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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
1848
John W. Goff, Irish-American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)
1909
Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (d. 1959)
1911
Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (d. 2012)
1969
Verne Troyer, American actor and stuntman
1979
Fadi El Khatib, Lebanese basketball player
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January 2
1905
Michael Tippett, English composer and conductor (d. 1998)
1943
Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer (d. 2004)
1955
Agathonas Iakovidis, Greek singer
1967
Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavik City
1981
Maxi Rodríguez, Argentinian footballer
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January 3
1920
Siegfried Buback, German lawyer and politician; Attorney General of Germany (d. 1977)
1930
Robert Loggia, American actor and director
1934
Carla Anderson Hills, American lawyer and politician; 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
1956
Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1986
Allan Walker, Scottish footballer
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January 4
1848
Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)
1957
Brian Roy Goble, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1962
Joe Kleine, American basketball player and coach
1978
Paul Licuria, Australian footballer
1986
Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwanese tennis player
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January 5
1917
Jane Wyman, American actress (d. 2007)
1942
Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist
1956
Tim Macartney-Snape, Australian mountaineer and author
1988
Luke Daniels, English footballer
1993
De'Anthony Thomas, American football player
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January 6
1832
Gustave Doré, French painter and sculptor (d. 1883)
1944
Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
1955
Rowan Atkinson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1970
Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player, sportscaster, and actress
1982
Brian Bass, American baseball player
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January 7
1876
William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer (d. 1906)
1924
Geoffrey Bayldon, English actor
1985
Austin Brown, American singer-songwriter
1987
Olga Panova, Russian tennis player
1990
Michael Sam, American football player
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January 8
1926
Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer
1929
Saeed Jaffrey, Indian-English actor
1965
Michelle Forbes, American actress
1978
Marco Fu, Hong Kong-Canadian snooker player
1983
Kim Jong-un, North Korean soldier and politician; 3rd Supreme Leader of North Korea
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January 9
1475
Crinitus, Italian scholar and author (d. 1507)
1923
Suh Yun-bok, South Korean runner
1965
Farah Khan, Indian actress, director, and choreographer
1972
Sarah Beeny, English television host
1976
Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
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January 10
1892
Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish soldier, journalist, and author (d. 1974)
1943
Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter (d. 1973)
1975
Jake Delhomme, American football player
1978
Tanel Tein, Estonian basketball player
1981
James Coppinger, English footballer
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January 11
1924
Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate
1931
Mary Rodgers, American composer and author (d. 2014)
1958
Vicki Peterson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1966
Kelley Law, Canadian curler
1977
Shamari Buchanan, American football player
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January 12
1941
Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor (d. 2005)
1950
Greg X. Volz, American singer
1951
Drew Pearson, American football player and sportscaster
1974
Claudia Conserva, Chilean model and actress
1996
Ai Hashimoto, Japanese model and actress
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January 13
1926
Shakti Samanta, Indian director and producer (d. 2009)
1945
Peter Simpson, English footballer
1961
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, American actress and producer
1975
Mailis Reps, Estonian academic and politician, 31st Estonian Minister of Education and Research
1989
Bryan Arguez, American footballer
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January 14
1856
J. F. Archibald, Australian journalist and publisher, co-founded ''The Bulletin'' (d. 1919)
1892
Hal Roach, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1992)
1931
Martin Holdgate, English biologist and academic
1954
Masanobu Fuchi, Japanese wrestler and booker
1968
Ruel Fox, English footballer and manager
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January 15
1926
Maria Schell, Austrian-Swiss actress and producer (d. 2005)
1949
Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor
1957
Andrew Tyrie, English journalist and politician
1960
Kelly Asbury, American actor and director
1963
Bruce Schneier, American cryptographer and author
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January 16
1882
Robert Lane, Canadian soccer player (d. 1940)
1943
Brian Ferneyhough, English composer and academic
