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

• 1927
  Doak Walker, American football player (d. 1998)
• 1932
  Jackie Parker, American football player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1950
  Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1951
  Nana Patekar, Indian actor, singer, and director
• 1983
  Melaine Walker, Jamaican hurdler

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January 2

• 1949
  Leijn Loevesijn, Dutch cyclist
• 1960
  Raman Lamba, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
• 1970
  Eric Whitacre, American composer and conductor
• 1978
  Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American dancer and actress
• 1986
  Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish-Bosnian footballer (d. 2012)

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January 3

• 1196
  Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1231)
• 1879
  Grace Coolidge, American wife of Calvin Coolidge; 32nd First Lady of the United States (d. 1957)
• 1942
  John Thaw, English actor and producer (d. 2002)
• 1977
  Lee Bowyer, English footballer
• 1989
  Ayaka Umeda, Japanese singer and actress

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January 4

• 1874
  Josef Suk, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1935)
• 1878
  A. E. Coppard, English poet and author (d. 1957)
• 1922
  Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flute player (New York Jazz Quartet) (d. 2013)
• 1980
  Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer
• 1996
  Jade Jones, English wheelchair racer

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January 5

• 1614
  Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (d. 1662)
• 1865
  Ban Johnson, American businessman, founded the Western League (d. 1931)
• 1921
  Paul Governali, American football player and actor (d. 1978)
• 1950
  John Manley, Canadian lawyer and politician; 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• 1953
  Pamela Sue Martin, American actress

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January 6

• 1882
  Aleksandra Ekster, Polish-French painter and set designer (d. 1949)
• 1944
  Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 1964
  Henry Maske, German boxer and actor
• 1973
  Vasso Karantasiou, Greek volleyball player
• 1981
  Jérémie Renier, Belgian-French actor

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January 7

• 1871
  Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)
• 1912
  Charles Addams, American cartoonist; created The Addams Family (d. 1988)
• 1942
  Jim Lefebvre, American baseball player and manager
• 1959
  Kathy Valentine, American bass player and songwriter
• 1963
  Clint Mansell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

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January 8

• 1883
  Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (d. 1941)
• 1885
  John Curtin, Australian journalist and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1945)
• 1909
  Willy Millowitsch, German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1947
  Don Bendell, American rancher and author
• 1979
  Adrian Mutu, Romanian footballer

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January 9

• 1889
  Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright (d. 1969)
• 1936
  Anne Rivers Siddons, American author
• 1941
  Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1983
  Marek Doronin, Estonian basketball player
• 1987
  Sam Bird, English race car driver

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January 10

• 1865
  Mary Ingalls, American sister of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1928)
• 1903
  Violet Wilkey, American actress (d. 1976)
• 1942
  Graeme Gahan, Australian rules footballer and coach
• 1959
  Chandra Cheeseborough, American sprinter and coach
• 1990
  Tao Li, Singaporean swimmer

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January 11

• 1936
  Eva Hesse, German-American sculptor (d. 1970)
• 1966
  Kelley Law, Canadian curler
• 1976
  Kaire Vilgats, Estonian singer and actress
• 1983
  Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player
• 1993
  Will Keane, English footballer

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January 12

• 1860
  Louis Dutfoy, French target shooter (d. 1904)
• 1932
  Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer, and television host
• 1937
  Vicente Sardinero, Spanish opera singer (d. 2002)
• 1947
  Richard Carwardine, English historian and academic
• 1983
  Styliani Kaltsidou, Greek basketball player

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January 13

• 1334
  Henry II of Castile (d. 1379)
• 1939
  Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1939
  Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director
• 1945
  Peter Simpson, English footballer
• 1980
  Michael Rupp, American ice hockey player

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January 14

• 1819
  Dimitrie Bolintineanu, Romanian poet and politician (d. 1872)
• 1949
  Charlie Tumahai, New Zealand singer, bass player and songwriter (Be-Bop Deluxe) (d. 1995)
• 1968
  Ruel Fox, English footballer and manager
• 1981
  Concepción Montaner, Spanish long jumper
• 1984
  Erick Aybar, American baseball player

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January 15

• 1925
  Ruth Slenczynska, American pianist and composer
• 1968
  Barry Buchanan, American wrestler
• 1981
  Vanessa Henke, German tennis player
• 1987
  Nicole Matthews, Canadian wrestler
• 1992
  Joshua King, Norwegian footballer

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January 16

• 1930
  Norman Podhoretz, American journalist and author
• 1935
  Udo Lattek, German footballer, manager, and sportscaster (d. 2015)
• 1945
  Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1949
  Andrew Refshauge, Australian physician and politician, 13th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
• 1973
  Josie Davis, American actress and producer

