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Events

=Pre-1600=

  • 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa.{{cite book |author=Tony Jaques |title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3amnMPTPP5MC&pg=PA98 |year=2007 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-33537-2 |pages=98}}
  • 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.{{cite book |author=William Schroeder |title=Mennonite Historical Atlas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OfyYXOGoMy8C&pg=PA111 |year=1996 |publisher=Kindred Productions |isbn=978-0-920643-05-1 |pages=111}}
  • 1535 – Following the Affair of the Placards, the French king leads an anti-Protestant procession through Paris.{{cite book |author=Janine Garrisson |title=A History of Sixteenth Century France, 1483-1598: Renaissance, Reformation and Rebellion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HktdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA204 |date=14 June 1995 |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |isbn=978-1-349-24020-3 |pages=204}}{{cite book |author=Mack P. Holt |title=The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dUBQKCEhylIC&pg=PA21 |date=19 October 1995 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-35873-6 |pages=21}}

=1601–1900=

  • 1720 – Sweden and Prussia sign the Treaty of Stockholm.{{cite book |author=Robert Moffat |title=Missionary labours and scenes in Southern Africa |url=https://archive.org/details/missionarylabour07moff |year=1846 |publisher=Snow |pages=[https://archive.org/details/missionarylabour07moff/page/125 125]}}
  • 1749 – The Teatro Filarmonico in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.{{cite book |author=Karyl Charna Lynn |title=Italian Opera Houses and Festivals |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQK2AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA117 |date=1 November 2005 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4617-0678-6 |pages=117}}
  • 1774 – Abdul Hamid I becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
  • 1789 – The first American novel, The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth by William Hill Brown, is printed in Boston.
  • 1793 – After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
  • 1824 – The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast during the First Anglo-Ashanti War.{{Cite book |last=Raugh |first=Harold E. |url=https://archive.org/details/the-victorians-at-war-1815-1914-an-encyclopedia-of-british-military-history/page/34/mode/1up |title=The Victorians at War, 1815-1914: An Encyclopedia of British Military History |date=2004 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |edition=Illustrated |publication-date=25 October 2004 |page=34 |language=English}}
  • 1854 – The {{RMS|Tayleur}} sinks off Lambay Island on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia with great loss of life.{{cite book |last1=Starkey |first1=H. F. |title=Iron clipper "Tayleur": the White Star Line's "First Titanic" |date=1999 |publisher=Avid Publications |isbn=1902964004 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/ironclippertayle0000star}}
  • 1893 – The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.

=1901–present=

  • 1908 – New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
  • 1911 – The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
  • 1915 – Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
  • 1919 – A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
  • 1925 – Albania declares itself a republic.
  • 1931 – Sir Isaac Isaacs is sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia.
  • 1932 – Finland and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty.{{cite web |url=https://www.histdoc.net/history/nonagen1.html |title=Treaty of Non-Aggression and Pacific Settlement of Disputes between the Soviet Union and Finland, concluded on January 21, 1932 |website=Histdoc.net |access-date=January 21, 2022}}
  • 1941 – Sparked by the murder of a German officer in Bucharest, Romania the day before, members of the Iron Guard engaged in a rebellion and pogrom killing 125 Jews.
  • 1942 – The Jewish resistance organization, Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye, based in the Vilna Ghetto was established.[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/jewish-partisans JEWISH PARTISANS], Holocaust Encyclopedia
  • 1943 – As part of Operation Animals, British SOE saboteurs destroy the railway bridge over the Asopos River, and guerrillas of the Greek People's Liberation Army ambush and destroy a German convoy at the Battle of Sarantaporos.{{cite book |last=Meyer |first=Hermann Frank |author-link= |title=Von Wien nach Kalavryta: Die blutige Spur der 117. Jäger-Division durch Serbien und Griechenland |trans-title=From Vienna to Kalavryta: The Bloody Trail of the 117th Jäger Division Across Serbia and Greece |publisher=Bibliopolis |location=Mannheim |year=2009 |language=de |isbn=978-3-941336-10-0 |pages=138–142}}
  • 1948 – The Flag of Quebec is adopted and flown for the first time over the National Assembly of Quebec. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
  • 1950 – American lawyer and government official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
  • 1951 – The catastrophic eruption of Mount Lamington in Papua New Guinea claims 2,942 lives.{{cite web |title=Significant Volcanic Eruption |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/volcano/event-more-info/2188 |website=ngdc.noaa.gov |publisher=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information |access-date=23 January 2022}}
  • 1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the {{USS|Nautilus|SSN-571|6}}, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
  • 1960 – Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
  • 1960 – Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
  • 1960 – A coal mine collapses at Holly Country, South Africa, killing 435 miners.
  • 1963 – The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ends operation."Rail buys CTA bonds, sells 'L' right of way." Chicago Daily Tribune. 1953-10-17.
  • 1968 – Vietnam War, Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
  • 1968 – A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
  • 1971 – The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
  • 1976 – Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
  • 1980 – Iran Air Flight 291 crashes in the Alborz Mountains while on approach to Mehrabad International Airport in Tehran, Iran, killing 128 people.{{Cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800121-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-86 EP-IRD Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) |last=Ranter |first=Harro |website=aviation-safety.net |access-date=2020-01-10}}
  • 1981 – Production of the DeLorean sports car begins in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
  • 1985 – Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people.{{Cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850121-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-188A Electra N5532 Reno/Tahoe International Airport, NV (RNO) |last=Ranter |first=Harro |website=aviation-safety.net |access-date=2019-08-27}}
  • 1997 – The U.S. House of Representatives votes 395–28 to reprimand Newt Gingrich for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
  • 1999 – War on Drugs: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the United States Coast Guard intercepts a ship with over {{convert|4300|kg|lb}} of cocaine on board.
  • 2000 – Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
  • 2003 – A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes the Mexican state of Colima, killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.{{Cite web |url=http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2003/eq_030122/ |title=USGS NEIC: Earthquake Bulletin: COLIMA, MEXICO |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511234709/http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2003/eq_030122/ |archive-date=2008-05-11 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 16, 2021}}
  • 2004 – NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
  • 2005 – In Belmopan, Belize, the unrest over the government's new taxes erupts into riots.
  • 2009 – Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending a three-week war it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.
  • 2011 – Anti-government demonstrations take place in Tirana, Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.{{cite web |author=Besar Likmeta |url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/wounded-albanian-journalist-says-national-guard-shot-him-and-protesters |title=Republican Guard Shot Us, Claims Albanian Journalist |date=25 January 2011 |publisher=Balkan Insight}}
  • 2014 – Rojava conflict: The Jazira Canton declares its autonomy from the Syrian Arab Republic.{{cite web |url=http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2014/1/syriakurd1028.htm |title=Al-Qamishli to be capital city of Jazeera Canton in Syrian Kurdistan |work=Firat News |date=26 January 2014}}
  • 2017 – Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale women's march, on Donald Trump's first full day as President of the United States.{{Cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/7b34cd82-dfe2-11e6-8405-9e5580d6e5fb |title=Trump reacts to mass protests with conciliatory tweet: More than 2.5m people gather around the world to take part in Women's March |date=January 22, 2017 |work=Financial Times |last2=Rennison |first2=Joe |last3=Whipp |first3=Lindsay |last4=Bullock |first4=Nicole |access-date=January 22, 2017 |last1=Weaver |first1=Courtney |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122050503/https://www.ft.com/content/7b34cd82-dfe2-11e6-8405-9e5580d6e5fb |archive-date=January 22, 2017}}
  • 2023 – Huu Can Tran, 72, opens fire in a dance studio in Monterey Park, California, killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 Covina massacre.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-22/la-me-monterey-park-mass-shooting |title=10 people killed, 10 injured in mass shooting at Monterey Park dance studio |work=The Los Angeles Times |last1=Winton |first1=Richard |last2=Park |first2=Jeong |last3=Jany |first3=Libor |last4=Lin |first4=Summer |last5=Ellis |first5=Summer |date=January 22, 2023 |accessdate=January 23, 2023 |archive-date=January 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122085355/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-22/la-me-monterey-park-mass-shooting |url-status=live}}
  • 2025 – A fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the Kartalkaya ski resort in Bolu Province, Turkey, results in 78 people dead and 51 injured.{{Cite news |date=January 23, 2025 |title=Waitress dies from Turkish ski resort blaze, one of 78 lives lost as concerns over safety revive |url=https://apnews.com/article/turkey-ski-resort-fire-safety-hotel-kartalkaya-3f1643306b8971ee79d7625dbce0ac4d |access-date=January 23, 2025 |work=AP News}}

