January 7

• 49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army, prompting the tribunes who support him to flee to where Caesar is waiting in Ravenna.{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Eca, Publication|year=1989|page=192|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}
• 1325 – Afonso IV becomes King of Portugal.{{cite book|title=A History of Portugal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fHI3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA158|year=1662|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=158}}
• 1558 – French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England.{{cite journal|url=https://www.historytoday.com/archive/fall-calais|title=The Fall of Calais|date=1 January 2008|volume=58|journal=History Today|first=Richard|last=Cavendish|author-link=Richard Cavendish (occult writer)|access-date=10 January 2020}}

• 1608 – Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia.{{cite book|title=The Iron Worker|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JJxIAAAAYAAJ|year=1960|publisher=Lynchburg Foundry Company|page=30}}
• 1610 – Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following night.{{cite book|first=David|last=Leverington|title=Babylon to Voyager and Beyond: A History of Planetary Astronomy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Hpi202ybn8C&pg=PA78|date=29 May 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-80840-8|pages=78}}
• 1708 – Battle of Zlatoust: Battle between Bashkir and Tatar rebels and the government troops of the Tsardom of Russia. It is one of the events of the Bashkir rebellion of 1704–1711.{{cite book |author=Akmanov |year=1993 |first=Irek |url=https://ihtika.ru/book/akmanov-ig-bashkirskie-vosstaniya-xvii-nachala-xviii-vv-1993 |title=Башкирские восстания |page=153 |publisher=Китап |isbn=5-295-01126-7 |language=ru |access-date=9 September 2023 |archive-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730153203/https://ihtika.ru/book/akmanov-ig-bashkirskie-vosstaniya-xvii-nachala-xviii-vv-1993 |url-status=dead }}
• 1708 – Bashkir rebels besiege Yelabuga.{{Cite book |last=Akmanov |first=Irek |url=https://ihtika.ru/book/akmanov-ig-bashkirskie-vosstaniya-17-18-vv-ufa-kitap-2016-376-s/text/155 |title=Башкирские восстания XVII–XVIII веков – феномен в истории народов Евразии |year=2016 |isbn=978-5-295-06448-7 |pages=156 |publisher=Kitap |language=ru |quote=Еще в начале января 1708 г. туда перебрался Кусюм во главе с 2 000 башкир и осадил Елабугу |access-date=27 August 2023 |archive-date=19 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230819132635/https://ihtika.ru/book/akmanov-ig-bashkirskie-vosstaniya-17-18-vv-ufa-kitap-2016-376-s/text/155 |url-status=dead }}
• 1738 – A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.{{cite book|first=Bhagavānadāsa|last=Gupta|title=A History of the Rise and Fall of the Marathas in Bundelkhand, 1731-1804: Based on Original Sources|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p2YeAAAAMAAJ|year=1987|publisher=Neha Prakashan|page=225}}
• 1782 – The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens.{{cite book|title=Life of Robert Morris, the Great Financier: With an Engraving and Description of the Celebrated House, Partly Erected in Chestnut Street, Between Seventh and Eighth, South Side|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2-sZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6|year=1841|publisher=Desilver|pages=6}}
• 1785 – Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a gas balloon.{{cite book|first=Christopher Hatton|last=Turnor|title=Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere|url=https://archive.org/details/astracastraexper00turnrich|year=1865|publisher=Chapman and Hall|pages=[https://archive.org/details/astracastraexper00turnrich/page/17 17]}}
• 1835 – {{HMS|Beagle}}, with Charles Darwin on board, drops anchor off the Chonos Archipelago.{{cite book|first=Charles|last=Darwin|author-link=Charles Darwin|title=The Voyage of the Beagle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xRMTQ-YYlLkC&pg=PA271|year=1997|publisher=Wordsworth Editions|isbn=978-1-85326-476-4|pages=271}}
• 1867 – The Kingstree jail fire kills 22 freedmen in Reconstruction-era South Carolina.{{Cite news |date=1867-01-16 |title=DOMESTIC NEWS.; Death and Obsequies of Hon. Arthur P. Hayne. The District Suffrage Law as Passed. The Burning of the Kingstree, S. C., Jail--Heartrending Scenes Attending the Death of the inmates--Ineffectual Attempts to Save Them. (Published 1867) |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1867/01/16/archives/domestic-news-death-and-obsequies-of-hon-arthur-p-hayne-the.html |access-date=2023-08-06}}
• 1894 – Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing.{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/00694192/|title=Edison kinetoscopic record of a sneeze, January 7, 1894|website=Library of Congress|access-date=13 April 2020}} On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.{{cite book|first1=Max|last1=Thurlow|first2=Clifford|last2=Thurlow|author-link2=Clifford Thurlow|title=Making Short Films, Third Edition: The Complete Guide from Script to Screen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FalLAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA394|date=18 July 2013|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-85785-387-5|pages=394}}

• 1904 – The distress signal "CQD" is established only to be replaced two years later by "SOS".{{cite book|title=The Year-book of Wireless Telegraphy & Telephony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aFQ1AAAAMAAJ|year=1913|publisher=Marconi Press Agency Limited|page=319}}
• 1919 – Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.{{cite news|url=https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/Crna_Gora_Bozicni_ustanak/1923426.html|first=Predrag|last=Tomović|title=Radio Slobodna Evropa: Božićni ustanak izaziva kontroverze na 90. godišnjicu|newspaper=Radio Slobodna Evropa |language=sr|date=January 7, 2010|access-date=May 15, 2018}}
• 1920 – The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.{{cite book|title=New York Legislative Record and Index; a Complete Record of All Bills Introduced in the Senate and Assembly with the Action Taken During the Annual Session of the Legislature of the State of New York|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4U1NAQAAMAAJ|year=1920|publisher=Legislative Index Company|page=513}}
• 1922 – Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64–57 vote.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
• 1927 – The first transatlantic commercial telephone service is established from New York City to London.{{cite book|author=New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives|author-link=New Zealand House of Representatives|title=Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-pGAQAAIAAJ|year=1928|page=26}}
• 1928 – A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.{{cite news|title=The London Flood. Death-Roll Of Fourteen., Gallant Rescues., Great Damage To Property.|newspaper=The Times|date=9 January 1928}}
• 1931 – Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.{{cite book|title=Air Pictorial|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nEkpAQAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Air League of the British Empire|page=290}}
• 1935 – Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.{{cite book|first1=Arnold|last1=Toynbee|author-link1=Arnold J. Toynbee|first2=Veronica Boulter|last2=Toynbee|title=Survey of International Affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p_Mk-Vw7afAC|year=1936|publisher=H. Milford, Oxford University Press|page=252}}
• 1940 – Winter War: Battle of Raate Road: The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.{{cite book|first=Andrew|last=Sangster|title=An Analytical Diary of 1939-1940: The Twelve Months that Changed the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVvXDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA125|date=11 May 2017|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-4438-9160-8|pages=125}}
• 1948 – Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.{{cite book|first=James|last=Paton|title=The Book of Ghosts, UFO's and the Unexplained|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JNfHBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA63|publisher=James Paton|pages=63}}
• 1950 – In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.{{ASN accident|title= 42 red|id= 19500105-1|accessdate= 4 September 2019}}
• 1954 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.{{cite web |url=http://www.hutchinsweb.me.uk/GU-IBM-2005.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021224529/http://www.hutchinsweb.me.uk/GU-IBM-2005.pdf |archive-date=2007-10-21 |title=The first public demonstration of machine translation: the Georgetown-IBM system, 7th January 1954 |website=Hutchins Web |first=John |last=Hutchins |s2cid=132677}}
• 1955 – Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.{{cite book|author=Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)|author-link=Metropolitan Opera|title=What did they sing at the Met?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JvUXAQAAIAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Wayner Publications|page=ii}}
• 1959 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.{{cite book|author1=United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary|author-link1=United States House Committee on the Judiciary|author2=United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary|author-link2=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|title=Communist Threat to the United States Through the Caribbean: Hearings Before the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bBFSpXYZ218C&pg=PA897|year=1959|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=897}}
• 1968 – Surveyor program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36A.{{cite book|first=David|last=Leverington|title=New Cosmic Horizons: Space Astronomy from the V2 to the Hubble Space Telescope|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DulLuzqJLw8C&pg=PA56|year=2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-65833-1|pages=56}}
• 1972 – Iberia Flight 602 crashes near Ibiza Airport, killing all 104 people on board.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-R EC-ATV Ibiza Airport (IBZ)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720107-1 |access-date=2022-01-06|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
• 1973 – In his second shooting spree of the week, Mark Essex fatally shoots seven people and wounds five others at Howard Johnson's Hotel in New Orleans, before being shot to death by police officers.{{cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_1ebfbb30-6247-5187-a7fc-6f8725d25470.html|title=Dallas police shootings revive memory of sniper Mark Essex, who killed nine New Orleanians, including five cops, in 1973|last=Vargas|first=Ramon Antonio|work=nola.com|date=8 July 2016|access-date=8 November 2019}}
• 1979 – Third Indochina War: Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.{{cite book|author=British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service|title=Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8U_VAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Monitoring Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation|page=27}}
• 1980 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out the Chrysler Corporation.{{cite book|first=Kim|last=Moody|author-link=Kim Moody|title=An Injury to All: The Decline of American Unionism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZSy4lDOmXAC&pg=PA152|year=1988|publisher=Verso|isbn=978-0-86091-929-2|pages=152}}
• 1984 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).{{cite book|first=Ralf|last=Emmers|title=Cooperative Security and the Balance of Power in ASEAN and the ARF|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uNdAC7W-2hoC&pg=PA179|year=2004|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-34703-7|pages=179}}
• 1985 – Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.{{cite book|first1=Erwin|last1=Schmerling|first2=George|last2=Ohring|first3=E.|last3=Grün|title=Space Observations for Climate Studies: Proceedings of Symposium 4 of the COSPAR Twenty-fifth Plenary Meeting Held in Graz, Austria, 25th June-7th July 1984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vAApAQAAIAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Committee on Space Research|isbn=978-0-08-034834-6|page=55}}
