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

• 1946
  Susannah McCorkle, American singer (d. 2001)
• 1949
  Max Azria, Tunisian-French fashion designer
• 1960
  Danny Wilson, English footballer and manager
• 1984
  Michael Witt, Australian rugby player
• 1987
  Gilbert Brulé, Canadian ice hockey player

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January 2

• 1938
  Lynn Conway, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic
• 1940
  Jim Bakker, American minister and television host
• 1949
  Jean Krier, Luxembourger poet (d. 2013)
• 1949
  John Turner, English cricketer (d. 2012)
• 1976
  Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress

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January 3

• 1922
  Bill Travers, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
• 1933
  Geoffrey Bindman, English lawyer
• 1938
  Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, English politician
• 1944
  Blanche d'Alpuget, Australian author
• 1985
  Nicole Beharie, American actress

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January 4

• 1958
  Julian Sands, English actor
• 1962
  Joe Kleine, American basketball player and coach
• 1982
  Kang Hye-jung, South Korean actress and singer
• 1987
  Nikolaj Misiuk, Lithuanian footballer
• 1990
  Iago Falqué, Spanish footballer

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January 5

• 1921
  Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
• 1932
  Raisa Gorbachova, Russian wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (d. 1999)
• 1953
  Steve Archer, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1979
  Ronnie O'Brien, Irish footballer and coach
• 1991
  Denis Alibec, Romanian footballer

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January 6

• 1902
  Helmut Poppendick, German physician (d. 1994)
• 1935
  Joseph Rotman, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 2015)
• 1963
  Paul Kipkoech, Kenyan runner (d. 1995)
• 1964
  Henry Maske, German boxer and actor
• 1971
  Irwin Thomas, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

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January 7

• 1634
  Adam Krieger, German organist and composer (d. 1666)
• 1647
  William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)
• 1800
  Millard Fillmore, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)
• 1845
  Ludwig III of Bavaria (d. 1921)
• 1990
  Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater

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January 8

• 1908
  Fearless Nadia, Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman (d. 1966)
• 1934
  Gene Freese, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)
• 1937
  Shirley Bassey, Welsh singer
• 1970
  Rachel Friend, Australian actress and journalist
• 1993
  Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare disease (d. 2013)

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January 9

• 1554
  Pope Gregory XV (d. 1623)
• 1942
  Lee Kun-hee, South Korean businessman
• 1947
  Ronnie Landfield, American painter and educator
• 1959
  Otis Nixon, American baseball player
• 1982
  Grétar Steinsson, Icelandic footballer

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January 10

• 1834
  John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Italian-English historian and politician (d. 1902)
• 1931
  Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1954
  John Gidman, English footballer and manager
• 1966
  Murali Nair, Indian director and screenwriter
• 1983
  Li Nina, Chinese skier

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January 11

• 1755
  Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American general, economist and politician; 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)
• 1872
  G. W. Pierce, American physicist and academic (d. 1956)
• 1875
  Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (d. 1941)
• 1948
  Fritz Bohla, German footballer and manager
• 1969
  Kyle Richards, American actress

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January 12

• 1721
  Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prussian field marshal (d. 1792)
• 1724
  Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (d. 1789)
• 1889
  Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader (d. 1965)
• 1970
  Mig Ayesa, Filipino-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1988
  Ytalo, Brazilian footballer

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January 13

• 1787
  John Davis, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1854)
• 1883
  Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (d. 1967)
• 1887
  Gabriel Gabrio, French actor (d. 1946)
• 1960
  Matthew Bourne, English choreographer and director
• 1987
  Florica Leonida, Romanian gymnast

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January 14

• 1940
  Siegmund Nimsgern, German bass-baritone
• 1943
  Angelo Bagnasco, Italian cardinal
• 1943
  José Luis Rodríguez, Venezuelan singer and actor
• 1957
  Suzanne Danielle, English actress
• 1964
  Beverly Kinch, English long jumper and sprinter

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January 15

• 1919
  Maurice Herzog, French mountaineer and politician, French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (d. 2012)
• 1935
  Robert Silverberg, American author
• 1947
  Mary Hogg, English lawyer and judge
• 1972
  Shelia Burrell, American heptathlete
• 1991
  Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer

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January 16

• 1941
  Christine Truman, English tennis player and sportscaster
• 1974
  Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer
• 1977
  Jeff Foster, American basketball player
• 1982
  Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Danish actress
• 1985
  Jonathan Richter, Danish footballer