Births

=Pre-1600=

  • 1264 – Alexander, Prince of Scotland (d. 1284){{cite book |author1=Janay Nugent |author2=Elizabeth Ewan |title=Children and Youth in Premodern Scotland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E-XwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA158 |year=2015 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-1-78327-043-9 |pages=158–}}
  • 1277 – Galeazzo I Visconti, lord of Milan (d. 1328)
  • 1338 – Charles V of France (d. 1380){{cite book |author=Richard K. Emmerson |title=Key Figures in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BhyOAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA127 |date=18 October 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-77519-2 |pages=127–}}
  • 1493 – Giovanni Poggio, Italian cardinal and diplomat (d. 1556){{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-poggio_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |title=POGGIO, Giovanni |first=Giampiero |last=Brunelli |encyclopedia=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani |language=it |volume=85 |year=2016}}
  • 1598 – Matsudaira Tadamasa, Japanese samurai and daimyō (d. 1645){{cite book |last1=Papinot, Taylor |title=Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan |date=1948 |publisher=Overbeck Co. |location=New York}}

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1901 – Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1978)
  • 1903 – William Lyon, American film editor (d. 1974)
  • 1903 – Raymond Suvigny, French weightlifter (d. 1945)
  • 1904 – John Porter, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1997)
  • 1904 – Puck van Heel, Dutch footballer (d. 1984)
  • 1905 – Christian Dior, French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A. (d. 1957){{cite book |author=Marie France Pochna |title=Christian Dior: The Man who Made the World Look New |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ffkK4dy00SoC&pg=PA5 |year=1996 |publisher=Arcade Publishing |isbn=978-1-55970-340-6 |pages=5}}
  • 1905 – Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (d. 1978){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 21: Geena Davis, Luke Grimes |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/21/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-21-Geena-Davis-Luke-Grimes/8001674260765/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=19 January 2024 |date=21 January 2023}}
  • 1906 – Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. 2007){{cite book |author1=Selma Jeanne Cohen |author2=George E. Dorris |title=International Encyclopedia of Dance: A Project of Dance Perspectives Foundation, Inc |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhsKAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-512308-1 |page=443}}
  • 1907 – Carlo Cavagnoli, Italian boxer (d. 1991)
  • 1909 – Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer and conductor (d. 2004)
  • 1909 – Teofilo Spasojević, Serbian footballer (d. 1970)
  • 1910 – Rosa Kellner, German athlete (d. 1984)
  • 1910 – Albert Rosellini, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Washington (d. 2011){{cite book |title=Guide to the Governors' Papers. Volume 4. Albert D. Rosellini, 1957-1964 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hngVAQAAIAAJ |year=1984 |publisher=Washington State Archives |page=1876}}
  • 1910 – Hideo Shinojima, Japanese footballer (d. 1975)
  • 1910 – Károly Takács, Hungarian shooter (d. 1976)
  • 1911 – Dick Garrard, Australian wrestler (d. 2003)
  • 1911 – Lee Yoo-hyung, Korean footballer and manager (d. 2003)
  • 1912 – Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
  • 1915 – André Lichnerowicz, French mathematician (d. 1998)
  • 1915 – Orazio Mariani, Italian sprinter (d. 1981)
  • 1916 – Pietro Rava, Italian footballer (d. 2006){{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/dec/06/guardianobituaries.football |title=Pietro Rava |date=6 December 2006 |author=Brian Glanville |website=The Guardian |access-date=20 April 2019}}
  • 1916 – Zypora Spaisman, Polish midwife; American and Yiddish-language actress; producer of the Yiddish stage (d. 2002){{cite book |title=Jewish Currents |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMFtAAAAMAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=Jewish Currents |page=21}}
  • 1917 – Erling Persson, H&M founder (d. 2002){{cite book |author=Joseph Whitaker |title=An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord ... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zrgYAAAAIAAJ |year=2004 |publisher=J. Whitaker |page=1081 |isbn=9780713667219}}
  • 1918 – Jimmy Hagan, English footballer (d. 1998)
  • 1918 – Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist and conductor (d. 1989)
  • 1918 – Richard Winters, American soldier (d. 2011)
  • 1919 – Eric Brown, Scottish-English captain and pilot (d. 2016)
  • 1920 – Errol Barrow, first Prime Minister of Barbados (d. 1987)
  • 1922 – Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2012)
  • 1922 – Telly Savalas, American actor (d. 1994){{cite book |last=Plato |first=Herbie J. |title=Dashing, Daring, and Debonair: TV's Top Male Icons From the 50s, 60s, and 70s |location=Lanham, Md. |publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing |date=2016 |isbn=9781630760526 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vaI9DAAAQBAJ |page=205}}
  • 1922 – Paul Scofield, English actor (d. 2008){{cite book |author=Garry O'Connor |title=Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noiRAAAAIAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=Applause |isbn=978-1-55783-499-7 |page=15}}
  • 1922 – Predrag Vranicki, Croatian Marxist humanist (d. 2002)
  • 1923 – Alberto de Mendoza, Argentine actor (d. 2011)
  • 1923 – Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer, and actress (d. 1995)
  • 1923 – Pahiño, Spanish footballer (d. 2012)
  • 1924 – Shafiga Akhundova, Azerbaijani Composer, first professional female author of an opera in the East (d. 2013){{Cite web |url=https://oxfordfeministepress.com/shafiga-akhundova/ |title=The people's composer: Shafiga Akhundova |date=5 May 2018}}
  • 1924 – Benny Hill, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
  • 1925 – Charles Aidman, American actor (d. 1993)
  • 1925 – Alex Forbes, Scottish footballer (d. 2014)
  • 1925 – Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (d. 2010)
  • 1925 – Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager (d. 2007)