• 1989 – Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City in one of the biggest upsets in FA Cup history.{{Cite web | url = https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A117543876/STND?u=wikipedia&sid=STND&xid=c0408d74 | work = Sunday Times | access-date = 19 March 2021 | title = Coventry falls to part-timers |date = 8 January 1989 | via = Gale | url-access=subscription }}
• 1991 – Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.{{cite book|author=Inter-American Commission on Human Rights|author-link=Inter-American Commission on Human Rights|title=Inter-American Yearbook on Human Rights: Anuario Interamericano De Derechos Humanos 1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DJPV1x3E6b4C&pg=PA790|date=1 January 1995|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=0-7923-3248-2|pages=790}}
• 1993 – The Fourth Republic of Ghana is inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings as president.{{cite book|first=Kwame|last=Boafo-Arthur|title=Ghana: One Decade of the Liberal State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQVjDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT12|date=4 July 2013|publisher=Zed Books Ltd.|isbn=978-1-84813-685-4|pages=12}}
• 1993 – Bosnian War: The Bosnian Army executes a surprise attack at the village of Kravica in Srebrenica.{{cite web|url=http://www.idc.org.ba/project/the_myth_of_bratunac.html|title=The Myth of Bratunac: A Blatant Numbers Game|access-date=22 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090508095038/http://www.idc.org.ba/project/the_myth_of_bratunac.html|archive-date=8 May 2009|publisher=Research and Documentation Center}}
• 1994 – A British Aerospace Jetstream 41 operating as United Express Flight 6291 crashes in Gahanna, Ohio, killing five of the eight people on board.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace 4101 Jetstream 41 N304UE Columbus-Port Columbus International Airport, OH (CMH)|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19940107-0|access-date=2020-12-01|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}
• 1999 – The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-resolution/16/text#billTextContainer|title=S.Res.16 - A resolution to provide for the issuance of a summons and for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States.|website=Library of Congress|date=8 January 1999|access-date=7 January 2020}}
• 2012 – A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board.{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6224922/Hot-air-balloon-crash-near-Carterton-kills-11|title=Hot air balloon crash near Carterton kills 11|publisher=Fairfax Media (via Stuff.co.nz)|date=7 January 2012|access-date=28 March 2020|first1=Kirsty|last1=Johnston|first2=Greer|last2=McDonald|first3=Clio|last3=Francis|first4=Blair|last4=Ensor|first5=Mark|last5=Stevens}}
• 2015 – Two gunmen commit mass murder at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, executing twelve people and wounding eleven others.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11334812/Inside-Charlie-Hebdo-attack-We-all-thought-it-was-a-joke.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11334812/Inside-Charlie-Hebdo-attack-We-all-thought-it-was-a-joke.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Inside Charlie Hebdo attack: 'We all thought it was a joke'|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=12 January 2015|location=London|first=Harriet|last=Alexander|date=9 January 2015}}{{cbignore}}
• 2015 – A car bomb explodes outside a police college in the Yemeni capital Sana'a with at least 38 people reported dead and more than 63 injured.{{cite news|title=Yemen car bomb kills dozens near Sanaa police academy|work=BBC News|date=7 January 2015|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30706208|access-date=January 7, 2015}}
• 2020 – The 6.4{{M|w}} 2019–20 Puerto Rico earthquakes kill four and injure nine in southern Puerto Rico.{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/07/us/puerto-rico-earthquake-tuesday/index.html|title=A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits Puerto Rico, killing 1 a day after another quake rocked the island|first1=Jason|last1=Hanna|first2=Paul P.|last2=Murphy|first3=Joe|last3=Sutton|work=CNN|date=January 7, 2020}}
• 2023 – The longest U.S. House of Representatives speaker election since the December 1859 – February 1860 U.S. speaker election concludes and Kevin McCarthy is elected 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.{{Cite web |date=9 January 2023 |title=The history of a contentious U.S. Congress |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/01/09/1147787327/the-history-of-a-contentious-u-s-congress |access-date=19 January 2023 |website=npr.org}}{{Cite web |last=Reimann |first=Nicholas |title=Kevin McCarthy Elected House Speaker—Ending Historic Deadlock |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2023/01/07/kevin-mccarthy-elected-house-speaker-ending-historic-deadlock/ |access-date=2023-01-19 |website=Forbes |language=en}}
• 2025 – A series of wildfires ravage the Greater Los Angeles area, resulting in at least 16 deaths and 13,401 structures destroyed.{{cite web | url=https://apnews.com/article/california-fires-things-to-know-winds-f93d41dc901e352b63e86ab67ef7790e | title=What to know about thousands of evacuations and homes burned in los Angeles-area fires | website=Associated Press News }}

• 889 – Li Bian, emperor of Southern Tang (died 943){{Cite journal|last=Kurz|date=2014|title=On the Southern Tang Imperial Genealogy|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society|volume=134|issue=4|pages=601–620|doi=10.7817/jameroriesoci.134.4.601|jstor=10.7817/jameroriesoci.134.4.601}}
• 1355 – Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (died 1397){{cite book|author=John Marriott Davenport|title=Oxfordshire Annals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EtUGAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA11|year=1869|publisher=E.W. Morris, jun.|pages=11}}
• 1414 – Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen (died 1451){{cite book |last=Schutte |first=O. |editor-last=Tamse |editor-first=C.A. |date=1979 |chapter=Genealogische gegevens |title=Nassau en Oranje in de Nederlandse geschiedenis |language=nl |location=Alphen aan den Rijn |publisher=A.W. Sijthoff |page=41 |isbn=90-218-2447-7 }}{{cite book |last=Dek |first=A.W.E. |date=1970 |title=Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau |language=nl |location=Zaltbommel |publisher=Europese Bibliotheek |page=67 }}{{aut|Vorsterman van Oyen, A. A.}} (1882). Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden (in Dutch). Leiden: A. W. Sijthoff/Utrecht: J. L. Beijers. p. 92.
• 1502 – Pope Gregory XIII (died 1585){{cite book|title=The St. James's Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BbsRAAAAYAAJ|year=1873|publisher=W. Kent|page=377}}

• 1634 – Adam Krieger, German organist and composer (died 1666){{cite book|author=Albert Ernest Wier|title=The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians: In One Volume|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nx8KAQAAMAAJ|year=1938|publisher=Macmillan|page=987}}
• 1647 – William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (died 1677){{Cite book |url=https://www.leo-bw.de/themen/biographisches-lexikon-des-hauses-wurttemberg |title=Das Haus Württemberg. Ein biographisches Lexikon |publisher=LEO-BW |year=1997 |editor-last=Sönke |editor-first=Lorenz |edition=Online |location=Stuttgart |pages=161–162 |language=de |chapter=Württemberg, Wilhelm Ludwig, Herzog |editor-last2=Dieter |editor-first2=Mertens |editor-last3=Volker |editor-first3=Press |editor-link3=Volker Press |chapter-url=https://www.leo-bw.de/detail/-/Detail/details/PERSON/ubt_hauswuerttemberg/104183586/W%C3%BCrttemberg+Wilhelm+Ludwig+Herzog}}
• 1685 – Jonas Alströmer, Swedish agronomist and businessman (died 1761){{cite book|title=The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fMk5AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA331|year=1843|publisher=Longman, Brown|pages=331}}
• 1706 – Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (died 1751){{cite book|author=Thomas Spencer Baynes|title=The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qc87AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA196|year=1878|publisher=C. Scribner's sons|pages=196}}
• 1713 – Giovanni Battista Locatelli, Italian opera director and manager (died 1785){{cite book|author=Stanley Sadie|title=The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lENAQAAIAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Macmillan Publishers|isbn=978-0-333-23111-1|page=104}}
• 1718 – Israel Putnam, American general (died 1790){{cite book|author=John Warner Barber|title=Connecticut|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Px4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA418|year=1836|pages=418|isbn=9780722249598 }}
• 1746 – George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician (died 1823){{cite book|author=Alexander Allardyce|title=Memoir of Admiral Lord Keith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XJsBAAAAQAAJ|page=1}}
• 1768 – Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king (died 1844){{cite book|title=The Patrician|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_c8AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA319|year=1846|pages=319| last1=Burke | first1=John | last2=Burke | first2=Bernard }}
• 1797 – Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845–1846) (died 1849){{cite web|url=https://presidentes.mx/mariano-paredes-y-arrillaga|title=Mariano Paredes y Arrillaga|publisher=Presidentes.mx|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528032142/https://presidentes.mx/mariano-paredes-y-arrillaga|archive-date=May 28, 2019|url-status=live}}
• 1800 – Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States (died 1874){{cite book|author=Abner Dumont Jones|title=American Portrait Gallery, Containing Correct Portraits and Brief Notices of the Principal Actors in American History...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yYgMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA697|year=1869|publisher=Henry Miller|pages=697}}
• 1814 – Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (died 1837){{cite book|author=Robert Nicoll|title=Poems by Robert Nicoll|url=https://archive.org/details/poemsbyrobertni00johngoog|year=1853|publisher=G. H. Whitney|pages=[https://archive.org/details/poemsbyrobertni00johngoog/page/n17 13]}}
• 1815 – Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather, American writer (died 1882){{cite book|last=Hanson|first=E. R.|title=Our Woman Workers: Biographical Sketches of Women Eminent in the Universalist Church for Literary, Philanthropic and Christian Work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l73TAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA111|edition=Public domain|year=1884|publisher=Star and Covenant Office|pages=111–}}
• 1827 – Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time (died 1915)
• 1830 – Albert Bierstadt, American painter (died 1902){{cite book|title=Scribner's Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine for the People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5RYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA605|year=1872|publisher=Century Company|pages=605}}
• 1831 – Heinrich von Stephan, German postman, founded the Universal Postal Union (died 1897){{cite book|title=The New Volumes of the Encyclopædia Britannica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7_UbN2qsIsIC|year=1902|publisher=A. & C. Black|page=851}}
• 1832 – James Munro, Scottish-Australian publisher and politician, 15th Premier of Victoria (died 1908){{cite book|author=Philip Mennell|title=The Dictionary of Australasian Biography: Comprising Notices of Eminent Colonists from the Inauguration of Responsible Government Down to the Present Time (1855-1892)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vFsHAQAAIAAJ|year=1892|publisher=Hutchinson|page=336}}
