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Famous Writers Born in January

Famous novelists, poets, playwrights, and journalists whose words changed minds and moved hearts.

17 biography pages

January 1

Nguyễn Mạnh Tường

b. January 1, 1909

January 3

Savitribai Phule

b. January 3, 1831

January 9

Harun Farocki

b. January 9, 1944

Thomas Warton

b. January 9, 1728

January 13

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Mark Alexander Boyd

b. January 13, 1562

January 14

Dion Forster

b. January 14, 1972

January 15

Mihai Eminescu

b. January 15, 1850 — d. 1889

January 19

Edwidge Danticat

b. January 19, 1969

Robert MacNeil

b. January 19, 1931

January 22

August Strindberg

b. January 22, 1849 — d. 1912

January 23

Tanya Savicheva

b. January 23, 1930

January 24

Richard de Bury

b. January 24, 1287

January 26

Angela Davis

b. January 26, 1944

William Wake

b. January 26, 1657

January 28

José Martí

b. January 28, 1853 — d. 1895

January 30

Adelbert von Chamisso

b. January 30, 1781

January 31

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Thant Myint-U

b. January 31, 1966