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Born in January

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

  1. Anais Mali

    model

    35 years old

    January 22 · 1991

    Source: fashionmodeldirectory.com

  2. Tano Cimarosa

    actor, screenwriter

    1922–2008 · aged 86

    January 1 · 1922

    Source: IMDb

  3. David Ferrier

    physiologist, neurologist

    1843–1928 · aged 85

    January 13 · 1843

    Source: SNAC

  4. Pedro Gual

    journalist, politician

    1783–1862 · aged 79

    January 17 · 1783

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  5. Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff

    inventor, merchant

    1803–1877

    January 15 · 1803

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  6. Kęstutis Navickas

    Olympic competitor, badminton player

    42 years old

    January 13 · 1984

    Source: bwf.tournamentsoftware.com

  7. Albert of Nassau-Weilburg

    count, regent

    1538–1593 · aged 55

    January 5 · 1538

    No external source identified

  8. Zakaria Tamer

    journalist, writer

    95 years old

    January 2 · 1931

    Source: AlKindi

  9. Wilson Cary Nicholas

    politician

    1761–1820

    January 31 · 1761

    Source: GeneaStar

  10. Wei Jianxing

    politician

    1931–2015 · aged 84

    January 2 · 1931

    No external source identified

  11. Wurld

    singer, songwriter

    39 years old

    January 2 · 1987

    No external source identified

  12. Ann Graybiel

    university teacher, neuroscientist

    84 years old

    January 25 · 1942

    Source: nsf.gov

  13. Jón Magnússon

    politician

    1859–1926 · aged 67

    January 16 · 1859

    No external source identified

  14. Tomioka Tessai

    calligrapher, painter

    1837–1924 · aged 87

    January 25 · 1837

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

  15. Ulana Suprun

    statesperson, physician

    63 years old

    January 30 · 1963

    No external source identified

  16. Henri Büsser

    musicologist, opera director

    1872–1973 · aged 101

    January 16 · 1872

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  17. Carlyle Blackwell

    film actor, stage actor

    1884–1955 · aged 71

    January 20 · 1884

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  18. Beatrice of Sicily, Latin Empress

    1252–date unavailable

    January 16 · 1252

    No external source identified

  19. Angela Eiter

    rock climber

    40 years old

    January 27 · 1986

    No external source identified

  20. Shlomo Glickstein

    tennis player

    68 years old

    January 6 · 1958

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  21. Eldar Shengelaya

    director, film director

    1933–2025 · aged 92

    January 26 · 1933

    Source: Biographical Dictionary of Georgia

  22. Sven Regener

    guitarist, trumpeter

    65 years old

    January 1 · 1961

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  23. Christoph Sumann

    cross-country skier, biathlete

    50 years old

    January 19 · 1976

    No external source identified

  24. Tokujin Yoshioka

    designer, graphic designer

    59 years old

    January 20 · 1967

    Source: SNAC

  25. Lucas Mugni

    association football player

    34 years old

    January 12 · 1992

    Source: FBref

  26. Paul Singer

    member of parliament, entrepreneur

    1844–1911 · aged 67

    January 16 · 1844

    Source: BnF authorities

  27. Jorge María Mejía

    librarian, university teacher

    1923–2014 · aged 91

    January 31 · 1923

    Source: BnF authorities

  28. Elly Heuss-Knapp

    teacher, writer

    1881–1952 · aged 71

    January 25 · 1881

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  29. Ludwig Berger

    writer, director

    1892–1969 · aged 77

    January 6 · 1892

    Source: BnF authorities

  30. Roberto Gayón

    association football player

    Born 1905

    January 1 · 1905

    Source: FBref

  31. Wesley Fofana

    rugby union player

    38 years old

    January 20 · 1988

    Source: en.espn.co.uk

  32. John Flanagan*

    athletics competitor

    Date disputed

    January 28 · 1868

    Source: World Athletics database

  33. Aurel Țicleanu

    association football coach, association football player

    67 years old

    January 20 · 1959

    Source: Transfermarkt

  34. John Tengo Jabavu

    politician, journalist

    1859–1921 · aged 62

    January 11 · 1859

    Source: Dictionary of African Biography

  35. Helmut Poppendick

    internist, military physician

    1902–1994 · aged 92

    January 6 · 1902

    Source: Dienstaltersliste der Schutzstaffel der NSDAP, Stand vom 1. Dezember 1936