• 1834 – Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (died 1874){{cite book|author=Silvanus Phillips Thompson|title=Philipp Reis, Inventor of the Telephone|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dzU-AQAAMAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Arno Press|page=1|isbn=9780405060601}}
• 1837 – Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded the White Star Line Shipping Company (died 1899){{cite book|author=David J. Jeremy|title=Dictionary of Business Biography: H-L|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dh9bhINkvFgC|year=1984|publisher=Butterworths|page=455}}
• 1844 – Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (died 1879){{cite book|author=Francis Trochu|title=Saint Bernadette Soubirous, 1844-1879|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PVomAQAAMAAJ|date=January 1957|publisher=Tan Books and Publishers, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-89555-253-2|page=48}}
• 1852 – Quianu Robinson, New Mexican Congressman and political ally of Conrad Hilton (died 1919){{Cite book |title=The Silver Spade: The Conrad Hilton Story. |publisher=Farrar, Straus and Young. |year=1954}}
• 1858 – Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Belarusian lexicographer and journalist (died 1922){{cite book|title=Jewish Affairs|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iZUSAAAAIAAJ|year=1958|publisher=South African Jewish Board of Deputies|page=41}}
• 1863 – Anna Murray Vail, American botanist and first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden (died 1955){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=amtGAwAAQBAJ&q=Anna+Murray+Vail+December+1955&pg=PA15|title=Ladies in the Laboratory? American and British Women in Science, 1800-1900: A Survey of Their Contributions to Research|last=Creese|first=Mary R. S.|date=2000|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780585276847|pages=15|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nybg.org/library/finding_guide/archv/vail_ppf.html|title=Anna Murray Vail Papers (PP)|website=New York Botanical Garden|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319115906/https://www.nybg.org/library/finding_guide/archv/vail_ppf.html|archive-date=2019-03-19|access-date=2019-08-11|url-status=live}}
• 1871 – Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (died 1956){{cite book|author=Brigham Narins|title=Notable Scientists from 1900 to the Present: A-C|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=byIvAQAAIAAJ|date=1 January 2001|publisher=Gale Group|isbn=978-0-7876-1752-3|page=247}}
• 1873 – Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist (died 1914){{cite book|author=Tracy Chevalier|title=Encyclopedia of the Essay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LJtz0iWO4O4C&pg=PA645|year=1997|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-30-5|pages=645}}
• 1873 – Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (died 1976){{cite book|title=American Hebrew and Jewish Tribune|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KOtNAAAAYAAJ|year=1937|publisher=American Hebrew|page=173}}
• 1875 – Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (died 1945){{cite book|author=Joseph M. Siegman|title=The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qpiphgls99IC&pg=PA122|year=1992|publisher=SP Books|isbn=978-1-56171-028-7|pages=122}}
• 1876 – William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer (died 1906){{cite book|author=Arthur Eaglefield Hull|title=Music, Classical, Romantic & Modern|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4W0zAAAAIAAJ|year=1927|publisher=J. M. Dent & sons Limited|page=386}}
• 1877 – William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer (died 1928){{cite book|author=Frank Lincoln Mather|title=Who's who of the Colored Race: A General Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women of African Descent; Vol. 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tWTXAAAAMAAJ|year=1915|page=186|isbn=9780598610218 }}
• 1889 – Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina (died 1982)In "Stravinsky: Discoveries and Memories" (Craft, Robert, Naxos Books, 2013, {{ISBN|978-1-84379-753-1}}, p. 154), Robert Craft recalls that "after an emotionally and physically exhausting day...Vera abruptly announced that she could not keep up, and that she was four years older than the dates on her passport." This would mean her true birth date was 1/7/1885, and her age at death 97.
• 1890 – Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, American soldier, pulp magazine writer, and pioneer of the American comic book (died 1965){{cite book|last=Wheeler-Nicholson|first=Nicky|chapter=Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson|title=Comics Through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas. Vol. 4|editor-last=Booker|editor-first=M. Keith|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=2014|isbn=9780313397509|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jxfOEAAAQBAJ|page=417}}
• 1891 – Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (died 1960){{cite book|author=Jennifer L. Lord|title="De inside meaning of words": dialogic selves in the autobiography of Zora Neale Hurston|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KMRbAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=University of Wisconsin--Madison|page=7}}
• 1895 – Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited (died 1974){{cite book|title=100 Famous Australian Lives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VFwZAAAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Hamlyn|page=402}}
• 1898 – Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (disputed;{{cite book|author=Ray Pallett|title=They Called Him Al: The Musical Life of Al Bowlly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jPNLCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT279|year=2010|publisher=BearManor Media|pages=279}} (died 1941)
• 1899 – Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (died 1963){{cite book|author=Mark Morris|title=A guide to 20th-century composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ph8KAQAAMAAJ|date=4 November 1996|publisher=Methuen|isbn=978-0-413-45601-4|page=153}}
• 1899 – F. Orlin Tremaine, American magazine executive, writer, and magazine editor (Astounding Stories) (died 1956){{cite book|last=Ashley|first=Michael|title=The History of the Science Fiction Magazine|location=London|publisher=New English Library|date=1974|isbn=9780450021824|page=38|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=F. Orlin Tremaine, Editor, Publisher|work=The New York Times|date=October 24, 1956|page=36}}
• 1900 – John Brownlee, Australian actor and singer (died 1969){{cite book|author1=Barbara Mackenzie|author2=Thomas Findlay Mackenzie|title=Singers of Australia: From Melba to Sutherland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9r0iAAAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Lansdowne|page=117}}

• 1903 – Alan Napier, English actor (died 1988){{cite book|last1=Napier|first1=Alan|last2=Bigwood|first2=James|title=Not Just Batman's Butler: The Autobiography of Alan Napier|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Co.|date=2015|isbn=9781476662879|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KUbJCgAAQBAJ|page=8}}
• 1903 – Hooley Smith, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1963){{cite web |title=Hooley Smith |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/hooley-smith-8449077 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=5 January 2024}}
• 1904 – Joseph Whitty, Irish Republican died while on hunger strike at Curragh Internment camp (died1923).{{cite news |last=Sinnott |first=Darragh |date=1 October 1922 |title=Remembering Joseph Whitty, The Young Wexford Man Who Died On Hunger Strike |url=https://wexfordweekly.com/2022/10/01/remembering-joseph-whitty-the-young-wexford-man-who-died-on-hunger-strike/lifestyle/ |work=Wexford Weekly |location= |access-date=16 July 2024}}
• 1908 – Red Allen, American trumpet player (died 1967){{cite book|title=Jazz Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=20Y5AQAAIAAJ|year=1965|publisher=Jazz Report Magazine}}
• 1910 – Orval Faubus, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Arkansas (died 1994){{cite news| title=Orval Faubus, Segregation's Champion, Dies at 84| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/15/obituaries/orval-faubus-segregation-s-champion-dies-at-84.html| work=The New York Times| author=Peter Applebome| date=15 December 1994| access-date=2011-10-11}}
• 1912 – Charles Addams, American cartoonist, created The Addams Family (died 1988){{cite book|author=Lee, Laura|title=The Name's Familiar: Mr. Leotard, Barbie, and Chef Boyardee|url=https://archive.org/details/namesfamiliarmrl00leel|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Pelican Publishing|isbn=978-1-4556-0918-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/namesfamiliarmrl00leel/page/13 13]}}
• 1913 – Francis de Wolff, English actor (died 1984){{cite book|last=Arnold|first=Mark|title=Stars of Walt Disney Productions|location=Orlando, Fla.|publisher=BearManor Media|date=2023|isbn=9798887710723|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9aKnEAAAQBAJ|page=2017}}
• 1913 – Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 1993)
• 1916 – W. L. Jeyasingham, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (died 1989){{cite book|last=Arumugam|first=S.|title=Dictionary of Biography of the Tamils of Ceylon|url=http://www.noolaham.org/wiki/index.php?title=Dictionary_of_Biography_of_the_Tamils_of_Ceylon|year=1997|page=63}}
• 1916 – Babe Pratt, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1988){{cite book|author1=John Kreiser|author2=Lou Friedman|title=The New York Rangers: Broadway's Longest Running Hit|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sSlinBzTL0QC&pg=PA68|year=1996|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|isbn=978-1-57167-041-0|pages=68}}
• 1920 – Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor (died 1992){{cite news| title=Vincent Gardenia, Character Actor, Is Dead at 71| url= https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/10/arts/vincent-gardenia-character-actor-is-dead-at-71.html| first= William |last= Grimes| date=December 10, 1992| work=The New York Times| access-date=December 28, 2012}}
• 1921 – Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician (died 1997){{cite book|title=Quien es quién en Venezuela, Panamá, Ecuador, Colombia: Con datos recopilados hasta el 30 de junio de 1952|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TRwQAQAAMAAJ|year=1952|publisher=Oliverio Perry|page=547}}
• 1921 – Chester Kallman, American poet and translator (died 1975){{cite book|title=Contemporary Poets of the English Language|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_l80AAAAMAAJ|year=1974|page=582}}
• 1922 – Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (died 2014)
• 1922 – Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player (died 2000){{cite book|author1=Contemporary Books|author2=Agnes Chase|title=Chase's: 2000 calendar of events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xHtV8BWnH9IC|date=October 1999|publisher=Contemporary Publishing Group, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-8092-2776-1|page=78}}
• 1923 – Hugh Kenner, Canadian scholar and critic (died 2003){{cite news |date=November 28, 2003|title=Hugh Kenner |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1447920/Hugh-Kenner.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1447920/Hugh-Kenner.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Telegraph |location=London |access-date=November 13, 2019}}{{cbignore}}
• 1923 – Vaklush Tolev, Bulgarian theologian, educator, public figure and lecturer (died 2013){{Cite web |title=Vaklush Tolev: Biography |url=https://spiritualwave.org/en/vaklush-tolev-biography/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Spiritual Wave Foundation |date=6 April 2019 |language=en-GB}}
• 1924 – Geoffrey Bayldon, English actor (died 2017){{Cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/geoffrey-bayldon-beloved-star-catweazle-dead-93-1621161|title=Geoffrey Bayldon, beloved star of Catweazle, dead at 93|last=Passantino|first=Dom|date=2017-05-11|work=International Business Times UK|access-date=2017-05-11}}
