1492 – Andreas Alicatus, Italian author
1751 – Ferdinand I, king of Sicily and Naples. (d. 1825)
1837 – Adolf Jensen, composer
1860 – Henry Larkin, American baseball player (d. 1942)
1939 – Jacques Hamelink, Dutch writer and poet (Cold Unrest), born in Terneuzen, Netherlands
1962 – Joe Quesada, American comic book writer, born in NYC, New York
1972 – Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi, born in Delhi, India
1974 – Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier, born in Stavanger, Norway
1977 – Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player, born in Jovellanos, Cuba
1978 – Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer, born in Oumé, Côte d’Ivoire
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 11th January 2021
1703 – Columban Praelisauer, composer
1887 – Aldo Leopold, American conservationist, professor and co-founder of the Wilderness Society, born in Burlington, Iowa (d. 1949)
1903 – Alan Paton, South African author (Cry, the Beloved Country, Too Late the Phalarope) and anti-apartheid activist, born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (d. 1988)
1924 – Sam B. Hall, American politician (d. 1994)
1946 – Naomi Judd [Diana Ellen], Ashland Ky, singer (Judds-Why Not Me)
1958 – Vicki Peterson, rock guitarist/vocalist (Bangles), born in Los Angeles, California
1967 – Ronnie Stern, St-Agathe, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
1972 – Huub Loeffen, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse)
1975 – Rory Fitzpatrick, American NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens), born in Rochester, New York
1980 – Deanna Wright, American actress, born in Ocala, Florida
Famous Birthdays for 10th January 2021
1769 – Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), born in Saarlouis, Germany (d. 1815)
1903 – Violet Wilkey, American actress, born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1976)
1913 – Haywood Frank Henry, American jazz baritone saxophonist, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1994)
1928 – Philip Levine, American poet, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2015)
1935 – Georg Katzer, German composer (electroacoustic music), born in Habelschwerdt, Silesia (d. 2019)
1945 – Colonel DeBeers [Edward Wiskoski], American professional wrestler, born in Saint Joseph, Missouri
1955 – Michael Schenker, German rock guitarist (MSG-Coming on Strong, Scorpions), born in Sarstedt, Germany
1955 – Luci Martin, American vocalist (Chic), born in the Bronx, New York
1959 – Chandra Cheesborough, American 4×100 runner (Olympic gold 1984), born in Jacksonville, Florida
1964 – Brad Roberts, Canadian singer (Crash Test Dummies), born in Winnipeg, Canada
Famous Birthdays for 9th January 2021
1803 – Christopher Gustavus Memminger, Secy Treas (Confederacy) (d. 1888)
1811 – Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English writer (d. 1856)
1856 – Lizette Woodworth Reese, American poet (Branch of May, Tears)
1934 – Bart Starr, American Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback, coach (Green Bay Packers), born in Montgomery, Alabama (d. 2019)
1940 – Barbara Buczek, Polish composer, born in Kraków, Poland (d. 1993)
1948 – Bill Cowsill, American singer and musician (The Cowsills – We Can Fly), born in Newport, Rhode Island
1965 – Darren Bennett, Australian AFL player and NFL punter (San Diego Chargers), born in Sydney, Australia
1965 – Muggsy Bogues, American NBA guard and the shortest player ever to play in the NBA (Washington Bullets, Charlotte Hornets), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1968 – Katie Anderson, Canadian 100m hurdler (Olympic 7th-92, 96), born in Kingston, Jamaica
1982 – Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge [Kate Middleton], English wife of Crown Prince William, born in Reading, Berksire
Famous Birthdays for 8th January 2021
1587 – Johannes Fabricius, Danish astronomer (discovered sunspots), born in East Frisia, Germany (d. 1616)
1883 – Patrick J. Hurley, United States Secretary of War (d. 1963)
1883 – Josue Teofilo Wilkes, composer
1899 – S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1956-59), born in Colombo, British Ceylon (d. 1959)
1902 – Carl R[ansom] Rogers, American psychologist (Client-Centered Therapy)
1904 – Karl Brandt, Alsacian Nazi war criminal (d. 1948)
1917 – Stanley Prager, American comedian (College Bowl), born in NYC, New York (d. 1972)
1928 – May Wynn [Donna Lee Hickey], American actress (Caine Mutiny, Noah’s Ark), born in NYC, New York
1968 – Paul Carey, American baseball infielder (Baltimore Orioles), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1981 – Jeff Francis, Canadian baseball player, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Famous Birthdays for 7th January 2021
1842 – Johan Lindegren, composer
