Births on 1 January
2000s
Ian Subiabre
2007
Argentine footballer (born 2007)
Lamine Camara
2004
Senegalese footballer (born 2004)
Daria Trubnikova
2003
Russian rhythmic gymnast
Simon Adingra
2002
Ivorian footballer (born 2002)
Angourie Rice
2001
Australian actress (born 2001)
Winter (singer)
2001
South Korean singer and dancer (born 2001)
Nicolas Kühn
2000
German footballer (born 2000)
Ice Spice
2000
American rapper (born 2000)
1900s
Tomás Chancalay
1999
Argentine footballer (born 1999)
Azmy Qowimuramadhoni
1999
Indonesian-Azerbaijani badminton player (born 1999)
Cristina Bucșa
1998
Spanish tennis player (born 1998)
Edwuin Cetré
1998
Colombian footballer (born 1998)
Enock Mwepu
1998
Zambian footballer (born 1998)
Frank Onyeka
1998
Nigerian footballer (born 1998)
Noah Kahan
1997
American singer-songwriter (born 1997)
Keegan Hipgrave
1997
Australian rugby league player
Gonzalo Montiel
1997
Argentine footballer (born 1997)
Andreas Pereira
1996
Belgian-Brazilian footballer (born 1996)
Mahmoud Dahoud
1996
Footballer (born 1996)
Mathias Jensen
1996
Danish footballer (born 1996)
Sardar Azmoun
1995
Iranian footballer (born 1995)
Poppy (singer)
1995
American singer (born 1995)
Brendan Elliot
1994
Australian professional rugby league footballer
LaMonte Wade Jr.
1994
American baseball player (born 1994)
Larry Nance Jr.
1993
American basketball player (born 1993)
Abdoulaye Doucouré
1993
French-Malian footballer (born 1993)
Nathaniel Peteru
1992
New Zealand rugby league footballer
Shane Duffy
1992
Irish association football player
Glen Rice Jr.
1991
American basketball player (born 1991)
Darius Slay
1991
American football player (born 1991)
Xavier Suʻa-Filo
1991
American football player (born 1991)
Julia Glushko
1990
Israeli tennis player (born 1990)
Ali Maâloul
1990
Tunisian footballer (born 1990)
Jason Pierre-Paul
1989
American football player (born 1989)
Marcel Gecov
1988
Czech footballer
Dallas Keuchel
1988
American baseball player (born 1988)
Gia Coppola
1987
American film director and screenwriter
Gilbert Brulé
1987
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1987)
Meryl Davis
1987
American ice dancer (born 1987)
Patric Hörnqvist
1987
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1987)
Pablo Cuevas
1986
Uruguayan tennis player (born 1986)
Glen Davis (basketball)
1986
American basketball player (born 1986)
Colin Morgan
1986
Northern Irish actor (born 1986)
Lee Sung-min (singer)
1986
South Korean singer and actor (born 1986)
Jeff Carter
1985
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1985)
Steven Davis
1985
Northern Irish association football player (born 1985)
Kenoh
1985
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1985)
Tiago Splitter
1985
Brazilian basketball player and coach (born 1985)
Paolo Guerrero
1984
Peruvian footballer (born 1984)
Fernando San Emeterio
1984
Spanish basketball player
Michael Witt
1984
Australian rugby league & union footballer
Calum Davenport
1983
English footballer
Park Sung-hyun (archer)
1983
South Korean archer (born 1983)
Egidio Arévalo
1982
Uruguayan footballer (born 1982)
David Nalbandian
1982
Argentine tennis player (born 1982)
Jonas Armstrong
1981
Irish actor (born 1981)
Zsolt Baumgartner
1981
Hungarian racing driver (born 1981)
Mladen Petrić
1981
Croatian footballer (born 1981)
Eden Riegel
1981
American actress (born 1981)
Elin Nordegren
1980
Swedish model and nanny (born 1980)
Vidya Balan
1979
Indian film actress (born 1979)
Arilson Chiorato
1978
Brazilian politician (born 1978)
Tank (entertainer)
1976
American singer (born 1976)
Chris Anstey
1975
Australian basketball player (born 1975)
Joe Cannon (soccer)
1975
American soccer player
Becky Kellar-Duke
1975
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1975)
Fernando Tatís
1975
Dominican baseball player (born 1975)
Christian Paradis
1974
Canadian politician (born 1974)
Lilian Thuram