• 1925 – Gerald Durrell, Indian-English zookeeper, conservationist and author, founded Durrell Wildlife Park (died 1995){{cite book|author=Redvers Brandling|title=A Year of Assemblies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yjsqeJAAadIC&pg=PA60|year=2000|publisher=Nelson Thornes|isbn=978-0-7487-5836-4|pages=60}}
• 1926 – Kim Jong-pil, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 11th Prime Minister of South Korea (died 2018)
• 1928 – William Peter Blatty, American author and screenwriter (died 2017){{Cite news|last=Cain|first=Sian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/13/exorcist-author-william-peter-blatty-dies-aged-89|title=Exorcist author William Peter Blatty Dies Aged 89|work=The Guardian|date=January 13, 2017|access-date=December 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223211356/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jan/13/exorcist-author-william-peter-blatty-dies-aged-89|archive-date=February 23, 2017}}
• 1929 – Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (died 2012){{cite book|author1=Elwyn Lynn|author2=Robert Juniper|title=The Art of Robert Juniper|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmnsAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Craftsman House|isbn=978-0-9593448-8-2|page=10}}
• 1929 – Terry Moore, American actress{{cite book|author=Paul Michael|title=Movie Greats: The Players, Directors, Producers|url=https://archive.org/details/moviegreatsplaye00mich|url-access=registration|year=1969|publisher=Garland Books|page=[https://archive.org/details/moviegreatsplaye00mich/page/n229 1945]}}
• 1931 – Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier (died 2013)[http://www.hs.fi/muistot/a1305668652189 Mirja Eteläpää]. hs.fi (obituary in Finnish)
• 1933 – Elliott Kastner, American-English film producer (died 2010){{cite book|title=International Film and TV Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_aJmAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Screen International, King Publications Limited|page=463}}
• 1934 – Jean Corbeil, Canadian lawyer and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (died 2002){{cite book|author1=Charles Whately Parker|author2=Barnet M. Greene|title=Who's who in Canada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHdmAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=International Press Limited|page=173}}
• 1934 – Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 5th President of Cyprus (died 2008){{cite book|author=B. Turner|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2008: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZPlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA376|date=12 January 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-349-74024-6|pages=376}}
• 1935 – Kenny Davern, American clarinet player and saxophonist (died 2006){{cite book|author=Music Hound|title=MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JjWAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Schirmer Trade Books|isbn=978-0-8256-7253-8}}
• 1935 – Valery Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut (died 2014){{cite book|title=Apollo Soyuz Test Project|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qZolHSXTabUC&pg=PA8|year=1975|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration|pages=8}}
• 1935 – Li Shengjiao, Chinese diplomat and international jurist (died 2017){{Cite web|url=http://english.jschina.com.cn/TodayJiangsu/23271/201808/t20180809_5590707.shtml|title=Life story of Li Shengjiao, a legendary Chinese diplomat and educator|website=Jiangsu Now|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809164206/http://english.jschina.com.cn/TodayJiangsu/23271/201808/t20180809_5590707.shtml|archive-date=2018-08-09|access-date=31 March 2020}}
• 1936 – Hunter Davies, Scottish author and journalist{{Cite web |url=http://qosfc.com/new_newsview.aspx?newsid=650 |title=Hunter Davies |publisher=Qosfc.com |date=26 September 2009 |access-date=20 November 2013 |archive-date=29 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629131505/http://qosfc.com/new_newsview.aspx?newsid=650 |url-status=dead }}
• 1938 – Bob Boland, Australian rugby league player and coach{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/bob-boland/summary.html|title=Bob Boland - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}
• 1938 – Lou Graham, American golfer{{cite web |url=http://www.golfhousetennessee.com/fw/main/Lou_Graham-417.html |title=Lou Graham - Tennessee Golf Hall of Fame |publisher=Tennessee Golf Association |access-date=2006-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215153439/http://www.golfhousetennessee.com/fw/main/Lou_Graham-417.html |archive-date=2012-02-15 |url-status=dead }}
• 1938 – Rory Storm, English singer-songwriter (died 1972){{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-births-1837-2006?firstname=alan%20e&lastname=caldwell&eventyear=1938&eventyear_offset=0&eventquarter=1 |title=findmypast.co.uk |publisher=Search.findmypast.co.uk |access-date=2015-11-09}}
• 1941 – Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (died 2004){{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/iona-brown-730556.html|title=Iona Brown|date=11 June 2004|author=Margaret Campbell|website=The Independent|access-date=9 April 2020}}
• 1941 – John Steiner, English actor (died 2022){{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-steiner-dead-caligula-italian-films-1235192775/|title=John Steiner, Actor in 'Caligula,' Dies at 81|first=Mike|last=Barnes|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=4 August 2022|access-date=5 August 2022}}
• 1941 – John E. Walker, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate{{cite book|author=Ingmar Grenthe|title=Chemistry, 1996-2000|url=https://archive.org/details/nobellecturesinc00gren|url-access=registration|year=2003|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=978-981-02-4959-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/nobellecturesinc00gren/page/n156 143]}}
• 1942 – Vasily Alekseyev, Russian-German weightlifter and coach (died 2011){{cite book |last1=Croft |first1=Lee B |editor1-first=Dawn P |editor1-last=Dawson |title=Great Athletes |edition=Revised |volume=1 |year=2002 |orig-date=1992 |publisher=Salem Press |isbn=1-58765-008-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/greatathletes0000unse/page/35 35–37] |url=https://archive.org/details/greatathletes0000unse/page/35 }}
• 1943 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, known for one thousand origami cranes (died 1955){{cite book|author=Denis Meikle|title=The Ring companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARIcAQAAIAAJ|date=1 October 2005|publisher=Titan|page=25|isbn=9781845760014}}
• 1944 – Mike McGear, British performing artist and rock photographer{{cite book|author=Joseph Murrells|title=The Book of Golden Discs|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr|url-access=registration|year=1978|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins|isbn=978-0-214-20480-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/n249 248]}}
• 1944 – Kotaro Suzumura, Japanese economist and academic (died 2020){{cite web |title= Suzumura, Kōtarō, 1944- |url= http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82153204.html |publisher= Library of Congress |access-date= 17 July 2014 |quote= CIP t.p. (Kotaro Suzumura) data sheet (born 1/7/44) }}
• 1945 – Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player (died 1990){{cite web |title=Tony Conigliaro |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tony-conigliaro-112557 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=5 January 2024}}
• 1945 – Raila Odinga, Kenyan engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Kenya{{cite book|author1=Njuguna Ngunjiri|author2=William Okoth Ong'aro|title=Raila Odinga, the unbwogable|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mwwAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Immediate Media Services|pages=1–10}}
• 1945 – Peter Schowtka, German politician (died 2022){{Cite web |last=Schulz |first=Uwe |date=9 August 2022 |title=Peter Schowtka verstorben |trans-title=Peter Schowtka passed away |url=https://www.saechsische.de/hoyerswerda/lokales/peter-schowtka-verstorben-wittichenau-5741618-plus.html |access-date=9 August 2022 |website=Sächsische Zeitung |language=de}}
• 1946 – Michele Elliott, author, psychologist and founder of child protection charity Kidscape{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-36925|title=Elliott, Michele Irmiter, (born 7 Jan. 1946), Founder and Director, Kidscape Children's Charity, 1984–2009|website=WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO|year=2007|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U36925|isbn=978-0-19-954088-4}}
• 1946 – Jann Wenner, American publisher, co-founded Rolling Stone{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/07/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-7-2019/6991546835238/?ur3=1|title= UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan, 7, 2019 |work= United Press International|date=January 7, 2019|access-date=September 21, 2019|archive-date= September 21, 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20190921143309/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/07/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-7-2019/6991546835238/?ur3=1|url-status=live|quote= Rolling Stone magazine publisher Jann Wenner in 1946 (age 73)}}
• 1947 – Tony Elliott, English publisher, founded Time Out{{cite news | title = Birthdays | work = The Guardian | location = London | date = 7 January 2004 }} (died 2020)
• 1948 – Kenny Loggins, American singer-songwriter{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/07/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-7-2019/6991546835238/?ur3=1|title= UPI Almanac for Monday, Jan, 7, 2019|work= United Press International|date= January 7, 2019|access-date= September 21, 2019|archive-date= 21 September 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20190921143309/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/07/UPI-Almanac-for-Monday-Jan-7-2019/6991546835238/?ur3=1|url-status= live|quote= singer Kenny Loggins in 1948 (age 71)}}
• 1950 – Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter (died 2016){{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/espectaculos/musica/2016/08/28/perfil-adios-juan-gabriel-el-divo-de-juarez|title=Perfil. Adiós a Juan Gabriel, El Divo de Juárez|date=August 28, 2016|work=El Universal|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829171623/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/espectaculos/musica/2016/08/28/perfil-adios-juan-gabriel-el-divo-de-juarez|archive-date=August 29, 2016|url-status=live|access-date=August 28, 2016}}
• 1950 – Erin Gray, American actress and model
• 1952 – Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist{{cite book|author1=P. T. J. Rance|author2=Penelope T. J. Rance|title=Martial Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E8AqAQAAIAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Virgin Books|isbn=978-0-7535-1078-0|page=101}}
• 1953 – Robert Longo, American painter and sculptor{{cite book|author=Milwaukee Art Museum|title=John Porter Retzer and Florence Horn Retzer exhibition: new figuration in America: Milwaukee Art Museum, December 3, 1982-January 23, 1983|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lY00AQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=The Museum|page=68}}
• 1954 – Alan Butcher, English cricketer and coach{{cite book |title=If The Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=1-869833-21-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/35 35] |url=https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/35 }}
• 1955 – Mamata Shankar, Indian-Bengali actress{{cite book|author1=Paranjoy Guha Thakurta|author2=Shankar Raghuraman|title=Divided We Stand: India in a Time of Coalitions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ur6GAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA337|date=4 December 2007|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0164-2|pages=337}}
• 1956 – David Caruso, American actor{{cite book|author=((Editors of People Magazine))|title=People: 100 Greatest TV Stars of Our Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HDwdHhIL0uoC|date=3 September 2003|publisher=Liberty Street|isbn=978-1-931933-87-2|page=104}}
