January 21 - Births

Births

• 1338 – King Charles V of France (d. 1380)
• 1721 – James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)
• 1804 – Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)
• 1813 – John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer and presidential candidate (d. 1890)
• 1815 – John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (d. 1900)
• 1824 – Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, American, Confederate army general (d. 1863)
• 1825 – Imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864)
• 1827 – Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (d. 1900)
• 1829 – King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (d. 1907)
• 1848 – Henri Duparc, French composer (d. 1933)
• 1860 – Karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915)
• 1864 – Paul Troje, German politician (d. 1942)
• 1867 – Ludwig Thoma, German writer (d. 1921)
• 1867 – Maxime Weygand, French general (d. 1965)
• 1881 – Arch McCarthy, American baseball player (d. unknown)
• 1882 – Pavel Florensky (O.S. January 9), Russian Orthodox theologian and mathematician (d. 1937)
• 1883 – Amang Rodriguez, Filipino politician (d. 1964)
• 1883 – Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (d. 1929)
• 1884 – Roger Baldwin, American social activist (d. 1981)
• 1885 – Umberto Nobile, Italian aeronautical engineer (d. 1978)
• 1887 – Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1926)
• 1895 – Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (d. 1972)
• 1897 – René Iché, French sculptor (d. 1954)
• 1899 – Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian born American composer (d. 1977)
• 1901 – Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer (d. 1978)
• 1905 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer (d. 1957)
• 1905 – Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (d. 1978)
• 1906 – Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. 2007)
• 1909 – Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (d. 2004)
• 1910 – Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
• 1910 – Albert Rosellini, American politician
• 1912 – Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
• 1918 – Richard D. Winters, American war hero (d. 2011)
• 1918 – Chichay, Filipino actress (d. 1993)
• 1921 – Howard Unruh, American mass murderer (d. 2009)
• 1922 – Telly Savalas, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1922 – Paul Scofield, English actor (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Lola Flores, Spanish singer (d. 1995)
• 1924 – Benny Hill, English actor, comedian, and singer (d. 1992)
• 1926 – Steve Reeves, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1926 – Brian Brockless, English organist (d. 1995)
• 1927 – Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 1985)
• 1928 – Gene Sharp, American political theorist and pacifist
• 1932 – John Chaney, American basketball coach
• 1933 – Joseph W. Eschbach, American doctor (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Audrey Dalton, Irish actress
• 1936 – Koji Hashimoto, Japanese film director (d. 2005)
• 1937 – Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria
• 1938 – Wolfman Jack, American disk jockey and actor (d. 1995)
• 1938 – John Savident, British actor
• 1940 – Jack Nicklaus, American golfer
• 1941 – Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor
• 1941 – Stathis Giallelis, Greek actor
• 1941 – Richie Havens, American musician
• 1941 – Mike Medavoy, American film producer
• 1941 – Ivan Putski, Polish-born American professional wrestler
• 1942 – Edwin Starr, American singer (d. 2003)
• 1942 – Mac Davis, American musician
• 1943 – Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek actor, songwriter and singer
• 1945 – Martin Shaw, British actor
• 1946 – Johnny Oates, American baseball player and manager (d. 2004)
• 1947 – Jill Eikenberry, American actress
• 1947 – Pye Hastings, English singer and musician (Caravan)
• 1947 – Michel Jonasz, French singer and composer
• 1950 – Billy Ocean, West Indian musician
• 1950 – Gary Locke, American Secretary of Commerce
• 1951 – Eric Holder, American Attorney General (2009-)
• 1952 – Marco Camenisch, Swiss environmental activist
• 1952 – Cyril and Libbye Hellier, identical-twin sopranos
• 1952 – Louis Menand, American writer and critic