1972
French footballer (born 1972)
Sammie Henson
1971
American wrestler (born 1971)
Bobby Holík
1971
Czech ice hockey player (born 1971)
Jyotiraditya Scindia
1971
Indian politician (born 1971)
Sergei Kiriakov
1970
Russian footballer and coach
Morris Chestnut
1969
American actor (born 1969)
Verne Troyer
1969
American actor (1969–2018)
Davor Šuker
1968
Croatian footballer (born 1968)
Tawera Nikau
1967
Former NZ & NZ Māori international rugby league footballer
Anna Burke
1966
Australian politician (born 1966)
Ivica Dačić
1966
Serbian politician (born 1966)
Tihomir Orešković
1966
Croatian businessman and politician (born 1966)
Dedee Pfeiffer
1964
American actress (born 1964)
Milo Aukerman
1963
American singer and scientist
Jean-Marc Gounon
1963
French racing driver (born 1963)
Anton Muscatelli
1962
Scottish economist (born 1962)
Sam Backo
1961
Australian rugby league footballer (1961–2025)
Abdul Ahad Momand
1959
Afghan cosmonaut (born 1959)
Azali Assoumani
1959
President of the Comoros
Panagiotis Giannakis
1959
Greek basketball player and coach
Adrian Hall (actor)
1959
British actor
Grandmaster Flash
1958
American DJ (born 1958)
Dave Silk
1958
American ice hockey player
Evangelos Venizelos
1957
Greek politician (born 1957)
Sergey Avdeev
1956
Russian engineer and cosmonaut (born 1956)
Royce Ayliffe
1956
Australia international rugby league footballer
Christine Lagarde
1956
President of the European Central Bank since 2019
Mike Mitchell (basketball, born 1956)
1956
American basketball player
Martin Plaza
1956
Musical artist
Mary Beard
1955
English classicist (born 1955)
LaMarr Hoyt
1955
American baseball player (1955–2021)
Richard Edson
1954
American actor (born 1954)
Bob Menendez
1954
American politician (born 1954)
Dennis O'Driscoll
1954
Irish poet, essayist, critic and editor (1954–2012)
Yannis Papathanasiou
1954
Greek politician
Gary Johnson
1953
American politician and businessman (born 1953)
Shaji N. Karun
1952
Indian film director and cinematographer (1952–2025)
Wayne Bennett (rugby league)
1950
Australian rugby league coach and former footballer
Tony Currie (footballer)
1950
English footballer (born 1950)
Borys Tarasyuk
1949
Ukrainian politician
Devlet Bahçeli
1948
Turkish politician (born 1948)
Pavel Grachev
1948
Soviet general (1948–2012)
Dick Quax
1948
New Zealand athlete (1948–2018)
Jon Corzine
1947
American politician (born 1947)
Rivellino
1946
Brazilian footballer and television pundit
Claude Steele
1946
American social psychologist and professor (born 1946)
Victor Ashe
1945
American politician and diplomat
Jacky Ickx
1945
Belgian racing driver (born 1945)
Jimmy Jones (basketball)
1945
American basketball player
Barry Beath
1944
Australian rugby league footballer
Jimmy Hart
1944
American musician, professional wrestling manager, and sports businessman (born 1944)
Zafarullah Khan Jamali
1944
Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2002 to 2004
Teresa Torańska
1944
Polish journalist and writer
Mati Unt
1944
Estonian writer and theatre director
Tony Knowles (politician)
1943
Governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002
Don Novello
1943
American comedian and actor (born 1943)
Vladimir Šeks
1943
Croatian lawyer and politician
Dennis Archer
1942
American jurist and politician (born 1942)
Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn
1942
British peer, dentist and politician (1942–2024)
Country Joe McDonald
1942
American musician (1942–2026)
Alassane Ouattara
1942
President of Ivory Coast since 2010
Gennady Sarafanov
1942
Soviet cosmonaut (1942–2005)
Prathia Hall
1940
American civil rights leader
Michèle Mercier
1939
French actress (born 1939)
Phil Read
1939
English motorcycle racer (1939–2022)
Senfronia Thompson
1939
Texas politician
Younoussi Touré
1939
4th Prime Minister of Mali (1941–2022)
Frank Langella
1938
American actor (born 1938)
James Sinegal
