January 9

• 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.{{cite book|author=Solomon Katz|title=The Jews in the Visigothic and Frankish Kingdoms of Spain and Gaul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5K2ODyaCIYQC|year=1970|publisher=Concordance Society|page=17}}
• 1038 – An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimated 32,300.{{cite web |title=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information |date=1972 |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/327 |access-date=16 December 2024 |doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K |author1=National Geophysical Data Center |publisher=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information }}
• 1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing (Kaifeng), the capital of the Song dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong of Song and others, ending the Northern Song period.{{cite book|author=Lo Jung-pang|title=China as a Sea Power, 1127-1368: A Preliminary Survey of the Maritime Expansion and Naval Exploits of the Chinese People During the Southern Song and Yuan Periods|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UJPGBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA129|date=1 January 2012|publisher=NUS Press|isbn=978-9971-69-505-7|pages=129}}
• 1349 – The Jewish population of Basel, believed by the residents to be the cause of the ongoing Black Death, is rounded up and incinerated.{{cite book|author=Abraham P. Bloch|title=One a Day: An Anthology of Jewish Historical Anniversaries for Every Day of the Year|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mjxJAFawRasC&pg=PA11|year=1987|publisher=KTAV Publishing House, Inc.|isbn=978-0-88125-108-1|pages=11}}
• 1431 – The trial of Joan of Arc begins in Rouen.{{cite book |author=Hobbins, Daniel |title=The Trial of Joan of Arc |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=egG7xswE2wcC&pg=PA1 |date=2005 |publisher=Harvard University Press |isbn=978-0-674-03868-4 |pages=1}}

• 1693 – Sicily earthquake: The first of two earthquakes destroys parts of Sicily and Malta. After the second quake on 11 January, the death toll is estimated at between 60,000 and 100,000 people.{{cite book |last1=Gates |first1=Alexander E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b1sXfJCiCHQC |title=Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes |last2=Ritchie |first2=David |date=2007 |publisher=Facts on File |isbn=9780816063024 |location=New York |page=292 |postscript=none}}; {{Cite web |last1=Guidoboni |first1=E. |last2=Ferrari |first2=G. |last3=Mariotti |first3=D. |last4=Comastri |first4=A. |last5=Tarabusi |first5=G. |last6=Sgatoni |first6=G. |last7=Valensise |first7=G. |title=Catalogue of Strong Earthquakes in Italy (461 BC – 1997) and Mediterranean Area (760 B.C. – 1500) |url=http://storing.ingv.it/cfti/cfti5/quake.php?01148IT |access-date=16 January 2020 |publisher=INGV-SGA}}
• 1760 – Ahmad Shah Durrani defeats the Marathas in the Battle of Barari Ghat.{{cite book|author=François Xavier Wendel|title=Wendel's memoirs on the origin, growth and present state of Jat power in Hindustan (1768)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DB5uAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Institut français de Pondichéry|page=61}}
• 1787 – The nationally known image of the Black Nazarene in the Philippines was transferred from what is now Rizal Park to its present shrine in the minor basilica of Quiapo Church. This is annually commemorated through its Traslación (solemn transfer) in the streets of Manila and is attended by millions of devotees.{{Cite web |author=Valderama Fortunado, Arnulfo |url=https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/philippines/feast-black-nazarene |title=Feast of the Black Nazarene draws millions to Manila's streets |date=7 May 2015 |website=Catholics & Cultures |access-date=28 November 2020 |archive-date=30 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130021234/https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/philippines/feast-black-nazarene |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |author=Hermoso, Christina |url=https://mb.com.ph/2020/01/06/black-nazarene-replicas-procession-blessing-to-be-held-tuesday/ |title=Black Nazarene replicas procession, blessing to be held Tuesday |date=6 January 2020 |website=Manila Bulletin |access-date=28 November 2020 |archive-date=14 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514105727/https://mb.com.ph/2020/01/06/black-nazarene-replicas-procession-blessing-to-be-held-tuesday/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2018/01/07/the-black-nazarene/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326160625/https://businessmirror.com.ph/2018/01/07/the-black-nazarene/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 26, 2023|title=The Black Nazarene | Corazon Damo-Santiago|first=Corazon|last=Damo-Santiago|website=BusinessMirror |date=7 January 2018}}
• 1788 – Connecticut becomes the fifth state to ratify the United States Constitution.{{cite book|author1=Merrill Jensen|author2=Lucy Trumbull Brown|author3=Robert A. Becker|title=The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788-1790|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TVe81_NvVwC&pg=PA5|year=1976|publisher=Univ of Wisconsin Press|isbn=978-0-299-09510-9|pages=5}}
• 1792 – Treaty of Jassy between Russian and Ottoman Empire is signed, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–92.{{cite book|author=Henry Morse Stephens|title=Europe, 1789-1815|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ro0tAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA96|year=1894|publisher=Rivington|pages=96}}
• 1793 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first person to fly in a balloon in the United States.{{cite book|author=Robert Sears|title=Sears' Guide to Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vyNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA327|year=1845|publisher=Edward Walker|pages=327}}
• 1799 – British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger introduces an income tax of two shillings to the pound to raise funds for Great Britain's war effort in the Napoleonic Wars.{{cite book|title=Burns Chronicle and Club Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7o_yAAAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Burns Federation|page=50}}
• 1806 – Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson receives a state funeral and is interred in St Paul's Cathedral.{{cite web |title=This month in history: The funeral of Lord Horatio Nelson |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/103467 |website=The Gazette |publisher=The Stationery Office |access-date=8 January 2020 |date=8 January 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022131254/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/content/103467 |url-status=live }}
• 1816 – Humphry Davy tests his safety lamp for miners at Hebburn Colliery.{{cite book|title="Who and What", a Compendium of General Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1gZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA118|year=1878|publisher=Lippincott|pages=118}}
• 1822 – The Portuguese prince Pedro I of Brazil decides to stay in Brazil against the orders of the Portuguese King João VI, beginning the Brazilian independence process.{{cite book|author=Joaquim Manuel de Macedo|title=Notions on the Chorography of Brazil|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KCEuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA21|year=1873|publisher=F. A. Brockhaus|pages=21}}
• 1839 – The French Academy of Sciences announces the Daguerreotype photography process.{{cite book|author=Leonard Gaunt|title=The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ouxTAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Focal Press|page=375|isbn=9780803823327}}
• 1857 – The 7.9 {{M|w}} Fort Tejon earthquake shakes Central and Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent).{{cite news |last1=Hough |first1=Susan E. |title=The Really Big One |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-jan-07-tm-quake01-story.html |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=7 January 2007}}
• 1858 – British forces finally defeat Rajab Ali Khan of Chittagong{{Cite book |last=Sen|first=Satyen|language=bn|trans-title=Story of the great rebellion|title=মহাবিদ্রোহের কাহিনী|pages=155–159}}
• 1861 – American Civil War: "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina.{{cite book|author=William H. Roberts|title=Now for the Contest: Coastal and Oceanic Naval Operations in the Civil War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwJDUQepcHYC&pg=PA1|date=1 January 2004|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=0-8032-3861-4|pages=1}}
• 1861 – Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.{{cite book|title=Leadership Education and Training (LET) 4: Text|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qmR-XMRfa4AC&pg=PA291|year=2001|publisher=Headquarters, Department of the Army|pages=291}}
• 1878 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy.{{cite book|author=Fanny Zampini-Salazar|title=Margherita of Savoy, First Queen of Italy: Her Life and Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Agw8KIT70swC|year=1914|publisher=Mills and Boon|page=73}}

• 1903 – Hallam Tennyson, 2nd Baron Tennyson, son of the poet Alfred Tennyson, becomes the second Governor-General of Australia.{{cite book|title=Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 36 - 1944 and 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ML1RzBCtiBoC&pg=PA68|publisher=Aust. Bureau of Statistics|pages=68}}
• 1909 – Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag {{convert|97|nmi|km mi}} from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
• 1914 – The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.{{cite book|title=Bruin Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IOWx7OGLGy8C|year=1990|publisher=ASUCLA Communications Board|page=289}}
