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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.
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.
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January 1
1848
John W. Goff, Irish-American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
1922
Ernest Hollings, American soldier and politician, 106th Governor of South Carolina
1945
Peter Duncan, Australian politician
1978
Vidya Balan, Indian model and actress
1983
Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model and actress
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January 2
1873
Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (d. 1897)
1904
Truus Klapwijk, Dutch diver and swimmer (d. 1991)
1949
Christopher Durang, American playwright and screenwriter
1950
Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach
1990
Karel Abraham, Czech motorcycle racer
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January 3
1932
Yolanda "Tongolele" Montes, American-Mexican dancer and actress
1939
Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
1946
John Paul Jones, English bass player, songwriter, and producer (Led Zeppelin and Them Crooked Vultures)
1959
Alessandro Andrei, Italian shot putter
1976
Nicholas Gonzalez, American actor and producer
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January 4
1672
Hugh Boulter, Anglo-Irish archbishop (d. 1742)
1878
A. E. Coppard, English poet and author (d. 1957)
1958
Matt Frewer, American-Canadian actor and singer
1975
Shane Carwin, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
1993
Marlo Mortel, Filipino actor and singer
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January 5
1209
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English-German king (d. 1272)
1928
Walter Mondale, American soldier, lawyer, and politician; 42nd Vice President of the United States
1953
Pamela Sue Martin, American actress
1956
Tim Macartney-Snape, Australian mountaineer and author
1992
Julian Derstroff, German footballer
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January 6
1924
Earl Scruggs, American banjo player (Flatt and Scruggs) (d. 2012)
1940
Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (d. 1989)
1945
Allen Appel, American author, illustrator, and photographer
1964
Denise Borino-Quinn, American actress (d. 2010)
1965
Christine Wachtel, German runner
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January 7
1933
Elliott Kastner, American-English film producer (d. 2010)
1950
Erin Gray, American actress
1954
José María Vitier, Cuban pianist and composer
1961
Andrew Thomson, Australian lawyer and politician
1970
João Ricardo, Angolan footballer
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January 8
1894
Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (d. 1941)
1931
Chuck Metcalf, American bassist (d. 2012)
1981
Xie Xingfang, Chinese badminton player
1990
Hassan Adhuham, Maldivian footballer
1992
Stefanie Dolson, American basketball player
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January 9
1811
Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English journalist and author (d. 1856)
1898
Wally Baker, American super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1938
Claudette Boyer, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2013)
1945
John Doman, American actor
1972
Mat Hoffman, American BMX rider
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January 10
1848
Reinhold Sadler, American merchant and politician, 9th Governor of Nevada (d. 1906)
1931
Massimo Vignelli, Italian-American graphic designer (d. 2014)
1939
Jared Carter, American poet and author
1963
David Dewayne Johnson, American murderer (d. 2000)
1984
Nando Rafael, Angolan-German footballer
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January 11
1788
William Thomas Brande, English chemist and academic (d. 1866)
1911
Nora Heysen, Australian painter (d. 2003)
1938
Vladimir Krpan, Croatian pianist
1962
Steve Hislop, Scottish motorcycle racer (d. 2003)
1971
Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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January 12
1792
Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (d. 1841)
1901
Karl Künstler, German SS officer (d. 1945)
1949
Ottmar Hitzfeld, German footballer and manager
1968
Junichi Masuda, Japanese director, producer, and composer
1987
Will Rothhaar, American actor
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January 13
1858
Oskar Minkowski, Lithuanian-German biologist and academic (d. 1931)
1901
A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American historian and author (d. 1991)
1938
Tord Grip, Swedish footballer and manager
1959
Ernie Irvan, American race car driver
1990
Liam Hemsworth, Australian actor
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January 14
1931
Martin Holdgate, English biologist and academic
1934
Richard Briers, English actor and singer (d. 2013)
1940
Vasilka Stoeva, Bulgarian discus thrower
1981
Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
1982
Víctor Valdés, Spanish footballer
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January 15
1885
Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and author (d. 1973)
1902
Saud of Saudi Arabia (d. 1969)
1973
Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer
1983
Jermaine Pennant, English footballer
1991
Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer
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January 16
1931
Robert L. Park, American physicist and academic
1937
Luiz Bueno, Brazilian race car driver (d. 2011)
1954
Wolfgang Schmidt, German discus thrower