1936
American businessman
Om Prakash Chautala
1935
Former Chief Minister of Haryana (1935–2024)
Alan Berg
1934
American talk radio show host (1934–1984)
Lakhdar Brahimi
1934
Algerian United Nations diplomat (born 1934)
James C. Hormel
1933
American philanthropist (1933–2021)
Joe Orton
1933
English playwright and author (1933–1967)
Giuseppe Patanè
1932
Italian opera conductor
Ty Hardin
1930
American actor (1930–2017)
Frederick Wiseman
1930
American filmmaker (1930–2026)
Larry L. King
1929
American journalist (1929–2012)
Haruo Nakajima
1929
Japanese actor (1929–2017)
Ernest Tidyman
1928
American author and screenwriter (1928–1984)
Gerhard Weinberg
1928
American historian of World War II and Nazi Germany
Maurice Béjart
1927
French-born Swiss ballet dancer and choreographer (1927–2007)
James Reeb
1927
American activist and minister (1927–1965)
Vernon L. Smith
1927
American economist and Nobel laureate (born 1927)
Doak Walker
1927
American football player (1927–1998)
Kazys Petkevičius
1926
Lithuanian basketball player (1926–2008)
Stymie Beard
1925
American actor (1925-1981)
Paul Bomani
1925
Tanzanian politician and diplomat
Francisco Macías Nguema
1924
President of Equatorial Guinea from 1968 to 1979
Barbara Baxley
1923
American actress and singer (1923–1990)
Valentina Cortese
1923
Italian actress (1923–2019)
Milt Jackson
1923
American jazz vibraphonist (1923–1999)
Fritz Hollings
1922
American politician (1922–2019)
Ismail al-Faruqi
1921
Palestinian-American Islamic scholar (1921-1986)
César Baldaccini
1921
French sculptor (1921–1998)
Regina Bianchi
1921
Italian actress (1921–2013)
Johnny Logan (basketball)
1921
American basketball player and coach
Osvaldo Cavandoli
1920
Italian cartoonist (1920–2007)
Rocky Graziano
1919
American boxer (1919–1990)
Carole Landis
1919
American actress (1919–1948)
Sheila Mercier
1919
English actress (1919–2019)
Bones McKinney
1919
American basketball player and coach (1919–1997)
J. D. Salinger
1919
American author (1919–2010)
Patrick Anthony Porteous
1918
Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross
Willy den Ouden
1918
Dutch swimmer (1918–1997)
Shannon Bolin
1917
American actress and singer (1917–2016)
Noor Inayat Khan
1914
WW2 SOE British agent (1914–1944)
Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko
1912
Kim Philby
1912
British intelligence officer and Soviet double agent (1912–1988)
Nikiforos Vrettakos
1912
Greek poet
Basil Dearden
1911
English film director (1911–1971)
Hank Greenberg
1911
American baseball player (1911–1986)
Roman Totenberg
1911
Polish-American violinist and educator (1911–2012)
Audrey Wurdemann
1911
American writer
Dana Andrews
1909
American actor (1909–1992)
Stepan Bandera
1909
Ukrainian nationalist leader (1909–1959)
Peggy Dennis
1909
American-Russian journalist, author, and Communist activist
Kinue Hitomi
1907
Japanese athlete (1907–1931)
Manuel Silos
1906
Filipino filmmaker
Stanisław Mazur
1905
Polish mathematician (1905–1981)
Lise Lindbæk
1905
Norwegian journalist (1905–1961)
Fazal Elahi Chaudhry
1904
President of Pakistan from 1973 to 1978
Buster Nupen
1902
South African cricketer
Hans von Dohnanyi
1902
German jurist and resistance fighter (1902–1945)
Chiune Sugihara
1900
Japanese diplomat and humanitarian (1900–1986)
Xavier Cugat
1900
Catalan-American musician and bandleader (1900–1990)
1800s
Randolfo Pacciardi
1899
Italian politician (1899–1991)
J. Edgar Hoover
1895
American law enforcement administrator (1895–1972)
Satyendra Nath Bose
1894
Indian theoretical physicist and polymath (1894–1974)
Edward Joseph Hunkeler
1894
American prelate (1894–1970)
Mordechai Frizis
1893
Greek army officer (1893–1940)
Heinie Miller
1893
American football player and coach (1893–1964)
Mahadev Desai
1892
Personal secretary of Mahatma Gandhi
Artur Rodziński
1892
Polish and American conductor (1892–1958)
Manuel Roxas
1892
