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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[763]] &ndash; Following the [[Alid revolt of 762–763|Battle of Bakhamra]] between [[Alids]] and [[Abbasids]] near [[Kufa]], the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of [[Isa ibn Musa]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Tony Jaques |title=Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A-E |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3amnMPTPP5MC&pg=PA98 |year=2007 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-33537-2 |pages=98}}</ref>
*[[1525]] &ndash; The [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Anabaptist]] Movement is founded when [[Conrad Grebel]], [[Felix Manz]], [[George Blaurock]], and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in [[Zürich]], breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union.<ref>{{cite book |author=William Schroeder |title=Mennonite Historical Atlas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OfyYXOGoMy8C&pg=PA111 |year=1996 |publisher=Kindred Productions |isbn=978-0-920643-05-1 |pages=111}}</ref>
*[[1535]] &ndash; Following the [[Affair of the Placards]], [[Francis I of France|the French king]] leads an anti-[[Protestant]] procession through Paris.<ref>{{cite book |author=Janine Garrisson |title=A History of Sixteenth Century France, 1483-1598: Renaissance, Reformation and Rebellion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HktdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA204 |date=14 June 1995 |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |isbn=978-1-349-24020-3 |pages=204}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |author=Mack P. Holt |title=The French Wars of Religion, 1562-1629 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dUBQKCEhylIC&pg=PA21 |date=19 October 1995 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-35873-6 |pages=21}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1720]] &ndash; Sweden and [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] sign the [[Treaty of Stockholm (Great Northern War)|Treaty of Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Robert Moffat |title=Missionary labours and scenes in Southern Africa |url=https://archive.org/details/missionarylabour07moff |year=1846 |publisher=Snow |pages=[https://archive.org/details/missionarylabour07moff/page/125 125]}}</ref>
*[[1749]] &ndash; The [[Teatro Filarmonico]] in Verona is destroyed by fire, as a result of a torch being left behind in the box of a nobleman after a performance. It is rebuilt in 1754.<ref name="Lynn2005">{{cite book |author=Karyl Charna Lynn |title=Italian Opera Houses and Festivals |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQK2AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA117 |date=1 November 2005 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4617-0678-6 |pages=117}}</ref>
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Abdul Hamid I]] becomes [[Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]] and [[Caliph of Islam]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; The first American novel, [[The Power of Sympathy|''The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth'']] by [[William Hill Brown]], is printed in [[Boston]].
*[[1793]] &ndash; After being found guilty of treason by the French [[National Convention]], [[Louis XVI]] of France is executed by [[guillotine]].
*[[1824]] &ndash;  The [[Ashantis]] [[Battle of Nsamankow|defeat]] British forces in the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]] during the [[First Anglo-Ashanti War]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Raugh |first=Harold E. |url=https://archive.org/details/the-victorians-at-war-1815-1914-an-encyclopedia-of-british-military-history/page/34/mode/1up |title=The Victorians at War, 1815-1914: An Encyclopedia of British Military History |date=2004 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |edition=Illustrated |publication-date=25 October 2004 |page=34 |language=English}}</ref>
*[[1854]] &ndash; The {{RMS|Tayleur}} sinks off [[Lambay Island]] on her maiden voyage from Liverpool to Australia with great loss of life.<ref name=starkey>{{cite book |last1=Starkey |first1=H. F. |title=Iron clipper "Tayleur": the White Star Line's "First Titanic" |date=1999 |publisher=Avid Publications |isbn=1902964004 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/ironclippertayle0000star}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; The [[Tati Concessions Land]], formerly part of [[Matabeleland]], is formally annexed to the [[Bechuanaland Protectorate]], now [[Botswana]].

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; New York City passes the [[Sullivan Ordinance]], making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
*[[1911]] &ndash; The first [[Monte Carlo Rally]] takes place.
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Kiwanis International]] is founded in [[Detroit]].
*[[1919]] &ndash; A [[First Dáil|revolutionary Irish parliament]] is founded and [[Irish Declaration of Independence|declares the independence]] of the [[Irish Republic]]. One of the [[Soloheadbeg ambush|first engagements]] of the [[Irish War of Independence]] takes place.
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Albania]] declares itself a republic.
*[[1931]] &ndash; Sir [[Isaac Isaacs]] is sworn in as the first Australian-born [[Governor-General of Australia]].
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Finland]] and the [[Soviet Union]] sign a [[Soviet–Finnish Non-Aggression Pact|non-aggression treaty]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.histdoc.net/history/nonagen1.html |title=Treaty of Non-Aggression and Pacific Settlement of Disputes between the Soviet Union and Finland, concluded on January 21, 1932 |website=Histdoc.net |access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; Sparked by the murder of a German officer in [[Bucharest]], Romania the day before, members of the [[Iron Guard]] engaged in a [[Legionnaires' rebellion and Bucharest pogrom|rebellion and pogrom]] killing 125 Jews.
*[[1942]] &ndash; The [[Jewish resistance in German-occupied Europe|Jewish resistance]] organization, [[Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye]], based in the [[Vilna Ghetto]] was established.<ref>[https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/jewish-partisans JEWISH PARTISANS], [[Holocaust Encyclopedia]]</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; As part of [[Operation Animals]], British [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] saboteurs [[Operation Washing|destroy]] the railway bridge over the Asopos River, and guerrillas of the [[Greek People's Liberation Army]] ambush and destroy a German convoy at the [[Battle of Sarantaporos (1943)|Battle of Sarantaporos]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Meyer |first=Hermann Frank |author-link= |title=Von Wien nach Kalavryta: Die blutige Spur der 117. Jäger-Division durch Serbien und Griechenland |trans-title=From Vienna to Kalavryta: The Bloody Trail of the 117th Jäger Division Across Serbia and Greece |publisher=Bibliopolis |location=Mannheim |year=2009 |language=de |isbn=978-3-941336-10-0 |pages=138–142}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[Flag of Quebec]] is adopted and flown for the first time over the [[National Assembly of Quebec]]. The day is marked annually as Québec Flag Day.
*[[1950]] &ndash; American lawyer and government official [[Alger Hiss]] is convicted of [[perjury]].
*[[1951]] &ndash; The catastrophic [[1951 eruption of Mount Lamington|eruption of Mount Lamington]] in Papua New Guinea claims 2,942 lives.<ref name="NGDC">{{cite web |title=Significant Volcanic Eruption |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/volcano/event-more-info/2188 |website=ngdc.noaa.gov |publisher=NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information |access-date=23 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; The first [[nuclear marine propulsion|nuclear-powered]] submarine, the {{USS|Nautilus|SSN-571|6}}, is [[ceremonial ship launching|launched]] in [[Groton, Connecticut]] by [[Mamie Eisenhower]], the [[First Lady of the United States]].
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Little Joe 1B]], a [[Project Mercury|Mercury]] spacecraft, lifts off from [[Wallops Island]], [[Virginia]] with [[Miss Sam]], a female [[rhesus macaque|rhesus monkey]] on board.
*  1960   &ndash; [[Avianca Flight 671]] crashes at [[Montego Bay]], Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
*  1960   &ndash; [[Coalbrook mining disaster|A coal mine collapses]] at [[Holly Country]], South Africa, killing 435 miners.
*[[1963]] &ndash; The [[Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad]] ends operation.<ref>"Rail buys CTA bonds, sells 'L' right of way."  ''Chicago Daily Tribune''.  1953-10-17.</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]], [[Battle of Khe Sanh]]: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
*  1968   &ndash; A [[B-52]] bomber [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash|crashes]] near [[Thule Air Base]], contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
*[[1971]] &ndash; The current [[Emley Moor transmitting station]], the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting [[UHF]] broadcasts.
*[[1976]] &ndash; Commercial service of ''[[Concorde]]'' begins with the [[Concorde#Scheduled flights|London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio]] routes.
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Iran Air Flight 291]] crashes in the [[Alborz|Alborz Mountains]] while on approach to [[Mehrabad International Airport]] in [[Tehran]], Iran, killing 128 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19800121-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-86 EP-IRD Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR) |last=Ranter |first=Harro |website=aviation-safety.net |access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; Production of the [[DMC DeLorean|DeLorean]] sports car begins in [[Dunmurry]], Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Galaxy Airlines Flight 203]] crashes near [[Reno–Tahoe International Airport]] in [[Reno, Nevada]], killing 70 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19850121-0 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-188A Electra N5532 Reno/Tahoe International Airport, NV (RNO) |last=Ranter |first=Harro |website=aviation-safety.net |access-date=2019-08-27}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; The [[U.S. House of Representatives]] votes 395–28 to reprimand [[Newt Gingrich]] for ethics violations, making him the first Speaker of the House to be so disciplined.