  • 1926 – Clive Donner, British director (d. 2010)
  • 1926 – Franco Evangelisti, Italian composer (d. 1980)
  • 1926 – Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (d. 2000){{cite news |last=Lane |first=John Francis |title=Steve Reeves: Putting muscle and myth in the movies |work=The Guardian |date=June 5, 2000 |accessdate=January 21, 2023 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/06/guardianobituaries.filmnews}}
  • 1926 – Roger Taillibert, French architect (d. 2019)
  • 1926 – Robert J. White, American neurosurgeon (d. 2010)
  • 1927 – Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1985){{Cite web |url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/clive-churchill/summary.html |title=Clive Churchill – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project |publisher=Rugby League Project}}
  • 1927 – Rudolf Kraus, German footballer (d. 2003)
  • 1928 – Reynaldo Bignone, Argentinian general and politician, 41st President of Argentina (d. 2018)
  • 1928 – Gene Sharp, American political scientist and academic, founded the Albert Einstein Institution (d. 2018)
  • 1929 – Radley Metzger, American filmmaker (d. 2017)
  • 1930 – Mainza Chona, Zambian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Zambia (d. 2001)
  • 1930 – Valentin Filatyev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1990){{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=40 |lccn=2008935694}}
  • 1931 – Yoshiko Kuga, Japanese actress (d. 2024)
  • 1933 – Tony Marchi, English footballer (d. 2022){{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4799 |title=Tony Marchi |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=20 January 2020}}
  • 1933 – Habib Thiam, Senegalese politician (d. 2017)
  • 1934 – Audrey Dalton, Irish actress
  • 1934 – Antonio Karmany, Spanish cyclist
  • 1934 – Alfonso Portugal, Mexican footballer (d. 2016)
  • 1934 – Ann Wedgeworth, American actress (d. 2017)
  • 1936 – Dick Davies, American basketball player (d. 2012)
  • 1937 – Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi, Hungarian fencer (d. 2013)
  • 1937 – Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, the youngest son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
  • 1938 – Wolfman Jack, radio personality (d. 1995){{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/02/obituaries/wolfman-jack-raspy-voice-of-the-radio-is-dead-at-57.html |title=Wolfman Jack, Raspy Voice of the Radio, is Dead at 57 |work=The New York Times |date=2 July 1995 |last1=Herszenhorn |first1=David M.}}
  • 1938 – Romano Fogli, Italian footballer (d. 2021)
  • 1939 – Paul Genevay, French sprinter (d. 2022)
  • 1939 – Friedel Lutz, German footballer (d. 2023)
  • 1939 – Steve Paxton, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2024)
  • 1939 – Viacheslav Platonov, Russian volleyball player and coach (d. 2005)
  • 1940 – Jack Nicklaus, American golfer and sportscaster
  • 1940 – Patrick Robinson, English novelist
  • 1941 – Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (d. 2013)
  • 1941 – Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor
  • 1941 – Richie Havens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013){{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10013605/Richie-Havens.html |title=Richie Havens |access-date=April 24, 2013 |date=April 23, 2013 |work=The Daily Telegraph}}
  • 1941 – Mike Medavoy, Chinese-born American film producer, co-founded Orion Pictures
  • 1941 – Ivan Putski, Polish-American wrestler and bodybuilder
  • 1941 – Elaine Showalter, American author and critic
  • 1942 – Freddy Breck, German singer, producer, and news anchor (d. 2008)
  • 1942 – Eugène Camara, Prime Minister of Guinea (d. 2019){{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928035800/http://www.guineeconakry.info/index.php?action=read&item=1169300796 "Qui est Eugène Camara, le nouveau ministre d'Etat aux Affaires présidentielles ?"]}}, Guineeconakry.info, 20 January 2007 {{in lang|fr}}.
  • 1942 – Mac Davis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2020)
  • 1942 – Han Pil-hwa, North Korean speed skater
  • 1942 – Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
  • 1942 – Michael G. Wilson, American producer and screenwriter
  • 1943 – Zdravko Hebel, Croatian water polo player (d. 2017)
  • 1943 – Arnar Jónsson, Icelandic actor
  • 1943 – Alfons Peeters, Belgian footballer (d. 2015)
  • 1943 – Kenzo Yokoyama, Japanese footballer
  • 1944 – Uto Ughi, Italian violinist
  • 1945 – Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2011){{Cite web |url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/arthur-beetson/summary.html |title=Arthur Beetson – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project |publisher=Rugby League Project}}
  • 1945 – Pete Kircher, English drummer
  • 1945 – Martin Shaw, English actor and producer
  • 1946 – Ichiro Hosotani, Japanese footballer
  • 1946 – Nella Martinetti, Swiss singer (d. 2011)
  • 1946 – Tomás Pineda, El Salvadoran footballer
  • 1946 – Miguel Reina, Spanish footballer
  • 1947 – Andrzej Bachleda, Polish former alpine skier
  • 1947 – Jill Eikenberry, American actress
  • 1947 – Dorian M. Goldfeld, American mathematician
  • 1947 – Pye Hastings, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1947 – Michel Jonasz, French singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1947 – Joseph Nicolosi, American clinical psychologist (d. 2017)
  • 1947 – Giuseppe Savoldi, Italian footballer
  • 1947 – Roberto Zywica, Argentine footballer
  • 1948 – Zygmunt Kukla, Polish footballer (d. 2016)
  • 1948 – Hugo Tocalli, Argentine footballer
  • 1949 – Clifford Ray, American basketball coach and player
  • 1949 – Trương Tấn Sang, Vietnamese politician and 7th President of Vietnam
  • 1950 – Marion Becker, German javelin thrower
  • 1950 – Gary Locke, American politician and diplomat, 36th United States Secretary of Commerce
  • 1950 – José Marín, Spanish racewalker
  • 1950 – Billy Ocean, Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter
  • 1950 – Agnes van Ardenne, Dutch politician and diplomat, Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation
  • 1951 – Eric Holder, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 82nd United States Attorney General
  • 1952 – Marco Camenisch, Swiss activist and murderer
  • 1952 – Werner Grissmann, Austrian alpine skier
  • 1952 – Mikhail Umansky, Russian chess player (d. 2010)