• 1957 – Nicholson Baker, American novelist and essayist{{Cite web |last=Saltzman |first=Arthur |title=Nicholson Baker Criticism: A Columbus of the Near-at-Hand - Arthur Saltzman - eNotes.com |url=https://www.enotes.com/topics/nicholson-baker/criticism/criticism/arthur-saltzman-essay-date-1999 |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=eNotes |language=en}}
• 1957 – Katie Couric, American television journalist, anchor, and author{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/katie-couric-gets-a-pay-raise-as-she-re-signs-with-yahoo-2015-6|title=Katie Couric signs new $10 million contract with Yahoo - Business Insider|date=June 12, 2015|work=Business Insider|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615035413/http://www.businessinsider.com/katie-couric-gets-a-pay-raise-as-she-re-signs-with-yahoo-2015-6|archive-date=June 15, 2015}}
• 1959 – Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, English accountant and politician{{cite book|author1=Iain Dale|author2=Jacqui Smith|title=The Honourable Ladies: Volume II: Profiles of Women MPs 1997–2019|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9a8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT193|date=14 November 2019|publisher=Biteback Publishing|isbn=978-1-78590-447-9|pages=193}}
• 1959 – Kathy Valentine, American bass player and songwriter{{cite book|author=Norm N. Nite|title=Rock on: the illustrated encyclopedia of rock n' roll: the video revolution, 1978-present|url=https://archive.org/details/rockonillustrate00nite|url-access=registration|date=1 September 1985|publisher=Harper & Row|isbn=978-0-06-181644-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/rockonillustrate00nite/page/n155 132]}}
• 1960 – David Marciano, American actor
• 1960 – Loretta Sanchez, American politician{{cite book|title=Official Congressional Directory, 2005-2006, 109th Congress, Convened January 4, 2005|year = 2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L-_zoKQ-mvQC&pg=PA42|publisher=Government Printing Office|pages=42|isbn = 9780160724671}}
• 1961 – John Thune, American lawyer and politician{{cite book|editor1=Andrew R. Dodge|editor2=Betty K. Koed|title=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v9MBIctdjjkC&pg=PA2045|year=2005|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=978-0-16-073176-1|page=2045}}
• 1962 – Aleksandr Dugin, Russian political analyst and strategist known for his fascist views{{cite journal | last = Ingram | first = Alan | title = Alexander Dugin: geopolitics and neo-fascism in post-Soviet Russia | journal = Political Geography | volume = 20 | issue = 8 | pages = 1029–1051 | doi = 10.1016/S0962-6298(01)00043-9 | date = November 2001 }}
• 1962 – Ron Rivera, American football player and coach{{cite book |last1=Friedman |first1=Ian A. |title=Latino Athletes |date=2007 |publisher=Facts On File |pages=195 |isbn=9781438107844 |access-date=January 3, 2020|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PiTnVkcqmiEC&pg=PA195}}
• 1962 – Hallie Todd, American actress
• 1963 – Rand Paul, American politician and physician{{cite web |title=Rand Paul Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/12/04/us/rand-paul-fast-facts/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=9 February 2023 |date=14 December 2022}}
• 1964 – Nicolas Cage, American actor{{cite book|author1=Ian Markham-Smith|author2=Liz Hodgson|title=Nicolas Cage: The Unauthorized Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lFUdAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Blake|isbn=978-1-85782-396-7|page=6}}
• 1965 – Five for Fighting, American singer-songwriter and pianist[http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461?c=search&first=&last=Ondrasik "California Births, 1905–1995"]. Family Tree Legends Records Collection (Online Database). Pearl Street Software. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
• 1965 – Alessandro Lambruschini, Italian runner{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/italy/alessandro-lambruschini-1571|title=Alessandro Lambruschini|website=World Athletics|access-date=18 April 2020}}
• 1967 – Nick Clegg, English academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom{{cite book|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7pDAQAAIAAJ|year=2010|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion Limited|isbn=978-0-905702-89-6|page=121}}
• 1967 – Irrfan Khan, Indian actor (died 2020){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 7: Brett Dalton, Jeremy Renner |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/07/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-7-Brett-Dalton-Jeremy-Renner/6981673053169/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=5 January 2024 |date=7 January 2023}}
• 1967 – Ricky Stuart, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/ricky-stuart/summary.html|title=Ricky Stuart - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}
• 1969 – Rex Lee, American actor
• 1969 – Marco Simone, Italian footballer and manager{{cite web|url=https://www.acmilan.com/en/marco-simone|title=A.C. Milan Hall of Fame: Marco Simone|website=acmilan.com|access-date=6 April 2020}}
• 1970 – Andy Burnham, English politician{{cite book|author1=Charles Roger Dod|author2=Robert Phipps Dod|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yaGIAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited|page=9|isbn=9780905702360}}
• 1970 – Doug E. Doug, American actor
• 1971 – Kevin Rahm, American actor{{cite news |author= |date=2022-01-07 |title=Birthdays |work=The Modesto Bee |page=2A |agency=The Associated Press}}
• 1971 – Jeremy Renner, American actor{{cite book|title=Film Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l_NlAAAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Orpheus Pub|page=91}}
• 1972 – Donald Brashear, American-Canadian ice hockey player and mixed martial artist{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050104147_4.html?sid=ST2009050104383 |title=For Capitals' Brashear, Fighting's a Way of Life |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2009-05-02 |last=Wise |first=Mike |access-date=2009-05-05}}
• 1974 – Alenka Bikar, Slovenian sprinter and politician{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/slovenia/alenka-bikar-110244|title=Alenka Bikar Profile|website=World Athletics|access-date=9 April 2020}}
• 1976 – Vic Darchinyan, Armenian-Australian boxer{{cite book|author=Gary Todd|title=Greatest Ever Boxing Workouts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzutDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT221|date=7 January 2013|publisher=John Blake|isbn=978-1-78219-367-8|pages=221}}
• 1976 – Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball player{{cite web |title=Eric Gagne |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/eric-gagne-150378 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=5 January 2024}}
• 1976 – Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/alfonso-soriano-150093|title=Alfonso Soriano Stats|website=MLB|access-date=14 April 2020}}
• 1977 – Dustin Diamond, American actor and comedian (died 2021){{cite web |last1=Diaz |first1=Johnny |title=Dustin Diamond, Actor on 'Saved by the Bell,' Dies at 44 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/arts/television/dustin-diamond-dead.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=5 January 2023 |date=1 February 2021}}
• 1977 – Sofi Oksanen, Finnish author and playwright{{Cite web |last=Janhonen |first=Ulla |date=2015-10-08 |title=Sofi Oksasen rankka sukutausta: Isoisä metsäveli, isosetä ilmiantaja |url=https://seura.fi/viihde/julkkikset/sofi-oksasen-rankka-sukutausta-isoisa-metsaveli-isoseta-ilmiantaja/ |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=Seura.fi |language=fi}}
• 1977 – Brent Sopel, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Brent Sopel |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/brent-sopel-8462176 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=5 January 2024}}
• 1978 – Dean Cosker, English cricketer and umpire{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/10820.html|title=Dean Cosker|website=Cricinfo}}
• 1979 – Reggie Austin, American actor{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 7, 2023 includes celebrities Nicolas Cage, Kenny Loggins|work=The Plain Dealer|date=January 7, 2023|accessdate=January 7, 2023|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-7-2023-includes-celebrities-nicolas-cage-kenny-loggins.html}}
• 1979 – Aloe Blacc, American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman and philanthropist{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/aloe-blacc-mn0000015856/biography|access-date=2019-01-06|author=Andy Kellman|title=Aloe Blacc Biography|website=All Music|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106153216/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/aloe-blacc-mn0000015856/biography|archive-date=2019-01-06|url-status=live }}
• 1980 – Reece Simmonds, Australian rugby league player{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/reece-simmonds/summary.html|title=Reece Simmonds - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}
• 1981 – Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Alex Auld |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/alex-auld-8467913 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=5 January 2024}}
• 1981 – Marquis Daniels, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Marquis Daniels |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2605/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=5 January 2024}}
• 1981 – Travis Friend, Zimbabwean cricketer{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/player/55438.html|title=Travis Friend|website=Cricinfo}}
• 1982 – Lauren Cohan, American-English actress{{cite web |last1=Mathew |first1=Ilin |title=Lauren Cohan Turns 33: Rare Photos and Lesser Known Facts About 'The Walking Dead' Star |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/lauren-cohan-turns-33-lesser-known-facts-rare-photos-walking-dead-star-619420 |work=International Business Times |access-date=5 January 2023 |date=7 January 2015}}
• 1982 – Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/francisco-rodriguez-408061|title=Francisco Rodríguez|website=Major League Baseball|access-date=6 April 2020}}
• 1982 – Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/hannah-stockbauer|title=Hannah Stockbauer|website=Olympics|access-date=11 April 2020}}
• 1983 – Brett Dalton, American actor{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 7, 2023 includes celebrities Nicolas Cage, Kenny Loggins|work=The Plain Dealer|date=January 7, 2023|accessdate=January 7, 2023|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-7-2023-includes-celebrities-nicolas-cage-kenny-loggins.html}}
• 1983 – Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/player/edwin-encarnacion-429665|title=Edwin Encarnación|website=MLB|access-date=18 April 2020}}
• 1983 – Cappie Pondexter, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Cappie Pondexter |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/200665/cappie-pondexter |publisher=WNBA |access-date=5 January 2024}}
• 1983 – Robert Ri'chard, American actor
• 1984 – Jon Lester, American baseball player{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=RJ |title=Jon Lester retires: Five-time All-Star and three-time World Series champion calls it a career after 16 seasons |url=https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/jon-lester-retires-five-time-all-star-and-three-time-world-series-champion-calls-it-a-career-after-16-seasons/ |work=CBS Sports |access-date=30 October 2022 |date=12 January 2022}}
• 1985 – Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/apr/20/paulkelso.uknews4|title=Profile: Lewis Hamilton|last=Kelso|first=Paul|date=20 April 2007|work=The Guardian |access-date=26 June 2008|location=London}}
• 1985 – Wayne Routledge, English footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/2681/Wayne-Routledge/overview|title=Wayne Routledge|website=premierleague.com|access-date=21 September 2022}}