1963
James May, English journalist and television host
1982
Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer
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January 17
1871
Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1940)
1936
John Boyd, English academic and diplomat, British ambassador to Japan
1939
Maury Povich, American talk show host, producer, and actor
1948
Jim Ladd, American radio host and producer
1991
Trevor Bauer, American baseball player
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January 18
1880
Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1933)
1933
Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (d. 2013)
1940
Pedro Rodriguez, Mexican race car driver (d. 1971)
1944
Carl Morton, American baseball player (d. 1983)
1966
André Ribeiro, Brazilian race car driver
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January 19
398
Pulcheria, Byzantine empress and saint (d. 453)
1739
Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect, designed Longford Hall and Barrells Hall (d. 1808)
1918
John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (d. 2005)
1982
Jodie Sweetin, American actress
1993
Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer
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January 20
1896
George Burns, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 1996)
1940
Carol Heiss, American figure skater and actress
1955
Hiromi Ōta, Japanese singer
1963
Mark Ryden, American painter
1969
Patrick K. Kroupa, American computer hacker and activist; co-founded MindVox
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January 21
1882
Francis Gailey, Australian-American swimmer (d. 1972)
1882
Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician and theologian (d. 1937)
1969
Eduard Hämäläinen, Finnish-Belarusian decathlete
1982
Nicolas Mahut, French tennis player
1986
Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor
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January 22
1592
Pierre Gassendi, French mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher (d. 1655)
1907
Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (d. 2004)
1913
William Conway, Irish cardinal (d. 1977)
1977
Hidetoshi Nakata, Japanese footballer
1978
Chone Figgins, American baseball player
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January 23
1923
Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1939
Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor and martial artist
1953
Alister McGrath, Irish historian and theologian
1962
David Arnold, English composer
1990
Şener Özbayraklı, Turkish footballer
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January 24
1776
E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer (d. 1822)
1864
Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (d. 1936)
1930
Bernard Matthews, English businessman, founded Bernard Matthews Farms (d. 2010)
1941
Aaron Neville, American singer
1986
Mischa Barton, English-American actress
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January 25
1822
Charles Reed Bishop, American businessman, philanthropist, and politician; founded Bishop Museum (d. 1915)
1935
António Ramalho Eanes, Portuguese general and politician; 16th President of Portugal
1949
John Cooper Clarke, English poet and critic
1981
Charlie Bewley, English actor
1984
Fara Williams, English footballer
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January 26
1908
Stéphane Grappelli, French violinist (d. 1997)
1927
José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran politician, President of Honduras (d. 2005)
1953
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician and diplomat, 39th Prime Minister of Denmark
1973
Brendan Rodgers, Irish footballer and manager
1979
Sara Rue, American actress and producer
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January 27
1756
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1791)
1924
Brian Rix, Baron Rix, English actor, producer, academic and life peer
1932
Boris Shakhlin, Russian-Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2008)
1942
Stewart Raffill, American director and screenwriter
1976
Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress, singer, and producer
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January 28
1904
Canuplin, Filipino magician and actor (d. 1979)
1938
Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter
1944
Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman; co-founded Inditex and Zara (d. 2013)
1976
Rick Ross, American rapper and producer
1985
Lauris Dārziņš, Latvian ice hockey player
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January 29
1880
W. C. Fields, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1946)
1945
Tom Selleck, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1948
Marc Singer, Canadian-American actor
1970
Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
1975
Sara Gilbert, American actress, producer, and talk show host
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January 30
1861
Charles Martin Loeffler, French-American violinist and composer (d. 1935)
1955
Tom Izzo, American basketball player and coach
1961
Dexter Scott King, American actor and activist
1979
Tarmo Jallai, Estonian hurdler
1986
Nick Evans, American baseball player
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January 31
1911
Eddie Byrne, Irish actor (d. 1981)
1966
Umar Alisha, Indian journalist and philanthropist
1976
Traianos Dellas, Greek footballer and manager
1977
Jim Kleinsasser, American football player
1982
Maret Ani, Estonian tennis player
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