Famous January Birthdays

The following 7,519 famous people including celebrities were born in the month of January. A random sample was chosen for each day. Click the after the name to explore the birth date info. You might also want to browse the filtered celebrity birthdays in January.

Zodiac signs for January are Capricorn ♑ and Aquarius ♒. The modern birthstone for January is Garnet while the mystical gemstone (based on Tibetan origin) is Emerald.

January 1

• 1863
  Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (d. 1937)
• 1911
  Audrey Wurdemann, American poet and author (d. 1960)
• 1950
  Deepa Mehta, Indian-Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1956
  Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Finance
• 1983
  Park Sung-hyun, South Korean archer

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January 2

• 1905
  Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 1914
  Vivian Stuart, English physician and author (d. 1986)
• 1938
  Hans Herbjørnsrud, Norwegian author and educator
• 1980
  Jérôme Pineau, French cyclist
• 2001
  Christopher Barrios, Jr., American murder victim (d. 2007)

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January 3

• 1836
  Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and rebel leader (d. 1867)
• 1865
  Henry Lytton, English actor and singer (d. 1936)
• 1883
  Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
• 1952
  Esperanza Aguirre, Spanish politician, 3rd President of the Community of Madrid
• 1991
  Jerson Cabral, Dutch footballer

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January 4

• 1937
  Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1945
  Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor and singer
• 1972
  Charlotte Hudson, English actress
• 1978
  Mai Meneses, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nena Daconte)
• 1980
  Happy Salma, Indonesian model, actress and writer

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January 5

• 1779
  Stephen Decatur, American commander (d. 1820)
• 1911
  Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 1933
  Leonard Marsh, American businessman; co-founded Snapple (d. 2013)
• 1979
  Ronnie O'Brien, Irish footballer and coach
• 1982
  Tiiu Nurmberg, Canadian-Estonian skier

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January 6

• 1595
  Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French educator and courtier (d. 1650)
• 1964
  Charles Haley, American football player and coach
• 1968
  John Singleton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1975
  Jason King, English radio and television host
• 1998
  Yuuka Yano, Japanese actress

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January 7

• 1873
  Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist (d. 1914)
• 1924
  Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1973)
• 1950
  Ross Grimsley, American baseball player and coach
• 1986
  Grant Leadbitter, English footballer
• 1987
  Olga Panova, Russian tennis player

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January 8

• 1873
  Elena of Montenegro (d. 1956)
• 1957
  David Lang, American composer and academic
• 1964
  Marc Quinn, English sculptor
• 1967
  R. Kelly, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1988
  Adrián López Álvarez, Spanish footballer

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January 9

• 1818
  Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (d. 1881)
• 1839
  John Knowles Paine, American composer and academic (d. 1906)
• 1908
  Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author (d. 1986)
• 1975
  Julia Lutrova, Russian tennis player
• 1978
  A. J. McLean, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Backstreet Boys)

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January 10

• 1849
  Robert Crosbie, Canadian theosophist, founded the United Lodge of Theosophists (d. 1919)
• 1930
  Roy E. Disney, American businessman (d. 2009)
• 1940
  K. J. Yesudas, Indian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1958
  Eddie Cheever, American race car driver
• 1990
  Mirko Bortolotti, Italian race car driver

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January 11

• 1873
  John Callan O'Laughlin, American soldier and journalist (d. 1949)
• 1893
  Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author (d. 1942)
• 1940
  Andres Tarand, Estonian geographer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Estonia
• 1942
  Bud Acton, American basketball player
• 1975
  Kevin Koe, Canadian curler

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January 12

• 1884
  Texas Guinan, Canadian-born American entertainer and businesswoman (d. 1933)
• 1901
  Karl Künstler, German SS officer (d. 1945)
• 1905
  Nihal Atsız, Turkish author, poet, and philosopher (d. 1975)
• 1948
  Anthony Andrews, English actor and producer
• 1955
  Rockne S. O'Bannon, American screenwriter and producer

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January 13

• 1616
  Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic and author (d. 1680)
• 1931
  Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor and director (d. 2007)
• 1934
  Rip Taylor, American actor and singer
• 1955
  Jay McInerney, American author and critic
• 1984
  Kamghe Gaba, German sprinter

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January 14

• 1886
  Hugh Lofting, English author and poet, created ''Doctor Dolittle'' (d. 1947)
• 1919
  Giulio Andreotti, Italian journalist and politician; 41st Prime Minister of Italy (d. 2013)
• 1957
  Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author
• 1966
  Marco Hietala, Finnish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
• 1980
  Yūko Kaida, Japanese actress

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January 15

• 1754
  Richard Martin, Irish activist and politician, co-founded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1834)
• 1885
  Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (d. 1968)
• 1932
  Lou Jones, American sprinter (d. 2006)
• 1943
  Stuart E. Eizenstat, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the European Union
• 1952
  Chris D., American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Flesh Eaters)

