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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
1909
Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (d. 1959)
1917
Albert Mol, Dutch actor and author (d. 2004)
1928
Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian, author, and academic
1929
Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor, stuntman, and choreographer
1986
Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor
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January 2
1905
Jainendra Kumar, Indian author and translator (d. 1988)
1946
Sonny Ruberto, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
1947
David Shapiro, American poet, historian, and critic
1974
Tomáš Řepka, Czech footballer
1989
Bianca Knight, American sprinter
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January 3
1862
Matthew Nathan, English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland (d. 1939)
1919
Dorothy Morrison, American actress
1920
Renato Carosone, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2001)
1986
Jacob Timpano, Australian footballer
1988
Ikechi Anya, Scottish-Nigerian footballer
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January 4
1664
Lars Roberg, Swedish physician and academic (d. 1742)
1965
Beth Gibbons, English singer-songwriter
1973
Frank Høj, Danish cyclist
1974
Sjur Miljeteig, Norwegian trumpeter
1991
Stefan Nenadović, Montenegrin footballer
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January 5
1919
Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and politician (d. 2012)
1970
Mitoy Yonting, Filipino singer and actor
1972
Philip Davies, English politician
1979
Masami Tanaka, Japanese swimmer
1991
Denis Alibec, Romanian footballer
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January 6
1861
János Zsupánek, Slovene-Hungarian author and poet (d. 1951)
1926
Ralph Branca, American baseball player
1931
P. J. Kavanagh, English poet and author (d. 2015)
1935
Nino Tempo, American singer and actor
1954
Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
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January 7
1949
Steven Williams, American actor
1957
Nicholson Baker, American historian, author, and academic
1965
John Ondrasik, American singer-songwriter (Five For Fighting)
1970
João Ricardo, Angolan footballer
1985
Wayne Routledge, English footballer
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January 8
1925
Helmuth Hübener, German activist (d. 1942)
1938
Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens, English sociologist and academic
1967
Steven Jacobs, Australian television host and actor
1976
Carl Pavano, American baseball player
1979
Seol Ki-hyeon, South Korean footballer
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January 9
1832
Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician; 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1900)
1892
Eva Bowring, American politician (d. 1985)
1965
Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer
1972
Mat Hoffman, American BMX rider
1972
Sarah Beeny, English television host
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January 10
1891
Ann Shoemaker, American actress (d. 1978)
1916
Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1958
Eddie Cheever, American race car driver
1970
Alisa Marić, Serbian chess player and politician, Serbian Minister of Youth and Sports
1988
Marvin Martin, French footballer
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January 11
1853
Georgios Jakobides, Greek painter and sculptor (d. 1926)
1953
John Sessions, Scottish actor and screenwriter
1978
Emile Heskey, English footballer
1979
Michael Lorenz, German footballer
1983
Adrian Sutil, German race car driver
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January 12
1786
Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1855)
1912
Richard Kuremaa, Estonian footballer (d. 1991)
1956
Marie Colvin, American-English journalist (d. 2012)
1964
Jeff Bezos, American businessman, founded Amazon.com
1986
Kehoma Brenner, German rugby player
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January 13
1909
Helm Glöckler, German racing driver (d. 1993)
1962
Paul Higgins, Canadian ice hockey player
1975
Rune Eriksen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
1982
Mason Ryan, Welsh wrestler
1987
Stefano Del Sante, Italian footballer
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January 14
1477
Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (d. 1552)
1897
Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)
1920
Bertus de Harder, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 1982)
1981
Rosa López, Spanish singer
1989
Liu Xiaodong, Chinese footballer
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January 15
1952
Chris D., American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Flesh Eaters)
1955
Khalid Islambouli, Egyptian army officer and assassin of Egypt's president Anwar Sadat (d. 1982)
1972
Ernie Reyes, Jr. American actor, stuntman, and martial artist
1983
Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
1983
Matic Kralj, Slovenian ice hockey player
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January 16
1838
Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
1911
Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
1949
Caroline Munro, English actress and singer
1986
Paula Pareto, Argentinian martial artist
1995
Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
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January 17
1886
Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (d. 1926)
1887
Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)
1927
Thomas Anthony Dooley III, American physician and humanitarian (d. 1961)
1938
John Bellairs, American author and academic (d. 1991)
1960
Tracey Moore, Canadian voice actress and singer
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January 18
1751
Ferdinand Kauer, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1831)
1892
Bill Meanix, American hurdler and coach (d. 1957)
1904
Cary Grant, English-American actor and singer (d. 1986)
1925
Sol Yurick, American soldier and author (d. 2013)
1934
Raymond Briggs, English author and illustrator
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January 19
1932
Richard Lester, American-English director, producer, and screenwriter
1955
Simon Rattle, English conductor
1971
John Wozniak, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977
Benjamin Ayres, Canadian actor, director, and photographer
1979
Josu Sarriegi, Spanish footballer
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January 20
1703
Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer (d. 1741)
1934
Hennie Aucamp, South African poet, author, and academic (d. 2014)
1959
R. A. Salvatore, American author
1962
Laima Muktupāvela, Latvian writer
1986
Kevin Parker, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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January 21
1813
John C. Frémont, American general, explorer, and politician, 5th Territorial Governor of Arizona (d. 1890)
1899
Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American pianist and composer (d. 1977)
1905
Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (d. 1978)
1922
Telly Savalas, American actor, singer, and director (d. 1994)
1984
Alex Koslov, Moldovan-American wrestler
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January 22
1935
Seymour Cassel, American actor
1943
Marília Pêra, Brazilian actress and singer
1949
Mike Caldwell, American baseball player and coach
1972
Namrata Shirodkar, Indian model and actress; Femina Miss India 1993
1980
Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer
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January 23
1923
Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1932
Bill Sharpe, American triple jumper
1946
Zvonko Bušić, Croatian terrorist, hijacker of TWA Flight 355 (d. 2013)
1948
David F. Ford, Irish theologian and academic
1974
Joël Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
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January 24
1912
Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (d. 2005)
1947
Michio Kaku, American physicist and academic
1958
Jools Holland, English singer-songwriter and pianist
1984
Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer
1984
Scott Kazmir, American baseball player
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January 25
1783
William Colgate, English-American businessman and philanthropist; founded Colgate-Palmolive (d. 1857)
1796
William MacGillivray, Scottish ornithologist and biologist (d. 1852)
1841
John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Sri Lankan-English admiral (d. 1920)
1886
Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor and composer (d. 1954)
1936
Diana Hyland, American actress (d. 1977)
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January 26
1813
Juan Pablo Duarte, Dominican philosopher and poet (d. 1876)
1934
Roger Landry, Canadian businessman and publisher
1979
Sara Rue, American actress and producer
1983
Petri Oravainen, Finnish footballer
1985
Heather Stanning, English rower
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January 27
1823
Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (d. 1892)
1901
Art Rooney, American football player and coach, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (d. 1988)
1937
Fred Åkerström, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
1948
Jean-Philippe Collard, French pianist
1955
Brian Engblom, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
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January 28
1864
Herbert Akroyd Stuart, English engineer; invented the Hot bulb engine and Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine (d. 1927)
1900
Alice Neel, American painter (d. 1984)
1924
Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (d. 1976)
1930
Roy Clarke, English soldier and screenwriter
1976
Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
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January 29
1920
José Luis de Vilallonga, Spanish actor and author (d. 2007)
1927
Edward Abbey, American environmentalist and author (d. 1989)
1960
Steve Sax, American baseball player and sportscaster
1968
Edward Burns, American actor, director, and producer
1994
Lucas Hufnagel, German footballer
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January 30
1563
Franciscus Gomarus, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1641)
1948
Nick Broomfield, English director and producer
1955
Curtis Strange, American golfer and sportscaster
1974
Jemima Khan, English journalist and activist
1995
Víctor Sánchez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2015)
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January 31
1946
Glynn Turman, American actor, director, and producer
1975
Fred Coleman, American football player and coach
1978
Ellen Stagg, American photographer
1982
Allan McGregor, Scottish footballer
1987
Raúl Richter, German actor
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