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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
1941
Martin Evans, English-Welsh geneticist and academic
1942
Alassane Ouattara, Ivorian economist and politician, President of the Ivory Coast
1945
Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver
1950
Tony Currie, English footballer
1992
Jack Wilshere, English footballer
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January 2
1895
Folke Bernadotte, Swedish lieutenant and diplomat (d. 1948)
1905
Jainendra Kumar, Indian author and translator (d. 1988)
1914
Kenny Clarke, American drummer and composer (d. 1985)
1940
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician and academic
1950
Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach
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January 3
1819
Charles Piazzi Smyth, Italian-Scottish astronomer and academic (d. 1900)
1909
Victor Borge, Danish-American pianist and conductor (d. 2000)
1969
Michael Schumacher, German race car driver
1980
Bryan Clay, American decathlete
1989
Adas Juškevičius, Lithuanian basketball player
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January 4
1889
M. Patanjali Sastri, Indian jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of India (d. 1963)
1933
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, American author
1950
John Louis Evans, American murderer (d. 1983)
1950
Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic (d. 2013)
1980
Miguel Monteiro, Portuguese footballer
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January 5
1879
Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (d. 1946)
1926
Hosea Williams, American businessman and activist (d. 2000)
1941
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer (d. 2011)
1960
Glenn Strömberg, Swedish footballer and sportscaster
1991
Soner Aydoğdu, Turkish footballer
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January 6
1785
Andreas Moustoxydis, Greek historian and philologist (d. 1860)
1926
Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (d. 2002)
1939
Murray Rose, Australian swimmer and sportscaster (d. 2012)
1956
Clive Woodward, English rugby player and coach
1980
Sam Sallon, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
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January 7
1934
Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 5th President of Cyprus (d. 2008)
1965
Alessandro Lambruschini, Italian runner
1970
Todd Day, American basketball player and coach
1976
Harish Raghavendra, Indian actor and singer
1977
Dustin Diamond, American actor, director, and producer
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January 8
1870
Miguel Primo de Rivera, Spanish general and politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1930)
1899
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (d. 1959)
1947
Samuel Schmid, Swiss politician; 90th President of the Swiss Confederation
1951
Karen Tei Yamashita, American author and academic
1988
Allison Harvard, American model and actress
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January 9
1674
Reinhard Keiser, German composer (d. 1739)
1829
Thomas William Robertson, English director and playwright (d. 1871)
1898
Wally Baker, American super-centenarian (d. 2009)
1945
Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Syrian-Armenian politician, 1st President of Armenia
1989
Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
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January 10
1900
Violette Cordery, English racing driver (d. 1983)
1908
Paul Henreid, Italian-American actor and director (d. 1992)
1961
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Italian-American violinist, author, and educator
1974
Akari Kaida, Japanese pianist and composer
1996
Paula Andrea Pérez, Colombian tennis player
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January 11
1359
Emperor Go-En'yū of Japan (d. 1393)
1890
Max Carey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)
1928
Alan Bowness, English historian and curator
1930
Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
1956
Kuniaki Kobayashi, Japanese wrestler
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January 12
1970
Mig Ayesa, Filipino-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
1972
Priyanka Gandhi, Indian politician
1981
Dan Klecko, American football player
1981
João Paulo Daniel, Brazilian footballer
1984
Daniel Sepulveda, American football player
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January 13
1925
Gwen Verdon, American actress and dancer (d. 2000)
1938
William B. Davis, Canadian actor and director
1947
John Lees, English guitarist (Barclay James Harvest)
1969
Stefania Belmondo, Italian skier
1995
Qaasim Middleton, American actor, singer, and guitarist
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January 14
1939
Kurt Moylan, Guamanian politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Guam
1970
Fazıl Say, Turkish pianist and composer
1970
Imam Samudra, Indonesian terrorist (d. 2008)
1979
John Reuben, American rapper
1980
Taeke Taekema, Dutch field hockey player
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January 15
1716
Philip Livingston, American merchant and politician (d. 1778)
1914
Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (d. 2003)
1921
Frank Thornton, English actor and singer (d. 2013)
1984
Megan Jendrick, American swimmer
1994
Jordy Croux, Belgian footballer
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January 16
1898
Bedia Muvahhit, Turkish actress (d. 1994)
