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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
870
Zwentibold, Frankish son of Arnulf of Carinthia (d. 900)
1932
Leman Çıdamlı, Turkish actress (d. 2012)
1948
Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Russian Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
1971
Sammie Henson, American wrestler
1981
Jacqui Maxwell, Australian actress
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January 2
1857
M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (d. 1935)
1886
Florence Lawrence, Canadian-American actress (d. 1938)
1914
Kenny Clarke, American drummer and composer (d. 1985)
1956
Lynda Barry, American cartoonist and author
1963
David Cone, American baseball player and sportscaster
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January 3
1916
Betty Furness, American actress and journalist (d. 1994)
1975
Thomas Bangalter, French DJ and producer
1978
Dimitra Kalentzou, Greek basketball player
1982
Peter Clarke, English footballer
1988
Ikechi Anya, Scottish-Nigerian footballer
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January 4
1872
Albert Tyler, American pole vaulter (d. 1945)
1895
Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman; co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. (d. 1982)
1914
Herman Franks, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2009)
1960
Michael Stipe, American singer-songwriter and producer (R.E.M. and Automatic Baby)
1995
Maddie Hasson, American actress
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January 5
1209
Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English-German king (d. 1272)
1902
Hubert Beuve-Méry, French journalist (d. 1989)
1929
Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1955
Jacob Hård, Swedish journalist
1965
Ricky Paull Goldin, American actor and producer
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January 6
1673
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (d. 1744)
1936
Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player and scout
1945
Allen Appel, American author, illustrator, and photographer
1981
Jérémie Renier, Belgian-French actor
1989
Andy Carroll, English footballer
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January 7
1875
Thomas Hicks, American runner (d. 1963)
1929
Terry Moore, American actress and producer
1979
Ricardo Maurício, Brazilian race car driver
1980
Zöe Salmon, Northern Irish model and television host, Miss Northern Ireland 1999
1990
Camryn Grimes, American actress
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January 8
1871
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, Irish captain and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (d. 1940)
1899
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (d. 1959)
1902
Georgy Malenkov, Russian engineer and politician (d. 1988)
1923
Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (d. 1985)
1967
Tom Watson, English politician
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January 9
1854
Lady Randolph Churchill, American-English wife of Lord Randolph Churchill (d. 1921)
1924
Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (d. 1990)
1944
Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor
1957
Bibie, Ghanaian-French singer
1959
Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist and politician; Nobel Prize laureate
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January 10
1903
Voldemar Väli, Estonian-Swedish Greco-Roman wrestler (d. 1997)
1913
Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)
1918
Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008)
1931
Rosalind Howells, Baroness Howells of St Davids, Grenadian-English academic and politician
1938
Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
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January 11
1912
Don "Red" Barry, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1980)
1928
Mitchell Ryan, American actor
1957
Darryl Dawkins, American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1981
Tom Meighan, English singer-songwriter (Kasabian)
1987
Scotty Cranmer, American motocross racer
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January 12
1856
John Singer Sargent, Italian-English painter and educator (d. 1925)
1950
Dorrit Moussaieff, Israeli-Icelandic jewelry designer and businesswoman; 5th First Lady of Iceland
1961
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, Pakistani-Canadian physician and terrorist
1969
David Mitchell, English author and translator
1987
Naya Rivera, American actress and singer
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January 13
1935
Mauro Forghieri, Italian engineer
1948
Gaj Singh, Indian politician
1972
Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-American journalist
1972
Yukiko Iwai, Japanese voice actress
1982
Kamran Akmal, Pakistan cricketer
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January 14
1940
Trevor Nunn, English director and composer
1946
Harold Shipman, English serial killer (d. 2004)
1948
Al Feuerbach, American shot putter and technologist
1961
Rob Hall, New Zealand mountaineer (d. 1996)
1979
Angela Lindvall, American model and actress
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January 15
1803
Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author (d. 1811)
1866
Nathan Söderblom, Swedish archbishop, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)
1938
Ashraf Aman, Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
1948
Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 1977)
1986
Mariya Abakumova, Russian javelin thrower
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January 16
1945
Wim Suurbier, Dutch footballer and manager
1958
