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

• 1860
  Dan Katchongva, American tribal leader and activist (d. 1972)
• 1987
  Devin Setoguchi, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988
  Grzegorz Panfil, Polish tennis player
• 1990
  Bugoy Cariño, Filipino actor
• 1999
  Diamond White, American actress and singer

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January 2

• 1951
  Alexander Pogrebinsky, Ukrainian-American painter
• 1969
  Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer
• 1972
  Paweł Januszewski, Polish hurdler
• 1976
  Mahée Paiement, Canadian actress
• 1985
  Marius Neset, Norwegian saxophonist (JazzKamikaze)

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January 3

• 1819
  Charles Piazzi Smyth, Italian-Scottish astronomer and academic (d. 1900)
• 1922
  Bill Travers, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994)
• 1925
  Jill Balcon, English actress (d. 2009)
• 1942
  John Thaw, English actor and producer (d. 2002)
• 1988
  J. R. Hildebrand, American race car driver

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January 4

• 1932
  Thelma Holt, English actress and producer
• 1957
  Gurdas Maan, Indian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1977
  Ozell Wells, Dominican-American basketball player, coach, and scout
• 1977
  Vhong Navarro, Filipino actor, host, and dancer
• 1990
  Julia Glushko, Israeli tennis player

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January 5

• 1838
  Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic (d. 1922)
• 1879
  Marcel Tournier, French harp player and composer (d. 1951)
• 1932
  Raisa Gorbachova, Russian wife of Mikhail Gorbachev (d. 1999)
• 1934
  Phil Ramone, South African-American record producer, co-founded A & R Recording (d. 2013)
• 1982
  Benoît Vaugrenard, French cyclist

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January 6

• 1902
  Helmut Poppendick, German physician (d. 1994)
• 1921
  Marianne Grunberg-Manago, Russian-French biochemist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1926
  Günter Rössler, German photographer and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1936
  Julio María Sanguinetti, Uruguayan journalist, lawyer, and politician; 29th Constitutional President of Uruguay
• 1964
  Henry Maske, German boxer and actor

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January 7

• 1949
  Marshall Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950
  Malcolm Macdonald, English footballer and manager
• 1950
  Ross Grimsley, American baseball player and coach
• 1975
  Shawn Phelan, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1989
  Emiliano Insúa, Argentinian footballer

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January 8

• 1962
  Chris Marion, American singer and keyboard player
• 1975
  Reiko Chiba, Japanese actress, voice actress, model, and singer
• 1979
  Tomasz Schafernaker, Polish-English meteorologist
• 1983
  Chris Masters, American wrestler and actor
• 1997
  Fran Brodić, Croatian footballer

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January 9

• 1728
  Thomas Warton, English poet, historian, and critic (d. 1790)
• 1819
  James Francis, English-Australian businessman and politician; 9th Premier of Victoria (d. 1884)
• 1873
  John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower (d. 1938)
• 1944
  Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor
• 1966
  Stephen Metcalfe, English politician

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January 10

• 1892
  Dumas Malone, American historian and author (d. 1986)
• 1919
  Billy Varga, American professional wrestler and actor (d. 2013)
• 1984
  Nando Rafael, Angolan-German footballer
• 1986
  Erika Padilla, Filipino actress and host
• 1990
  Mirko Bortolotti, Italian race car driver

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January 11

• 1928
  Alan Bowness, English historian and curator
• 1943
  Henry Cecil, Scottish-English horse trainer (d. 2013)
• 1953
  John Sessions, Scottish actor and screenwriter
• 1973
  Eri Fukatsu, Japanese actress
• 1990
  Ryan Griffin, American football player

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January 12

• 1797
  Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician and author (d. 1873)
• 1930
  Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and businessman; founded Tim Hortons (d. 1974)
• 1948
  William Nicholson, English author and screenwriter
• 1979
  Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model
• 1984
  Daniel Sepulveda, American football player

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January 13

• 1651
  Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1694)
• 1808
  Salmon P. Chase, American jurist and politician, 6th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1873)
• 1904
  Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist and composer (d. 1992)
• 1968
  Mike Whitlow, English footballer and coach
• 1984
  Nathaniel Motte, American singer-songwriter and producer

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January 14

• 1892
  Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian (d. 1984)
• 1897
  Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)
• 1931
  Caterina Valente, French-Italian actress, singer, and dancer
• 1967
  Emily Watson, English actress
• 1981
  Chiharu Niiyama, Japanese actress and model

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January 15

• 1928
  W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author (d. 2015)
• 1933
  Peter Maitlis, English chemist and academic
• 1969
  Delino DeShields, American baseball player and manager
• 1976
  Doug Gottlieb, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1992
  Joshua King, Norwegian footballer

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January 16

• 1925
  Harold Switzer, American actor and singer (d. 1967)
• 1939
  Mac Curtis, American singer (d. 2013)
• 1939
  Ralph Gibson, American photographer
• 1970
  Ron Villone, American baseball player and coach
• 1975
  Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress

