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.

January 1

• 1860
  Michele Lega, Italian cardinal (d. 1935)
• 1928
  Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian, author, and academic
• 1956
  Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut
• 1980
  Richie Faulkner, English guitarist and songwriter (Judas Priest)
• 1981
  Jacqui Maxwell, Australian actress

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January 2

• 1932
  Peter Redgrove, English poet, author, and playwright (d. 2003)
• 1956
  Jishu Dasgupta, Indian actor and director (d. 2012)
• 1978
  Karina Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American dancer and actress
• 1980
  Jérôme Pineau, French cyclist
• 1991
  Davide Santon, Italian footballer

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January 3

• 1910
  Frenchy Bordagaray, American baseball player and manager (d. 2000)
• 1920
  Renato Carosone, Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2001)
• 1931
  Yashawant Dinkar Phadke, Indian historian and activist (d. 2008)
• 1951
  Gary Nairn, Australian surveyor and politician
• 1958
  James J. Greco, American businessman

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January 4

• 1785
  Jacob Grimm, German author and philologist (d. 1863)
• 1858
  Carter Glass, American publisher and politician, 47th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1946)
• 1957
  Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965
  Rob Wilson, English politician
• 1982
  Lucie Škrobáková, Czech hurdler

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January 5

• 1865
  Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, mathematician, and engineer (d. 1920)
• 1866
  Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1922)
• 1904
  Erika Morini, Austrian violinist (d. 1995)
• 1956
  Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German academic and politician; 14th Vice-Chancellor of Germany
• 1966
  Steve Tuttle, Canadian ice hockey player

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January 6

• 1937
  Doris Troy, American singer-songwriter (d. 2004)
• 1938
  Adriano Celentano, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and director
• 1944
  Bonnie Franklin, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 1945
  Barry John, Welsh rugby player
• 1970
  José Carabalí, Venezuelan runner

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January 7

• 1946
  Mike Wilds, English race car driver
• 1961
  Andrew Thomson, Australian lawyer and politician
• 1964
  Nicolas Cage, American actor, director, and producer
• 1970
  Andy Burnham, English politician, Secretary of State for Health
• 1977
  John Gidding, American architect and television host

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January 8

• 1879
  Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (d. 1948)
• 1899
  S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (d. 1959)
• 1934
  Alexandra Ripley, American author (d. 2004)
• 1976
  Josh Meyers, American actor and screenwriter
• 1986
  Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian actress (d. 2003)

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January 9

• 1929
  Heiner Müller, German poet, playwright, and director (d. 1995)
• 1936
  Anne Rivers Siddons, American author
• 1956
  Lucyna Langer, Polish hurdler
• 1961
  Sandra Myers, American-Spanish sprinter
• 1989
  Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress and singer

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January 10

• 1881
  Leslie Rainey, Australian cricketer and footballer (d. 1962)
• 1915
  Dean Dixon, American-Swiss conductor (d. 1976)
• 1926
  Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician
• 1937
  Thomas Penfield Jackson, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 2013)
• 1945
  Rod Stewart, English-Scottish singer-songwriter (The Jeff Beck Group, Faces, Shotgun Express, and The Steampacket)

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January 11

• 1915
  Luise Krüger, German javelin thrower (d. 2001)
• 1931
  Betty Churcher, Australian painter, historian, and curator (d. 2015)
• 1942
  Leo Cullum, American soldier, pilot, and cartoonist (d. 2010)
• 1970
  Mustafa Sandal, Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and dancer
• 1978
  Vallo Allingu, Estonian basketball player

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January 12

• 1928
  Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver (d. 2009)
• 1950
  Göran Lindblad, Swedish dentist and politician
• 1982
  Dean Whitehead, English footballer
• 1989
  Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer
• 1996
  Ai Hashimoto, Japanese model and actress

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January 13

• 1898
  Kaj Munk, Danish pastor and playwright (d. 1944)
• 1926
  Melba Liston, American trombonist and composer (d. 1999)
• 1926
  Michael Bond, English soldier and author, created Paddington Bear
• 1981
  Darrell Rasner, American baseball player
• 1992
  Dinah Pfizenmaier, German tennis player

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January 14

• 1923
  Fred Beckey, American mountaineer and author
• 1937
  Rao Gopal Rao, Indian actor, producer, and politician (d. 1994)
• 1953
  Hans Westerhoff, Dutch biologist and academic
• 1981
  Hyleas Fountain, American heptathlete
• 1988
  Jack P. Shepherd, English actor

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January 15

• 1908
  Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (d. 2003)
• 1933
  Frank Bough, English journalist and radio host
• 1961
  Serhiy N. Morozov, Ukrainian footballer and coach
• 1982
  Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
• 1983
  Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer

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January 16

• 1926
  O. P. Nayyar, Indian director and composer (d. 2007)
• 1930
  Paula Tilbrook, English actress
• 1979
  Aaliyah, American singer, dancer, and actress (d. 2001)
• 1981
  Bobby Zamora, English footballer
• 1985
  Simon Richter, Danish footballer

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January 17

• 1574
  Robert Fludd, English physician, astrologer, and mathematician (d. 1637)
• 1914
  William Stafford, American poet and author (d. 1993)
• 1925
  Edgar Ray Killen, American Ku Klux Klan organizer
• 1956
  Jonathan Linsley, English actor
• 1970
  Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-American animator, director, and producer

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January 18

• 1914
  Vitomil Zupan, Yugoslav author, poet, and playwright (d. 1987)
• 1915
  Santiago Carrillo, Spanish soldier and politician (d. 2012)
• 1931
  Chun Doo-hwan, South Korean general and politician, 5th President of South Korea
• 1981
  Khari Stephenson, Jamaican footballer
• 1984
  Kristy Lee Cook, American singer

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January 19

• 1544
  Francis II of France (d. 1560)
• 1914
  Bob Gerard, English race car driver (d. 1990)
• 1937
  Princess Birgitta of Sweden
• 1959
  Jeff Pilson, American bass player, songwriter, and actor
• 1962
  Chris Sabo, American baseball player and coach

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January 20

• 1944
  Farhad Mehrad, Iranian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
• 1947
  Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and sportscaster
• 1964
  Ron Harper, American basketball player and coach
• 1978
  Joy Giovanni, American wrestler and actress
• 1992
  Jorge Zárate, Mexican footballer

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January 21

• 1904
  Puck van Heel, Dutch footballer (d. 1984)
• 1969
  Karina Lombard, Tahitian-American actress and singer
• 1982
  Simon Rolfes, German footballer
• 1995
  Andrew Watson, Northern Irish racing driver
• 2004
  Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

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January 22

• 1740
  Noah Phelps, American soldier, lawyer, and judge (d. 1809)
• 1931
  Sam Cooke, American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
• 1948
  Gilbert Levine, American conductor and academic
• 1964
  Nigel Benn, English-Australian boxer
• 1965
  Diane Lane, American actress

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January 23

• 1897
  William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy (d. 1989)
• 1929
  Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster (d. 2008)
• 1945
  Mike Harris, Canadian politician, 22nd Premier of Ontario
• 1954
  Richard Finch, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (KC and the Sunshine Band)
• 1986
  Gelete Burka, Etihopian runner

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January 24

• 1864
  Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (d. 1936)
• 1934
  Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and playwright (d. 1976)
• 1944
  Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1983)
• 1956
  Hanne Krogh, Norwegian singer and actress
• 1974
  Ed Helms, American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter

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January 25

• 1864
  Julije Kempf, Croatian historian and author (d. 1934)
• 1923
  Arvid Carlsson, Swedish pharmacologist and physician; Nobel Prize laureate
• 1954
  Renate Dorrestein, Dutch journalist and author
• 1973
  Geoff Johns, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 1982
  Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor

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January 26

• 1722
  Alexander Carlyle, Scottish minister and author (d. 1805)
• 1826
  Julia Grant, American wife of Ulysses S. Grant, 19th First Lady of the United States (d. 1902)
• 1936
  Sal Buscema, American illustrator
• 1945
  Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
• 1987
  Mia Rose, English singer-songwriter

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January 27

• 1850
  Edward Smith, English captain (d. 1912)
• 1936
  Florin Piersic, Romanian actor
• 1940
  Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin, Turkish engineer and politician; 35th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1940
  James Cromwell, American actor and producer
• 1981
  Tony Woodcock, New Zealand rugby player

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January 28

• 1784
  George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Scottish politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1860)
• 1900
  Alice Neel, American painter (d. 1984)
• 1909
  John Thomson, Scottish footballer (d. 1931)
• 1957
  Kent Kessler, American bassist
• 1969
  Linda Sánchez, American lawyer and politician

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January 29

• 1862
  Frederick Delius, English composer (d. 1934)
• 1948
  Raymond Keene, English chess player and author
• 1954
  Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, media entrepreneur and producer; founded Harpo Productions
• 1972
  Engin Günaydın, Turkish actor and screenwriter
• 1998
  Mion Mukaichi, Japanese idol, singer, and actress (AKB48)

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January 30

• 1912
  Barbara W. Tuchman, American historian and author (d. 1989)
• 1955
  Curtis Strange, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1972
  Chris Simon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986
  Asami Shimoda, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1989
  Baek Sung-hyun, South Korean actor

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January 31

• 1550
  Henry I, Duke of Guise (d. 1588)
• 1906
  Roosevelt Sykes, American singer and pianist (d. 1983)
• 1921
  E. Fay Jones, American architect, designed the Thorncrown Chapel (d. 2004)
• 1953
  Ovidiu Lipan, Romanian drummer
• 1975
  Preity Zinta, Indian actress

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