  • 1953 – Paul Allen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft (d. 2018){{Cite web |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/paul-allens-sister-jody-named-executor-trustee-of-late-billionaires-estate/ |title=Paul Allen's sister Jody named executor, trustee of late billionaire's estate |date=2018-10-24 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-20}}
  • 1953 – Felipe Yáñez, Spanish cyclist
  • 1954 – Thomas de Maizière, German politician of the Christian Democratic Union
  • 1954 – Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
  • 1954 – Phil Thompson, English footballer and coach
  • 1955 – Peter Fleming, American tennis player
  • 1955 – Jeff Koons, American painter and sculptor
  • 1955 – Nello Musumeci, Italian politician and President of Sicily
  • 1956 – Robby Benson, American actor and director
  • 1956 – Geena Davis, American actress and producer{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 21, 2023 includes celebrities Luke Grimes, Geena Davis |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-21-2023-includes-celebrities-luke-grimes-geena-davis.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=19 January 2024 |date=21 January 2023}}
  • 1958 – Hussein Saeed, Iraqi footballer
  • 1958 – Matt Salmon, American politician
  • 1958 – Sergei Walter, Ukrainian politician (d. 2015)
  • 1958 – Michael Wincott, Canadian actor
  • 1959 – Sergei Alifirenko, Russian pistol shooter
  • 1959 – Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1960 – Sidney Lowe, American basketball player
  • 1960 – Mike Terrana, American hard rock and heavy metal drummer
  • 1961 – Kevin Cramer, American politician
  • 1961 – Cornelia Pröll, Austrian alpine skier
  • 1961 – Ivo Pukanić Croatian journalist (d. 2008)
  • 1961 – Gary Shaw, English footballer (d. 2024)
  • 1961 – Piotr Ugrumov, Russian cyclist
  • 1962 – Tyler Cowen, American economist and academic
  • 1962 – Isabelle Nanty, French actress, director and screenwriter
  • 1962 – Gabriele Pin, Italian footballer and coach
  • 1962 – Zoran Thaler, Slovenian politician
  • 1962 – Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003)
  • 1962 – Erik Verlinde, Dutch theoretical physicist
  • 1963 – Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball player
  • 1963 – Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player and coach
  • 1964 – Andreas Bauer, German ski jumper
  • 1964 – Tony Dolan, English musician and actor
  • 1964 – Gérald Passi, French footballer
  • 1964 – Ricardo Serna, Spanish footballer
  • 1964 – Aleksandar Šoštar, Serbian water polo player
  • 1964 – Danny Wallace, English footballer
  • 1965 – Robert Del Naja, British artist, musician and singer
  • 1965 – Jam Master Jay, American DJ, rapper, and producer (d. 2002)
  • 1965 – Masahiro Wada, Japanese footballer
  • 1967 – Ulf Dahlén, Swedish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Ulf Dahlen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/ulf-dahlen-8446295 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=19 January 2024}}
  • 1967 – Alfred Jermaniš, Slovenian footballer
  • 1967 – Artashes Minasian, Armenian chess player
  • 1967 – Gorō Miyazaki, Japanese film director and landscaper
  • 1968 – Artur Dmitriev, Russian ice skater
  • 1968 – Dmitry Fomin, Russian volleyball player
  • 1968 – Sébastien Lifshitz, French director
  • 1968 – Steven Marshall, Australian politician, 46th Premier of South Australia{{Cite web |title=AdelaideAZ |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/steven-marshall-focus-on-payroll-cuts--free-shops-hours--icac-and-reviving-repat |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=adelaideaz.com |archive-date=30 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430040900/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/steven-marshall-focus-on-payroll-cuts--free-shops-hours--icac-and-reviving-repat |url-status=live}}
  • 1968 – Charlotte Ross, American actress
  • 1968 – Ilya Smirin, Israeli chess Grandmaster
  • 1969 – John Ducey, American actor
  • 1969 – Eduard Hämäläinen, Finnish-Belarusian decathlete
  • 1969 – Karina Lombard, French-American actress and singer
  • 1969 – Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese comic artist
  • 1970 – Alen Bokšić, former Croatian footballer
  • 1970 – Marina Foïs, French actress
  • 1970 – Ken Leung, American actor
  • 1970 – Oren Peli, Israeli-American director, producer and screenwriter
  • 1971 – Uni Arge, Faroese footballer and entertainer
  • 1971 – Rafael Berges, Spanish footballer
  • 1971 – Doug Edwards, American basketball player
  • 1971 – Dmitri Khlestov, Russian footballer
  • 1971 – Sergey Klevchenya, Russian speed skater
  • 1971 – Dylan Kussman, American actor
  • 1971 – Doug Weight, American ice hockey player and coach
  • 1972 – Billel Dziri, Algerian footballer and manager
  • 1972 – Rick Falkvinge, Swedish businessman and politician
  • 1972 – Sead Kapetanović, Bosnian footballer
  • 1972 – Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer and producer
  • 1972 – Cat Power, American singer, musician and actress
  • 1972 – Shawn Rojeski, American curler
  • 1972 – Sabina Valbusa, Italian cross-country skier
  • 1973 – Rob Hayles, English cyclist
  • 1973 – Chris Kilmore, American musician and DJ
  • 1973 – Edvinas Krungolcas, Lithuanian modern pentathlete
  • 1973 – Flavio Maestri, Peruvian footballer
  • 1974 – Malena Alterio, Spanish actress
  • 1974 – Maxwell Atoms, American animator, screenwriter and voice actor
  • 1974 – Kim Dotcom, German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur and political activist
  • 1974 – Arthémon Hatungimana, Burundian middle-distance runner
  • 1974 – Vincent Laresca, American actor
  • 1974 – Ulrich Le Pen, French footballer
  • 1974 – Marco Zanotti, Italian cyclist
  • 1975 – Nicky Butt, English footballer and coach
  • 1975 – Thomas Castaignède, French rugby player[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/saracens/6641665.stm Castaignède calls time on career] BBC Sport - 10 May 2007
  • 1975 – Casey FitzRandolph, American speedskater
  • 1975 – Yuji Ide, Japanese race car driver
  • 1975 – Ito, Spanish footballer and manager
  • 1975 – Willem Korsten, Dutch footballer{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/1645/Willem-Korsten/overview |title=Willem Korsten |website=premierleague.com |access-date=20 January 2020}}
  • 1975 – Jason Moran, American jazz pianist, composer and educator
  • 1975 – Florin Șerban, Romanian director
  • 1975 – Alyaksandr Yermakovich, Belarusian footballer and manager
