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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

  • 1930
    Gaafar Nimeiry, Sudanese politician, 4th President of the Sudan (d. 2009)  
  • 1942
    Judy Stone, Australian singer  
  • 1956
    Kōji Yakusho, Japanese actor  
  • 1967
    Sharon Small, Scottish actress  
  • 1984
    Michael Witt, Australian rugby player  

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January 2

  • 1933
    Ed Casey, Australian banker and politician (d. 2006)  
  • 1956
    Lynda Barry, American cartoonist and author  
  • 1963
    David Cone, American baseball player and sportscaster  
  • 1968
    Anky van Grunsven, Dutch horse rider  
  • 1972
    Adam Elliot, Australian animator and screenwriter  

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January 3

  • 1895
    Boris Lyatoshinsky, Ukrainian composer and conductor (d. 1968)
  • 1930
    Marcel Dubé, Canadian playwright  
  • 1945
    David Starkey, English historian and academic  
  • 1959
    Alessandro Andrei, Italian shot putter  
  • 1984
    Miloš Juhász, Slovak footballer  

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January 4

  • 1878
    Augustus John, Welsh painter and illustrator (d. 1961)
  • 1895
    Leroy Grumman, American engineer and businessman; co-founded Grumman Aeronautical Engineering Co. (d. 1982)
  • 1913
    Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (d. 2007)  
  • 1973
    Frank Høj, Danish cyclist  
  • 1986
    James Milner, English footballer  

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January 5

  • 1880
    Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1951)
  • 1881
    Pablo Gargallo, Spanish sculptor and painter (d. 1934)
  • 1904
    Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic (d. 1997)  
  • 1972
    Philip Davies, English politician  
  • 1974
    Sarah-Jane Honeywell, English actress and dancer  

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January 6

  • 1903
    Francis L. Sullivan, English-American actor (d. 1956)  
  • 1950
    Louis Freeh, American lawyer and jurist; 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation  
  • 1970
    Gabrielle Reece, American volleyball player, sportscaster, and actress  
  • 1970
    José Carabalí, Venezuelan runner  
  • 1986
    Mike Teel, American football player  

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January 7

  • 1873
    Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist (d. 1914)
  • 1924
    Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1973)  
  • 1947
    Tony Elliott, English publisher; founded ''Time Out''  
  • 1963
    Rand Paul, American ophthalmologist and politician  
  • 1985
    Wayne Routledge, English footballer  

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January 8

  • 1823
    Alfred Russel Wallace, Welsh-English geographer, biologist, and explorer (d. 1913)
  • 1881
    Henrik Shipstead, American dentist and politician (d. 1960)
  • 1923
    Giorgio Tozzi, American opera singer and educator (d. 2011)  
  • 1938
    Yevgeny Nesterenko, Russian opera singer and educator  
  • 1965
    Michelle Forbes, American actress  

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January 9

  • 1849
    John Hartley, English tennis player (d. 1935)
  • 1868
    S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist and academic (d. 1939)
  • 1889
    Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright (d. 1969)
  • 1956
    Waltraud Meier, German soprano and mezzo-soprano  
  • 1965
    Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player and coach  

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January 10

  • 1938
    Frank Mahovlich, Canadian ice hockey player and politician  
  • 1957
    Paula Smith, American tennis player  
  • 1985
    Abdulkader Dakka, Syrian footballer  
  • 1988
    Marvin Martin, French footballer  
  • 1994
    Mohammed Aman, Ethiopian runner  

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January 11

  • 1875
    Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (d. 1941)
  • 1893
    Anthony M. Rud, American journalist and author (d. 1942)
  • 1911
    Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2004)  
  • 1932
    Alfonso Arau, Mexican actor and director  
  • 1968
    Saša Ćirić, Macedonian footballer  

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January 12

  • 1810
    Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1859)
  • 1933
    Pavlos Matesis, Greek author and playwright (d. 2013)  
  • 1939
    Jim Palosaari, American evangelist (d. 2011)  
  • 1968
    Heather Mills, English model and activist  
  • 1992
    Samuele Longo, Italian footballer  

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January 13

  • 1616
    Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic and author (d. 1680)
  • 1950
    John McNaughton, American director, producer, and screenwriter  
  • 1972
    Park Jin-young, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor, founded JYP Entertainment  
  • 1976
    Michael Peña, American actor  
  • 1986
    Josefine Preuß, German actress  

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January 14

  • 1699
    Jakob Adlung, German organist, historian, and theorist (d. 1762)
  • 1836
    Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (d. 1904)
  • 1921
    Murray Bookchin, American author and philosopher (d. 2006)  
  • 1947
    Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003)  
  • 1948
    Carl Weathers, American football player and actor  

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January 15

  • 1875
    Thomas Burke, American sprinter, coach, and journalist (d. 1929)
  • 1896
    Marjorie Bennett, Australian-American actress and singer (d. 1982)
  • 1955
    Khalid Islambouli, Egyptian army officer and assassin of Egypt's president Anwar Sadat (d. 1982)  
  • 1956
    Mayawati, Indian educator and politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh  
  • 1961
    Yves Pelletier, Canadian actor and director  

