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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
1894
Iván Petrovich, Serbian actor (d. 1962)
1943
Stanley Kamel, American actor (d. 2008)
1951
Prospero Gallinari, Italian terrorist (d. 2013)
1957
Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
1964
Juliana Donald, American actress
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January 2
1886
Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English explorer (d. 1959)
1916
Zypora Spaisman, Polish-American midwife and Yiddish stage actress/producer (d. 2002)
1956
Lynda Barry, American cartoonist and author
1958
Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Russian pianist and educator
1967
Francois Pienaar, South African rugby player
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January 3
1923
Bud Adams, American businessman (d. 2013)
1936
Michael Layard, English admiral
1952
Gianfranco Fini, Italian journalist and politician; Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1977
A. J. Burnett, American baseball player
1985
Linas Kleiza, Lithuanian basketball player
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January 4
1890
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, American publisher, founded DC Comics (d. 1965)
1896
Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian professor of medicine, gynecology and obstetrics (d. 1981)
1973
Frank Høj, Danish cyclist
1984
İbrahim Akın, Turkish footballer
1988
Maximilian Riedmüller, German footballer
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January 5
1885
Humbert Wolfe, Italian-English poet and civil servant (d. 1940)
1910
Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and journalist (d. 1949)
1940
Michael O'Donoghue, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1994)
1954
László Krasznahorkai, Hungarian author and screenwriter
1960
Otar Korghalidze, Georgian footballer and manager
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January 6
1595
Claude Favre de Vaugelas, French educator and courtier (d. 1650)
1617
Christoffer Gabel, Danish politician (d. 1673)
1936
Darlene Hard, American tennis player and coach
1956
Clive Woodward, English rugby player and coach
1964
Mark O'Toole, English bass player
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January 7
1934
Jean Corbeil, Canadian politician; 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2002)
1949
Marshall Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1974
John Rich, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1978
Ryan Star, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1991
Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer
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January 8
1933
Willie Tasby, American baseball player
1947
David Gates, American journalist and author
1979
Stipe Pletikosa, Croatian footballer
1993
Amanda Lim, Singaporean swimmer
1994
Charlotte Römer, Ecuadorian tennis player
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January 9
1925
Pierre Jalbert, Canadian-American actor (d. 2014)
1937
Michael Nicholson, English journalist and author
1950
David Johansen, American singer-songwriter and actor (New York Dolls)
1952
Hugh Bayley, English politician
1961
Henry Omaga-Diaz, Filipino journalist
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January 10
1938
Willie McCovey, American baseball player
1945
Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, invented plastination
1966
Murali Nair, Indian director and screenwriter
1966
Steve Kramer, American engineer and politician
1985
Jaroslav Kolbas, Slovak footballer
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January 11
1788
William Thomas Brande, English chemist and academic (d. 1866)
1901
Kwon Ki-ok, North Korean pilot (d. 1988)
1907
Pierre Mendès France, French lawyer and politician, 142nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1982)
1953
Kostas Skandalidis, Greek engineer and politician
1978
Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player
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January 12
1884
Texas Guinan, Canadian-born American entertainer and businesswoman (d. 1933)
1905
Nihal Atsız, Turkish author, poet, and philosopher (d. 1975)
1936
Brajanath Ratha, Indian poet and activist (d. 2014)
1974
Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian skier
1985
Gerard Lawson, American football player
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January 13
1887
Gabriel Gabrio, French actor (d. 1946)
1932
Bearcat Wright, American wrestler (d. 1982)
1950
John McNaughton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1970
Shonda Rhimes, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1987
Sven Wetzel, German rugby player
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January 14
1919
Andy Rooney, American soldier and journalist (d. 2011)
1923
Fred Beckey, American mountaineer and author
1927
Zuzana Růžičková, Czech harpsichord player
1945
Kees Bakels, Dutch conductor
1977
Narain Karthikeyan, Indian race car driver
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January 15
1900
William Heinesen, Faroese poet and author (d. 1991)
1914
Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (d. 2003)
1945
Vince Foster, American lawyer and politician (d. 1993)
1965
James Nesbitt, Irish actor
1982
Armando Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
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January 16
1928
Pilar Lorengar, Spanish soprano (d. 1996)
1958
Lena Ek, Swedish politician, 9th Swedish Minister for the Environment
1961
Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer (d. 2006)
1988
Jorge Torres Nilo, Mexican footballer
1993
Hannes Anier, Estonian footballer