  • 1976 – Aivaras Abromavičius, Lithuanian-Ukrainian banker and politician; 15th Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development
  • 1976 – Raivis Belohvoščiks, Latvian cyclist
  • 1976 – Emma Bunton, English singer
  • 1976 – Lars Eidinger, German actor
  • 1976 – Giorgio Frezzolini, Italian footballer
  • 1976 – Igors Stepanovs, Latvian footballer
  • 1977 – Hussein Abdulghani, Saudi Arabian footballer
  • 1977 – Bradley Carnell, South African footballer
  • 1977 – John DeSantis, Canadian actor
  • 1977 – Kirsten Klose, German hammer thrower
  • 1977 – Denis Lunghi, Italian cyclist
  • 1977 – Ulrike Maisch, German runner
  • 1977 – Phil Neville, English footballer and manager
  • 1977 – Michael Ruffin, American basketball player
  • 1977 – Jerry Trainor, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1977 – Loïc Lerouge, French sprinter{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/france/loic-lerouge-14186026 |title=Loic LEROUGE |website=worldathletics.org}}
  • 1978 – Faris Al-Sultan, German triathlete
  • 1978 – Hernán Rodrigo López, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1978 – Peter von Allmen, Swiss cross-country skier
  • 1978 – Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player
  • 1979 – Quinton Jacobs, Namibian footballer
  • 1979 – Melendi, Spanish singer
  • 1979 – Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player
  • 1980 – Karsten Forsterling, Australian rower
  • 1980 – Lee Kyung-won, South Korean badminton player{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/kyung-won-lee |title=Kyung-Won LEE |website=Olympic.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120070703/https://www.olympic.org/kyung-won-lee |archive-date=January 20, 2018 |access-date=November 14, 2020}}
  • 1980 – Nana Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
  • 1980 – Xavier Pons, Spanish rally diver
  • 1981 – Gillian Chung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1981 – Wu Hanxiong, Chinese fencer
  • 1981 – Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1981 – Andy Lee, South Korean singer and actor
  • 1981 – Izabella Miko, Polish actress, dancer, and producer
  • 1981 – Jung Ryeo-won, South Korean actress
  • 1981 – David F. Sandberg, Swedish filmmaker
  • 1981 – Michel Teló, Brazilian singer-songwriter
  • 1982 – Richard José Blanco, Venezuelan footballer
  • 1982 – Nicolas Mahut, French tennis player
  • 1982 – Adriano Ferreira Martins, Brazilian footballer
  • 1982 – Sarah Ourahmoune, French boxer
  • 1982 – Simon Rolfes, German footballer
  • 1983 – Alex Acker, American-Italian basketball player
  • 1983 – Svetlana Khodchenkova, Russian actress
  • 1983 – Asael Lubotzky, Israeli physician, author and molecular biologist[http://www.ma.huji.ac.il/~alexlub/ Curriculum Vitae - Alexander Lubotzky], Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • 1983 – Maryse Mizanin, Canadian-American wrestler
  • 1983 – Álvaro Quirós, Spanish golfer
  • 1983 – Francesca Segat, Italian swimmer
  • 1983 – Marieke van den Ham, Dutch water polo player
  • 1983 – Kelly VanderBeek, Canadian alpine skier
  • 1983 – Moritz Volz, German footballer{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=23157/overview |title=2. Moritz Volz |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=20 January 2020}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • 1984 – Luke Grimes, American actor{{cite web |last1=Bowlby |first1=Katie |title=See 'Yellowstone' Star Luke Grimes in Never-Before-Seen Photo Posted by His Wife Bianca |url=https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a38889885/luke-grimes-yellowstone-wife-birthday-tribute/ |publisher=Country Living |access-date=17 January 2023 |date=30 January 2022}}
  • 1984 – Haloti Ngata, American football player{{cite web |title=Haloti Ngata |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/9598/haloti-ngata |publisher=ESPN |access-date=17 January 2023}}
  • 1985 – Artur Beterbiev, Russian boxer
  • 1985 – Aura Dione, Danish singer and songwriter
  • 1985 – Yumi Hara, Japanese voice actress and singer
  • 1985 – Sasha Pivovarova, Russian model and actress
  • 1985 – Ri Se-gwang, North Korean artistic gymnast
  • 1985 – Dmitri Sokolov, Russian basketball player
  • 1985 – Ryan Suter, American ice hockey player
  • 1986 – César Arzo, Spanish footballer
  • 1986 – Edson Barboza, Brazilian mixed martial artist
  • 1986 – Peyton Hillis, American football player{{cite web |title=Peyton Hillis |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/11461/peyton-hillis |publisher=ESPN |access-date=19 January 2024}}
  • 1986 – João Gomes Júnior, Brazilian swimmer
  • 1986 – Javi López, Spanish footballer
  • 1986 – Gina Mambrú, Dominican Republic volleyball player
  • 1986 – Jonathan Quick, American ice hockey player
  • 1986 – Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor (d. 2020)
  • 1986 – Óscar Vílchez, Peruvian footballer
  • 1987 – Oskars Bārtulis, Latvian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Oskars Bartulis |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/oskars-bartulis-8471756 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=19 January 2024}}
  • 1987 – Brandon Crawford, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Brandon Crawford |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/brandon-crawford-543063 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=17 January 2023}}
  • 1987 – Aida Hadzialic, Swedish politician
  • 1987 – Darren Helm, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Darren Helm |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/darren-helm-8471794 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=19 January 2024}}
  • 1987 – Shaun Keeling, South African rower
  • 1987 – Augustine Kiprono Choge, Kenyan runner
  • 1987 – Will Johnson, Canadian soccer player
  • 1987 – Dominik Roels, German cyclist
  • 1987 – Maša Zec Peškirič, Slovenian tennis player
  • 1987 – Ikumi Yoshimatsu, Japanese actress
  • 1988 – Glaiza de Castro, Filipino actress and singer
  • 1988 – Ashton Eaton, American decathlete
  • 1988 – Rolands Freimanis, Latvian basketball player
  • 1988 – Vanessa Hessler, Italian-American model and actress
  • 1988 – Aleksandar Lazevski, Macedonian footballer
  • 1988 – Ángel Mena, Ecuadorian footballer
  • 1988 – Valérie Tétreault, Canadian tennis player
  • 1988 – Pieter Timmers, Belgian swimmer
  • 1988 – Nemanja Tomić, Serbian footballer
  • 1989 – Doğuş Balbay, Turkish basketball player