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[War on Drugs]]: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the [[United States Coast Guard]] intercepts a ship with over {{convert|4300|kg|lb}} of [[cocaine]] on board.
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Ecuador]]: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. [[Lucio Gutiérrez]], Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President [[Jamil Mahuad]]. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President [[Gustavo Noboa]] to succeed Mahuad.
*[[2003]] &ndash; A 7.6 magnitude [[2003 Colima earthquake|earthquake]] strikes the Mexican state of [[Colima]], killing 29 and leaving approximately 10,000 people homeless.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2003/eq_030122/ |title=USGS NEIC: Earthquake Bulletin: COLIMA, MEXICO |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511234709/http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2003/eq_030122/ |archive-date=2008-05-11 |url-status=dead |access-date=January 16, 2021}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s [[MER-A]] (the Mars Rover ''Spirit'') ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its [[flash memory]] and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6.
*[[2005]] &ndash; In [[Belmopan]], Belize, the [[2005 Belize unrest|unrest over the government's new taxes]] erupts into riots.
*[[2009]] &ndash; Israel withdraws from the [[Gaza Strip]], officially ending a [[Gaza War (2008–09)|three-week war]] it had with Hamas. However, intermittent fire by both sides continues in the weeks to follow.
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations|Anti-government demonstrations]] take place in [[Tirana]], Albania. Four people died from gunshots, allegedly fired from armed police protecting the Prime Minister's office.<ref>{{cite web |author=Besar Likmeta |url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/wounded-albanian-journalist-says-national-guard-shot-him-and-protesters |title=Republican Guard Shot Us, Claims Albanian Journalist |date=25 January 2011 |publisher=Balkan Insight}}</ref> 
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Rojava conflict]]: The [[Jazira Region|Jazira Canton]] declares its autonomy from the [[Syria|Syrian Arab Republic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2014/1/syriakurd1028.htm |title=Al-Qamishli to be capital city of Jazeera Canton in Syrian Kurdistan |work=Firat News |date=26 January 2014}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; Over 400 cities across America and 160+ countries worldwide participate in a large-scale [[2017 Women's March|women's march]], on [[Donald Trump]]'s first full day as [[President of the United States]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.ft.com/content/7b34cd82-dfe2-11e6-8405-9e5580d6e5fb |title=Trump reacts to mass protests with conciliatory tweet: More than 2.5m people gather around the world to take part in Women's March |date=January 22, 2017 |work=Financial Times |last2=Rennison |first2=Joe |last3=Whipp |first3=Lindsay |last4=Bullock |first4=Nicole |access-date=January 22, 2017 |last1=Weaver |first1=Courtney |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122050503/https://www.ft.com/content/7b34cd82-dfe2-11e6-8405-9e5580d6e5fb |archive-date=January 22, 2017}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; Huu Can Tran, 72, [[2023 Monterey Park shooting|opens fire]] in a dance studio in [[Monterey Park, California]], killing eleven people and injuring nine others before later committing suicide. It is the worst mass shooting in Los Angeles County since the 2008 [[Covina massacre]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-22/la-me-monterey-park-mass-shooting |title=10 people killed, 10 injured in mass shooting at Monterey Park dance studio |work=The Los Angeles Times |last1=Winton |first1=Richard |last2=Park |first2=Jeong |last3=Jany |first3=Libor |last4=Lin |first4=Summer |last5=Ellis |first5=Summer |date=January 22, 2023 |accessdate=January 23, 2023 |archive-date=January 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122085355/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-01-22/la-me-monterey-park-mass-shooting |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; A [[2025 Kartalkaya hotel fire|fire]] at the Grand Kartal Hotel in the [[Kartalkaya]] ski resort in [[Bolu Province]], Turkey, results in 78 people dead and 51 injured.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 23, 2025 |title=Waitress dies from Turkish ski resort blaze, one of 78 lives lost as concerns over safety revive |url=https://apnews.com/article/turkey-ski-resort-fire-safety-hotel-kartalkaya-3f1643306b8971ee79d7625dbce0ac4d |access-date=January 23, 2025 |work=AP News}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1264]] &ndash; [[Alexander, Prince of Scotland]] (died 1284)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Janay Nugent |author2=Elizabeth Ewan |title=Children and Youth in Premodern Scotland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E-XwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA158 |year=2015 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-1-78327-043-9 |pages=158–}}</ref>
*[[1277]] &ndash; [[Galeazzo I Visconti]], lord of [[Milan]] (died 1328)
*[[1338]] &ndash; [[Charles V of France]] (died 1380)<ref>{{cite book |author=Richard K. Emmerson |title=Key Figures in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BhyOAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA127 |date=18 October 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-77519-2 |pages=127–}}</ref>
*[[1493]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Poggio]], Italian cardinal and diplomat (died 1556)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-poggio_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |title=POGGIO, Giovanni |first=Giampiero |last=Brunelli |encyclopedia=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani |language=it |volume=85 |year=2016}}</ref>
*[[1598]] &ndash; [[Matsudaira Tadamasa]], Japanese samurai and daimyō (died 1645)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Papinot, Taylor |title=Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan |date=1948 |publisher=Overbeck Co. |location=New York}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz]], count of [[Nassau-Dietz]] (died 1640)
*[[1636]] &ndash; [[Melchiorre Cafà]], Maltese Baroque sculptor (baptised;<ref>{{cite book |author=Keith Sciberras |title=Melchiorre Cafà |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dXLqAAAAMAAJ |year=2006 |publisher=Midsea Books, for the History of Art Programme, University of Malta |isbn=978-99932-7-097-3}}</ref> (died 1667)
*[[1655]] &ndash; [[Antonio Molinari (painter)|Antonio Molinari]], Italian painter (died 1704)<ref>Sonja Brink: ''Genio vigoroso ed originale. Die Zeichnungen des Antonio Molinari.'' (Ausstellungskatalog, Museum Kunst Palast, Sammlung der [[Kunstakademie Düsseldorf]]) Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2005. {{ISBN|3-422-06538-5}}</ref>
*[[1659]] &ndash; [[Adriaen van der Werff]], Dutch painter (died 1722)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Albert Blankert |author2=Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, Netherlands) |author3=Städelsches Kunstinstitut (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) |title=Dutch classicism in seventeenth-century painting |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VszqAAAAMAAJ |year=1999 |publisher=NAi Publishers |isbn=9789056621216}}</ref>
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg]], Margravine of [[Baden-Baden]] (died 1733)<ref>Saskia Esser: ''Leben und Werk der Markgräfin Franziska Sibylla Augusta''. Ausstellungskatalog, Stadt Rastatt, Rastatt 1983, {{ISBN|3-923082-01-0}}.</ref>
*[[1714]] &ndash; [[Anna Morandi Manzolini]], Italian anatomist (died 1774)<ref>{{cite book |first=Rebecca |last=Messbarge |title=The Lady Anatomist: The Life and Work of Anna Morandi Manzolini |location=Chicago |publisher=The University of Chicago Press |year=2019 |page=3 |isbn=978-0-22652-083-4}}</ref>
*[[1717]] &ndash; [[Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa]], Spanish military officer and governor of Cuba (died 1779)
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[James Murray (British Army officer, born 1721)|James Murray]], Scottish-English general and politician, [[Governor of Minorca]] (died 1794)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg]], son of [[Karl Alexander, Duke of Württemberg]], and [[Princess Maria Augusta of Thurn and Taxis]] (died 1797)
*[[1738]] &ndash; [[Ethan Allen]], American general (died 1789)<ref>{{cite book |author=John Powell |title=Magill's Guide to Military History: A-Cor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mokYAAAAIAAJ |year=2001 |publisher=Salem Press |isbn=978-0-89356-015-7 |page=49}}</ref>
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Chaim of Volozhin]], Orthodox rabbi (died 1821)
*[[1763]] &ndash; [[Augustin Robespierre]], younger brother of French Revolutionary leader [[Maximilien Robespierre]] (died 1794)
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[Manuel García (tenor)|Manuel Garcia]], Spanish opera singer and composer (died 1832)
*[[1784]] &ndash; [[Peter De Wint]], English painter (died 1849)
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[William Henry Smyth]], [[Royal Navy]] officer, hydrographer, astronomer and numismatist (died 1865)
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel]], consort of [[George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (died 1880)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[Joseph Méry]], French author and journalist (died 1866)
*[[1800]] &ndash; [[Theodor Fliedner]], German Lutheran minister (died 1864)
*[[1801]] &ndash; [[John Batman]], Australian entrepreneur and explorer (died 1839)
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Moritz von Schwind]], Austrian painter (died 1871)
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Juan Crisóstomo Torrico]], 16th President of Peru (died 1875)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Pierre Louis Charles de Failly]], French general (died 1892)
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn]], British statesman (died 1885)<ref>{{cite book |author=John Debrett |title=Debrett's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland. [Another] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UNQDAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA40 |year=1836 |publisher=J.G. & F. Rivington |pages=40}}</ref>
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[John C. Frémont]], American general, explorer, and politician, 5th [[List of Governors of Arizona|Territorial Governor of Arizona]] (died 1890)