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January 16

  • 1923
    Keith Shackleton, English painter and television host (d. 2015)  
  • 1926
    O. P. Nayyar, Indian director and composer (d. 2007)  
  • 1929
    Shigeru Kōyama, Japanese actor  
  • 1974
    Kate Moss, English model and fashion designer  
  • 1979
    Jason Ward, Canadian ice hockey player  

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January 17

  • 1922
    Luis Echeverría, Mexican politician, 50th President of Mexico  
  • 1944
    Ann Oakley, English sociologist, author, and academic  
  • 1967
    Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (d. 2007)  
  • 1971
    Kid Rock, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor  
  • 1986
    Hale Appleman, American actor  

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January 18

  • 1880
    Paul Ehrenfest, Austrian-Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1933)
  • 1937
    John Hume, Irish educator and politician, Nobel Prize laureate  
  • 1967
    Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2014)  
  • 1968
    Dragana Mirković, Serbian singer  
  • 1988
    Angelique Kerber, German tennis player  

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January 19

  • 398
    Pulcheria, Byzantine empress and saint (d. 453)
  • 1544
    Francis II of France (d. 1560)
  • 1943
    Larry Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter  
  • 1966
    Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player  
  • 1977
    Nicole, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist  

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January 20

  • 1798
    Anson Jones, American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858)
  • 1915
    Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Pakistani businessman and politician, 7th President of Pakistan (d. 2006)  
  • 1931
    Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese pianist and composer (d. 1992)  
  • 1988
    Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé, Nigerian footballer  
  • 1994
    Denis Mukhametdinov, Russian footballer  

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January 21

  • 1738
    Ethan Allen, American general (d. 1789)
  • 1910
    Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (d. 1981)  
  • 1974
    Malena Alterio, Argentinian-Spanish actress  
  • 1977
    Kirsten Klose, German hammer thrower  
  • 1987
    Mulopo Kudimbana, Congolese footballer  

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January 22

  • 1788
    Lord Byron, English poet and playwright (d. 1824)
  • 1943
    Michael Spicer, Baron Spicer, English journalist and politician  
  • 1972
    Romi Park, Japanese voice actress and singer  
  • 1980
    Jonathan Woodgate, English footballer  
  • 1984
    Dennis Kipruto Kimetto, Kenyan runner  

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January 23

  • 1862
    David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician and academic (d. 1943)
  • 1915
    W. Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)  
  • 1930
    Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet and playwright; Nobel Prize laureate  
  • 1953
    Alister McGrath, Irish historian and theologian  
  • 1983
    Irving Saladino, Panamanian long jumper  

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January 24

  • 1905
    J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman (d. 1995)  
  • 1972
    Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese bass player and composer  
  • 1983
    Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer  
  • 1986
    Vieirinha, Portuguese footballer  
  • 2012
    Princess Athena of Denmark  

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January 25

  • 1750
    Johann Gottfried Vierling, German organist and composer (d. 1813)
  • 1874
    W. Somerset Maugham, French-English author and playwright (d. 1965)
  • 1921
    Samuel T. Cohen, American physicist and academic (d. 2010)  
  • 1958
    Dinah Manoff, American actress and director  
  • 1987
    Maria Kirilenko, Russian tennis player  

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January 26

  • 1922
    Seán Flanagan, Irish footballer and politician, 7th Irish Minister for Health (d. 1993)  
  • 1931
    Mary Murphy, American actress (d. 2011)  
  • 1962
    Guo Jian, Chinese-Australian painter  
  • 1965
    Natalia Yurchenko, Russian gymnast and coach  
  • 1988
    Yukiyo Mine, Japanese softball player  

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January 27

  • 1918
    Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)  
  • 1924
    Rauf Denktaş, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st President of Northern Cyprus (d. 2012)  
  • 1948
    Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian dancer, choreographer, and actor  
  • 1972
    Mark Owen, English singer-songwriter (Take That)  
  • 1976
    Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress, singer, and producer  

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January 28

  • 1911
    Johan van Hulst, Dutch academic and politician  
  • 1945
    John Perkins, American author and activist  
  • 1951
    Brian Bilbray, American politician  
  • 1975
    Pedro Pinto, Portuguese-American journalist  
  • 1976
    Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer  

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January 29

  • 1717
    Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, English field marshal and politician, 19th Governor General of Canada (d. 1797)
  • 1915
    John Serry, Sr., American accordion player and composer (d. 2003)  
  • 1956
    Jan Jakub Kolski, Polish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer  
  • 1970
    Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer  
  • 1988
    Aydın Yılmaz, Turkish footballer  

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January 30

  • 1955
    Tom Izzo, American basketball player and coach  
  • 1959
    Jody Watley, American singer-songwriter and producer  
  • 1971
    Darren Boyd, English actor and screenwriter  
  • 1974
    Olivia Colman, English actress and singer  
  • 1975
    Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer and actress (Puffy AmiYumi)  

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January 31

  • 1884
    Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician, 1st President of The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (d. 1955)
  • 1964
    Miki Maya, Japanese actress  
  • 1977
    Kerry Washington, American actress  
  • 1980
    James Adomian, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter  
  • 1981
    Julio Arca, Argentinian footballer  

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