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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
1919
Yoshio Tabata, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1929
Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor, stuntman, and choreographer
1933
Frederick Lowy, Canadian psychiatrist and academic
1965
Andrew Valmon, American runner and coach
1979
Brody Dalle, Australian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Distillers and Spinnerette)
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January 2
1884
Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli historian and politician; 4th Israeli Minister of Education (d. 1973)
1923
Rachel Waterhouse, English historian and author
1955
Vivien Savage, French singer-songwriter
1980
Mac Danzig, American mixed martial artist
1981
Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer
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January 3
1816
Samuel C. Pomeroy, American businessman and politician (d. 1891)
1905
Anna May Wong, American actress (d. 1961)
1915
Mady Rahl, German actress and singer (d. 2009)
1930
Robert Loggia, American actor and director
1991
Jerson Cabral, Dutch footballer
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January 4
1957
Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958
Andy Borowitz, American comedian and author
1962
Robin Guthrie, Scottish guitarist and producer (Cocteau Twins)
1977
Ozell Wells, Dominican-American basketball player, coach, and scout
1980
Greg Cipes, American actor and singer
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January 5
1846
Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)
1940
Michael O'Donoghue, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1969
Shea Whigham, American actor
1972
Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer-songwriter, producer and actor
1975
Warrick Dunn, American football player
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January 6
1842
Clarence King, American geologist, mountaineer, and critic (d. 1901)
1912
Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic (d. 1994)
1935
Queen Margarita of Bulgaria
1937
Paolo Conte, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist
1963
Norm Charlton, American baseball player and coach
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January 7
1864
Seo Jae-pil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (d. 1951)
1930
Jack Greene, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1974
Svetlana Metkina, Russian actress
1978
Asami Imajuku, Japanese model, actress, and singer
1983
Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player
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January 8
1928
Gaston Miron, Canadian poet and author (d. 1996)
1957
Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer
1962
Chris Marion, American singer and keyboard player
1967
Torsten Gowitzke, German footballer
1990
Claudine Mendy, French handball player
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January 9
1873
Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1934)
1898
Gracie Fields, English-Italian actress and singer (d. 1979)
1967
Dave Matthews, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1988
Katherine Copely, American ice dancer
1989
Michael Beasley, American basketball player
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January 10
1883
Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1966)
1935
Georg Katzer, German composer and academic
1964
Brad Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crash Test Dummies)
1966
Murali Nair, Indian director and screenwriter
1996
María Paulina Pérez, Colombian tennis player
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January 11
1757
Samuel Bentham, English engineer and architect (d. 1831)
1961
Lars-Erik Torph, Swedish race car driver (d. 1989)
1968
Anders Borg, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Finance
1970
Mustafa Sandal, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and dancer
1990
Ryan Griffin, American football player
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January 12
1576
Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (d. 1660)
1792
Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist and academic (d. 1841)
1932
Tzeni Karezi, Greek actress and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1959
Blixa Bargeld, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1989
Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer
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January 13
1885
Alfred Fuller, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Fuller Brush Company (d. 1973)
1901
A. B. Guthrie, Jr., American historian and author (d. 1991)
1973
Gloria Yip, Hong Kong actress and singer
1991
Rob Kiernan, English-Irish footballer
1995
Qaasim Middleton, American actor, singer, and guitarist
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January 14
1875
Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
1922
Diana Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington (d. 2010)
1938
Morihiro Hosokawa, Japanese journalist and politician, 79th Prime Minister of Japan
1974
Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
1980
Taeke Taekema, Dutch field hockey player
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January 15
1923
Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese-Chinese economist and politician, 4th President of the Republic of China
1929
Earl Hooker, American guitarist (d. 1970)
1953
Kent Hovind, American evangelist and theorist
1969
Meret Becker, German actress and singer
1979
Young Dro, American rapper and producer
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January 16