*  1813   &ndash; [[Giuseppe Montanelli]], Italian statesman and author (died 1862)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Johann Georg Theodor Grässe]], German bibliographer and historian (died 1885)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Horace Wells]], American dentist (died 1848)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Joseph Wolf]], German ornithologist and illustrator (died 1899)
*  1820   &ndash; [[Egide Walschaerts]], Belgian mechanical engineer (died 1901)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Stonewall Jackson]], American general (died 1863)
*[[1827]] &ndash; [[Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin]], Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1900)
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Oscar II of Sweden]] (died 1907)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[George Kerferd]], English-Australian politician, 10th [[Premier of Victoria]] (died 1889)<ref name=DAB>{{cite web |url=http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1500721h/0-dict-biogI-K.html#kerferd1 |title=Kerferd, George Briscoe |access-date=2013-04-17 |author=Percival Serle |author-link=Percival Serle |work=[[Dictionary of Australian Biography]] |publisher=Angus & Robertson |year=1949}}</ref>
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Caterina Volpicelli]], Italian Roman Catholic nun (died 1894)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Sophia Jex-Blake]], English physician and feminist (died 1912)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Édouard Schuré]], French philosopher and author (died 1929)
*[[1843]] &ndash; [[Émile Levassor]], French engineer (died 1897)
*[[1845]] &ndash; [[Harriet Backer]], Norwegian painter (died 1932)<ref>{{cite book |first=Richard |last=Muther |title=The History of Modern Painting - Volume 3 |location=London |publisher=J.M. Dent & Co |year=1907 |oclc=1195527478 |page=832}}</ref>
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Pieter Hendrik Schoute]], Dutch mathematician and academic (died 1923)
*  1846   &ndash; [[Albert Lavignac]], French music scholar (died 1916)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Joseph Achille Le Bel]], French chemist (died 1930)<ref>{{cite book |author=Chemical Society (Great Britain) |title=Journal of the Chemical Society |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MlZGAQAAMAAJ |year=1930 |page=2789}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Henri Duparc (composer)|Henri Duparc]], French soldier and composer (died 1933)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Allamano]], Italian Roman Catholic priest (died 1926)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Karl Julius Beloch]], German classical and economic historian (died 1929)
*  1854   &ndash; [[Eusapia Palladino]], Italian spiritualist (died 1918)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]], the youngest daughter of King [[Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies]] (died 1874)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Karl Staaff]], Swedish lawyer and politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] (died 1915)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Israel Zangwill]], British author (died 1926)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Albers-Schonberg]], German gynecologist and radiologist (died 1921)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Thoma]], German paramedic and author (died 1921)
*  1867   &ndash; [[Maxime Weygand]], Belgian-French general (died 1965)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Felix Hoffmann]], German chemist (died 1946)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Grigori Rasputin]], Russian mystic (died 1916)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Olga Preobrajenska]], Russian ballerina (died 1962)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Arturo Labriola]], Italian revolutionary syndicalist (died 1959)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[René-Louis Baire]], French mathematician (died 1932)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Paul E. Kahle]], German orientalist (died 1964)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Baldassarre Negroni]], Italian director and screenwriter (died 1948)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Vahan Tekeyan]], Armenian poet and activist (died 1948)<ref>{{cite book |title=The Armenian Review |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OPYDAAAAYAAJ |year=1978 |publisher=Hairenik Association |page=371}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[George Van Biesbroeck]], Belgian–American astronomer (died 1974)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Ernst Fast]], Swedish runner (died 1959)
*  1881   &ndash; [[André Godard]], French archaeologist, architect and historian (died 1965)
*  1881   &ndash; [[Ivan Ribar]], Yugoslav politician (died 1968)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Pavel Florensky]], Russian mathematician and theologian (died 1937)
*  1882   &ndash; [[Francis Gailey]], Australian-American swimmer (died 1972)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Olav Aukrust]], Norwegian poet and educator (died 1929)
*  1883   &ndash; [[Oskar Baum]], Bohemian writer (died 1941)<ref>{{Cite book |last= |url= |title=Lexikon deutsch-jüdischer Autoren |publisher=K. G. Saur |year=1992 |isbn=3-598-22680-2 |editor-last=Archiv Bibliographia Judaica |volume=I (A - Benc) |location=Berlin |pages=398–404 [398] |language=de |chapter=Baum, Oskar |doi=10.1515/9783110975864 |oclc=979630446 |chapter-url=https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110975864.398}}</ref>
*  1883   &ndash; [[Mathias Hynes]], British [[tug of war]] competitor (died 1926)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Duncan Grant]], British painter and designer (died 1978)
*  1885   &ndash; [[Umberto Nobile]], Italian engineer and explorer (died 1978)
*  1885   &ndash; [[Harold A. Wilson (athlete)|Harold A. Wilson]], English runner (died 1932)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[John M. Stahl]], American director and producer (died 1950)<ref>{{cite book |last=Babington |first=Bruce |chapter=John M. Stahl: The Early Years (1886-1927) |title=The Call of the Heart: John M. Stahl and Hollywood Melodrama |editor-last1=Babington |editor-first1=Bruce |editor-last2=Barr |editor-first2=Charles |location=Barnet, Herts., U.K. |publisher=John Libbey Publishing |date=2018 |isbn=9780861967360 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OJ5-DwAAQBAJ |pages=16–18}}</ref>
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Köhler]], German psychologist and phenomenologist (died 1967)
*  1887   &ndash; [[Ernest Holmes]], American New Thought writer (died 1960)
*  1887   &ndash; [[Georges Vézina]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 1926)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Pitirim Sorokin]], American sociologist and political activist (died 1968)
*  1889   &ndash; [[Edith Tolkien]], wife and muse of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] (died 1971)<ref>{{cite book |last=Xander |first=Jesse |title=The Real J.R.R. Tolkien: The Man Who Created Middle-Earth |location=Barnsley, South Yorkshire, U.K. |publisher=White Owl Books |date=2021 |isbn=9781526765154 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OjwvEAAAQBAJ |page=45}}</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Albert Battel]], German Army lieutenant and lawyer (died 1952)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Francisco Lázaro]], Portuguese marathon runner (died 1912)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Cristóbal Balenciaga]], Spanish fashion designer, founded [[Balenciaga]] (died 1972)<ref>{{cite book |author=Richard Harrison Martin |title=Contemporary Fashion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dWIjAQAAIAAJ |year=1995 |publisher=St. James Press |isbn=978-1-55862-173-2 |page=33}}</ref>
*  1895   &ndash; [[Daniel Chalonge]], French astrophysicist and astronomer (died 1977)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Noe Itō]], Japanese anarchist, author and feminist (died 1923)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Guy Gilpatric]], American pilot and journalist (died 1950)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Paula Hitler]], younger sister of [[Adolf Hitler]] (died 1960)
*  1896   &ndash; [[J. Carrol Naish]], American actor (died 1973)<ref>{{cite book |last=Arnold |first=Mark |title=Stars of Walt Disney Productions |location=Orlando, Fla. |publisher=Bear Manor Media |date=2023 |isbn=9798887710723 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9aKnEAAAQBAJ |page=2017}}</ref>
*  1896   &ndash; [[Masa Perttilä]], Finnish wrestler (died 1968)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[René Iché]], French sculptor (died 1954)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Rudolph Maté]], Polish-Hungarian-American cinematographer, producer and director (died 1964)
*  1898   &ndash; [[Ahmad Shah Qajar]], Shah of Persia (died 1930)
*  1898   &ndash; [[Eduard Zintl]], German chemist (died 1941)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[John Bodkin Adams]], British general practitioner and convict (died 1983)<ref>{{cite book |author=David K. Frasier |title=Murder Cases of the Twentieth Century: Biographies and Bibliographies of 280 Convicted Or Accused Killers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHvaAAAAMAAJ |year=1996 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0184-0 |page=2}}</ref>
*  1899   &ndash; [[Gyula Mándi]], Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1969)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mtkbudapest.hu/hu/hirek/multidezes/ezen-a-napon-hunyt-el-mandi-gyula-mandula-az-aranycsapat-allami-edzoje |date=18 October 2019 |website=Az MTK Budapest |title=Ezen a Napon Hunyt el Mandi Gwyla, Mandula, Az Aranycsapat "Allami Edzoje" |access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref>
*  1899   &ndash; [[Alexander Tcherepnin]], Russian-American pianist and composer (died 1977)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Elof Ahrle]], Swedish actor and director (died 1965)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Anselm Franz]], Austrian engineer (died 1994)<ref>"Franz, Anselm", in ''Air Warfare: An International Encyclopedia'', by Walter J. Boyne (ABC-CLIO, 2002) p234</ref>
*  1900   &ndash; [[Fernando Quiroga Palacios]], Spanish Cardinal (died 1971)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Ricardo Zamora]], Spanish footballer and manager (died 1978)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[William Lyon (film editor)|William Lyon]], American film editor (died 1974)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Raymond Suvigny]], French weightlifter (died 1945)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[John Porter (ice hockey)|John Porter]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 1997)
