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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
1768
Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author (d. 1849)
1942
Judy Stone, Australian singer
1951
Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver
1953
Alpha Blondy, Ivorian-American singer-songwriter
1956
Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese pianist and composer
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January 2
1921
Jan Slepian, American therapist and author
1932
Richard Thorp, English actor (d. 2013)
1946
Richard Cole, English talent manager
1965
Greg Swindell, American baseball player and coach
1993
Kirill Minov, Russian ice dancer
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January 3
1862
Matthew Nathan, English soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Queensland (d. 1939)
1870
Henry Handel Richardson, Australian author (d. 1946)
1883
Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
1956
Sam Laidlaw, English businessman
1988
Jonny Evans, Northern Irish footballer
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January 4
1785
Jacob Grimm, German author and philologist (d. 1863)
1941
John Bennett Perry, American actor and singer
1962
Peter Steele, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2010)
1977
Ozell Wells, Dominican-American basketball player, coach, and scout
1987
Kay Voser, Swiss footballer
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January 5
1793
Harvey Putnam, American lawyer and politician (d. 1855)
1917
Adolfo Consolini, Italian discus thrower (d. 1969)
1929
Wilbert Harrison, American singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
1975
Mike Grier, American ice hockey player and scout
1979
Masami Tanaka, Japanese swimmer
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January 6
1819
Baldassare Verazzi, Italian painter (d. 1886)
1955
Susan B. Horwitz, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2014)
1964
Denise Borino-Quinn, American actress (d. 2010)
1966
Fernando Carrillo, Venezuelan actor
1978
Casey Fossum, American baseball player
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January 7
1800
Millard Fillmore, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)
1941
Frederick D. Gregory, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1958
Linda Kozlowski, American actress
1967
Mark Lamarr, English radio and television host
1972
Vladimir Dubrovshchik, Belarusian discus thrower
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January 8
1854
John Rahm, American golfer (d. 1935)
1879
Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (d. 1948)
1924
Benjamin Lees, Chinese-American soldier and composer (d. 2010)
1951
John McTiernan, American director and producer
1981
Virgil Spier, Dutch sprinter and hurdler
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January 9
1890
Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (d. 1935)
1910
Tom Evenson, English runner (d. 1997)
1925
Lee Van Cleef, American actor and singer (d. 1989)
1971
Scott Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player
1990
Justin Blackmon, American football player
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January 10
1812
Georg Hermann Nicolai, German architect and academic (d. 1881)
1938
Jim Bailey, American actor and singer (d. 2015)
1957
Greg Walden, American politician
1970
Buff Bagwell, American wrestler and actor
1985
Craig Lewis, American cyclist
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January 11
1875
Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (d. 1941)
1936
Jody Payne, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1972
Amanda Peet, American actress and playwright
1975
Dan Luger, English rugby player and coach
1990
Ryan Griffin, American football player
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January 12
1949
Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (d. 2007)
1951
Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host and author
1968
Heather Mills, English model and activist
1979
Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player
1985
Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress
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January 13
1864
Wilhelm Wien, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1928)
1950
Gholam Hossein Mazloumi, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1968
Traci Bingham, American model and actress
1983
Imran Khan, American-Indian actor
1983
Sebastian Kneißl, German footballer
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January 14
1934
Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1977)
1948
Al Feuerbach, American shot putter and technologist
1966
Marco Hietala, Finnish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1972
James Key, English engineer
1994
Abi Phillips, English singer-songwriter and actress
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January 15
1816
Marie Lafarge, French murderer (d. 1852)
1933
Patricia Blair, American actress (d. 2013)
1974
Edith Bowman, Scottish radio and television host
1978
Eddie Cahill, American actor
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January 16
1834
Robert R. Hitt, American politician, 13th United States Assistant Secretary of State (d. 1906)
1853
Johnston Forbes-Robertson, English actor and manager (d. 1937)
1920
Alberto Crespo, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1991)
1929
Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Sri Lankan anthropologist and academic (d. 2014)
