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Born in January

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

  1. Hannibal Mejbri

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 21 · 2003

    No external source identified

  2. Alex Sandro

    association football player

    35 years old

    January 26 · 1991

    Source: As

  3. Chris Wright

    executive, politician

    61 years old

    January 15 · 1965

    No external source identified

  4. Varun Tej

    actor

    36 years old

    January 19 · 1990

    No external source identified

  5. Daisy Lowe

    model, actor

    37 years old

    January 27 · 1989

    Source: IMDb

  6. Mithila Palkar

    actor, television actor

    33 years old

    January 12 · 1993

    No external source identified

  7. Questlove

    disc jockey, actor

    55 years old

    January 20 · 1971

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  8. Tim Payne

    association football player

    32 years old

    January 10 · 1994

    Source: Transfermarkt

  9. Manti Te'o

    American football player

    35 years old

    January 26 · 1991

    Source: famousbirthdays.com

  10. Nicholas Turturro

    actor, film actor

    64 years old

    January 29 · 1962

    Source: SNAC

  11. Robby Krieger

    musician, composer

    80 years old

    January 8 · 1946

    Source: IMDb

  12. Cole Caufield

    ice hockey player

    25 years old

    January 2 · 2001

    Source: iihf.com

  13. Darius Garland

    basketball player

    26 years old

    January 26 · 2000

    Source: FIBA database

  14. Charles Nelson Reilly

    voice actor, theatre director

    1931–2007 · aged 76

    January 13 · 1931

    Source: Discogs

  15. Kevin Gausman

    baseball player

    35 years old

    January 6 · 1991

    No external source identified

  16. Hugh Grosvenor, 7th Duke of Westminster

    large estate owner, aristocrat

    35 years old

    January 29 · 1991

    Source: The Daily Telegraph

  17. Genevieve O'Reilly

    film actor, actor

    49 years old

    January 6 · 1977

    No external source identified

  18. Robert-François Damiens

    criminal, domestic worker

    1715–1757 · aged 42

    January 9 · 1715

    Source: SNAC

  19. Anita Baker

    musician, singer

    68 years old

    January 26 · 1958

    Source: SNAC

  20. Nena von Schlebrügge

    actor, psychologist

    85 years old

    January 8 · 1941

    Source: IMDb

  21. Peter Beardsley

    association football coach, association football player

    65 years old

    January 18 · 1961

    Source: FBref

  22. Junior Seau

    American football player

    1969–2012 · aged 43

    January 19 · 1969

    Source: tvrage.com

  23. Greg Louganis

    competitive diver, coach

    66 years old

    January 29 · 1960

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  24. Marie Christine, Princess Michael of Kent

    biographer, writer

    81 years old

    January 15 · 1945

    Source: The Peerage

  25. Mark Hollis

    soloist, singer-songwriter

    1955–2019 · aged 64

    January 4 · 1955

    Source: BnF authorities

  26. Norah O'Donnell

    news presenter, journalist

    52 years old

    January 23 · 1974

    Source: IMDb

  27. Justin Welby

    archbishop, Christian minister

    70 years old

    January 6 · 1956

    Source: The Peerage

  28. Constantine Stanislavsky

    theatrologist, actor

    1863–1938 · aged 75

    January 17 · 1863

    Source: IMDb

  29. Michelle O'Neill

    accountant, politician

    49 years old

    January 10 · 1977

    No external source identified

  30. Shehnaaz Kaur Gill

    model, actor

    32 years old

    January 27 · 1994

    No external source identified

  31. Winter

    singer

    25 years old

    January 1 · 2001

    No external source identified

  32. Diana Gabaldon

    science fiction writer, writer

    74 years old

    January 11 · 1952

    Source: Babelio

  33. Robert Boyle*

    naturalist, physicist

    Date disputed

    January 25 · 1627

    Source: Find a Grave

  34. Bubista

    association football coach, association football player

    56 years old

    January 6 · 1970

    No external source identified

  35. Stefan Edberg

    tennis player, squash player

    60 years old

    January 19 · 1966

    Source: The Bud Collins History of Tennis (2nd ed.)

