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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
1711
Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
1774
André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic (d. 1860)
1938
Frank Langella, American actor
1938
Robert Jankel, English businessman, founded Panther Westwinds (d. 2005)
1972
Garrett K. Gomez, American jockey
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January 2
1836
Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian author (d. 1917)
1866
Gilbert Murray, Australian-English playwright and scholar (d. 1957)
1909
Barry Goldwater, American general and politician (d. 1998)
1942
Ray Moore, English radio host (d. 1989)
1972
Hristos Meletoglou, German-Greek triple jumper
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January 3
1775
Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont (d. 1863)
1923
Hank Stram, American football player and coach (d. 2005)
1931
Yashawant Dinkar Phadke, Indian historian and activist (d. 2008)
1977
Lee Bowyer, English footballer
1988
Ikechi Anya, Scottish-Nigerian footballer
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January 4
1890
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, American publisher, founded DC Comics (d. 1965)
1896
Everett Dirksen, American lieutenant and politician (d. 1969)
1927
Barbara Rush, American actress
1946
Lisa Appignanesi Polish-English author and academic
1991
Stefan Nenadović, Montenegrin footballer
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January 5
1935
David Ryall, English actor (d. 2014)
1936
Florence King, American author and journalist
1950
John Manley, Canadian lawyer and politician; 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
1971
Jayne Middlemiss, English radio and television host
1978
January Jones, American actress
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January 6
1874
Fred Niblo, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1948)
1935
Queen Margarita of Bulgaria
1953
Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1964
Henry Maske, German boxer and actor
1977
Marc Johnson, American skateboarder
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January 7
1786
John Catron, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1865)
1962
Hallie Todd, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1982
Sho Tomita, Japanese actor
1984
Antonino Saviano, Italian footballer
1987
Jimmy Smith, English footballer
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January 8
1909
Nikolaos Platon, Greek archaeologist (d. 1992)
1945
Nancy Bond, American author and academic
1952
Peter McCullagh, Irish mathematician and academic
1989
Kristján Einar, Icelandic race car driver
1990
Sascha Bigalke, German footballer
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January 9
1901
Vilma Bánky, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1991)
1955
J. K. Simmons, American actor
1961
Oliver Goldstick, American screenwriter and producer
1965
Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player and coach
1970
Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress
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January 10
1945
Jerome Drayton, Canadian runner
1966
Murali Nair, Indian director and screenwriter
1980
Bernat Martínez, Spanish motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
1985
Abdulkader Dakka, Syrian footballer
1986
Erika Padilla, Filipino actress and host
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January 11
1941
Abdullah the Butcher, Canadian-American wrestler
1962
Chris Bryant, Welsh politician, Minister of State for Europe
1972
Amanda Peet, American actress and playwright
1977
Olexiy Lukashevych, Ukrainian long jumper
1980
Mike Williams, American football player
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January 12
1924
Grethe Holmer, Danish actress (d. 2004)
1924
Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (d. 1998)
1925
Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (d. 2008)
1938
Lewis Fiander, Australian actor
1980
Ares, Swiss-American wrestler
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January 13
1926
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun, American author and academic (d. 2003)
1943
William Duckworth, American composer and author (d. 2012)
1983
Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
1986
Laura Ludwig, German volleyball player
1989
Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)
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January 14
1702
Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (d. 1737)
1919
Andy Rooney, American soldier and journalist (d. 2011)
1940
Vasilka Stoeva, Bulgarian discus thrower
1948
T Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1981
Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
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January 15
1674
Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (d. 1762)
1879
Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (d. 1961)
1941
Captain Beefheart, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1976
Scott Murray, Scottish rugby player
1991
Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer
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January 16
1947
Sara Jane Olson, American criminal
1953
John Stephen Hill, Canadian actor
1980
