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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.
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January 1
1880
Vajiravudh, Thai king (d. 1925)
1904
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (d. 1982)
1930
Jean-Pierre Duprey, French poet and sculptor (d. 1959)
1946
Shelby Steele, American journalist, author, and director
1984
Michael Witt, Australian rugby player
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January 2
1885
Gordon Flowerdew, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1918)
1947
Jack Hanna, American zoologist and author
1957
Beppe Gabbiani, Italian racing driver
1976
Hrysopiyi Devetzi, Greek jumper
1978
Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American dancer and actress
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January 3
1883
Duncan Gillis, Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower (d. 1963)
1886
John Gould Fletcher, American poet and author (d. 1950)
1910
Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (d. 2000)
1978
Liya Kebede, Ethiopian-American model, actress, and fashion designer
1991
Özgür Çek, Turkish footballer
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January 4
1848
Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)
1948
Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali
1964
Dot Jones, American actress
1986
Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwanese tennis player
1995
María Isabel, Spanish singer
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January 5
1919
Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and politician (d. 2012)
1945
Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian-English director and producer
1969
Paul McGillion, Scottish-Canadian actor and producer
1975
Warrick Dunn, American football player
1980
Sebastian Deisler, German footballer
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January 6
1793
James Madison Porter, American lawyer and politician, 18th United States Secretary of War (d. 1862)
1842
Clarence King, American geologist, mountaineer, and critic (d. 1901)
1965
Murray McLachlan, British concert pianist
1980
Apostolia Zoi, Greek singer
1989
Max Pirkis, English actor and producer
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January 7
1922
Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
1926
Kim Jong-pil, South Korean politician, 11th Prime Minister of South Korea
1976
Harish Raghavendra, Indian actor and singer
1979
Aloe Blacc, American singer-songwriter
1984
Jon Lester, American baseball player
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January 8
1843
Frederick Abberline, English police officer (d. 1929)
1947
David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1949
John Podesta, American lawyer and politician; 20th White House Chief of Staff
1978
Marco Fu, Hong Kong-Canadian snooker player
1982
Wesley Marquette, Mauritian footballer
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January 9
1475
Crinitus, Italian scholar and author (d. 1507)
1912
Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (d. 1996)
1929
Tom Riley, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
1975
Mattias Olsson, Swedish drummer
1986
Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player
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January 10
1928
Peter Mathias, English historian and academic
1955
Michael Schenker, German guitarist (UFO, Scorpions, Contraband, and McAuley Schenker Group)
1961
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator
1970
Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports
1978
Brent Smith, American singer-songwriter (Shinedown)
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January 11
1885
Alice Paul, American activist (d. 1977)
1954
Kailash Satyarthi, Indian engineer, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1973
Rockmond Dunbar, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1979
Joana Cortez, Brazilian tennis player
1988
Junjun, Chinese-Japanese singer
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January 12
1928
Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver (d. 2009)
1948
Khalid Abdul Muhammad, American activist (d. 2001)
1950
Bob McEwen, American politician
1952
Walter Mosley, American author and actor
1981
Luis Ernesto Pérez, Mexican footballer
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January 13
1749
Maler Müller, German poet, painter, and playwright (d. 1825)
1884
Sophie Tucker, Ukrainian-American singer and actress (d. 1966)
1919
Robert Stack, American actor and producer (d. 2003)
1968
Chara, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1970
Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
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January 14
1948
Vasiliy Khmelevskiy, Belarusian hammer thrower (d. 2002)
1954
Masanobu Fuchi, Japanese wrestler and booker
1963
Steven Soderbergh, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1975
Georgina Cates, English actress
1984
Brandon Meriweather, American football player
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January 15
1902
Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
1934
V. S. Ramadevi, Indian politician, 13th Governor of Karnataka (d. 2013)
1957
Mario Van Peebles, American actor and director
1978
Franco Pellizotti, Italian cyclist
1981
Dylan Armstrong, Canadian shot putter and hammer thrower
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January 16
1915
Leslie H. Martinson, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1929
