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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
1714
Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian soprano and author (d. 1800)
1942
Dennis Archer, American lawyer and politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit
1959
Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan pilot and astronaut
1985
Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player
1989
Stefan Reinartz, German footballer
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January 2
1462
Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1522)
1891
Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (d. 1990)
1938
Dana Ulery, American computer scientist
1950
Anatoli Ushanov, Russian footballer and coach
1967
Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
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January 3
1930
Marcel Dubé, Canadian playwright
1933
Geoffrey Bindman, English lawyer
1938
K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (d. 2006)
1980
Bryan Clay, American decathlete
1995
Akihisa Shiono, Japanese actor and model
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January 4
1883
Max Eastman, American author and poet (d. 1969)
1940
Gao Xingjian, Chinese-French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate
1956
Sarojini Sahoo, Indian journalist, author, and poet
1965
Rob Wilson, English politician
1973
Frank Høj, Danish cyclist
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January 5
1793
Harvey Putnam, American lawyer and politician (d. 1855)
1865
Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1920)
1938
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author and playwright
1943
Mary Gaudron, Australian lawyer and judge
1988
Azizulhasni Awang, Malaysian professional track cyclist
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January 6
1950
Louis Freeh, American lawyer and jurist; 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
1960
Nigella Lawson, English chef and author
1971
Karin Slaughter, American author
1977
Marc Johnson, American skateboarder
1980
Pascual Romero, American musician and producer
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January 7
1786
John Catron, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1865)
1932
Joe Berinson, Australian pharmacist, lawyer, and politician; Attorney-General of Western Australia
1972
Vladimir Dubrovshchik, Belarusian discus thrower
1977
Marco Storari, Italian footballer
1980
Zöe Salmon, Northern Irish model and television host, Miss Northern Ireland 1999
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January 8
1879
Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (d. 1948)
1885
A. J. Muste, Dutch-American clergyman and activist (d. 1967)
1911
Tom Delaney, English race car driver (d. 2006)
1917
Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, American author, playwright, and academic (d. 1994)
1921
Herta Bothe, German concentration camp guard
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January 9
1475
Crinitus, Italian scholar and author (d. 1507)
1885
Charles Bacon, American runner and hurdler (d. 1968)
1943
Robert Drewe, Australian author and playwright
1946
Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician; 45th Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1976
Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
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January 10
1925
Günther Knödler, German fencer (d. 1996)
1947
George Alec Effinger, American author (d. 2002)
1958
Eddie Cheever, American race car driver
1961
Janet Jones, American actress
1986
Kirsten Flipkens, Belgian tennis player
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January 11
1885
Jack Hoxie, American actor and rodeo performer (d. 1965)
1948
Fritz Bohla, German footballer and manager
1978
Michael Duff, Irish footballer
1982
Tony Allen, American basketball player
1984
Matt Mullenweg, American web developer and businessman, co-created WordPress
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January 12
1894
Georges Carpentier, French boxer and actor (d. 1975)
1896
David Wechsler, Romanian-American psychologist and author (d. 1981)
1948
Khalid Abdul Muhammad, American activist (d. 2001)
1965
Alexandra Wentworth, American actress and producer
1973
Matt Wong, American bass player
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January 13
1869
Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (d. 1931)
1878
Geert Lotsij, Dutch rower (d. 1959)
1910
Yannis Tsarouchis, Greek painter and illustrator (d. 1989)
1966
Shelagh Fogarty, English journalist and radio host
1972
Yukiko Iwai, Japanese voice actress
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January 14
1892
Martin Niemöller, German pastor and theologian (d. 1984)
1896
John Dos Passos, American novelist, playwright, poet, and painter (d. 1970)
1961
Mike Tramp, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (White Lion and Freak of Nature)
1973
Eva Bes, Spanish tennis player
1987
Atsushi Hashimoto, Japanese actor
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January 15
1918
Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egyptian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Egypt (d. 1970)
1952
Chris D., American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Flesh Eaters)
1976
Iryna Lishchynska, Ukrainian runner
1981
Dylan Armstrong, Canadian shot putter and hammer thrower
1981
Pitbull, American rapper, producer, and actor
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January 16
1923
Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg (d. 2014)
1937
Luiz Bueno, Brazilian race car driver (d. 2011)
1938
Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria (d. 2015)
1957
Jurijs Andrejevs, Latvian footballer and manager
1958
Marla Frazee, American author and illustrator
