WhoWasBorn
English

A date. A name. A source.

ON THIS DAY

Born in January

25,206 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. Werner Schulz

    engineer, civil rights advocate

    1950–2022 · aged 72

    January 22 · 1950

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  2. Cho Yeongjae

    sport shooter

    27 years old

    January 15 · 1999

    Source: olympics.com

  3. William Bertram

    actor, screenwriter

    1880–1933 · aged 53

    January 19 · 1880

    Source: BnF authorities

  4. Alek Popov

    journalist, screenwriter

    1966–2024 · aged 58

    January 16 · 1966

    No external source identified

  5. Gustav Falke

    translator, piano teacher

    1853–1916 · aged 63

    January 11 · 1853

    Source: International Music Score Library Project

  6. Otto Scholderer

    artist, painter

    1834–1902 · aged 67

    January 25 · 1834

    Source: Discogs

  7. Olena Khokhlatkina

    film actor, actor

    58 years old

    January 28 · 1968

    No external source identified

  8. Christa Kinshofer

    alpine skier

    65 years old

    January 24 · 1961

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  9. Marianna Nagy

    figure skater

    1929–2011 · aged 82

    January 13 · 1929

    No external source identified

  10. Sergio Cofferati

    trade unionist, politician

    78 years old

    January 30 · 1948

    No external source identified

  11. Ortvin Sarapu

    chess player

    1924–1999 · aged 75

    January 22 · 1924

    Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport

  12. John McCormack

    boxer

    1935–2014 · aged 79

    January 9 · 1935

    No external source identified

  13. Vicente Macanan Navarra

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    87 years old

    January 22 · 1939

    No external source identified

  14. Katharina Marie Schubert

    actor, film director

    49 years old

    January 22 · 1977

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  15. Jaak Salumets

    basketball player, basketball coach

    77 years old

    January 30 · 1949

    Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport

  16. Kaspar Stanggassinger

    Catholic priest, Catholic theologian

    1871–1899 · aged 28

    January 12 · 1871

    Source: GCatholic.org

  17. Mikhail Yakimovich

    handball player

    59 years old

    January 13 · 1967

    No external source identified

  18. Shana Cox

    athletics competitor

    41 years old

    January 22 · 1985

    Source: World Athletics database

  19. Jean Terrasson

    translator, professor

    1670–1750 · aged 80

    January 31 · 1670

    Source: BnF authorities

  20. Edmar Bernardes

    association football player

    66 years old

    January 20 · 1960

    Source: national-football-teams.com

  21. Lu Ying

    swimmer

    37 years old

    January 22 · 1989

    No external source identified

  22. Alessandra Sensini

    windsurfer, sailor

    56 years old

    January 26 · 1970

    No external source identified

  23. Aldair Adulai Djaló Baldé

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 31 · 1992

    Source: As

  24. Doreen Wilber

    archer

    1930–2008 · aged 78

    January 8 · 1930

    Source: Find a Grave

  25. Antoni Baraniak

    archbishop, Catholic bishop

    1904–1977 · aged 73

    January 1 · 1904

    No external source identified

  26. Derek Saunders

    association football player

    1928–2018 · aged 90

    January 6 · 1928

    Source: Transfermarkt

  27. Hryhorij Lakota

    Catholic deacon, Catholic bishop

    1883–1950 · aged 67

    January 31 · 1883

    Source: GCatholic.org

  28. Maciej Staręga

    cross-country skier

    36 years old

    January 31 · 1990

    No external source identified

  29. Carl Bengtström

    athletics competitor

    26 years old

    January 13 · 2000

    Source: World Athletics database

  30. Daniel Fernández Artola

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 20 · 1983

    Source: As

  31. Opoku Ampomah

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 2 · 1996

    Source: FBref

  32. Hüseyin Türkmen

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 1 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  33. Nill De Pauw