*  1904   &ndash; [[Puck van Heel]], Dutch footballer (died 1984)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Christian Dior]], French fashion designer, founded [[Christian Dior S.A.]] (died 1957)<ref>{{cite book |author=Marie France Pochna |title=Christian Dior: The Man who Made the World Look New |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ffkK4dy00SoC&pg=PA5 |year=1996 |publisher=Arcade Publishing |isbn=978-1-55970-340-6 |pages=5}}</ref>
*  1905   &ndash; [[Karl Wallenda]], German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded [[The Flying Wallendas]] (died 1978)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 21: Geena Davis, Luke Grimes |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/21/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-21-Geena-Davis-Luke-Grimes/8001674260765/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=19 January 2024 |date=21 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Igor Moiseyev]], Russian choreographer (died 2007)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Selma Jeanne Cohen |author2=George E. Dorris |title=International Encyclopedia of Dance: A Project of Dance Perspectives Foundation, Inc |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nhsKAQAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-512308-1 |page=443}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Carlo Cavagnoli]], Italian boxer (died 1991)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Todor Skalovski]], Macedonian composer and conductor (died 2004)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Teofilo Spasojević]], Serbian footballer (died 1970)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Rosa Kellner]], German athlete (died 1984)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Albert Rosellini]], American lawyer and politician, 15th [[Governor of Washington]] (died 2011)<ref name="Rosellini)1984">{{cite book |title=Guide to the Governors' Papers. Volume 4. Albert D. Rosellini, 1957-1964 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hngVAQAAIAAJ |year=1984 |publisher=Washington State Archives |page=1876}}</ref>
*  1910   &ndash; [[Hideo Shinojima]], Japanese footballer (died 1975)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Károly Takács]], Hungarian shooter (died 1976)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Dick Garrard]], Australian wrestler (died 2003)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Lee Yoo-hyung]], Korean footballer and manager (died 2003)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Konrad Emil Bloch]], German-American biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2000)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[André Lichnerowicz]], French mathematician (died 1998)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Orazio Mariani]], Italian sprinter (died 1981)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Pietro Rava]], Italian footballer (died 2006)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/dec/06/guardianobituaries.football |title=Pietro Rava |date=6 December 2006 |author=Brian Glanville |website=The Guardian |access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref>
*  1916   &ndash; [[Zypora Spaisman]], Polish midwife; American and Yiddish-language actress; producer of the Yiddish stage (died 2002)<ref>{{cite book |title=Jewish Currents |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZMFtAAAAMAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=Jewish Currents |page=21}}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Erling Persson]], [[H&M]] founder (died 2002)<ref>{{cite book |author=Joseph Whitaker |title=An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord ... |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zrgYAAAAIAAJ |year=2004 |publisher=J. Whitaker |page=1081 |isbn=9780713667219}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Hagan]], English footballer (died 1998)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Antonio Janigro]], Italian cellist and conductor (died 1989)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Richard Winters]], American soldier (died 2011)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Eric Brown (pilot)|Eric Brown]], Scottish-English captain and pilot (died 2016)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Errol Barrow]], first Prime Minister of Barbados (died 1987)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Lincoln Alexander]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 23rd [[Minister of Labour (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Labour]] (died 2012)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Telly Savalas]], American actor (died 1994)<ref>{{cite book |last=Plato |first=Herbie J. |title=Dashing, Daring, and Debonair: TV's Top Male Icons From the 50s, 60s, and 70s |location=Lanham, Md. |publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing |date=2016 |isbn=9781630760526 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vaI9DAAAQBAJ |page=205}}</ref>
*  1922   &ndash; [[Paul Scofield]], English actor (died 2008)<ref>{{cite book |author=Garry O'Connor |title=Paul Scofield: An Actor for All Seasons |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noiRAAAAIAAJ |year=2002 |publisher=Applause |isbn=978-1-55783-499-7 |page=15}}</ref>
*  1922   &ndash; [[Predrag Vranicki]], Croatian Marxist humanist (died 2002)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Alberto de Mendoza]], Argentine actor (died 2011)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Lola Flores]], Spanish singer, dancer, and actress (died 1995)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Pahiño]], Spanish footballer (died 2012)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Shafiga Akhundova]], Azerbaijani Composer, first professional female author of an opera in the East (died 2013)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://oxfordfeministepress.com/shafiga-akhundova/ |title=The people's composer: Shafiga Akhundova |date=5 May 2018}}</ref>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Benny Hill]], English actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1992)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Charles Aidman]], American actor (died 1993)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Alex Forbes]], Scottish footballer (died 2014)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Eva Ibbotson]], Austrian-English author (died 2010)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Arnold Skaaland]], American wrestler and manager (died 2007)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Clive Donner]], British director (died 2010)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Franco Evangelisti (composer)|Franco Evangelisti]], Italian composer (died 1980)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Steve Reeves]], American bodybuilder and actor (died 2000)<ref>{{cite news |last=Lane |first=John Francis |title=Steve Reeves: Putting muscle and myth in the movies |work=The Guardian |date=June 5, 2000 |accessdate=January 21, 2023 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/06/guardianobituaries.filmnews}}</ref>
*  1926   &ndash; [[Roger Taillibert]], French architect (died 2019)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Robert J. White]], American neurosurgeon (died 2010)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Clive Churchill]], Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1985)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/clive-churchill/summary.html |title=Clive Churchill – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project |publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref>
*  1927   &ndash; [[Rudolf Krause (footballer)|Rudolf Kraus]], German footballer (died 2003)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Reynaldo Bignone]], Argentinian general and politician, 41st President of Argentina (died 2018)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Gene Sharp]], American political scientist and academic, founded the [[Albert Einstein Institution]] (died 2018)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Radley Metzger]], American filmmaker (died 2017)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Mainza Chona]], Zambian lawyer and politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of Zambia]] (died 2001)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Valentin Filatyev]], Soviet cosmonaut (died 1990)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |last2=Hall |first2=Rex |title=The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact |date=2009 |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |isbn=9780387848235 |page=40 |lccn=2008935694}}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Yoshiko Kuga]], Japanese actress (died 2024)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Tony Marchi]], English footballer (died 2022)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=4799 |title=Tony Marchi |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1933   &ndash; [[Habib Thiam]], Senegalese politician (died 2017)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Audrey Dalton]], Irish actress
*  1934   &ndash; [[Antonio Karmany]], Spanish cyclist
*  1934   &ndash; [[Alfonso Portugal]], Mexican footballer (died 2016)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Ann Wedgeworth]], American actress (died 2017)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Dick Davies]], American basketball player (died 2012)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Judit Ágoston-Mendelényi]], Hungarian fencer (died 2013)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria]], the youngest son of [[Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria]]
*  1938   &ndash; [[Wolfman Jack]], radio personality (died 1995)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/02/obituaries/wolfman-jack-raspy-voice-of-the-radio-is-dead-at-57.html |title=Wolfman Jack, Raspy Voice of the Radio, is Dead at 57 |work=The New York Times |date=2 July 1995 |last1=Herszenhorn |first1=David M.}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Romano Fogli]], Italian footballer (died 2021)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Paul Genevay]], French sprinter (died 2022)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Friedel Lutz]], German footballer (died 2023)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Steve Paxton]], American dancer and choreographer (died 2024)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Viacheslav Platonov]], Russian volleyball player and coach (died 2005)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Jack Nicklaus]], American golfer and sportscaster<ref name="AP"/>
*  1940   &ndash; [[Patrick Robinson (author)|Patrick Robinson]], English novelist
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud]], Saudi Arabian prince (died 2013)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Plácido Domingo]], Spanish tenor and conductor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Richie Havens]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10013605/Richie-Havens.html |title=Richie Havens |access-date=April 24, 2013 |date=April 23, 2013 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Mike Medavoy]], Chinese-born American film producer, co-founded [[Orion Pictures]]