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January 17

• 1828
  Ede Reményi, Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1898)
• 1877
  May Gibbs, English-Australian author and illustrator (d. 1969)
• 1939
  Maury Povich, American talk show host, producer, and actor
• 1967
  Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (d. 2007)
• 1991
  Trevor Bauer, American baseball player

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January 18

• 1841
  Emmanuel Chabrier, French pianist and composer (d. 1894)
• 1946
  Joseph Deiss, Swiss economist and politician, 156th President of the Swiss Confederation
• 1966
  André Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver
• 1974
  Princess Claire of Belgium
• 1981
  Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer

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January 19

• 1883
  Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (d. 1956)
• 1920
  Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (d. 2015)
• 1967
  Javier Cámara, Spanish actor and singer
• 1989
  Miles Addison, English footballer
• 1994
  Matthias Ginter, German footballer

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January 20

• 1891
  Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (d. 1967)
• 1899
  Clarice Cliff, English potter (d. 1972)
• 1943
  Rick Evans, American singer and guitarist (Zager and Evans)
• 1945
  Christopher Martin-Jenkins, English journalist and sportscaster (d. 2013)
• 1971
  Derrick Green, American singer-songwriter (Sepultura)

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January 21

• 1735
  Johann Gottfried Eckard, German pianist and composer (d. 1809)
• 1947
  Michel Jonasz, French singer-songwriter and actor
• 1968
  Charlotte Ross, American actress
• 1974
  Arthémon Hatungimana, Burundian runner
• 1994
  Marny Kennedy, Australia actress, singer, and model

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January 22

• 1797
  Maria Leopoldina of Austria (d. 1826)
• 1882
  Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 1956)
• 1924
  Ortvin Sarapu, New Zealand chess player (d. 1999)
• 1930
  Éamon de Buitléar, Irish accordion player and director (d. 2013)
• 1984
  Ubaldo Jiménez, Dominican baseball player

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January 23

• 1840
  Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (d. 1905)
• 1919
  Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (d. 2011)
• 1932
  George Allen, English footballer
• 1946
  Boris Berezovsky, Russian-English businessman and mathematician (d. 2013)
• 1973
  Epi Quizon, Filipino actor

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January 24

• 76
  Hadrian, Roman emperor (d. 138)
• 1712
  Frederick the Great, Prussian king (d. 1786)
• 1949
  John Belushi, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1957
  Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1986
  Mischa Barton, English-American actress

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January 25

• 1743
  Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, German philosopher and author (d. 1819)
• 1874
  W. Somerset Maugham, French-English author and playwright (d. 1965)
• 1930
  Tanya Savicheva, Russian author (d. 1944)
• 1945
  Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress
• 1985
  Michael Trevino, American actor

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January 26

• 1924
  Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (d. 2014)
• 1927
  Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout (d. 1985)
• 1936
  Sal Buscema, American illustrator
• 1943
  Jean Knight, American singer
• 1944
  Jerry Sandusky, American football player and coach

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January 27

• 1795
  Eli Whitney Blake, American engineer, invented the Mortise lock (d. 1886)
• 1931
  Gazanfer Özcan, Turkish actor (d. 2009)
• 1956
  Mimi Rogers, American actress and producer
• 1968
  Mike Patton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, Tomahawk, and Lovage)
• 1988
  Kerlon, Brazilian footballer

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January 28

• 1818
  George S. Boutwell, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
• 1930
  Roy Clarke, English soldier and screenwriter
• 1938
  Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter
• 1988
  Paul Henry, English footballer
• 1998
  Ariel Winter, American actress and singer

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January 29

• 1884
  Douglass Cadwallader, American golfer (d. 1971)
• 1930
  Christopher Collier, American historian and author
• 1945
  Tom Selleck, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964
  Anna Ryder Richardson, Welsh interior designer and television host
• 1985
  Athina Onassis Roussel, French horse rider

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January 30

• 1816
  Nathaniel P. Banks, American general and politician, 24th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1894)
• 1958
  Sayuri Ishikawa, Japanese singer
• 1978
  John Patterson, American baseball player
• 1979
  Trevor Gillies, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1990
  Jake Thomas, American actor

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January 31

• 1865
  Henri Desgrange, French cyclist and journalist (d. 1940)
• 1884
  Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician, 1st President of The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (d. 1955)
• 1919
  Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1972)
• 1933
  Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1997)
• 1958
  Armin Reichel, German footballer and manager

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