Famous January Birthdays
Who was Born in January on Your Birthday?
Do you know who was born on your birthday? There are many famous January birthdays displayed below. We hope you find famous and historic people who share your special day. See who was born in your birth month below.
Famous January Birthdays
January 1, 1735- Paul Revere, Revolutionary War.
January 1, 1752- Betsy Ross, designed the first U.S.flag
January 1, 1895- J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Director
January 2, 1920- Isaac Asimov, Science Fiction Writer
January 3, 1892- J.R.R. Tolkien, Author of “Lord of the Rings”
January 3, 1950- Victoria Principal, Actress
January 3, 1956- Mel Gibson, actor, director
January 4, 1643 – Isaac Newton, Astronomer, Physicist, Mathematician
January 4, 1937- Dyan Cannon, Actress
January 5, 1946- Diane Keaton, Actress
January 6, 1412- Joan of Arc
January 7, 1800- Millard Filmore, 13th President, (1850-1853)
January 7, 1948- Kenny Loggins, Singer/Songwriter
January 7, Katie Couric, Today Show host
January 7, 1964- Nicolas Cage, Oscar-winning Actor
January 8, 1889 – Edward Elijah Perkins, creator of Kool-Aid. See National Kool-Aid Day
January 8, 1926- Soupy Sales, TV Actor
January 8, 1935- Elvis Presley, King of Rock ‘n Roll
January 8, 1942 – Stephen Hawking, world-renowned physicist, and author.
January 9, 1913 – Richard M. Nixon, 37th President (1969-1974)
January 9, 1935- Bob Denver, TV Actor “Gilligan”
January 9, 1951- Crystal Gayle, Country Singer
January 9, 1967- Dave Matthews, singer, band leader, songwriter – Dave Matthews Band
January 10, 1945- Rod Stewart, rock singer
January 10, 1949- George Foreman, Heavyweight boxing champion, and creator of the “George Foreman Grill”
Who was born in January?
January 11, 1952- Ben Crenshaw, golfing great
January 12, 1944- Joe Frazier, heavyweight boxing champion
January 12, 1951- Rush Limbaugh, Ultra-conservative radio talk show host
January 12, 1954- Howard Stern, radio and TV “shock jock”
January 12, 1955- Kirstie Alley, TV actress
January 12, 1964 – Jeff Bezos, founder, and CEO of Amazon.com
January 13, 1919- Robert Stack, Actor”Elliot Ness” on the Tv show “Untouchables”
January 13, 1961- Julia Louis-Dreyfus, comedy actress “Elaine” on the “Seinfeld Sow”
January 13, 1966 – Patrick Dempsey, “McDreamy” on the television drama “Grey’s Anatomy”.
January 14, 1741- Benedict Arnold, a traitor in American Revolutionary War.
January 14, 1919- Andy Rooney, author and commentator on “60 Minutes”
January 14, 1941- Faye Dunaway, Actress
January 14, 1968 – LL Cool J, born James Todd Smith. singer, actor television series NCIS Los Angeles.
January 15, 1906 – Aristotle Onassis, Greek Shipping tycoon, married Jackie Bouvier-Kennedy
January 15, 1913- Lloyd Bridges, Actor, TV series “Sea Hunt”
January 15, 1951- Charo, Singer, dancer
January 15, 1979 – Drew Brees, NFL New Orleans Saints quarterback.
January 16, 1853- Andre Michelin, inflatable auto tire inventor
January 16, 1909- Ethel Merman, Singer
January 16, 1935- A.J. Foyt, race car driver
January 17, 1706- Benjamin Franklin, inventor, statesman, writer
January 17, 1899- Al Capone, notorious 1920s gangster
January 17, 1922 – Betty White, actress, television series “Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “The Golden Girls”.
January 17, 1928- Vidal Sassoon, British hair stylist, fashion designer
January 17, 1934- Shari Lewis, TV children’s puppeteer
January 17, 1942- Mohammad Ali, formerly “Cassius Clay”, arguably the best-ever heavyweight boxing champion
January 17, 1962 – Jim Carey, actor, comedian.
