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
Category: Famous Birthdays
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
Famous Birthdays for 7th January 2022
1685 – Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company
1706 – Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)
1830 – Albert Bierstadt, German painter (US landscapes)
1895 – Marie-Dominique Chenu, French Roman Catholic theologist, born in Soisy-sur-Seine, Essonne (d. 1990)
1914 – Bobby McDermott, American Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame guard and coach (2 × NBL Coach of the Year 1944-45, Fort Wayne Pistons), born in NYC, NY (d. 1963)
1938 – Lou Graham, American golfer (US Open 1975), born in Nashville, Tennessee
1939 – Tom Kierman, Irish rugby player, born in Cork, Ireland
1965 – Mark Rushmere, South African cricketer (South African opening bat in comeback Test 1992), born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
1967 – Mark Lamarr, British comedian and broadcaster, born in Swindon, United Kingdom
1982 – Lauren Cohan, English-American actress (The Walking Dead), born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Famous Birthdays for 6th January 2022
1585 – Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Savoyard grammarian, born in Meximieux, Duchy of Savoy (d. 1650)
1791 – Jose Melchor Gomiz, Spanish composer, born in Ontinyent, Spain (d. 1836)
1798 – Ferdinand Simon Gassner, Austrian composer and music writer, born in Vienna; (d. 1851)
1940 – Laudir de Oliveira, Brazilian percussionist (Chicago), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 2017)
1946 – Syd Barrett, English guitarist and early vocalist of the band Pink Floyd, born in Cambridge, England (d. 2006)
1954 – Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter (The English Patient, The Talented Mr. Ripley), born in London (d. 2008)
1958 – Themos Anastasiadis, Greek journalist, television presenter and newspaper editor
1963 – Philippe Perrin, French test pilot, born in Meknes, Morocco
1970 – Kerrin Petty, Swedish-American cross country skier (Olympics 1994), born in Townshend, Vermont
1975 – Laura Berg, American softball outfielder (Olympic gold 1996), born in Whittier, California
Famous Birthdays for 5th January 2022
1548 – Francisco Suarez, Spanish theologian, born in Granada, Spain (d. 1617)
1865 – Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer, born in Bogotá, Colombia (d. 1920)
1893 – Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (Autobiography of a Yogi), born in Gorakhpur, India (d. 1952)
1931 – Joan Coxsedge, Australian politician, born in Ballarat, Australia
1940 – Michael O’Donoghue, American writer and performer (Saturday Night Live, Scrooged), born in Sauquoit, New York (d. 1994)
1950 – Charlie Richmond, Canadian entrepreneur, born in Pomona, California
1969 – Marilyn Manson, American musician and artist, born in Canton, Ohio
1975 – Kylie Bax, New Zealand model, born in Thames, New Zealand
1976 – Ivan Tomić, Serbian football manager, born in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
1985 – Yoon So-yi, South Korean actress, born in Seoul, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 4th January 2022
1672 – Hugh Boulter, Irish Archbishop of Armagh (d. 1742)
1805 – Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer
1881 – Wilhelm Lehmbruck, German painter/poet/sculptor (Seated Youth)
1920 – Rosalie Crutchley, British actress (Armchair Theatre: Black Limelight, Four Weddings and a Funeral), born in London, England (d. 1997)
1933 – Ed Jenkins, (Rep-D-GA, 1977- )
1940 – Anthony “Skooter” Teague, American screen and stage actor (How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; No, No, Nanette), born in Jacksboro, Texas (d. 1989)
1942 – John McLaughlin, British jazz-rock fusion guitarist (Mahavishnu Orchestra), born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England
1971 – Richard Chee Quee, Australian-Chinese cricketer (NSW opening batsman Fiji/Chin ancestry), born in Camperdown, Australia
1985 – Al Jefferson, American basketball player, born in Monticello, Mississippi
1988 – Nabila Jamshed, Indian writer
Famous Birthdays for 3rd January 2022
1698 – Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782)
1810 – Antoine T. d’Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1897)
1819 – Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland (d. 1900)
1882 – Willem Benoy, Flemish actor and director (Pygmalion), born in Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1939)
1895 – Boris Mykolayovich Lyatoshyns’ky, Ukrainian composer and the father of modern Ukrainian music, born in Zhytomyr, Russian Empire (d. 1968)
1909 – Victor Borge [Borge Rosenbaum], Danish-American comedian and pianist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2000)
1917 – Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004)
1962 – Darren Daulton, American baseball catcher (MLB All-Star 1992, 93, 95; World Series 1997; Silver Slugger Award 1992; Philadelphia Phillies), born in Arkansas City, Kansas (d. 2017)
1964 – Bruce LaBruce, Canadian filmmaker
1974 – Alessandro Petacchi, Italian road cyclist (Tour de France 2010; Giro d’Italia 2004; Vuelta a España 2005), born in La Spezia, Italy