1870 – Lord Gordon Hewart, British judge (d. 1943)
1898 – Al Bowlly, British jazz singer (d. 1941)
1928 – William Peter Blatty, American scriptwriter and author of The Exorcist, born in NYC, New York (d. 2017)
1932 – Joe Berinson, Australian politician
1936 – Eldee Young, US jazz upright bassist (Ramsey Lewis Trio; Young-Holt Unlimited Soulful Strut), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
1943 – Jim Lefebvre, American baseball manager (Seattle Mariners), born in Hawthorne, California
1960 – David Marciano, American actor (Det Ray Vecchio-Due South), born in Newark, New Jersey
1970 – Paul McCallum, Canadian football punter and placekicker (Claymores, Sask Roughriders), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
1979 – Ryan Tedder, American singer, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Famous Birthdays for 6th January 2021
1655 – Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1705)
1807 – Joseph Holt, American lawyer, politician and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Breckinridge County, Kentucky (d. 1894)
1902 – Helmut Poppendick, Nazi physician, born in Hude, Germany (d. 1994)
1939 – Murray Rose, Australian Olympic swimmer (4x oly gold), born in Birmingham, United Kingdom (d. 2012)
1951 – Don Gullett, American baseball player, born in Lynn, Kentucky
1954 – Norbert Hahn, 2 man luge (Olympic gold 1976, 80), born in Elbingerode, Germany
1957 – Nancy Lopez, American golfer (3 major titles, 48 LPGA Tour wins), born in Torrance, California
1962 – Philip Brown, English 4x400m runner (Olympic silver 1984), born in Birmingham, England
1971 – Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer, born in Tyler, Texas
1972 – Nek [Filippo Neviani], Italian singer-songwriter, born in Sassuolo, Modena
Famous Birthdays for 5th January 2021
1762 – Constanze Mozart, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born in Zell im Wiesental, Germany (d. 1842)
1901 – Mario Scelba, Italian politician (Prime Minister 1954-55), born in Caltagirone, Italy (d. 1991)
1923 – Sam Phillips, American record producer and founder of Sun Records (launched Elvis Presley’s career), born in Florence, Alabama (d. 2003)
1930 – Richard Hayes, American actor and singer (Name That Tune), born in Passaic, New Jersey (d. 2014)
1938 – Piet Kruiver, Dutch soccer star, born in Koog aan de Zaan, Netherlands (d. 1989)
1947 – Mike DeWine, American politician, senator-R-Ohio (1995-2007), Governor of Ohio (2019-), born in Springfield, Ohio
1953 – Mike Rann, Australian politician, born in Sidcup, United Kingdom
1969 – Kurt Barber, American NFL defensive end (NY Jets), born in Paducah, Kentucky
1973 – Phil Joel, Australian bassist (Newsboys), born in Auckland, New Zealand
1983 – Sean Dockery, American basketball player, born in Chicago, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 4th January 2021
1805 – Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh, composer
1821 – John James Peck, American Major General (Union Army), born in Manlius, New York (d. 1878)
1878 – Alfred Edgar Coppard, England, writer (Black Dogs and Other Stories)
1914 – Herman Franks, American baseball player
1916 – Slim Gaillard [Bulee], Edinburgh, Scotland, American Jazz singer/songwriter (d. 1991)
1932 – Richard Stahl, American actor (Howard-It’s a Living), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2006)
1958 – Gary Jones, Welsh-born actor
1960 – Cory Everson, American body builder (6X Ms Olympia), born in Racine Wisconsin
1962 – Patrick Cassidy, American actor and composer (Fever Pitch, Off the Wall), born in Los Angeles, California
1976 – Ted Lilly, American baseball player, born in Torrance, California
Famous Birthdays for 3rd January 2021
1777 – M A Elisa Bonaparte, Corsican monarch of Lucca/Piombino
1810 – Antoine T. d’Abbadie, French explorer (Ethiopia), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1897)
1836 – Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867)
1870 – Henry Handel Richardson [Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson], Australian novelist (Richard Mahoney), born in East Melbourne, Australia (d. 1946)
1891 – Osip E Mandelstam, Polish/Russian poet/author (Kamenj) [NS=Jan 15]
1901 – Ngô Đình Diệm, President and authoritarian leader of South Vietnam (1954-63), born in Quảng Bình, French Indochina (d. 1963)
1916 – Antonio Estevez, composer
1947 – Sergey Filipovich Protchenko, Russian cosmonaut
1953 – Peter Taylor, English soccer winger (4 caps; Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur) and manager (Leicester City, Hull, Crystal Palace), born in Rochford, England
1962 – Gavin Hastings OBE, Scottish rugby union fullback and captain (61 caps Scotland, 6 caps British Lions; Watsonians, London Scottish, Cambridge University), born in Edinburgh, Scotland