  36. Lars Ohly

    politician, conductor

    69 years old

    January 13 · 1957

    No external source identified

  37. Mikkel Kaufmann

    association football player

    25 years old

    January 3 · 2001

    Source: FBref

  38. Stefano Vecchia

    association football player

    31 years old

    January 23 · 1995

    Source: FBref

  39. Nathan Cohen

    rower

    40 years old

    January 2 · 1986

    Source: World Rowing athlete database

  40. Kaies Ghodhbane

    association football coach, association football player

    50 years old

    January 7 · 1976

    Source: Transfermarkt

  41. Gaston Alexandre Auguste, Marquis de Galliffet*

    military personnel, military officer

    Date disputed

    January 23 · 1830

    Source: BnF authorities

  42. Ludmila Formanová

    middle-distance runner

    52 years old

    January 2 · 1974

    Source: Regional Database of the Central Bohemian Research Library in Kladno

  43. André Godard*

    anthropologist, archaeologist

    Date disputed

    January 21 · 1881

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  44. Betty Missiego

    singer, ballet dancer

    88 years old

    January 16 · 1938

    Source: IMDb

  45. Renato Bruson

    opera singer

    90 years old

    January 13 · 1936

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  46. Fernando Escartín

    sport cyclist

    58 years old

    January 24 · 1968

    No external source identified

  47. John Hartley

    curate, Anglican vicar

    1849–1935 · aged 86

    January 9 · 1849

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

  48. Jürgen Pommerenke

    association football player, association football coach

    73 years old

    January 22 · 1953

    Source: FBref

  49. Shingo Katayama

    golfer

    53 years old

    January 31 · 1973

    No external source identified

  50. Burton Holmes

    film producer, explorer

    1870–1958 · aged 88

    January 8 · 1870

    No external source identified

  51. Sukumar Sen

    writer, linguist

    1900–1992 · aged 92

    January 16 · 1900

    Source: SNAC

  52. Rodney Graham

    art historian, conceptual artist

    1949–2022 · aged 73

    January 16 · 1949

    Source: Le Delarge

  53. Jovan Sterija Popović

    writer, poet

    1806–1856

    January 13 · 1806

    Source: Biographisches Lexikon zur Geschichte Südosteuropas

  54. Reginald W. James

    explorer, physicist

    1891–1964 · aged 73

    January 9 · 1891

    No external source identified

  55. Osman Đikić

    poet, politician

    1879–1912 · aged 33

    January 7 · 1879

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  56. Hamady N'Diaye

    basketball player

    39 years old

    January 12 · 1987

    Source: web.legabasket.it

  57. Yossi Harel

    Aliyah Bet activist, military personnel

    1918–2008 · aged 90

    January 4 · 1918

    Source: BnF authorities

  58. Udita Duhan

    field hockey player

    28 years old

    January 14 · 1998

    No external source identified

  59. Denis Kolodin

    association football player, association football coach

    44 years old

    January 11 · 1982

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  60. Rosen Kirilov

    association football coach, association football player

    53 years old

    January 4 · 1973

    Source: FBref

  61. Francis Grant

    painter

    1803–1878 · aged 75

    January 18 · 1803

    Source: SNAC

  62. Tara Faris

    Internet celebrity, model

    1996–2018 · aged 22

    January 10 · 1996

    Source: The Independent

  63. Karl-Alfred Jacobsson

    association football player

    1926–2015 · aged 89

    January 15 · 1926

    Source: EU-Football.info

  64. Ciro Menotti

    politician

    1798–1831 · aged 33

    January 22 · 1798

    Source: BnF authorities

  65. Branko Miljković

    poet, translator

    1934–1961 · aged 27

    January 29 · 1934

    Source: Discogs

  66. Franciscus Gomarus*

    theologian, university teacher

    Date disputed

    January 30 · 1563

    Source: Biografisch Portaal

  67. Saúl Martínez

    association football player

    50 years old

    January 29 · 1976

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  68. Atanasije Jevtić

    Eastern Orthodox priest, Orthodox theologian

    1938–2021 · aged 83

    January 8 · 1938

    No external source identified

  69. Moussa Arafat

    politician, military personnel

    1940–2005 · aged 65

    January 23 · 1940

    Source: Hebrew Wikipedia

  70. Islam Timurziev

    boxer

    1983–2015 · aged 32

    January 9 · 1983

    No external source identified

  71. Toshihiko Sakai

    writer, journalist

    1871–1933 · aged 62

    January 15 · 1871

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  72. August Zirner

    actor, film actor

    70 years old

    January 7 · 1956

    Source: Discogs

  73. Pilar Lorengar

    opera singer

    1928–1996

    January 16 · 1928

    Source: Great Aragonese Encyclopedia

  74. Adolphe Messimy

    author, politician

    1869–1935 · aged 66

    January 31 · 1869

    Source: Sycomore

  75. Adi Said*

    association football player

    Date disputed

    January 15 · 1990

    No external source identified

  76. Nathan of Breslov

    rabbi

    1780–1844 · aged 64

    January 22 · 1780

    Source: BnF authorities

  77. Kim Bui

    gymnast, artistic gymnast

    37 years old

    January 20 · 1989

    Source: d-nb.info

  78. Pavle Vagić

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 24 · 2000

    Source: Transfermarkt

  79. Kent Carlsson

    tennis player

    58 years old

    January 3 · 1968

    Source: Association of Tennis Professionals website

  80. Eugène Christophe

    sport cyclist

    1885–1970 · aged 85

    January 22 · 1885

    Source: birth certificate

  81. Jonathan Richardson*

    art collector, draftsperson

    Date disputed

    January 12 · 1667

    Source: RKDartists

  82. James Madison Porter

    lawyer, politician

    1793–1862 · aged 69

    January 6 · 1793

    Source: SNAC

  83. Andrija Žižić

    basketball player

    46 years old

    January 14 · 1980

    Source: TBLStat.net

  84. Princess Maria Luisa, Countess of Bardi

    1855–1874 · aged 19

    January 21 · 1855

    Source: The Peerage

  85. Nikola Rađen

    water polo player

    41 years old

    January 29 · 1985

    No external source identified

  86. Paula Ortiz

    screenwriter, writer

    47 years old

    January 8 · 1979

    No external source identified

  87. Douglas Franco Teixeira

    association football player

    38 years old

    January 12 · 1988

    Source: Transfermarkt

  88. Benjamin Flanders

    politician

    1816–1896 · aged 80

    January 26 · 1816

    Source: Find a Grave

  89. Derrick Atkins

    sprinter, athletics competitor

    42 years old

    January 5 · 1984

    Source: World Athletics database

  90. Hitachiyama Taniemon

    rikishi

    1874–1922 · aged 48

    January 19 · 1874

    No external source identified

  91. Gunnar Bentz

    swimmer

    30 years old

    January 3 · 1996

    No external source identified

  92. Luigi Gatti

    businessperson

    1875–1912 · aged 37

    January 3 · 1875

    Source: Encyclopedia Titanica

  93. Eleanor Harvey

    fencer

    31 years old

    January 14 · 1995

    No external source identified

  94. Thomas Brown

    poet, physician

    1778–1820 · aged 42

    January 9 · 1778

    Source: SNAC

  95. Milen Petkov

    association football player

    52 years old

    January 12 · 1974

    Source: Transfermarkt

  96. Shoshichi Kobayashi

    mathematician, university teacher

    1932–2012 · aged 80

    January 4 · 1932

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  97. Radovan Ćurčić

    association football coach, association football player

    54 years old

    January 10 · 1972

    No external source identified

  98. Ona Šimaitė

    translator, librarian

    1894–1970 · aged 76

    January 6 · 1894

    Source: righteous.yadvashem.org

  99. Vladimir Yashchenko

    athletics competitor

    1959–1999 · aged 40

    January 12 · 1959

    Source: World Athletics database

  100. Aleksandrs Cauņa

    association football coach, association football player

    38 years old

    January 19 · 1988

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  101. George Orton

    association football player, middle-distance runner

    1873–1958 · aged 85

    January 10 · 1873

    Source: Roglo

  102. Jorge Toro

    association football player, association football coach

    1939–2024 · aged 85

    January 10 · 1939

    Source: Transfermarkt

  103. José Perdomo

    association football player, association football coach

    61 years old

    January 5 · 1965

    Source: Transfermarkt

  104. Johannes Schöner

    astrologer, geographer

    1477–1547 · aged 70

    January 25 · 1477

    No external source identified

  105. Walther Kossel

    chemist, physicist

    1888–1956 · aged 68

    January 4 · 1888

    Source: SNAC

  106. Nicola Beer

    politician, lawyer

    56 years old

    January 23 · 1970

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  107. John Milton Thayer

    politician, lawyer

    1820–1906 · aged 86

    January 24 · 1820

    Source: Find a Grave

  108. Vladislav Strzhelchik

    actor, drama teacher

    1921–1995 · aged 74

    January 31 · 1921

    Source: Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze

  109. Manuel Keliano

    association football player

    23 years old

    January 16 · 2003

    No external source identified

  110. Ryan Regez

    freestyle skier

    33 years old

    January 30 · 1993

    No external source identified

  111. Ati George Sokomanu

    politician

    90 years old

    January 13 · 1936

    Source: dailypost.vu

  112. Steve Wooddin

    association football player

    71 years old

    January 16 · 1955

    Source: FBref

  113. Roberto Repole

    university teacher, Catholic priest

    59 years old