• 1916 – World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.{{cite book|author=Ray Westlake|title=British Regiments at Gallipoli|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gN_RAwAAQBAJ&pg=PR10|date=1 June 1996|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-0-85052-511-3|pages=10}}
• 1917 – World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.{{cite book|author=Edward J Erickson|title=Gallipoli & the Middle East: The History of World War I: From the Dardanelles to Mesopotamia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uA2JDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA166|date=15 March 2012|publisher=Amber Books Ltd|isbn=978-1-906626-15-0|pages=166}}
• 1918 – Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.{{cite book|author=George H. Junne|title=Blacks in the American West and Beyond--America, Canada, and Mexico: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J42lN1FX0x8C&pg=PA82|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31208-3|pages=82}}
• 1920 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee outlaws the Makhnovshchina by decree, igniting the Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict.{{cite book |last=Darch|first=Colin|title=Nestor Makhno and Rural Anarchism in Ukraine, 1917-1921|year=2020|location=London|publisher=Pluto Press|isbn=9781786805263|oclc=1225942343|page=94}}
• 1921 – Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.{{cite book|author=Philip Paneth|title=Turkey--decadence and Rebirth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GD5CAAAAIAAJ|year=1943|publisher=Alliance Press Limited|page=146}}
• 1923 – Juan de la Cierva makes the first autogyro flight.{{cite book|author=Norris McWhirter|title=Guinness Book of World Records, 1985|url=https://archive.org/details/guinness1985book00mcwh|url-access=registration|date=April 1985|publisher=Bantam Books|isbn=978-0-553-24805-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/guinness1985book00mcwh/page/319 319]}}
• 1923 – Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
• 1927 – A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.{{cite book|title=Historical Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgHiAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Éditions Historia Ecclesiae Catholicae Canadensis|page=53}}
• 1941 – World War II: First flight of the Avro Lancaster.{{cite book|author=A. G. Sherwood|title=Flying 40 Missions with Red: Memoirs of WW II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xFKLu7fO0C0C&pg=PA40|year=2005|publisher=Durango Publishing Corp.|isbn=978-1-55422-777-8|pages=40}}
• 1945 – World War II: The Sixth United States Army begins the invasion of Lingayen Gulf.{{cite book|title=Australia in the War of 1939-1945 : Ser. 5. Medical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f1YhAQAAIAAJ|year=1961|publisher=Australian War Memorial|page=75}}
• 1957 – British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden resigns from office following his failure to retake the Suez Canal from Egyptian sovereignty.{{cite news |title=1957: Sir Anthony Eden resigns |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_2800000/2800833.stm |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |archive-date=12 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112121017/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_2800000/2800833.stm |url-status=live }}
• 1959 – The Vega de Tera dam fails, triggering a disastrous flood that nearly destroys the town of Ribadelago and kills 144 residents.{{cite news |url=https://elpais.com/diario/1999/01/10/espana/915922818_850215.html |title=40 años de la tragedia de Ribadelago, en la que murieron 144 personas |language=es |first=José |last=Lera |date=10 January 1999 |location=Zamora |access-date=12 September 2018 |newspaper=El País |publisher=PRISA |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913002459/https://elpais.com/diario/1999/01/10/espana/915922818_850215.html |url-status=live }}
• 1960 – President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.{{cite book|title=The Mizan Newsletter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7EMAQAAMAAJ|year=1961|publisher=Central Asian Research Centre|page=14}}
• 1961 – British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland spy ring in London.
• 1962 – Apollo program: NASA announces plans to build the C-5 rocket launch vehicle, then known as the "Advanced Saturn", to carry human beings to the Moon.{{cite book|last1=Ertel|first1=Ivan D.|last2=Brooks|first2=Mary Louise|title=The Apollo Spacecraft: A Chronology. Volume 1: Through November 7, 1962|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=National Aeronautices and Space Administration|date=1969|oclc=23818|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUMCAAAAIAAJ|pages=134–135|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=27-Story Moon Rocket Chosen|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 10, 1962|page=A11}}
• 1964 – Martyrs' Day: Several Panamanian youths try to raise the Panamanian flag in the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal Zone, leading to fighting between U.S. military and Panamanian civilians.
• 1991 – Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.{{cite book|author=Bhim Singh|title=Iraq: A Heroic Resistance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uCsz_CwoxCoC&pg=PA41|year=2001|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|isbn=978-81-241-0833-8|pages=41}}
• 1992 – The Assembly of the Serb People in Bosnia and Herzegovina proclaims the creation of Republika Srpska, a new state within Yugoslavia.
• 1992 – The first discoveries of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomers Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12.{{Cite journal | last1 = Wolszczan | first1 = A. |bibcode=1992Natur.355..145W| last2 = Frail | first2 = D. A. | doi = 10.1038/355145a0 | title = A planetary system around the millisecond pulsar PSR1257 + 12 | journal = Nature | volume = 355 | issue = 6356 | pages = 145–147 | year = 1992 | s2cid = 4260368 }}
• 1996 – First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
• 1997 – Comair Flight 3272 crashes in Raisinville Township in Monroe County, Michigan, killing 29 people.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia N265CA Monroe, MI|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970109-0|access-date=2021-12-17|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-date=2021-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217182034/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970109-0|url-status=live}}
• 2003 – TANS Perú Flight 222 crashes on approach to Chachapoyas Airport in Chachapoyas, Peru, killing 46 people.{{cite web |title=accident description Thursday 9 January 2003 |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030109-0 |access-date=31 December 2018 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |archive-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101051407/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20030109-0 |url-status=live }}
• 2004 – An inflatable boat carrying illegal Albanian emigrants stalls near the Karaburun Peninsula en route to Brindisi, Italy; exposure to the elements kills 28. This is the second deadliest marine disaster in Albanian history.Arben Lagreta [http://balkanweb.com/gazetav5/newsadmin/preview.php?id=54980 Tragjedia, zbardhet deklarata e Bizhgës] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120707032401/http://balkanweb.com/gazetav5/newsadmin/preview.php?id=54980 |date=7 July 2012 }}, 11 March 2009
• 2005 – Mahmoud Abbas wins the election to succeed Yasser Arafat as President of the Palestinian National Authority, replacing interim president Rawhi Fattouh.{{cite news |title=2005: Abbas triumphs in Palestinian elections |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_4514000/4514342.stm |access-date=8 January 2020 |work=BBC News |publisher=BBC |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326033907/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9/newsid_4514000/4514342.stm |url-status=live }}
• 2005 – The Sudan People's Liberation Movement and the Government of Sudan sign the Comprehensive Peace Agreement to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.{{cite news |url=https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/accord/sudan-comprehensive-peace-agreement |title=Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement |website=Peace Accords Matrix |publisher=Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame |access-date=October 12, 2020 |archive-date=May 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503221840/https://peaceaccords.nd.edu/accord/sudan-comprehensive-peace-agreement |url-status=live }}
• 2007 – Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduces the original iPhone at a Macworld keynote in San Francisco.{{cite web |first=Dan |last=Farber |title=When iPhone met world, 7 years ago today |url=https://www.cnet.com/news/when-iphone-met-world-7-years-ago-today/ |publisher=CNET |date=January 9, 2014 |access-date=March 23, 2017 |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705220307/https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/when-iphone-met-world-7-years-ago-today/ |url-status=live }}
• 2011 – Iran Air Flight 277 crashes near Urmia in the northwest of the country, in icy conditions, killing 78 people.{{cite news |url=http://avherald.com/h?article=435f1587&opt=1 |title=Accident: Iran Air B722 near Orumiyeh on Jan 9th 2011, impacted terrain during go-around |first=Simon |last=Hradecky |publisher=The Aviation Herald |access-date=January 9, 2011 |archive-date=December 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210112709/http://avherald.com/h?article=435f1587&opt=1 |url-status=live }}
• 2014 – An explosion at a Mitsubishi Materials chemical plant in Yokkaichi, Japan, kills at least five people and injures 17 others.{{Cite web|title=Explosion at Japan chemical factory|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25664195|date=9 January 2014|publisher=BBC|access-date=9 January 2014|archive-date=9 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109091321/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25664195|url-status=live}}
