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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
1779
William Clowes, English publisher (d. 1847)
1931
Jimmy Smyth, Irish hurler (d. 2013)
1948
Joe Petagno, American illustrator
1953
Gary Johnson, American businessman and politician, 29th Governor of New Mexico
1983
Melaine Walker, Jamaican hurdler
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January 2
1719
Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (d. 1797)
1900
William Haines, American actor and interior designer (d. 1973)
1961
Gabrielle Carteris, American actress
1964
Luis d'Antin, Spanish motorcycle racer
1976
Paz Vega, Spanish actress and singer
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January 3
1861
William Renshaw, English tennis player (d. 1904)
1897
Marion Davies, American actress, singer, and producer (d. 1961)
1917
Albert Mol, Dutch author and actor (d. 2002)
1936
Michael Layard, English admiral
1953
Justin Fleming, Australian playwright and author
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January 4
1974
Sjur Miljeteig, Norwegian trumpeter
1981
Hitomi Obara, Japanese wrestler
1983
Gemma Hunt, English television host
1989
Jeff Gyasi, Nigerian footballer
1993
Martin Paasoja, Estonian basketball player
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January 5
1922
Anthony Synnot, Australian admiral (d. 2001)
1960
Otar Korghalidze, Georgian footballer and manager
1965
Ricky Paull Goldin, American actor and producer
1968
Carrie Ann Inaba, American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer
1982
Darren Mackie, Scottish footballer
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January 6
1868
Vittorio Monti, Italian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1922)
1907
David Fleay, Australian ornithologist and zoologist (d. 1993)
1912
Jacques Ellul, French philosopher and critic (d. 1994)
1939
Georgios Babiniotis, Greek linguist and philologist
1963
Paul Kipkoech, Kenyan runner (d. 1995)
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January 7
1502
Pope Gregory XIII (d. 1585)
1877
William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer (d. 1928)
1960
Loretta Sanchez, American politician
1964
Nicolas Cage, American actor, director, and producer
1970
João Ricardo, Angolan footballer
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January 8
1821
James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (d. 1904)
1933
Willie Tasby, American baseball player
1945
Kadir Topbaş, Turkish architect and politician, 31st Mayor of Istanbul
1977
Melanie Seeger, German race walker
1983
Chris Masters, American wrestler and actor
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January 9
1685
Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (d. 1766)
1823
Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (d. 1908)
1876
Arthur Darby, English rugby player (d. 1960)
1967
Gary Teichmann, Rhodesian-South African rugby player
1968
Giorgos Theofanous, Greek-Cypriot composer and producer
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January 10
1905
Albert Arlen, Australian pianist, composer, actor, and playwright (d. 1993)
1917
Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (d. 2008)
1961
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator
1984
Marouane Chamakh, Moroccan footballer
1996
Paula Andrea Pérez, Colombian tennis player
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January 11
1885
Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (d. 1965)
1905
Clyde Kluckhohn, American anthropologist and theorist (d. 1960)
1932
Alfonso Arau, Mexican actor and director
1939
Anne Heggtveit, Canadian skier
1983
Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player
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January 12
1908
Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. 1988)
1948
John Etheridge, English guitarist (Soft Machine)
1950
Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer, judge, and politician
1951
Ann Althouse, American scholar, author, and academic
1968
Junichi Masuda, Japanese director, producer, and composer
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January 13
1914
Ted Willis, Baron Willis, English author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1950
Clive Betts, English economist and politician
1976
Michael Peña, American actor
1983
Imran Khan, American-Indian actor
1993
Larry King, American murder victim (d. 2008)
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January 14
1741
Benedict Arnold, American-English general (d. 1801)
1824
Vladimir Stasov, Russian critic (d. 1906)
1934
Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1977)
1942
Gerben Karstens, Dutch cyclist
1981
Abdelmalek Cherrad, Algerian footballer
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January 15
1481
Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (d. 1511)
1933
Frank Bough, English journalist and radio host
1944
Jenny Nimmo, English author
1958
Boris Tadić, Serbian psychologist and politician, 16th President of Serbia
1992
Joshua King, Norwegian footballer
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January 16
1093
Isaac Komnenos, Byzantine son of Alexios I Komnenos (d. 1152)
1749
Vittorio Alfieri, Italian poet and playwright (d. 1803)
1875
Leonor Michaelis, German biochemist and physician (d. 1947)
1962
Denis O'Hare, American-Irish actor and singer
1976
Viktor Maslov, Russian race car driver
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January 17
