January 24

• 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.{{cite book|author=Leonhard Schmitz|title=A History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Death of Commodus, A.D. 192|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3X0PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA439|year=1847|publisher=Harper & brothers|pages=439}}
• 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.{{cite journal | last = Lev | first = Yaacov | title = The Fāṭimids and Egypt 301-358/914-969 | pages = 186–196 | journal = Arabica | year = 1988 | volume = 35 | issue = 2 | doi = 10.1163/157005888X00332}}
• 1438 – The Council of Basel suspends Pope Eugene IV.{{cite book|author=Joachim W. Stieber|title=Pope Eugenius IV, the Council of Basel and the Secular and Ecclesiastical Authorities in the Empire: The Conflict Over Supreme Authority and Power in the Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5R_2clxgcr4C&pg=PA135|date=1 January 1978|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-05240-2|pages=135}}
• 1458 – Matthias Corvinus is elected King of Hungary.{{cite book|author=Thomas Henry Dyer|title=1453-1530|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZJCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA92|year=1877|publisher=G. Bell & Sons|pages=92}}
• 1536 – King Henry VIII of England suffers an accident while jousting, leading to a brain injury that historians say may have influenced his later erratic behaviour and possible impotence.{{Cite web |date=3 August 2015 |title=Henry VIII: 'brain injury caused by jousting to blame for erratic behaviour and possible impotence' |url=https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/henry-viii-brain-injury-caused-by-jousting-to-blame-for-erratic-behaviour-and-possible-impotence/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629193921/https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/henry-viii-brain-injury-caused-by-jousting-to-blame-for-erratic-behaviour-and-possible-impotence/ |archive-date=2020-06-29 |access-date=2020-05-05 |website=HistoryExtra |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=24 January 1536 - A Serious Jousting Accident for Henry VIII|url=https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/24-january-1536-serious-jousting-accident-henry-viii/|last=theanneboleynfiles|date=2014-01-24|website=The Anne Boleyn Files|access-date=2020-05-05|archive-date=2020-08-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802014114/https://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/24-january-1536-serious-jousting-accident-henry-viii/|url-status=live}}

• 1651 – Arauco War: Spanish and Mapuche authorities meet in the Parliament of Boroa renewing the fragile peace established at the parliaments of Quillín in 1641 and 1647.{{Cite book|title=Historia general de Chile|last=Barros Arana|first=Diego|publisher=Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes|location=Alicante|url=http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/historia-general-de-chile-tomo-cuarto--0/html/ff2f1efc-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_69.html#I_15_|edition=Digital edition based on the second edition of 2000|volume=Tomo cuarto|language=es|author-link=Diego Barros Arana|page=339|access-date=2020-11-15|archive-date=2019-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019183409/http://www.cervantesvirtual.com/obra-visor/historia-general-de-chile-tomo-cuarto--0/html/ff2f1efc-82b1-11df-acc7-002185ce6064_69.html#I_15_|url-status=live}}{{Cite book|title=Historia militar de Chile|last1=Pinochet Ugarte|first1=Augusto|publisher=Biblioteca Militar|year=1997|last2=Villaroel Carmona|first2=Rafael|last3=Lepe Orellana|first3=Jaime|last4=Fuente-Alba Poblete|first4=J. Miguel|author-link4=Juan Miguel Fuente-Alba|last5=Fuenzalida Helms|first5=Eduardo|edition=3rd|language=es|author-link=Augusto Pinochet|page=83}}
• 1679 – King Charles II of England dissolves the Cavalier Parliament.
• 1742 – Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1758 – During the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submit to Elizabeth of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763).
• 1817 – Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras are captured during the action of Picheuta.
• 1835 – Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later.
• 1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
• 1857 – The University of Calcutta is formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia.
• 1859 – The United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia (later named Romania) is formed as a personal union under the rule of Domnitor Alexandru Ioan Cuza.
• 1900 – Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.

• 1908 – The first Boy Scout troop is organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell.
• 1915 – World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
• 1916 – In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
• 1918 – The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
• 1933 – The 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices.
• 1935 – Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company starts selling the first canned beer.{{Cite magazine|last=Venton|first=Danielle|title=Jan. 24, 1935: First Canned Beer Sold|language=en-US|magazine=Wired|url=https://www.wired.com/2011/01/0124first-us-canned-beer/|access-date=2022-01-24|issn=1059-1028|archive-date=2017-03-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321082402/https://www.wired.com/2011/01/0124first-us-canned-beer/|url-status=live}}
• 1939 – The deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
• 1942 – World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom.
• 1943 – World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill conclude a conference in Casablanca.
• 1946 – The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
• 1960 – Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers stage an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seize government buildings and clash with local police.
• 1961 – Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
• 1966 – Air India Flight 101 crashes into Mont Blanc.{{cite news |author= |date= |title=1966: 117 die in Air India tragedy |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/24/newsid_4056000/4056551.stm |work= |location= |access-date=9 December 2021 |archive-date=23 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023230827/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/24/newsid_4056000/4056551.stm |url-status=live }}
• 1968 – Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launches Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa.
• 1972 – Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
• 1977 – The Atocha massacre occurs in Madrid during the Spanish transition to democracy.
• 1978 – Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
• 1984 – Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.