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 6 · 1990

    Source: FBref

  34. Éva Novák-Gerard

    physician, swimmer

    1930–2005 · aged 75

    January 8 · 1930

    No external source identified

  35. Érika Olivera*

    athletics competitor, marathon runner

    Date disputed

    January 4 · 1976

    Source: World Athletics database

  36. Jorge Guasch

    association football player, association football coach

    65 years old

    January 17 · 1961

    Source: Transfermarkt

  37. Philippe Busquin

    politician

    85 years old

    January 6 · 1941

    Source: Dictionnaire des Wallons

  38. Marianne Golz

    actor, opera singer

    1895–1943 · aged 48

    January 30 · 1895

    Source: Babelio

  39. Paul Lasne

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 16 · 1989

    Source: As

  40. André Roussin

    writer, stage actor

    1911–1987 · aged 76

    January 22 · 1911

    Source: SNAC

  41. Fritz Manteuffel

    artistic gymnast

    1875–1941 · aged 66

    January 11 · 1875

    No external source identified

  42. Armin Joseph Deutsch

    novelist, science fiction writer

    1918–1969 · aged 51

    January 25 · 1918

    Source: Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature

  43. Marcello Castellini

    association football player

    53 years old

    January 2 · 1973

    Source: Transfermarkt

  44. Sebastián Sáez

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 24 · 1985

    Source: FBref

  45. Karen Moras

    swimmer

    72 years old

    January 6 · 1954

    No external source identified

  46. Diego González Polanco

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 28 · 1995

    No external source identified

  47. Mehdi Hasheminasab

    association football coach, association football player

    53 years old

    January 27 · 1973

    Source: Transfermarkt

  48. Álvaro Cejudo

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 29 · 1984

    Source: Soccerway

  49. Pierre Henri Battifol

    Catholic priest, church historian

    1861–1929

    January 27 · 1861

    Source: BnF authorities

  50. Lori Sandri

    association football coach, association football player

    1949–2014 · aged 65

    January 29 · 1949

    No external source identified

  51. Zuzana Dolinková

    civil servant, politician

    43 years old

    January 20 · 1983

    Source: nrsr.sk

  52. Daniela Krukower

    judoka

    51 years old

    January 6 · 1975

    No external source identified

  53. Silke Bodenbender

    film actor, stage actor

    52 years old

    January 31 · 1974

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  54. Clara Copponi

    sport cyclist

    27 years old

    January 12 · 1999

    Source: uci.org

  55. Kacper Stokowski

    swimmer

    27 years old

    January 6 · 1999

    No external source identified

  56. Suzanne Danco

    music educator, musician

    1911–2000 · aged 89

    January 22 · 1911

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  57. Jesús Castro González

    association football player

    1951–1993 · aged 42

    January 23 · 1951

    No external source identified

  58. Antonio Zugarelli

    tennis player

    76 years old

    January 17 · 1950

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  59. Yoshito Sengoku

    politician, lawyer

    1946–2018 · aged 72

    January 15 · 1946

    No external source identified

  60. Zoltán Meszlényi

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1892–1951 · aged 59

    January 2 · 1892

    No external source identified

  61. Maurice Couette

    physicist, teacher

    1858–1943 · aged 85

    January 9 · 1858

    No external source identified

  62. Martin Kneser

    mathematician, university teacher

    1928–2004 · aged 76

    January 21 · 1928

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  63. Hugo Birger

    painter

    1854–1887 · aged 33

    January 12 · 1854

    Source: RKDartists

  64. Daniel Solsona

    association football coach, association football player

    74 years old

    January 18 · 1952

    Source: Transfermarkt

  65. Gustavo Giovannoni

    art historian, engineer

    1873–1947 · aged 74

    January 1 · 1873

    Source: BnF authorities

  66. Mohamed Oulhaj

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 6 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  67. Chen Nan

