January 1 - Births

Births

• 766 – Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)
• 871 – King Zwentibold of Lotharingia (d. 900)
• 1431 – Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
• 1449 – Lorenzo de' Medici (d. 1492)
• 1467 – King Sigismund I the Old of Poland (d. 1548)
• 1484 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss religious figure (d. 1531)
• 1511 – Henry, Duke of Cornwall (d. 1511)
• 1516 – Margaret Leijonhufvud, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
• 1557 – Prince István Bocskay of Transylvania (d. 1606)
• 1600 – Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (d. 1649)
• 1614 – John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (d. 1672)
• 1618 – Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Spanish painter (baptism) (d. 1682)
• 1638 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
• 1648 – Elkanah Settle, English writer (d. 1724)
• 1655 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)
• 1684 – Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1748)
• 1704 – Soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787)
• 1711 – Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
• 1714 – Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780)
• 1735 – Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818)
• 1745 – Anthony Wayne, American general and statesman (d. 1796)
• 1750 – Frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman and 1st and 3rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1801)
• 1752 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress (d. 1836)
• 1767 – Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish novelist (d. 1849)
• 1774 – André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)
• 1779 – William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)
• 1803 – Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician (d. 1869)
• 1814 – Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864)
• 1819 – Arthur Hugh Clough, English poet (d. 1861)
• 1823 – Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849)
• 1833 – Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (d. 1902)
• 1834 – Ludovic Halévy, French playwright (d. 1908)
• 1848 – John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)
• 1852 – Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)
• 1854 – Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d. 1941)
• 1863 – Pierre de Coubertin, French aristocrat and founder of the modern Olympic Games (d. 1937)
• 1864 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)
• 1864 – Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946)
• 1867 – Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (d. 1941)
• 1868 – Snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937)
• 1873 – Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (d. 1952)
• 1874 – Frank Knox, American journalist and 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)
• 1874 – Gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)
• 1876 – Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)
• 1878 – Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)
• 1879 – E. M. Forster, English novelist (d. 1970)
• 1879 – William Fox, Hungarian-born American film producer (d. 1952)
• 1881 – Vajiravudh, King of Thailand (d. 1925)
• 1887 – Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d. 1945)
• 1888 – John Garand, American inventor (d. 1974)
• 1888 – Georgios Stanotas, Greek cavalry officer (d. 1965)
• 1889 – Charles Bickford, American film actor (d. 1967)
• 1890 – Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966)
• 1892 – Artur Rodziński, Croatian conductor (d. 1958)
• 1892 – Manuel Roxas, Filipino statesman (d. 1948)
• 1894 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)
• 1894 – Shitsu Nakano, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007)
• 1895 – J. Edgar Hoover, American FBI director (d. 1972)
• 1900 – Xavier Cugat, Spanish musician (d. 1990)
• 1900 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
• 1902 – Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (d. 1977)
• 1904 – Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (d. 1970)
• 1904 – Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982)
• 1905 – Stanisław Mazur, Polish mathematician (d. 1981)
• 1906 – Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
• 1908 – Bill Tapia, American musician
• 1909 – Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1909 – Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959)
• 1911 – Basil Dearden, British film director (d. 1971)
• 1911 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)
• 1911 – Roman Totenberg, Polish-born American violinist
• 1911 – Audrey Wurdemann, American poet (d.1960)
• 1912 – Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician (d. 1995)
• 1912 – Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)
• 1912 – Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek writer and poet (d. 1991)
• 1914 – Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and SOE agent (d. 1944)
• 1917 – Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)
• 1917 – Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)
• 1918 – Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
• 1918 – Frances Bay, Canadian actress
• 1919 – Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990)
• 1919 – Carole Landis, American film actress (d. 1948)
• 1919 – J. D. Salinger, American novelist (d. 2010)
• 1919 – Yoshio Tabata, Japanese singer
• 1920 – Virgilio Savona, Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra) (d. 2009)
• 1921 – Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian philosopher (d. 1986)
• 1921 – César Baldaccini, French sculptor (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Wadih El Safi, Lebanese singer and songwriter

• 1922 – Ernest Hollings, American politician, 106th Governor of South Carolina and United States Senator from South Carolina