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January 17

• 1922
  Nicholas Katzenbach, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 65th United States Attorney General (d. 2012)
• 1925
  Patricia Owens, Canadian-American actress (d. 2000)
• 1933
  Dalida, Egyptian-French singer and actress (d. 1987)
• 1943
  René Préval, Haitian agronomist and politician, 52nd President of Haiti
• 1968
  Rowan Pelling, English journalist and author

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January 18

• 1641
  François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, French politician, Secretary of State for War (d. 1691)
• 1888
  Thomas Sopwith, English ice hockey player, sailor, and pilot (d. 1989)
• 1933
  William Goodhart, Baron Goodhart, English lawyer and politician
• 1947
  Takeshi Kitano, Japanese actor and director
• 1994
  Kang Ji-young, South Korean singer (Kara)

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January 19

• 1892
  Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1964)
• 1932
  Richard Lester, American-English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1944
  Peter Lynch, American businessman
• 1962
  Chris Sabo, American baseball player and coach
• 1963
  Martin Bashir, English journalist

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January 20

• 1889
  G. H. Luce, British colonial scholar in Burma (d. 1979)
• 1926
  David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
• 1934
  Horst Mahseli, Polish footballer (d. 1999)
• 1956
  Bill Maher, American comedian, actor, and television host
• 1988
  Colin Bensadon, Gibraltarian swimmer

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January 21

• 1885
  André Lagache, French racing driver (d. 1938)
• 1897
  René Iché, French sculptor (d. 1954)
• 1951
  Eric Holder, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 82nd United States Attorney General
• 1983
  Moritz Volz, German footballer
• 2001
  Jackson Brundage, American actor

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January 22

• 1797
  Maria Leopoldina of Austria (d. 1826)
• 1831
  Joseph Alfred Slade, American businessman (d. 1864)
• 1904
  George Balanchine, Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and director, co-founded the New York City Ballet (d. 1983)
• 1938
  Peter Beard, Australian photographer and author
• 1984
  Ben Eager, Canadian ice hockey player

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January 23

• 1898
  Randolph Scott, American actor and producer (d. 1987)
• 1915
  Potter Stewart, American lawyer and judge (d. 1985)
• 1927
  Jack Quinlan, American sportscaster (d. 1965)
• 1970
  Constantina Diță, Romanian-American runner
• 1982
  Andrew Rock, American sprinter

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January 24

• 1872
  Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (d. 1943)
• 1916
  Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician; 65th President of Venezuela (d. 2009)
• 1930
  John Romita, Sr., American illustrator
• 1931
  Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 2012)
• 1986
  Michael Kightly, English footballer

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January 25

• 1913
  Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (d. 1994)
• 1923
  Arvid Carlsson, Swedish pharmacologist and physician; Nobel Prize laureate
• 1951
  Leonid Telyatnikov, Kazakhstani-Ukrainian firefighter (d. 2004)
• 1962
  Chris Chelios, American ice hockey player
• 1973
  Ace Steel, American wrestler and trainer

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January 26

• 1892
  Zara Cully, American actress (d. 1978)
• 1940
  Séamus Hegarty, Irish bishop
• 1961
  Tom Keifer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Cinderella)
• 1965
  Thomas Östros, Swedish politician
• 1968
  Ravi Teja, Indian actor and singer

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January 27

• 1662
  Richard Bentley, English scholar and theologian (d. 1742)
• 1850
  Edward Smith, English captain (d. 1912)
• 1915
  Jules Archer, American historian and author (d. 2008)
• 1924
  Brian Rix, Baron Rix, English actor, producer, academic and life peer
• 1955
  Brian Engblom, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

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January 28

• 1841
  Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh-American explorer and journalist (d. 1904)
• 1853
  José Martí, Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist (d. 1895)
• 1949
  Gregg Popovich, American basketball player and coach
• 1968
  DJ Muggs, American DJ and producer (Cypress Hill and The 7A3)
• 1986
  Nathan Outteridge, Australian sailor

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January 29

• 1929
  Joseph Kruskal, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2010)
• 1936
  James Jamerson, American bass player (The Funk Brothers) (d. 1983)
• 1957
  Julie Mellor, English politician
• 1960
  Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986)
• 1982
  Adam Lambert, American singer-songwriter and actor

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January 30

• 1920
  Delbert Mann, American director and producer (d. 2007)
• 1947
  Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (d. 1991)
• 1959
  Jody Watley, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1980
  Georgios Vakouftsis, Greek footballer
• 1987
  Lance Franklin, Australian footballer

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January 31

• 1914
  Daya Mata, American religious leader (d. 2010)
• 1927
  Norm Prescott, American animator, producer, and composer, co-founded Filmation Studios (d. 2005)
• 1951
  Harry Wayne Casey, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1964
  Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist and songwriter (Slayer) (d. 2013)
• 1982
  Jānis Sprukts, Latvian ice hockey player

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