*  1941   &ndash; [[Ivan Putski]], Polish-American wrestler and bodybuilder
*  1941   &ndash; [[Elaine Showalter]], American author and critic
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Freddy Breck]], German singer, producer, and news anchor (died 2008)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Eugène Camara]], Prime Minister of Guinea (died 2019)<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070928035800/http://www.guineeconakry.info/index.php?action=read&item=1169300796 "Qui est Eugène Camara, le nouveau ministre d'Etat aux Affaires présidentielles ?"]}}, Guineeconakry.info, 20 January 2007 {{in lang|fr}}.</ref>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Mac Davis]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2020)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Han Pil-hwa]], North Korean speed skater
*  1942   &ndash; [[Edwin Starr]], American singer-songwriter (died 2003)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Michael G. Wilson]], American producer and screenwriter
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Zdravko Hebel]], Croatian water polo player (died 2017)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Arnar Jónsson (actor)|Arnar Jónsson]], Icelandic actor
*  1943   &ndash; [[Alfons Peeters]], Belgian footballer (died 2015)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Kenzo Yokoyama]], Japanese footballer
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Uto Ughi]], Italian violinist
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Arthur Beetson]], Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2011)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/arthur-beetson/summary.html |title=Arthur Beetson – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project |publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref>
*  1945   &ndash; [[Pete Kircher]], English drummer
*  1945   &ndash; [[Martin Shaw]], English actor and producer
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Ichiro Hosotani]], Japanese footballer
*  1946   &ndash; [[Nella Martinetti]], Swiss singer (died 2011)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Tomás Pineda]], El Salvadoran footballer
*  1946   &ndash; [[Miguel Reina]], Spanish footballer
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Andrzej Bachleda (born 1947)|Andrzej Bachleda]], Polish former alpine skier
*  1947   &ndash; [[Jill Eikenberry]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Dorian M. Goldfeld]], American mathematician
*  1947   &ndash; [[Pye Hastings]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1947   &ndash; [[Michel Jonasz]], French singer-songwriter and actor
*  1947   &ndash; [[Joseph Nicolosi]], American clinical psychologist (died 2017)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Giuseppe Savoldi]], Italian footballer
*  1947   &ndash; [[Roberto Zywica]], Argentine footballer
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Zygmunt Kukla (footballer)|Zygmunt Kukla]], Polish footballer (died 2016)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Hugo Tocalli]], Argentine footballer
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Clifford Ray]], American basketball coach and player
*  1949   &ndash; [[Trương Tấn Sang]], Vietnamese politician and 7th [[President of Vietnam]]
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Marion Becker]], German javelin thrower
*  1950   &ndash; [[Gary Locke]], American politician and diplomat, 36th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1950   &ndash; [[José Marín (racewalker)|José Marín]], Spanish racewalker
*  1950   &ndash; [[Billy Ocean]], Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1950   &ndash; [[Agnes van Ardenne]], Dutch politician and diplomat, [[Minister for Development Cooperation (Netherlands)|Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation]]
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Eric Holder]], American lawyer, judge, and politician, 82nd [[United States Attorney General]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Marco Camenisch]], Swiss activist and murderer
*  1952   &ndash; [[Werner Grissmann]], Austrian alpine skier
*  1952   &ndash; [[Mikhail Umansky]], Russian chess player (died 2010)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Paul Allen]], American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded [[Microsoft]] (died 2018)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/paul-allens-sister-jody-named-executor-trustee-of-late-billionaires-estate/ |title=Paul Allen's sister Jody named executor, trustee of late billionaire's estate |date=2018-10-24 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-20}}</ref>
*  1953   &ndash; [[Felipe Yáñez (cyclist)|Felipe Yáñez]], Spanish cyclist
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Thomas de Maizière]], German politician of the Christian Democratic Union
*  1954   &ndash; [[Idrissa Ouedraogo]], Burkinabé director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2018)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Phil Thompson]], English footballer and coach
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Peter Fleming (tennis)|Peter Fleming]], American tennis player
*  1955   &ndash; [[Jeff Koons]], American painter and sculptor<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1955   &ndash; [[Nello Musumeci]], Italian politician and President of Sicily
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Robby Benson]], American actor and director<ref name="AP"/>
*  1956   &ndash; [[Geena Davis]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 21, 2023 includes celebrities Luke Grimes, Geena Davis |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-21-2023-includes-celebrities-luke-grimes-geena-davis.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=19 January 2024 |date=21 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Hussein Saeed]], Iraqi footballer
*  1958   &ndash; [[Matt Salmon]], American politician
*  1958   &ndash; [[Sergei Walter]], Ukrainian politician (died 2015)
*  1958   &ndash; [[Michael Wincott]], Canadian actor
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Sergei Alifirenko]], Russian pistol shooter
*  1959   &ndash; [[Alex McLeish]], Scottish footballer and manager
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Sidney Lowe]], American basketball player
*  1960   &ndash; [[Mike Terrana]], American hard rock and heavy metal drummer
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Kevin Cramer]], American politician
*  1961   &ndash; [[Cornelia Pröll]], Austrian alpine skier
*  1961   &ndash; [[Ivo Pukanić]] Croatian journalist (died 2008)
*  1961   &ndash; [[Gary Shaw (footballer, born 1961)|Gary Shaw]], English footballer (died 2024)
*  1961   &ndash; [[Piotr Ugrumov]], Russian cyclist
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Tyler Cowen]], American economist and academic
*  1962   &ndash; [[Isabelle Nanty]], French actress, director and screenwriter
*  1962   &ndash; [[Gabriele Pin]], Italian footballer and coach
*  1962   &ndash; [[Zoran Thaler]], Slovenian politician
*  1962   &ndash; [[Marie Trintignant]], French actress (died 2003)
*  1962   &ndash; [[Erik Verlinde]], Dutch theoretical physicist
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Hakeem Olajuwon]], Nigerian-American basketball player<ref name="AP"/>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Detlef Schrempf]], German basketball player and coach
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Andreas Bauer (ski jumper)|Andreas Bauer]], German ski jumper
*  1964   &ndash; [[Tony Dolan]], English musician and actor
*  1964   &ndash; [[Gérald Passi]], French footballer
*  1964   &ndash; [[Ricardo Serna]], Spanish footballer
*  1964   &ndash; [[Aleksandar Šoštar]], Serbian water polo player
*  1964   &ndash; [[Danny Wallace (footballer)|Danny Wallace]], English footballer
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Robert Del Naja]], British artist, musician and singer
*  1965   &ndash; [[Jam Master Jay]], American DJ, rapper, and producer (died 2002)
*  1965   &ndash; [[Masahiro Wada]], Japanese footballer
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Ulf Dahlén]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ulf Dahlen |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/ulf-dahlen-8446295 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Alfred Jermaniš]], Slovenian footballer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Artashes Minasian]], Armenian chess player
*  1967   &ndash; [[Gorō Miyazaki]], Japanese film director and landscaper
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Artur Dmitriev]], Russian ice skater
*  1968   &ndash; [[Dmitry Fomin]], Russian volleyball player
*  1968   &ndash; [[Sébastien Lifshitz]], French director
*  1968   &ndash; [[Steven Marshall]], Australian politician, 46th [[Premier of South Australia]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=AdelaideAZ |url=https://adelaideaz.com/articles/steven-marshall-focus-on-payroll-cuts--free-shops-hours--icac-and-reviving-repat |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=adelaideaz.com |archive-date=30 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230430040900/https://adelaideaz.com/articles/steven-marshall-focus-on-payroll-cuts--free-shops-hours--icac-and-reviving-repat |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Charlotte Ross]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Ilya Smirin]], Israeli chess Grandmaster
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[John Ducey]], American actor
*  1969   &ndash; [[Eduard Hämäläinen]], Finnish-Belarusian decathlete
*  1969   &ndash; [[Karina Lombard]], French-American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Tsubaki Nekoi]], Japanese comic artist
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Alen Bokšić]], former Croatian footballer
*  1970   &ndash; [[Marina Foïs]], French actress
*  1970   &ndash; [[Ken Leung]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1970   &ndash; [[Oren Peli]], Israeli-American director, producer and screenwriter
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Uni Arge]], Faroese footballer and entertainer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Rafael Berges]], Spanish footballer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Doug Edwards]], American basketball player
*  1971   &ndash; [[Dmitri Khlestov]], Russian footballer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Sergey Klevchenya]], Russian speed skater
*  1971   &ndash; [[Dylan Kussman]], American actor
*  1971   &ndash; [[Doug Weight]], American ice hockey player and coach
