1761 – Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American politician, Secretary of the Treasury (1801-14), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1849)
1891 – R. Norris Williams, American tennis player (US National C’ship 1914, 16; survived sinking of RMS Titanic), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1968)
1936 – Patrick Caulfield, British painter and printmaker, born in London (d. 2005)
1943 – Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard, Irish-born Abbot of Downside Abbey, born in Dublin, Ireland
1944 – Hans Plomp, Dutch writer/poet (Venus in Holland)
1952 – Tim Healy, English actor (Auf Wiedersehen, Pet), born in Benwell, England
1963 – Bob Holly ‘Hardcore Holly’, American professional wrestler, born in Glendale, California
1964 – Roddy Frame, Scottish singer-songwriter (Aztec Camera-Stray), born in East Kilbride, Scotland
1976 – Charles Divins, American model and actor, born in Dallas, Texas
1988 – Stephanie Gilmore, Australian surfer (record 8 x World Champion 2007-10, 12, 14, 18, 22), born in Murwillumbah, Australia
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Famous Birthdays for 28th January 2024
1932 – Thomas J. Bliley Jr., American politician (Rep-R-VA, 1981-2001), born in Chesterfield County, Virginia
1936 – Bill Jordan, British trade unionist
1950 – Bob Hay, American songwriter and musician (Squalls; Jolly Beggars), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan t
1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy, 23rd President of France (2007-12), born in Paris, France
1972 – Amy Coney Barrett, American jurist and lawyer (US Supreme Court 2020-), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1974 – Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball outfielder (6 × MLB All-Star; AL batting champion 2007 Detroit Tigers; Chicago WS), born in Caracas, Venezuela
1976 – Jarrod Montague, American rock drummer (Taproot), born in Linden, Michigan
1977 – Lyle Overbay, American baseball player
1978 – Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese soccer midfielder (63 caps; Lens, Fulham, Portsmouth, West Ham Utd), born in Dakar, Senegal (d. 2020)
1986 – Shruti Haasan, Indian actress
Famous Birthdays for 27th January 2024
1784 – Martin-Joseph Mengal, Belgian composer, conductor, and educator (Director of the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, 1835-51), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1851)
1821 – John Chivington, American officer, (d. 1892)
1900 – Hyman G. Rickover, US Admiral (father of modern nuclear navy, at 63 years the longest serving US naval officer), born in Maków Mazowiecki, Congress Poland (d. 1986)
1921 – Donna Reed, American actress (From Here to Eternity; It’s a Wonderful Life; The Donna Reed Show), born in Denison, Iowa (d. 1986)
1929 – Richard Du Cann, English lawyer and QC, born in London (d. 1993)
1930 – Roger Sims, British MP
1949 – Jaya Suprana [Phoa Kok Tjiang], Indonesian pianist, composer, conductor, writer, educator, and television presenter, born in Denpasar, Bali
1965 – Alan Cumming, Scottish actor
1968 – Éric Tanguy, French contemporary classical composer, born in Caen, France
1976 – Jeremy Hansen, Canadian astronaut (Artemis II), born in London, Ontario
Famous Birthdays for 26th January 2024
1908 – Jill Esmond, English actress, born in London, England (d. 1990)
1910 – Elmar Klos, Czech film director (The Shop on Main Street)), born in Brünn, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1993)
1921 – Johannes Driessler, German organist and composer, born in Friedrichsthal, Germany (d. 1988)
1923 – Anne Jeffreys [Carmichael], American singer and actress (Dick Tracy; Topper; General Hospital), born in Goldsboro, North Carolina (d. 2017)
1941 – Scott Glenn, actor (Right Stuff, Personal Best, Backdraft), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1953 – Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark, born in Ginnerup, Denmark
1963 – José Mourinho, Portuguese soccer manager (Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Manchester Utd, Real Madrid, Tottenham, Roma), born in Lisbon, Portugal
1965 – Natalia Yurchenko, Russian gymnast, (World C’ship gold USSR team, all-round 1983, team 1985), born in Norilsk, Russia
1977 – Vince Carter, American basketball forward (8 x NBA All Star; NBA Rookie of the Year 1999, Toronto Raptors; Olympic gold 2000), born in Daytona Beach, Florida
1984 – Layla Kayleigh, British television personality, born in London
Famous Birthdays for 25th January 2024
749 – Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (775-80), born in Constantinople (d. 780)
1615 – Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), born in Kleve, Germany (d. 1660)
1708 – Pompeo Batoni, Italian painter, born in Lucca, Republic of Lucca (now Italy) (d. 1787)
1766 – Hans Christoph Ernst von Gagern, German statesman and political writer, born in Kleinniedesheim, Germany (d. 1852)
1950 – Michael Cotten, American rock synthesizer (Tubes) and art designer, born in Kansas City, Missouri
1954 – Jan Sandström, Swedish classical music composer (Motorbike Concerto: Snowflakes), born in Vilhelmina, Sweden
1965 – Esa Tikkanen, Finnish NHL left wing (Panthers, Canucks, Olympic bronze 1998), born in Helsinki, Finland
1973 – Scott Milanovich, American football coach (CFL Coach of the Year 2012 Toronto Argonauts) and quarterback (XFL C’ship 2001 LA Xtreme), born in Butler, Pennsylvania
1975 – Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress, born in Toronto, Ontario
1980 – Efstathios Tavlaridis, Greek footballer, born in Serres, Greece
Famous Birthdays for 24th January 2024
