1484 – George Spalatin, German humanist, reformer and important figure in the Reformation, born in Spalt, Bavaria (d. 1545)
1720 – Jean-Joseph Vadé, French songwriter, poet, and playwright, born in Ham, France (d. 1757)
1830 – Eyre Massey Shaw, British first chief of London Fire Brigade, born in Ballymore, Ireland (d. 1908)
1836 – Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, composer
1851 – A. B. Frost, American illustrator (d. 1928)
1900 – George Sperti, American inventor (Preparation H), born in Covington, Kentucky (d. 1991)
1901 – Olin Dutra, American golfer (PGA C’ship 1932, US Open 1934), born in Monterey, California (d. 1983)
1946 – Michèle Deslauriers, Quebec actress, born in Quebec, Canada
1966 – Anna Ivan, American tennis player, born in Los Angeles, California
1980 – Zooey Deschanel, American actress (Almost Famous; Elf; New Girl), and singer (She and Him), born in Los Angeles, California
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Famous Birthdays for 16th January 2022
1893 – Daisy Kennedy, Australian concert violinist, born in Burra-Burra (now Burra), Australia (d. 1981)
1901 – Fulgencio Batista, Dictator and President of Cuba (1933-44, 1952-59), born in Banes, Cuba (d. 1973)
1904 – Max Vredenburg, Dutch composer and music critic, born in Brussels, Netherlands (d. 1976)
1907 – Paul Nitze, American government official (d. 2004)
1923 – Martin Stokken, Norwegian nordic relay (Olympic silver 1952)
1928 – Ezra Sims, American composer of microtonal music, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2015)
1937 – Luiz Bueno, Brazilian racing driver, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2011)
1947 – Magdalen Nabb, British author, born in Lancashire, United Kingdom (d. 2007)
1961 – Paul Raven, English rock bassist (Killing Joke), born in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom (d. 2007)
1986 – Mason Gamble, American actor (Dennis the Menace), born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 15th January 2022
1821 – Lafayette McLaws, United States Army officer and Confederate general, born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 1897)
1891 – Osip Mandelstam, Russian poet (Noise of Time), born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1938)
1897 – Xu Zhimo, Chinese poet (d. 1931)
1920 – John Junor, Scottish journalist (Sunday Express), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1997)
1929 – “Queen” Ida [Lewis], Louisiana Creole accordionist, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana
1943 – Mike Marshall, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1974, 75; NL Cy Young Award 1974; Montreal Expos, LA Dodgers, Atlanta Braves), born in Adrian, Michigan (d. 2021)
1959 – Pete Trewavas, British bassist, (Marillion-Clutching at Straws), born in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
1964 – Paula Schnurr, Canadian 1.5k runner (Olympics-8-92, 96), born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario
1976 – Corey Chavous, American football player, born in Aiken, South Carolina
1987 – Michael Seater, Canadian actor, born in Toronto, Ontario
Famous Birthdays for 14th January 2022
1664 – Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands (d. 1736)
1806 – Matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Commander (Confederacy), born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia (d. 1873)
1904 – Emily Hahn, American journalist and author, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1997)
1925 – Louis Quilico, Canadian opera singer, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2000)
1936 – Reiner Klimke, German equestrian (Olympic gold 1984), born in Münster, Germany (d. 1999)
1941 – Milan Kučan, Slovenian statesman, born in Križevci, Gornji Petrovci, Slovenia
1963 – Steven Soderbergh, American producer, director, writer (Ocean’s Eleven, Traffic), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1967 – Terry Wooden, American NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks, KC Chiefs), born in Hartford, Connecticut
1979 – Angela Lindvall, American supermodel, born in Midwest City, Oklahoma
1982 – Víctor Valdés, Spanish goalkeeper, born in L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
Famous Birthdays for 13th January 2022
1674 – Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French tragic poet and playwright (Rhadamiste et Zénobie), born in Dijon, France (d. 1762)
1690 – Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, German composer and librettist, born in Grünstädtel, Saxony (d. 1749)
1850 – Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer
1895 – Anton Betzner, German writer, born in Cologne (d. 1976)
1902 – Louis “Putney” Dandridge American jazz pianist and singer (Heatin’ Up Harlem), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1946)
1926 – Pamela M Cunnington, English architect/author (Change of Use)
1930 – Liz Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter (Mama Spank, The Game of Triangles), born in Roseau, Minnesota (d. 2011)
