Date |
Birth of a Legend |
Death |
1st January |
- 1977 Bobby Roode – Canadian wrestler
- 1895 J. Edgar Hoover – American 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 1864 Alfred Stieglitz – American photographer
- 1863 Pierre de Coubertin – French historian, educator, founded the International Olympic Committee
- 1735 Paul Revere – American military officer
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- 1997 Townes Van Zandt – American singer-songwriter, guitarist
- 1958 Edward Weston – American photographer
- 1953 Hank Williams – American singer-songwriter, guitarist
- 1894 Heinrich Hertz – German physicist
- 1782 Johann Christian Bach – German composer
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2nd Janury |
- 1936 Roger Miller – American singer-songwriter, actor
- 1928 Daisaku Ikeda – Japanese spiritual leader
- 1920 Isaac Asimov – American chemist, author
- 1905 Michael Tippett – English composer
- 1873 Thérèse of Lisieux – French nun
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- 1995 Siad Barre – Somalian military officer, politician, 3rd President of Somalia
- 1989 Safdar Hashmi – Indian playwright, actor, director
- 1960 Fausto Coppi – Italian cyclist
- 1904 James Longstreet – American general, diplomat
- 1892 George Biddell Airy – English mathematician, astronomer
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3rd January |
- 1969 Michael Schumacher – German race car driver
- 1956 Mel Gibson – American/Australian actor, director, producer, screenwriter
- 1901 Ngo Dinh Diem – South Vietnamese politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam
- 1892 J. R. R. Tolkien – English philologist, author
- 1883 Clement Attlee – English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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- 2010 Mary Daly – American philosopher, theologian
- 2005 Will Eisner – American illustrator
- 2003 Sid Gillman – American football player
- 1967 Jack Ruby – American murderer
- 1946 William Joyce – American/English politician, broadcaster
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4th January |
- 1986 James Milner – English footballer
- 1965 Guy Forget – French tennis player
- 1942 John McLaughlin – English guitarist, songwriter
- 1832 George Tryon – English Admiral
- 1809 Louis Braille – French educator, invented Braille
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- 2011 Gerry Rafferty – Scottish singer-songwriter
- 1965 T. S. Eliot – American/English publisher, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1961 Erwin Schrödinger – Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1960 Albert Camus – French author, journalist, philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1941 Henri Bergson – French philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
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5th January |
- 1969 Marilyn Manson – American singer-songwriter, actor, director
- 1932 Umberto Eco – Italian philosopher, author
- 1928 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto – Pakistani politician, 4th President of Pakistan
- 1876 Konrad Adenauer – German politician, Chancellor of West Germany
- 1779 Stephen Decatur – American navy officer
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- 2016 Pierre Boulez – French pianist, composer, conductor
- 1970 Max Born – German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1933 Calvin Coolidge – American politician, 30th President of the United States
- 1922 Ernest Shackleton – Irish explorer
- 1589 Catherine de’ Medici – Italian/French wife of Henry II of France
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6th January |
- 1946 Syd Barrett – English singer-songwriter, guitarist
- 1920 John Maynard Smith – English biologist
- 1883 Kahlil Gibran – Lebanese/American poet
- 1811 Charles Sumner – American politician
- 1412 Joan of Arc
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- 1999 Michel Petrucciani – French/American pianist
- 1993 Dizzy Gillespie – American trumpet player, bandleader, composer
- 1919 Theodore Roosevelt – American politician, 26th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1918 Georg Cantor – German mathematician
- 1852 Louis Braille – French educator, invented Braille
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7th January |
- 1991 Eden Hazard – Belgian footballer
- 1985 Lewis Hamilton – English race car driver
- 1967 Nick Clegg – English politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1964 Nicolas Cage – American actor, producer, director
- 1943 Sadako Sasaki – Japanese victim of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima, Nagasaki
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- 1995 Murray Rothbard – American economist, historian
- 1989 Hirohito – Japanese Emperor
- 1951 René Guénon – French/Egyptian author
- 1943 Nikola Tesla – Serbian/American physicist, engineer
- 1536 Catherine of Aragon
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8th January |
- 1967 R. Kelly – American singer-songwriter, producer, actor
- 1947 David Bowie – English singer-songwriter, producer, actor
- 1942 Stephen Hawking – English physicist, author
- 1935 Elvis Presley – American singer, guitarist, actor