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic (d. 2014)
1936
Michael White, Scottish actor and producer
1955
Jerry M. Linenger, American captain, physician, and astronaut
1956
Wayne Daniel, Barbadian cricketer
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January 17
1484
George Spalatin, German priest and reformer (d. 1545)
1961
Maia Chiburdanidze, Georgian chess player
1968
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, Dutch author, poet, and scholar
1970
Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player and actor
1975
Squarepusher, English singer-songwriter
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January 18
1943
Charlie Wilson, American mortician and politician (d. 2013)
1954
Ted DiBiase, American wrestler and manager
1970
Peter Van Petegem, Belgian cyclist
1985
Riccardo Montolivo, Italian footballer
1999
Karan Brar, American actor
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January 19
1736
James Watt, British chemist and engineer (d. 1819)
1883
Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (d. 1956)
1966
Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
1984
Fabio Catacchini, Italian footballer
1984
Jimmy Kébé, Malian footballer
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January 20
1798
Anson Jones, American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858)
1946
David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1981
Crystal Lowe, Canadian actress
1987
Janin Lindenberg, German sprinter
1995
Joey Badass, American rapper (Pro Era)
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January 21
1912
Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
1915
Bill Sefton, American pole vaulter (d. 1982)
1942
Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1947
Jill Eikenberry, American actress
1971
Doug Weight, American ice hockey player
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January 22
1914
Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek violinist and composer (d. 2001)
1916
Henri Dutilleux, French pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
1931
Galina Zybina, Russian shot putter and javelin thrower
1968
Frank Leboeuf, French footballer, sportscaster, and actor
1981
Beverley Mitchell, American actress and singer
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January 23
1872
Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (d. 1946)
1920
Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman; invented the Frisbee (d. 2010)
1927
Jack Quinlan, American sportscaster (d. 1965)
1974
Rebekah Elmaloglou, French-Australian actress
1976
Tsuyoshi Muro, Japanese actor
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January 24
1779
Elizabeth Alexeievna, German wife of Alexander I of Russia (d. 1826)
1928
Desmond Morris, English zoologist, ethologist, and painter
1931
Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 2012)
1946
Haji, Canadian-American actress (d. 2013)
1975
Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer and manager
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January 25
17
Messalina, Roman wife of Claudius (d. 48)
1864
Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (d. 1934)
1896
Florence Mills, American singer, dancer, and actress (d. 1927)
1943
Tobe Hooper, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1973
Ace Steel, American wrestler and trainer
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January 26
1882
André Rischmann, French rugby player (d. 1955)
1963
Riddell Akua, Nauruan politician
1967
Col Needham, English businessman, co-founded the Internet Movie Database
1983
Petri Oravainen, Finnish footballer
1989
Emily Hughes, American figure skater
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January 27
1701
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (d. 1790)
1912
Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher and environmentalist (d. 2009)
1926
Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress and director (d. 2004)
1961
Zarganar, Burmese comedian, actor, and director
1989
Daisy Lowe, English model
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January 28
1890
Robert Stroud, American ornithologist (d. 1963)
1930
Kurt Biedenkopf, German academic and politician; 54th President of the German Bundesrat
1961
Arnaldur Indriðason, Icelandic author
1977
Takuma Sato, Japanese race car driver
1991
Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player
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January 29
1843
William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
1967
Cyril Suk, Czech-American tennis player
1980
Ivan Klasnić, Croatian footballer
1980
Jason James Richter, American actor and producer
1982
Heidi Mueller, American actress
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January 30
1859
Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1944)
1861
Charles Martin Loeffler, French-American violinist and composer (d. 1935)
1947
Les Barker, English poet and author
1958
Sayuri Ishikawa, Japanese singer
1974
Jemima Khan, English journalist and activist
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January 31
1820
William B. Washburn, American politician, 28th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1887)
1922
Joanne Dru, American actress (d. 1996)
1951
Harry Wayne Casey, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1968
Ulrica Messing, Swedish politician; 2nd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure
1978
Brad Rutter, American game show contestant; highest winning champion in ''Jeopardy!'' history
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