• 1986 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its closest approach to Uranus.{{Cite web|last=Mars|first=Kelli|date=2021-01-21|title=35 Years Ago: Voyager 2 Explores Uranus|url=http://www.nasa.gov/feature/35-years-ago-voyager-2-explores-uranus|access-date=2022-01-24|website=NASA|archive-date=2021-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023112635/https://www.nasa.gov/feature/35-years-ago-voyager-2-explores-uranus/|url-status=live}}
• 1987 – About 20,000 protestors march in a civil rights demonstration in Forsyth County, Georgia, United States.{{Cite news |last=Clendinen |first=Dudley |date=January 25, 1987 |title=Thousands in Civil Rights March Jeered by Crowd in Georgia Town |page=1 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/25/us/thousands-in-civil-rights-march-jeered-by-crowd-in-georgia-town.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126223951/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/25/us/thousands-in-civil-rights-march-jeered-by-crowd-in-georgia-town.html |archive-date=November 26, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}
• 1989 – Notorious serial killer Ted Bundy, with over 30 known victims, is executed in the electric chair at the Florida State Prison.
• 1990 – Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
• 2003 – The United States Department of Homeland Security officially begins operation.
• 2009 – Cyclone Klaus makes landfall near Bordeaux, France, causing 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies.
• 2011 – At least 35 are killed and 180 injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.
• 2018 – Former doctor Larry Nassar is sentenced up to 175 years in prison after being found guilty of using his position to sexually abuse female gymnasts.{{Cite web|author=Eric Levenson|title=Larry Nassar sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for decades of sexual abuse|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/us/larry-nassar-sentencing/index.html|access-date=2022-01-24|website=CNN|date=24 January 2018|archive-date=2022-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123205254/https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/us/larry-nassar-sentencing/index.html|url-status=live}}

• 76 – Hadrian, Roman emperor (died 138){{cite book|author=Elizabeth Speller|title=Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey Through the Roman Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gVXFkh-tlBcC&pg=PA1|date=14 October 2004|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-517613-1|pages=1}}
• 1287 – Richard de Bury, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (died 1345){{cite book|author=Allen Kent|title=Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science: Volume 38 - Supplement 3: Adams: Scott to Winckelmann: Johann Joachim|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o3VxxzNJcfkC&pg=PA71|date=27 February 1985|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-8247-2038-4|pages=71}}
• 1444 – Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (died 1476)
• 1547 – Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Austrian Archduchess (died 1578)

• 1602 – Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, English politician (died 1666)
• 1619 – Yamazaki Ansai, Japanese philosopher (died 1682)
• 1643 – Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and politician, Lord Chamberlain of Great Britain (died 1706)
• 1664 – John Vanbrugh, English architect and dramatist (died 1726){{cite book|author=Stanley Hochman|title=McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=88xIQiXVMCQC&pg=PA79|year=1984|publisher=VNR AG|isbn=978-0-07-079169-5|pages=79}}
• 1670 – William Congreve, English playwright and poet (died 1729){{cite book|author=David Thomas|title=William Congreve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CkldDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA2|date=30 September 1992|publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education|isbn=978-1-349-22322-0|pages=2}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• 1672 – Margrave Albert Frederick of Brandenburg-Schwedt, German Lieutenant General (died 1731)
• 1674 – Thomas Tanner, English bishop (died 1735)
• 1679 – Christian Wolff, German philosopher and academic (died 1754)
• 1684 – Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, German noble (died 1737)
• 1705 – Farinelli, Italian castrato singer (died 1782){{cite book|author=Charles Dickens|title=All the Year Round|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KdUNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA21|year=1862|publisher=Charles Dickens|pages=21}}
• 1709 – Dom Bédos de Celles, French monk and organist (died 1779)
• 1712 – Frederick the Great, Prussian king (died 1786){{cite book |last1=Reddaway |first1=William F. |title=Frederick the Great and the Rise of Prussia |date=1908 |publisher=G. P. Putnam's Sons |location=New York |page=25}}
• 1732 – Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright and financier (died 1799)
• 1739 – Jean Nicolas Houchard, French General of the French Revolution (died 1793)
• 1746 – Gustav III of Sweden (died 1792)
• 1749 – Charles James Fox, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (died 1806)
• 1754 – Andrew Ellicott, American soldier and surveyor (died 1820)
• 1761 – Louis Klein, French general (died 1845)
• 1763 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, French-Ukrainian general and politician (died 1831)
• 1776 – E. T. A. Hoffmann, German jurist, author, and composer (died 1822)
• 1787 – Christian Ludwig Brehm, German pastor and ornithologist (died 1864)
• 1804 – Delphine de Girardin, French author (died 1855)
• 1814 – Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, French Crown Princess (died 1858)
• 1814 – John Colenso, British mathematician (died 1883)
• 1816 – Wilhelm Henzen, German philologist and epigraphist (died 1887)
• 1828 – Ferdinand Cohn, German biologist (died 1898)
• 1829 – Yechiel Michel Epstein, Rabbi and posek (died 1908)
• 1836 – Signe Rink, Greenland-born Danish writer and ethnologist (died 1909)
• 1843 – Josip Stadler, Croatian archbishop (died 1918)
• 1848 – Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (died 1916)
• 1850 – Hermann Ebbinghaus, German psychologist (died 1909)
• 1853 – Sigbert Josef Maria Ganser, German psychiatrist (died 1931)