  36. Nick Clooney

    television presenter, writer

    92 years old

    January 13 · 1934

    Source: Discogs

  37. Fuad II of Egypt

    74 years old

    January 16 · 1952

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  38. Khaled bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

    politician

    44 years old

    January 8 · 1982

    No external source identified

  39. Roy Kinnear

    television actor, stage actor

    1934–1988 · aged 54

    January 8 · 1934

    Source: Find a Grave

  40. Jin Ki-joo

    model, actor

    37 years old

    January 26 · 1989

    Source: iok.co.kr

  41. William Hopper

    actor, stage actor

    1915–1970 · aged 55

    January 26 · 1915

    Source: GeneaStar

  42. John McLaughlin

    musician, songwriter

    84 years old

    January 4 · 1942

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  43. Neil Nitin Mukesh

    actor, singer

    44 years old

    January 15 · 1982

    No external source identified

  44. Gene Siskel

    television presenter, film critic

    1946–1999 · aged 53

    January 26 · 1946

    Source: SNAC

  45. Joshua Malina

    film actor, television actor

    60 years old

    January 17 · 1966

    No external source identified

  46. Saeed Jaffrey

    stage actor, film actor

    1929–2015 · aged 86

    January 8 · 1929

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  47. David Johansen

    television actor, musician

    1950–2025 · aged 75

    January 9 · 1950

    Source: SNAC

  48. Don Shula

    American football player, American football coach

    1930–2020 · aged 90

    January 4 · 1930

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  49. Gypsy Rose Lee*

    novelist, stripper

    Date disputed

    January 9 · 1911

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  50. Zeeko Zaki

    television actor, actor

    36 years old

    January 18 · 1990

    No external source identified

  51. Paolo Nutini

    guitarist, musician

    39 years old

    January 9 · 1987

    Source: Discogs

  52. Frances Sternhagen

    television actor, stage actor

    1930–2023 · aged 93

    January 13 · 1930

    Source: SNAC

  53. Darryn Peterson

    basketball player

    19 years old

    January 17 · 2007

    Source: FIBA database

  54. Amy Sherman-Palladino

    director, screenwriter

    60 years old

    January 17 · 1966

    Source: californiabirthindex.org

  55. Sajal Aly

    model, actor

    32 years old

    January 17 · 1994

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  56. José María Giménez

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 20 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  57. Rakim