1828 – Karol Studzinski, Polish violinist and composer, born in The Free, Independent, and Strictly Neutral City of Cracow (now Kraków, Poland) (d. 1883)
1915 – Robert Motherwell, American painter (Elegies to the Spanish Republic), born in Aberdeen, Washington (d. 1991)
1919 – Leon Kirchner, American contemporary classical composer (Pulitzer Prize for Music 1967), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
1923 – Simeon ten Holt, Dutch minimalist composer (Canto Ostinato), born in Bergen, Netherlands (d. 2012)
1926 – Raymond Jacobs, American Marine Corp sergeant (one of the WWII Iwo Jima flag planters), and news journalist, born in Bridgeport, Connecticut (d. 2008)
1948 – Michio Kaku, American physicist, futurist, author (Physics of the Impossible; The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything), broadcaster, and peace activist, born in San Jose, California
1958 – Jools Holland, British rock keyboardist (Squeeze), and TV presenter (Later…), born in Blackheath, London
1963 – Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer, born in Sittard, Netherlands
1969 – Louise McPaul, Australian javelin thrower (Olympic silver 1992, 96), born in Port Kembla, New South Wales
1974 – Kristy Sargeant, Canadian ice pairs (1994 Skate Canada), born in Edmonton, Alberta
Famous Birthdays for 23rd January 2024
1878 – Rutland Boughton, British composer (The Immortal Hour), born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (d. 1960)
1901 – Benno Stokvis, Dutch lawyer and politician, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1977)
1907 – Bob Steele [Robert Adrian Bradbury], American actor (Monogram, Supreme, Tiffany), born in Portland, Oregon (d. 1988)
1915 – Potter Stewart, United States Supreme Court justice (1958-81), born in Jackson, Michigan (d. 1985)
1919 – Hans Hass, Austrian zoologist and underwater scientist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2013)
1923 – Florence Halop, American actress (Night Court, 1985-86 -“Florence”; St Elsewhere, 1984-85), born in Jamaica, Queens, New York (d. 1986)
1946 – Asif Masood, Pakistani cricketer (Pakistani quick with long and erratic run-up), born in Lahore, Pakistan
1952 – Omar Henry, South African cricketer (1st colored player for South Africa 1992), born in Stellenbosch, South Africa
1953 – Pat Haden, American NFL quarterback (LA Rams), born in Westbury, New York
1963 – Guido Karp, German music photographer, born in Mayen, West Germany
Famous Birthdays for 22nd January 2024
1845 – Paul Vidal de la Blanche, French geographer, born in Pézenas, France (d. 1918)
1874 – Wincenty Witoz, Polish politician (Prime Minister of Poland 1920-21, 1923, 1926), born in Wierczhoslawice, Austria-Hungary (d. 1945)
1903 – Fritz Houtermans, Polish physicist (d. 1966)
1909 – Irving “Mouse” Randolph, American swing jazz trumpeter (Cab Calloway Orchestra), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1997)
1914 – Dimitris Dragatakis, Greek composer, born in Platanoussa, Greece (d. 2001)
1928 – Yoshihiko Amino, Japanese historian (d. 2004)
1940 – John Hurt, English actor (Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express), born in Chesterfield (d. 2017)
1954 – Tully Blanchard, American professional wrestler, born in Calgary, Canada
1967 – Manabu Nakanishi, Japanese wrestler (NJPW), born in Kyoto, Japan
1970 – Brian Gaskill, American actor (David Michaels-Models Inc, Bob-All My Children), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Famous Birthdays for 21st January 2024
1869 – Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk and confidant of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, born in Pokrovskoye, Sibera, Russian Empire (d. 1916)
1895 – Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier ‘The Master’, born in Getaria, Spain (d. 1972)
1910 – Nicholas Cayzer, British shipping magnate (British and Commonwealth Shipping), born in Ayrshire, Scotland (d. 1999)
1921 – Barney Clark, American heart patient, 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart (d. 1983)
1938 – John Savident, British actor
1944 – (Frank) Neely Bruce, American composer (Circular 14: The Apotheosis of Aristides), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1955 – Peter Fleming, American tennis player (US Open Doubles 1979, 81, 83; Wimbledon doubles 1979, 81, 83, 84; 7 x Tour Finals doubles [John McEnroe]), born in Chatham Borough, New Jersey
1969 – Matt Willig, NFL tackle/guard (Atlanta Falcons, NY Jets)
1972 – Alan Benes, Evansville IN, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1975 – Willem Korsten, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse)
Famous Birthdays for 20th January 2024
225 – Gordian III, Roman Emperor (d. 244)
1292 – Elisabeth I of Bohemia (d. 1330)
1876 – Józef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist, composer, educator (Curtis Institute, 1924-38), and inventor, born in Podgórze, Austro-Hungarian Galicia (now Poland) (d. 1957)
1896 – George Burns [Nathan Birnbaum], American actor, comedian and singer (Oh God; Burns and Allen), born in New York City (d. 1996)
1908 – Wilfred Conwell Bain, American music educator, born in Shawville, Canada (d. 1997)
1915 – Ghulam Ishaq Khan, President of Pakistan, born in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (d. 2006)
1926 – Patricia Neal, American actress (Hud, Subject Was Roses) and wife of Roald Dahl, born in Packard, Kentucky (d. 2010)
1966 – Rich Gannon, American NFL quarterback (Pro Bowl 1999–2002; First-team All-Pro 2000, 02; NFL MVP 2002; Minnesota Vikings, Kansas City Chiefs, Oakland Raiders), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1978 – Joy Giovanni, American actress and glamour model, born in Boston, Massachusetts
1984 – Toni Gonzaga, Filipino singer and actress, born in Rizal, Philippines