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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
1891
Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan (d. 1969)
1892
Manuel Roxas, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Philippines (d. 1948)
1967
Gorsha Sur, Russian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer
1975
Eiichiro Oda, Japanese illustrator
1984
Alok Kapali, Bangladeshi cricketer
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January 2
1882
Herbert von Petersdorff, German swimmer (d. 1917)
1913
Anna Lee, English actress (d. 2004)
1967
Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavik City
1978
Megumi Toyoguchi, Japanese voice actress and singer
1984
Otacílio Jales, Brazilian footballer
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January 3
1865
Henry Lytton, English actor and singer (d. 1936)
1912
Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1916
Warren King, American cartoonist (d. 1978)
1937
Seri Wangnaitham, Thai dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
1970
Priit Reiska, Estonian footballer
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January 4
1848
Katsura Tarō, Japanese general and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1913)
1881
Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German sculptor (d. 1919)
1953
Norberto Alonso, Argentinian footballer
1972
Charlotte Hudson, English actress
1991
Olivia Tennet, New Zealand actress and dancer
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January 5
1679
Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1750)
1917
Francis L. Kellogg, American diplomat (d. 2006)
1935
David Ryall, English actor (d. 2014)
1973
Phil Joel, New Zealand singer-songwriter and bass player (Newsboys)
1976
Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer
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January 6
1695
Giuseppe Sammartini, Italian oboe player and composer (d. 1750)
1914
Godfrey Edward Arnold, Austrian-American physician and academic (d. 1989)
1965
Murray McLachlan, British concert pianist
1966
A. R. Rahman, Indian singer-songwriter and producer
1978
Nikki Einfeld, Canadian soprano
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January 7
1899
Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (d. 1963)
1906
Bobbi Trout, American pilot (d. 2003)
1957
Reena Roy, Indian actress
1963
Clint Mansell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1991
Max Morrow, Canadian actor
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January 8
1933
Charles Osgood, American soldier and journalist
1936
Zdeněk Mácal, Czech-American conductor
1941
Yoshinori Watanabe, Japanese mobster (d. 2012)
1947
David Gates, American journalist and author
1959
Kim Duk-koo, South Korean boxer (d. 1982)
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January 9
1848
Princess Frederica of Hanover (d. 1926)
1885
Charles Bacon, American runner and hurdler (d. 1968)
1929
Tom Riley, American lawyer and politician (d. 2011)
1938
Stuart Woods, American author
1987
Sam Bird, English race car driver
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January 10
1715
Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
1936
Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and author (d. 2002)
1951
Rockwell Blake, American operatic tenor
1972
Thomas Alsgaard, Norwegian skier and sportscaster
1988
Marvin Martin, French footballer
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January 11
1923
Eli Woods, English comedian and actor (d. 2014)
1953
John Sessions, Scottish actor and screenwriter
1961
Eva O, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Christian Death, Shadow Project and Super Heroines)
1973
Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress
1977
Devin Ratray, American actor and singer
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January 12
1879
Ray Harroun, American race car driver (d. 1968)
1932
Tzeni Karezi, Greek actress and screenwriter (d. 1992)
1958
Christiane Amanpour, Iranian-British journalist
1969
Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer and manager
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January 13
1946
Eero Koivistoinen, Finnish saxophonist, composer, and conductor
1951
Frank E. Peretti, American author, actor, and producer
1961
Jeremy Bamber, English murderer
1978
Nate Silver, American journalist and statistician, developed PECOTA
1987
Sven Wetzel, German rugby player
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January 14
1937
Sobhan Babu, Indian actor (d. 2008)
1965
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, English chef and critic
1967
Zakk Wylde, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Black Label Society and Pride and Glory)
1968
Efthimis Bakatsias, Greek basketball player
1980
Taeke Taekema, Dutch field hockey player
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January 15
1863
Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1946)
1885
Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and author (d. 1973)
1921
Babasaheb Bhosale, Indian lawyer and politician, 8th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2007)
1929
Martin Luther King, Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1933
Patricia Blair, American actress (d. 2013)
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January 16
1501
Anthony Denny, English politician (d. 1559)
1911
Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (d. 1996)
1923
Anthony Hecht, American soldier, poet, and academic (d. 2004)
1964
Deyan Nedelchev, Bulgarian singer-songwriter
1982
Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer
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January 17
