1540 – Edmund Campion, English Catholic Jesuit priest and martyr, born in London, England (d. 1581)
1866 – Emile Vandervelde, President (1900–1918) of the International Socialist Bureau and Minister of 3 Belgian governments (d. 1938)
1891 – William Christian Bullitt Jr., 1st US ambassador to USSR, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1967)
1913 – Luis Marden, American photojournalist, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts (d. 2003)
1931 – Dean Jones, American actor (Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, The Love Bug), born in Decatur, Alabama (d. 2015)
1938 – Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese creator of anime, born in Kurume, Japan
1949 – John Cooper Clarke, English performance poet, born in Lancashire, England
1964 – Bob Sweeney, American NHL center (NY Islanders, Calgary Flames), born in Concord, Massachusetts
1968 – Heinrich “Haini” Wolfgramm, Polynesian-American actor and musician (The Jets), born in San Francisco, California
1974 – Robert Budreau, Canadian film director, born in London, Canada
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 24th January 2019
1774 – Karl Moser, German composer and violinist, born in Berlin (1851)
1800 – Edwin Chadwick, British social reformer
1828 – Karol Studzinski, composer
1829 – William Mason, composer
1923 – Simeon ten Holt, composer
1931 – Ib Norholm, Danish composer and organist, born in Søborg, Gladsaxe
1934 – Burdette Haldorson, American basketball player (Olympic gold 1956, 60), born in Austin, Minnesota
1936 – Doug Kershaw, La, plays electric fiddle
1943 – Julie Bennett, actress (Hey There It’s Yogi Bear), born in Beverly Hills, California
1947 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Carrara Italy, soccer star (Lazio of Italy, NY Cosmos), (d. 2012)
Famous Birthdays for 23rd January 2019
1911 – Dan Smith, English singer-songwriter, born in London, United Kingdom
1915 – Potter Stewart, United States Supreme Court justice (1958-81), born in Jackson, Michigan (d. 1985)
1928 – Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player, born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 2005)
1933 – Joel Spiegelman, American composer, born in Buffalo, New York
1942 – Ivan Ivanovich Bachurin, Soviet cosmonaut, born in Kharkov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR
1944 – Marty Russo, American politician and lobbyist (Rep-D-IL, 1975- ), born in Chicago, Illinois
1959 – Tyrone Power Jr., American actor (Shag), born in Los Angeles, California
1963 – Gail O’Grady, American actress (Hitman, Nobody’s Perfect, NYPD Blue), born in Detroit, Michigan
1976 – Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player, born in Kearns, Utah
1979 – Larry Hughes, American basketball player, born in St. Louis, Missouri
Famous Birthdays for 22nd January 2019
1709 – Joseph Riepel, Austrian-born German composer, born in Rainbach im Mühlkreis (d. 1782)
1879 – Francis Picabia, French avante-garde artist, writer and typographist (Amorous Parade), born in Paris, France (d. 1953)
1898 – Alexander Abramsky, composer
1907 – Douglas Corrigan, American pilot, born in Galveston, Texas (d. 1995)
1907 – Dixie Dean, English footballer (d. 1980)
1907 – Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress (Village by the River), born in Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands (d. 2004)
1925 – Leslie Silver, English paint manufacturer/multi-millionaire
1967 – Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast, born in Zagon, Romania
1984 – Maceo Rigters, Dutch footballer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
2179 – Hikaru Walter Sulu, Fictional Star Trek character, born in San Francisco, California
Famous Birthdays for 21st January 2019
1812 – Moses Hess, Jewish socialist and nationalist, born in Bonn, Germany (d. 1875)
1815 – Horace Wells, dentist (pioneered use of medical anethesia)
1886 – Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Finance/Economy
1899 – Alexander Tcherepnin, pianist and composer, born in St Petersburg, Russia (d. 1977)
1910 – Lord Cayzer, British financier/swcheeps magnate/multi-millionaire
1942 – Mac Davis, American country music singer-songwriter, actor (Mac Davis Show, North Dallas 40), born in Lubbock, Texas
