Births on 29 January
2000s
Jarell Quansah
2003
English footballer (born 2003)
Lee Dae-hwi
2001
South Korean singer (born 2001)
1900s
Joel Eriksson Ek
1997
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1997)
Jack Roslovic
1997
American ice hockey player (born 1997)
Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
1993
Japanese singer and model
Markel Brown
1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Maxi Kleber
1992
German basketball player (born 1992)
Mohamed Abou Gabal
1989
Egyptian footballer (born 1989)
Kevin Shattenkirk
1989
American ice hockey player (born 1989)
Ayobami Adebayo
1988
Nigerian writer (born 1988)
Jake Auchincloss
1988
American politician (born 1988)
Hank Conger
1988
American baseball player (born 1988)
Shay Logan
1988
English footballer
José Abreu
1987
Cuban-born baseball player (born 1987)
Alex Avila
1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Jessica Burkhart
1987
American writer
Vladimír Mihálik
1987
Slovak ice hockey player (born 1987)
Chris Bourque
1986
American ice hockey player (born 1986)
Thomas Greiss
1986
German ice hockey player (born 1986)
Jair Jurrjens
1986
Curaçaoan baseball player (born 1986)
Marc Gasol
1985
Spanish basketball player (born 1985)
Isabel Lucas
1985
Australian actress and model (born 1985)
Rag'n'Bone Man
1985
British singer (born 1985)
Tim Gleason
1983
American ice hockey player (born 1983)
Adam Lambert
1982
American singer (born 1982)
Tenoch Huerta
1981
Mexican actor and activist (born 1981)
Jonny Lang
1981
American singer, songwriter (born 1981)
Jason James Richter
1980
American actor
Andrew Keegan
1979
American actor
Christina Koch
1979
American astronaut (born 1979)
Justin Hartley
1977
American actor (born 1977)
Sam Jaeger
1977
American actor and screenwriter (born 1977)
Sharif Atkins
1975
American actor (born 1975)
Sara Gilbert
1975
American actress (born 1975)
Kelly Packard
1975
American actress (born 1975)
Megan McArdle
1973
American journalist
Jason Schmidt
1973
American baseball player (born 1973)
Brian Wood (comics)
1972
American comics artist
Clare Balding
1971
English broadcaster, journalist, TV presenter and author (born 1971)
Heather Graham
1970
American actress (born 1970)
Jörg Hoffmann (swimmer)
1970
German swimmer
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
1970
Indian politician
Paul Ryan
1970
American politician (born 1970)
Sam Trammell
1969
American actor (born 1969)
Edward Burns
1968
American actor and filmmaker (born 1968)
Monte Cook
1968
American writer and game designer
Aeneas Williams
1968
American football player (born 1968)
Sean Burke
1967
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1967)
Stacey King
1967
American basketball player and announcer
David Agus
1965
American physician
Dominik Hašek
1965
Czech ice hockey player (born 1965)
Roddy Frame
1964
Scottish musician
Andre Reed
1964
American football player (born 1964)
Gauri Lankesh
1962
Indian activist and journalist (1962–2017)
Lee Terry
1962
American politician (born 1962)
Nicholas Turturro
1962
American actor (born 1962)
Strive Masiyiwa
1961
Zimbabwean businessman (born 1961)
Cho-liang Lin
1960
Taiwanese violinist (born 1960)
Greg Louganis
1960
American Olympic springboard and platform diver
Steve Sax
1960
American baseball player (born 1960)
Gia Carangi
1960
American supermodel (1960–1986)
Judy Norton
1958
American actress (born 1958)
Diane Delano
1957
American actress (1957–2024)
Ron Franscell
1957
American journalist (born 1957)
Irlene Mandrell
1956
American musician (born 1956)
Amii Stewart
1956
American disco singer (born 1955)
Greg Ballard (basketball)
1955
American basketball player (1955–2016)
John Tate (boxer)
1955
American boxer (1955–1998)
Terry Kinney
1954
American actor (born 1954)
Oprah Winfrey
1954
American media personality and proprietor (born 1954)
Teresa Teng
1953
Taiwanese singer (1953–1995)
Charlie Wilson (singer)
1953
American singer (born 1953)
Pete Geren
1952
American attorney and politician
Tim Healy (actor)
1952
British actor (born 1952)
Ann Jillian
1950
American actress (born 1950)
Miklós Vámos
1950
Hungarian writer and screenwriter (born 1950)
Doris Davenport (poet)
1949
American poet, teacher
Tommy Ramone
1949
American drummer (1949–2014)
Raymond Keene
1948
English chess grandmaster, arbiter, organiser, journalist and author (born 1948)
Cristina Saralegui
1948
American journalist (born 1948)
Marc Singer
1948
Canadian-American actor (born 1948)
Linda B. Buck
1947
American biologist
David Byron
1947
British singer (1947–1985)
Marián Varga
1947
Slovak musician (1947–2017)
Geater Davis
1946
Musical artist
Bettye LaVette
1946
American soul singer (born 1946)
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
1945
President of Mali from 2013 to 2020
Tom Selleck
1945
American actor (born 1945)
Tony Blackburn
1943
British radio presenter, offshore broadcaster (born 1943)
Pat Quinn (ice hockey)
1943
Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and executive (1943–2014)