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Billel Dziri]], Algerian footballer and manager
*  1972   &ndash; [[Rick Falkvinge]], Swedish businessman and politician
*  1972   &ndash; [[Sead Kapetanović]], Bosnian footballer
*  1972   &ndash; [[Yasunori Mitsuda]], Japanese composer and producer
*  1972   &ndash; [[Cat Power]], American singer, musician and actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Shawn Rojeski]], American curler
*  1972   &ndash; [[Sabina Valbusa]], Italian cross-country skier
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Rob Hayles]], English cyclist
*  1973   &ndash; [[Chris Kilmore]], American musician and DJ<ref name="AP"/>
*  1973   &ndash; [[Edvinas Krungolcas]], Lithuanian modern pentathlete
*  1973   &ndash; [[Flavio Maestri]], Peruvian footballer
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Malena Alterio]], Spanish actress
*  1974   &ndash; [[Maxwell Atoms]], American animator, screenwriter and voice actor
*  1974   &ndash; [[Kim Dotcom]], German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur and political activist
*  1974   &ndash; [[Arthémon Hatungimana]], Burundian middle-distance runner
*  1974   &ndash; [[Vincent Laresca]], American actor
*  1974   &ndash; [[Ulrich Le Pen]], French footballer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Marco Zanotti (cyclist, born 1974)|Marco Zanotti]], Italian cyclist
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Nicky Butt]], English footballer and coach
*  1975   &ndash; [[Thomas Castaignède]], French rugby player<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/saracens/6641665.stm Castaignède calls time on career] BBC Sport - 10 May 2007</ref> 
*  1975   &ndash; [[Casey FitzRandolph]], American speedskater
*  1975   &ndash; [[Yuji Ide]], Japanese race car driver
*  1975   &ndash; [[Ito (footballer, born 1975)|Ito]], Spanish footballer and manager
*  1975   &ndash; [[Willem Korsten]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/1645/Willem-Korsten/overview |title=Willem Korsten |website=premierleague.com |access-date=20 January 2020}}</ref> 
*  1975   &ndash; [[Jason Moran (musician)|Jason Moran]], American jazz pianist, composer and educator
*  1975   &ndash; [[Florin Șerban]], Romanian director
*  1975   &ndash; [[Alyaksandr Yermakovich]], Belarusian footballer and manager
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Aivaras Abromavičius]], Lithuanian-Ukrainian banker and politician; 15th [[Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (Ukraine)|Ukrainian Minister of Economic Development]]
*  1976   &ndash; [[Raivis Belohvoščiks]], Latvian cyclist
*  1976   &ndash; [[Emma Bunton]], English singer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Lars Eidinger]], German actor
*  1976   &ndash; [[Giorgio Frezzolini]], Italian footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Igors Stepanovs]], Latvian footballer
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Hussein Abdulghani]], Saudi Arabian footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Bradley Carnell]], South African footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[John DeSantis]], Canadian actor
*  1977   &ndash; [[Kirsten Klose]], German hammer thrower
*  1977   &ndash; [[Denis Lunghi]], Italian cyclist
*  1977   &ndash; [[Ulrike Maisch]], German runner
*  1977   &ndash; [[Phil Neville]], English footballer and manager
*  1977   &ndash; [[Michael Ruffin]], American basketball player
*  1977   &ndash; [[Jerry Trainor]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Loïc Lerouge]], French sprinter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/france/loic-lerouge-14186026 |title=Loic LEROUGE |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Faris Al-Sultan]], German triathlete
*  1978   &ndash; [[Hernán Rodrigo López]], Uruguayan footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Peter von Allmen]], Swiss cross-country skier
*  1978   &ndash; [[Andrei Zyuzin]], Russian ice hockey player
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Quinton Jacobs]], Namibian footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Melendi]], Spanish singer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Brian O'Driscoll]], Irish rugby player
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Karsten Forsterling]], Australian rower
*  1980   &ndash; [[Lee Kyung-won]], South Korean badminton player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/kyung-won-lee |title=Kyung-Won LEE |website=Olympic.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120070703/https://www.olympic.org/kyung-won-lee |archive-date=January 20, 2018 |access-date=November 14, 2020}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Nana Mizuki]], Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
*  1980   &ndash; [[Xavier Pons]], Spanish rally diver
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Gillian Chung]], Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
*  1981   &ndash; [[Wu Hanxiong]], Chinese fencer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Dany Heatley]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Andy Lee (South Korean singer)|Andy Lee]], South Korean singer and actor
*  1981   &ndash; [[Izabella Miko]], Polish actress, dancer, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Jung Ryeo-won]], South Korean actress
*  1981   &ndash; [[David F. Sandberg]], Swedish filmmaker
*  1981   &ndash; [[Michel Teló]], Brazilian singer-songwriter
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Richard José Blanco]], Venezuelan footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Nicolas Mahut]], French tennis player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Adriano Ferreira Martins]], Brazilian footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Sarah Ourahmoune]], French boxer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Simon Rolfes]], German footballer
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Alex Acker]], American-Italian basketball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Svetlana Khodchenkova]], Russian actress
*  1983   &ndash; [[Asael Lubotzky]], Israeli physician, author and molecular biologist<ref>[http://www.ma.huji.ac.il/~alexlub/ Curriculum Vitae - Alexander Lubotzky], [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]]</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Maryse Mizanin]], Canadian-American wrestler
*  1983   &ndash; [[Álvaro Quirós]], Spanish golfer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Francesca Segat]], Italian swimmer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Marieke van den Ham]], Dutch water polo player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Kelly VanderBeek]], Canadian alpine skier
*  1983   &ndash; [[Moritz Volz]], German footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=23157/overview |title=2. Moritz Volz |website=soccerbase.com |access-date=20 January 2020}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Luke Grimes]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bowlby |first1=Katie |title=See 'Yellowstone' Star Luke Grimes in Never-Before-Seen Photo Posted by His Wife Bianca |url=https://www.countryliving.com/life/entertainment/a38889885/luke-grimes-yellowstone-wife-birthday-tribute/ |publisher=[[Country Living]] |access-date=17 January 2023 |date=30 January 2022}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Haloti Ngata]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Haloti Ngata |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/9598/haloti-ngata |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Artur Beterbiev]], Russian boxer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Aura Dione]], Danish singer and songwriter
*  1985   &ndash; [[Yumi Hara]], Japanese voice actress and singer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Sasha Pivovarova]], Russian model and actress
*  1985   &ndash; [[Ri Se-gwang]], North Korean artistic gymnast
*  1985   &ndash; [[Dmitri Sokolov (basketball)|Dmitri Sokolov]], Russian basketball player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Ryan Suter]], American ice hockey player
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[César Arzo]], Spanish footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Edson Barboza]], Brazilian mixed martial artist
*  1986   &ndash; [[Peyton Hillis]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Peyton Hillis |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/11461/peyton-hillis |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1986   &ndash; [[João Gomes Júnior]], Brazilian swimmer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Javi López (footballer, born 1986)|Javi López]], Spanish footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Gina Mambrú]], Dominican Republic volleyball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Jonathan Quick]], American ice hockey player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Sushant Singh Rajput]], Indian actor (died 2020)
*  1986   &ndash; [[Óscar Vílchez]], Peruvian footballer
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Oskars Bārtulis]], Latvian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Oskars Bartulis |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/oskars-bartulis-8471756 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Brandon Crawford]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Crawford |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/brandon-crawford-543063 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Aida Hadzialic]], Swedish politician
*  1987   &ndash; [[Darren Helm]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Darren Helm |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/darren-helm-8471794 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Shaun Keeling]], South African rower
*  1987   &ndash; [[Augustine Kiprono Choge]], Kenyan runner
*  1987   &ndash; [[Will Johnson (soccer)|Will Johnson]], Canadian soccer player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Dominik Roels]], German cyclist
*  1987   &ndash; [[Maša Zec Peškirič]], Slovenian tennis player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Ikumi Yoshimatsu]], Japanese actress
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Glaiza de Castro]], Filipino actress and singer<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Avante |first=Wells |date=22 January 2007 |title=Glaiza de Castro releases self-titled album |url=https://www.pep.ph/news/local/214/glaiza-de-castro-releases-self-titled-album |access-date=26 June 2025 |website= |publisher=Philippine Entertainment Portal}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Ashton Eaton]], American decathlete
*  1988   &ndash; [[Rolands Freimanis]], Latvian basketball player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Vanessa Hessler]], Italian-American model and actress