• 1922 – Jerry Robinson, American comic book artist
• 1923 – Daniel Gorenstein, American mathematician (d. 1992)
• 1923 – Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
• 1924 – Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet
• 1924 – Charlie Munger, American philanthropist
• 1925 – Matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (d. 1981)
• 1925 – Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and ambassador (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Valentina Cortese, Italian actress
• 1925 – Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (d. 2007)
• 1926 – Richard Verreau, French-Canadian tenor (d. 2005)
• 1927 – Maurice Béjart, French choreographer (d. 2007)
• 1927 – Pat Heywood, Scottish actress
• 1927 – Calum MacKay, Canadian hockey player (d. 2001)
• 1927 – Vernon L. Smith, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics winner
• 1927 – Doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998)
• 1928 – Ernest Tidyman, American writer (d. 1984)
• 1928 – Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian
• 1929 – Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer
• 1929 – Joseph Lombardo, American mafioso
• 1929 – Haruo Nakajima, Japanese actor
• 1930 – Gaafar al-Nimeiry, Sudanese politician (d. 2009)
• 1930 – Jean-Pierre Duprey, French poet and sculptor (d. 1959)
• 1930 – Ty Hardin, American film actor
• 1930 – Frederick Wiseman, American documentary filmmaker
• 1932 – Jackie Parker, American football player (d. 2006)
• 1932 – Giuseppe Patanè, Italian opera conductor (d. 1989)
• 1933 – Frederick Lowy, Canadian educator
• 1933 – Joe Orton, English writer (d. 1967)
• 1933 – Norman Yemm, Australian actor
• 1933 – Joseph Koo, Chinese composer
• 1933 – James Hormel, American philanthropist and diplomat
• 1935 – B. Kliban, American cartoonist (d. 1990)
• 1936 – James Sinegal, American businessman
• 1936 – Don Nehlen, American football player and coach
• 1937 – John Fuller, English poet
• 1937 – Matt Robinson, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1937 – Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg, Polish author (d. 1995)
• 1938 – Clay Cole, American television host and producer (d. 2010)
• 1938 – Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (d. 2005)
• 1938 – Frank Langella, American actor
• 1939 – Michèle Mercier, French actress
• 1941 – Asrani, Indian actor and comedian
• 1941 – Barry Goldberg, American musician
• 1942 – Dennis Archer, American politician
• 1942 – Martin Frost, American politician
• 1942 – Country Joe McDonald, American musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
• 1942 – Alassane Ouattara, former Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
• 1942 – Gennadi Sarafanov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2005)
• 1942 – Judy Stone, Australian pop singer
• 1942 – Al Hunt, American reporter and news anchor
• 1943 – Larry Clark, American director
• 1943 – Tony Knowles, American politician and 7th Governor of Alaska
• 1943 – Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian scientist
• 1943 – Don Novello, American actor
• 1943 – Ronald Perelman, American businessman
• 1944 – Jimmy Hart, American wrestling manager
• 1944 – Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician
• 1945 – Peter Duncan, Australian politician
• 1945 – Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver
• 1945 – Max Julien, American actor
• 1946 – Carl B. Hamilton, Swedish economist and politician
• 1946 – Rick Hurst, American actor
• 1946 – Rivelino, Brazilian football player
• 1946 – Shelby Steele, American author and filmmaker
• 1947 – Jon Corzine, American politician, 54th Governor of New Jersey and United States Senator from New Jersey
• 1947 – Paula Tsui, Hong Kong singer
• 1947 – Frances Yip, Hong Kong singer
• 1947 – James K. Glassman, American journalist and diplomat
• 1947 – Leonard Thompson, American professional golfer
• 1948 – Pavel Grachev, Russian general
• 1948 – Ashok Saraf, Marathi/Hindi actor
• 1948 – Joe Petagno, American artist
• 1948 – Ismael Zambada García, Mexican drug lord
• 1949 – Daniel E Gawthrop, American composer
• 1949 – Max Azria, French fashion designer
• 1949 – Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician
• 1950 – Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby league coach
• 1950 – Morgan Fisher, English musician (Mott the Hoople)
• 1950 – Deepa Mehta, Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter
• 1951 – Ashfaq Hussain, Urdu poet
• 1951 – Nana Patekar, Indian film and stage actor
• 1951 – Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver
• 1952 – Stephanie Faracy, American actress
• 1952 – Rosario Marchese, Italian-Canadian politician
• 1953 – Greg Carmichael, British guitarist (Acoustic Alchemy)
• 1953 – Alpha Blondy, Ivorian reggae singer
• 1953 – Lynn Jones, American baseball player
• 1953 – Gary E. Johnson, American politician and 29th Governor of New Mexico
• 1954 – Bob Menendez, American politician
• 1954 – Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek politician
• 1954 – Richard Edson, American actor and musician
• 1955 – LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player
• 1956 – Sergei Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut
• 1956 – Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (d. 2000)
• 1956 – Sheila McCarthy, Canadian actress
• 1956 – Mike Mitchell, American basketball player
• 1956 – Kōji Yakusho, Japanese actor
• 1956 – Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese composer
• 1957 – Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish actress
• 1957 – Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician
• 1957 – Mark Hurd, American businessman
• 1958 – Ren Woods, American actress and singer
• 1958 – Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian musician
• 1958 – Dave Silk, American ice hockey player
• 1959 – Azali Assoumani, Comorian president