Mark Wynter
1943
English singer
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
1942
Cuban cosmonaut (born 1942)
Robin Morgan
1941
American poet, writer and activist (born 1941)
Gamini Jayawickrama Perera
1941
Sri Lankan politician (1941–2024)
Justino Díaz
1940
Puerto Rican opera singer
Katharine Ross
1940
American actress (born 1940)
Germaine Greer
1939
Australian writer and public intellectual (born 1939)
Jeanne Lee
1939
American jazz singer (1939–2000)
Jeff Clyne
1937
British jazz bassist (1937–2009)
James Jamerson
1936
American bassist (1936–1983)
Veturi
1936
Indian lyricist and poet (1936–2010)
Alan Cowley
1934
British chemist (1934–2020)
Sacha Distel
1933
French musician and singer (1933–2004)
Raman Subba Row
1932
English cricketer (1932–2024)
Leslie Bricusse
1931
English composer, lyricist and playwright (1931–2021)
Ferenc Mádl
1931
President of Hungary from 2000 to 2005
Elio Petri
1929
Italian filmmaker (1929–1982)
Joseph Kruskal
1928
American mathematician
Lee Shau-kee
1928
Hong Kong real estate billionaire (1928–2025)
Edward Abbey
1927
American author advocating Radical Environmentalism (1927–1989)
Abdus Salam
1926
Pakistani theoretical physicist (1926–1996)
Paddy Chayefsky
1923
American playwright, screenwriter and novelist (1923–1981)
Eddie Taylor
1923
American electric blues guitarist and singer (1923–1985)
Paul Gayten
1920
American pianist and songwriter (1920–1991)
John Forsythe
1918
American actor (1918–2010)
John Raitt
1917
American actor and singer (1917–2005)
Roy Markham
1916
Bill Peet
1915
American illustrator and animator (1915–2002)
John Serry Sr.
1915
American concert accordionist, arranger, and composer (1915–2003)
Victor Mature
1913
American actor (1913–1999)
Barnett Newman
1905
American painter (1905–1970)
Allen B. DuMont
1901
American electronics engineer and inventor (1901–1965)
E. P. Taylor
1901
Canadian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist
1800s
Muna Lee (writer)
1895
American writer, activist, and suffragist in Puerto Rico
Ernst Lubitsch
1892
German and American film director (1892–1947)
Sydney Chapman (mathematician)
1888
British mathematician and geophysicist
Wellington Koo
1888
Republic of China diplomat and statesman (1888–1985)
Karl Freudenberg
1886
German chemist (1886–1983)
Juhan Aavik
1884
Estonian composer (1884–1982)
Alice Catherine Evans
1881
American microbiologist (1881–1975)
W. C. Fields
1880
American comedian, actor, juggler and writer (1880–1946)
Havergal Brian
1876
English composer (1876–1972)
John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1874
American financier and philanthropist (1874–1960)
Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
1867
Spanish journalist, politician, and novelist (1867–1928)
Romain Rolland
1866
French author (1866–1944)
Sir Richard Gregory, 1st Baronet
1864
British astronomer and promoter of science
Frederick Delius
1862
English composer (1862–1934)
Florida Ruffin Ridley
1861
African-American journalist and activist (1861–1943)
Anton Chekhov
1860
Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
Henry Ward Ranger
1858
American painter (1858–1916)
Frederic Hymen Cowen
1852
English composer, conductor and pianist (1852–1935)
Karol Olszewski
1846
Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist
William McKinley
1843
President of the United States from 1897 to 1901
Ernst Kummer
1810
German mathematician (1810–1893)
Mary Whitwell Hale
1810
19th-century American teacher, school founder, hymnwriter
Johannes Bernardus van Bree
1801
Dutch composer, violinist and conductor
Before 1800
Lemuel H. Arnold
1792
American politician
Daniel Auber
1782
French opera composer (1782–1871)
Albert Gallatin
1761
American politician, diplomat, and scholar (1761–1849)
Henry Lee III
1756
American politician (1756–1818)
Moses Cleaveland
1754
Founder of Cleveland, Ohio
Christian VII
1749
King of Denmark and Norway from 1766 to 1808
Thomas Paine
1737
American philosopher and author (1737–1809)
Paul Rabaut
1718
French pastor
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
1717
British Army general (1717–1797)
Georg Christoph Wagenseil
1715
Austrian composer (1715–1777)
Giuseppe Bonno
1711
Italian-Austrian composer (1711-1788)
Emanuel Swedenborg
1688
Swedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian (1688–1772)
Johann Georg Graevius
1632
German academic (1632–1703)
Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg
1602
Landgravine consort of Hesse-Kassel
Franciscus Junius (the younger)
1591
Dutch philologist (1591–1677)
Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange
1584
Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland (1584–1647)
Lelio Sozzini
1525
Italian theologian and co-founder of Socinianism (1525–1562)
Katharina von Bora
1499
Wife of Martin Luther (c. 1499–1552)
Giuliano Bugiardini
1475
Italian painter
Johann Reuchlin
1455
German humanist and scholar (1455–1522)