*  1988   &ndash; [[Aleksandar Lazevski]], Macedonian footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Ángel Mena]], Ecuadorian footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Valérie Tétreault]], Canadian tennis player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Pieter Timmers]], Belgian swimmer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Nemanja Tomić]], Serbian footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Doğuş Balbay]], Turkish basketball player
*  1989   &ndash; [[Kayla Banwarth]], American indoor volleyball player
*  1989   &ndash; [[Férébory Doré]], Congolese footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Sergey Fesikov]], Russian swimmer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Justin Houston]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Justin Houston |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14048/justin-houston |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Henrikh Mkhitaryan]], Armenian footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Zhang Shuai (tennis)|Zhang Shuai]], Chinese tennis player
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Knowledge Musona]], Zimbabwean footballer<ref>{{NFT|35810}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Kelly Rohrbach]], American model and actress
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Ali Al-Busaidi]], Omani footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Jan Hirt]], Czech cyclist
*  1991   &ndash; [[Brayden McNabb]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brayden McNabb |url=https://www.nhl.com/goldenknights/player/brayden-mcnabb-8475188 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Marta Pagnini]], Italian gymnast
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Sven Erik Bystrøm]], Norwegian cyclist
*  1992   &ndash; [[James Duckworth (tennis)|James Duckworth]], Australian tennis player
*  1992   &ndash; [[Quinton Howden]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Quinton Howden |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/quinton-howden-8475769 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Kwame Karikari]], Ghanaian footballer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Tom Kühnhackl]], German ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Kuhnhackl |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tom-kuhnhackl-8475832 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Nicolás Mezquida]], Uruguayan footballer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Verónica Cepede Royg]], Paraguayan tennis player
*  1992   &ndash; [[Roland Szolnoki]], Hungarian footballer
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Ronald Blair]], former professional American football player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/B/BlaiRo00.htm |title=Ronald Blair |website=Pro Football Reference |access-date=2025-05-23}}</ref>
*  1993 &ndash; [[Muralha]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Amin Affane]], Swedish footballer
*  1994   &ndash; [[Laura Robson (tennis)|Laura Robson]], Australian-English tennis player
*  1994   &ndash; [[Booboo Stewart]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Brandon |title=Happy Birthday! Booboo Stewart Turns 22 Today |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/happy-birthday-booboo-stewart-turns-22-today/ |publisher=[[ComicBook.com]] |access-date=17 January 2023 |date=21 January 2016}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Jake Elliott]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jake Elliott |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3050478/jake-elliott |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Marine Johannès]], French basketball player
*  1995   &ndash; [[Alanna Kennedy]], Australian soccer player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.matildas.com.au/player/alanna-kennedy |title=Alanna Kennedy |website=Westfield Matildas |date=31 July 2017 |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[Nguyễn Công Phượng]], Vietnamese footballer
*  1995   &ndash; [[Yuliya Stupak]], Russian cross-country skier<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sector=CC&competitorid=178766&type=st-WC |title=BELORUKOVA Yulia |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=FIS-Ski |publisher=International Ski Federation |access-date=10 December 2019}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Marco Asensio]], Spanish footballer
* 1996    &ndash; [[Cristian Pavón]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Cristian Pavón |url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/cristian-pavon/319468/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=21 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Mamadi Diakite]], Guinean basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mamadi Diakite |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629603/mamadi-diakite |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Jeremy Shada]], American actor, musician and singer
*  1997   &ndash; [[Ilia Topuria]], German-Georgian mixed martial artist<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ufcstats.com/fighter-details/54f64b5e283b0ce7 |title=Stats {{pipe}} UFC|website=ufcstats.com}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Pervis Estupiñán]], Ecuadorian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pervis Estupiñán |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/31904/Pervis-Estupi%C3%B1%C3%A1n/overview |website=[[Premier League]] |access-date=21 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Rubina Ali]], Indian actress
*  1999   &ndash; [[Fūju Kamio]], Japanese actor<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 17, 2017 |script-title=ja:【注目の人物】「監獄のお姫さま」小泉今日子の息子役・神尾楓珠って？「兄こま」にも出演したイケメン注目株 - モデルプレス |trans-title=[Notable person] Who is Fuju Kamio, the son of Kyoko Koizumi in "Princess in Prison"? Handsome attention stock who also appeared in "Brother Koma" – Model press |url=https://mdpr.jp/interview/detail/1721702 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517184632/https://mdpr.jp/interview/detail/1721702 |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |access-date=August 18, 2023 |website=Model Press |language=ja}}</ref>
*  1999    &ndash; [[Alisha Lehmann]], Swiss footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Alisha Lehmann |url=https://womensleagues.thefa.com/player/alisha-lehmann/ |website=[[Women's Super League]] |access-date=21 January 2024 |archive-date=21 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121061558/https://womensleagues.thefa.com/player/alisha-lehmann/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Baek Jong-bum]], South Korean footballer<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ko:선수단 소개 - 백종범 |url=https://www.fcseoul.com/club/clubPlayerIntroductionDetailView?playerId=19GK0121 |publisher=[[FC Seoul]] |access-date=November 2, 2023 |language=ko |title=Fc Seoul}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Hannibal Mejbri]], Tunisian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Hannibal Mejbri |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/68593/Hannibal-Mejbri/overview |website=[[Premier League]] |access-date=21 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.royalcourt.no/artikkel.html?tid=28778&sek=28633 |title=Her Royal Highness Princess Ingrid Alexandra |website=Royal House of Norway |access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[IShowSpeed]], American YouTuber<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CZAWztMP0vQ/ |title=birthday boy🐶 |website=[[Instagram]] |date=January 21, 2022 |accessdate=November 29, 2022 |archive-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123043039/https://www.instagram.com/p/CZAWztMP0vQ/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Luke Littler]], English darts player<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=22 December 2023 |title=Meet Luke Littler: The teen sensation dominating the World Darts Championship |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/uk/meet-luke-littler-the-teen-sensation-dominating-the-world-darts-championship/articleshow/106220391.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] |location= |access-date=26 December 2023}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 420|420]] &ndash; [[Yazdegerd I]], king of the [[Sassanid Empire]]
* [[496]] &ndash; [[Epiphanius of Pavia]], Italian bishop and saint (born 438)
* [[917]] &ndash; [[Erchanger, Duke of Swabia]] (born 880)
* [[918]] &ndash; [[Liu Zhijun (Later Liang)|Liu Zhijun]], Chinese general
* [[939]] &ndash; [[Yang Pu]], Chinese emperor (born 900)
* [[942]] &ndash; [[An Chongrong]], Chinese general ([[Five Dynasties]])
* [[945]] &ndash; [[Yang Guangyuan|Yang Tan]], Chinese general and governor
*[[1118]] &ndash; [[Pope Paschal II]] (born 1050)
*[[1203]] &ndash; [[Agnes II, Abbess of Quedlinburg]] (born 1139)
*[[1320]] &ndash; [[Árni Helgason (bishop)|Árni Helgason]], Icelandic bishop (born {{Circa|1260}})
*[[1527]] &ndash; [[Juan de Grijalva]], Spanish explorer (born 1489)
*[[1546]] &ndash; [[Azai Sukemasa]], Japanese daimyō (born 1491)

===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[Joseph Justus Scaliger]], French historian and scholar (born 1540)
*[[1638]] &ndash; [[Ignazio Donati]], Italian composer (born 1570)
*[[1670]] &ndash; [[Claude Duval]], French [[highwayman]] (born 1643)
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury]], English politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (born 1621)
*[[1699]] &ndash; [[Obadiah Walker]], English historian and academic (born 1616)
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[Adrien Baillet]], French scholar and critic (born 1649)
*[[1710]] &ndash; [[Johann Georg Gichtel]], German mystic and critic (born 1638)
*[[1722]] &ndash; [[Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton]], English politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (born 1661)
*[[1731]] &ndash; [[Ignjat Đurđević]], Croatian poet and translator (born 1675)
*[[1773]] &ndash; [[Alexis Piron]], French playwright and author (born 1689)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Mustafa III]], Ottoman sultan (born 1717)
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[Yemelyan Pugachev]], Russian rebel (born 1742)
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Baron d'Holbach]], French-German philosopher and author (born 1723)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Louis XVI of France]] (born 1754)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - King Louis XVI |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/louis_xvi.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=7 June 2022}}</ref>
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Samuel Wallis]], English navigator and explorer (born 1728)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[David Ker]], Irish-American educator and judge<ref>{{cite book |first=William S. |last=Powell |author-link=William S. Powell |title=Dictionary of North Carolina Biography |volume=3: H-K |year=2000 |pages=353–354 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gejhoRgwLXwC |publication-place=[[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]] |publisher=[[University of North Carolina Press]] |via=Google Books |isbn=0-8078-1806-2}}</ref>
