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)
Category: Famous Birthdays
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
Famous Birthdays for 15th January 2019
1481 – Ashikaga Yoshizumi, Japanese shogun (b. 1511)
1730 – John Malchair, German-born English artist, violinist and composer, born in Cologne (d. 1812) baptismal date
1747 – John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822)
1891 – Osip E Mandelstam, Russian poet (Noise of Time), born in Warsaw, Poland
1911 – Wim Kan, Dutch cabaret artist, born in South Holland, Netherlands (d. 1983)
1916 – Mikki Doyle, American journalist and editor, born in New York (d. 1995)
1918 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (1954-1971), born in Bakos, Egypt (d. 1970)
1949 – Panos Mihalopoulos, Greek actor, born in Kalamata, Greece
1956 – Mayawati, Indian politician, born in New Delhi, India
1973 – Essam El-Hadary, Egyptian footballer, born in Damietta Governorate, Egypt
Famous Birthdays for 14th January 2019
1844 – Clara Kathleen Rogers, American composer, born in Cheltenham, London (d. 1931)
1915 – Andre Frossard, Catholic columnist, born in Saint-Maurice-Colombier, France (d. 1995)
1919 – Andy Rooney, American CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), born in Albany, New York (d. 2011)
1947 – Rubén Olivares, Mexican boxer (4-division world champion), born in Mexico City, Mexico
1956 – Étienne Daho, French singer and songwriter, born in Oran, Algeria
1964 – Sergei Nemchinov, American NHL center (NY Islanders, Olympic silver 1998), born in Moscow, Russia
1965 – Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, British TV chef (River Cottage), writer and environmental activist, born in London, England
1965 – Jemma Redgrave, English actress (Buddha of Suburbia), born in London, England
1972 – Raimondas Rumšas, Lithuanian cyclist, born in Šilutė, Lithuania
1982 – Caleb Followill, American alternative-rock vocalist and musician (Kings of Leon), born in Mount Juliet, Tennessee
Famous Birthdays for 13th January 2019
1505 – Joachim II Hector, ruler (Brandenburg)
1690 – Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel, composer
1815 – William Henry French, American Major General (Union Army), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1881)
1858 – Oskar Minkowski, Biologist (d. 1931)
1874 – Jozef E van Roey, Flemish cardinal/archbishop of Mechlin
1928 – Gregory Walcott, American actor (Plan 9 from Outer Space, 87th Precinct), born in Wendell, North Carolina (d. 2015)
1950 – Bob Forsch, American baseball player
1955 – Titus M Mafolo, South African journalist/ANC-leader
1966 – Marcus Turner, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Jets)
1981 – Shad Gaspard, American professional wrestler, bodyguard, and actor
Famous Birthdays for 12th January 2019
1746 – Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss educator (Leonard and Gertrude), born in Zurich, Switzerland (d. 1827)
1814 – Jones Mitchell Withers, Mjr General (Confederate Army), (d. 1890)
1924 – Jan Willem Radecker, Dutch sculptor and son of John Raedecker, born in Schoorl, Netherlands (d. 2009)
1944 – Joe Frazier, American heavyweight boxing champion (1968-73, Olympic gold 1964), born in Beaufort, South Carolina (d. 2011)
1949 – Wayne Wang, American film director (Chan is Missing, Slamdance), born in Hong Kong
1951 – Rush Limbaugh, American right wing radio personality, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
1967 – Mike Simms, American outfielder (Houston Astros), born in Whittier, California
1972 – Randy Sklar, American comedian
1978 – Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball pitcher, born in Los Mochis, Mexico
1990 – Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player, born in Simferopol