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

• 1943
  Bud Hollowell, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
• 1943
  Stanley Kamel, American actor (d. 2008)
• 1953
  Gary Johnson, American businessman and politician, 29th Governor of New Mexico
• 1967
  Sharon Small, Scottish actress
• 1972
  Garrett K. Gomez, American jockey

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January 2

• 1905
  Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
• 1930
  Julius La Rosa, American singer and actor
• 1947
  Calvin Hill, American football player
• 1971
  Markus Hoffmann, German actor (d. 1997)
• 1980
  Jérôme Pineau, French cyclist

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January 3

• 1855
  Hubert Bland, English educator (d. 1914)
• 1883
  Duncan Gillis, Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower (d. 1963)
• 1917
  Vernon A. Walters, American general and diplomat; 17th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2002)
• 1981
  Naresh Iyer, Indian singer
• 1987
  Anchal Joseph, Indian-American model and actress

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January 4

• 1896
  André Masson, French painter (d. 1987)
• 1953
  Jackie Ballard, English journalist and politician
• 1974
  Ian Moor, English singer
• 1979
  Tristan Gommendy, French race car driver
• 1986
  Andrei Krauchanka, Belarusian decathlete

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January 5

• 1892
  Agnes von Kurowsky, American nurse (d. 1984)
• 1917
  Francis L. Kellogg, American diplomat (d. 2006)
• 1942
  Terenci Moix, Spanish author (d. 2003)
• 1982
  Tiiu Nurmberg, Canadian-Estonian skier
• 1986
  Teppei Koike, Japanese actor and singer

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January 6

• 1793
  James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (d. 1862)
• 1933
  Oleg Grigoryevich Makarov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2003)
• 1954
  Karen Moras, Australian swimmer and coach
• 1964
  Rafael Vidal, Venezuelan swimmer and sportscaster (d. 2005)
• 1966
  A. R. Rahman, Indian singer-songwriter and producer

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January 7

• 1718
  Israel Putnam, American general (d. 1790)
• 1885
  Edwin Swatek, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1966)
• 1943
  Richard Armstrong, English organist and conductor
• 1983
  Marc Burns, Trinidadian sprinter
• 1988
  Sergei Mošnikov, Estonian footballer

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January 8

• 1909
  Willy Millowitsch, German actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1936
  Zdeněk Mácal, Czech-American conductor
• 1939
  Ruth Maleczech, American actress (d. 2013)
• 1945
  Jeannie Lewis, Australian actress and singer
• 1945
  Kathleen Noone, American actress

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January 9

• 1945
  John Doman, American actor
• 1956
  Lucyna Langer, Polish hurdler
• 1956
  Mike Walczewski, American announcer
• 1986
  Uwe Hünemeier, German footballer
• 1987
  Pablo Santos, Mexican-American actor (d. 2006)

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January 10

• 1480
  Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1530)
• 1853
  Jessie Bond, English singer and actress (d. 1942)
• 1921
  Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004)
• 1927
  Otto Stich, Swiss politician; 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2012)
• 1959
  Mark Morrisroe, American artist (d. 1989)

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January 11

• 1879
  John Symes, English cricketer (d. 1942)
• 1924
  Don Cherry, American singer and golfer
• 1946
  Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (The Judds)
• 1974
  Roman Görtz, German footballer
• 1981
  Jaime Valdés, Chilean footballer

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January 12

• 1910
  Luise Rainer, German-American actress (d. 2014)
• 1949
  Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965
  Mark Moore, English DJ and producer
• 1969
  Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer and manager
• 1982
  Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player

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January 13

• 1865
  Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)
• 1878
  Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1967)
• 1924
  Roland Petit, French dancer and choreographer (d. 2011)
• 1938
  Dave Edwards, American captain and politician (d. 2013)
• 1963
  Kevin McClatchy, American businessman

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January 14

• 1477
  Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (d. 1552)
• 1702
  Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (d. 1737)
• 1897
  Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)
• 1901
  Alfred Tarski, Polish-American mathematician and philosopher (d. 1983)
• 1989
  Frankie Sandford, English singer-songwriter and dancer

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January 15

• 1812
  Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (d. 1885)
• 1923
  Arthur Quinlan, Irish journalist and raconteur (d. 2012)
• 1928
  M. V. Devan, Indian painter, sculptor, and critic (d. 2014)
• 1969
  Meret Becker, German actress and singer
• 1990
  Robert Trznadel, Polish footballer

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January 16

• 1923
  Gene Feist, American director and playwright, co-founded the Roundabout Theatre Company (d. 2014)
• 1923
  Keith Shackleton, English painter and television host (d. 2015)
• 1938
  Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (d. 2015)
• 1949
  Oliver Humperdink, American wrestling manager (d. 2011)
• 1962
  Joel Fitzgibbon, Australian electrician and politician, 51st Australian Minister of Defence

