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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
1833
Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (d. 1902)
1892
Artur Rodziński, Polish-born American conductor (d. 1958)
1947
Leonard Thompson, American golfer
1952
Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer
1978
Nina Bott, German actress
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January 2
1857
M. Carey Thomas, American educator and activist (d. 1935)
1905
Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1991)
1921
Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1943
Filiz Akın, Turkish actress
1993
Kirill Minov, Russian ice dancer
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January 3
1897
Marion Davies, American actress, singer, and producer (d. 1961)
1912
Armand Lohikoski, American-Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1920
Siegfried Buback, German lawyer and politician; Attorney General of Germany (d. 1977)
1947
Zulema, American singer-songwriter (Faith Hope and Charity) (d. 2013)
1994
James Husband, English footballer
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January 4
1785
Jacob Grimm, German author and philologist (d. 1863)
1924
Sebastian Kappen, Indian priest and theologian (d. 1993)
1961
Sidney Green, American basketball player and coach
1969
Corie Blount, American basketball player
1980
Yaroslav Popovych, Ukrainian cyclist
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January 5
1908
George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (d. 1963)
1926
Hosea Williams, American businessman and activist (d. 2000)
1930
Al Masini, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2010)
1967
Joe Flanigan, American actor
1990
Yoseob, South Korean singer, actor, and dancer (Beast)
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January 6
1912
Danny Thomas, American actor and producer (d. 1991)
1926
Pat Flaherty, American race car driver (d. 2002)
1962
Kevin Rosier, American mixed martial artist and boxer (d. 2015)
1962
Vangelis Vlachos, Greek footballer and manager
1989
Max Pirkis, English actor and producer
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January 7
1877
William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer (d. 1928)
1887
Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (d. 1953)
1929
Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (d. 2012)
1947
Tony Elliott, English publisher; founded ''Time Out''
1970
Doug E. Doug, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
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January 8
1883
Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (d. 1941)
1931
Bill Graham, German-American businessman (d. 1991)
1947
Laurie Walters, American actress
1957
Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer
1979
Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer
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January 9
1941
Terry Hands, English director and producer
1956
Mike Walczewski, American announcer
1972
Sarah Beeny, English television host
1975
Julia Lutrova, Russian tennis player
1987
Asami Kai, Japanese actress and model
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January 10
1859
Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia, Spanish philosopher and academic (d. 1909)
1883
Alfred Saalwächter, German admiral (d. 1945)
1916
Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
1927
Otto Stich, Swiss politician; 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2012)
1953
Bobby Rahal, American race car driver
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January 11
1961
Karl von Habsburg, German-Austrian son of Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen
1972
Amanda Peet, American actress and playwright
1984
Dario Krešić, Croatian footballer
1985
Aja Naomi King, American actress
1994
Mathieu Marquet, Mauritian swimmer
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January 12
1884
Texas Guinan, Canadian-born American entertainer and businesswoman (d. 1933)
1916
P. W. Botha, South African politician, 8th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 2006)
1949
Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (d. 2007)
1960
Oliver Platt, Canadian-American actor
1968
Rachael Harris, American actress
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January 13
1804
Paul Gavarni, French illustrator (d. 1866)
1865
Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)
1904
Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian-American violinist and composer (d. 1992)
1955
Jay McInerney, American author and critic
1991
Goo Ha-ra, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
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January 14
1883
Nina Ricci, Italian-French fashion designer (d. 1970)
1897
Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (d. 1978)
1966
Dan Schneider, American actor, producer, and screenwriter; founded Schneider's Bakery
1974
Kevin Durand, Canadian actor
1980
Ossama Haidar, Lebanese footballer
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January 15
1795
Alexander Griboyedov, Russian playwright, composer, and poet (d. 1829)
1914
Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (d. 2003)
1929
Martin Luther King, Jr., American minister and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1936
Obo Addy, Ghanaian drummer and dancer (d. 2012)
1981
El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
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January 16
1903
William Grover-Williams, English-French race car driver (d. 1945)
1953
John Stephen Hill, Canadian actor
1970
Brendan O'Hare, Scottish drummer (Teenage Fanclub, Telstar Ponies, and Mogwai)
1988