    basketball player

    43 years old

    January 8 · 1983

    Source: FIBA database

  68. Pavel Kolchin

    cross-country skier, coach

    1930–2010 · aged 80

    January 9 · 1930

    Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport

  69. Guy Carlton

    weightlifter

    1954–2001 · aged 47

    January 16 · 1954

    No external source identified

  70. José Salazar López

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1910–1991 · aged 81

    January 12 · 1910

    No external source identified

  71. Elisabet Carlsson

    film actor, actor

    58 years old

    January 9 · 1968

    Source: IMDb

  72. Elza İbrahimova

    composer

    1938–2012 · aged 74

    January 10 · 1938

    No external source identified

  73. Johnny McDowell

    Formula One driver, engineer

    1915–1952 · aged 37

    January 29 · 1915

    No external source identified

  74. Caio Rangel

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 16 · 1996

    Source: As

  75. James Noble Tyner

    jurist, jurisprudence

    1826–1904 · aged 78

    January 17 · 1826

    Source: SNAC

  76. Søren Frederiksen

    association football coach, association football player

    54 years old

    January 27 · 1972

    Source: Transfermarkt

  77. İsmail Küçükkaya

    journalist

    56 years old

    January 20 · 1970

    Source: cnnturk.com

  78. Souleymane Diamoutene

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 30 · 1983

    Source: Transfermarkt

  79. Carl Fredrik Adelcrantz

    restorer, architect

    1716–1796 · aged 80

    January 30 · 1716

    Source: Find a Grave

  80. Jarrin Solomon

    athletics competitor, sprinter

    40 years old

    January 11 · 1986

    Source: World Athletics database

  81. Hicham Boussefiane

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 9 · 1998

    Source: Transfermarkt

  82. Robert B. Howell

    politician, military officer

    1864–1933 · aged 69

    January 21 · 1864

    Source: SNAC

  83. Xandro Meurisse

    sport cyclist

    34 years old

    January 31 · 1992

    Source: uci.org

  84. Esther Kolawole

    amateur wrestler

    24 years old

    January 4 · 2002

    Source: birmingham2022.com

  85. Erlend Blikra

    sport cyclist

    29 years old

    January 11 · 1997

    Source: uci.org

  86. János Csonka

    mechanical engineer, inventor

    1852–1939 · aged 87

    January 22 · 1852

    No external source identified

  87. Tymerlan Huseynov

    association football coach, association football player

    58 years old

    January 24 · 1968

    Source: Transfermarkt

  88. Jadranka Joksimović

    politician

    48 years old

    January 26 · 1978

    No external source identified

  89. Salvatore Molina

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 1 · 1992

    Source: As

  90. Julian Alfred Steyermark

    botanical collector, scientific collector

    1909–1988 · aged 79

    January 27 · 1909

    Source: SNAC

  91. Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga

    religious

    1843–1900 · aged 57

    January 16 · 1843

    Source: BnF authorities

  92. Fabienne Suter

    association football player, cross-country skier

    41 years old

    January 5 · 1985

    No external source identified

  93. Petre Steinbach

    association football player, association football coach

    1906–1996

    January 1 · 1906

    Source: Transfermarkt

  94. Venedykt Aleksiichuk

    catholic eparch, Catholic priest

    58 years old

    January 16 · 1968

    No external source identified

  95. Ruhulla Akhundov

    politician

    1897–1938 · aged 41

    January 13 · 1897

    No external source identified

  96. Joseph Hormayr, Baron zu Hortenburg*

    diplomat, opinion journalist

    Date disputed

    January 20 · 1781

    No external source identified

  97. Anna Lesznai

    poet, graphic artist

    1885–1966 · aged 81

    January 3 · 1885

    Source: The Fine Art Archive Db

  98. Harold Delos Babcock

    astronomer

    1882–1968 · aged 86

    January 24 · 1882

    Source: SNAC

  99. Marina Kiehl

    alpine skier, ski jumper

    61 years old

    January 12 · 1965

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  100. Ivan Klajn

    linguist, philologist

    1937–2021 · aged 84

    January 31 · 1937

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  101. Kjersti Plätzer

    athletics competitor, coach

    54 years old

    January 18 · 1972

    Source: World Athletics database

  102. Abdou Traoré

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 17 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  103. Ormond Stone