- 1934 Jacques Anquetil – French cyclist
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- 1996 François Mitterrand – French politician, 21st President of France
- 1990 Terry-Thomas – British actor
- 1976 Zhou Enlai – Chinese politician, 1st Premier of the People’s Republic of China
- 1942 Joseph Franklin Rutherford – American lawyer, religious leader
- 1642 Galileo Galilei – Italian astronomer, physicist
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9th January |
- 1944 Jimmy Page – English guitarist, songwriter, producer
- 1941 Joan Baez – American singer-songwriter, activist
- 1922 Ahmed Sékou Touré – Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea
- 1913 Richard Nixon – American politician, 37th President of the United States
- 1890 Kurt Tucholsky – German journalist
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- 2014 Amiri Baraka – American poet, actor, activist
- 1908 Wilhelm Busch – German poet, painter, illustrator
- 1908 Abraham Goldfaden – Russian actor, playwright, author
- 1873 Napoleon III – French politician, 1st President of France
- 1324 Marco Polo – Italian explorer
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10th January |
- 1987 César Cielo – Brazilian swimmer
- 1960 Brian Cowen – Irish politician, 12th Taoiseach of Ireland
- 1953 Pat Benatar – American singer-songwriter
- 1949 George Foreman – American boxer
- 1945 Rod Stewart – English/Scottish singer-songwriter
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- 2016 David Bowie – English singer-songwriter, producer, actor
- 1976 Howlin’ Wolf – American singer-songwriter, musician
- 1971 Coco Chanel – French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company
- 1862 Samuel Colt – American inventor, industrialist, founded the Colt’s Manufacturing Company
- 1778 Carl Linnaeus – Swedish botanist, physician, zoologist
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11th January |
- 1979 Siti Nurhaliza – Malaysian singer-songwriter, producer
- 1973 Rahul Dravid – Indian cricketer
- 1971 Mary J. Blige – American singer-songwriter, producer, actress
- 1934 Jean Chrétien – Canadian politician, 20th Prime Minister of Canada
- 1755 Alexander Hamilton – Nevisian/American economist, politician, philosopher, 1st United States Secretary of the Treasury
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- 2014 Ariel Sharon – Israeli general, politician, 11th Prime Minister of Israel
- 2013 Nguyen Khanh – Vietnamese general, politician, 3rd President of South Vietnam
- 2013 Aaron Swartz – American computer programmer, activist
- 2008 Edmund Hillary – New Zealand mountaineer, explorer
- 1941 Emanuel Lasker – German chess player
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12th January |
- 1968 Heather Mills – English model, activist
- 1917 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi – Indian guru
- 1916 P. W. Botha – South African politician, 1st State President of South Africa
- 1876 Jack London – American author
- 1729 Edmund Burke – Irish politician, philosopher
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- 2005 Amrish Puri – Indian actor
- 2003 Maurice Gibb – English singer-songwriter bass player, producer
- 1976 Agatha Christie – English author
- 1971 John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey – English Admiral
- 1856 Ľudovít Štúr – Slovak politician, author
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13th January |
- 1978 Nate Silver – American journalist, statistician, developed PECOTA
- 1970 Marco Pantani – Italian cyclist
- 1969 Stephen Hendry – Scottish snooker player
- 1964 Bill Bailey – English comedian, actor, singer, guitarist
- 1887 George Gurdjieff – Armenian mystic
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- 2007 Michael Brecker – American saxophonist, composer
- 1978 Hubert Humphrey – American politician, 38th Vice President of the United States
- 1962 Ernie Kovacs – American comedian, actor
- 1941 James Joyce – Irish author
- 1929 Wyatt Earp – American police officer
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14th January |
- 1969 Dave Grohl – American singer-songwriter, musician, director
- 1963 Steven Soderbergh – American director, screenwriter, producer
- 1950 Rambhadracharya – Indian religious leader
- 1875 Albert Schweitzer – Alsatian physician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1741 Benedict Arnold – American/English general
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- 2016 Alan Rickman – English actor
- 1977 Anthony Eden – British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1957 Humphrey Bogart – American actor
- 1901 Mandell Creighton – English bishop, historian
- 1898 Lewis Carroll – English author
|
15th January |
- 1965 James Nesbitt – Irish actor
- 1941 Captain Beefheart – American singer-songwriter
- 1929 Martin Luther King, Jr. – American minster, activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1918 Gamal Abdel Nasser – Egyptian army officer, politician, 2nd President of Egypt
- 1622 Molière – French playwright, actor
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- 1994 Harry Nilsson – American singer-songwriter, musician