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January 17
1886
Ronald Firbank, English-Italian author (d. 1926)
1905
Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic (d. 1950)
1973
Chris Bowen, Australian politician, 37th Treasurer of Australia
1982
Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer (The Wilkinsons and Small Town Pistols)
1984
Samuel Shaw, American wrestler
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January 18
1764
Samuel Whitbread, English politician (d. 1815)
1969
Dave Bautista, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
1973
Ben Willbond, English comedian and actor
1979
Mark Anthony Fernandez, Filipino actor
1990
Brett Lawrie, Canadian baseball player
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January 19
1839
Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)
1913
Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (d. 1955)
1954
Cindy Sherman, American photographer and director
1974
Frank Caliendo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1993
Gus Lewis, American-English actor
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January 20
1732
Richard Henry Lee, American lawyer and politician; President of the Continental Congress (d. 1794)
1947
Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and sportscaster
1969
Patrick K. Kroupa, American computer hacker and activist; co-founded MindVox
1971
Questlove, American drummer, DJ, and producer (The Roots and Soulquarians)
1981
Jason Richardson, American basketball player
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January 21
1878
Vahan Tekeyan, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1948)
1882
Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician and theologian (d. 1937)
1926
Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (d. 2000)
1979
Byung-hyun Kim, South Korean baseball player
1988
Vanessa Hessler, Italian-American model and actress
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January 22
1552
Walter Raleigh, English poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer (d. 1618)
1869
José Vicente de Freitas, Portuguese colonel and politician, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal (d. 1952)
1908
Edythe Kirchmaier, American centenarian (d. 2015)
1916
Henri Dutilleux, French pianist, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
1981
Beverley Mitchell, American actress and singer
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January 23
1350
Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (d. 1419)
1897
Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (d. 1945)
1959
Clive Bull, English radio host
1968
Taro Hakase, Japanese musician and composer
1970
Spyridon Vasdekis, Greek long jumper
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January 24
1638
Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and politician, Lord Chamberlain of Great Britain (d. 1706)
1916
Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician; 65th President of Venezuela (d. 2009)
1924
Joe Albany, American pianist (d. 1988)
1961
William Van Dijck, Belgian runner
1981
Michael Wolf, German ice hockey player
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January 25
1794
François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist, physician, physiologist, and lawyer (d. 1878)
1905
Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (d. 1985)
1976
Dimitris Nalitzis, Greek footballer
1978
B.J. Whitmer, American wrestler
1989
Víctor Ruiz Torre, Spanish footballer
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January 26
1970
Kirk Franklin, American singer-songwriter and producer (One Nation Crew)
1973
Brendan Rodgers, Irish footballer and manager
1977
Justin Gimelstob, American tennis player and coach
1985
Heather Stanning, English rower
1993
Florian Thauvin, French footballer
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January 27
1918
William Seawell, American general (d. 2005)
1940
Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, Turkish engineer and politician; 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
1942
Stewart Raffill, American director and screenwriter
1944
Peter Akinola, Nigerian archbishop
1947
Vyron Polydoras, Greek politician; Greek Minister for Public Order
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January 28
1706
John Baskerville, English printer and typographer (d. 1775)
1935
David Lodge, English author and critic
1950
Barbi Benton, American model, actress, and singer
1953
Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1955
Vinod Khosla, Indian-American businessman; co-founded Sun Microsystems
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January 29
1688
Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish-English astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1772)
1754
Moses Cleaveland, American general, lawyer, and politician, founded Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1806)
1954
Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, media entrepreneur and producer; founded Harpo Productions
1985
Martynas Mažeika, Lithuanian basketball player
1998
Mion Mukaichi, Japanese idol, singer, and actress (AKB48)
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January 30
1822
Franz Ritter von Hauer, Austrian geologist and curator (d. 1899)
1919
Fred Korematsu, American activist (d. 2005)
1963
Tina Malone, English actress, director, and producer
1979
Jaak Urmet, Estonian author and poet
1990
Luca Sbisa, Swiss ice hockey player
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January 31
1937
Philip Glass, American composer
1938
Beatrix of the Netherlands
1947
Jonathan Banks, American actor
1974
Wil Anderson, Australian comedian and radio host
1982
Jānis Sprukts, Latvian ice hockey player
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