1959
Sade Adu, Nigerian-English singer-songwriter and producer
1974
Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer
1988
Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer
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January 17
1871
Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1940)
1922
Nicholas Katzenbach, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 65th United States Attorney General (d. 2012)
1949
Augustin Dumay, French violinist and conductor
1955
Steve Javie, American basketball player and referee
1966
António Zeferino, Cape Verdean runner
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January 18
1917
Wang Yung-ching, Taiwanese-American businessman (d. 2008)
1952
Michael Behe, American biochemist, author, and academic
1971
Amy Barger, American astronomer
1983
Amir Blumenfeld, Israeli-American comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
1984
Ioannis Drymonakos, Greek swimmer
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January 19
1851
Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1922)
1931
Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author
1963
Michael Adams, American basketball player and coach
1966
Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player
1966
Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player
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January 20
1918
Juan García Esquivel, Mexican pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2002)
1939
Paul Coverdell, American politician (d. 2000)
1954
Alison Seabeck, English politician
1963
Mark Ryden, American painter
1983
Mari Yaguchi, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume)
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January 21
1906
Igor Moiseyev, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
1922
Paul Scofield, English actor (d. 2008)
1938
Wolfman Jack, American radio host and actor (d. 1995)
1957
Greg Ryan, German-American soccer player and coach
1967
Artashes Minasian, Armenian chess player
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January 22
1935
Alexander Men, Russian priest and scholar (d. 1990)
1936
Nyree Dawn Porter, New Zealand-English actress (d. 2001)
1949
Mike Caldwell, American baseball player and coach
1956
Steve Riley, American drummer
1968
Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer
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January 23
1813
Camilla Collett, Norwegian author and activist (d. 1895)
1907
Dan Duryea, American actor and singer (d. 1968)
1939
Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor and martial artist
1962
Elvira Lindo, Spanish journalist and author
1974
Sampsa Astala, Finnish singer-songwriter and drummer
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January 24
1872
Morris Travers, English chemist and academic (d. 1961)
1924
C. B. Muthamma, Indian diplomat (d. 2009)
1942
Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (d. 2008)
1957
Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster
1975
Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer and manager
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January 25
1759
Robert Burns, Scottish poet and songwriter (d. 1796)
1935
J. G. Farrell, Anglo-Irish author (d. 1979)
1971
Luca Badoer, Italian race car driver
1976
Dimitris Nalitzis, Greek footballer
1985
Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer and actress
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January 26
1885
Harry Ricardo, English engine designer and researcher (d. 1974)
1947
Michel Sardou, French singer-songwriter and actor
1967
Col Needham, English businessman, co-founded the Internet Movie Database
1978
Corina Morariu, American tennis player and sportscaster
1982
Brahim Takioullah, Moroccan giant
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January 27
1708
Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia (d. 1728)
1934
Édith Cresson, French politician; 160th Prime Minister of France
1958
Susanna Thompson, American actress
1981
Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player
1985
Gerard Aafjes, Dutch footballer
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January 28
1885
Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1920)
1980
Jesse James Hollywood, American murderer
1985
Lauris Dārziņš, Latvian ice hockey player
1988
Seiya Sanada, Japanese wrestler
1993
Will Poulter, English actor
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January 29
1927
Edward Abbey, American environmentalist and author (d. 1989)
1952
Tim Healy, English actor and singer
1966
Romário, Brazilian footballer, manager, and politician
1984
Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
1986
Simon Vukčević, Montenegrin footballer
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January 30
1912
Francis Schaeffer, American pastor and theologian (d. 1984)
1943
Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager
1949
Jaak Salumets, Estonian basketball player and coach
1980
Leilani Dowding, English model and actress
1981
Mathias Lauda, Austrian race car driver
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January 31
1931
Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (d. 2014)
1946
Terry Kath, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1978)
1967
Chad Channing, American singer and drummer
1984
Josh Johnson, Canadian-American baseball player
1987
Raúl Richter, German actor
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