- 1988 Seán MacBride – Irish politician, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1950 Henry H. Arnold – American general
- 1947 Elizabeth Short – American waitress, murder victim
- 1919 Rosa Luxemburg – Russian economist, philosopher
|
16th January |
- 1974 Kate Moss – English model
- 1959 Sade Adu – Nigerian/English singer-songwriter, producer
- 1948 John Carpenter – American director
- 1933 Susan Sontag – American author
- 1932 Dian Fossey – American zoologist
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- 2009 John Mortimer – English lawyer, author
- 1986 Herbert W. Armstrong – American evangelist, author, publisher
- 1979 Ted Cassidy – American actor
- 1957 Arturo Toscanini – Italian conductor
- 1917 George Dewey – American Admiral
|
17th Janury |
- 1962 Jim Carrey – Canadian/American actor, producer
- 1942 Muhammad Ali – American boxer
- 1927 Eartha Kitt – American actress, singer
- 1899 Al Capone – American gangster
- 1706 Benjamin Franklin – American politician, scientist, publisher, 6th President of Pennsylvania
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- 2008 Bobby Fischer – American chess player
- 1961 Patrice Lumumba – Congolese politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1936 Mateiu Caragiale – Romanian author
- 1893 Rutherford B. Hayes – American politician, 19th President of the United States
- 1468 Skanderbeg – Albanian lord
|
18th Janury |
- 1955 Kevin Costner – American actor, singer, director, producer
- 1913 Danny Kaye – American actor
- 1892 Oliver Hardy – American comedian, actor
- 1882 A. A. Milne – English author
- 1689 Montesquieu – French philosopher
|
- 2011 Sargent Shriver – American politician, 21st United States Ambassador to France
- 1956 Konstantin Päts – Estonian politician, 1st President of Estonia
- 1952 Curly Howard – American actor, comedian
- 1936 Rudyard Kipling – English author, poet, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1862 John Tyler – American lawyer, politician, 10th President of the United States
|
19th January |
- 1946 Dolly Parton – American singer-songwriter, actress
- 1943 Janis Joplin – American singer-songwriter
- 1839 Paul Cézanne – French painter
- 1809 Edgar Allan Poe – American author, poet
- 1807 Robert E. Lee – American general
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- 2015 Adam Yahiye Gadahn – American terrorist
- 2007 Hrant Dink – Turkish/Armenian journalist
- 1990 Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh – Indian mystic, guru, educator
- 1874 August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben – German poet
- 1865 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon – French politician, philosopher, economist
|
20th January |
- 1971 Gary Barlow – English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer
- 1956 Bill Maher – American comedian, actor, television host
- 1946 David Lynch – American director
- 1930 Buzz Aldrin – American pilot, astronaut
- 1920 Federico Fellini – Italian director
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- 2012 Etta James – American singer-songwriter
- 1993 Audrey Hepburn – Belgian/English actress, singer
- 1936 George V – of the United Kingdom
- 1900 John Ruskin – English author
- 1837 John Soane – English architect
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21st January |
- 1963 Hakeem Olajuwon – Nigerian/American basketball player
- 1941 Plácido Domingo – Spanish tenor, conductor
- 1940 Jack Nicklaus – American golfer
- 1905 Christian Dior – French fashion designer, founded S.A.
- 1824 Stonewall Jackson – American general
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- 1997 Colonel Tom Parker – Dutch/American talent manager
- 1950 George Orwell – English author
- 1938 Georges Méliès – French director
- 1924 Vladimir Lenin – Russian politician
- 1683 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury – English politician
|
22nd January |
- 1953 Jim Jarmusch – American director
- 1909 U Thant – Burmese diplomat, 3rd United Nations Secretary General
- 1906 Robert E. Howard – American author
- 1788 Lord Byron – English poet
- 1729 Gotthold Ephraim Lessing – German author, philosopher
|
- 2010 Iskandar of Johor – Malaysian sultan
- 2008 Heath Ledger – Australian actor, director
- 1973 Lyndon B. Johnson – American politician, 36th President of the United States
- 1901 Queen Victoria – of the United Kingdom
- 1900 David Edward Hughes – Welsh/American scientist, co-invented the microphone
|
23rd January |
- 1984 Arjen Robben – Dutch footballer
- 1926 Bal Thackeray – Indian politician
- 1919 Ernie Kovacs – American comedian, actor
- 1897 Subhas Chandra Bose – Indian politician, activist
- 1737 John Hancock – American politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts
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- 2005 Johnny Carson – American television host
- 2002 Pierre Bourdieu – French sociologist
- 1989 Salvador Dalí – Spanish painter
- 1986 Joseph Beuys – German sculptor, illustrator
- 1944 Edvard Munch – Norwegian painter
|
24th January |
- 1943 Sharon Tate – American actress
- 1941 Neil Diamond – American singer-songwriter, guitarist
- 1776 E. T. A. Hoffmann – German jurist, author
- 1712 Frederick the Great – Prussian King