  • 1989 – Kayla Banwarth, American indoor volleyball player
  • 1989 – Férébory Doré, Congolese footballer
  • 1989 – Sergey Fesikov, Russian swimmer
  • 1989 – Justin Houston, American football player{{cite web |title=Justin Houston |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14048/justin-houston |publisher=ESPN |access-date=17 January 2023}}
  • 1989 – Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenian footballer
  • 1989 – Zhang Shuai, Chinese tennis player
  • 1990 – Knowledge Musona, Zimbabwean footballer{{NFT|35810}}
  • 1990 – Kelly Rohrbach, American model and actress
  • 1991 – Ali Al-Busaidi, Omani footballer
  • 1991 – Jan Hirt, Czech cyclist
  • 1991 – Brayden McNabb, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Brayden McNabb |url=https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/player/brayden-mcnabb-8475188 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=19 January 2024}}
  • 1991 – Marta Pagnini, Italian gymnast
  • 1992 – Sven Erik Bystrøm, Norwegian cyclist
  • 1992 – James Duckworth, Australian tennis player
  • 1992 – Quinton Howden, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Quinton Howden |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/quinton-howden-8475769 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=19 January 2024}}
  • 1992 – Kwame Karikari, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1992 – Tom Kühnhackl, German ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Tom Kuhnhackl |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tom-kuhnhackl-8475832 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=19 January 2024}}
  • 1992 – Nicolás Mezquida, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1992 – Verónica Cepede Royg, Paraguayan tennis player
  • 1992 – Roland Szolnoki, Hungarian footballer
  • 1993 – Muralha, Brazilian footballer
  • 1994 – Amin Affane, Swedish footballer
  • 1994 – Laura Robson, Australian-English tennis player
  • 1994 – Booboo Stewart, American actor{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Brandon |title=Happy Birthday! Booboo Stewart Turns 22 Today |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/happy-birthday-booboo-stewart-turns-22-today/ |publisher=ComicBook.com |access-date=17 January 2023 |date=21 January 2016}}
  • 1995 – Jake Elliott, American football player{{cite web |title=Jake Elliott |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3050478/jake-elliott |publisher=ESPN |access-date=19 January 2024}}
  • 1995 – Marine Johannès, French basketball player
  • 1995 – Alanna Kennedy, Australian soccer player{{cite web |url=https://www.matildas.com.au/player/alanna-kennedy |title=Alanna Kennedy |website=Westfield Matildas |date=31 July 2017 |access-date=16 January 2021}}
  • 1995 – Nguyễn Công Phượng, Vietnamese footballer
  • 1995 – Yuliya Stupak, Russian cross-country skier{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=178766&type=st-WC |title=BELORUKOVA Yulia |author= |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=10 December 2019}}
  • 1996 – Marco Asensio, Spanish footballer
  • 1996 – Cristian Pavón, Argentine footballer{{cite web |title=Cristian Pavón |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/cristian-pavon/319468/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=21 January 2024}}
  • 1997 – Mamadi Diakite, Guinean basketball player{{cite web |title=Mamadi Diakite |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629603/mamadi-diakite |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=19 January 2024}}
  • 1997 – Jeremy Shada, American actor, musician and singer
  • 1997 – Ilia Topuria, German-Georgian mixed martial artist{{Cite web |url=http://ufcstats.com/fighter-details/54f64b5e283b0ce7 |title=Stats {{pipe}} UFC|website=ufcstats.com}}
  • 1998 – Pervis Estupiñán, Ecuadorian footballer{{Cite web |title=Pervis Estupiñán |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/31904/Pervis-Estupi%C3%B1%C3%A1n/overview |website=Premier League |access-date=21 January 2024}}
  • 1999 – Rubina Ali, Indian actress
  • 1999 – Fūju Kamio, Japanese actor{{Cite web |date=October 17, 2017 |script-title=ja:【注目の人物】「監獄のお姫さま」小泉今日子の息子役・神尾楓珠って？「兄こま」にも出演したイケメン注目株 - モデルプレス |trans-title=[Notable person] Who is Fuju Kamio, the son of Kyoko Koizumi in "Princess in Prison"? Handsome attention stock who also appeared in "Brother Koma" – Model press |url=https://mdpr.jp/interview/detail/1721702 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517184632/https://mdpr.jp/interview/detail/1721702 |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=Model Press |language=ja}}
  • 1999 – Alisha Lehmann, Swiss footballer{{cite web |title=Alisha Lehmann |url=https://womensleagues.thefa.com/player/alisha-lehmann/ |website=Women's Super League |access-date=21 January 2024 |archive-date=21 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121061558/https://womensleagues.thefa.com/player/alisha-lehmann/ |url-status=dead}}
  • 2001 – Baek Jong-bum, South Korean footballer{{cite web |script-title=ko:선수단 소개 - 백종범 |url=https://www.fcseoul.com/club/clubPlayerIntroductionDetailView?playerId=19GK0121 |publisher=FC Seoul |access-date=November 2, 2023 |language=ko |title=Fc Seoul}}
  • 2003 – Hannibal Mejbri, Tunisian footballer{{cite web |title=Hannibal Mejbri |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/68593/Hannibal-Mejbri/overview |website=Premier League |access-date=21 January 2024}}
  • 2004 – Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway{{cite web |url=https://www.royalcourt.no/artikkel.html?tid=28778&sek=28633 |title=Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid Alexandra |website=Royal House of Norway |access-date=20 January 2019}}
  • 2005 – IShowSpeed, American YouTuber{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CZAWztMP0vQ/ |title=birthday boy🐶 |website=Instagram |date=January 21, 2022 |accessdate=November 29, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123043039/https://www.instagram.com/p/CZAWztMP0vQ/ |url-status=live}}
  • 2007 – Luke Littler, English darts player{{cite news |last= |first= |date=22 December 2023 |title=Meet Luke Littler: The teen sensation dominating the World Darts Championship |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/uk/meet-luke-littler-the-teen-sensation-dominating-the-world-darts-championship/articleshow/106220391.cms |work=The Economic Times |location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}

