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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
1912
Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet and academic (d. 1991)
1933
Frederick Lowy, Canadian psychiatrist and academic
1955
Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (d. 2000)
1963
Linda Henry, English actress
1987
Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
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January 2
1937
Martin Lauer, German runner
1938
Goh Kun, South Korean politician; 31st Prime Minister of South Korea
1940
Susan Wittig Albert, American author and academic
1969
William Fox-Pitt, English horse rider
1975
Jeff Suppan, American baseball player
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January 3
1793
Lucretia Mott, American activist (d. 1880)
1883
Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1967)
1951
Gary Nairn, Australian surveyor and politician
1954
Ned Lamont, American businessman and politician
1977
A. J. Burnett, American baseball player
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January 4
1947
Marie-Thérèse Letablier, French sociologist
1953
Jackie Ballard, English journalist and politician
1967
David Berman, American singer-songwriter
1967
Johnny Nelson, English boxer and sportscaster
1989
Kevin Pillar, American baseball player
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January 5
1944
Ed Rendell, American lieutenant and politician; 45th Governor of Pennsylvania
1950
Ioan P. Culianu, Romanian historian, philosopher, and author (d. 1991)
1954
László Krasznahorkai, Hungarian author and screenwriter
1975
Bradley Cooper, American actor and producer
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January 6
1842
Clarence King, American geologist, mountaineer, and critic (d. 1901)
1950
Louis Freeh, American lawyer and jurist; 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1951
Don Gullett, American baseball player and coach
1980
Pascual Romero, American musician and producer
1983
Natali Thanou, Serbian-Greek model and singer
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January 7
1910
Orval Faubus, American soldier and politician; 36th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)
1938
Roland Topor, French illustrator, painter, and actor (d. 1997)
1942
Danny Steinmann, American director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1944
Tony Whitlam, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician
1988
Scott Pendlebury, Australian footballer
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January 8
1910
Galina Ulanova, Russian ballerina (d. 1998)
1938
Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens, English sociologist and academic
1965
Michelle Forbes, American actress
1968
Lucy Winkett, English priest
1981
Xie Xingfang, Chinese badminton player
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January 9
1902
Rudolf Bing, Austrian-English opera manager (d. 1997)
1946
Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian and academic (d. 2013)
1956
Lucyna Langer, Polish hurdler
1972
Warwick Saint, South African photographer
1976
Raghava Lawrence, Indian actor, director, and choreographer
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January 10
1894
Pingali Lakshmikantam, Indian poet and author (d. 1972)
1913
Gustáv Husák, Slovak politician, 9th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1991)
1914
Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 23rd Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2000)
1965
Butch Hartman, American animator, voice actor, and singer
1986
Hideaki Ikematsu, Japanese footballer
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January 11
1755
Alexander Hamilton, Nevisian-American general, economist and politician; 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1804)
1885
Alice Paul, American activist (d. 1977)
1946
Tony Kaye, English keyboard player
1952
Ben Crenshaw, American golfer
1962
Chris Bryant, Welsh politician, Minister of State for Europe
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January 12
1924
Chris Chase, American model, actress, and journalist (d. 2013)
1940
Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (d. 2013)
1950
Dorrit Moussaieff, Israeli-Icelandic jewelry designer and businesswoman; 5th First Lady of Iceland
1973
Dan Haseltine, American singer-songwriter
1981
Amerie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
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January 13
1939
Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
1961
Suggs, English singer-songwriter and actor
1966
Shelagh Fogarty, English journalist and radio host
1980
Mirko Soltau, German footballer
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January 14
1741
Benedict Arnold, American-English general (d. 1801)
1899
Carlos P. Romulo, Filipino soldier and politician, President of the United Nations General Assembly (d. 1985)
1906
William Bendix, American actor and singer (d. 1964)
1957
Anchee Min, Chinese-American painter, photographer, and author
1957
Suzanne Danielle, English actress
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January 15
1842
Mary MacKillop, Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (d. 1909)
1879
Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (d. 1961)
1909
Gene Krupa, American drummer, composer, and actor (d. 1973)
1921
Frank Thornton, English actor and singer (d. 2013)
1928
W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author (d. 2015)
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January 16
1757
Richard Goodwin Keats, English admiral and politician, 3rd Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1834)
1906
Johannes Brenner, Estonian footballer and pilot (d. 1975)
1968
Danni Ashe, American model, dancer, and businesswoman
1985