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January 17

• 1934
  Zlatko Papec, Croatian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1955
  Steve Javie, American basketball player and referee
• 1962
  Ari Up, German-English singer (d. 2010)
• 1974
  Vesko Kountchev, Bulgarian viola player, composer, and producer (Amparanoia)
• 1986
  Hale Appleman, American actor

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January 18

• 1672
  Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (d. 1731)
• 1969
  Dave Bautista, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
• 1971
  Seamus O'Regan, Canadian journalist
• 1979
  Kenyatta Jones, American football player
• 1995
  Bastien Damiens, French canoe racer (d. 2015)

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January 19

• 1879
  Boris Savinkov, Russian soldier and author (d. 1925)
• 1969
  Casey Sherman, American journalist and author
• 1972
  Troy Wilson, Australian footballer and race car driver
• 1975
  Natalie Cook, Australian beach volleyball player
• 1980
  Luke Macfarlane, Canadian-American actor and singer

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January 20

• 1925
  Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan priest, poet, and politician
• 1926
  Patricia Neal, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1938
  Derek Dougan, Irish-English footballer and journalist (d. 2007)
• 1983
  Mari Yaguchi, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume)
• 1991
  Jolyon Palmer, English race car driver

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January 21

• 1899
  Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American pianist and composer (d. 1977)
• 1955
  Jeff Koons, American painter and sculptor
• 1962
  Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003)
• 1972
  Rickard Falkvinge, Swedish businessman and politician
• 1984
  Alex Koslov, Moldovan-American wrestler

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January 22

• 1913
  Henry Bauchau, Belgian psychoanalyst and author (d. 2012)
• 1954
  Tully Blanchard, American football player, wrestler, and referee
• 1978
  Chone Figgins, American baseball player
• 1986
  Maher Magri, Tunisian footballer
• 1993
  Tommy Knight, English actor

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January 23

• 1752
  Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1832)
• 1919
  Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (d. 2013)
• 1942
  Herman Tjeenk Willink, Dutch judge and politician
• 1969
  Andrei Kanchelskis, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
• 1974
  Joël Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

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January 24

• 1779
  Elizabeth Alexeievna, German wife of Alexander I of Russia (d. 1826)
• 1888
  Ernst Heinkel, German businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company (d. 1958)
• 1931
  Ib Nørholm, Danish composer and organist
• 1946
  Haji, Canadian-American actress (d. 2013)
• 1968
  Michael Kiske, German singer-songwriter

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January 25

• 1886
  Morgan Russell, American painter (d. 1953)
• 1923
  Shirley Ardell Mason, American psychiatric patient upon whom a novel and two television miniseries were based (d. 1998)
• 1971
  Ana Ortiz, American actress and singer
• 1984
  Robinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1986
  Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer

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January 26

• 1902
  Menno ter Braak, Dutch author (d. 1940)
• 1929
  Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, screenwriter, and educator
• 1970
  Tracy Middendorf, American actress
• 1985
  Heather Stanning, English rower
• 1993
  Florian Thauvin, French footballer

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January 27

• 1858
  Neel Doff, Dutch-Belgian author (d. 1942)
• 1895
  Joseph Rosenstock, Polish-American conductor and manager (d. 1985)
• 1903
  Otto P. Weyland, American general (d. 1979)
• 1961
  Gillian Gilbert, English keyboard player and singer (New Order and The Other Two)
• 1987
  Lily Donaldson, English model

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January 28

• 1578
  Cornelius Haga, Dutch diplomat (d. 1654)
• 1887
  Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist (d. 1982)
• 1911
  Johan van Hulst, Dutch academic and politician
• 1915
  Nien Cheng, Chinese-American author (d. 2009)
• 1984
  Andre Iguodala, American basketball player

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January 29

• 1715
  Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1777)
• 1929
  Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1943
  Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1958
  Linda Smith, English comedian and actress (d. 2006)
• 1966
  Romário, Brazilian footballer, manager, and politician

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January 30

• 1901
  Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (d. 1959)
• 1923
  Marianne Ferber, Czech-American economist and author (d. 2013)
• 1947
  Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (d. 1991)
• 1948
  Nick Broomfield, English director and producer
• 1988
  Maksim Krychanov, Russian footballer

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January 31

• 1759
  François Devienne, French flute player and composer (d. 1803)
• 1960
  Akbar Ganji, Iranian journalist and author
• 1965
  Giorgos Gasparis, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1978
  Fabián Caballero, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1982
  Yuniesky Betancourt, Cuban baseball player

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