Deaths

=Pre-1600=

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1901 – Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
  • 1914 – Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
  • 1918 – Jan Drozdowski, Polish pianist and music teacher (b. 1857){{cite web |url=http://www.psm.nysa.com.pl/artykul_04_boguslawakos.htm |title=Jan Drozdowski |language=pl |access-date=Feb 5, 2020}}
  • 1919 – Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
  • 1919 – Ahmed Muhtar Pasha, Ottoman general and politician, 277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1839)
  • 1924 – Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
  • 1926 – Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
  • 1928 – George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)
  • 1931 – Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
  • 1932 – Lytton Strachey, English writer and critic (b. 1880)
  • 1933 – George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (b. 1852)
  • 1937 – Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1896){{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f7BQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ACIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6962,5956010&dq=marie+prevost+dead&hl=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124205644/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f7BQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ACIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6962,5956010&dq=marie+prevost+dead&hl=en |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2013 |title=Marie Prevost Diets, and Dies |date=January 24, 1937 |work=The Milwaukee Journal |page=12 |access-date=December 23, 2012}}
  • 1938 – Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (b. 1861)
  • 1945 – Rash Behari Bose, founder of the Indian National Army (b. 1886)
  • 1948 – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (b. 1876){{cite book |author=John Lazarus |title=The opera handbook |publisher=G.K. Hall |year=1990 |isbn=9780816190942 |page=68}}
  • 1950 – George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (b. 1903){{Cite news |title=George Orwell, Author, 46, Dead. British Writer, Acclaimed for His '1984' and 'Animal Farm,' is Victim of Tuberculosis. Two Novels Popular Here, Distaste for Imperialism |work=The New York Times |date=22 January 1950}}
  • 1955 – Archie Hahn, German-American runner and coach (b. 1880)
  • 1959 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)
  • 1959 – Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (b. 1882){{Cite web |url=http://www.thewhig.com/2013/04/23/canadas-sherlock-holmes-of-forensic-science |title=Canada's 'Sherlock Holmes of Forensic Science' |website=The Kingston Whig-Standard |language=en-CA |access-date=2018-05-25}}
  • 1959 – Carl Switzer, American child actor and hunting guide (b. 1927)Cason, Colleen. "Death of a Little Rascal: After 40 years, eyewitness tells how Alfalfa died". Ventura County Star. January 21, 2001.
  • 1961 – Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (b. 1887){{Cite book |title=Collector's Quest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=40MYmHteQNoC |year=1968 |page=38}}
  • 1963 – Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (b. 1893)
  • 1963 – Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (b. 1881)
  • 1967 – Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915)
  • 1977 – Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (b. 1906)
  • 1978 – Freda Utley, English scholar and author (b. 1898)
  • 1983 – Lamar Williams, American bass player (b. 1949)
  • 1984 – Giannis Skarimpas, Greek playwright and poet (b. 1893)
  • 1984 – Jackie Wilson, American singer (b. 1934)
  • 1985 – James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903)
  • 1985 – Eddie Graham, American wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)
  • 1987 – Charles Goodell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1926)
  • 1988 – Vincent Lingiari, Australian Aboriginal rights activist (b. 1919)
  • 1989 – Carl Furillo, American baseball player (b. 1922)
  • 1989 – Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (b. 1914)
  • 1992 – Eddie Mabo, Australian land rights activist (b. 1936){{cite web |url=https://www.mabonativetitle.com/theman_05.shtml |title=Mabo: The Man – Adoption |publisher=Screen Australia |access-date=2014-05-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810161904/http://www.nfsa.gov.au/digitallearning/mabo/theman_05.shtml |archive-date=2014-08-10}}
  • 1993 – Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1903)
  • 1994 – Bassel al-Assad, Son of the former President of the Syrian Arab Republic Hafez al-Assad (b. 1962)
  • 1998 – Jack Lord, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)
  • 1999 – Susan Strasberg, American actress (b. 1938)
  • 2002 – Peggy Lee, American singer (b. 1920)
  • 2003 – Paul Haines, American-Canadian poet and songwriter (b. 1933)
  • 2003 – Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1916)
  • 2004 – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)
  • 2005 – Theun de Vries, Dutch author and poet (b. 1907)
  • 2005 – John L. Hess, American journalist and critic (b. 1917)