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January 17
1853
T. Alexander Harrison, American painter (d. 1930)
1899
Robert Maynard Hutchins, American philosopher and academic (d. 1977)
1911
George Stigler, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
1927
Eartha Kitt, American actress and singer (d. 2008)
1965
Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer and manager
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January 18
1901
Ivan Petrovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1973)
1935
Albert Millaire, Canadian actor and director
1965
Dave Attell, American comedian, actor, and producer
1967
Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
1980
Estelle, English singer-songwriter and producer
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January 19
1863
Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (d. 1941)
1946
Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, entrepreneur and philanthropist
1958
Thomas Kinkade, American painter (d. 2012)
1974
Frank Caliendo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1984
Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player
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January 20
1873
Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
1926
David Tudor, American pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1947
Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and sportscaster
1971
Wakanohana Masaru, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 66th Yokozuna
1973
Queen Mathilde of Belgium
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January 21
1878
Vahan Tekeyan, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1948)
1882
Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician and theologian (d. 1937)
1971
Tweet, American singer-songwriter
1976
Aivaras Abromavičius, Lithuanian-Ukrainian banker and politician; 15th Minister of Economic of Ukraine
1985
Álex Pérez, Spanish footballer
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January 22
1942
Mimis Domazos, Greek footballer
1943
Marília Pêra, Brazilian actress and singer
1974
Cameron McConville, Australian race car driver and sportscaster
1980
Christopher Masterson, American actor and producer
1981
Beverley Mitchell, American actress and singer
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January 23
1846
Hermann Clemenz, Estonian chess player (d. 1908)
1929
John Polanyi, German-Canadian chemist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1938
Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor
1943
Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman (d. 2010)
1976
Harmen Fraanje, Dutch pianist
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January 24
1919
Oral Roberts, American evangelist; founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (d. 2009)
1953
Matthew Wilder, American singer-songwriter and producer
1961
William Van Dijck, Belgian runner
1980
Rebecca Romero, English cyclist and rower
1986
Michael Kightly, English footballer
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January 25
1794
François-Vincent Raspail, French chemist, physician, physiologist, and lawyer (d. 1878)
1925
Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and songwriter (d. 1992)
1942
Eusébio, Mozambican-Portuguese footballer (d. 2014)
1948
Georgy Shishkin, Russian painter and illustrator
1980
Michelle McCool, American wrestler and model
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January 26
1716
George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, English general and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1785)
1919
Bill Nicholson, English footballer and manager (d. 2004)
1934
Charles Marowitz, American director, playwright, and critic
1969
Michael O'Hearn, American bodybuilder and actor
1981
Juan José Haedo, Argentinian cyclist
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January 27
1814
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, French architect, designed the Lausanne Cathedral (d. 1879)
1893
Soong Ching-ling, Chinese politician; President of the People's Republic of China (d. 1981)
1904
James J. Gibson, American psychologist and academic (d. 1979)
1955
John Roberts, American lawyer and judge; 17th Chief Justice of the United States
1971
Fann Wong, Singaporean actress and singer
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January 28
1890
Robert Stroud, American ornithologist (d. 1963)
1908
Paul Misraki, Turkish-French composer and historian (d. 1998)
1912
Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 1956)
1944
Bobby Ball, English comedian, actor, and singer
1952
Richard Glatzer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
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January 29
1718
Paul Rabaut, French pastor (d. 1794)
1895
Muna Lee, American poet and author (d. 1965)
1948
Cristina Saralegui, Cuban-American talk show host
1978
Martin Schmitt, German ski jumper
1987
José Abreu, Cuban baseball player
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January 30
1781
Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (d. 1838)
1936
Horst Jankowski, German pianist and composer (d. 1998)
1964
Otis Smith, American basketball player, coach, and manager
1982
Hidenori Tokuyama, Japanese actor and singer
1995
Thia Megia, American singer
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January 31
1945
Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, English lawyer, judge, and academic
1950
Denise Fleming, American author and illustrator
1971
Lee Young-ae, South Korean actress
1975
Preity Zinta, Indian actress
1994
Kenneth Zohore, Danish footballer
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