• 1987 – Davide Astori, Italian footballer (died 2018){{cite web |title=Allievi Nazionali 2003/2004 |url=http://www.acmilan.com/MostraInfo.asp?id_info=18940 |work=acmilan.com |publisher=Associazione Calcio Milan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040404133018/http://www.acmilan.com/MostraInfo.asp?id_info=18940 |archive-date=4 April 2004 |access-date=11 September 2010 |language=it}}
• 1987 – Stefan Babović, Serbian footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=69668/profile/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100505073717/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=69668/profile/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2010|title=Stefan Babović|website=UEFA|access-date=4 May 2020}}
• 1987 – Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress{{Cite web|title=Lyndsy Fonseca|url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lyndsy-fonseca/bio/254158/|magazine=TV Guide|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713065753/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lyndsy-fonseca/bio/254158/|archive-date=July 13, 2015|access-date=May 26, 2020}}
• 1988 – Scott Pendlebury, Australian footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/118/Scott-Pendlebury|title=Scott Pendlebury | AFL|website=collingwoodfc.com.au}}
• 1988 – Robert Sheehan, Irish actor
• 1990 – Liam Aiken, American actor{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 7, 2023 includes celebrities Nicolas Cage, Kenny Loggins|work=The Plain Dealer|date=January 7, 2023|accessdate=January 7, 2023|url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-7-2023-includes-celebrities-nicolas-cage-kenny-loggins.html}}
• 1990 – Gentleman Jack Gallagher, English mixed martial artist and wrestler{{cite web |title=Jack Gallagher |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/18462350/wwe-profile-page-jack-gallagher |publisher=ESPN |access-date=5 January 2024 |date=12 January 2017}}
• 1990 – Camryn Grimes, American actress{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 7, 2023 includes celebrities Nicolas Cage, Kenny Loggins |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-7-2023-includes-celebrities-nicolas-cage-kenny-loggins.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=5 January 2024 |date=7 January 2023}}
• 1990 – Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper{{cite web|url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=JP&competitorid=106378&type=result|title=Gregor Schlierenzauer|website=FIS|access-date=6 April 2020}}
• 1991 – Tucker Barnhart, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Tucker Barnhart |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tucker-barnhart-571466 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=5 January 2024}}
• 1991 – Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer{{cite web|url=https://www.realmadrid.com/en/football/squad/eden-hazard|title=Hazard - Real Madrid CF|website=Real Madrid|access-date=6 April 2020}}
• 1991 – Caster Semenya, South African sprinter{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-48097440|title=Who is South African Olympic gold medallist Caster Semenya?|date=1 May 2019|website=BBC News|access-date=2 April 2020}}
• 1991 – Michael Walters, Australian footballer{{Cite web|url=https://www.fremantlefc.com.au/players/333/Michael-Walters|title=Michael Walters | AFL|website=fremantlefc.com.au}}
• 1992 – Erik Gudbranson, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Erik Gudbranson |url=https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets/player/erik-gudbranson-8475790 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=5 January 2024}}
• 1992 – Tohu Harris, New Zealand rugby league player{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/tohu-harris/summary.html|title=Tohu Harris - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}
• 1994 – Jarnell Stokes, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Jarnell Stokes |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203950/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=5 January 2024}}
• 1994 – Lee Sun-bin, South Korean actress and singer{{Cite web |title=Lee Sun-Bin Profile and Facts |date=29 September 2019 |url=https://kprofiles.com/lee-sun-bin-profile-facts |language=EN}}
• 1994 – MacKenzie Weegar, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=MacKenzie Weegar |url=https://www.nhl.com/flames/player/mackenzie-weegar-8477346 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=5 January 2024}}
• 1995 – Jordan Bell, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Jordan Bell |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1628395/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=5 January 2024}}
• 1995 – Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstani tennis player{{Cite web |title=Yulia Putintseva {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317683/yulia-putintseva |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Tennis Yulia Putintseva - ESPN |url=http://m.espn.com/general/tennis/playercard?playerId=1802 |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=m.espn.com |language=EN}}
• 1996 – Alex Nedeljkovic, American ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Alex Nedeljkovic |url=https://www.nhl.com/penguins/player/alex-nedeljkovic-8477968 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=5 January 2024}}
• 1997 – Ozzie Albies, Curaçaoan baseball player{{cite web |last1=Tayler |first1=Jon |title=A List of Things That Happened in 1997, the Year the Braves' Ozzie Albies Was Born |url=https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2017/08/01/ozzie-albies-braves-1997 |publisher=Sports Illustrated |access-date=30 October 2022 |date=1 August 2017}}
• 1997 – Lamar Jackson, American football player{{cite web |title=2022 Baltimore Ravens Media Guide - Lamar Jackson |url=http://www.ravenspr.com/player_bios/lamar_jackson.pdf |publisher=Baltimore Ravens |access-date=25 October 2022}}
• 2000 – Marcus Scribner, American actor{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike |date=January 7, 2023 |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 7, 2023 includes celebrities Nicolas Cage, Kenny Loggins |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-7-2023-includes-celebrities-nicolas-cage-kenny-loggins.html |access-date=January 7, 2023 |website=Cleveland.com }}
• 2003 – Ryan Dunn, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Ryan Dunn |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1642346/ryan-dunn |website=NBA.com |access-date=January 6, 2025}}
• 2004 – Sofia Wylie, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 2012 – Blue Ivy Carter, American singer and actress{{cite news |last=McClay |first=Caché |title=Blue Ivy Carter turns 12: Take a look back at her top moments over the years |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2024/01/07/blue-ivy-carter-birthday-top-moments/72040274007/ |access-date=January 6, 2025 |work=USA Today |date=January 7, 2024}}

• 312 – Lucian of Antioch, Christian martyr, saint, and theologian (born 240){{cite book|author1=Alban Butler|author2=Paul Burns|title=Butler's Lives of the Saints|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIEAD2MC1YkC&pg=PA51|date=1 January 1995|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-86012-250-0|pages=51}}
• 838 – Babak Khorramdin, Iranian leader of the Khurramite uprising against the Abbasid Caliphate{{cite encyclopedia|title=Bābak Ḵorramī|last=Yusofi|first=Ḡ.-Ḥ.|date=August 18, 2011|url= http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/babak-korrami|encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. III, Fasc. 3|pages=299–306|orig-date=December 15, 1988}}
• 856 – Aldric, bishop of Le Mans{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}
• 1131 – Canute Lavard, Danish prince and saint (born 1096){{cite book|author1=Alban Butler|author2=Paul Burns|title=Butler's Lives of the Saints|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XIEAD2MC1YkC&pg=PA53|date=1 January 1995|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-86012-250-0|pages=53}}
• 1285 – Charles I of Naples (born 1226){{cite book|author=Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde de Sismondi|title=Italian Republics or the origin, progress, and fall of Italian freedom|url=https://archive.org/details/italianrepublic00sismgoog|year=1841|publisher=A. and W. Galignani|pages=[https://archive.org/details/italianrepublic00sismgoog/page/n102 78]}}
• 1325 – Denis of Portugal (born 1261){{cite book|author=H. V. Livermore|title=A History of Portugal|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.152869|year=1947|publisher=University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.152869/page/n177 158]}}
• 1355 – Inês de Castro, Castilian noblewoman (born 1325){{cite book|author=H. V. Livermore|title=A New History of Portugal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=voE6AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA90|year=1966|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=90}}
• 1400 – John Montagu, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English Earl (born 1350){{cite book|author1=Charles Botolph Joseph|author2=Lord Mowbray|author3=Segrave|author4=Stourton|title=The History of the Noble House of Stourton, of Stourton, in the County of Wilts|volume=II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KAARAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA788|place=London|publisher=Privately printed, Elliot Stock|date=1899|pages=788|isbn=9785880603800|oclc=46998701}}
• 1451 – Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy a.k.a. Antipope Felix V (born 1383){{cite book|author=Aubrey Attwater|title=A Dictionary of Popes: From Peter to Pius XII.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVmcAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA246|year=1939|isbn=978-0-19-929581-4|pages=246|publisher=Oxford University Press }}
• 1529 – Peter Vischer the Elder, German sculptor (born 1455){{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia Americana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AVcjAQAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Americana Corporation|isbn=978-0-7172-0107-5|page=179}}
• 1536 – Catherine of Aragon (born 1485){{cite book|author=Anthony K. Martienssen|title=Queen Katherine Parr|url=https://archive.org/details/queenkatherinepa00mart|url-access=registration|date=March 1974|publisher=McGraw-Hill|page=[https://archive.org/details/queenkatherinepa00mart/page/67 67]|isbn=9780070406100}}
• 1566 – Louis de Blois, Flemish monk and author (born 1506){{cite book|author1=Hugh Feiss|author2=Ronald Pepin|author3=Maureen M. O'Brien|title=A Benedictine Reader: 530-1530|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHmTDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA581|date=12 February 2019|publisher=Liturgical Press|isbn=978-0-87907-175-2|pages=581}}

• 1619 – Nicholas Hilliard, English painter and goldsmith (born 1547){{cite book|author1=George Scharf|author2=Edward Henry Stanley Earl of Derby|title=A Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures at Knowsley Hall|url=https://archive.org/details/adescriptiveand00derbgoog|year=1875|publisher=Bradbury, Agnew, & Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/adescriptiveand00derbgoog/page/n284 272]}}
• 1625 – Ruggiero Giovannelli, Italian composer and author (born 1560){{cite book|author1=Charles George Herbermann|author2=Edward Aloysius Pace|author3=Condé Bénoist Pallen|title=The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wLRAAQAAIAAJ|year=1912|publisher=Robert Appleton Company|page=568}}
• 1655 – Pope Innocent X (born 1574){{cite book|author=John Evelyn|title=The Diary of John Evelyn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l7-wBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA148|date=5 March 2015|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-108-07883-2|pages=148}}
• 1658 – Theophilus Eaton, American farmer and politician, 1st Governor of the New Haven Colony (born 1590){{cite book|author=James Luce Kingsley|title=A Historical Discourse, Delivered by Request Before the Citizens of New Haven, April 25, 1838: The Two Hundredth Anniversary of the First Settlement of the Town and Colony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s-tHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA77|year=1838|publisher=B. & W. Noyes|pages=77}}