• 2015 – The perpetrators of the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris two days earlier are both killed after a hostage situation; a second hostage situation, related to the Charlie Hebdo shooting, occurs at a Jewish market in Vincennes.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-suspect-in-2nd-france-cop-killing-in-hostage-situation/|title=Paris hostage situation ends with gunman dead|date=9 January 2015|work=CBS News|access-date=9 January 2015|archive-date=9 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109152503/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-suspect-in-2nd-france-cop-killing-in-hostage-situation/|url-status=live}}
• 2015 – A mass poisoning at a funeral in Mozambique involving beer that was contaminated with Burkholderia gladioli leaves 75 dead and over 230 people ill.{{cite journal |title= Description of a Mass Poisoning in a Rural District in Mozambique: The First Documented Bongkrekic Acid Poisoning in Africa |author=Eduardo Samo Gudo |display-authors=et al |journal=Clinical Infectious Diseases |volume=66 |issue=9 |date=17 April 2018 |pages=1400–1406 |doi=10.1093/cid/cix1005|pmid= 29155976 |pmc=5908738 }}
• 2021 – Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 crashes north of Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 62 people on board.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-09|title=Boeing 737 goes missing over Indonesia - follow live updates|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-plane-missing-latest-updates-boeing-737-sriwijaya-air-flight-sj182-b1784832.html|access-date=2021-01-11|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=2021-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109181815/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indonesia-plane-missing-latest-updates-boeing-737-sriwijaya-air-flight-sj182-b1784832.html|url-status=live}}

• 727 – Emperor Daizong of Tang (died 779)
• 1304 – Hōjō Takatoki, Japanese shikken of the Kamakura bakufu (died 1333){{cite book|author=川村一彦|title=歴史の回想・東勝寺合戦|language=ja|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKDyDwAAQBAJ|publisher=歴史研究会|page=58}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=The author Kazuhiko KAWAMURA (川村一彦) has published many ebooks through copy-paste plagiarism from the Japanese Wikipedia. Please see :ja:WP:CFW#川村一彦の著作物 ( https://w.wiki/CUia ). |date=December 2024}}{{Unreliable source?|reason=The author Kazuhiko KAWAMURA (川村一彦) has published many ebooks through copy-paste plagiarism from the Japanese Wikipedia. Please see :ja:WP:CFW#川村一彦の著作物 ( https://w.wiki/CUia ). |date=December 2024}}
• 1418 – Juan Ramón Folch III de Cardona, Aragonese admiral (died 1485)
• 1554 – Pope Gregory XV (died 1623){{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia Americana: complete in thirty volumes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_hPPTw9-CHAC|year=1970|publisher=Americana Corporation|isbn=978-0-7172-0101-3|page=474}}
• 1571 – Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, French commander (died 1621)
• 1590 – Simon Vouet, French painter (died 1649){{cite book|author1=John Denison Champlin|author2=Charles Callahan Perkins|title=Cyclopedia of painters and paintings|url=https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofpain03cham_0|url-access=registration|year=1969|publisher=Kennikat Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/cyclopediaofpain03cham_0/page/395 395]|isbn=9780804605359}}

• 1606 – William Dugard, English printer (died 1662){{cite book|author=Matthew J. Bruccoli|title=British Rhetoricians and Logicians, 1500-1660: Second series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9EUAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Gale Group|isbn=978-0-7876-6025-3|page=78|access-date=2020-07-30|archive-date=2023-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725121042/https://books.google.com/books?id=e9EUAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}
• 1624 – Empress Meishō of Japan (died 1696){{cite book|author1=John E. Lane|author2=Stanleigh H. Jones|title=Researches in the social sciences on Japan: essays and abstracts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9uoDAQAAIAAJ|year=1957|publisher=Reproduced for private distribution by the East Asian Institute of Columbia University|page=22}}
• 1645 – Sir William Villiers, 3rd Baronet, English noble and politician (date baptized;A.A. Hanham, 'Villiers, Sir William, 3rd Bt. (1645-1712), of Brooksby Hall, Leics.', in D. Hayton, E. Cruickshanks and S. Handley (eds), The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1690-1715 (from Boydell and Brewer, 2002), [https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/villiers-sir-william-1645-1712 History of Parliament Online]. (died 1712)
• 1674 – Reinhard Keiser, German composer (died 1739){{cite book|author1=John Warrack|author2=Ewan West|title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera|url=https://archive.org/details/conciseoxforddic00warr|url-access=registration|date=7 March 1996|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=978-0-19-280028-2|pages=[https://archive.org/details/conciseoxforddic00warr/page/261 261]}}
• 1685 – Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch philologist and critic (died 1766){{cite book|title=Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rPdMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA308|year=1871|publisher=W & R Chambers|pages=308}}
• 1728 – Thomas Warton, English poet, historian, and critic (died 1790)
• 1735 – John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, English admiral and politician (died 1823)
• 1745 – Caleb Strong, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1819)
• 1753 – Luísa Todi, Portuguese soprano and actress (died 1833){{cite book|author=Randel Don|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA920|year=1996|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-37299-3|pages=920}}
• 1773 – Cassandra Austen, English painter and illustrator (died 1845){{cite book|author=Paul Poplawski|title=A Jane Austen Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hW-OXDSc3rAC&pg=PA57|year=1998|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30017-2|pages=57}}
• 1778 – Hammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi, Turkish Ney player and composer (died 1846){{cite book|author=Mohamed el Fers|title=Mevlana Rumi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lSrUj_7tW-AC&pg=PA244|year=1992|publisher=Mohamed el-Fers|isbn=978-90-5330-049-7|pages=244}}
• 1811 – Gilbert Abbott à Beckett, English journalist and author (died 1856)
• 1818 – Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon, French sculptor and photographer (died 1881)
• 1819 – James Francis, English-Australian businessman and politician, 9th Premier of Victoria (died 1884)
• 1822 – Carol Benesch, Czech-Romanian architect, designed the Peleș Castle (died 1896)
• 1823 – Friedrich von Esmarch, German surgeon and academic (died 1908)
• 1829 – Thomas William Robertson, English director and playwright (died 1871)
• 1829 – Adolf Schlagintweit, German botanist and explorer (died 1857)
• 1832 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (died 1900)
• 1839 – John Knowles Paine, American composer and academic (died 1906)
• 1848 – Princess Frederica of Hanover (died 1926){{cite book|title=Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland, for ...: Including All the Titled Classes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_wEdAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA75|year=1855|publisher=S. Low, Marston & Company|pages=75}}
• 1849 – John Hartley, English tennis player (died 1935)
• 1854 – Jennie Jerome, American-born wife of Lord Randolph Churchill, mother of Sir Winston Churchill (died 1921)G. H. L. Le May, "Churchill, Jeanette [Lady Randolph Churchill] (1854–1921)", rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online ed., May 2006, accessed 18 September 2010
• 1856 – Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (died 1912)
• 1859 – Carrie Chapman Catt, American activist, founded the League of Women Voters and International Alliance of Women (died 1947){{cite book|editor-first=Edward T.|editor-last=James|title=Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary|volume=1|year=1971|isbn=978-0-67462-734-5|page=309|publisher=Harvard University Press }}
• 1864 – Vladimir Steklov, Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1926)
• 1868 – S. P. L. Sørensen, Danish chemist and academic (died 1939){{cite book|author1=Heinz Holter|author2=K. Max Møller|author3=Carlsbergfondet|title=The Carlsberg Laboratory, 1876/1976|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iq4LAQAAIAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Carlsberg Foundation : Rhodos|isbn=978-87-7496-539-8|page=63}}
• 1870 – Joseph Strauss, American engineer, co-designed the Golden Gate Bridge (died 1938)
• 1873 – Hayim Nahman Bialik, Ukrainian-Austrian journalist, author, and poet (died 1934)
• 1873 – Thomas Curtis, American sprinter and hurdler (died 1944)
• 1873 – John Flanagan, Irish-American hammer thrower (died 1938)
• 1875 – Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, American sculptor and art collector, founded the Whitney Museum of American Art (died 1942){{cite book|author1=Frank Northen Magill|author2=Alison Aves|title=Dictionary of World Biography: The 20th century, O-Z|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uiQAaGgOChIC&pg=PA3969|date=November 1999|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-57958-048-3|pages=3969|access-date=2020-10-27|archive-date=2023-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004045422/https://books.google.com/books?id=uiQAaGgOChIC&pg=PA3969#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}
• 1879 – John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (died 1958)
• 1881 – Lascelles Abercrombie, English poet and critic (died 1938)
• 1881 – Giovanni Papini, Italian journalist, author, and poet (died 1956)
• 1885 – Charles Bacon, American runner and hurdler (died 1968)
• 1886 – Lloyd Loar, American sound engineer and instrument designer (died 1943)
• 1889 – Vrindavan Lal Verma, Indian author and playwright (died 1969)