• 1856 – Friedrich Grünanger, Transylvanian Hungarian-German architect (died 1929)
• 1858 – Constance Naden, English poet and philosopher (died 1889)
• 1862 – Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (died 1937)
• 1863 – August Adler, Czech and Austrian mathematician (died 1923)
• 1864 – Marguerite Durand, French actress, journalist, and activist (died 1936)
• 1864 – Gaetano Giardino, Italian soldier and Marshal of Italy (died 1935)
• 1866 – Jaan Poska, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1920)
• 1869 – Helena Maud Brown Cobb, American educator and missionary (died 1922){{Cite web|title=Helena Maud Brown Cobb {{!}} Georgia Women of Achievement|url=https://www.georgiawomen.org/helena-maud-brown-cobb|access-date=2021-05-18|website=georgiawomen|language=en|archive-date=2021-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518225712/https://www.georgiawomen.org/helena-maud-brown-cobb|url-status=live}}
• 1870 – Herbert Kilpin, English footballer (died 1916)
• 1871 – Jiří Karásek ze Lvovic, Czech poet, writer and literary critic (died 1951)
• 1871 – Thomas Jaggar, American volcanologist (died 1953)
• 1872 – Yuly Aykhenvald, Russian literary critic (died 1928)
• 1872 – Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (died 1943)
• 1872 – Morris Travers, English chemist and academic (died 1961)
• 1873 – Dmitry Ushakov, Russian philologist and lexicographer (died 1942)
• 1882 – Harold D. Babcock, American astronomer (died 1968)
• 1882 – Ödön Bodor, Hungarian athlete (died 1927)
• 1885 – Marjory Stephenson, British biochemist (died 1948){{cite journal |last1=Rayner-Canham |first1=M. F. |last2=Rayner-Canham |first2=G. W. |title=Marjory Stephenson: Founder of Microbial Biochemistry |journal=ACS Symposium Series |date=January 2018 |volume=1311 |pages=53–66 |doi=10.1021/bk-2018-1311.ch003|isbn=978-0-8412-3391-1 }}
• 1886 – Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1982)
• 1887 – Jean-Henri Humbert, French botanist (died 1967)
• 1888 – Vicki Baum, Austrian author and screenwriter (died 1960)
• 1888 – Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company (died 1958)
• 1889 – Victor Eftimiu, Romanian poet and playwright (died 1972)
• 1889 – Charles Hawes, American historian and author (died 1923)
• 1889 – Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, German general of paratroop forces during World War II (died 1968)
• 1891 – Walter Model, German field marshal (died 1945)
• 1892 – Franz Aigner, Austrian weightlifter (died 1970)
• 1895 – Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter (died 1976)
• 1897 – Paul Fejos, Hungarian-born American director (died 1963)
• 1899 – Hoyt Vandenberg, U.S. Air Force general (died 1954)
• 1900 – René Guillot, French writer (died 1969)

• 1901 – Harry Calder, South African cricketer (died 1995)
• 1901 – Cassandre, French painter (died 1968)
• 1901 – Edward Turner, English engineer (died 1973)
• 1905 – J. Howard Marshall, American lawyer and businessman (died 1995)
• 1906 – Wilfred Jackson, American animator and composer (died 1988)
• 1907 – Maurice Couve de Murville, French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1999)
• 1907 – Jean Daetwyler, Swiss composer and musician (died 1994)
• 1907 – Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (died 1979)
• 1909 – Martin Lings, English author and scholar (died 2005)
• 1909 – Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková, Slovak painter (died 2005){{cite web |title=Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková |url=https://secondaryarchive.org/artists/ester-simerova-martincekova/ |website=Secondary Archive |access-date=18 August 2023 |language=pl}}
• 1910 – Doris Haddock, American political activist (died 2010){{cite web |title=Campaign Finance Reform Activist 'Granny D' Dead at 100 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/WN/doris-haddock-granny-champion-campaign-finance-reform-died/story?id=10063925 |website=ABC News |access-date=5 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802000226/https://abcnews.go.com/WN/doris-haddock-granny-champion-campaign-finance-reform-died/story?id=10063925 |url-status=live }}
• 1912 – Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (died 2005)
• 1913 – Norman Dello Joio, American organist and composer (died 2008)
• 1913 – Ray Stehr, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1983){{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/ray-stehr/summary.html|title=Ray Stehr – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}
• 1915 – Vítězslava Kaprálová, Czech composer and conductor (died 1940)
• 1915 – Robert Motherwell, American painter and academic (died 1991){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 24: Daveed Diggs, Ed Helms |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/24/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-24-Daveed-Diggs-Ed-Helms/2071674569095/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=23 January 2024 |date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202152945/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/24/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-24-Daveed-Diggs-Ed-Helms/2071674569095/ |url-status=live }}
• 1916 – Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (died 2009)
• 1916 – Gene Mako, Hungarian-American tennis player and actor (died 2013)
• 1917 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor (died 2012)
• 1917 – Wilhelmus Demarteau, Dutch prelate of the Roman Catholic Church (died 2012)
• 1918 – Oral Roberts, American evangelist, founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association (died 2009)
• 1918 – Gottfried von Einem, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1996)
• 1919 – Coleman Francis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1973)
• 1919 – Leon Kirchner, American composer and educator (died 2009)
• 1920 – Jimmy Forrest, American saxophonist (died 1980)
• 1920 – Jerry Maren, American actor (died 2018)
• 1922 – Daniel Boulanger, French actor and screenwriter (died 2014)
• 1922 – Neil Franklin, English footballer (died 1996)
• 1924 – Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league player (died 1991){{cite book|last=Gate|first=Robert|title=Rugby League Hall of Fame|year=2003|publisher=Tempus|location=Stroud|isbn=978-0-7524-2693-8|page=31}}