    manufacturer, songwriter

    58 years old

    January 28 · 1968

    No external source identified

  58. Sandy Denny

    musician, songwriter

    1947–1978 · aged 31

    January 6 · 1947

    Source: Find a Grave

  59. Rabri Devi

    politician

    67 years old

    January 1 · 1959

    No external source identified

  60. Seema Biswas

    actor

    61 years old

    January 14 · 1965

    No external source identified

  61. Christine Lakin

    film actor, stage actor

    47 years old

    January 25 · 1979

    No external source identified

  62. Kim Dotcom

    programmer, hacker

    52 years old

    January 21 · 1974

    No external source identified

  63. Quincy Promes

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 4 · 1992

    Source: Transfermarkt

  64. Kelly Kelly

    model, professional wrestler

    39 years old

    January 15 · 1987

    No external source identified

  65. Simon Woods

    television actor, actor

    46 years old

    January 7 · 1980

    No external source identified

  66. Lena Hall

    film actor, actor

    46 years old

    January 30 · 1980

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  67. Amrita Sher-Gil

    painter

    1913–1941 · aged 28

    January 30 · 1913

    Source: BnF authorities

  68. Darby Allin

    professional wrestler, skateboarder

    33 years old

    January 7 · 1993

    No external source identified

  69. John C. Frémont

    politician, explorer

    1813–1890 · aged 77

    January 21 · 1813

    Source: GeneaStar

  70. Richard Moll

    voice actor, film actor

    1943–2023 · aged 80

    January 13 · 1943

    No external source identified

  71. Ernie Lively

    film producer, television actor

    1947–2021 · aged 74

    January 29 · 1947

    No external source identified

  72. Jenny Lewis

    singer-songwriter, television actor

    50 years old

    January 8 · 1976

    Source: BnF authorities

  73. Gabrielle Carteris

    labor leader, film actor

    65 years old

    January 2 · 1961

    Source: IMDb

  74. Alice Paul

    suffragette, jurist

    1885–1977

    January 11 · 1885

    Source: Paul, Alice (11 January 1885–09 July 1977), women's rights leader

  75. Laurie Davidson

    television actor, film actor

    34 years old

    January 29 · 1992

    Source: IMDb

  76. Samantha Sloyan

    actor, television actor

    47 years old

    January 4 · 1979

    Source: IMDb

  77. Bernard Sumner

    guitarist, lyricist

    70 years old

    January 4 · 1956

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  78. Martin Dúbravka

    association football player

    37 years old

    January 15 · 1989

    Source: Transfermarkt

  79. Raymond Domenech

    association football coach, association football player

    74 years old

    January 24 · 1952

    Source: Transfermarkt

  80. Alexander Van der Bellen

    politician, economist

    82 years old

    January 18 · 1944

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  81. Kelly Marie Tran

    television actor, film actor

    37 years old

    January 17 · 1989

    No external source identified

  82. Patrick Joseph Kennedy

    businessperson, film editor

    1858–1929 · aged 71

    January 14 · 1858

    Source: The Peerage

  83. Yusuf Dikeç

    police officer, sport shooter

    53 years old

    January 1 · 1973

    Source: nbcolympics.com

  84. JaVale McGee

    basketball player

    38 years old

    January 19 · 1988

    Source: FIBA database

  85. Katy Jurado

    television actor, film actor

    1924–2002 · aged 78

    January 16 · 1924

    Source: BnF authorities

  86. Lo Mutuc

    author, voice actor

    40 years old

    January 4 · 1986

    No external source identified

  87. Lev Landau

    theoretical physicist, non-fiction writer

    1908–1968 · aged 60

    January 22 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  88. Lamine Camara

    association football player

    22 years old

    January 1 · 2004

    No external source identified

  89. Teo Briones

    actor, child actor

    21 years old

    January 11 · 2005

    Source: adorocinema.com

  90. Kyogo Furuhashi

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 20 · 1995

    Source: Transfermarkt

  91. Like Nastya

    YouTuber

    12 years old

    January 27 · 2014

    Source: haaretz.com

  92. Choi Hyun-wook

    actor, television actor

    24 years old

    January 30 · 2002

    Source: Library of Congress Authorities

  93. Marc Gasol

    basketball player

    41 years old

    January 29 · 1985

    Source: espn.go.com

  94. Ferdowsi

    poet, writer

    940–date unavailable

    January 8 · 940

    Source: Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online

  95. Elizabeth Strout

    writer, novelist

    70 years old

    January 6 · 1956

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  96. Jeanine Mason

    actor, television actor

    35 years old

    January 14 · 1991

    No external source identified

  97. Carl Rogers

    non-fiction writer, psychotherapist

    1902–1987 · aged 85

    January 8 · 1902

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  98. Lawrence Kasdan

    film director, film producer

    77 years old

    January 14 · 1949

    Source: SNAC

  99. Scott Walker

    musician, composer

    1943–2019 · aged 76

    January 9 · 1943

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  100. Axar Patel

    cricketer

    32 years old

    January 20 · 1994

    Source: Cricinfo

  101. Dorothea Puente

    serial killer

    1929–2011 · aged 82

    January 9 · 1929

    No external source identified

  102. Rogério Ceni

    association football coach, association football player

    53 years old

    January 22 · 1973

    Source: Transfermarkt

  103. Paul Scheer

    television director, writer

    50 years old

    January 31 · 1976

    Source: BD Gest'