1943 – William Duckworth, American composer (Time Curve Preludes), teacher (Bucknell, 1973-2011), and internet pioneer (PitchWeb), born in Morganton, North Carolina (d. 2012)
1982 – Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
1997 – Egan Bernal, Colombian cyclist (Tour de France 2019), born in Bogotá, Colombia
Famous Birthdays for 12th January 2022
1877 – Frank J. Corr, American politician (d. 1934)
1898 – Jose Forns y Cuadras, composer
1930 – Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and co-founder of Tim Hortons, born in Cochrane, Ontario (d. 1974)
1944 – Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor, born in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
1951 – Chris Bell, American rock guitarist (Big Star), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1967 – Vendela Kirsebom, Norwegian-Swedish model (Sports Illustrated 1993), born in Stockholm, Sweden
1969 – Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer, born in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
1972 – Dominique Ross, American NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys), born in Jacksonville, Florida
1973 – Dan Haseltine, American singer (Jars of Clay), born in Hampton, Massachusetts
1978 – Kris Roe, American musician (The Ataris), born in Anderson, Indiana
Famous Birthdays for 11th January 2022
1403 – Jan IV, Duke of Brabant/Limburg
1746 – Frantisek Adam Mica, composer
1895 – Laurens Hammond, American engineer and inventor (the Hammond organ), born in Evanston, Illinois (d.1973)
1912 – Donald “Red” Barry, American actor (Adventures of Red Ryder, Jesse James’ Women), born in Houston, Texas (d. 1980)
1932 – Alfonso Arau, Mexican film director
1938 – Fischer S Black Jr, financial theorist
1949 – [Frederick] Dennis Greene, American singer (Sha Na Na), born in New York, (d. 2015)
1958 – Vicki Peterson, rock guitarist/vocalist (Bangles), born in Los Angeles, California
1973 – Joanna Brodzik, Polish actress (Magma M. and Kasia i Tomek), born in Krosno Odrzańskie, Poland
1980 – Lovieanne Jung, American softball player, born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Famous Birthdays for 10th January 2022
1702 – Johannes Zick, German fresco painter, born in Lachen, Germany (d. 1762)
1814 – Aubrey de Vere, Irish poet and critic (Victorian Observer), born in Toreen, Republic of Ireland (d. 1902)
1890 – Grigory Landsberg, Soviet physicist, born in Vologda, Russia (d. 1957)
1909 – Rudolf Kubin, Czech cellist, born in Ostrava, Czech Republic (d. 1973)
1913 – Mehmet Shehu, Albanian politician, born in Çorrush, Albania (d. 1981)
1917 – Tyrell Johnson, West Indian cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), born in Tunapuna, Trinidad (d. 1985)
1926 – Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist, thinker, and politician, born in Beit She’an, Israel (d. 2017)
1933 – Akira Miyoshi, Japanese composer, born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 2013)
1940 – Guy Chevrette, Quebec politician, born in Québec, Canada
1959 – Curt Kirkwood, American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter (Meat Puppets), born in Amarillo, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 9th January 2022
1571 – Karel Bonaventura Buquoy, French soldier (d. 1621)
1624 – Empress Meishō (d. 1696)
1859 – Carrie Chapman Catt, American women’s suffrage leader and founder (League of Women Voters), born in Ripon, Wisconsin (d. 1947)
1890 – Karel Čapek, Czech writer, playwright and critic (R.U.R.); coined the word “robot”, born in Malé Svatoňovice, Hungary (d. 1938)
1928 – Fernand J St Germain, American politician (Rep-D-RI, 1961- ), born in Blackstone, Massachusetts (d. 2014)
1947 – Ronnie Landfield, American abstract painter, born in The Bronx, New York
1950 – Rio Reiser, German rock musician and singer (Ton Steine Scherben), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1996)
1965 – Vincent Brown, American NFL inside linebacker (NE Patriots), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1978 – Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Chandler, Canada
1980 – Sergio García, Spanish golfer (US Masters 2017), born in Borriol, Castellón
Famous Birthdays for 8th January 2022
1830 – Hans von Bülow, German pianist and composer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1894)
1864 – Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (d. 1892)
1891 – Bronislava Nijinska, ballet choreographer
1928 – May Wynn [Donna Lee Hickey], American actress (Caine Mutiny, Noah’s Ark), born in NYC, New York
1942 – Junichiro Koizumi, Japanese politician (Prime Minister, 2001–06), born in Yokosuka, Japan
1955 – Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer, born in Patras, Greece
1968 – Keith Mullings, American boxer (WBC and lineal light middleweight titles 1998), born in Manchester Parish, Jamaica (d. 2021)
1981 – Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1986 – David Silva, Spanish footballer, born in Arguineguín, Spain
1987 – Cynthia Erivo, British actress (Harriet Tubman) and singer-songwriter, born in London, England