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Born in January

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

  1. Yury Baluevsky

    military personnel

    79 years old

    January 9 · 1947

    No external source identified

  2. Benedetta Pilato

    swimmer

    21 years old

    January 18 · 2005

    Source: olympedia.org

  3. Reiko Chiba

    tarento, model

    51 years old

    January 8 · 1975

    Source: IMDb

  4. Joseph Vilsmaier

    screenwriter, film producer

    1939–2020 · aged 81

    January 24 · 1939

    Source: Discogs

  5. David Fernández Miramontes

    association football player

    50 years old

    January 20 · 1976

    No external source identified

  6. Isaak

    pop singer, singer

    31 years old

    January 31 · 1995

    No external source identified

  7. Duke Ludwig Wilhelm, Duke in Bavaria

    politician

    1884–1968 · aged 84

    January 17 · 1884

    Source: The Peerage

  8. Alfonso Quiñónez Molina

    physician, politician

    1874–1950 · aged 76

    January 11 · 1874

    No external source identified

  9. Ray Jackendoff

    clarinetist, music arranger

    81 years old

    January 23 · 1945

    No external source identified

  10. Vladimir Titov

    aircraft pilot, astronaut

    79 years old

    January 1 · 1947

    No external source identified

  11. Capita

    association football player

    24 years old

    January 10 · 2002

    No external source identified

  12. Erdal Beşikcioğlu

    politician, television actor

    56 years old

    January 5 · 1970

    No external source identified

  13. Shaleum Logan

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 29 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  14. Ana Rosa Quintana

    TV debater, television presenter

    70 years old

    January 12 · 1956

    Source: cinemagia.ro

  15. Alfred H. Barr

    university teacher, historian

    1902–1981 · aged 79

    January 28 · 1902

    Source: Artists of the World Online

  16. Yvan Neyou

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 3 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  17. Edmund Roman Orlik

