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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
1909
Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
1917
Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist and academic (d. 1981)
1941
Martin Evans, English-Welsh geneticist and academic
1942
Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn, English dentist and politician
1969
Verne Troyer, American actor and stuntman
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January 2
1647
Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader (d. 1676)
1947
Calvin Hill, American football player
1967
Jón Gnarr, Icelandic actor and politician; 20th Mayor of Reykjavik City
1970
Royce Clayton, American baseball player
1978
Kjartan Sveinsson, Icelandic keyboard player
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January 3
1710
Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer (d. 1796)
1760
Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Indian politician (d. 1799)
1946
Cissy King, American singer and dancer
1967
Mayumi Wakamura, Japanese actress
1969
Michael Schumacher, German race car driver
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January 4
1893
Yone Minagawa, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2007)
1911
Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish athlete and resistance member (d. 1943)
1944
Angela Harris, Baroness Harris of Richmond, English politician
1972
James Longley, American director and producer
1977
Eric Fructuoso, Filipino actor
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January 5
1929
Russ Manning, American illustrator (d. 1981)
1931
Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer; founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (d. 1989)
1942
Jan Leeming, English journalist
1966
Kate Schellenbach, American drummer
1979
Giuseppe Gibilisco, Italian pole vaulter
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January 6
1807
Joseph Petzval, German-Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1891)
1848
Hristo Botev, Bulgarian poet and journalist (d. 1876)
1861
János Zsupánek, Slovene-Hungarian author and poet (d. 1951)
1866
Dante Cappelli, Italian actor (d. 1948)
1916
Eugene Thomas Maleska, American journalist (d. 1993)
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January 7
1355
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (d. 1397)
1912
Charles Addams, American cartoonist; created The Addams Family (d. 1988)
1913
Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1993)
1950
Malcolm Macdonald, English footballer and manager
1983
Liesbeth Mouha, Belgian volleyball player
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January 8
1883
Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (d. 1941)
1924
Benjamin Lees, Chinese-American soldier and composer (d. 2010)
1934
Roy Kinnear, English actor (d. 1988)
1947
David Gates, American journalist and author
1967
Steven Jacobs, Australian television host and actor
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January 9
1778
Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish Ney player and composer (d. 1846)
1971
Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author and critic
1975
James Beckford, Jamaican long jumper
1976
Hayes Carll, American singer-songwriter
1978
Chad Johnson, American football player
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January 10
1908
Bernard Lee, English actor (d. 1981)
1910
Jean Martinon, French conductor and composer (d. 1976)
1946
Aynsley Dunbar, English drummer and songwriter (The Jeff Beck Group, Journey, Jefferson Starship, UFO, The Mojos, and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
1953
Bobby Rahal, American race car driver
1990
Wilhelm Ingves, Finnish footballer
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January 11
1858
Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (d. 1947)
1897
August Heissmeyer, German SS officer (d. 1979)
1980
Deanna Wright, American model and actress
1993
Michael Keane, English footballer
1993
Will Keane, English footballer
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January 12
1892
Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer; co-founded the Russian Aircraft Corporation (d. 1976)
1916
Jay McShann, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2006)
1932
Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer, and television host
1950
Bob McEwen, American politician
1960
Oliver Platt, Canadian-American actor
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January 13
1865
Princess Marie of Orléans (d. 1908)
1878
Geert Lotsij, Dutch rower (d. 1959)
1980
Mirko Soltau, German footballer
1989
Triinu Kivilaan, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)
1993
Larry King, American murder victim (d. 2008)
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January 14
1966
Rene Simpson, Canadian-American tennis player (d. 2013)
1967
Saskia Wickham, English actress
1973
Paul Tisdale, English footballer and manager
1981
Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
1984
Fred Matua, American football player (d. 2012)
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January 15
1869
Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish poet, playwright, and painter (d. 1907)
1914
Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian and academic (d. 2003)
1943
Mike Marshall, American baseball player
1968
Barry Buchanan, American wrestler
1992