• 1694 – Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire (born 1618){{cite book|author=Thomas Pennant|title=The Journey from Chester to London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HlxaAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA424|year=1783|publisher=Luke White|pages=424}}
• 1700 – Raffaello Fabretti, Italian scholar and author (born 1618){{cite book|author1=John Lemprière|author2=Eleazar Lord|title=Lempriere's Universal Biography: Containing a Critical and Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Labours of Eminent Persons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=06kDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA625|year=1825|publisher=R. Lockwood|pages=625}}
• 1715 – François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (born 1651){{cite book|author=Louis François de Bausset|title=The Life of Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9lI8AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA309|year=1810|publisher=Sherwood, Neely, and Jones|pages=309}}
• 1758 – Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright (born 1686){{cite book|author=Allan Ramsay|title=The Poems of Allan Ramsay|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rqQ_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PR50|year=1800|publisher=A. Strahan|pages=50}}
• 1767 – Thomas Clap, American minister and academic (born 1703){{cite book|author=John F. Ohles|title=Biographical Dictionary of American Educators|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z5YNz-kNZgsC&pg=PA267|year=1978|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-04012-2|pages=267}}
• 1770 – Carl Gustaf Tessin, Swedish politician and diplomat (born 1695){{cite book|author=Joanna Banham|title=Encyclopedia of Interior Design|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MlKhCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT1301|date=May 1997|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-78758-4|pages=1301}}
• 1812 – Joseph Dennie, American journalist and author (born 1768){{cite book|author=Charles Dexter Cleveland|title=A Compendium of American Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dAbjzezDaQC&pg=PA113|year=1858|publisher=E. C. & J. Biddle|pages=113}}
• 1830 – John Thomas Campbell, Irish-Australian public servant and politician (born 1770){{cite book|author=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons|title=Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=13FbAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA4-PA37|year=1845|publisher=Ordered to be printed|pages=37–38}}
• 1830 – Thomas Lawrence, English painter and educator (born 1769){{cite book|title=The Portfolio: An Artistic Periodical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4no4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA37|year=1877|publisher=Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday|pages=37}}
• 1858 – Mustafa Reşid Pasha, Ottoman politician, Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (born 1800){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QjzYdCxumFcC&pg=PA414 |title=Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire |last1=Ágoston |first1=Gábor |last2=Masters |first2=Bruce Alan |date=2010-05-21 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn=978-1-4381-1025-7 |pages=413–414}}
• 1864 – Caleb Blood Smith, American journalist and politician, 6th U.S. Secretary of the Interior (born 1808){{CongBio|S000519}}
• 1888 – Golam Ali Chowdhury, Bengali landlord and philanthropist (born 1824){{citation|url=https://www.casemine.com/judgement/in/56b49619607dba348f016a4c|date=5 December 1994|quote=Karimunnessa Khatun and others v. Mahomed Fazlul Karim and others|title=Privy Council Appeal No. 90 of 1922, from Bengal Appeal No. 27 of 1919|work=Case Mine}}
• 1892 – Tewfik Pasha, Egyptian ruler (born 1852){{cite book|author=James Oliver Bevan|title=Egypt and the Egyptians: Their History, Antiquities, Language, Religion, and Influence Over Palestine and Neighbouring Countries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EnwFAQAAIAAJ|year=1909|publisher=G. Allen|page=87}}
• 1893 – Josef Stefan, Slovenian physicist and mathematician (born 1835){{cite book|author1=Ludwig Boltzmann|author2=Österreichische Zentralbibliothek für Physik|title=Ludwig Boltzmann 1844-1906: eine Ausstellung der Österreichischen Zentralbibliothek für Physik|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pvRAAQAAIAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Österr. Zentralbibliothek für Physik|page=71|isbn=9783900490119}}

• 1912 – Sophia Jex-Blake, English physician and feminist (born 1840){{cite book|first1=Elizabeth|last1=Ewan|first2=Rosemary J.|last2=Pipes|first3=Jane|last3=Rendall|first4=Sian|last4=Reynolds|title=Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-1-47443-627-4|page=183}}
• 1919 – Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Washington University in St. Louis (born 1843){{cite book|author=Grolier Incorporated|title=The Encyclopedia Americana: International Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ro8xAQAAIAAJ|date=March 1998|publisher=Grolier|isbn=978-0-7172-0130-3|page=240}}
• 1920 – Edmund Barton, Australian judge and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Australia (born 1849){{cite book|author=Jeannie Meekins|title=Sir Edmund Barton: Australia's First Prime Minister: A 15-Minute Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JW37AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT16|publisher=Learning Island|pages=16}}
• 1927 – Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Greek politician, 99th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1851)
• 1931 – Edward Channing, American historian and author (born 1856)
• 1932 – André Maginot, French sergeant and politician (born 1877){{cite book|author=Rod Kedward|title=La Vie en Bleu: France and the French Since 1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y4FGWTe743YC&pg=PT377|date=29 June 2006|publisher=Penguin Adult|isbn=978-0-14-013095-9|pages=377}}
• 1936 – Guy d'Hardelot, French pianist and composer (born 1858){{cite book|author1=Sir Compton Mackenzie|author2=Christopher Stone|title=The Gramophone|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Brw6AAAAIAAJ|year=1936|publisher=C. Mackenzie|page=294}}
• 1941 – Charles Finger, English journalist and author (born 1869){{cite book|author=Miller Williams|title=Ozark, Ozark: A Hillside Reader|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vGokAAAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=University of Missouri Press|isbn=978-0-8262-0331-1|page=1}}
• 1943 – Nikola Tesla, Serbian-American inventor and engineer (born 1856){{cite book|author=Jerry E. Smith|title=HAARP: The Ultimate Weapon of the Conspiracy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CfXjAR0LlTQC&pg=PA49|year=1998|publisher=Adventures Unlimited Press|isbn=978-0-932813-53-4|pages=49}}
• 1951 – René Guénon, French-Egyptian philosopher and author (born 1886){{cite book|author=Paul Chacornac|title=The Simple Life of Rene Guenon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V-w9UxolIXgC&pg=PA2|date=May 2005|publisher=Sophia Perennis|isbn=978-1-59731-055-0|pages=2}}
• 1960 – Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis player and coach (born 1878){{cite book|author=John Grasso|title=Historical Dictionary of Tennis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W39oSS7c2xAC&pg=PA87|date=16 September 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7237-0|pages=87}}
• 1963 – Arthur Edward Moore, New Zealand-Australian farmer and politician, 23rd Premier of Queensland (born 1876)[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/moore-arthur-edward-7632 Moore, Arthur Edward (1876–1963)] – Australian Dictionary of Biography Retrieved 1 February 2015.
• 1964 – Reg Parnell, English racing driver and manager (born 1911){{cite book|author=Mark Whitelock|title=1 1/2-litre Grand Prix Racing: Low Power, High Tech|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pf-bn_ihlhYC&pg=PA95|date=10 August 2006|publisher=Veloce Publishing Ltd|isbn=978-1-84584-016-7|pages=95}}
• 1967 – David Goodis, American author and screenwriter (born 1917){{cite book|title=Sight and Sound|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpSRAAAAIAAJ|year=1969|publisher=British Film Institute|page=41}}
• 1967 – Carl Schuricht, German-Swiss conductor (born 1880){{cite book|author=Marion Elizabeth Cullen|title=Memorable days in music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2cs4AQAAIAAJ|date=May 1970|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=11|isbn=9780810802933}}
• 1968 – J. L. B. Smith, South African chemist and academic (born 1897){{cite book|title=The J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology: 50 Years of Ichthyology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LZQhAQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology in collaboration with Royal Society of South Africa|pages=2–9|isbn = 9780958395823}}
• 1972 – John Berryman, American poet and scholar (born 1914){{cite book|author=Jay Parini|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nMhMAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA174|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-515653-9|pages=174}}
• 1981 – Alvar Lidell, English journalist and radio announcer (born 1908){{cite book|author=Janet Podell|title=Annual Obituary, 1981|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=upAJSGc3LRcC|date=May 1982|publisher=Thomson Gale|isbn=978-0-912289-51-9|pages=21–22}}
• 1981 – Eric Robinson, Australian businessman and politician, 2nd Australian Minister for Finance (born 1926)
• 1984 – Alfred Kastler, German-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902){{cite book|author=M. Melarango|title=Quantification in Science: The VNR Dictionary of Engineering Units and Measures|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFt6YPLNjMgC&pg=PA51|date=1 July 1991|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-442-00641-9|pages=51}}
• 1986 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican author, screenwriter, and photographer (born 1917){{cite web|url=http://www.clubcultura.com/clubliteratura/clubescritores/juanrulfo/cronologia.htm|title=Sobre la vida de Juan Rulfo|language=es|publisher=Club Cultura|access-date=10 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216195124/http://www.clubcultura.com/clubliteratura/clubescritores/juanrulfo/cronologia.htm|archive-date=16 December 2014}}
• 1988 – Zara Cisco Brough, American Nipmuc Indian chief and fashion designer (born 1919){{cite web |title=Indian Chief Who Was Fashion Designer And Engineer Dies |work=AP NEWS |url=https://www.apnews.com/44ef44f68482ca465ffb2463049453e7 |publisher=ap.com |access-date=2018-11-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107010245/https://www.apnews.com/44ef44f68482ca465ffb2463049453e7 |archive-date=2018-11-07 |url-status=live }}
• 1988 – Trevor Howard, English actor (born 1913)Pettigrew Trevor Howard: A Personal Biography, London: Peter Owen, 2001, p. 26 and p. 245
• 1989 – Hirohito, Japanese emperor (born 1901){{cite book|author=Stephen S. Large|title=Shōwa Japan: 1926-1941|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JD1iyqWwHQcC&pg=PA2|year=1998|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-14320-2|pages=2}}
• 1990 – Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player and wrestler (born 1908){{cite book|author=Dave Blevins|title=College Football Awards: All National and Conference Winners Through 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RdWo8gM8ES8C&pg=PA8|date=31 August 2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4867-8|pages=8}}
• 1992 – Richard Hunt, American puppeteer and voice actor (born 1951){{cite news|title=Richard Hunt; Puppeteer, 40|newspaper=The New York Times|date=9 January 1992|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/09/obituaries/richard-hunt-puppeteer-40.html|access-date=28 August 2018}}
• 1995 – Murray Rothbard, American economist, historian, and theorist (born 1926)David Stout, [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/11/obituaries/murray-n-rothbard-economist-and-free-market-exponent-68.html Obituary: Murray N. Rothbard, Economist And Free-Market Exponent, 68], The New York Times, January 11, 1995.