    architect, military personnel

    1918–1982 · aged 64

    January 26 · 1918

    No external source identified

  18. Simon Vukčević

    association football player

    40 years old

    January 29 · 1986

    Source: Transfermarkt

  19. Pablo Amo

    association football player, association football coach

    48 years old

    January 15 · 1978

    Source: Transfermarkt

  20. George D. Robinson

    governor, lawyer

    1834–1896 · aged 62

    January 20 · 1834

    Source: Find a Grave

  21. Anna Safroncik

    actor

    45 years old

    January 4 · 1981

    Source: IMDb

  22. Dorlan Pabón

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 24 · 1988

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  23. Ioan Ivanovici

    military officer, composer

    1845–1902 · aged 57

    January 28 · 1845

    Source: YouTube

  24. Fahd Jassem al-Freij

    politician, military leader

    76 years old

    January 1 · 1950

    No external source identified

  25. Tigran Mansurian

    composer, film score composer

    87 years old

    January 27 · 1939

    Source: Musicalics

  26. Yoqub Ahmedov

    drama teacher, actor

    1938–2025 · aged 87

    January 3 · 1938

    No external source identified

  27. Carl Theodor Zahle

    politician, lawyer

    1866–1946 · aged 80

    January 19 · 1866

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, 3rd edition

  28. Xu Xiake*

    writer, explorer

    Date disputed

    January 5 · 1587

    Source: BnF authorities

  29. Valerian Zorin

    diplomat, civil servant

    1902–1986 · aged 84

    January 14 · 1902

    Source: bse.sci-lib.com

  30. Charles N. Felton

    politician

    1832–1914 · aged 82

    January 1 · 1832

    Source: Find a Grave

  31. Bart Meijers

    association football player

    29 years old

    January 10 · 1997

    Source: Transfermarkt

  32. Phil Boyer

    association football player

    77 years old

    January 25 · 1949

    Source: Transfermarkt

  33. Pierre Dupong

    politician

    1885–1953 · aged 68

    January 11 · 1885

    No external source identified

  34. Charlotte Buff

    writer

    1753–1828 · aged 75

    January 11 · 1753

    Source: GeneaStar

  35. Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

    aristocrat

    1858–1936 · aged 78

    January 6 · 1858

    Source: The Peerage

  36. Harriet Backer

    painter

    1845–1932 · aged 87

    January 21 · 1845

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  37. Nikolai Roslavets

    music theorist, composer

    1881–1944 · aged 63

    January 4 · 1881

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  38. Siegfried Fehmer

    Gestapo employee, lawyer

    1911–1948 · aged 37

    January 10 · 1911

    Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon

  39. Richard Bartle

    writer, university teacher

    66 years old

    January 10 · 1960

    Source: SNAC

  40. Karl Litzmann

    politician, military officer

    1850–1936 · aged 86

    January 22 · 1850

    Source: SNAC

  41. Kamal Sowah

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 9 · 2000

    Source: FBref

  42. Noel Field

    diplomat, secret service officer

    1904–1970 · aged 66

    January 23 · 1904

    Source: SNAC

  43. Valentina Talyzina

    actor, stage actor

    1935–2025 · aged 90

    January 22 · 1935

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  44. Julián Fernández

    association football player

    22 years old

    January 3 · 2004

    No external source identified

  45. Francesca Piccinini

    volleyball player

    47 years old

    January 10 · 1979

    No external source identified

  46. Xaver Scharwenka

    pianist, conductor

    1850–1924 · aged 74

    January 6 · 1850

    Source: SNAC

  47. Loris Benito

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 7 · 1992

    Source: As

  48. Gisela

    model, fashion designer

    47 years old

    January 1 · 1979

    Source: Discogs

  49. Raquel Sanchez Silva

    journalist, television presenter

    53 years old

    January 13 · 1973

    Source: IMDb

  50. Chuck McKinley

    tennis player, stockbroker

    1941–1986 · aged 45

    January 5 · 1941

    Source: 100 years of Wimbledon

  51. J. C. Kumarappa

    economist, secretary

    1892–1960 · aged 68

    January 4 · 1892

    Source: SNAC

  52. Mion Mukaichi

    actor, child actor

    28 years old

    January 29 · 1998

    No external source identified

  53. Tao Zhu

    politician

    1908–1969 · aged 61

    January 16 · 1908

    No external source identified

  54. Vyacheslav Dobrynin

    pop singer, songwriter

    1946–2024 · aged 78

    January 25 · 1946

    No external source identified

  55. José Azcona del Hoyo

    politician, civil engineer

    1927–2005 · aged 78

    January 26 · 1927

    Source: Find a Grave

  56. Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

    1870–1935 · aged 65

    January 4 · 1870

    Source: The Peerage

  57. Eva-Lotta Kiibus

    figure skater

    23 years old

    January 17 · 2003

    Source: lausanne2020.sport

  58. Ayatollah Isa Qassim

    politician

    89 years old

    January 1 · 1937

    No external source identified

  59. Marina Neyolova

    film actor, actor

    79 years old

    January 8 · 1947

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  60. Niklas Castro

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 8 · 1996

    Source: FBref

  61. Asim Ferhatović

    association football player

    1933–1987 · aged 54

    January 24 · 1933

    No external source identified

  62. Kazuo Imanishi

    association football coach, association football player

    1941–2026 · aged 85

    January 12 · 1941

    No external source identified

  63. Mariano Azuela

    physician, novelist

    1873–1952 · aged 79

    January 1 · 1873

    Source: Nouveau Dictionnaire des auteurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays

  64. Fred Karger

    actor, politician

    76 years old

    January 31 · 1950

    No external source identified

  65. Vincent Grass

    stage actor, dub actor

    77 years old

    January 9 · 1949

    Source: IMDb

  66. Samuel Baldwin Marks Young

    military officer

    1840–1924 · aged 84

    January 9 · 1840

    Source: books.google.com

  67. André Marie Constant Duméril

    pathologist, physiologist

    1774–1860 · aged 86

    January 1 · 1774

    Source: La France savante

  68. Carin Jennings-Gabarra

    association football coach, association football player

    61 years old

    January 9 · 1965

    Source: Soccerdonna

  69. James M. Beggs

    military officer, diplomat

    1926–2020 · aged 94

    January 9 · 1926

    Source: Find a Grave

  70. Anushka Shrestha

    beauty pageant contestant

    30 years old

    January 18 · 1996

    No external source identified

  71. Warren De la Rue

    naturalist, lens designer

    1815–1889 · aged 74

    January 18 · 1815

    Source: Luminous-Lint

  72. Michael Everson

    linguist, publisher

    63 years old

    January 9 · 1963

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  73. Ben Blushi

    politician, writer

    57 years old

    January 1 · 1969

    No external source identified

  74. Gaspar del Bufalo

    Catholic priest, founder of Catholic religious community

    1786–1837 · aged 51

    January 6 · 1786

    Source: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani

  75. Eliska Cross

    pornographic film actor

    40 years old

    January 6 · 1986

    Source: Adult Film Index

  76. Janusz Kusociński

    runner, athletics competitor

    1907–1940 · aged 33

    January 15 · 1907

    Source: Internetowy Polski Słownik Biograficzny

  77. Hans-Jürgen Dörner

    association football player, association football coach

    1951–2022 · aged 70

    January 25 · 1951

    No external source identified

  78. Henriette Louise de Bourbon

    nun

    1703–1772 · aged 69

    January 14 · 1703

    No external source identified

  79. Paulinho

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 3 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  80. Richard N. Frye

