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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
1431
Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
1516
Margaret Leijonhufvud, Swedish wife of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
1945
Martin Schanche, Norwegian race car driver
1981
Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer
1983
Park Sung-hyun, South Korean archer
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January 2
1921
Jan Slepian, American therapist and author
1969
Glen Johnson, Jamaican boxer
1972
Adam Elliot, Australian animator and screenwriter
1974
Deborah Sengl, Austrian painter
1988
Damien Tussac, French-German rugby player
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January 3
1719
Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)
1883
Duncan Gillis, Canadian discus thrower and hammer thrower (d. 1963)
1933
Anne Stevenson, American-English poet and author
1982
Lasse Nilsson, Swedish footballer
1987
Leonidas Panagopoulos, Greek footballer
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January 4
1896
Everett Dirksen, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1969)
1922
Frank Wess, American saxophonist and flute player (New York Jazz Quartet) (d. 2013)
1926
Eddie Cusic, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1982
Lucie Škrobáková, Czech hurdler
1987
Nikolaj Misiuk, Lithuanian footballer
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January 5
1926
Hosea Williams, American businessman and activist (d. 2000)
1958
Ron Kittle, American baseball player and manager
1968
DJ BoBo, Swiss singer-songwriter and producer
1976
Matt Wachter, American bass player
1983
Sean Dockery, American basketball player
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January 6
1486
Martin Agricola, German composer and theorist (d. 1556)
1874
Fred Niblo, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1948)
1928
George H. Ross, American lawyer and businessman
1976
Richard Zedník, Slovak ice hockey player
1980
Pascual Romero, American musician and producer
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January 7
1871
Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)
1911
Butterfly McQueen, American actress and dancer (d. 1995)
1942
Danny Williams, South African singer (d. 2005)
1956
Uwe Ochsenknecht, German actor and singer
1967
Irrfan Khan, Indian actor
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January 8
1928
Gaston Miron, Canadian poet and author (d. 1996)
1940
Jimmy O'Neill, American radio and television host (d. 2013)
1952
Mel Reynolds, American academic and politician
1986
Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (d. 2003)
1993
Marek Šovčík, Slovak footballer
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January 9
727
Emperor Daizong of Tang (d. 779)
1915
Anita Louise, American actress and singer (d. 1970)
1953
Shigeru So, Japanese runner
1971
Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author and critic
1982
Timmy Bowers, American basketball player
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January 10
1915
Cynthia Freeman, American author (d. 1988)
1931
Peter Barnes, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1937
Thomas Penfield Jackson, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013)
1959
Chris Van Hollen, American lawyer and politician
1972
Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian skier and sportscaster
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January 11
1908
Lionel Stander, American actor (d. 1994)
1938
John August Swanson, American painter and illustrator
1949
Daryl Braithwaite, Australian singer-songwriter
1963
Dean Reynolds, English snooker player
1995
Klaartje Liebens, Belgian tennis player
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January 12
1856
John Singer Sargent, Italian-English painter and educator (d. 1925)
1948
Kenny Allen, English footballer
1949
Haruki Murakami, Japanese author, translator, and academic
1970
Zack de la Rocha, American singer-songwriter
1989
Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer
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January 13
1893
Clark Ashton Smith, American poet, sculptor, painter, and author (d. 1961)
1949
Rakesh Sharma, Indian commander, pilot, and astronaut
1963
Kevin McClatchy, American businessman
1983
Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
1990
Vincenzo Fiorillo, Italian footballer
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January 14
1131
Valdemar I of Denmark (d. 1182)
1800
Ludwig Ritter von Köchel, Austrian composer, botanist, and publisher (d. 1877)
1942
Dave Campbell, American baseball player and sportscaster
1967
Leonardo Ortolani, Italian author; created ''Rat-Man''
1986
Yohan Cabaye, French footballer
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January 15
1795
Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet (d. 1829)
1803
Marjorie Fleming, Scottish poet and author (d. 1811)
1895
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen, Finnish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1949
Alasdair Liddell, English businessman (d. 2012)
1949
Luis Alvarado, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 2001)
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January 16
1838
Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
1888
Osip Brik, Russian author and critic (d. 1945)
1950
Damo Suzuki, Japanese singer and guitarist (Can)
1974
Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer
1977
Ariel Ze'evi, Israeli martial artist