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January 16

• 1895
  Evripidis Bakirtzis, Greek soldier and politician (d. 1947)
• 1911
  Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
• 1947
  Laura Schlessinger, American physiologist, talk show host, and author
• 1950
  Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
• 1983
  Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer

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January 17

• 1905
  Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1966)
• 1927
  E.W. Swackhamer, American director and producer (d. 1994)
• 1949
  Augustin Dumay, French violinist and conductor
• 1964
  Andy Rourke, English bass player (The Smiths and Freebass)
• 1974
  Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins (d. 2003)

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January 18

• 1967
  Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2014)
• 1980
  Julius Peppers, American football player
• 1982
  Rolf Roosalu, Estonian singer and actor
• 1984
  Makoto Hasebe, Japanese footballer
• 1988
  Anastasios Kissas, Greek footballer

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January 19

• 1924
  Jean-François Revel, French philosopher and author (d. 2006)
• 1943
  Petchara Chaowarat, Thai actress
• 1970
  Steffen Freund, German footballer and manager
• 1972
  Drea de Matteo, American actress
• 1985
  Jake Allen, American football player

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January 20

• 1664
  Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian lawyer and jurist (d. 1718)
• 1934
  Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (d. 2014)
• 1954
  Alison Seabeck, English politician
• 1964
  Ron Harper, American basketball player and coach
• 1986
  Genie Chuo, Taiwanese singer and actress

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January 21

• 1918
  Richard Winters, American soldier (d. 2011)
• 1921
  Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2012)
• 1922
  Telly Savalas, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1994)
• 1936
  Koji Hashimoto, Japanese director (d. 2005)
• 1981
  Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player

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January 22

• 1909
  Porfirio Rubirosa, Dominican race car driver, polo player, and diplomat (d. 1965)
• 1913
  William Conway, Irish cardinal (d. 1977)
• 1936
  Alan J. Heeger, American physicist and chemist; Nobel Prize laureate
• 1979
  Carlos Ruiz, Panamanian baseball player
• 1989
  Rūta Gajauskaitė, Lithuanian figure skater

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January 23

• 1935
  Teresa Żylis-Gara, Lithuanian-Polish soprano
• 1943
  Gary Burton, American vibraphone player and composer
• 1953
  Antonio Villaraigosa, American politician, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles
• 1971
  Marc Nelson, American singer-songwriter
• 1974
  Yosvani Pérez, Cuban baseball player

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January 24

• 1916
  Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor and director (d. 2014)
• 1927
  Marvin Kaplan, American actor
• 1941
  Aaron Neville, American singer
• 1947
  Michio Kaku, American physicist and academic
• 1967
  Mark Kozelek, American singer-songwriter and producer

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January 25

• 17
  Messalina, Roman wife of Claudius (d. 48)
• 1822
  Charles Reed Bishop, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician; founded Bishop Museum (d. 1915)
• 1923
  Shirley Ardell Mason, American psychiatric patient upon whom a novel and two television miniseries were based (d. 1998)
• 1935
  Conrad Burns, American soldier, journalist, and politician
• 1947
  Ángel Nieto, Spanish motorcycle racer

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January 26

• 1915
  William Hopper, American actor (d. 1970)
• 1927
  José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran politician, President of Honduras (d. 2005)
• 1936
  Sal Buscema, American illustrator
• 1941
  Scott Glenn, American actor
• 1969
  George Dikeoulakos, Greek-Romanian basketball player and coach

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January 27

• 1805
  Maria Anna of Bavaria (d. 1877)
• 1895
  Joseph Rosenstock, Polish-American conductor and manager (d. 1985)
• 1902
  Carl Berner, German-American super-centenarian (d. 2013)
• 1952
  Tam O'Shaughnessy, American tennis player, psychologist, and academic
• 1988
  Kerlon, Brazilian footballer

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January 28

• 1930
  Roy Clarke, English soldier and screenwriter
• 1948
  Bob Moses, American drummer
• 1954
  Kaneto Shiozawa, Japanese voice actor (d. 2000)
• 1976
  Rick Ross, American rapper and producer
• 1986
  Shruti Haasan, Indian actress and singer

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January 29

• 1843
  William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
• 1945
  Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1945
  Jim Nicholson, Irish farmer and politician
• 1960
  Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986)
• 1993
  Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer and model

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January 30

• 1941
  Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
• 1972
  Chris Simon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1974
  Jemima Khan, English journalist and activist
• 1980
  Georgios Vakouftsis, Greek footballer
• 1982
  DeSagana Diop, Senegalese basketball player

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January 31

• 1921
  Bill Pritchett, Australian public servant (d. 2014)
• 1960
  Željko Šturanović, Montenegrian politician; 31st Prime Minister of Montenegro (d. 2014)
• 1965
  Ofra Harnoy, Canadian cellist.
• 1970
  Minnie Driver, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1977
  Jim Kleinsasser, American football player

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