• 1996 – Károly Grósz, Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (born 1930){{cite book|author=Andr?s Boz?ki|title=The Roundtable Talks of 1989: The Genesis of Hungarian Democracy: Analysis and Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4VQhQqCmSaoC&pg=PA392|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Central European University Press|isbn=978-963-9241-21-3|pages=392}}
• 1998 – Owen Bradley, American record producer (born 1915){{cite book|title=Appalachian Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jQkSAAAAYAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Appalachian State University|page=454}}
• 1998 – Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906){{cite book|title=(Lebedev to Zworykin).|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SYnL5DevFpQC|year=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-521665-3|page=780}}
• 2000 – Gary Albright, American wrestler (born 1963){{cite web|url = http://www.wrestlingclassics.com/wawli/Nos.738-746.htm|title=Drugs Choke the Wrestling World|access-date=21 May 2020|work=New York Daily News}}
• 2001 – James Carr, American singer (born 1942){{cite book| first1= Bob| last1= Eagle| first2= Eric S.| last2= LeBlanc| year= 2013| title= Blues - A Regional Experience| publisher= Praeger Publishers| location= Santa Barbara| pages=204| isbn= 978-0313344237}}
• 2002 – Avery Schreiber, American comedian and actor (born 1935){{Cite news |title=Avery Schreiber, 66, Doritos Funnyman |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/09/arts/avery-schreiber-66-doritos-funnyman.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 9, 2002 |agency=Associated Press}}
• 2004 – Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress (born 1926){{cite web | title=Bergman's leading lady dies at 76 | website=BBC News | date=2004-01-09 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3381855.stm | access-date=2016-08-27}}
• 2005 – Pierre Daninos, French author (born 1913){{cite web|author-link=James Kirkup|first=James|last=Kirkup|title=Pierre Daninos, Creator of Major Thompson, the typical Englishman in France|date=11 January 2005|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/pierre-daninos-14381.html|work=The Independent}}
• 2006 – Heinrich Harrer, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and author (born 1912){{cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |title=Heinrich Harrer, 93, Explorer of Tibet, Dies |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/obituaries/10harrer.html |access-date=15 January 2012 |date=10 January 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111206010412/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/10/obituaries/10harrer.html |archive-date=6 December 2011 |url-status=live }}
• 2007 – Bobby Hamilton, American race car driver and businessman (born 1957){{cite book|author=Lew Freedman|title=Encyclopedia of Stock Car Racing [2 volumes]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JbABCwhdfhAC&pg=PA316|date=14 March 2013|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-38710-4|pages=316}}
• 2007 – Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist, author, and academic (born 1929){{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3561915.stm |title=Obituary: Magnus Magnusson |work=BBC News |date=7 January 2007 |access-date=12 January 2020}}
• 2008 – Alwyn Schlebusch, South African academic and politician, Vice State President of South Africa (born 1917){{cite web|url=http://mg.co.za/article/2008-01-07-sas-only-state-vicepresident-dies-at-90|title=SA's only state vice-president dies at 90|publisher=Mail & Guardian|date=7 January 2008}}
• 2012 – Tony Blankley, British-born American child actor, journalist and pundit (born 1948){{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/9011183/Tony-Blankley.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/9011183/Tony-Blankley.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|location=London, UK|work=The Daily Telegraph|title=Tony Blankley|date=January 12, 2012}}{{cbignore}}
• 2014 – Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist, founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (born 1907){{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jan/07/run-run-shaw-godfather-of-kung-fu-film-making-dies-aged-106|title=Run Run Shaw, godfather of kung fu film-making, dies aged 106|agency=Associated Press|work=The Guardian|date=7 January 2014}}
• 2015 – Mompati Merafhe, Botswana general and politician, Vice-President of Botswana (born 1936)[http://www.dailynews.gov.bw/news-details.php?nid=16766 "General Merafhe passes on"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306184852/http://www.dailynews.gov.bw/news-details.php?nid=16766 |date=6 March 2017 }}, Botswana Daily News Online, 7 January 2015.
• 2015 – Rod Taylor, Australian-American actor and screenwriter (born 1930){{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/rod-taylor-dead-the-bird-the-time-machine-1201396390/ |title=Rod Taylor, 'The Birds' and 'The Time Machine' Star, Dies at 84 |magazine=Variety |date=8 January 2015 |access-date=8 January 2015 }}
• 2015 – Georges Wolinski, Tunisian-French cartoonist (born 1934){{cite news |url=http://www.lessentiel.lu/fr/news/france/story/22976860 |title=Les dessinateurs Charb et Cabu seraient morts |language=fr |work=L'Essentiel |location=France |date=7 January 2015 |access-date=7 January 2015}}
• 2016 – Bill Foster, American basketball player and coach (born 1929){{cite web | last = Fowler| first = Scott| title = Former Duke basketball coach Bill Foster dies at age 86 | work = newsobserver.com | date = January 7, 2016 | url = http://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article53605210.html | access-date = January 7, 2016}}
• 2016 – John Johnson, American basketball player (born 1947){{citation |title=Former SuperSonics All-Star Johnny Johnson dies in San Jose | newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |date=January 8, 2016 |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_29360530/former-supersonics-all-star-johnny-johnson-dies}}
• 2016 – Kitty Kallen, American singer (born 1921){{cite news|title=Kitty Kallen, Big Band Singer of 'Bésame Mucho,' Dies at 94|newspaper=The New York Times |date=7 January 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/arts/music/kitty-kallen-big-band-singer-of-besame-mucho-dies-at-94.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/arts/music/kitty-kallen-big-band-singer-of-besame-mucho-dies-at-94.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2016-01-07|last1=Grady |first1=Denise }}{{cbignore}}
• 2016 – Judith Kaye, American lawyer and jurist (born 1938)Sam Roberts, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/nyregion/judith-s-kaye-first-woman-to-serve-as-new-yorks-chief-judge-dies-at-77.html Judith S. Kaye, First Woman to Serve as New York's Chief Judge, Dies at 77], The New York Times (January 7, 2016)
• 2016 – Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Home Affairs (born 1936)
• 2017 – Mário Soares, Portuguese politician; 16th President of Portugal (born 1924){{cite web|url=https://www.dn.pt/portugal/interior/funeral-de-mario-soares-e-o-guiao-para-futuras-exequias-de-estado-9029456.html|title= Funeral de Mário Soares é o guião para futuras exéquias de Estado|language=pt|publisher= Diário de Notícias|date=7 January 2018|access-date= 14 September 2018}}
• 2018 – Jim Anderton, Former New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister (born 1938){{cite news|title=Former deputy PM Jim Anderton dies|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11970887|access-date=8 January 2018|publisher=The New Zealand Herald|date=7 January 2018}}
• 2018 – France Gall, French singer (born 1947)Maev Kennedy, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/07/french-singer-and-eurovision-winner-france-gall-dies-age-70 "France Gall: French singer who inspired My Way dies age 70"], The Guardian, 8 January 2018
• 2020 – Neil Peart, Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer (born 1952){{cite web |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=Neil Peart, Drummer and Lyricist for Rush, Dies at 67 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/arts/music/neil-peart-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113141457/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/arts/music/neil-peart-dead.html |archive-date=13 January 2020 |date=10 January 2020}}
• 2020 – Silvio Horta, American screenwriter and television producer (born 1974){{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=2020-01-08 |title='Ugly Betty' Family & Others Mourn Death Of Creator Silvio Horta |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/ugly-betty-family-cast-mourn-death-creator-silvio-horta-america-ferrera-vanessa-williams-1202823912/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
• 2020 – Elizabeth Wurtzel, author and feminist (born 1967){{Cite news |last=Cain |first=Sian |date=2020-01-07 |title=Elizabeth Wurtzel, journalist and author of Prozac Nation, dies aged 52 |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/07/elizabeth-wurtzel-journalist-and-author-of-prozac-nation-dead-at-52 |access-date=2023-02-15 |issn=0261-3077}}
• 2021 – Michael Apted, English filmmaker (born 1941){{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-apted-dead-coal-miners-daughter-director-seven-up-documentarian-was-79-1292671|title=Michael Apted, 'Coal Miner's Daughter' Director and 'Seven Up' Documentarian, Dies at 79|date=8 January 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter}}
• 2021 – Tommy Lasorda, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1927){{cite web | last=Gurnick | first=Ken | title=Tommy Lasorda, Dodgers legend, dies at 93 | website=MLB.com | date=2021-01-08 | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/tommy-lasorda-dodgers-legend-dies-at-93 | access-date=2025-05-03}}
• 2021 – Henri Schwery, Swiss cardinal (born 1932){{Cite web|url=https://www.tdg.ch/deces-du-cardinal-valaisan-henri-schwery-959321760713|title=Eglise – Décès du cardinal valaisan Henri Schwery|website=Tribune de Genève|date=7 January 2021 }}
• 2024 – Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (born 1945){{Cite news |last=Nakrani |first=Sachin |date=8 January 2024 |title=Franz Beckenbauer, World Cup-winning captain and manager, dies aged 78 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/jan/08/franz-beckenbauer-world-cup-winning-captain-and-manager-dies-aged-78 |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
• 2025 – Jean-Marie Le Pen, French intelligence officer and politician (born 1928){{Cite web |last=Gozzi |first=Laura |date=January 7, 2025 |title=French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen dies at 96 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgm2jvkl2yo |access-date=January 8, 2025 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}
• 2025 – Peter Yarrow, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1938){{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Fred A. |date=January 7, 2025 |title=Peter Yarrow, troubadour of Peter, Paul and Mary folk trio, dies at 86 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/01/07/peter-yarrow-dead/ |access-date=January 8, 2025 |work=The Washington Post}}

• Christian Feast Day:
• André Bessette (Canada)
• Canute Lavard
• Charles of Sezze
• Felix and Januarius
• Lucian of Antioch
• Raymond of Penyafort
• Synaxis of John the Forerunner & Baptist (Julian calendar)
• January 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Christmas (Eastern Orthodox Churches and Oriental Orthodox Churches using the Julian calendar, Rastafari)
• Christmas in Russia
• Christmas in Ukraine
• Christmas in Serbia
• Ethiopian Christmas
• Remembrance Day of the Dead (Armenia)
• Distaff Day (medieval Europe)
• Nanakusa-no sekku (Japan)
• Pioneer's Day (Liberia)
• Tricolour Day or Festa del Tricolore (Italy)
• Victory from Genocide Day (Cambodia)

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• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/7 BBC: On This Day]
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• [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/7 Historical Events on January 7]

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