Andris Šķēle, Latvian politician and businessman, former Prime Minister of Latvia
1969
Stevie Jackson, Scottish guitarist and songwriter (Belle and Sebastian and The Vaselines)
1979
Toshiki Kashu, Japanese actor
1980
Albert Pujols, Dominican-American baseball player
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January 17
1905
Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1940
Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (d. 2015)
1960
John Crawford, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Berlin)
1962
Ari Up, German-English singer (d. 2010)
1964
Andy Rourke, English bass player (The Smiths and Freebass)
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January 18
1659
Damaris Cudworth Masham, English philosopher and theologian (d. 1708)
1914
Vitomil Zupan, Yugoslav author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987)
1954
Ted DiBiase, American wrestler and manager
1982
Rolf Roosalu, Estonian singer and actor
1992
Francesco Bardi, Italian footballer
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January 19
1808
Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and author (d. 1887)
1809
Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, critic, and poet (d. 1849)
1863
Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (d. 1941)
1985
Esteban Guerrieri, Argentinian race car driver
1992
Logan Lerman, American actor
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January 20
1965
Greg K., American bass player (The Offspring)
1967
Eric Quizon, Filipino actor, director, producer, and writer
1969
Patrick K. Kroupa, American computer hacker and activist; co-founded MindVox
1979
Will Young, English singer-songwriter and actor
1988
Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé, Nigerian footballer
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January 21
1915
Orazio Mariani, Italian sprinter (d. 1981)
1943
Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek singer-songwriter and actor
1947
Jill Eikenberry, American actress
1950
Gary Locke, American politician and diplomat; 36th United States Secretary of Commerce
1968
Sundar C., Indian actor and director
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January 22
1905
Willy Hartner, German physicist, historian, and academic (d. 1981)
1935
Alexander Men, Russian priest and scholar (d. 1990)
1937
Joseph Wambaugh, American police officer and author
1945
Christoph Schönborn, Bohemian-Austrian cardinal
1962
Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, 17th Sultan of Terengganu
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January 23
1899
Glen Kidston, English race car driver and pilot (d. 1931)
1927
Fred Williams, Australian painter (d. 1982)
1952
Omar Henry, South African cricketer
1953
Antonio Villaraigosa, American politician, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles
1960
Jean-François Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player
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January 24
1922
Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1947
Michio Kaku, American physicist and academic
1970
Matthew Lillard, American actor, director, and producer
1987
Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer
1994
Sean Kavanagh, Irish footballer
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January 25
1813
J. Marion Sims, American gynecologist and physician (d. 1883)
1923
Arvid Carlsson, Swedish pharmacologist and physician; Nobel Prize laureate
1953
Mark Weil, Russian-Uzbek director and producer (d. 2007)
1979
Pi Hongyan, Chinese-French badminton player
1980
Michelle McCool, American wrestler and model
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January 26
1708
William Hayes, English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1777)
1892
Bessie Coleman, American pilot (d. 1926)
1933
Ercole Baldini, Italian cyclist
1977
Vince Carter, American basketball player
1988
Yukiyo Mine, Japanese softball player
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January 27
1869
Will Marion Cook, American violinist and composer (d. 1944)
1958
Susanna Thompson, American actress
1962
Roberto Paci Dalò, Italian director and composer
1965
Ignacio Noé, Argentinian author and illustrator
1989
Alberto Botía, Spanish footballer
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January 28
1886
Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (d. 1973)
1929
Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator
1936
Alan Alda, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1950
David C. Hilmers, American colonel, physician, and astronaut
1962
Sam Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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January 29
1737
Thomas Paine, English-American author, activist, and theorist (d. 1809)
1928
Lee Shau-kee, Hong Kong businessman, founded Henderson Land Development
1953
Charlie Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer
1962
Nicholas Turturro, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1986
Drew Tyler Bell, American actor and dancer
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January 30
1697
Johann Joachim Quantz, German flute player and composer (d. 1773)
1938
Islam Karimov, Uzbek politician; 1st President of Uzbekistan
1947
Małgorzata Braunek, Polish actress (d. 2014)
1968
Tony Maudsley, English actor
1979
Jaak Urmet, Estonian author and poet
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January 31
1884
Nathaniel Moore, American golfer (d. 1910)
1929
Jean Simmons, British-American actress (d. 2010)
1958
Armin Reichel, German footballer and manager
1966
Jorge González, Argentinian basketball player and wrestler (d. 2010)
1982
Yukimi Nagano, Swedish singer-songwriter (Little Dragon)
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