Lin-Manuel Miranda, American actor, playwright, and composer
1984
Kurt Travis, American singer-songwriter
1995
Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
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January 17
1686
Archibald Bower, Scottish historian and author (d. 1766)
1888
Babu Gulabrai, Indian philosopher and author (d. 1963)
1968
Svetlana Masterkova, Russian runner
1970
Masaaki Mochizuki, Japanese wrestler
1984
Kelvin Fletcher, English actor and model
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January 18
1842
A. A. Ames, American physician and politician, Mayor of Minneapolis (d. 1911)
1971
Seamus O'Regan, Canadian journalist
1979
Brian Gionta, American ice hockey player
1981
Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer
1981
Olivier Rochus, Belgian tennis player
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January 19
1848
Matthew Webb, English swimmer and diver (d. 1883)
1926
Hans Massaquoi, German-American journalist and author (d. 2013)
1943
Petchara Chaowarat, Thai actress
1956
Carman, American singer-songwriter, actor, and television host
1963
Michael Adams, American basketball player and coach
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January 20
1781
Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg, Austrian-German historian and politician (d. 1848)
1932
Lou Fontinato, Canadian ice hockey player
1981
Freddy Guzmán, Dominican baseball player
1985
Tanel Sokk, Estonian basketball player
1988
Jeffrén Suárez, Spanish footballer
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January 21
1934
Audrey Dalton, Irish actress
1962
Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003)
1970
Oren Peli, Israeli-American director, producer and screenwriter
1971
Adia Chan, Indonesian-Hong Kong actress and singer
1974
Arthémon Hatungimana, Burundian runner
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January 22
1882
Theodore Kosloff, Russian-American actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 1956)
1941
Jaan Kaplinski, Estonian poet, philosopher, and critic
1947
Vladimir Oravsky, Czech-Swedish author and director
1956
John Wesley Shipp, American actor and director
1987
Astrid Jacobsen, Norwegian skier
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January 23
1907
Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
1918
Florence Rush, American social worker (d. 2008)
1920
Henry Eriksson, Swedish runner (d. 2000)
1964
Mariska Hargitay, American actress and producer
1987
Felicia Brandström, Swedish singer
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January 24
1674
Thomas Tanner, English bishop (d. 1735)
1957
Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster
1976
Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
1983
Davide Biondini, Italian footballer
1986
Ricky Ullman, Israeli-American actor and singer
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January 25
1928
Cor van der Hart, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2006)
1953
The Honky Tonk Man, American wrestler and actor
1973
Ace Steel, American wrestler and trainer
1976
Dimitris Nalitzis, Greek footballer
1982
Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
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January 26
1923
Patrick J. Hannifin, American admiral (d. 2014)
1926
Joseph Bacon Fraser, Jr., American businessman, co-founded the Sea Pines Company (d. 2014)
1980
Sanae Kobayashi, Japanese voice actress
1981
Volador Jr., Mexican wrestler
1993
Peter Čerešňák, Slovak ice hockey player
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January 27
1908
William Randolph Hearst, Jr., American journalist and publisher (d. 1993)
1929
Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian-Swiss businessman
1952
Billy Johnson, American football player and coach
1961
Dina Bonnevie, Filipino actress
1966
Tamlyn Tomita, Japanese-American actress and singer
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January 28
1887
Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist (d. 1982)
1910
Arnold Moss, American actor (d. 1989)
1945
Maxwell Fuller, Australian chess player (d. 2013)
1976
Lee Ingleby, English actor
1985
Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer
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January 29
1929
Puggy Pearson, American poker player (d. 2006)
1940
Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and race car driver
1981
Jonny Lang, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1993
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer and model
1996
Juho Lammikko, Finnish ice hockey player
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January 30
1878
Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. 1940)
1931
Shirley Hazzard, Australian author
1941
Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer
1982
Jorge Cantú, Mexican baseball player
1995
Víctor Sánchez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2015)
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January 31
1884
Mammad Amin Rasulzade, Azerbaijani scholar and politician, 1st President of The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan (d. 1955)
1951
Won Sei-hoon, South Korean intelligence officer
1966
Umar Alisha, Indian journalist and philanthropist
1973
Portia de Rossi, Australian-American actress
1975
Preity Zinta, Indian actress
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