• 1924 – Karpoori Thakur, Indian politician, 11th Chief Minister of Bihar (died 1988){{cite news|title=Former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur to be awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously|work=Hindustan Times|date=23 January 2024|access-date=23 January 2024|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-socialist-leader-karpoori-thakur-to-be-awarded-bharat-ratna-posthumously-101706020261885.html|archive-date=23 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123144100/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/bihar-socialist-leader-karpoori-thakur-to-be-awarded-bharat-ratna-posthumously-101706020261885.html|url-status=live}}
• 1925 – Gus Mortson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
• 1925 – Maria Tallchief, American ballerina and actress (died 2013)
• 1926 – Ruth Asawa, American sculptor (died 2013)
• 1926 – Georges Lautner, French director and screenwriter (died 2013)
• 1927 – Paula Hawkins, American politician (died 2009)
• 1928 – Desmond Morris, English zoologist, ethologist, and painter{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yhc5AAAAMAAJ|year=1974|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|page=23}}
• 1928 – Michel Serrault, French actor (died 2007)
• 1930 – Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (died 2016)
• 1930 – Mahmoud Farshchian, Iranian-Persian painter and academic
• 1930 – John Romita Sr., American comic book artist (died 2023)
• 1931 – Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and academic (died 2012)
• 1931 – Ib Nørholm, Danish composer and organist (died 2019)
• 1932 – Éliane Radigue, French electronic music composer
• 1933 – Kamran Baghirov, the 12th First Secretary of Azerbaijan Communist Party (died 2000)
• 1933 – Asim Ferhatović, Bosnian footballer (died 1987)
• 1934 – Leonard Goldberg, American producer (died 2019)
• 1934 – Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and dramatist (died 1976)
• 1935 – Shivabalayogi, Indian religious leader (died 1994)
• 1936 – Doug Kershaw, American fiddle player and singer
• 1937 – Trevor Edwards, Welsh footballer
• 1938 – Julius Hemphill, American saxophonist and composer (died 1995)
• 1939 – Renate Garisch-Culmberger, German shot putter (died 2023)
• 1939 – Ray Stevens, American singer-songwriter and actor{{cite web | url = https://raystevens.com/about/ | title = Ray Stevens just thinks funny. | date = 8 January 2016 | publisher = Ray Stevens | location = Nashville, Tennessee | access-date = January 25, 2021 | archive-date = 21 January 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210121045032/https://raystevens.com/about/ | url-status = live }}
• 1940 – Vito Acconci, American designer (died 2017)
• 1940 – Joachim Gauck, German pastor and politician, 11th President of Germany
• 1941 – Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist{{cite news|first=Barry|last=Egan|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/neil-diamond-in-the-rough-30690967.html|title=Neil Diamond in the rough|work=Irish Independent|date=October 27, 2014|access-date=January 25, 2021|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202032918/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/neil-diamond-in-the-rough-30690967.html|url-status=live}}
• 1941 – Aaron Neville, American singer{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 24, 2023 includes celebrities Neil Diamond, Aaron Neville |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-24-2023-includes-celebrities-neil-diamond-aaron-neville.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=23 January 2024 |date=24 January 2023 |archive-date=24 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124125731/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-24-2023-includes-celebrities-neil-diamond-aaron-neville.html |url-status=live }}
• 1941 – Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1942 – Ingo Friedrich, German Member of the European Parliament
• 1942 – Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (died 2008)
• 1943 – Barry Mealand, English footballer (died 2013){{Hugman|13423|Barry Mealand|access-date=22 January 2020}}
• 1943 – Peter Struck, German lawyer and politician, 13th German Federal Minister of Defence (died 2012)
• 1943 – Sharon Tate, American model and actress (died 1969)
• 1943 – Tony Trimmer, English race car driver
• 1943 – Manuel Velázquez, Spanish footballer (died 2016)
• 1944 – David Gerrold, American science fiction screenwriter and author
• 1944 – Gian-Franco Kasper, Swiss ski official (died 2021)
• 1945 – John Garamendi, American football player and politician, 1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior
• 1945 – Subhash Ghai, Indian director, producer and screenwriter
• 1945 – Eva Janko, Austrian javelin thrower
• 1946 – Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor
• 1947 – Giorgio Chinaglia, Italian footballer (died 2012)
• 1947 – Michio Kaku, American physicist and academic
• 1947 – Masashi Ozaki, Japanese baseball player and golfer
• 1947 – Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)
• 1948 – Michael Des Barres, the 26th Marquis Des Barres, English musician, actor, and DJ{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-des-barres-mn0001246272|title=Michael Des Barres|website=AllMusic|access-date=January 24, 2023|archive-date=January 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125024838/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/michael-des-barres-mn0001246272|url-status=live}}
• 1949 – John Belushi, American actor and screenwriter (died 1982)
• 1949 – Bart Gordon, American lawyer
• 1949 – Nadezhda Ilyina, Russian athlete and mother of Russian tennis player Nadia Petrova (died 2013)
• 1949 – Rihoko Yoshida, Japanese voice actress
• 1950 – Daniel Auteuil, French actor, director, and screenwriter{{cite book|title=Film Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3VZAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Orpheus Pub|page=85}}
• 1951 – Yakov Smirnoff, Ukrainian-American comedian and actor
• 1953 – Yuri Bashmet, Russian violinist, viola player, and conductor
• 1953 – Moon Jae-in, South Korean politician, 19th President of South Korea
• 1954 – Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (died 1986)
• 1955 – Jim Montgomery, American swimmer
• 1955 – Alan Sokal, American physicist and author
• 1955 – Lynda Weinman, American businesswoman and author