• 1953 – Paul Allen, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Microsoft
• 1954 – Phil Thompson, English footballer and coach
• 1955 – Jeff Koons, American artist
• 1956 – Robby Benson, American actor
• 1956 – Geena Davis, American actress
• 1957 – Greg Ryan, American soccer coach
• 1958 – Frank Ticheli, American composer
• 1958 – Michael Wincott, Canadian actor
• 1959 – Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager
• 1962 – Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003)
• 1962 – Tyler Cowen, American economist
• 1963 – Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-born American basketball player
• 1963 – Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player
• 1965 – Jam Master Jay, American disc jockey (d. 2002)
• 1966 – Robert Del Naja, English musician
• 1966 – Candi Milo, American voice actress
• 1967 – Artashes Minasian, Armenian chess Grandmaster
• 1968 – Ulrica Messing, Swedish politician
• 1968 – Charlotte Ross, American actress
• 1969 – Eduard Hämäläinen, Finnish-Belarusian decathlete
• 1969 – Karina Lombard, American actress
• 1969 – Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese manga artist
• 1969 – M. K. Hobson, American speculative fiction and fantasy writer
• 1970 – Ken Leung, American actor
• 1970 – Mark Trojanowski, American musician (Sister Hazel)
• 1971 – Tweet, American singer
• 1971 – Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player
• 1971 – Doug Weight, American ice hockey player
• 1972 – Alan Benes, American baseball player
• 1972 – Rick Falkvinge, Swedish politician
• 1972 – Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer
• 1972 – Cat Power (Chan Marshall), American musician
• 1973 – Duane Lee Chapman, II, American bounty hunter
• 1974 – Rove McManus, Australian television host and comedian
• 1974 – Alex Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
• 1975 – Ito, Spanish footballer
• 1975 – Nicky Butt, English footballer
• 1975 – Casey FitzRandolph, American speed skater
• 1975 – Thomas Castaignede, French rugby player
• 1975 – Yuji Ide, Japanese racing driver
• 1976 – Emma Bunton, English singer (Spice Girls)
• 1977 – Al Baxter, Australian rugby union footballer
• 1977 – Phil Neville, English footballer
• 1977 – Matt Perry, English rugby player
• 1977 – Jerry Trainor, American comedic actor (iCarly)
• 1978 – Bryan Gilmore, National Football League player
• 1978 – Tamir "Nokio" Ruffin, American singer
• 1978 – Faris al-Sultan, German-Iraqi triathlete
• 1978 – Phil Stacey, American Idol finalist
• 1978 – Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player
• 1979 – Byung-Hyun Kim, Korean baseball player
• 1979 – Spider Loc, American rapper, member of G-Unit
• 1979 – Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby union footballer
• 1980 – Dave Kitson, English footballer
• 1980 – Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 1980 – Mari Possa, Salvatorian-American pornographic actress
• 1981 – Gillian Chung Yan-tung, Hong Kong singer (Twins)
• 1981 – Jamie Dalrymple, English cricketer
• 1981 – Ivan Ergić, Serbian footballer
• 1981 – Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1981 – Andy Lee, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
• 1981 – Izabella Miko, Polish actress and model
• 1981 – Alex Ubago, Spanish singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Dean Whitehead, English footballer
• 1982 – Go Shiozaki, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1982 – Simon Rolfes, German footballer
• 1983 – Maryse Ouellet, Canadian model and professional wrestler
• 1983 – Peter Philipakos, American/Greek soccer player
• 1983 – Moritz Volz, German footballer
• 1984 – Raymond Gutierrez, Filipino actor and television host
• 1984 – Richard Gutierrez, Filipino actor and television host
• 1984 – Robert Ray, American baseball player
• 1985 – Alex Pérez, Spanish footballer
• 1985 – Sasha Pivovarova, Russian model
• 1985 – Adrian Lewis, English dart player
• 1985 – Matt Unicomb, Australian basketball player
• 1986 – Peyton Hillis, American football player
• 1987 – Joe Ledley, Welsh footballer
• 1988 – William C. Woxlin, Swedish composer
• 1990 – Jacob Smith, American actor
• 1994 – BooBoo Stewart, American actor and singer
• 1994 – Laura Robson, Australian/British tennis player
• 2001 – Jackson Brundage, American actor.
• 2004 - Princess ingrid Alexandra of Norway