1947 – Pye Hastings, English singer and musician (Caravan)
1968 – Tom Urbani, pitcher (St Louis Cards, Detroit Tigers), born in Santa Cruz, California
1972 – Shelley Looney, ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics 1998)
1973 – Bubba Miller, corner (Philadelphia Eagles)
Famous Birthdays for 20th January 2019
1654 – Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet
1664 – Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina, Italian writer and jurist (d. 1718)
1899 – Alexander Tcherepnin, composer
1912 – Christopher Casson, Irish-English actor (Zardoz, Educating Rita, The Riordans), born in Manchester, Lancashire, England
1939 – Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Indian astronomer
1946 – Susan Vreeland, American author (The Passion of Artemisia), born in Racine, Wisconsin (d. 2017)
1947 – Cyrille Guimard, French cyclist and directeur sportif
1950 – Liza Goddard, British actress
1978 – Allan Søgaard, Danish footballer
1979 – Will Young, British singer
Famous Birthdays for 19th January 2019
1820 – John Haskell King, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Sackets Harbor, New York (d. 1888)
1827 – Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,)
1839 – Paul Cézanne, French artist and Post-Impressionist painter (The Basket of Apples), born in Aix-en-Provence, France (d. 1906)
1922 – Ken Hughes, director (Casino Royale), born in Liverpool, England
1923 – Markus Wolf, German spy (d. 2006)
1938 – Denny Smith, (Rep-R-OR, 1981- )
1940 – Mary Mills, American golfer (US Open 1963, PGA 1964, 73), born in Laurel, Mississippi
1941 – Tony Anholt, British actor (d. 2002)
1964 – Janine Antoni, Bahamian artist, born in Freeport, Bahamas
1971 – John Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground)
Famous Birthdays for 18th January 2019
1886 – Antoine Pevsner, French sculptor
1912 – Charles Moeller, Belgian theologist (Humanism et saintete)
1914 – Arno Schmidt, German writer, born in Hamburg (d. 1979)
1925 – Gilles Deleuze, philosopher
1927 – Sundaram Balachander, Indian veena player (d. 1990)
1944 – Alexander Van der Bellen, Austrian politician, President of Austria (2017-), born in Vienna, Austria
1958 – Larry Smith, American NBA player, born in Rolling Fork, Mississippi
1961 – Peter Beardsley, English footballer, born in Hexham, United Kingdom
1961 – Mark Messier, Canadian NHL Center (Edmonton, NY Rangers), born in Edmonton, Alberta
1965 – Richard Dunwoody, British jockey, born in Belfast, United Kingdom
Famous Birthdays for 17th January 2019
1897 – Nils Asther, Swedish actor (Bluebeard, Night Monster), born in Malmö, Sweden (d. 1981)
1921 – Dehl Berti, Chiricahua Apache actor (Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Guns of Paradise), born in Pueblo, Colorado (d. 1991)
1926 – Moira Shearer, Scottish actress and ballerina (Red Shoes), born in Dunfermline Scotland (d. 2006)
1929 – Jacques Plante, Canadian Ice Hockey goalie who was the first to wear a goaltender mask, born in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec (d. 1986)
1934 – Sydney Phillip Hodkinson, composer
1944 – Françoise Hardy, French singer
1952 – Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician (Yellow Magic Orchestra) and film composer (Academy Award 1988 for score to The Last Emperor), born in Tokyo, Japan
1955 – Steve Earle, country singer (Guitar Town), born in San Antonio, Texas
1970 – Jeremy Roenick, NHL center (Team USA, Blackhawks, Coyotes), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1972 – Wendall Gaines, NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals)
Famous Birthdays for 16th January 2019
1898 – Margaret Booth, American film editor (d. 2002)
1921 – Francesco Scavullo, American celebrity photographer, born in Staten Island, New York (d. 2004)
1929 – Allard Lowenstein, radical (Students for Democratic Action)
1931 – Vladimir Skutina, writer playwright/journalist
1932 – Jim Berry, cartoonist (Berry’s World)
1942 – William Francis, rocker
1973 – Mario Bates, NFL-running back (New Orleans Saints)
1978 – Alfredo Amézaga, Mexican baseball player
1986 – Mason Gamble, actor (Dennis the Menace)
1988 – Nicklas Bendtner, Danish footballer