• 1959 – Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
• 1959 – Michel Onfray, French philosopher
• 1959 – Andy Andrews, American tennis player
• 1959 – Abdul Ahad Momand, Afghan cosmonaut
• 1960 – Michael Seibert, American ice dancer
• 1960 – Rayo de Jalisco, Jr., Mexican wrestler
• 1960 – Leilani Kai, American wrestler
• 1961 – Sergei Babayan, American classical pianist
• 1961 – Sam Backo, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1961 – Sam Palahnuk, American video game designer
• 1961 – Fiona Phillips, British television presenter
• 1961 – Mark Wingett, British actor
• 1962 – Ari Up, German musician (The Slits) (d. 2010)
• 1963 – Lina Kačiušytė, Lithuanian swimmer
• 1963 – Jean-Marc Gounon, French race car driver
• 1963 – Alberigo Evani, Italian footballer
• 1963 – Dražen Ladić, Croatian footballer
• 1964 – Juliana Donald, American actress
• 1964 – Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress
• 1965 – John Sullivan, American politician
• 1965 – Andrew Valmon, American athlete
• 1966 – Anna Burke, Australian politician
• 1966 – Tina Landon, Mexican-American choreographer
• 1967 – John Digweed, English DJ
• 1967 – Tim Dog, American rapper
• 1967 – Derrick Thomas, American football player (d. 2000)
• 1967 – Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Spanish film director
• 1967 – Spencer Tunick, American artist
• 1967 – Gorsha Sur, Russian ice dancer
• 1968 – Miki Higashino, Japanese composer
• 1968 – Joey Stefano, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1968 – Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
• 1968 – Felix Chong, Hong Kong screenwriter
• 1969 – Morris Chestnut, American actor
• 1969 – Nicolle Dickson, Australian actress
• 1969 – Paul Lawrie, Scottish golfer
• 1969 – Christi Paul, American news anchor
• 1969 – Verne Troyer, American actor
• 1969 – Melissa DiMarco, Canadian actress
• 1970 – Kimberly Page, American manager and actress
• 1970 – Fredro Starr, American rapper and actor
• 1971 – Juan Carlos Plata, Guatemalan soccer player
• 1971 – Sammie Henson, American wrestler
• 1971 – Scott Riggs, American racing driver
• 1971 – Bobby Holik, Czech ice hockey player
• 1971 – Chris Potter, American jazz saxophonist
• 1971 – Ezra Weisz, American voice actor
• 1971 – Phoebus, Greek songwriter
• 1972 – Tego Calderón, Puerto Rican rapper
• 1972 – Garrett K. Gomez, American horse jockey
• 1972 – Yermakhan Ibraimov, Kazakh boxer
• 1972 – Catherine McCormack, British actress
• 1972 – Neve McIntosh, Scottish actress
• 1972 – Barron Miles, American Canadian football player
• 1972 – Lilian Thuram, French footballer
• 1973 – Anwar Mansoor Mangrio, Sindhi poet
• 1973 – Magnus Sahlgren, Swedish musician (Lake of Tears)
• 1973 – Danny Lloyd, American actor
• 1973 – Li Fang, Chinese tennis player
• 1973 – Shelda Bede, Brazilian beach volleyball player
• 1974 – Christian Paradis, Canadian politician
• 1974 – Hamilton Ricard, Colombian footballer
• 1974 – Eva Birthistle, Irish actress
• 1975 – Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player
• 1975 – Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress
• 1975 – Joe Cannon, American footballer
• 1975 – Eiichiro Oda, Japanese manga artist
• 1975 – Fernando Tatis, Dominican baseball player
• 1975 – Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Bengt Sæternes, Norwegian footballer
• 1977 – Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian footballer
• 1977 – Robert Roode, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1977 – Leoš Friedl, Czech tennis player
• 1977 – Andrei Stoliarov, Russian tennis player
• 1977 – Jerry Yan, Taiwanese actor and singer
• 1977 – María de la Paz Hernández, Argentinian field hockey player
• 1978 – Vidya Balan, Indian model and actress
• 1978 – Nina Bott, German actress
• 1978 – Phillip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer
• 1978 – Tarik O'Regan, British composer
• 1978 – Mykhaylo Renzhyn, Latvian skier
• 1979 – Brody Dalle, Australian singer (The Distillers)
• 1979 – Koichi Domoto, Japanese artist
• 1979 – Fadi El Khatib, Lebanese basketball player
• 1980 – Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
• 1981 – Jonas Armstrong, English actor
• 1981 – Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver
• 1981 – Abdülkadir Koçak, Turkish boxer
• 1981 – Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer
• 1981 – Eden Riegel, American actress
• 1982 – David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
• 1983 – Ali Bastian, English actress and model
• 1983 – Calum Davenport, English footballer
• 1983 – Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model
• 1983 – Park Sung-Hyun, South Korean Olympic archer
• 1984 – José Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
• 1984 – Alok Kapali, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1984 – Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Mohammed Ghaddar, Lebanese footballer
• 1984 – Michael Witt, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1984 – Cheung Kin Fung, Hong Kong footballer
• 1985 – Jeff Carter, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
• 1985 – Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player
• 1985 – Andrea Jeremiah, Indian-Tamil singer and actress
• 1985 – Remya Nambeesan, Indian film actress and dancer
• 1986 – Glen Davis, American basketball player
• 1986 – James Davis, American football player
• 1986 – Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor
• 1986 – Sungmin, South Korean singer (Super Junior)
• 1986 – Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player
• 1987 – Gilbert Brule, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 – Chris Collins, American actor and comedian
• 1987 – Devin Setoguchi, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Grzegorz Panfil, Polish tennis player
• 1992 – Jack Wilshere, English footballer
• 1992 – He Kexin, Chinese gymnast
• 1998 – Marlene Lawston, American child actress