January 18, 1779- Peter Roget, author of Roget’s Thesaurus
January 18, 1782- Daniel Webster, politician and speaker
January 18, 1882- A.A. Milne, author of Children’s storybooks. Created Winnie the Pooh and friends.
January 18, 1892- Oliver Hardy, “Ollie” in Stan and Laurel comedies
January 18, 1904- Cary Grant, Actor
January 18, 1913- Danny Kaye, comic actor
January 18, 1955- Kevin Costner, Actor
January 19, 1807- Robert E. Lee, Civil War Confederate Army General
January 19, 1809- Edgar Allen Poe, Author, and Poet, most notably macabre and horror stories
January 19, 1943- Janis Joplin, 1960’s rock singer
January 19, 1946- Dolly Parton, buxom country western singer and actress
January 19, 1947 – Paula Deen, chef, cookbook author
January 20, 1896- George Burns, comedian
January 20, 1920, Deforrest Kelley, Doctor McCoy on Tv’s original “Star Trek”
January 20,1930 – Edwin “Buzz Aldrin, Astronaut, walked on the moon
Who was born on your January birthday?
January 21, 1738- Ethan Allen, Revolutionary War Hero
January 21, 1824- Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Confederate Army general
January 21, 1924 – Telley Savalas, Tv’s “Kojak”
January 21, 1925- Benny Hill, British comedian
January 21, 1940 – Jack Nicklaus, “The Golden Bear”, one of the greatest golfers of all time
January 21, 1976- “Baby Spice” of The Spice Girls
January 22, 1934- Bill Bixby, the “Incredible Hulk” Star
January 22, 1949- John Belushi, comedian, actor, SNL, and Blues Brothers
January 23, 1737- John Hancock, a politician, first to sign the Declaration of Independence.
January 24, 1917- Ernest Borgnine, Actor, most notably in TV’s “McHales’ Navy”
January 24, 1941 – Neil Diamond, Singer, composer
January 24, 1968- Mary Lou Retton, won the gold medal in Gymnastics, at the 1984 Olympics
January 25, 1931- Dean Jones, actor, “The Love Bug”
January 25, 1981- Alicia Keys, singer, Grammy winner
January 26, 1880- Douglas MacArthur, WWII General, Quote: “I shall return!”
January 26, 1925- Paul Newman, Oscar-winning actor
January 26, 1955- Eddie Van Halen, singer, rock band
January 26, 1958- Ellen DeGeneres, actress, talk show hostess
January 26, 1961- Wayne Gretzky, Hockey’s “Great One”
January 27, 1756- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of the greatest musical composers ever
January 27, 1832- Lewis Carroll, wrote “Alice in Wonderland”
January 27, 1921- Donna Reed, TV, and movie actress
January 28, 1887- Arthur Rubenstein, classical pianist
January 28, 1936- Alan Alda, Hawkeye Pierce in TV series “M*A*S*H”
January 29, 1843 – William McKinley, 25th U.S. President(1897-1901), was assassinated while in office.
January 29, 1880- W. C. Fields, comedian, actor
January 29, 1918- John Forsythe, actor, Charlie’s Angels, Dynasty
January 29, 1945- Tom Selleck, actor, TV series “Magnum P.I., Blue Bloods
January 29, 1954- Oprah Winfrey, talk show hostess
January 30, 1882 – Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President, elected to four terms (1933-1945)
January 30, 1922- Dick Martin, comedian
January 30, 1930- Gene Hackman, Oscar-winning actor, The French Connection
January 30, 1937, Boris Spassky, World Chess champion
January 30, 1951- Phil Collins, singer
January 31, 1919- Jackie Robinson, the first Afro-American to play in Major League Baseball
January 31, 1923- Carol Channing, actress, “Hello Dolly”
January 31, 1937- Suzanne Pleshette, actress
January 31, 1947- Nolan Ryan, MLB pitcher for 27 years
January 31, 1981- Justin Timberlake, singer, and member of NSYNC, Superbowl Halftime with Janet Jackson
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