- 76 Hadrian – Roman Emperor
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- 1989 Ted Bundy – American serial killer
- 1986 L. Ron Hubbard – American religious leader, author, founded the Church of Scientology
- 1965 Winston Churchill – English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1895 Lord Randolph Churchill – English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
- 41 Caligula – Roman Emperor
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25th January |
- 1981 Alicia Keys – American singer-songwriter, pianist, actress
- 1933 Corazon Aquino – Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines
- 1913 Witold Lutosławski – Polish composer, conductor
- 1882 Virginia Woolf – English author, critic
- 1759 Robert Burns – Scottish poet
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- 2005 Philip Johnson – American architect, designed the IDS Center, PPG Place
- 1982 Mikhail Suslov – Soviet politician
- 1954 M. N. Roy – Indian activist, theorist
- 1947 Al Capone – American gangster
- 389 Gregory of Nazianzus – Turkish archbishop, theologian
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26th January |
- 1961 Wayne Gretzky – Canadian ice hockey player, coach
- 1958 Ellen DeGeneres – American comedian, actress, talk show host
- 1955 Eddie Van Halen – Dutch/American guitarist, songwriter, producer
- 1925 Paul Newman – American actor, director, race car driver, businessman, co-founded Newman’s Own
- 1918 Nicolae Ceaușescu – Romanian politician, 11th President of Romania
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- 1992 José Ferrer – Puerto Rican actor
- 1979 Nelson Rockefeller – American politician, 41st Vice President of the United States
- 1962 Lucky Luciano – Italian/American mobster
- 1952 Khorloogiin Choibalsan – Mongolian military officer, ruler
- 1948 John Lomax – American musicologist
|
27th January |
- 1974 Ole Einar Bjørndalen – Norwegian biathlete
- 1944 Mairead Maguire – Irish activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1859 Wilhelm II, German Emperor
- 1832 Lewis Carroll – English author
- 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Austrian composer
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- 2014 Pete Seeger – American singer-songwriter, guitarist
- 2009 John Updike – American author, poet, critic
- 2008 Suharto – Indonesian soldier, politician, 2nd President of Indonesia
- 1983 Louis de Funès – French actor, comedian
- 1901 Giuseppe Verdi – Italian composer
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28th January |
- 1978 Gianluigi Buffon – Italian footballer
- 1968 Sarah McLachlan – Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, producer
- 1955 Nicolas Sarkozy – French politician, 23rd President of France
- 1912 Jackson Pollock – American painter
- 1853 José Martí – Cuban journalist, poet, theorist
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- 2002 Astrid Lindgren – Swedish author, screenwriter
- 1975 Ola Raknes – Norwegian psychoanalyst, philologist
- 1939 W. B. Yeats – Irish poet, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1547 Henry VIII of England
- 814 Charlemagne – Frankish king
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29th January |
- 1954 Oprah Winfrey – American talk show host, actress, producer, founded the OWN Network, Harpo Productions
- 1924 Luigi Nono – Italian composer
- 1862 Frederick Delius – English composer
- 1860 Anton Chekhov – Russian physician, author
- 1843 William McKinley – American politician, 25th President of the United States
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- 2011 Milton Babbitt – American composer
- 2004 Janet Frame – New Zealand author
- 1963 Robert Frost – American poet, playwright
- 1941 Ioannis Metaxas – Greek general, politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece
- 1820 George III of the United Kingdom
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30th January |
- 1951 Phil Collins – English singer-songwriter, producer, actor
- 1941 Dick Cheney – American politician, 46th Vice President of the United States
- 1937 Vanessa Redgrave – English actress
- 1882 Franklin D. Roosevelt – American politician, 32nd President of the United States
- 1852 Ion Luca Caragiale – Romanian playwright, poet
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- 2001 Johnnie Johnson – English pilot
- 1963 Francis Poulenc – French composer
- 1951 Ferdinand Porsche – Austrian/German engineer, businessman, founded Porsche
- 1948 Orville Wright – American aviation pioneer
- 1649 Charles I of England
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31st January |
- 1982 Elena Paparizou – Greek/Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1975 Preity Zinta – Indian actress
- 1937 Philip Glass – American composer
- 1919 Jackie Robinson – American baseball player
- 1797 Franz Schubert – Austrian composer
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- 1969 Meher Baba – Indian mystic
- 1956 A. A. Milne – English author
- 1954 Edwin Armstrong – American engineer, invented FM radio
- 1888 John Bosco – Italian priest, educator
- 1606 Guy Fawkes – English soldier, planned the Gunpowder Plot
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