• 1890 – Karel Čapek, Czech author and playwright (died 1938){{cite book|author1=O. Classe|author2=[Anonymus AC02468681]|title=Encyclopedia of Literary Translation Into English: A-L|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=myLDA0_brhcC&pg=PA227|year=2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-36-7|pages=227}}
• 1890 – Kurt Tucholsky, German-Swedish journalist and author (died 1935)
• 1892 – Eva Bowring, American lawyer and politician (died 1985)
• 1893 – Edwin Baker, Canadian soldier and educator, co-founded the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (died 1968)
• 1896 – Warwick Braithwaite, New Zealand-English conductor and director (died 1971)
• 1897 – Karl Löwith, German philosopher, author, and academic (died 1973)
• 1897 – Halyna Kuzmenko, Ukrainian teacher and anarchist revolutionary (died 1978){{Cite book |last1=Patterson |first1=Sean |title=Makhno and Memory: Anarchist and Mennonite Narratives of Ukraine's Civil War, 1917–1921 |year=2020 |language=en |isbn=978-0-88755-578-7 |oclc=1134608930 |location=Manitoba |publisher=University of Manitoba Press |pages=35–36}}
• 1898 – Gracie Fields, English actress and singer (died 1979){{cite book|author1=Terry Wyke|author2=Harry Cocks|title=Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mFOhWSH9B6wC&pg=PA326|year=2004|publisher=Liverpool University Press|isbn=978-0-85323-567-5|pages=326}}
• 1899 – Harald Tammer, Estonian journalist and weightlifter (died 1942)
• 1900 – Richard Halliburton, American journalist and author (died 1939)

• 1901 – Vilma Bánky, Hungarian-American actress (died 1991)
• 1902 – Rudolf Bing, American impresario and businessman (died 1997)
• 1902 – Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint, founded Opus Dei (died 1975)
• 1908 – Simone de Beauvoir, French philosopher and author (died 1986){{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title= UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work= United Press International | date= 9 January 2020|access-date=16 January 2020 |archive-date= 15 January 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status=live|quote=…French novelist Simone de Beauvoir in 1908}}
• 1909 – Anthony Mamo, Maltese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Malta (died 2008)
• 1909 – Patrick Peyton, Irish-American priest, television personality, and activist (died 1992)
• 1912 – Basil Langton, English actor, director, photographer, and teacher (died 2003){{cite news|last=Shorter|first=Eric|title=Obituary: Basil Langton|work=The Guardian|date=4 June 2003|accessdate=10 January 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jun/05/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries}}
• 1912 – Ralph Tubbs, English architect, designed the Dome of Discovery (died 1996)
• 1913 – Richard Nixon, American commander, lawyer, and politician, 37th President of the United States (died 1994){{CongBio|N000116}}
• 1914 – Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer and bandleader (died 1985)
• 1915 – Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor, singer, and director (died 1982){{cite book|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ekoYAAAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=St. Martin's|isbn=978-0-312-03877-9|page=487}}
• 1915 – Anita Louise, American actress (died 1970)
• 1918 – Alma Ziegler, American baseball player and golfer (died 2005)
• 1919 – William Morris Meredith, Jr., American poet and academic (died 2007){{cite web|url=http://williammeredithfoundation.org/william-meredith-bio.htm|title=Foundation Biography|work=William Meredith Foundation|access-date=4 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705202645/http://williammeredithfoundation.org/william-meredith-bio.htm|archive-date=July 5, 2015|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
• 1920 – Clive Dunn, English actor (died 2012){{cite web |last1=Barker |first1=Dennis |title=Clive Dunn obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/nov/07/clive-dunn |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 August 2023 |date=7 November 2012 |archive-date=27 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227143234/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/nov/07/clive-dunn |url-status=live }}
• 1920 – Hakim Said, Pakistani scholar and politician, 20th Governor of Sindh (died 1998)
• 1921 – Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian Olympic gymnast (died 2025){{cite book|author=Robert Slater|title=Great Jewish Women|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=34NtAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Jonathan David Publishers|isbn=978-0-8246-0370-0|page=129}}{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=January 2, 2025 |title=Agnes Keleti, World's Oldest Olympic Champion, Dies at 103 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/obituaries/agnes-keleti-dead.html |access-date=January 3, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
• 1922 – Har Gobind Khorana, Indian-American biochemist and academic, Nobel laureate (died 2011)
• 1922 – Ahmed Sékou Touré, Guinean politician, 1st President of Guinea (died 1984)
• 1924 – Sergei Parajanov, Georgian-Armenian director and screenwriter (died 1990)
• 1925 – Len Quested, English footballer and manager (died 2012){{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/len-quested-footballer-both-feared-and-fearless-8196437.html|title=Len Quested: Footballer both feared and fearless|work=The Independent|access-date=12 April 2025}}
• 1925 – Lee Van Cleef, American actor (died 1989){{cite book|author=Charles Leinberger|title=Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Film Score Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RUeSAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA52|date=1 September 2004|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-1-4616-5841-2|pages=52}}
• 1926 – Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 2002)
• 1928 – Judith Krantz, American novelist (died 2019){{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 9: Sean Paul, Jimmy Page |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/09/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-9-Sean-Paul-Jimmy-Page/6521673196640/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=8 January 2024 |date=9 January 2023 |archive-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109231129/https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/09/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-9-Sean-Paul-Jimmy-Page/6521673196640/ |url-status=live }}
• 1928 – Domenico Modugno, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and politician (died 1994){{cite book|author=Gino Moliterno|title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvGGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA526|date=11 September 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-75876-0|pages=526}}
• 1929 – Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (died 2015)
• 1929 – Heiner Müller, German poet, playwright, and director (died 1995)
• 1931 – Algis Budrys, Lithuanian-American author and critic (died 2008){{cite book|author=R. Reginald|title=Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700-1974 : with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QfEzAQAAIAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Gale Research Company|isbn=978-0-8103-1051-3|page=835}}
• 1933 – Roy Dwight, English footballer (died 2002){{cite news|url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/6340197.roys-bitter-sweet-moment/|title=Roy's bitter-sweet moment|work=News Shopper|access-date=12 April 2025}}
• 1933 – Wilbur Smith, Zambian-English journalist and author (died 2021){{cite book|author=Tracey L. Matthews|title=Concise Major 21st-Century Writers: A Selection of Sketches from Contemporary Authors|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QznkqRQCuuMC|year=2006|publisher=Thomson Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-7544-8|page=3328}}
• 1934 – Bart Starr, American football player and coach (died 2019)
• 1935 – Bob Denver, American actor (died 2005)
• 1935 – Dick Enberg, American sportscaster (died 2017)
• 1935 – John Graham, New Zealand rugby player and educator (died 2017)
• 1935 – Brian Harradine, Australian politician (died 2014)
• 1936 – K Callan, American actress and author
• 1936 – Marko Veselica, Croatian academic and politician (died 2017)
• 1938 – Claudette Boyer, Canadian educator and politician (died 2013)
• 1939 – Susannah York, English actress and activist (died 2011)
• 1940 – Barbara Buczek, Polish composer (died 1993)
• 1940 – Ruth Dreifuss, Swiss journalist and politician, 86th President of the Swiss Confederation{{cite book|author=Werner L. Frank|title=Legacy: The Saga of a Jewish German Family Across Time and Circumstance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cu8-AQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Avotaynu Foundation|isbn=978-0-9668021-1-5|page=231}}
• 1941 – Joan Baez, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist{{cite book|author=Lee Stacy|title=Mexico and the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DSzyMGh8pNwC&pg=PA73|date=October 2002|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=978-0-7614-7402-9|pages=73}}
• 1943 – Robert Drewe, Australian author and playwright
• 1943 – Elmer MacFadyen, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2007)
• 1943 – Scott Walker, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (died 2019){{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/25/scott-walker-obituary |title=Scott Walker obituary |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190325184538/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/25/scott-walker-obituary |url-status=live }}
• 1944 – Harun Farocki, German filmmaker (died 2014){{cite book|author1=Hans-Michael Bock|author2=Tim Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z7gFT_Duq1cC&pg=PA117|date=1 September 2009|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-0-85745-565-9|pages=117}}