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January 17

• 1504
  Pope Pius V (d. 1572)
• 1880
  Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1960)
• 1918
  George M. Leader, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
• 1922
  Nicholas Katzenbach, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 65th United States Attorney General (d. 2012)
• 1939
  Christodoulos of Athens, Greek archbishop (d. 2008)

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January 18

• 1688
  Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)
• 1896
  C. M. Eddy, Jr., American author (d. 1967)
• 1918
  Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
• 1961
  Bob Hansen, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1981
  Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer

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January 19

• 1942
  Paul-Eerik Rummo, Estonian poet and politician
• 1966
  Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player
• 1973
  Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer
• 1975
  Zdeňka Málková, Czech tennis player
• 1979
  Wiley, English rapper and producer (Roll Deep)

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January 20

• 1894
  Walter Piston, American composer, theorist, and academic (d. 1976)
• 1944
  José Luis Garci, Spanish director and producer
• 1946
  Vladimír Merta, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist
• 1964
  Kaho Minami, Japanese actress
• 1965
  Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer

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January 21

• 1738
  Ethan Allen, American general (d. 1789)
• 1934
  Audrey Dalton, Irish actress
• 1943
  Rosemary Butler, English-Welsh politician
• 1950
  Billy Ocean, Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter
• 1987
  Darren Helm, Canadian ice hockey player

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January 22

• 1907
  Douglas Corrigan, American pilot and engineer (d. 1995)
• 1908
  Edythe Kirchmaier, American centenarian (d. 2015)
• 1931
  Galina Zybina, Russian shot putter and javelin thrower
• 1955
  Timothy R. Ferguson, American politician
• 1970
  Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist

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January 23

• 1912
  Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director and manager (d. 2009)
• 1927
  Fred Williams, Australian painter (d. 1982)
• 1929
  Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2008)
• 1943
  Gil Gerard, American actor and producer
• 1954
  Edward Ka-Spel, English singer-songwriter

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January 24

• 1930
  Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor
• 1979
  Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
• 1983
  Scott Speed, American race car driver
• 1986
  Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1986
  Ricky Ullman, Israeli-American actor and singer

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January 25

• 1739
  Charles François Dumouriez, French general and politician; French Minister of Defence (d. 1823)
• 1743
  Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher and author (d. 1819)
• 1933
  Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (d. 2009)
• 1938
  Vladimir Vysotsky, Russian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (d. 1980)
• 1943
  Tobe Hooper, American director, producer, and screenwriter

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January 26

• 1885
  Michael Considine, Irish-Australian politician (d. 1959)
• 1918
  Philip José Farmer, American author (d. 2009)
• 1957
  Shivlal Yadav, Indian cricketer and manager
• 1980
  Sanae Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
• 1989
  MarShon Brooks, American basketball player

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January 27

• 1805
  Samuel Palmer, English painter and etcher (d. 1881)
• 1807
  David Strauss, German theologian and author (d. 1874)
• 1886
  Radhabinod Pal, Indian academic and jurist (d. 1967)
• 1956
  Susanne Blakeslee, American actress
• 1989
  Daisy Lowe, English model

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January 28

• 1717
  Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1774)
• 1818
  George S. Boutwell, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
• 1863
  Ernest William Christmas, Australian-American painter (d. 1918)
• 1974
  Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player and politician
• 1981
  Elijah Wood, American actor and producer

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January 29

• 1584
  Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (d. 1647)
• 1933
  Hugo Herrestrup, Danish actor (d. 2009)
• 1950
  Miklós Vámos, Hungarian talk show host and author
• 1966
  Romário, Brazilian footballer, manager, and politician
• 1967
  Cyril Suk, Czech-American tennis player

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January 30

• 1878
  Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. 1940)
• 1946
  John Bird, English publisher; founded ''The Big Issue''
• 1949
  Jaak Salumets, Estonian basketball player and coach
• 1959
  Cynthia Carter, Welsh journalist, author, and academic
• 1984
  Jeremy Hermida, American baseball player

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January 31

• 1926
  Tom Alston, American baseball player (d. 1993)
• 1930
  Lynn Carlin, American actress
• 1945
  Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, English lawyer, judge, and academic
• 1968
  Matt King, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1982
  Elena Paparizou, Swedish-Greek singer-songwriter (Antique)

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