1484
George Spalatin, German priest and reformer (d. 1545)
1600
Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Spanish playwright and poet (d. 1681)
1946
Michèle Deslauriers, Canadian actress
1973
Liz Ellis, Australian netball player
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January 18
1945
Balagangadharanatha Swamiji, Indian religious leader (d. 2013)
1953
Brett Hudson, American singer-songwriter and producer (Hudson Brothers)
1969
John Eder, American politician
1972
Vinod Kambli, Indian cricketer, sportscaster, and actor
1985
Riccardo Montolivo, Italian footballer
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January 19
1918
John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (d. 2005)
1943
Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (Big Brother and the Holding Company) (d. 1970)
1944
Shelley Fabares, American actress and singer
1966
Yukiko Duke, Swedish journalist
1991
Corinna Harrer, German runner
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January 20
1886
Claude Jameson, American soccer player (d. 1943)
1909
Gōgen Yamaguchi, Japanese martial artist (d. 1989)
1926
Patricia Neal, American actress (d. 2010)
1965
Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer and manager
1971
Wakanohana Masaru, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 66th Yokozuna
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January 21
1610
Elizabeth Fones, English-American settler (d. 1673)
1827
Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1900)
1882
Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician and theologian (d. 1937)
1924
Benny Hill, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1979
Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player
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January 22
1840
Ernest Wilberforce, English bishop (d. 1907)
1906
Robert E. Howard, American author and poet (d. 1936)
1914
Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek violinist and composer (d. 2001)
1917
Huck Geary, American baseball player (d. 1981)
1993
Rio Haryanto, Indonesian race car driver
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January 23
1870
Ole Sæther, Norwegian target shooter (d. 1946)
1897
Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author (d. 1978)
1946
Zvonko Bušić, Croatian terrorist, hijacker of TWA Flight 355 (d. 2013)
1974
Rebekah Elmaloglou, French-Australian actress
1981
Rob Friend, Canadian footballer
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January 24
1922
Charles W. Socarides, American psychiatrist, physician, and author (d. 2005)
1925
Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
1956
Jack Neo, Singaporean actor and director
1962
Argiris Kambouris, Greek basketball player
1986
Michael Kightly, English footballer
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January 25
1906
Toni Ulmen, German racing driver and motorcycle racer (d. 1976)
1913
Witold Lutosławski, Polish composer and conductor (d. 1994)
1935
Conrad Burns, American soldier, journalist, and politician
1966
Chet Culver, American educator and politician; 41st Governor of Iowa
1973
Ace Steel, American wrestler and trainer
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January 26
1763
Charles XIV John of Sweden (d. 1844)
1904
Ancel Keys, American physiologist and nutritionist (d. 2004)
1961
Tom Keifer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Cinderella)
1967
Bryan Callen, American actor and screenwriter
1973
Melvil Poupaud, French actor, director, and screenwriter
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January 27
1814
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect, designed the Lausanne Cathedral (d. 1879)
1931
Mordecai Richler, Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 2001)
1940
Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, Turkish engineer and politician; 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1951
Brian Downey, Irish drummer and songwriter
1989
Daisy Lowe, English model
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January 28
1911
Johan van Hulst, Dutch academic and politician
1951
Brian Bilbray, American politician
1974
Tony Delk, American basketball player and coach
1976
Emiko Kado, Japanese wrestler (d. 1999)
1988
Paul Henry, English footballer
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January 29
1756
Henry Lee III, American general and politician, 9th Governor of Virginia (d. 1818)
1929
Puggy Pearson, American poker player (d. 2006)
1933
Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
1946
Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter
1968
Sora Jung, South Korean actress
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January 30
1883
Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (d. 1920)
1919
Fred Korematsu, American activist (d. 2005)
1945
Michael Dorris, American author and scholar (d. 1997)
1947
Małgorzata Braunek, Polish actress (d. 2014)
1987
Becky Lynch, Irish wrestler
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January 31
1550
Henry I, Duke of Guise (d. 1588)
1884
Theodor Heuss, German journalist and politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Germany (d. 1963)
1927
Norm Prescott, American animator, producer, and composer, co-founded Filmation Studios (d. 2005)
1946
Sylvia Hitchcock, American model, Miss Universe 1967 (d. 2015)
1975
Fred Coleman, American football player and coach
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