Joshua King, Norwegian footballer
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January 16
1362
Robert de Vere, Duke of Ireland, English Duke (d. 1392)
1934
Marilyn Horne, American soprano and actress
1950
Robert Schimmel, American comedian, actor, and producer (d. 2010)
1969
Roy Jones, Jr., American boxer, rapper, and actor
1995
Mikaela Turik, Australian-Canadian cricketer
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January 17
1860
Douglas Hyde, Irish academic and politician, 1st President of Ireland (d. 1949)
1969
Tiësto, Dutch DJ and producer (Gouryella and Kamaya Painters)
1972
Benno Fürmann, German actor
1985
Mark Briscoe, American wrestler
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January 18
1782
Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (d. 1852)
1943
Kay Granger, American educator and politician
1967
Kim Perrot, American basketball player (d. 1999)
1977
Curtis Cregan, American actor and singer
1977
Richard Archer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hard-Fi)
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January 19
1930
Tippi Hedren, American model and actress
1949
Dennis Taylor, Irish snooker player and sportscaster
1970
Tim Foster, English rower
1972
Joana Benedek, Romanian-Mexican model and actress
1977
Margus Maiste, Estonian architect
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January 20
1878
Ruth St. Denis, American dancer (d. 1968)
1886
Claude Jameson, American soccer player (d. 1943)
1923
Slim Whitman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1940
Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician
1986
Kevin Parker, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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January 21
1882
Francis Gailey, Australian-American swimmer (d. 1972)
1959
Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager
1993
Chiara Pierobon, Italian cyclist (d. 2015)
1994
Booboo Stewart, American actor, singer, and dancer
2001
Jackson Brundage, American actor
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January 22
1887
Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (d. 1972)
1962
Sirous Ghayeghran, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 1998)
1972
Norberto Téllez, Cuban runner
1986
Daniel Wayne Smith, son of model Anna Nicole Smith (d. 2006)
1993
Tommy Knight, English actor
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January 23
1897
William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy (d. 1989)
1928
Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
1961
Yelena Sinchukova, Russian long jumper
1969
Brendan Shanahan, Canadian ice hockey player and actor
1983
Irving Saladino, Panamanian long jumper
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January 24
1705
Farinelli, Italian actor and singer (d. 1782)
1907
Tuts Washington, American pianist (d. 1984)
1986
Ricky Ullman, Israeli-American actor and singer
1987
Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer
1988
Jade Ewen, English singer-songwriter and actress (Sugababes)
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January 25
1936
Onat Kutlar, Turkish author and poet (d. 1995)
1942
Eusébio, Mozambican-Portuguese footballer (d. 2014)
1976
Mário Haberfeld, Brazilian race car driver
1988
Tatiana Golovin, French tennis player
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January 26
1907
Dimitrios Holevas, Greek priest (d. 2001)
1927
Bob Nieman, American baseball player and scout (d. 1985)
1944
Angela Davis, American activist, author, and scholar
1984
Iain Turner, Scottish footballer
1988
Yukiyo Mine, Japanese softball player
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January 27
1875
Elizabeth Israel, Dominican super-centenarian (d. 2003)
1901
Willy Fritsch, German actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1924
Brian Rix, Baron Rix, English actor, producer, academic and life peer
1976
Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress, singer, and producer
1981
Tony Woodcock, New Zealand rugby player
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January 28
1843
Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet and linguist (d. 1890)
1939
John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1943
Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and minister
1966
Seiji Mizushima, Japanese director and producer
1976
Rick Ross, American rapper and producer
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January 29
1703
Carlmann Kolb, German priest and composer (d. 1765)
1782
Daniel Auber, French composer (d. 1871)
1940
Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and race car driver
1954
Terry Kinney, American actor and director
1984
Safee Sali, Malaysian footballer
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January 30
1816
Nathaniel P. Banks, American general and politician, 24th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1894)
1937
Boris Spassky, Russian chess player
1944
Lynn Harrell, American cellist and academic
1959
Mark Eitzel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1985
Yuuri Morishita, Japanese model
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January 31
1825
Miska Magyarics, Hungarian-Slovenian poet (d. 1883)
1905
John O'Hara, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1970)
1921
John Agar, American actor (d. 2002)
1959
Kelly Lynch, American model and actress
1977
Sergei Pareiko, Estonian footballer
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