Sidharth Malhotra, Indian actor
1992
Maja Keuc, Slovenian singer
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January 17
1712
John Stanley, English organist and composer (d. 1786)
1732
Stanisław August Poniatowski, Polish-Lithuanian king (d. 1798)
1905
Ray Cunningham, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1950
Luis López Nieves, Puerto Rican author and academic
1956
Mitch Vogel, American actor
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January 18
1901
Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1973)
1905
Joseph Bonanno, Italian-American mob boss (d. 2002)
1966
Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player
1986
Marya Roxx, Estonian-American singer-songwriter
1987
Christopher Liebig, German rugby player
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January 19
1833
Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (d. 1872)
1909
Hans Hotter, German opera singer (d. 2003)
1920
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th Prime Minister of Peru
1966
Yukiko Duke, Swedish journalist
1985
Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Nikulin, Russian footballer
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January 20
1889
Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer and businessman; founded the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company (d. 1969)
1932
Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player
1937
Dorothy Provine, American singer, dancer, and actress (d. 2010)
1986
Kevin Parker, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1988
Callum MacLeod, English racing driver
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January 21
1881
Ernst Fast, Swedish runner (d. 1959)
1887
Maude Farris-Luse, American super-centenarian (d. 2002)
1941
Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1941
Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (d. 2013)
1962
Tyler Cowen, American economist and academic
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January 22
1919
Diomedes Olivo, Dominican baseball player and scout (d. 1977)
1949
Mike Westhues, American-Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1968
Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer
1984
Dennis Kipruto Kimetto, Kenyan runner
1987
Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian skier
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January 23
1905
Erich Borchmeyer, German sprinter (d. 2000)
1907
Dan Duryea, American actor and singer (d. 1968)
1915
Herma Bauma, Austrian javelin thrower and handball player (d. 2003)
1920
Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman; invented the Frisbee (d. 2010)
1923
Walter M. Miller, Jr., American soldier and author (d. 1996)
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January 24
1930
Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor
1951
Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American comedian and actor
1955
Jim Montgomery, American swimmer and coach
1970
Maria Balshaw, British museum director
1979
Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
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January 25
1899
Sleepy John Estes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)
1917
Ilya Prigogine, Russian-Belgian chemist and physicist; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
1923
Jean Taittinger, French politician; French Minister of Justice (d. 2012)
1930
Tanya Savicheva, Russian author (d. 1944)
1938
Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese author, illustrator, and animator
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January 26
1929
Gordon Solie, American wrestling announcer (d. 2000)
1947
Redmond Morris, 4th Baron Killanin, Irish peer, director, producer, and production manager
1961
Tom Keifer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Cinderella)
1988
Yukiyo Mine, Japanese softball player
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January 27
1850
Samuel Gompers, English-American labor leader (d. 1924)
1895
Joseph Rosenstock, Polish-American conductor and manager (d. 1985)
1912
Francis Rogallo, American engineer, invented the Rogallo wing (d. 2009)
1940
Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1969
Patton Oswalt, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
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January 28
1861
Julián Felipe, Filipino composer and educator (d. 1944)
1909
John Thomson, Scottish footballer (d. 1931)
1950
Barbi Benton, American model, actress, and singer
1974
Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player and politician
1993
Will Poulter, English actor
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January 29
1888
Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (d. 1970)
1943
Désiré Letort, French cyclist (d. 2012)
1946
Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter
1948
Pat Kenny, Irish radio and television host
1954
Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, media entrepreneur and producer; founded Harpo Productions
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January 30
1844
Richard Theodore Greener, American diplomat and attorney (d.1922)
1852
Ion Luca Caragiale, Romanian playwright and poet (d. 1912)
1875
Walter Middelberg, Dutch rower (d. 1944)
1889
Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1937)
1918
David Opatoshu, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1996)
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January 31
1624
Arnold Geulincx, Flemish philosopher and academic (d. 1669)
1955
Virginia Ruzici, Romanian tennis player and manager
1960
Grant Morrison, Scottish author and screenwriter
1977
Shingo Katori, Japanese singer and actor
1982
Allan McGregor, Scottish footballer
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