• 1956 – Agus Martowardojo, governor of Bank Indonesia
• 1957 – Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2021)
• 1957 – Ade Edmondson, English comedian and musician
• 1958 – Kim Eui-kon, Korean wrestler (died 2014)
• 1958 – Jools Holland, English singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1958 – Frank Ullrich, German biathlete{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/frank-ullrich|title=Frank Ullrich|website=IOC|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=March 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326153512/https://www.olympic.org/frank-ullrich|url-status=live}}
• 1959 – Akira Maeda, Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor
• 1959 – Michel Preud'homme, Belgian footballer and manager
• 1960 – Jack Neo, Singaporean filmmaker, director and actor{{Cite web |title=Jack Neo |url=https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=13004&display_set=eng |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=hkmdb.com |archive-date=2023-01-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121061928/https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=13004&display_set=eng |url-status=live }}
• 1961 – Jorge Barrios, Uruguayan footballer
• 1961 – Guido Buchwald, German footballer and manager
• 1961 – Christa Kinshofer, German ski racer
• 1961 – Nastassja Kinski, German-American actress and producer{{cite book|author1=Hans-Michael Bock|author2=Tim Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z7gFT_Duq1cC&pg=PA245|date=1 September 2009|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-0-85745-565-9|pages=245}}
• 1961 – William Van Dijck, Belgian runner
• 1963 – Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer
• 1965 – Mike Awesome, American wrestler (died 2007){{cite web |title=Funeral Information For Mike Awesome Inside |url=https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/221565-funeral-information-for-mike-awesome-inside |website=WrestleZone |publisher=Mandatory |date=21 February 2007 |access-date=23 January 2024 |archive-date=23 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123052750/https://www.wrestlezone.com/news/221565-funeral-information-for-mike-awesome-inside |url-status=live }}
• 1965 – Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1965 – Margaret Urlich, New Zealand singer-songwriter (died 2022)
• 1965 – Pagonis Vakalopoulos, Greek footballer and manager
• 1966 – Julie Dreyfus, French actress
• 1966 – Karin Viard, French actress
• 1967 – Michael Kiske, German singer
• 1967 – Phil LaMarr, American actor and comedian
• 1968 – Fernando Escartín, Spanish cyclist
• 1968 – Tymerlan Huseynov, Ukrainian footballer
• 1968 – Antony Garrett Lisi, American theoretical physicist
• 1968 – Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/mary-lou-retton|title=Mary Lou Retton|website=IOC|access-date=January 24, 2021|archive-date=February 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110213053239/https://www.olympic.org/mary-lou-retton|url-status=live}}
• 1969 – Yoo Ho-jeong, South Korean actress
• 1969 – Carlos Rômulo Gonçalves e Silva, Brazilian religious leader, Bishop of Montenegro
• 1970 – Roberto Bonano, Argentine footballer
• 1970 – Luke Egan, Australian surfer{{cite web|url=http://www.surfline.com/surfing-a-to-z/luke-egan-biography-and-photos_796/|title=Luke Egan Biography and Photos | SURFLINE.COM|publisher=surfline.com|accessdate=2014-03-12|archive-date=2017-08-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829075108/http://www.surfline.com/surfing-a-to-z/luke-egan-biography-and-photos_796/|url-status=live}}
• 1970 – Neil Johnson, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1970 – Matthew Lillard, American actor
• 1971 – José Carlos Fernandez, Bolivian footballer
• 1972 – Beth Hart, American singer-songwriter and musician
• 1974 – Cyril Despres, French rally racer
• 1974 – Ed Helms, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Melissa Tkautz, Australian actress and singer
• 1974 – Rokia Traoré, Malian singer
• 1975 – Gianluca Basile, Italian former professional basketball player
• 1975 – Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer and manager
• 1975 – Reto Hug, Swiss triathlete
• 1975 – Henna Raita, Finnish alpine skier
• 1976 – Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer
• 1976 – Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist
• 1977 – Andrija Gerić, Serbian volleyball player
• 1977 – Michelle Hunziker, Swiss-Dutch actress, model and singer
• 1978 – Veerle Baetens, Belgian actress and singer
• 1978 – Mark Hildreth, Canadian actor and musician
• 1978 – Kristen Schaal, American actress, voice artist, comedian and writer
• 1979 – Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer
• 1979 – Leandro Desábato, Argentinian footballer
• 1979 – Busy Signal, Jamaican dancehall reggae artist
• 1979 – Nik Wallenda, American acrobat
• 1980 – Jofre Mateu, Spanish footballer
• 1980 – Suzy, Portuguese singer
• 1981 – Carrie Coon, American actress
• 1981 – Mario Eggimann, Swiss footballer
• 1981 – Zaur Hashimov, Azerbaijani footballer and manager
• 1981 – Elena Kolomina, Kazakhstani cross country skier
• 1982 – Céline Deville, French footballer
• 1982 – Daveed Diggs, American actor, rapper and singer
• 1982 – Claudia Heill, Austrian judoka (died 2011)
• 1982 – Aitor Hernández, Spanish racing cyclist
• 1983 – Davide Biondini, Italian footballer
• 1983 – Wyatt Crockett, New Zealand rugby player
• 1983 – Evgeny Drattsev, Russian swimmer
• 1983 – Craig Horner, Australian actor and musician
• 1983 – Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer
• 1983 – Scott Speed, American race car driver
• 1984 – Justin Baldoni, American actor, director, and producer
• 1984 – Emerse Faé, French-Ivorian footballer
• 1984 – Yotam Halperin, Israeli basketball player
• 1984 – Jung Jin-sun, South Korean fencer
• 1984 – Scott Kazmir, American baseball player
• 1984 – Paulo Sérgio, Portuguese footballer
• 1985 – Fabiana Claudino, Brazilian volleyball player
• 1985 – Trey Gilder, American basketball player
• 1986 – Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2015)
• 1986 – Mischa Barton, English-American actress
• 1986 – Tyler Flowers, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Tyler Flowers |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tyler-flowers-452095 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=23 January 2024 |archive-date=23 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123052750/https://www.mlb.com/player/tyler-flowers-452095 |url-status=live }}