    linguist, iranologist

    1920–2014 · aged 94

    January 10 · 1920

    Source: AlKindi

  81. Heinz Heger

    contemporary witness

    1915–1994 · aged 79

    January 25 · 1915

    Source: memorial-archives.international

  82. Maynard Solomon

    talent manager, musicologist

    1930–2020 · aged 90

    January 5 · 1930

    Source: SNAC

  83. Carl Blegen

    university teacher, art historian

    1887–1971 · aged 84

    January 27 · 1887

    Source: SNAC

  84. Bruno Martini

    association football coach, association football player

    1962–2020 · aged 58

    January 25 · 1962

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées

  85. Ania Dąbrowska

    lyricist, singer

    45 years old

    January 7 · 1981

    No external source identified

  86. Shao Yong*

    philosopher, farmer

    Date disputed

    January 27 · 1011

    No external source identified

  87. Richard Anconina

    film actor, actor

    73 years old

    January 28 · 1953

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  88. Ally Wollaston

    sport cyclist, track cyclist

    25 years old

    January 4 · 2001

    No external source identified

  89. Federico Borrell García

    anarchist, anarcho-syndicalist

    1912–1936 · aged 24

    January 3 · 1912

    Source: Find a Grave

  90. Mamtaz Sanghamita

    gynecologist, politician

    1946–2026 · aged 80

    January 16 · 1946

    No external source identified

  91. Mark Forest

    film actor, opera singer

    1933–2022 · aged 89

    January 6 · 1933

    Source: IMDb

  92. Arne Garborg

    journalist, poet

    1851–1924 · aged 72

    January 25 · 1851

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  93. Piedad Córdoba

    politician, ambassador

    1955–2024 · aged 68

    January 25 · 1955

    No external source identified

  94. Max Adler

    jurist, political scientist

    1873–1937 · aged 64

    January 15 · 1873

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  95. Robert C. Allen

    university teacher, agrarian historian

    79 years old

    January 10 · 1947

    No external source identified

  96. Oscar Apfel

    actor, film director

    1878–1938 · aged 60

    January 17 · 1878

    Source: fandango.com

  97. Tom Barman

    musician, film director

    54 years old

    January 1 · 1972

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  98. Adam Minarovich

    film director, television actor

    49 years old

    January 30 · 1977

    No external source identified

  99. Archduchess Helena of Austria

    nun

    1543–1574 · aged 31

    January 17 · 1543

    Source: The Peerage

  100. Duke Johann Philipp I, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

    aristocrat

    1597–1639 · aged 42

    January 25 · 1597

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  101. Gustavs Klucis*

    photographer, poster artist

    Date disputed

    January 16 · 1895

    Source: RKDartists

  102. Jörg Böhme

    association football coach, association football player

    52 years old

    January 22 · 1974

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  103. Ólöf Arnalds

    singer

    46 years old

    January 4 · 1980

    Source: ismus.is

  104. Roberto de la Rosa

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 4 · 2000

    Source: Transfermarkt

  105. Jacek Gmoch

    association football coach, association football player

    87 years old

    January 13 · 1939

    Source: Transfermarkt

  106. Mălina Olinescu

    singer

    1974–2011 · aged 37

    January 29 · 1974

    No external source identified

  107. Mitsuhiro Ichiki

    seiyū, actor

    44 years old

    January 10 · 1982

    No external source identified

  108. Dominic Iorfa*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 10 · 1968

    Source: national-football-teams.com

  109. Simon Schaffer

    historian of science, philosopher

    71 years old

    January 1 · 1955

    Source: SNAC

  110. Rauno Aaltonen

    motorcycle racer, rally driver

    88 years old

    January 7 · 1938

    No external source identified

  111. Aleida Núñez

    model, singer

    45 years old

    January 24 · 1981

    No external source identified

  112. Iván Nova

    baseball player

    39 years old

    January 12 · 1987

    No external source identified

  113. William Heinesen

    composer, translator

    1900–1991 · aged 91

    January 15 · 1900

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  114. Pietro Grasso

    magistrate, jurist

    81 years old

    January 1 · 1945

    Source: SNAC

  115. Édouard Séguin

    physician, psychiatrist

    1812–1880 · aged 68