1659
Antonio Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1745)
1867
Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, co-founded Universal Studios (d. 1939)
1948
Michael Rake, English businessman and academic
1960
Tracey Moore, Canadian voice actress and singer
1984
Samuel Shaw, American wrestler
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January 18
1904
Anthony Galla-Rini, American accordion player and composer (d. 2006)
1926
Randolph Bromery, American geologist and academic (d. 2013)
1976
Damien Leith, Irish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980
Jason Segel, American actor, singer, and screenwriter
1992
Francesco Bardi, Italian footballer
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January 19
1863
Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (d. 1941)
1892
Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1964)
1969
Steve Staunton, Irish footballer and manager
1970
Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian and singer
1984
Fabio Catacchini, Italian footballer
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January 20
1798
Anson Jones, American physician and politician, 5th President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1858)
1804
Eugène Sue, French author (d. 1857)
1956
Maria Larsson, Swedish educator and politician, Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs
1959
R. A. Salvatore, American author
1965
Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer
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January 21
1824
Stonewall Jackson, American general (d. 1863)
1885
Umberto Nobile, Italian engineer and explorer (d. 1978)
1942
Martin Sharp, Australian painter, cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker (d. 2013)
1975
Nicky Butt, English footballer and coach
1978
Faris Al-Sultan, German triathlete
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January 22
1440
Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)
1561
Francis Bacon, English philosopher and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (d. 1626)
1889
Henri Pélissier, French cyclist (d. 1935)
1909
U Thant, Burmese diplomat, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General (d. 1974)
1982
Fabricio Coloccini, Argentinian footballer
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January 23
1897
Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author (d. 1978)
1918
Florence Rush, American social worker (d. 2008)
1923
Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
1932
Larri Thomas, American actress and dancer (d. 2013)
1942
Herman Tjeenk Willink, Dutch judge and politician
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January 24
1763
Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Russian general (d. 1831)
1909
Ann Todd, English actress and producer (d. 1993)
1967
Phil LaMarr, American actor, singer, and screenwriter
1986
Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1990
Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter
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January 25
1509
Giovanni Morone, Italian cardinal (d. 1580)
1874
W. Somerset Maugham, French-English author and playwright (d. 1965)
1935
Conrad Burns, American soldier, journalist, and politician
1936
Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet (d. 1995)
1948
Georgy Shishkin, Russian painter and illustrator
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January 26
1832
George Shiras, Jr., American lawyer and jurist (d. 1924)
1864
József Pusztai, Slovene-Hungarian poet and journalist (d. 1934)
1936
Sal Buscema, American illustrator
1955
Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Van Halen)
1979
Sara Rue, American actress and producer
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January 27
1823
Édouard Lalo, French violinist and composer (d. 1892)
1850
Edward Smith, English captain (d. 1912)
1926
Fritz Spiegl, Austrian flute player and journalist (d. 2003)
1941
Beatrice Tinsley, New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1981)
1987
Katy Rose, American singer-songwriter and producer
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January 28
1540
Ludolph van Ceulen, German-Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1610)
1706
John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (d. 1775)
1865
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st President of Finland (d. 1952)
1986
Jessica Ennis-Hill, English heptathlete and hurdler
1993
Will Poulter, English actor
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January 29
1901
Allen B. DuMont, American engineer and broadcaster; founded the DuMont Television Network (d. 1965)
1920
José Luis de Vilallonga, Spanish actor and author (d. 2007)
1928
Lee Shau-kee, Hong Kong businessman, founded Henderson Land Development
1932
Tommy Taylor, English footballer (d. 1958)
1958
Linda Smith, English comedian and actress (d. 2006)
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January 30
1910
Chidambaram Subramaniam, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence (d. 2000)
1923
Marianne Ferber, Czech-American economist and author (d. 2013)
1930
Gene Hackman, American actor and author
1957
Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 1999)
1995
Viktoria Komova, Russian gymnast
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January 31
1911
Eddie Byrne, Irish actor (d. 1981)
1931
Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (d. 2014)
1952
Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (d. 1969)
1982
Maret Ani, Estonian tennis player
1988
Taijo Teniste, Estonian footballer
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