FKA twigs, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and producer
1992
Matt Doherty, Irish footballer
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January 17
1472
Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Italian noble and Duke of Urbino (d. 1508)
1831
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903)
1917
M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor, director, and politician, 5th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1987)
1922
Betty White, American actress, singer, and producer
1963
Kai Hansen, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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January 18
1911
José María Arguedas, Peruvian anthropologist, author, and poet (d. 1969)
1927
Sundaram Balachander, Indian veena player, actor, and singer (d. 1990)
1962
David O'Connor, American horse rider
1979
Ruslan Fedotenko, Ukrainian ice hockey player
1988
Boy van Poppel, Dutch cyclist
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January 19
1757
Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (d. 1831)
1833
Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (d. 1872)
1903
Boris Blacher, German composer (d. 1975)
1959
Danese Cooper, American computer scientist and programmer
1982
Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player
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January 20
1775
André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (d. 1836)
1951
Iván Fischer, Hungarian conductor and composer
1978
Luciano Zauri, Italian footballer
1981
Brendan Fevola, Australian footballer
1985
Tanel Sokk, Estonian basketball player
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January 21
1905
Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (d. 1957)
1949
Gennaro Contaldo, Italian chef and restaurateur
1977
Jerry Trainor, American actor, director, and producer
1987
Mulopo Kudimbana, Congolese footballer
1995
Andrew Watson, Northern Irish racing driver
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January 22
1903
Fritz Houtermans, Polish-German physicist and academic (d. 1966)
1917
Huck Geary, American baseball player (d. 1981)
1920
Alf Ramsey, English footballer and manager (d. 1999)
1965
DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ, producer, and actor
1968
Mauricio Serna, Colombian footballer
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January 23
1929
Phillip Knightley, Australian journalist, author, and critic
1970
Constantina Diță, Romanian-American runner
1979
Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player
1985
Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer
1985
Yevgeny Lukyanenko, Russian pole vaulter
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January 24
1444
Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Italian husband of Bona of Savoy (d. 1476)
1754
Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and surveyor (d. 1820)
1931
Leonard Baker, American historian and author (d. 1984)
1944
David Gerrold, American author and screenwriter
1978
Kristen Schaal, American actress and author
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January 25
17
Messalina, Roman wife of Claudius (d. 48)
1929
Robert Faurisson, English-French author and academic
1978
Jason Roberts, English footballer and sportscaster
1981
Clara Morgane, French actress and singer
1986
Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer
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January 26
1910
Jean Image, Hungarian-French animator, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
1945
Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
1967
Bryan Callen, American actor and screenwriter
1981
Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan violinist, composer, and conductor
1988
Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Greek high jumper
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January 27
1821
John Chivington, American colonel and pastor (d. 1892)
1904
James J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic (d. 1979)
1937
John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (d. 1989)
1959
Göran Hägglund, Swedish politician; 28th Swedish Minister for Social Affairs
1973
Valyantsin Byalkevich, Belarusian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
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January 28
1865
Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (d. 1928)
1878
Walter Kollo, German composer (d. 1940)
1884
Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (d. 1962)
1957
Nick Price, South African-Zimbabwean golfer
1993
Will Poulter, English actor
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January 29
1761
Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1849)
1928
Lee Shau-kee, Hong Kong businessman, founded Henderson Land Development
1931
Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd President of Hungary (d. 2011)
1963
Monica Horan, American actress
1979
Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player
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January 30
1919
Nikolay Glazkov, Russian actor and poet (d. 1979)
1929
Lucille Teasdale-Corti, Canadian-Italian physician and humanitarian (d. 1996)
1944
Colin Rimer, English lawyer and judge
1972
Zoren Legaspi, Filipino actor
1982
DeSagana Diop, Senegalese basketball player
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January 31
1923
Norman Mailer, American journalist and author (d. 2007)
1941
Dick Gephardt, American lawyer and politician
1961
Fatih Kısaparmak, Turkish singer-songwriter
1979
Emmett J. Scanlan, Irish actor and producer
1986
Megan Ellison, American film producer; founded Annapurna Pictures
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