1961
Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (d. 2006)
1973
Josie Davis, American actress and producer
1982
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Danish actress
1984
Stephan Lichtsteiner, Swiss footballer
1985
Simon Richter, Danish footballer
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January 17
1914
William Stafford, American poet and author (d. 1993)
1962
Ari Up, German-English singer (d. 2010)
1964
Michelle Fairley, Northern Irish actress
1969
Dave Lamb, English actor, presenter, and comedian
1971
Giorgos Balogiannis, Greek basketball player
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January 18
1938
Curt Flood, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1997)
1963
Yury Zakharevich, Russian weightlifter
1974
Michael Tunn, Australian radio and television host
1980
Estelle, English singer-songwriter and producer
1991
Britt McKillip, Canadian singer and actress (One More Girl)
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January 19
1839
Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)
1911
Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (d. 2009)
1921
Patricia Highsmith, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1979
Josu Sarriegi, Spanish footballer
1992
Logan Lerman, American actor
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January 20
1882
Johnny Torrio, Italian-American mobster (d. 1957)
1902
Kevin Barry, Irish republican rebel (d. 1920)
1963
Mark Ryden, American painter
1984
Rene Mandri, Estonian cyclist
1995
Joey Badass, American rapper (Pro Era)
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January 21
1922
Telly Savalas, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1994)
1969
Karina Lombard, Tahitian-American actress and singer
1971
Adia Chan, Indonesian-Hong Kong actress and singer
1978
Faris Al-Sultan, German triathlete
1983
Alex Acker, American basketball player
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January 22
1890
Fred M. Vinson, American judge and politician, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1953)
1909
U Thant, Burmese diplomat, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General (d. 1974)
1962
Dajan Ahmet, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)
1981
Guy Wilks, English race car driver
1981
Willa Ford, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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January 23
1915
W. Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1974
Christian Longo, murderer
1974
Richard T. Slone, English painter
1974
Tiffani Thiessen, American actress, singer, and producer
1974
Yosvani Pérez, Cuban baseball player
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January 24
1763
Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (d. 1831)
1872
Morris Travers, English chemist and academic (d. 1961)
1930
Bernard Matthews, English businessman, founded Bernard Matthews Farms (d. 2010)
1946
Haji, Canadian-American actress (d. 2013)
1989
Samba Diakité, Malian footballer
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January 25
1459
Paul Hofhaimer, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1537)
1896
Florence Mills, American singer, dancer, and actress (d. 1927)
1929
Benny Golson, American saxophonist and composer
1933
Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (d. 2009)
1934
Mimi Kok, Dutch actress and singer (d. 2014)
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January 26
1927
Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout (d. 1985)
1941
Joan A. Steitz, molecular biologist and academic
1944
Angela Davis, American activist, author, and scholar
1947
Patrick Dewaere, French actor and composer (d. 1982)
1986
Kian Kazemi, Filipino-Persian actor
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January 27
1842
Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian-Russian painter (d. 1910)
1859
Wilhelm II, German Emperor (d. 1941)
1937
Tigran Mansurian, Armenian composer of classical music and film scores
1983
Tim Kasten, German rugby player
1994
Rani Khedira, German footballer
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January 28
1818
George S. Boutwell, American lawyer and politician, 28th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1905)
1864
Charles Williams Nash, American businessman, founded Nash Motors (d. 1948)
1941
King Tubby, Jamaican DJ, producer, and engineer (d. 1989)
1974
Ramsey Nasr, Dutch author and poet
1989
Ronny Philp, Romanian-German footballer
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January 29
1876
Havergal Brian, English composer (d. 1972)
1901
E. P. Taylor, Canadian businessman and horse breeder (d. 1989)
1913
Daniel Taradash, American director and screenwriter (d. 2003)
1961
Petra Thümer, German swimmer and photographer
1988
Margarita Žernosekova, Estonian footballer
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January 30
1615
Thomas Rolfe, American son of Pocahontas (d. 1675)
1781
Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (d. 1838)
1899
Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
1930
Samuel Byck, American criminal (d. 1974)
1959
Jody Watley, American singer-songwriter and producer
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January 31
1797
Franz Schubert, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1828)
1872
Zane Grey, American dentist and author (d. 1939)
1935
Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese author and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1964
Jeff Hanneman, American guitarist and songwriter (Slayer) (d. 2013)
1966
Umar Alisha, Indian journalist and philanthropist
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