    mathematician, astronomer

    1847–1933 · aged 86

    January 11 · 1847

    Source: SNAC

  104. Eugene Augustin Lauste

    film director

    1857–1935 · aged 78

    January 17 · 1857

    No external source identified

  105. Yacine Qasmi

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 3 · 1991

    Source: Transfermarkt

  106. Félix Le Dantec

    philosopher, philosopher of science

    1869–1917 · aged 48

    January 16 · 1869

    Source: GeneaStar

  107. Yannic Seidenberg

    ice hockey player

    42 years old

    January 11 · 1984

    Source: iihf.com

  108. Alexei Sivakov

    sport cyclist

    54 years old

    January 7 · 1972

    No external source identified

  109. Harcharan Singh

    field hockey player

    76 years old

    January 15 · 1950

    Source: Sports-Reference.com

  110. Bernard Panafieu

    Catholic bishop, theologian

    1931–2017 · aged 86

    January 26 · 1931

    Source: AlKindi

  111. Louis de Bourbon de Vendôme

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1493–1557

    January 11 · 1493

    Source: BnF authorities

  112. Deme N'Diaye*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 28 · 1985

    Source: FBref

  113. Nicolae Linca

    boxing trainer, boxer

    1929–2008 · aged 79

    January 2 · 1929

    No external source identified

  114. Unai Expósito

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 23 · 1980

    Source: As

  115. Shaikhzada Babich

    poet, politician

    1895–1919 · aged 24

    January 14 · 1895

    No external source identified

  116. Alexander Adriaenssen

    wallpaper painter, decorative painter

    1587–1661 · aged 74

    January 17 · 1587

    Source: museabrugge.be

  117. Louis-Lucien Klotz*

    minister, journalist

    Date disputed

    January 1 · 1868

    Source: senat.fr

  118. François N'Doumbé

    association football player

    72 years old

    January 30 · 1954

    Source: FBref

  119. Meru Tashima

    singer

    26 years old

    January 7 · 2000

    No external source identified

  120. Ingrid Moe Wold

    association football player

    36 years old

    January 29 · 1990

    Source: FBref

  121. Darko Dražić

    association football coach, association football player

    63 years old

    January 17 · 1963

    Source: FBref

  122. Tan Hong Djien

    association football player

    110 years old

    January 12 · 1916

    Source: Transfermarkt

  123. Nenad Brnović

    association football coach, association football player

    46 years old

    January 18 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  124. Andreas Tölzer

    judoka

    46 years old

    January 27 · 1980

    Source: JudoInside.com

  125. Nihat Zeybekci

    economist, businessperson

    65 years old

    January 1 · 1961

    No external source identified

  126. Iosif Langbard

    architect

    1882–1951 · aged 68

    January 18 · 1882

    No external source identified

  127. Rod White

    archer

    49 years old

    January 3 · 1977

    No external source identified

  128. Aída Bortnik

    screenwriter, writer

    1938–2013 · aged 75

    January 7 · 1938

    Source: BnF authorities

  129. Fernando Álvarez de Miranda y Torres

    diplomat, university teacher

    1924–2016 · aged 92

    January 14 · 1924

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  130. Werner Fuetterer

    film actor, actor

    1907–1991 · aged 84

    January 10 · 1907

    Source: Find a Grave

  131. Shen Yang

    chess player

    37 years old

    January 23 · 1989

    No external source identified

  132. Frédéric Sinistra

    kickboxer

    1981–2021 · aged 40

    January 13 · 1981

    Source: inmemoriam.be

  133. Sebastian Sorsa

    association football player

    42 years old

    January 25 · 1984

    Source: As

  134. Hassan Muath Fallatah

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 27 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  135. Roland Thöni

    alpine skier

    1951–2021 · aged 70

    January 17 · 1951

    No external source identified

  136. Maxim Mamin

    ice hockey player

    31 years old

    January 13 · 1995

    Source: iihf.com

  137. Hannes Anier

    association football player

    33 years old

    January 16 · 1993

    Source: Transfermarkt

  138. Rick Hoogendorp

    association football player

    51 years old

    January 12 · 1975

    Source: Transfermarkt

  139. Emilie Nautnes

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 13 · 1999

    Source: Soccerdonna

  140. Shigeharu Nakano

    poet, novelist

    1902–1979 · aged 77

    January 25 · 1902

    No external source identified

  141. Nia Abdallah

    taekwondo athlete

    42 years old

    January 24 · 1984

    No external source identified

  142. Harison da Silva Nery

    association football player

    46 years old

    January 2 · 1980

    Source: Transfermarkt

  143. Itunu Hotonu

    architect, naval officer

    67 years old

    January 18 · 1959

    No external source identified

  144. Jaroslav Borovička*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 26 · 1931

    Source: Transfermarkt

  145. Giovanni Treccani

    politician, patron of the arts

    1877–1961 · aged 84

    January 3 · 1877

    Source: BnF authorities

  146. Julien Berger

    rugby union player

    36 years old

    January 10 · 1990

    No external source identified

  147. Ángela Tenorio

    athletics competitor

    30 years old

    January 27 · 1996

    Source: World Athletics database

  148. Jean Gigoux

    painter, art collector

    1806–1894

    January 8 · 1806

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  149. Michaël Gillon

    astronomer, astrophysicist

    52 years old

    January 24 · 1974

    No external source identified

  150. Vagner Gonçalves*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 10 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

Browse by month

JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember