Month: January

Famous people born in January are Martin Luther King Jr., Anton Chekhov, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Molière, Benjamin Franklin,

January 1

Spock

fictional character in Star Trek

Born: January 1, 2230

Died: November 30, 2262

Would be 204 years

Benozzo Gozzoli

Italian painter (c.1421-1497)

Born: January 1, 1420

Died: October 4, 1497

Would be 607 years

Claude Lorrain

French painter, draughtsman and etcher (1600—1682)

Born: January 1, 1600

Died: November 23, 1682

Would be 427 years

January 2

Anky van Grunsven

Dutch equestrian

Born: January 2, 1968

🎂 Turns 59 years

Paz Vega

Spanish actress

Born: January 2, 1976

🎂 Turns 51 years

January 3

Fyodor Yurchikhin

Russian cosmonaut

Born: January 3, 1959

🎂 Turns 68 years

Kōhei Uchimura

Japanese artistic gymnast

Born: January 3, 1989

🎂 Turns 38 years

Marion Davies

American actress, producer, screenwriter and socialite (1897–1961)

Born: January 3, 1897

Died: September 22, 1961

Would be 130 years

January 4

Louis Braille

French organist and teacher (1809-1852), inventor of braille, a system for reading and writing text and music, used by people who are blind or visually impaired

Born: January 4, 1809

Died: January 6, 1852

Would be 218 years

Matt Frewer

Canadian-American actor

Born: January 4, 1958

🎂 Turns 69 years

Gao Xingjian

Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- )

Born: January 4, 1940

🎂 Turns 87 years

January 5

Janica Kostelić

Croatian alpine skier

Born: January 5, 1982

🎂 Turns 45 years

Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Swiss author and dramatist (1921-1990)

Born: January 5, 1921

Died: December 14, 1990

Would be 106 years

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)

Born: January 5, 1932

Died: February 19, 2016

Would be 95 years

January 6

172

Sherlock Holmes

fictional character (consulting detective) created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Born: January 6, 1854

🎂 Turns 173 years

Michael Foale

British-American astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut

Born: January 6, 1957

🎂 Turns 70 years

Norman Reedus

American actor

Born: January 6, 1969

🎂 Turns 58 years

January 7

Albert Bierstadt

American painter (1830–1902)

Born: January 7, 1830

Died: February 18, 1902

Would be 197 years

Gregor Schlierenzauer

Austrian ski jumper

Born: January 7, 1990

🎂 Turns 37 years

Nicolas Cage

American actor

Born: January 7, 1964

🎂 Turns 63 years

January 8

Michelle Forbes

American actress

Born: January 8, 1965

🎂 Turns 62 years

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

Born: January 8, 1942

Died: March 14, 2018

Would be 85 years

Su Shi

Chinese writer and politician (1037–1101)

Born: January 8, 1037

Died: August 24, 1101

Would be 990 years

January 9

Pope Gregory XV

pope of the Catholic Church from 1621 to 1623 (1554–1623)

Born: January 9, 1554

Died: July 8, 1623

Would be 473 years

Nicola Peltz

American actress

Born: January 9, 1995

🎂 Turns 32 years

Nina Dobrev

Bulgarian-Canadian actress

Born: January 9, 1989

🎂 Turns 38 years

January 10

Simon Marius

German astronomer (1573–1624)

Born: January 10, 1573

Died: December 26, 1624

Would be 454 years

Maurizio Sarri

Italian association football manager

Born: January 10, 1959

🎂 Turns 68 years

George Foreman

American professional boxer (1949–2025)

Born: January 10, 1949

Died: March 21, 2025

Would be 78 years

January 11

Eva Hesse

German-born American sculptor and textile artist (1936-1970)

Born: January 11, 1936

Died: May 29, 1970

Would be 91 years

Anni Friesinger-Postma

German speed skater

Born: January 11, 1977

🎂 Turns 50 years

Marc Blucas

American actor

Born: January 11, 1972

🎂 Turns 55 years

January 12

Jeff Bezos

American business magnate (born 1964)

Born: January 12, 1964

🎂 Turns 63 years

Oliver Platt

Canadian-born American actor

Born: January 12, 1960

🎂 Turns 67 years

Olivier Martinez

French actor

Born: January 12, 1966

🎂 Turns 61 years

January 13

Andrew Yang

American entrepreneur, attorney and political candidate (born 1975)

Born: January 13, 1975

🎂 Turns 52 years

Max Whitlock

British artistic gymnast (born 1993)

Born: January 13, 1993

🎂 Turns 34 years

Michael Peña

American actor

Born: January 13, 1976

🎂 Turns 51 years

January 14

Shannon Lucid

American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut

Born: January 14, 1943

🎂 Turns 84 years

Lasse Kjus

Norwegian alpine ski racer

Born: January 14, 1971

🎂 Turns 56 years

Mark Addy

English actor

Born: January 14, 1964

🎂 Turns 63 years

January 15

Martin Luther King Jr.

American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)

Born: January 15, 1929

Died: April 4, 1968

Would be 98 years

Margaret O'Brien

American film, television and stage actress

Born: January 15, 1937

🎂 Turns 90 years

Mario Van Peebles

American actor and producer

Born: January 15, 1957

🎂 Turns 70 years

January 16

Marwan Kenzari

Tunisian-Dutch actor

Born: January 16, 1983

🎂 Turns 44 years

Roy Jones Jr.

American boxer, rapper and actor

Born: January 16, 1969

🎂 Turns 58 years

Johannes Rau

German politician (SPD), 8th president of Germany from 1999 until 2004 (1931–2006)

Born: January 16, 1931

Died: January 27, 2006

Would be 96 years

January 17

Benjamin Franklin

American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)

Born: January 17, 1706

Died: April 17, 1790

Would be 321 years

Naveen Andrews

British actor (1969-)

Born: January 17, 1969

🎂 Turns 58 years

Paul Young

English musician (born 1956)

Born: January 17, 1956

🎂 Turns 71 years

January 18

Chen Long

Chinese badminton player

Born: January 18, 1989

🎂 Turns 38 years

Kevin Costner

American actor

Born: January 18, 1955

🎂 Turns 72 years

Jay Chou

Taiwanese pop singer, songwriter, and actor

Born: January 18, 1979

🎂 Turns 48 years

January 19

Henry Bessemer

British engineer (1813-1898)

Born: January 19, 1813

Died: March 15, 1898

Would be 214 years

James Watt

British engineer (1736–1819)

Born: January 19, 1736

Died: August 25, 1819

Would be 291 years

Paul Cézanne

French painter (1839–1906)

Born: January 19, 1839

Died: October 22, 1906

Would be 188 years

January 20

Buzz Aldrin

American astronaut (born 1930)

Born: January 20, 1930

🎂 Turns 97 years

André-Marie Ampère

French physicist and mathematician (1775–1836)

Born: January 20, 1775

Died: June 10, 1836

Would be 252 years

Omar Sy

French actor and comedian (born 1978)

Born: January 20, 1978

🎂 Turns 49 years

January 21

Paul Allen

American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018)

Born: January 21, 1953

Died: October 15, 2018

Would be 74 years

Paul Scofield

British actor (1922–2008)

Born: January 21, 1922

Died: March 19, 2008

Would be 105 years

Kelly Rohrbach

American actress, model, and professional golfer

Born: January 21, 1990

🎂 Turns 37 years

Christian Dior

January 22

Francis Bacon

English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)

Born: January 22, 1561

Died: April 9, 1626

Would be 466 years

Piper Laurie

American actress (1932–2023)

Born: January 22, 1932

Died: October 14, 2023

Would be 95 years

Lord Byron

English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)

Born: January 22, 1788

Died: April 19, 1824

Would be 239 years

January 23

Édouard Manet

French painter (1832–1883)

Born: January 23, 1832

Died: April 30, 1883

Would be 195 years

January 24

Matthew Lillard

American actor (born 1970)

Born: January 24, 1970

🎂 Turns 57 years

Mischa Barton

British-American actress and model

Born: January 24, 1986

🎂 Turns 41 years

Phil LaMarr

American actor

Born: January 24, 1967

🎂 Turns 60 years

January 25

Michael Trevino

Mexican-American actor

Born: January 25, 1985

🎂 Turns 42 years

Virginia Woolf

English modernist writer (1882–1941)

Born: January 25, 1882

Died: March 28, 1941

Would be 145 years

Jean-Marc Ayrault

Prime Minister of France (2012-2014)

Born: January 25, 1950

🎂 Turns 77 years

Eduard Shevardnadze

January 26

Akio Morita

Japanese businessman (1921-1999)

Born: January 26, 1921

Died: October 3, 1999

Would be 106 years

Paul Johansson

Canadian actor

Born: January 26, 1964

🎂 Turns 63 years

Paul Newman

American actor (1925–2008)

Born: January 26, 1925

Died: September 26, 2008

Would be 102 years

January 27

Dmitri Mendeleev

Russian chemist (1834–1907)

Born: January 27, 1834

Died: January 20, 1907

Would be 193 years

Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier

Born: January 27, 1974

🎂 Turns 53 years

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Latvian-American dancer, choreographer and actor

Born: January 27, 1948

🎂 Turns 79 years

January 28

Leonid Kadenyuk

Ukrainian cosmonaut (1951-2018)

Born: January 28, 1951

Died: January 31, 2018

Would be 76 years

Carlos Slim

Mexican business magnate and investor

Born: January 28, 1940

🎂 Turns 87 years

Alice Neel

American visual artist (1900-1984)

Born: January 28, 1900

Died: October 13, 1984

Would be 127 years

January 29

Oprah Winfrey

American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)

Born: January 29, 1954

🎂 Turns 73 years

Greg Louganis

American Olympic springboard and platform diver

Born: January 29, 1960

🎂 Turns 67 years

Teresa Teng

Taiwanese ROC singer (1953-1995)

Born: January 29, 1953

Died: May 8, 1995

Would be 74 years

January 30

Douglas Engelbart

American engineer and inventor (1925–2013)

Born: January 30, 1925

Died: July 2, 2013

Would be 102 years

Amrita Sher-Gil

Hungarian-Indian painter (1913–1941)

Born: January 30, 1913

Died: December 5, 1941

Would be 114 years

Olivia Colman

British actress (born 1974)

Born: January 30, 1974

🎂 Turns 53 years

January 31

Minnie Driver

British-American actress (born 1970)

Born: January 31, 1970

🎂 Turns 57 years

Patricia Velásquez

Venezuelan actress

Born: January 31, 1971

🎂 Turns 56 years

Kelly Lynch

American actress

Born: January 31, 1959

🎂 Turns 68 years