• 1944 – Jimmy Page, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer{{cite book|author=Joseph Murrells|title=Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5iIKAQAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=B.T. Batsford|isbn=978-0-7134-3843-7|page=164}}
• 1944 – Mihalis Violaris, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actor
• 1945 – John Doman, American actor
• 1945 – Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Syrian-Armenian scholar and politician, 1st President of Armenia{{cite book|author=Neil A. Hamilton|title=Founders of Modern Nations: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zRPvAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-87436-750-8|page=380}}
• 1946 – Mohammad Ishaq Khan, Indian historian and academic (died 2013)
• 1946 – Mogens Lykketoft, Danish politician, 45th Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs{{cite book|title=Who's Who in European Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WN6eAAAAIAAJ|date=December 1990|publisher=Bowker-Saur|isbn=978-0-86291-911-5|page=384}}
• 1948 – Bill Cowsill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006){{cite book|author=Joseph Murrells|title=Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5iIKAQAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=B.T. Batsford|isbn=978-0-7134-3843-7|page=238}}
• 1948 – Jan Tomaszewski, Polish footballer, manager, and politician{{FIFA|44695}}
• 1950 – Alec Jeffreys, English geneticist and academic{{Who's Who | author=Anon| title=Jeffreys, Sir Alec John | id = U21923 | year = 2007 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.21923 | edition = online Oxford University Press|location=Oxford}}
• 1950 – David Johansen, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 2025){{Cite news |last=Edwards |first=Gavin |date=March 1, 2025 |title=David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/01/arts/music/david-johansen-dead.html |access-date=March 6, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
• 1951 – M. L. Carr, American basketball player, coach, and executive{{cite web |title=M.L. Carr |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76351/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185355/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76351/career |url-status=live }}
• 1951 – Crystal Gayle, American singer-songwriter and producer{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title= UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work= United Press International|date= January 9, 2020|access-date= January 16, 2020|archive-date= January 15, 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status= live|quote= … country singer Crystal Gayle in 1951 (age 69)}}
• 1952 – Kaushik Basu, Indian economist and academic{{cite book|author=Y. R. Singh|title=Directory of Indian Economists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bWlMAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Economic Information Centre|page=14}}
• 1954 – Philippa Gregory, Kenyan-English author and academic{{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|title=Encyclopaedia Britannica Almanac 2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kd2bAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA50|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-61535-329-3|pages=50}}
• 1955 – Bruce Boudreau, Canadian ice hockey player and coach{{cite web |title=Bruce Boudreau |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/bruce-boudreau-8445613 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185357/https://www.nhl.com/player/bruce-boudreau-8445613 |url-status=live }}
• 1955 – J. K. Simmons, American actor{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title=UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work=United Press International|date=January 9, 2020|access-date=January 15, 2020|archive-date=January 15, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status=live|quote=… actor J.K. Simmons in 1955 (age 65)}}
• 1956 – Waltraud Meier, German soprano and actress
• 1956 – Imelda Staunton, English actress and singer{{cite web |title=Imelda Staunton |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba295d590 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311210951/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba295d590 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |website=BFI |access-date=10 June 2022 |language=en}}
• 1957 – Phil Lewis, English musician, singer and songwriter
• 1958 – Rob McClanahan, American ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Rob McClanahan |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/rob-mcclanahan-8449353 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185356/https://www.nhl.com/player/rob-mcclanahan-8449353 |url-status=live }}
• 1958 – Mehmet Ali Ağca, Turkish assassin{{cite web |title=FACTBOX: The man who tried to kill Pope John Paul |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60H1PH/ |website=Reuters |access-date=9 January 2024}}
• 1959 – Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemalan activist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1960 – Lisa Walters, Canadian golfer
• 1961 – Didier Camberabero, French rugby player
• 1962 – Ray Houghton, Scottish-born footballer
• 1963 – Eric Erlandson, American musician and songwriter
• 1963 – Irwin McLean, Northern Irish biologist and academic
• 1965 – Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player{{cite web |last1=Monagan |first1=Matt |title=Happy 50th birthday to former Rangers prospect (kind of) Muggsy Bogues |url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/happy-birthday-to-muggsy-bogues-baseball-player/c-66432818 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=6 January 2023 |date=9 January 2015 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106203411/https://www.mlb.com/cut4/happy-birthday-to-muggsy-bogues-baseball-player/c-66432818 |url-status=live }}
• 1965 – Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer and musician
• 1965 – Joely Richardson, English actress{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title= UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work= United Press International | date= 9 January 2020|access-date=15 January 2020 |archive-date= 15 January 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status=live|quote=… actor Joely Richardson in 1965 (age 55)}}
• 1967 – Matt Bevin, American politician, 62nd Governor of Kentucky{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA79|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=79}}
• 1967 – Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer{{Cite web |url=http://futbolfactory.futbolweb.net/index.php?ff=historicos&f2=00001&idjugador=480 |title=Futbol Factory profile |access-date=19 November 2020 |archive-date=20 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020025352/http://futbolfactory.futbolweb.net/index.php?ff=historicos&f2=00001&idjugador=480 |url-status=dead }} {{in lang|es}}
• 1967 – David Costabile, American actor
• 1967 – Steve Harwell, American rock singer (died 2023){{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/arts/music/steve-harwell-smash-mouth-all-star-dead.html|title=Steve Harwell, Former Smash Mouth Lead Singer, Dies at 56|last1=Moses|first1=Claire|last2=Sisario|first2=Ben|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 4, 2023|access-date=September 4, 2023|archive-date=September 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904152235/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/04/arts/music/steve-harwell-smash-mouth-all-star-dead.html|url-status=live}}
• 1967 – Dave Matthews, South African-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1968 – Jimmy Adams, Jamaican cricketer and coach
• 1968 – Joey Lauren Adams, American actress
• 1968 – Giorgos Theofanous, Greek-Cypriot composer and producer
• 1970 – Lara Fabian, Belgian-Italian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1971 – Angie Martinez, American rapper, actress, and radio host
• 1973 – Angela Bettis, American actress, director, and producer
• 1973 – Sean Paul, Jamaican rapper, singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor
• 1974 – Omari Hardwick, American actor{{cite web |last1=Porter |first1=Lauren |title='Power' Star Naturi Naughton Wished Her TV Hubby Omari Hardwick A Happy Birthday In The Sweetest Way |url=https://www.essence.com/love/power-star-naturi-naughton-omari-hardwick-birthday/ |publisher=Essence |access-date=6 January 2023 |date=9 January 2018 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106203413/https://www.essence.com/love/power-star-naturi-naughton-omari-hardwick-birthday/ |url-status=live }}
• 1975 – James Beckford, Jamaican long jumper
• 1976 – Radek Bonk, Czech ice hockey player
• 1978 – Mathieu Garon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Gennaro Gattuso, Italian footballer and manager
• 1978 – Chad Johnson, American football player{{cite web |title=Chad Johnson |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2584/chad-johnson |publisher=ESPN |access-date=6 January 2023 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106203412/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2584/chad-johnson |url-status=live }}
• 1978 – AJ McLean, American singer, dancer, and actor{{cite web |last1=Tailor |first1=Leena |title=Backstreet Boys Celebrate AJ McLean's 40th Birthday With Epic Surprise Prom Party -- See the Pics |url=https://www.etonline.com/backstreet-boys-celebrate-aj-mcleans-40th-birthday-epic-surprise-prom-party-see-pics-94346 |publisher=Entertainment Tonight |access-date=6 January 2023 |date=16 January 2018 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106203411/https://www.etonline.com/backstreet-boys-celebrate-aj-mcleans-40th-birthday-epic-surprise-prom-party-see-pics-94346 |url-status=live }}
• 1980 – Édgar Álvarez, Honduran footballer
• 1980 – Sergio García, Spanish golfer{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title= UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work= United Press International | date= 9 January 2020|access-date=15 January 2020 |archive-date= 15 January 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status=live|quote=… golfer Sergio Garcia in 1980 (age 40)}}