    January 29 · 1967

    Source: Catholic-Hierarchy.org

  114. Nicolás Schiappacasse

    association football player

    27 years old

    January 12 · 1999

    Source: Transfermarkt

  115. Gonen Segev

    politician

    70 years old

    January 6 · 1956

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  116. Rodolfo Nin Novoa

    politician

    78 years old

    January 25 · 1948

    No external source identified

  117. Rubén Pagnanini

    association football coach, association football player

    77 years old

    January 31 · 1949

    Source: FBref

  118. Urko Rafael Pardo

    association football player

    43 years old

    January 28 · 1983

    Source: As

  119. Albert Neisser

    dermatologist, physician

    1855–1916 · aged 61

    January 22 · 1855

    Source: SNAC

  120. Marcel Bosker

    speed skater

    29 years old

    January 19 · 1997

    No external source identified

  121. Zhang Shichuan

    screenwriter, entrepreneur

    1890–1954 · aged 64

    January 1 · 1890

    No external source identified

  122. Ivan Bodiul

    politician, military personnel

    1918–2013 · aged 95

    January 3 · 1918

    No external source identified

  123. Leo Visser

    aircraft pilot, speed skater

    60 years old

    January 13 · 1966

    Source: GeneaStar

  124. Mark Sanger

    film editor

    52 years old

    January 13 · 1974

    No external source identified

  125. Wang Qianyi

    synchronized swimmer, swimmer

    29 years old

    January 16 · 1997

    No external source identified

  126. Dejan Musli

    basketball player

    35 years old

    January 3 · 1991

    Source: FIBA database

  127. John Callcott Horsley

    painter, illustrator

    1817–1903 · aged 86

    January 29 · 1817

    Source: Benezit Dictionary of Artists

  128. Vasyl Krychevsky

    painter, scenographer

    1873–1952 · aged 79

    January 12 · 1873

    No external source identified

  129. Kenneth Pitzer

    university teacher, chemist

    1914–1997 · aged 83

    January 6 · 1914

    Source: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

  130. Jakob Jantscher

    association football player, association football coach

    37 years old

    January 8 · 1989

    Source: As

  131. Manuel Portela Valladares

    jurist, politician

    1867–1952 · aged 85

    January 31 · 1867

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  132. Pierre Monatte

    anarcho-syndicalist, journalist

    1881–1960 · aged 79

    January 15 · 1881

    Source: BnF authorities

  133. Anastasia Grishina

    artistic gymnast

    30 years old

    January 16 · 1996

    No external source identified

  134. Adriano Ferreira Martins

    association football player

    44 years old

    January 21 · 1982

    Source: Transfermarkt

  135. Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro

    association football player

    41 years old

    January 4 · 1985

    Source: FBref

  136. Fernando San Emeterio

    basketball coach, basketball player

    42 years old

    January 1 · 1984

    Source: FIBA database

  137. Christian Julius de Meza

    military personnel, military leader

    1792–1865

    January 14 · 1792

    Source: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon

  138. Henri-Joseph Paixhans

    politician, military personnel

    1783–1854 · aged 71

    January 22 · 1783

    Source: Roglo

  139. Alberto Rojas

    Catholic priest, Catholic bishop

    61 years old

    January 5 · 1965

    No external source identified

  140. Matic Rebec

    basketball player

    31 years old

    January 24 · 1995

    Source: proballers.com

  141. André Simon

    racing automobile driver, engineer

    1920–2012 · aged 92

    January 5 · 1920

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées mirror

  142. Shafik Wazzan

    politician

    1925–1999 · aged 74

    January 16 · 1925

    No external source identified

  143. John George

    actor

    1898–1968 · aged 70

    January 20 · 1898

    No external source identified

  144. Diego Luna

    association football player

    26 years old

    January 2 · 2000

    Source: Transfermarkt

  145. Jan Lenica

    draftsperson, illustrator

    1928–2001 · aged 73

    January 4 · 1928

    Source: BnF authorities

  146. Olga Taratuta

    anarchist, teacher

    1876–1938 · aged 62

    January 21 · 1876

    No external source identified

  147. Patrick Strzoda

    official

    74 years old

    January 5 · 1952

    Source: prefectures-regions.gouv.fr

  148. Sophie Binet

    trade unionist, union member

    44 years old

    January 5 · 1982

    Source: lemonde.fr

  149. Djibril Tamsir Niane

    playwright, historian

    1932–2021 · aged 89

    January 9 · 1932

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  150. George Thomson, Baron Thomson of Monifieth

    journalist, politician

    1921–2008 · aged 87

    January 16 · 1921

    Source: The Peerage

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