• 1986 – Vladislav Ivanov, Russian footballer
• 1986 – Michael Kightly, English footballer
• 1986 – Sean McVay, American football coach{{Cite web |title=Miami grad, Dayton native Sean McVay becomes youngest coach in NFL history |url=https://www.journal-news.com/sports/cradle-coaches-produces-another-one-sean-mcvay/WH0v8qzyGmTpgLn56ofMaO/ |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=journal-news |language=English |archive-date=2022-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215232237/https://www.journal-news.com/sports/cradle-coaches-produces-another-one-sean-mcvay/WH0v8qzyGmTpgLn56ofMaO/ |url-status=live }}
• 1986 – Mohammad Bagheri Motamed, Iranian taekwondo practitioner
• 1986 – Ricky Ullman, Israeli-American actor
• 1987 – Brian Cushing, American football player{{cite web |title=Brian Cushing |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/12453/brian-cushing |publisher=ESPN |access-date=23 January 2024 |archive-date=23 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123052750/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/12453/brian-cushing |url-status=live }}
• 1987 – Wayne Hennessey, Welsh footballer
• 1987 – Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer
• 1987 – Davide Valsecchi, Italian racing driver
• 1987 – Kia Vaughn, American-Czech basketball player{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/kia_vaughn/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721173823/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/kia_vaughn/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 July 2009|title=Kia Vaughn Playerfile|website=WNBA|access-date=3 April 2019}}
• 1987 – Guan Xin, Chinese basketball player
• 1988 – Selina Jörg, German snowboarder
• 1988 – DaJuan Summers, American basketball player{{cite web |title=DaJuan Summers |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201969/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=23 January 2024 |archive-date=23 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123052750/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201969/career |url-status=live }}
• 1989 – Serdar Kesimal, Turkish footballer
• 1989 – Gong Lijiao, Chinese shot putter
• 1989 – Whit Merrifield, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Whit Merrifield |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/whit-merrifield-593160 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=18 January 2023 |archive-date=18 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118171848/https://www.mlb.com/player/whit-merrifield-593160 |url-status=live }}
• 1989 – José Quintana, Colombian baseball player{{cite web |title=Jose Quintana |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jose-quintana-500779 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=23 January 2024 |archive-date=23 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123054254/https://www.mlb.com/player/jose-quintana-500779 |url-status=live }}
• 1989 – Ki Sung-yueng, South Korean footballer{{cite web|url=http://www.celticfc.net/player.php?id=31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514195019/http://www.celticfc.net/player.php?id=31|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 May 2011|title=Ki Sung Yueng|website=Celtic F.C.|access-date=3 April 2019}}
• 1990 – Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1991 – Zhan Beleniuk, Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler
• 1991 – Tatiana Kashirina, Russian weightlifter
• 1991 – Zack Kassian, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Zack Kassian |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/zack-kassian-8475178 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=23 January 2024 |archive-date=23 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123052750/https://www.nhl.com/player/zack-kassian-8475178 |url-status=live }}
• 1991 – Zé Luís, Cape Verdean footballer
• 1991 – Li Xuerui, Chinese badminton player
• 1992 – Felitciano Zschusschen, Curaçao footballer
• 1994 – Tommie Hoban, English footballer
• 1995 – Dylan Everett, Canadian actor
• 1997 – Nirei Fukuzumi, Japanese race car driver
• 1999 – Vitalie Damașcan, Moldovan footballer
• 1999 – Tristan Wirfs, American football player{{cite web |title=Tristan Wirfs |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4240589/tristan-wirfs |publisher=ESPN |access-date=23 January 2024 |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315092015/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4240589/tristan-wirfs |url-status=live }}
• 2003 – Johnny Orlando, Canadian singer and songwriter{{Cite web|date=2017-01-24|title=Johnny Releases "Missing You"|url=https://www.j-14.com/posts/johnny-orlando-age-is-14-releases-missing-you-on-birthday-123876/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129180031/https://www.j-14.com/posts/johnny-orlando-age-is-14-releases-missing-you-on-birthday-123876/|archive-date=2017-01-29|access-date=2021-06-20|website=J-14|language=en-US}}
• 2012 – Princess Athena of Denmark{{Cite web |url=http://kongehuset.dk/en/menu/news/a-princess-is-born |title=A Princess Is Born |date=24 January 2012 |website=Website of the Danish Royal House |access-date=16 January 2019 |archive-date=23 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423082151/https://www.kongehuset.dk/en/menu/news/a-princess-is-born |url-status=live }}

• 41 – Caligula, Roman emperor (born 12)
• 817 – Pope Stephen IV (born 770)
• 901 – Liu Jishu, general of the Tang Dynasty
• 1046 – Eckard II, Margrave of Meissen (born c. 985)
• 1125 – David IV of Georgia (born 1073)
• 1336 – Alfonso IV of Aragon (born 1299)
• 1376 – Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English commander (born 1306)
• 1473 – Conrad Paumann, German organist and composer (born 1410)
• 1525 – Franciabigio, Florentine painter (born 1482)
• 1595 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (born 1529)

• 1626 – Samuel Argall, English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1572)
• 1639 – Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician (born 1596)
• 1666 – Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (born 1588)
• 1709 – George Rooke, English admiral and politician (born 1650)