• 1980 – Shaun Hill, American football player{{cite web |title=Shaun Hill |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4260/shaun-hill |publisher=ESPN |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185354/https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4260/shaun-hill |url-status=live }}
• 1980 – Luke Patten, Australian rugby league player and referee{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/luke-patten/summary.html|title=Luke Patten – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=2022-06-28|archive-date=2022-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628132129/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/luke-patten/summary.html|url-status=live}}
• 1980 – Francisco Pavón, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – Ebi Smolarek, Polish footballer and manager
• 1982 – Catherine, Princess of Wales{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Sean|title=Kate – A Biography of Kate Middleton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QwIXG7EbQ5cC&q=kate+middleton+upper-middle-class&pg=PT19|publisher=Simon and Schuster|access-date=1 May 2016|isbn=9781451661569|date=2011|archive-date=7 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207071348/https://books.google.com/books?id=QwIXG7EbQ5cC&q=kate+middleton+upper-middle-class&pg=PT19#v=snippet&q=kate%20middleton%20upper-middle-class&f=false|url-status=live}}
• 1982 – Sharrod Ford, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Sharrod Ford |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101213/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185356/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101213/career |url-status=live }}
• 1985 – Juan Francisco Torres, Spanish footballer
• 1986 – Raphael Diaz, Swiss ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Raphael Diaz |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/raphael-diaz-8476244 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185354/https://www.nhl.com/player/raphael-diaz-8476244 |url-status=live }}
• 1986 – Jéferson Gomes, Brazilian footballer
• 1986 – Amanda Mynhardt, South African netball player
• 1987 – Lucas Leiva, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist{{Cite news | last = Philby | first = Charlotte | title = My Secret Life: Paolo Nutini, singer-songwriter, 22 | newspaper = The Independent | date = 18 July 2009 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-paolo-nutini-singersongwriter-22-1748101.html | access-date = 5 March 2011 | archive-date = 5 October 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091005215550/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-paolo-nutini-singersongwriter-22-1748101.html | url-status = live }}
• 1987 – Jami Puustinen, Finnish footballer
• 1988 – Lee Yeon-hee, South Korean actress
• 1989 – Michael Beasley, American basketball player
• 1989 – Nina Dobrev, Bulgarian-Canadian actress{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title= UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work= United Press International | date= January 9, 2020|access-date=January 15, 2020 |archive-date= January 15, 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status=live|quote=… actor Nina Dobrev in 1989 (age 31)}}
• 1989 – Yana Maksimava, Belarusian heptathlete
• 1989 – Samardo Samuels, Jamaican-American basketball player{{cite web |title=Samardo Samuels |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202396/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185357/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202396/career |url-status=live }}
• 1989 – Chris Sandow, Australian rugby league player{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/chris-sandow/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018|archive-date=8 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208211925/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/chris-sandow/summary.html|url-status=live}}
• 1989 – Haris Sohail, Pakistani cricketer{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/318788.html|title=Haris Sohail|work=espn cricinfo|publisher=ESPN Sports Media|access-date=21 March 2015|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226144941/http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/player/318788.html|url-status=live}}
• 1991 – Ruby Soho, American wrestler{{cite web |title=Ruby Riott |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/21656884/wwe-profile-page-ruby-riott |publisher=ESPN |access-date=8 January 2024 |date=3 December 2017 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185355/https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/21656884/wwe-profile-page-ruby-riott |url-status=live }}
• 1991 – Álvaro Soler, Spanish singer-songwriter
• 1992 – Jack Campbell, American ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Jack Campbell |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jack-campbell-8475789 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185355/https://www.nhl.com/player/jack-campbell-8475789 |url-status=live }}
• 1992 – Terrence Jones, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Terrence Jones |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203093/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185354/https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203093/career |url-status=live }}
• 1992 – Joseph Parker, Samoan heavyweight boxer{{cite news |last1=Maiava |first1=Vatapuia |title=Lupesoliai La'auli Joseph Parker - Samoa's very own world champion |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/21567 |access-date=9 August 2020 |work=Samoa Observer |date=1 January 2017}}
• 1993 – Katarina Johnson-Thompson, English long jumper and heptathlete{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/katarina-johnson-thompson-14276543|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson|website=World Athletics|access-date=21 July 2020|archive-date=12 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212152027/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/athlete=238460|url-status=live}}
• 1993 – Marcus Peters, American football player{{cite web |title=Marcus Peters |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2578378/marcus-peters |publisher=ESPN |access-date=8 January 2024}}
• 1994 – Radek Faksa, Czech ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Radek Faksa |url=https://www.nhl.com/stars/player/radek-faksa-8476889 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185354/https://www.nhl.com/stars/player/radek-faksa-8476889 |url-status=live }}
• 1995 – Braden Hamlin-Uele, New Zealand rugby league player{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/braeden-uele/summary.html|title=Braeden Uele – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|first=Shawn Dollin and Andrew|last=Ferguson|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org|accessdate=2 August 2017|archive-date=2 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802204015/http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/braeden-uele/summary.html|url-status=live}}
• 1995 – Dominik Livaković, Croatian football goalkeeper{{Cite web|title=Dominik Livaković - Croatia|url=https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/teams/players/250042625--dominik-livakovic/|access-date=8 November 2020|publisher=UEFA|archive-date=23 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023123313/https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/teams/players/250042625--dominik-livakovic/|url-status=live}}
• 1995 – Nicola Peltz, American actress{{cite web |last1=Balagtas |first1=Tristan |title=Brooklyn Beckham Gushes Over Fiancée Nicola Peltz on Her 27th Birthday: 'I Am the Luckiest' |url=https://people.com/style/brooklyn-beckham-gushes-over-fiancee-nicola-peltz-on-her-27th-birthday-i-am-the-luckiest/ |publisher=People |access-date=6 January 2023 |date=9 January 2022 |archive-date=6 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106203412/https://people.com/style/brooklyn-beckham-gushes-over-fiancee-nicola-peltz-on-her-27th-birthday-i-am-the-luckiest/ |url-status=live }}
• 1996 – Vítek Vaněček, Czech ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Vitek Vanecek |url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/player/vitek-vanecek-8477970 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185355/https://www.nhl.com/devils/player/vitek-vanecek-8477970 |url-status=live }}
• 1998 – Kerris Dorsey, American actress{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 9, 2023 includes celebrities Dave Matthews, Nina Dobrev |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-9-2023-includes-celebrities-dave-matthews-nina-dobrev.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=8 January 2024 |date=9 January 2023 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185354/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-9-2023-includes-celebrities-dave-matthews-nina-dobrev.html |url-status=live }}
• 1998 – Brent Rivera, American social media personality and actor{{Cite web|last=Rullo|first=Sam|date=2014-01-09|title=Meet Brent Rivera, The Internet's Favorite 16-Year-Old You've Never Heard Of|url=https://www.bustle.com/articles/12237-meet-brent-rivera-the-internets-favorite-16-year-old-youve-never-heard-of|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711062745/https://www.bustle.com/articles/12237-meet-brent-rivera-the-internets-favorite-16-year-old-youve-never-heard-of|archive-date=2021-07-11|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Bustle|language=en}}
• 2000 – Luka Šamanić, Croatian basketball player{{cite web |title=Luka Samanic |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629677/luka-samanic |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185355/https://www.nba.com/player/1629677/luka-samanic |url-status=live }}
• 2001 – Peter Mamouzelos, Australian rugby league playerhttps://www.rabbitohs.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/south-sydney-rabbitohs/peter-mamouzelos/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010111354/https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/south-sydney-rabbitohs/peter-mamouzelos/ |date=2022-10-10 }} Rabbitohs profile
• 2001 – Zeke Nnaji, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Zeke Nnaji |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630192/zeke-nnaji |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108185354/https://www.nba.com/player/1630192/zeke-nnaji |url-status=live }}
• 2004 – Souhardya De, Indian author and columnist{{Cite web|date=2019-10-25|title=VENERATE WRITER|url=https://indiabookofrecords.in/venerate-writer/|access-date=2022-01-01|website=IBR|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101033732/https://indiabookofrecords.in/venerate-writer/|url-status=live}}

• 710 – Adrian of Canterbury, abbot and scholar{{cite book|author=A. J. M. & J. K. Mousolfe|title=Saint Companions for Each Day|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dnSDWuSTKrEC&pg=PA24|year=1986|publisher=St Pauls BYB|isbn=978-81-7109-092-1|pages=24}}
• 1150 – Emperor Xizong of Jin (born 1119)
• 1282 – Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, Minorcan ruler (born 1204)
• 1283 – Wen Tianxiang, Chinese general and scholar (born 1236){{cite book|author=Morning Glory Press|title=Classical Architecture of Beijing's Dongcheng District|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vb5IAQAAIAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Morning Glory|isbn=978-7-5054-0561-5|page=48}}
• 1367 – Giulia della Rena, Italian saint (born 1319)
• 1450 – Adam Moleyns, Bishop of Chichester
• 1463 – William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent, English soldier (born 1405)
• 1499 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (born 1455)
• 1511 – Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek scholar and academic (born 1423)
• 1514 – Anne of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France and Louis XII of France (born 1477)
• 1529 – Wang Yangming, Chinese Neo-Confucian scholar (born 1472)
• 1534 – Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (born 1477)
• 1543 – Guillaume du Bellay, French general and diplomat (born 1491){{cite web |title=Guillaume du Bellay, seigneur de Langey {{!}} French soldier, writer, and diplomat |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guillaume-du-Bellay-seigneur-de-Langey |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=25 February 2021 |language=en}}
• 1561 – Amago Haruhisa, Japanese warlord (born 1514)
• 1571 – Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, French admiral (born 1510)
• 1598 – Jasper Heywood, English poet and scholar (born 1553)

• 1612 – Leonard Holliday, Lord Mayor of London (born 1550)
• 1622 – Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (born 1576){{cite book|first=Sarah|last=Gallick|title=The Big Book of Women Saints|location=San Francisco|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2007|page=17|isbn=978-0-06082-512-6}}
• 1757 – Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1657){{cite web |title=Bernard Le Bovier, sieur de Fontenelle {{!}} French author and scientist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernard-Le-Bovier-sieur-de-Fontenelle |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=7 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207003341/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernard-Le-Bovier-sieur-de-Fontenelle |url-status=live }}
• 1762 – Antonio de Benavides, colonial governor of Florida (born 1678){{cite book|author=Agustín Millares|title=Biografias de canarios célebres|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uq_-FgdNIbsC&pg=PA120|year=1872|publisher=Imp. de Víctor Doreste|pages=120–121}}
• 1766 – Thomas Birch, English historian and author (born 1705)
• 1799 – Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician and philosopher (born 1718){{cite book|first=Catharine M. C.|last=Haines|title=International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950|location=Santa Barbara|publisher=ABC-CLIO|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57607-090-1|page=4}}
• 1800 – Jean Étienne Championnet, French general (born 1762)
• 1805 – Noble Wimberly Jones, American physician and politician (born 1723)
• 1833 – Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (born 1752)
• 1843 – William Hedley, English engineer (born 1773){{cite book|author=Sir Norman Lockyer|title=Nature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTU6AQAAMAAJ|year=1922|publisher=Macmillan Journals Limited|page=29}}
• 1848 – Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (born 1750){{cite web |title=Caroline Herschel {{!}} Biography, Discoveries, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Caroline-Lucretia-Herschel |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 January 2020 |language=en}}
• 1856 – Neophytos Vamvas, Greek cleric and educator (born 1770)
• 1858 – Anson Jones, American physician and politician; 4th President of the Republic of Texas (born 1798)
• 1873 – Napoleon III, French politician, 1st President of France (born 1808)
• 1876 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (born 1801)
• 1878 – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (born 1820)
• 1895 – Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American-English businessman (born 1812)

• 1901 – Richard Copley Christie, English lawyer and academic (born 1830)
• 1908 – Wilhelm Busch, German poet, illustrator, and painter (born 1832)
• 1908 – Abraham Goldfaden, Russian actor, playwright, and author (born 1840)
• 1911 – Edwin Arthur Jones, American violinist and composer (born 1853)
• 1911 – Edvard Rusjan, Italian-Slovene pilot and engineer (born 1886)
• 1917 – Luther D. Bradley, American cartoonist (born 1853)
• 1918 – Charles-Émile Reynaud, French scientist and educator, invented the Praxinoscope (born 1844)
• 1923 – Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand novelist, short story writer, and essayist (born 1888)
• 1924 – Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Sri Lankan civil servant and politician (born 1853)
• 1927 – Houston Stewart Chamberlain, English-German philosopher and author (born 1855)
• 1930 – Edward Bok, Dutch-American journalist and author (born 1863)
• 1931 – Wayne Munn, American football player and wrestler (born 1896)
• 1936 – John Gilbert, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1899)
• 1939 – Johann Strauss III, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1866)
• 1941 – Dimitrios Golemis, Greek runner (born 1874)
• 1945 – Shigekazu Shimazaki, Japanese admiral and pilot (born 1908)
• 1945 – Jüri Uluots, Estonian journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (born 1890)
• 1945 – Osman Cemal Kaygılı, Turkish journalist, author, and playwright (born 1890)
• 1946 – Countee Cullen, American poet and playwright (born 1903)
• 1947 – Karl Mannheim, Hungarian-English sociologist and academic (born 1893)
• 1960 – Elsie J. Oxenham, English author and educator (born 1880)
• 1961 – Emily Greene Balch, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1867)
• 1964 – Halide Edib Adıvar, Turkish author and academic (born 1884)
• 1971 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player and scout (born 1876)
• 1972 – Ted Shawn, American dancer and choreographer (born 1891)
• 1975 – Pierre Fresnay, French actor and screenwriter (born 1897)
• 1975 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (born 1901)
• 1979 – Pier Luigi Nervi, Italian engineer and architect, designed the Tour de la Bourse and Pirelli Tower (born 1891)
• 1981 – Kazimierz Serocki, Polish pianist and composer (born 1922)
• 1984 – Bob Dyer, American-Australian radio and television host (born 1909)
• 1985 – Robert Mayer, German-English businessman and philanthropist (born 1879)
• 1987 – Arthur Lake, American actor (born 1905)
• 1988 – Peter L. Rypdal, Norwegian fiddler and composer (born 1909)
• 1990 – Spud Chandler, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1907)
• 1990 – Cemal Süreya, Turkish poet and journalist (born 1931)
• 1992 – Steve Brodie, American actor (born 1919)
• 1992 – Bill Naughton, English playwright and screenwriter (born 1910)
• 1993 – Paul Hasluck, Australian historian and politician, Governor-General of Australia (born 1905){{cite web |title=Obituary: Sir Paul Hasluck |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-paul-hasluck-1478672.html |website=The Independent |access-date=25 February 2021 |language=en |date=22 October 2011 |archive-date=15 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715221203/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-paul-hasluck-1478672.html |url-status=live }}
• 1995 – Souphanouvong, Laotian politician, 1st President of Laos (born 1909)
• 1995 – Peter Cook, English actor and screenwriter (born 1937)
• 1996 – Walter M. Miller, Jr., American soldier and author (born 1923)
• 1996 – Abdullah al-Qasemi, Saudi atheist, writer, and intellectual (born 1907)
• 1997 – Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Polish politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1909)
• 1997 – Jesse White, American actor (born 1917)
• 1998 – Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
• 1998 – Imi Lichtenfeld, Slovakian-Israeli martial artist, founded Krav Maga (born 1910)
• 2000 – Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer and academic (born 1915)
• 2000 – Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (born 1909)
• 2001 – Maurice Prather, American photographer and director (born 1926)
• 2003 – Will McDonough, American journalist (born 1935)
• 2004 – Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher and academic (born 1909)
• 2006 – Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (born 1964)
• 2006 – W. Cleon Skousen, American author and academic (born 1913)
• 2007 – Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (born 1977)
• 2007 – Jean-Pierre Vernant, French anthropologist and historian (born 1914)
• 2008 – Johnny Grant, American radio host and producer (born 1923)
• 2008 – John Harvey-Jones, English businessman and television host (born 1924)
• 2009 – Rob Gauntlett, English mountaineer and explorer (born 1987)
• 2009 – T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (born 1914)
• 2009 – Tan Chor Jin, Singaporean murderer and triad leader of Ang Soon Tong (born 1966)