1900
Edith Frank, German-Dutch mother of Anne Frank (d. 1945)
1906
Diana Wynyard, English actress (d. 1964)
1975
Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress
1986
Paula Pareto, Argentinian martial artist
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January 17
1820
Anne Brontë, English author and poet (d. 1849)
1853
T. Alexander Harrison, American painter (d. 1930)
1948
Anne Queffélec, French pianist
1955
Steve Javie, American basketball player and referee
1977
Kevin Thorn, American wrestler
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January 18
1952
Michael Angelis, English actor
1961
Mark Messier, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
1965
Dave Attell, American comedian, actor, and producer
1971
Seamus O'Regan, Canadian journalist
1973
Anthony Koutoufides, Australian footballer
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January 19
1409
René of Anjou (d. 1480)
1788
Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)
1933
George Coyne, American priest, astronomer, and theologian
1956
Carman, American singer-songwriter, actor, and television host
1972
Troy Wilson, Australian footballer and race car driver
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January 20
1783
Friedrich Dotzauer, German cellist and composer (d. 1860)
1891
Mischa Elman, Ukrainian-American violinist (d. 1967)
1893
Georg Åberg, Swedish triple jumper (d. 1946)
1923
Nora Brockstedt, Norwegian singer
1986
Kevin Parker, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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January 21
1846
Pieter Hendrik Schoute, Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1923)
1982
Dean Whitehead, English footballer
1982
Go Shiozaki, Japanese wrestler
1982
Simon Rolfes, German footballer
1994
Kang Seung-yoon, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
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January 22
1900
Ernst Busch, German actor and singer (d. 1980)
1924
Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (d. 2015)
1980
Subhash Ram Prajapati, Nepalese author and scholar
1987
Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian skier
1993
Rio Haryanto, Indonesian race car driver
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January 23
1920
Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman; invented the Frisbee (d. 2010)
1946
Arnoldo Alemán, Nicaraguan lawyer and politician, President of Nicaragua
1974
Christian Longo, murderer
1976
Angelica Lee, Malaysian-Taiwanese actress and singer
1987
Leo Komarov, Finnish ice hockey player
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January 24
1779
Elizabeth Alexeievna, German wife of Alexander I of Russia (d. 1826)
1848
Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (d. 1916)
1913
Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer (d. 2008)
1953
Yuri Bashmet, Russian violinist, viola player, and conductor
1987
Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer
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January 25
1935
Conrad Burns, American soldier, journalist, and politician
1961
Vivian Balakrishnan, Singaporean ophthalmologist and politician; Singaporean Ministry of National Development
1966
Chet Culver, American educator and politician; 41st Governor of Iowa
1978
Charlene, Princess of Monaco
1979
Christine Lakin, American actress and producer
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January 26
1931
Mary Murphy, American actress (d. 2011)
1937
Joseph Saidu Momoh, Sierra Leonean soldier and politician, 2nd President of Sierra Leone (d. 2003)
1962
Guo Jian, Chinese-Australian painter
1964
Paul Johansson, American-Canadian actor and director
1981
Volador Jr., Mexican wrestler
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January 27
1814
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect, designed the Lausanne Cathedral (d. 1879)
1875
Elizabeth Israel, Dominican super-centenarian (d. 2003)
1940
Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1979
Daniel Vettori, New Zealand cricketer and coach
1989
Daisy Lowe, English model
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January 28
1857
William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (d. 1898)
1936
Alan Alda, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1977
Takuma Sato, Japanese race car driver
1991
Calum Worthy, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1998
Ariel Winter, American actress and singer
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January 29
1843
William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (d. 1901)
1884
Douglass Cadwallader, American golfer (d. 1971)
1931
Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd President of Hungary (d. 2011)
1968
Edward Burns, American actor, director, and producer
1985
Isabel Lucas, Australian model and actress
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January 30
1913
Alfrēds Riekstiņš, Latvian military officer and freedom fighter (d. 1952)
1915
Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (d. 1976)
1947
Les Barker, English poet and author
1971
Kimo von Oelhoffen, American football player
1979
Tarmo Jallai, Estonian hurdler
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January 31
1543
Tokugawa Ieyasu, Japanese shogun (d. 1616)
1550
Henry I, Duke of Guise (d. 1588)
1915
Thomas Merton, American monk and author (d. 1968)
1959
Anthony LaPaglia, Australian footballer, actor, and producer
1982
Allan McGregor, Scottish footballer
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