• 1877 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (born 1796)
• 1881 – James Collinson, English painter (born 1825)
• 1883 – Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (born 1812){{cite book|author1=David Mason Greene|author2=Constance Green|title=Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA592|year=1985|publisher=Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd.|isbn=978-0-385-14278-6|pages=592–}}
• 1895 – Lord Randolph Churchill, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1849){{cite book|title=Truth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L1MxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA254|year=1895|pages=254}}

• 1920 – Percy French, Irish songwriter, entertainer and artist (born 1854){{cite web |url=http://www.countysongs.ie/song/?songwriter=Percy%20French |title=Percy French |website=Country Songs (Ireland) |access-date=24 January 2021 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122123944/http://www.countysongs.ie/song/?songwriter=Percy%20French |url-status=dead }}
• 1920 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (born 1884)
• 1939 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician, created Muesli (born 1867)
• 1943 – John Burns, English trade union leader and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (born 1858)
• 1946 – Morris Alexander, South African politician (born 1877){{cite encyclopedia |last=Abrahams |first=Israel |author-link=Israel Abrahams |editor-last=De Kock |editor-first=W. J. |encyclopedia=Dictionary of South African Biography |title=Alexander, Morris |language=en |edition=1st |date=1968 |volume=1 |oclc=85921202 |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofsout0000unse_p0x9/page/10/mode/2up |page=10}}
• 1960 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (born 1886){{cite book|author=Don Michael Randel|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA270|year=1996|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-37299-3|pages=270}}
• 1961 – Alfred Carlton Gilbert, American pole vaulter and businessman, founded the A. C. Gilbert Company (born 1884)
• 1962 – André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (born 1885)
• 1962 – Stanley Lord, English naval captain (born 1877)
• 1962 – Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (born 1901)
• 1965 – Winston Churchill, English statesman, soldier, and writer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874)
• 1966 – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (born 1909)
• 1970 – Caresse Crosby, American fashion designer and publisher, co-founded the Black Sun Press (born 1891)
• 1971 – Bill W., American activist, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (born 1895)
• 1973 – J. Carrol Naish, American actor (born 1896)
• 1975 – Larry Fine, American comedian (born 1902)
• 1982 – Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (born 1918)
• 1983 – George Cukor, American director and producer (born 1899)
• 1986 – L. Ron Hubbard, American religious leader and author, founded the Church of Scientology (born 1911){{cite book |last1=Clarke |first1=Peter |title=Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements |date=March 2004 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-49970-0 |page=281 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DouBAgAAQBAJ&dq=L.+Ron+Hubbard&pg=PA281 |language=en |access-date=2022-01-04 |archive-date=2023-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207122959/https://books.google.com/books?id=DouBAgAAQBAJ&dq=L.+Ron+Hubbard&pg=PA281#v=onepage&q=L.%20Ron%20Hubbard&f=false |url-status=live }}
• 1986 – Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (born 1921)
• 1988 – Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (born 1905)
• 1989 – Ted Bundy, American serial killer (born 1946)
• 1990 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (born 1899)
• 1991 – Jack Schaefer, American journalist and author (born 1907)
• 1992 – Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (born 1909)
• 1993 – Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (born 1908)
• 1993 – Thurgood Marshall, American lawyer and jurist, 32nd United States Solicitor General (born 1908)
• 1993 – Uğur Mumcu, Turkish investigative journalist (born 1942){{cite news |title=Uğur Mumcu karanlık yılların aydınlık yüzüydü |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/ugur-mumcu-karanlik-yillarin-aydinlik-yuzuydu-6413746 |access-date=24 January 2021 |work=Milliyet |language=tr |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124055009/https://www.milliyet.com.tr/gundem/ugur-mumcu-karanlik-yillarin-aydinlik-yuzuydu-6413746 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Uğur Mumcu öldürülüşünün 28. yılında anılıyor |url=https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2021/gundem/ugur-mumcu-oldurulusunun-28-yilinda-aniliyor-6226077/ |access-date=24 January 2021 |work=Sözcü |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124093748/https://www.sozcu.com.tr/2021/gundem/ugur-mumcu-oldurulusunun-28-yilinda-aniliyor-6226077/ |url-status=live }}
• 2001 – Gaffar Okkan, Turkish police chief (born 1952){{Cite news |last1=Ayvaz |first1=Emre |last2=Şimşek |first2=Ömer Faruk |date=24 January 2021 |title=Şehit Emniyet Müdürü Ali Gaffar Okkan mezarı başında anıldı |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/sehit-emniyet-muduru-ali-gaffar-okkan-mezari-basinda-anildi/2121058 |access-date=24 January 2021 |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124104841/https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/turkiye/sehit-emniyet-muduru-ali-gaffar-okkan-mezari-basinda-anildi/2121058 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Gaffar Okkan: Diyarbakır Emniyet Müdürü Gaffar Okkan öldürülmesinin 20. yılında anılıyor |url=https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/gaffar-okkan-diyarbakir-emniyet-muduru-gaffar-okkan-oldurulmesinin-20-yilinda-aniliyor-1808499 |access-date=24 January 2021 |work=Cumhuriyet |language=tr |archive-date=24 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124195217/https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/gaffar-okkan-diyarbakir-emniyet-muduru-gaffar-okkan-oldurulmesinin-20-yilinda-aniliyor-1808499 |url-status=live }}
• 2002 – Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (born 1956)