1958
Marla Frazee, American author and illustrator
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January 17
1793
Antonio José Martínez, Spanish-American priest, rancher and politician (d. 1867)
1877
May Gibbs, English-Australian author and illustrator (d. 1969)
1940
Kipchoge Keino, Kenyan runner
1960
Tracey Moore, Canadian voice actress and singer
1985
Simone Simons, Dutch singer-songwriter (Epica)
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January 18
885
Emperor Daigo of Japan (d. 930)
1923
John Graham, British Army general (d. 2012)
1947
Sachio Kinugasa, Japanese baseball player and journalist
1979
Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
1980
Julius Peppers, American football player
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January 19
1409
René of Anjou (d. 1480)
1721
Jean-Philippe Baratier, German scholar and author (d. 1740)
1942
Paul-Eerik Rummo, Estonian poet and politician
1950
Sébastien Dhavernas, Canadian actor
1983
Hikaru Utada, American-Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
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January 20
1812
Thomas Meik, Scottish engineer (d. 1896)
1902
Kevin Barry, Irish republican rebel (d. 1920)
1926
David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1929
Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (d. 1964)
1988
Colin Bensadon, Gibraltarian swimmer
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January 21
1610
Elizabeth Fones, English-American settler (d. 1673)
1956
Robby Benson, American actor, singer, and director
1969
Karina Lombard, Tahitian-American actress and singer
1975
Yuji Ide, Japanese race car driver
1987
Augustine Kiprono Choge, Kenyan runner
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January 22
1909
U Thant, Burmese diplomat, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General (d. 1974)
1937
Joseph Wambaugh, American police officer and author
1975
David Výborný, Czech ice hockey player
1977
Mario Domm, Mexican singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (Camila)
1980
Christopher Masterson, American actor and producer
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January 23
1862
David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1943)
1872
Jože Plečnik, Slovenian architect, designed Plečnik Parliament (d. 1957)
1896
Alf Hall, English-South African cricketer (d. 1964)
1962
Richard Roxburgh, Australian actor and producer
1969
Ariadna Gil, Spanish actress
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January 24
1872
Morris Travers, English chemist and academic (d. 1961)
1889
Charles Hawes, American historian and author (d. 1923)
1943
Sharon Tate, American model and actress (d. 1969)
1955
Jim Montgomery, American swimmer and coach
1961
Nastassja Kinski, German-American actress and producer
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January 25
1925
Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and songwriter (d. 1992)
1928
Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian general and politician, 2nd President of Georgia (d. 2014)
1938
Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese author, illustrator, and animator
1942
Kenichi Shinoda, Japanese mobster
1989
Mikako Tabe, Japanese actress and singer
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January 26
1761
Jens Zetlitz, Norwegian priest and poet (d. 1821)
1891
August Froehlich, German priest and martyr (d. 1942)
1905
Maria von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (d. 1987)
1924
Alice Babs, Swedish singer and actress (d. 2014)
1963
Andrew Ridgeley, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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January 27
1827
Nakahama Manjirō, Japanese translator (d. 1898)
1903
John Eccles, Australian-Swiss neurophysiologist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)
1936
Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1942
Stewart Raffill, American director and screenwriter
1955
John Roberts, American lawyer and judge; 17th Chief Justice of the United States
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January 28
1887
Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist (d. 1982)
1937
Karel Čáslavský, Czech historian and television host (d. 2013)
1950
Naila Kabeer, Bangladeshi-English economist and academic
1957
Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
1980
Jesse James Hollywood, American murderer
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January 29
1843
William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
1946
Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter
1980
Yael Bar Zohar, Israeli model and actress
1988
Tatyana Chernova, Russian heptathlete
1996
Nora Foss al-Jabri, Iraqi-Norwegian singer
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January 30
1615
Thomas Rolfe, American son of Pocahontas (d. 1675)
1959
Mark Eitzel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977
Dan Hinote, American ice hockey player and coach
1989
Khleo, American actor and rapper
1990
Andrew McCullough, Australian rugby league footballer
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January 31
1914
Daya Mata, American religious leader (d. 2010)
1951
Dave Benton, Aruban-Estonian singer and drummer
1960
Željko Šturanović, Montenegrian politician; 31st Prime Minister of Montenegro (d. 2014)
1981
Julio Arca, Argentinian footballer
1987
Raúl Richter, German actor
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