• 2011 – Makinti Napanangka, Australian painter (born 1930)
• 2012 – Brian Curvis, Welsh boxer (born 1937)
• 2012 – Augusto Gansser-Biaggi, Swiss geologist and academic (born 1910)
• 2012 – William G. Roll, German-American psychologist and parapsychologist (born 1926)
• 2012 – Malam Bacai Sanhá, Guinea-Bissau politician, President of Guinea-Bissau (born 1947)
• 2012 – László Szekeres, Hungarian physician and academic (born 1921)
• 2013 – Brigitte Askonas, Austrian-English immunologist and academic (born 1923)
• 2013 – James M. Buchanan, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1919)
• 2013 – Robert L. Rock, American businessman and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (born 1927)
• 2013 – John Wise, Canadian farmer and politician, 23rd Canadian Minister of Agriculture (born 1935)
• 2014 – Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (born 1934)
• 2014 – Josep Maria Castellet, Spanish poet and critic (born 1926)
• 2014 – Paul du Toit, South African painter and sculptor (born 1965)
• 2014 – Dale T. Mortensen, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1939){{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/business/dale-t-mortensen-top-labor-economist-dies-at-74.html | work=The New York Times | first=Hilary | last=Stout | title=Dale T. Mortensen, Labor Economist and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 74 | date=January 10, 2014 | access-date=December 29, 2020 | archive-date=October 14, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201014102828/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/11/business/dale-t-mortensen-top-labor-economist-dies-at-74.html | url-status=live }}
• 2015 – Michel Jeury, French author (born 1934)
• 2015 – Józef Oleksy, Polish economist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Poland (born 1946){{cite web|url=http://archiwum.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/193890|title=Funeral held for former PM Józef Oleksy|date=January 16, 2015|website=Radio Poland|access-date=February 14, 2021|archive-date=May 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507070106/https://archiwum.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/193890|url-status=live}}
• 2015 – Abdul Rahman Ya'kub, Malaysian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Sarawak (born 1928){{cite news|title=Tun Abdul Rahman Yakub passes away at 87|url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/01/09/tun-abdul-rahman-yakub-passes-away-at-87/|date=9 January 2015|work=The Borneo Post|access-date=10 January 2015|archive-date=24 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324235541/http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/01/09/tun-abdul-rahman-yakub-passes-away-at-87/|url-status=live}}
• 2015 – Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (born 1964){{cite web |url=http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nba/dallas-mavericks/article5786283.html |title=Former Mavericks player Roy Tarpley dies at age 50 |publisher=Star-telegram |date=January 9, 2015 |access-date=January 9, 2015 |archive-date=October 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030094032/http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/nba/dallas-mavericks/article5786283.html |url-status=live }}
• 2016 – John Harvard, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba (born 1938)
• 2016 – Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (born 1926)
• 2017 – Zygmunt Bauman, Polish sociologist (born 1925){{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jan/15/zygmunt-bauman-obituary |title=Zygmunt Bauman obituary |access-date=24 April 2020 |archive-date=12 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112010918/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jan/15/zygmunt-bauman-obituary |url-status=live }}
• 2018 – Kato Ottio, Papua New Guinean rugby league player (born 1994)
• 2019 – Verna Bloom, American actress (born 1938){{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/obituaries-people-news/verna-bloom-dead-dies-animal-house-1203104909/|title=Verna Bloom, Actress in 'Animal House,' 'High Plains Drifter,' Dies at 80|first1=Rachel|last1=Yang|date=January 10, 2019|access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-date=January 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115080548/https://variety.com/2019/film/obituaries-people-news/verna-bloom-dead-dies-animal-house-1203104909/|url-status=live}}
• 2019 – Paul Koslo, German-Canadian actor (born 1944){{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/paul-koslo-dies-veteran-character-actor-the-omega-man-vanishing-point-1202535059/|title=Paul Koslo Dies: Veteran Character Actor Was 74|first1=Denise|last1=Petski|date=January 14, 2019|access-date=March 9, 2019|archive-date=January 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115181901/https://deadline.com/2019/01/paul-koslo-dies-veteran-character-actor-the-omega-man-vanishing-point-1202535059/|url-status=live}}
• 2021 – John Reilly, American actor (born 1934){{cite news|url=https://www.cbr.com/john-reilly-obituary/|title=John Reilly, Iron Man: The Animated Series' Hawkeye, Dies at 86|last=Dominguez|first=Noah|website=CBR.com|date=2021-01-10|access-date=2021-05-02|archive-date=2021-01-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113030920/https://www.cbr.com/john-reilly-obituary/|url-status=live}}
• 2022 – Bob Saget, American comedian, actor, and television host (born 1956){{Cite news|last=Murphy|first=J. Kim|date=January 9, 2022|title=Bob Saget, 'Full House' Star, Dies at 65|work=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/bob-saget-dead-full-house-star-afv-host-1235149876/|access-date=January 9, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110013153/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/bob-saget-dead-full-house-star-afv-host-1235149876/|url-status=live}}
• 2022 – Maria Ewing, American opera singer (born 1950){{Cite web|date=2022-01-12|title=Maria Ewing obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/12/maria-ewing-obituary|access-date=2022-01-13|website=the Guardian|language=en}}
• 2023 – Séamus Begley, Irish accordion player, fiddler and Irish traditional musician (born 1949){{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41044790.html|title=Renowned trad musician Séamus Begley dies age 73|publisher=Irish Examiner|date=10 January 2023|access-date=14 January 2023|archive-date=12 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112163630/https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-41044790.html|url-status=live}}
• 2024 – Rashid Khan, Indian classical musician (born 1968){{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Shiv Sahay |title=Maestro Ustad Rashid Khan passes away at 55 |work=The Hindu |access-date=10 January 2024 |date=9 January 2024 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/music-maestro-ustad-rashid-khan-dies-at-55/article67723105.ece |archive-date=9 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109164332/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/music-maestro-ustad-rashid-khan-dies-at-55/article67723105.ece |url-status=live }}
• 2025 – Black Bart, American professional wrestler (born 1948){{Cite magazine |last=Ucchino |first=Rick |date=January 10, 2025 |title=Black Bart Passes Away At The Age of 76 Following A Battle With Cancer |url=https://www.si.com/fannation/wrestling/wrestling-news/black-bart-passes-away-at-the-age-of-76-following-a-battle-with-cancer |access-date=January 11, 2025 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en-US}}

• Christian feast day:
• Adrian of Canterbury{{cite web |title=Adrian of Canterbury |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095352439 |website=Oxford Reference |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en |archive-date=9 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109144252/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095352439 |url-status=live }}
• Berhtwald
• Feast of the Black Nazarene (Manila, Philippines)
• Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow
• Julia Chester Emery (Episcopal Church (USA))
• Stephen (old calendar Eastern Orthodox)
• January 9 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Start of Hōonkō (Nishi Honganji) January 9–16 (Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism)
• Martyrs' Day (Panama)
• Non-Resident Indian Day (India)
• Day of Republika Srpska (Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, result of 2016 Republika Srpska National Day referendum) (note: not celebrated and disputed in wider Bosnia and Herzegovina, having been declared unconstitutional in 2015){{Cite news | url=https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnian-serbs-celebrate-contentious-republika-srpska-day-/30368355.html | title=Bosnian Serbs Celebrate Contentious 'Republika Srpska Day' | newspaper=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | date=9 January 2020 | access-date=1 March 2021 | archive-date=17 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417232238/https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnian-serbs-celebrate-contentious-republika-srpska-day-/30368355.html | url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2020/01/09/bosnian-serbs-mark-illegal-holiday-with-grand-parade/|title=Bosnian Serbs Mark 'Illegal' Holiday with Grand Parade|date=9 January 2020|access-date=1 March 2021|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419182808/https://balkaninsight.com/2020/01/09/bosnian-serbs-mark-illegal-holiday-with-grand-parade/|url-status=live}}

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• [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9 BBC: On This Day] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226122641/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/9 |date=2008-02-26 }}
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• [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/9 Historical Events on January 9] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809080029/https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/9 |date=2020-08-09 }}

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