• 2003 – Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (born 1921)
• 2004 – Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1913)
• 2006 – Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (born 1930)
• 2007 – Krystyna Feldman, Polish actress (born 1916)
• 2007 – İsmail Cem İpekçi, Turkish journalist and politician, 45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1940)
• 2007 – Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (born 1956)
• 2007 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (born 1891)
• 2008 – Usha Narayanan, Burmese-born First Lady of India (born 1922){{cite news |date=25 January 2008 |title=Ex-First Lady Usha Narayanan dies at 86 |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/exfirst-lady-usha-narayanan-dies-at-86/265309/ |access-date=24 July 2015 |publisher=The Indian Express |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301012547/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/exfirst-lady-usha-narayanan-dies-at-86/265309/ |url-status=live }}
• 2010 – Pernell Roberts, American actor (born 1928)
• 2011 – Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (born 1949)
• 2014 – Shulamit Aloni, Israeli lawyer and politician, 11th Israeli Minister of Education (born 1928)
• 2014 – Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (born 1930)
• 2015 – Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (born 1922)
• 2016 – Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (born 1928)
• 2016 – Marvin Minsky, American computer scientist and academic (born 1927){{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/feb/03/marvin-minsky-obituary|title=Marvin Minsky obituary|first=Martin|last=Campbell-Kelly|newspaper=The Guardian |date=February 3, 2016|via=www.theguardian.com}}
• 2016 – Henry Worsley, English colonel and explorer (born 1960)
• 2017 – Helena Kmieć, Polish Roman Catholic missionary (born 1991){{Cite web |date=2024-04-23 |title=Helena Kmieć. Dziewczyna, która pokazała, co to znaczy kochać naprawdę |url=https://pl.aleteia.org/2024/04/23/helena-kmiec-dziewczyna-ktora-pokazala-co-to-znaczy-kochac-naprawde/ |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=Aleteia Polska |language=pl |archive-date=2024-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430081514/https://pl.aleteia.org/2024/04/23/helena-kmiec-dziewczyna-ktora-pokazala-co-to-znaczy-kochac-naprawde/ |url-status=live }}
• 2017 – Butch Trucks, American drummer (born 1947){{cite magazine |first=Kory |last=Grow |date=January 25, 2017 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/butch-trucks-allman-brothers-founding-member-dead-at-69-w462870 |title=Butch Trucks, Allman Brothers Band Drummer and Co-Founder, Dead at 69 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=January 25, 2017 |archive-date=January 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126200529/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/butch-trucks-allman-brothers-founding-member-dead-at-69-w462870 |url-status=dead }}
• 2018 – Mark E. Smith, British singer-songwriter (born 1957)
• 2019 – Rosemary Bryant Mariner, American United States Naval Aviator (born 1953){{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Rosemary Mariner, Pathbreaking Navy Pilot and Commander, Is Dead at 65 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/obituaries/rosemary-mariner-dead.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203134412/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/obituaries/rosemary-mariner-dead.html |archive-date=3 February 2019 |date=1 Feb 2019}}
• 2025 – Iris Cummings, American swimmer and aviator (born 1920){{Cite news |last=Langer |first=Emily |date=January 31, 2025 |title=Iris Cummings Critchell, pioneering aviator and Olympian, dies at 104 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/01/31/iris-cummings-critchell-swimmer-aviator/ |access-date=February 2, 2025 |work=The Washington Post}}

• Christian feast day:
• Babylas of Antioch
• Cadoc (Wales)
• Exuperantius of Cingoli
• Felician of Foligno
• Francis de Sales
• Pratulin Martyrs (Greek Catholic Church)
• January 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities (Romania){{cite news|url=https://www.agerpres.ro/documentare/2020/01/24/ziua-unirii-principatelor-romane-24-ianuarie-1859--436958|title=Ziua Unirii Principatelor Române|newspaper=Agerpres|date=24 January 2020|language=ro|access-date=23 January 2021|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129195148/https://www.agerpres.ro/documentare/2020/01/24/ziua-unirii-principatelor-romane-24-ianuarie-1859--436958|url-status=dead}}
• Feast of Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic Church), and its related observances:
• Feria de Alasitas (La Paz)
• Uttar Pradesh Day (Uttar Pradesh, India){{cite news |title=Uttar Pradesh Day to be celebrated on Jan 24 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-day-to-be-celebrated-on-jan-24/story-VOC7l5dxtXDkmATnlSaNvM.html |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=1 December 2017 |access-date=5 June 2020 |archive-date=5 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605204031/https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/uttar-pradesh-day-to-be-celebrated-on-jan-24/story-VOC7l5dxtXDkmATnlSaNvM.html |url-status=live }}
• National Girl Child Day (India){{cite news |last1=Goyal |first1=Sikha |title=National Girl Child Day 2019: History, Theme, Objectives and Significance |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/national-girl-child-day-1548245605-1 |agency=Dainik Jagran |publisher=Jagranjosh |date=January 24, 2019 |access-date=January 21, 2023 |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123085441/https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/national-girl-child-day-1548245605-1 |url-status=live }}

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• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/24 BBC: On This Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312212835/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/24 |date=2007-03-12 }}
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• [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/24 Historical Events on January 24] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200621123841/https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/24 |date=2020-06-21 }}

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