  • 2005 – Kaljo Raid, Estonian cellist, composer, and pastor (b. 1921)
  • 2006 – Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovo journalist and politician, 1st President of Kosovo (b. 1944)
  • 2009 – Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (b. 1946)
  • 2010 – Paul Quarrington, Canadian author, playwright, guitarist, and composer (b. 1953)
  • 2011 – Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (b. 1922)
  • 2011 – Dennis Oppenheim, American sculptor and photographer (b. 1938)
  • 2011 – E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1958)
  • 2013 – Ahmet Mete Işıkara, Turkish geophysicist and academic (b. 1941)
  • 2013 – Chumpol Silpa-archa, Thai academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1940)
  • 2013 – Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1935)
  • 2015 – Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian, and author (b. 1942)
  • 2015 – Leon Brittan, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1939)
  • 2015 – Johnnie Lewis, Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th Chief Justice of Liberia (b. 1946)
  • 2015 – Canek Sánchez Guevara, Cuban author and dissident (b. 1974){{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/canek-sanchez-guevara-the-grandson-of-che-guevara-who-became-an-anticastro-dissident-10009463.html |title=Canek Sanchez Guevara: The grandson of Che Guevara who became an anti-Castro dissident |first=Phil |last=Davison |date=29 January 2015 |work=The Independent |access-date=10 July 2023}}
  • 2016 – Bill Johnson, American skier (b. 1960)
  • 2016 – Mrinalini Sarabhai, a 1992-Padma Bhushan award winner Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. (b. 1918)
  • 2019 – Kaye Ballard, American actress (b. 1925){{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/legit/news/kaye-ballard-dies-dead-mothers-in-law-1203114230/ |title=Kaye Ballard, Star of 'The Mothers-in-Law,' Dies at 93 |first1=Carmel |last1=Dagan |date=January 22, 2019}}
  • 2019 – Henri, Count of Paris, Head of the House of Orléans (b. 1933){{Cite web |url=https://www.parismatch.com/Royal-Blog/royaute-francaise/Le-comte-de-Paris-Henri-d-Orleans-est-decede-1600737 |title=Le comte de Paris, Henri d'Orléans, est décédé |first=Paris |last=Match |website=parismatch.com |date=21 January 2019}}
  • 2019 – Emiliano Sala, Argentine footballer (b. 1990){{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-47166633 |title=Plane body identified as footballer Sala |date=February 8, 2019 |work=BBC News}}
  • 2019 – Harris Wofford, American politician, author and civil rights activist (b. 1926){{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/harris-wofford-civil-rights-activist-who-helped-kennedy-win-the-white-house-dies-at-92/2019/01/22/026fe870-1e09-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html |title=Harris Wofford, civil rights activist who helped Kennedy win the White House, dies at 92 |newspaper=Washington Post}}
  • 2020 – Terry Jones, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1942){{Cite web |url=https://apple.news/AMZIf_BFpROuwyd1kNqShDA |title=Monty Python star Terry Jones dies aged 77 — Sky News |last=Minelle |first=Bethany |date=2020-01-22 |website=Sky News |language=en |access-date=2020-01-22}}
  • 2020 – Morgan Wootten, American high school basketball coach (b. 1931){{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/morgan-wootten-winningest-high-school-basketball-coach-dies-at-88/2020/01/22/a7ad57b0-3c61-11ea-baca-eb7ace0a3455_story.html |title=Morgan Wootten, former DeMatha Catholic High School basketball coach, dies at 88 |first=Mark |last=Asher |via=www.washingtonpost.com}}
  • 2022 – Louie Anderson, American actor and comedian (b. 1953){{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/louie-anderson-dead-obituary-comedian-baskets-family-feud-emmy-winner-1234917040/ |title=Louie Anderson Dies: Comedian & Emmy Winner Was 68 |date=21 January 2022}}
  • 2022 – Leonor Oyarzún, Chilean socialite, First Lady of Chile (b. 1919){{Cite web |last=Torres |first=Cristián |title=Murió a los 102 años Leonor Oyarzún, la viuda del ex presidente chileno Patricio Aylwin |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2022/01/21/murio-a-los-102-anos-leonor-oyarzun-la-viuda-del-ex-presidente-chileno-patricio-aylwin/ |access-date=2022-01-22 |website=infobae |date=21 January 2022 |language=es-ES}}
  • 2025 – Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran politician, 79th President of El Salvador (b. 1959){{Cite news |date=January 22, 2025 |title=Mauricio Funes, former Salvadoran president, dies in Nicaragua |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mauricio-funes-former-salvadoran-president-dies-nicaragua-2025-01-22/ |access-date=January 22, 2025 |work=Reuters}}
  • 2025 – Garth Hudson, Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (b. 1937){{Cite web |last=Krewen |first=Nick |date=2025-01-21 |title=Garth Hudson, the last living member of The Band, dead at 87 |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/garth-hudson-the-last-living-member-of-the-band-dead-at-87/article_983498e8-d7fc-11ef-ac3c-4b6836c7f137.html |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}

Holidays and observances

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