- Jan 1 Christopher Martin-Jenkins, British cricket journalist and broadcaster (President MCC; BBC Radio), dies of cancer at 67
- Jan 2 Ned Wertimer, American actor (The Jeffersons), dies from complications from a fall at 89
- Jan 3 Sergiu Nicolaescu, Romanian film director, dies from surgical complications at 82
- Jan 4 Tony Lip [Frank Anthony Vallelonga], American author and actor (Sopranos, Donnie Brasco, Good Fellas), dies at 82
- Jan 10 Christel Adelaar, Dutch actress (Pipo the Clown - "Mammaloe"), dies of lung cancer at 77
- Jan 11 Mariangela Melato, Italian actress (Swept Away; Flash Gordon: Summer Night), dies from pancreatic cancer at 71
- Jan 14 Conrad Bain, Canadian actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes), dies from natural causes at 89
- Jan 15 Daphne Anderson, British actress (Beggar's Opera; Hobson's Choice), dies at 90
- Jan 15 Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director and screenwriter, dies at 80
- Jan 17 Robert F. Chew, American actor, dies from heart failure at 52
- Jan 21 Michael Winner, English film director and producer (Death Wish), dies at 77
- Jan 22 Leslie Frankenheimer, American film set designer, dies from leukemia at 64
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