  104. Jim Bakker

    televangelist, television presenter

    86 years old

    January 2 · 1940

    Source: GeneaStar

  105. Julie Ann Emery

    stage actor, film actor

    51 years old

    January 16 · 1975

    Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

  106. Frank Nitti

    criminal

    1886–1943 · aged 57

    January 27 · 1886

    Source: BnF authorities

  107. O. Panneerselvam

    politician

    75 years old

    January 14 · 1951

    No external source identified

  108. Maxwell Frost

    politician, activist

    29 years old

    January 17 · 1997

    No external source identified

  109. Tommy Ramone*

    drummer, record producer

    Date disputed

    January 29 · 1949

    Source: Find a Grave

  110. Gustav III of Sweden

    politician

    1746–1792 · aged 46

    January 24 · 1746

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  111. Soong Ching-ling

    politician

    1893–1981 · aged 88

    January 27 · 1893

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  112. John Robertson

    association football coach, association football player

    1953–2025 · aged 72

    January 20 · 1953

    No external source identified

  113. Andy Jassy

    business executive

    58 years old

    January 13 · 1968

    Source: twitter.com

  114. David Szalay

    author, novelist

    52 years old

    January 1 · 1974

    Source: Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija Online

  115. Doutzen Kroes

    model, film actor

    41 years old

    January 23 · 1985

    Source: IMDb

  116. Huldrych Zwingli

    writer, Protestant reformer

    1484–1531 · aged 47

    January 10 · 1484

    Source: Roglo

  117. Wilkie Collins

    writer, barrister

    1824–1889 · aged 65

    January 8 · 1824

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  118. Jacob Scipio

    actor, film screenwriter

    33 years old

    January 10 · 1993

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  119. Erin Gray

    television actor, actor

    76 years old

    January 7 · 1950

    Source: IMDb

  120. Nicklas Bendtner

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 16 · 1988

    Source: FBref

  121. Brent Hinds

    guitarist, singer

    1974–2025 · aged 51

    January 16 · 1974

    No external source identified

  122. Matilda Lutz

    actor, model

    35 years old

    January 28 · 1991

    Source: issuemagazine.com

  123. Beverley Mitchell

    screenwriter, actor

    45 years old

    January 22 · 1981

    No external source identified

  124. Mac Davis

    actor, film actor

    1942–2020 · aged 78

    January 21 · 1942

    Source: GeneaStar

  125. Karl Hermann Frank

    preceptor, politician

    1898–1946 · aged 48

    January 24 · 1898

    Source: The Hitler Book

  126. David Ginola

    association football player, television presenter

    59 years old

    January 25 · 1967

    Source: footballdatabase.eu

  127. Pervis Estupiñán

    association football player

    28 years old

    January 21 · 1998

    Source: As

  128. Yvette Mimieux

    television actor, stage actor

    1942–2022 · aged 80

    January 8 · 1942

    Source: GeneaStar

  129. Joe Masseria

    crime boss, criminal

    1886–1931 · aged 45

    January 17 · 1886

    Source: Find a Grave

  130. Hwang Hee-chan

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 26 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  131. Victor Borge

    conductor, stand-up comedian

    1909–2000 · aged 91

    January 3 · 1909

    Source: SNAC

  132. Michael Ontkean*

    actor, film actor

    Date disputed

    January 24 · 1946

    Source: SNAC

  133. Paul Scofield

    director, stage actor

    1922–2008 · aged 86

    January 21 · 1922

    Source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)

  134. Ronnie Milsap

    singer, musician

    83 years old

    January 16 · 1943

    Source: SNAC

  135. Boris III of Bulgaria

    military personnel, monarch

    1894–1943 · aged 49

    January 30 · 1894

    Source: Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

  136. Angus Gunn

    association football player

    30 years old

    January 22 · 1996

    Source: Transfermarkt

  137. Freddy Rodriguez

    dub actor, film actor

    51 years old

    January 17 · 1975

    Source: IMDb

  138. Jamie Clayton

    model, television actor

    48 years old

    January 15 · 1978

    No external source identified

  139. John Bennett Perry

    film actor, singer

    84 years old

    January 3 · 1942

    Source: GeneaStar

  140. Kim Young-kwang

    film actor, television actor

    39 years old

    January 11 · 1987

    No external source identified

  141. Alexander Scriabin

    composer, university teacher

    1872–1915 · aged 43

    January 6 · 1872

    Source: Q24487158

  142. Islam Karimov

    statesperson, politician

    1938–2016 · aged 78

    January 30 · 1938

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  143. Steven Williams

    television director, film actor

    77 years old

    January 7 · 1949

    Source: SNAC

  144. Charles Curtis

    lawyer, prosecutor

    1860–1936 · aged 76

    January 25 · 1860

    Source: GeneaStar

  145. Julia Quinn

    novelist, writer

    56 years old

    January 12 · 1970

    Source: Facebook

  146. Carolina Herrera

    fashion designer, businessperson

    87 years old

    January 8 · 1939

    Source: SNAC

  147. Romano Floriani Mussolini

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 27 · 2003

    No external source identified

  148. Helmuth Hübener

    apprentice, resistance fighter

    1925–1942 · aged 17

    January 8 · 1925

    Source: Nazi Party Membership Database Lookup

  149. Angelina Jordan

    singer, composer

    20 years old

    January 10 · 2006

    Source: Discogs

  150. Alex D. Linz

    actor, film actor

    37 years old

    January 3 · 1989

    Source: Integrated Authority File

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