President of the Philippines from 1946 to 1948
Sampurnanand
1891
Indian politician (1891–1969)
Anton Melik
1890
Charles Bickford
1889
American actor (1891–1967)
Seabury Quinn
1889
American lawyer, journalist, and author
Chesley Bonestell
1888
American science fiction and space illustrator (1888–1986)
John Garand
1888
Canadian-American firearm designer (1888–1974)
Georgios Stanotas
1888
Greek general
Wilhelm Canaris
1887
German admiral (1887–1945)
Chikuhei Nakajima
1884
Japanese politician
William J. Donovan
1883
American lawyer, soldier and diplomat (1883–1959)
Noe Khomeriki
1883
Georgian politician
E. M. Forster
1879
English novelist and writer (1879–1970)
William Fox (producer)
1879
Hungarian-American film producer (1879–1952)
Agner Krarup Erlang
1878
Danish mathematician, statistician and engineer
Alexander von Staël-Holstein
1877
German-Baltic orientalist
Frank Knox
1874
47th Secretary of the Navy of the United States (1874–1944)
Gustave Whitehead
1874
19/20th-century German-American aviator
Mary Acworth Evershed
1867
British astronomer, Dante scholar and plant collector
Harry Coulby
1865
American businessman (1865-1929)
Alfred Stieglitz
1864
American photographer (1864–1946)
Qi Baishi
1864
Chinese painter (1864–1957)
Pierre de Coubertin
1863
French educator and historian (1863–1937)
Michele Lega
1860
Italian Catholic cardinal (1860–1935)
Michael Joseph Owens
1859
American inventor
Thibaw Min
1859
King of Burma from 1878 to 1885
Heinrich Rauchinger
1858
Austrian painter (1858–1942)
Tim Keefe
1857
American baseball player (1857–1933)
James George Frazer
1854
Scottish social anthropologist and folklorist (1854–1941)
Thomas Waddell
1854
Australian politician
Eugène-Anatole Demarçay
1852
French chemist
John W. Goff
1848
American lawyer and judge
Ouida
1839
English novelist (1839–1908)
Ludovic Halévy
1834
French writer (1834–1908)
Robert Lawson (architect)
1833
19th century New Zealand architect (1833–1902)
Sándor Petőfi
1823
Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary
Arthur Hugh Clough
1819
English poet (1819–1861)
George Foster Shepley (judge)
1819
American judge & politician (1819–1878)
William Gamble (general)
1818
United States Army general
Hong Xiuquan
1814
Chinese revolutionary (1814–1864)
George Bliss (Ohio politician)
1813
American politician
Achille Guenée
1809
French lawyer and entomologist
Lionel Kieseritzky
1806
Baltic German chess master (1805–1853)
Edward Dickinson
1803
American politician
Before 1800
William Clowes (printer)
1779
English printer (1779–1847)
André Marie Constant Duméril
1774
French zoologist (1774–1860)
Marie-Louise Lachapelle
1769
18th and 19th-century French midwife
Maria Edgeworth
1768
Anglo-Irish novelist (1768–1849)
Betsy Ross
1752
American upholsterer (1752–1836)
Anthony Wayne
1745
American statesman and soldier (1745–1796)
Paul Revere
1735
American silversmith and military officer (1735–1818)
Giovanni Battista Mancini
1714
Italian soprano castrato and author
Kristijonas Donelaitis
1714
Prussian Lithuanian poet and Lutheran pastor (1714–1780)
Baron Franz von der Trenck
1711
Austrian soldier (1711–1749)
Soame Jenyns
1704
English writer (1704–1787)
Arnold Drakenborch
1684
Dutch classical scholar (1684-1748)
Christian Thomasius
1655
German jurist and philosopher (1655–1728)
Christoph Bernhard
1628
German Baroque composer and musician
Friedrich Spanheim
1600
German Calvinist theologian
Stephen Bocskai
1557
Prince of Transylvania
Henry, Duke of Cornwall
1511
Heir apparent of Henry VIII (1511)
Huldrych Zwingli
1484
Protestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder (1484–1531)
Sigismund I the Old
1467
King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 to 1548
Lorenzo de' Medici
1449
Lord of Florence from 1469 to 1492
Pope Alexander VI
1431
Head of the Catholic Church from 1492 to 1503
Ali al-Rida
766
Eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)