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January 17
1883
Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1972)
1925
Edgar Ray Killen, American Ku Klux Klan organizer
1969
Tiësto, Dutch DJ and producer (Gouryella and Kamaya Painters)
1982
Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer (The Wilkinsons and Small Town Pistols)
1991
Willa Fitzgerald, American actress
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January 18
1883
George Oliver, American golfer (d. 1965)
1946
Henrique Rosa, Bissau-Guinean politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (d. 2013)
1966
Alexander Khalifman, Russian chess player
1978
Bogdan Lobonț, Romanian footballer
1979
Mark Anthony Fernandez, Filipino actor
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January 19
1969
Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American author and academic
1969
Luc Longley, Australian basketball player and coach
1972
Jon Fisher, American businessman and author
1977
Benjamin Ayres, Canadian actor, director, and photographer
1985
Jake Allen, American football player
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January 20
1931
Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese pianist and composer (d. 1992)
1936
Frances Shand Kydd, English-Scottish mother of Diana, Princess of Wales (d. 2004)
1941
Clift Tsuji, American politician
1976
Gretha Smit, Dutch speed skater
1980
Petra Rampre, Slovenian tennis player
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January 21
1901
Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1978)
1947
Jill Eikenberry, American actress
1971
Adia Chan, Indonesian-Hong Kong actress and singer
1971
Sergey Klevchenya, Russian speed skater
1972
Rickard Falkvinge, Swedish businessman and politician
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January 22
1733
Philip Carteret, English admiral and explorer (d. 1796)
1889
Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (d. 1935)
1900
Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (d. 1980)
1908
Prince Oana, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
1911
Bruno Kreisky, Austrian politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (d. 1990)
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January 23
1960
Leilani Kai, American wrestler and trainer
1976
Tsuyoshi Muro, Japanese actor
1984
Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer
1984
Robbie Farah, Australian rugby player
1987
Felicia Brandström, Swedish singer
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January 24
1679
Christian Wolff, German philosopher and academic (d. 1754)
1945
John Garamendi, American football player and politician, 1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior
1947
Masashi Ozaki, Japanese baseball player and golfer
1972
Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese bass player and composer
1989
Ki Sung-yueng, South Korean footballer
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January 25
1899
Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1972)
1928
Cor van der Hart, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2006)
1947
Tostão, Brazilian footballer, journalist, and physician
1976
Dimitris Nalitzis, Greek footballer
1979
Pi Hongyan, Chinese-French badminton player
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January 26
1902
Jokichi Ikarashi, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2013)
1926
Farman Fatehpuri, Pakistani linguist and scholar (d. 2013)
1927
José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran politician, President of Honduras (d. 2005)
1974
Rokia Traoré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1986
Gerald Green, American basketball player
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January 27
1603
Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet, English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (d. 1685)
1885
Eduard Künneke, German composer (d. 1953)
1912
Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher and environmentalist (d. 2009)
1974
Andrei Pavel, Romanian tennis player and coach
1989
Daisy Lowe, English model
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January 28
1853
Vladimir Solovyov, Russian philosopher, poet, and critic (d. 1900)
1936
Ismail Kadare, Albanian author and poet
1944
John Tavener, English composer (d. 2013)
1978
Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
1991
Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player
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January 29
1910
Colin Middleton, Irish painter and poet (d. 1983)
1947
Linda B. Buck, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1961
Mike Aldrete, American baseball player and coach
1964
Andre Reed, American football player and sportscaster
1970
Paul Ryan, American economist and politician
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January 30
1911
Roy Eldridge, American trumpet player (d. 1989)
1920
Carwood Lipton, American lieutenant (d. 2001)
1929
Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian-Italian physician and humanitarian (d. 1996)
1942
Marty Balin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1990
Nils Miatke, German footballer
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January 31
1959
Kelly Lynch, American model and actress
1964
Dawn Prince-Hughes, American anthropologist and ethologist
1982
Allan McGregor, Scottish footballer
1984
Jeremy Wariner, American runner
1988
Justine Ozga, German tennis player
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