    January 20 · 1812

    Source: Base biographique

  116. Wilfred Lucas

    film actor, actor

    1871–1940

    January 30 · 1871

    Source: IMDb

  117. Hidetsugu Yagi

    scientist, physicist

    1886–1976 · aged 89

    January 28 · 1886

    No external source identified

  118. John III the Terrible

    military leader

    1521–1574

    January 11 · 1521

    No external source identified

  119. Rolando Cubela Secades

    politician, military personnel

    1932–2022 · aged 90

    January 19 · 1932

    Source: NUKAT

  120. Oksana Lyniv

    conductor, woman conductor

    48 years old

    January 6 · 1978

    No external source identified

  121. Dick Contino

    musician, actor

    1930–2017 · aged 87

    January 17 · 1930

    Source: SNAC

  122. Danilo Di Luca

    sport cyclist

    50 years old

    January 2 · 1976

    No external source identified

  123. Kill the Noise

    musician, disc jockey

    45 years old

    January 28 · 1981

    No external source identified

  124. Bernard Sachs

    neurologist, physician

    1858–1944

    January 2 · 1858

    Source: books.google.com

  125. Miroslav Berić

    basketball player

    53 years old

    January 20 · 1973

    Source: web.legabasket.it

  126. Dingko Singh

    boxer

    1979–2021 · aged 42

    January 1 · 1979

    No external source identified

  127. Marta Harnecker

    sociologist, psychologist

    1937–2019 · aged 82

    January 18 · 1937

    Source: catalogue.bnf.fr

  128. Pu Zhiqiang

    human rights defender, lawyer

    61 years old

    January 17 · 1965

    No external source identified

  129. Franciszek Pieczka

    television actor, stage actor

    1928–2022 · aged 94

    January 18 · 1928

    Source: filmportal.de

  130. Takeshi Abo

    music arranger, composer

    53 years old

    January 17 · 1973

    No external source identified

  131. Abdullah Al-Mayouf

    association football player

    39 years old

    January 23 · 1987

    Source: Transfermarkt

  132. Carsten Schneider

    bank teller, politician

    50 years old

    January 23 · 1976

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  133. Tenma Shibuya

    actor, television actor

    57 years old

    January 13 · 1969

    Source: movie.douban.com

  134. Christian Chukwu

    association football player, association football coach

    1951–2025 · aged 74

    January 4 · 1951

    No external source identified

  135. Mélodie Daoust

    ice hockey player

    34 years old

    January 7 · 1992

    Source: Olympedia

  136. Patrícia Kimberly

    pornographic film actor

    42 years old

    January 6 · 1984

    No external source identified

  137. Amel Tuka

    athletics competitor

    35 years old

    January 9 · 1991

    Source: World Athletics database

  138. Arthur Wontner

    actor, film actor

    1875–1960 · aged 85

    January 21 · 1875

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  139. Walter Brandmüller

    university teacher, Catholic bishop

    97 years old

    January 5 · 1929

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  140. Oskar Gripenberg

    military personnel, military officer

    1838–1915 · aged 77

    January 1 · 1838

    No external source identified

  141. Hovig Demirjian

    singer

    37 years old

    January 3 · 1989

    No external source identified

  142. Tatev Abrahamyan

    chess player

    38 years old

    January 13 · 1988

    No external source identified

  143. Ellen Churchill Semple

    writer, geographer

    1863–1932 · aged 69

    January 8 · 1863

    Source: Find a Grave

  144. Lorenzo Bartolini

    sculptor

    1777–1850 · aged 73

    January 7 · 1777

    Source: BeWeB

  145. Nathaniel Wolff Wallich

    botanical collector, scientific collector

    1786–1854 · aged 68

    January 28 · 1786

    Source: www.academie-medecine.fr

  146. Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée

    court painter, sculptor

    1725–1805 · aged 80

    January 21 · 1725

    Source: Dictionnaire critique de biographie et d'histoire

  147. Marius Høibråten

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 23 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  148. Wan Zack Haikal

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 28 · 1991

    Source: FBref

  149. Jimmy Hagan

    association football player, association football coach

    1918–1998 · aged 80

    January 21 · 1918

    No external source identified

  150. Timothy Brook

    historian, sinologist

    75 years old

    January 6 · 1951

    Source: SNAC

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