Discover what happened on 7 January 2014 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Paul Goggins (British politician (1953-2014))
- Run Run Shaw (Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist (1907-2014))
- David D. Lauer (German sculptor (1939–2014))
- Guillermo Gómez Platero (Uruguayan architect (1922–2014))
- Horst Pointner (German author (1939–2014))
- Géza Teleki (Hungarian anthropologist, primatologist and university professor (1943-2014))
- Ivan Ladislav Galeta (Croatian artist (1947–2014))
- Jacques Lazarus (French Resistance member (1916–2014))
- Léo Grézard (French politician (1926–2014))
- Domenico De Vito (Italian association football player (1927-2014))
- Vilard Normcharoen (Thai footballer (1962-2014))
- Leon Adamov (Soviet Architect (1929-2014))
- Mykhailo Zubets (politician (1938–2014))
- Mikhail Nikolayev
- Nikolaj Petrovič Šmelev (Russian author and economist (1936–2014))
- David Rolfe (Australian Paralympic swimmer (1964–2015))
- Edgar White (American sailor)
- Roy Warhurst (footballer (1926-2014))
- Tado (Filipino actor)
- Thomas Victor Jones (American businessman (1920–2014))
- Willy Köstinger (Austrian Nordic combined skier)
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- Sun I-shuan (economist)
- Bakhtiyar Gulamov (Azerbaijani footballer (1949-2014))
- Mihály Hajdú (Hungarian linguist (1933–2014))
- Emiel Pauwels (Athlete from Belgium)
- Rainer Stiller (German journalist)
- Maureen Gray (American singer and songwriter)
- Jerald C. Anderson (American politician (1934-2014))
- Alvin Aubert (American poet)
- Giuseppe Frascarelli (Italian footballer (1923-2014))
- Phil Ryan (Australian rules footballer (1915–2014))
- Peter Moraites (American Republican Party politician)
- Eduard Bernadsky
- Alf Kvasbø (Norwegian writer)
- Salme Lohuaru (Estonian pianist)
- Huban Öztoprak (Turkish actress)
- Gavriil Khromov (Soviet and Russian astronomer)
- Deepchand Gardi (Enterprenure)
- AKM Nazir Ahmed (Muslim scholar and politician)
- Vera Janićijević (Serbian writer (1931-2014))
- Vladimir Braco Mušič (Slovene architect (1930-2014))
- René Ginet
- Richard Eustace Thornton (Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, England)
- Joe O’Mahony (football player)
- Marie-Claire Bourdieu (French historian)
- Emil Maria Claassen
- Karlheinz Bachmann (chess player)
- Eduardo Vasta (chess player (1946-2014))
- Aubrey Walker (Peerage person ID=707629)
- Augusto Alves Pinto
- Stanislav Hradecký
- Jan Smetana
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- Thomas Knight (American former fugitive executed in Florida)
- Wolfgang Zeev Rubinsohn
- Madeleine Sharp (British physician and peace campaigner)
- Joseph Curti
- Vojtěch Kocman
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- Léon Becker
- Richard Forster (molecular biologist in New Zealand (1949–2014))
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- Gerry Murphy (Irish army chaplain and rugby union player (1926-2014))
- Charles Henry Racine (ecologist and botanical collector ( – 2014))
- Charles Henry Racine (ecologist and botanical collector ( – 2014))
- Paul Goggins (British politician (1953-2014))
- Run Run Shaw (Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist (1907-2014))