1584)
1670 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1608)
1701 – Louis I, Prince of Monaco (b. 1642)
1743 – Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian painter and architect (b. 1657)
1777 – William Leslie, Scottish captain (b. 1751)
1779 – Claude Bourgelat, French surgeon and lawyer (b. 1712)
1785 – Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)
1795 – Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (b. 1730)
1826 – Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general (b. 1770)
1871 – Kuriakose Elias Chavara, Indian priest and saint (b. 1805)
1875 – Pierre Larousse, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1817)
1882 – William Harrison Ainsworth, English author (b. 1805)
1895 – James Merritt Ives, American lithographer and businessman, co-founded Currier and Ives (b. 1824)
1903 – Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (b. 1837)
1911 – Alexandros Papadiamantis, Greek author and poet (b. 1851)
1915 – James Elroy Flecker, English poet, author, and playwright (b. 1884)
1916 – Grenville M. Dodge, American general and politician (b. 1831)
1922 – Wilhelm Voigt, German criminal (b. 1849)
1923 – Jaroslav Hašek, Czech journalist and author (b. 1883)
1927 – Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)
1931 – Joseph Joffre, French general (b. 1852)
1933 – Wilhelm Cuno, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
1933 – Jack Pickford, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1896)
1943 – Walter James, Australian lawyer and politician, 5th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1863)
1944 – Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873)
1945 – Edgar Cayce, American psychic and author (b. 1877)
1945 – Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and explorer (b. 1879)
1946 – William Joyce, American-born Irish-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster (b. 1906)
1956 – Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1864)
1956 – Dimitrios Vergos, Greek wrestler, weightlifter, and shot putter (b. 1886)
1956 – Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
1958 – Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez, Turkish general (b. 1877)
1959 – Edwin Muir, Scottish poet, author, and translator (b. 1887)
1960 – Eric P. Kelly, American journalist, author, and academic (b. 1884)
1961 – Auvergne Doherty, Australian businesswoman (b. 1896)
1962 – Hermann Lux, German footballer and manager (b. 1893)
1965 – Milton Avery, American painter (b. 1885)
1966 – Sammy Younge Jr., American civil rights activist (b. 1944)
1967 – Mary Garden, Scottish-American soprano and actress (b. 1874)
1967 – Reginald Punnett, British scientist (b. 1875)
1967 – Jack Ruby, American businessman and murderer (b. 1911)
1969 – Jean Focas, Greek-French astronomer (b. 1909)
1969 – Tzavalas Karousos, Greek-French actor (b. 1904)
1970 – Gladys Aylward, English missionary and humanitarian (b. 1902)
1972 – Mohan Rakesh, Indian author and playwright (b. 1925)
1975 – Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (b. 1880)
1975 – James McCormack, American general (b. 1910)
1977 – William Gropper, American lithographer, cartoonist, and painter (b. 1897)
1979 – Conrad Hilton, American businessman, founded the Hilton Hotels & Resorts (b. 1887)
1980 – Joy Adamson, Austrian-Kenyan author (b. 1910)
1980 – George Sutherland Fraser, Scottish poet and academic (b. 1915)
1981 – Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (b. 1883)
1988 – Rose Ausländer, Ukrainian-German poet and author (b. 1901)
1988 – Joie Chitwood, American race car driver and stuntman (b. 1912)
1989 – Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1909)
1992 – Judith Anderson, British actress (b. 1897)
1993 – Johnny Most, American soldier and sportscaster (b. 1923)
2002 – Satish Dhawan, Indian engineer (b. 1920)
2002 – Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist and composer (b. 1918)
2002 – Freddy Heineken, Dutch businessman (b. 1923)
2003 – Sid Gillman, American football player and coach (b. 1911)
2003 – Jimmy Stewart, Scottish race car driver (b. 1931)
2004 – Des Corcoran, Australian soldier and politician, 37th Premier of South Australia (b. 1928)
2005 – Koo Chen-fu, Taiwanese businessman and diplomat (b. 1917)
2005 – Egidio Galea, Maltese Roman Catholic priest, missionary, and educator (b. 1918)
2005 – Jyotindra Nath Dixit, Indian diplomat, 2nd Indian National Security Adviser (b. 1936)
2006 – Steve Rogers, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1954)
2006 – Bill Skate, Papua New Guinean politician, 5th Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (b. 1954)
2007 – János Fürst, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1935)
2007 – Earl Reibel, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1930)
2007 – William Verity, Jr., American businessman and politician, 27th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1917)
2007 – Cecil Walker, Northern Irish politician (b. 1924)
2008 – Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor and screenwriter (b. 1953)
2008 – Werner Dollinger, German economist and politician, German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development (b. 1918)
2008 – Choi Yo-sam, South Korean boxer (b. 1972)
2009 – Betty Freeman, American philanthropist and photographer (b. 1921)
2009 – Pat Hingle, American actor (b. 1923)
2009 – Ulf G. Lindén, Swedish businessman (b. 1937)
2009 – Hisayasu Nagata, Japanese politician (b. 1969)
2010 – Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean-German composer and academic (b. 1925)
2010 – Mary Daly, American theologian and scholar (b. 1928)
2012 – Vicar, Chilean cartoonist (b. 1934)
2012 – Gene Bartow, American basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
2012 – Robert L. Carter, American lawyer and judge (b. 1917)
2012 – Winifred Milius Lubell, American author and illustrator (b. 1914)
2012 – Josef Škvorecký, Czech-Canadian author and publisher (b. 1924)
2012 – Bob Weston, English guitarist and songwriter (b. 1947)
2013 – Alfie Fripp, English soldier and pilot (b. 1913)
2013 – Ivan Mackerle, Czech cryptozoologist, explorer, and author (b. 1942)
2013 – William Maxson, American general (b. 1930)
2013 – Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
2014 – Phil Everly, American singer and guitarist (b. 1939)
2014 – George Goodman, American economist and author (b. 1930)
2014 – Saul Zaentz, American film producer (b. 1921)
2015 – Martin Anderson, American economist and academic (b. 1936)
2015 – Edward Brooke, American captain and politician, 47th Massachusetts Attorney General (b. 1919)
2015 – Bryan Caldwell, American football player (b. 1960)
2015 – Allie Sherman, American football player and coach (b. 1923)
2016 – Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer (b. 1932)
2016 – Peter Naur, Danish computer scientist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1928)
2016 – Bill Plager, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1945)
2016 – Igor Sergun, Russian general and diplomat (b. 1957)
2017 – H. S. Mahadeva Prasad, Indian politician (b. 1958)

Source: wikipedia