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Josiah Hornblower]], American engineer and politician (born 1729)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre]], French botanist and author (born 1737)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Cayetano José Rodríguez]], Argentinian cleric, journalist, and poet (born 1761)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Ludwig Achim von Arnim]], German poet and author (born 1781)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Albert Lortzing]], German actor and composer (born 1801)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Božena Němcová]], Austrian-Czech author and poet (born 1820)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Alexander Herzen]], Russian philosopher and author (born 1812)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Franz Grillparzer]], Austrian playwright and poet (born 1791)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Matthias Naeff]], Swiss lawyer and politician (born 1802)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Calixa Lavallée]], Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (born 1842)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Elisha Gray]], American engineer, co-founded [[Western Electric]] (born 1835)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Theodor Kittelsen]], Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1857)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Jan Drozdowski]], Polish pianist and music teacher (born 1857)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.psm.nysa.com.pl/artykul_04_boguslawakos.htm |title=Jan Drozdowski |language=pl |access-date=Feb 5, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Gojong of Korea]] (born 1852)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Ahmed Muhtar Pasha]], Ottoman general and politician, 277th [[List of Ottoman Grand Viziers|Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire]] (born 1839)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Lenin]], Russian lawyer and politician (born 1870)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Camillo Golgi]], Italian physician and pathologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1843)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[George Washington Goethals]], American general and engineer (born 1858)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Felix Blumenfeld]], Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1863)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Lytton Strachey]], English writer and critic (born 1880)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[George Moore (novelist)|George Moore]], Irish author, poet, and critic (born 1852)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Marie Prevost]], Canadian-American actress and singer (born 1896)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f7BQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ACIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6962,5956010&dq=marie+prevost+dead&hl=en |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124205644/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f7BQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ACIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6962,5956010&dq=marie+prevost+dead&hl=en |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2013 |title=Marie Prevost Diets, and Dies |date=January 24, 1937 |work=The Milwaukee Journal |page=12 |access-date=December 23, 2012}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Georges Méliès]], French actor, director, and producer (born 1861)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Rash Behari Bose]], founder of the [[Indian National Army]] (born 1886)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]], Italian composer and educator (born 1876)<ref>{{cite book |author=John Lazarus |title=The opera handbook |publisher=G.K. Hall |year=1990 |isbn=9780816190942 |page=68}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[George Orwell]], British novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1903)<ref>{{Cite news |title=George Orwell, Author, 46, Dead. British Writer, Acclaimed for His '1984' and 'Animal Farm,' is Victim of Tuberculosis. Two Novels Popular Here, Distaste for Imperialism |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=22 January 1950}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Archie Hahn (athlete)|Archie Hahn]], German-American runner and coach (born 1880)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Cecil B. DeMille]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1881)
*  1959   &ndash; [[Frances Gertrude McGill]], pioneering Canadian [[forensic pathologist]] (born 1882)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thewhig.com/2013/04/23/canadas-sherlock-holmes-of-forensic-science |title=Canada's 'Sherlock Holmes of Forensic Science' |website=The Kingston Whig-Standard |language=en-CA |access-date=2018-05-25}}</ref>
*  1959   &ndash; [[Carl Switzer]], American child actor and hunting guide (born 1927)<ref>Cason, Colleen. "Death of a Little Rascal: After 40 years, eyewitness tells how Alfalfa died". ''Ventura County Star''. January 21, 2001.</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Blaise Cendrars]], Swiss author and poet (born 1887)<ref>{{Cite book |title=Collector's Quest |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=40MYmHteQNoC |year=1968 |page=38}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Acharya Shivpujan Sahay]], Indian author, poet, and academic (born 1893)
*  1963   &ndash; [[Spiros Xenos]], Greek-Swedish painter (born 1881)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Ann Sheridan]], American actress (born 1915)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Sandro Penna]], Italian poet and journalist (born 1906)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Freda Utley]], English scholar and author (born 1898)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Lamar Williams]], American bass player (born 1949)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Giannis Skarimpas]], Greek playwright and poet (born 1893)
*  1984   &ndash; [[Jackie Wilson]], American singer (born 1934)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[James Beard]], American chef and author (born 1903)
*  1985   &ndash; [[Eddie Graham]], American wrestler and promoter (born 1930)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Charles Goodell]], American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1926)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Vincent Lingiari]], Australian Aboriginal rights activist (born 1919)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Carl Furillo]], American baseball player (born 1922)
*  1989   &ndash; [[Billy Tipton]], American pianist and saxophonist (born 1914)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Eddie Mabo]], Australian land rights activist (born 1936)<ref name=biog>{{cite web |url=https://www.mabonativetitle.com/theman_05.shtml |title=Mabo: The Man – Adoption |publisher=[[Screen Australia]] |access-date=2014-05-12 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810161904/http://www.nfsa.gov.au/digitallearning/mabo/theman_05.shtml |archive-date=2014-08-10}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Charlie Gehringer]], American baseball player and manager (born 1903)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Bassel al-Assad]], Son of the former President of the [[Syrian Arab Republic]] [[Hafez al-Assad]] (born 1962)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Jack Lord]], American actor, director, and producer (born 1920)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Susan Strasberg]], American actress (born 1938)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Peggy Lee]], American singer (born 1920)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Paul Haines (poet)|Paul Haines]], American-Canadian poet and songwriter (born 1933)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Paul Kuusberg]], Estonian journalist and author (born 1916)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Yordan Radichkov]], Bulgarian author and playwright (born 1929)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Theun de Vries]], Dutch author and poet (born 1907)
*  2005   &ndash; [[John L. Hess]], American journalist and critic (born 1917)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Kaljo Raid]], Estonian cellist, composer, and pastor (born 1921)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Ibrahim Rugova]], Kosovo journalist and politician, 1st [[President of Kosovo]] (born 1944)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Krista Kilvet]], Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (born 1946)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Paul Quarrington]], Canadian author, playwright, guitarist, and composer (born 1953)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Theoni V. Aldredge]], Greek-American costume designer (born 1922)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Dennis Oppenheim]], American sculptor and photographer (born 1938)
*  2011   &ndash; [[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]], Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1958)
*  [[2012]] – [[Jonathan Idema]], American soldier, mercenary, con artist, vigilante, and criminal (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=2012-01-30 |title=Jonathan Idema, Con Man and Afghan Bounty Hunter, Dies at 55 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/world/asia/jonathan-idema-con-man-and-afghan-bounty-hunter-dies-at-55.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211155257/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/30/world/asia/jonathan-idema-con-man-and-afghan-bounty-hunter-dies-at-55.html |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |access-date=2025-06-10 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Ahmet Mete Işıkara]], Turkish geophysicist and academic (born 1941)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Chumpol Silpa-archa]], Thai academic and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand]] (born 1940)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Michael Winner]], English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1935)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Marcus Borg]], American scholar, theologian, and author (born 1942)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Leon Brittan]], English lawyer and politician, [[Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]] (born 1939)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Johnnie Lewis]], Liberian lawyer and politician, 18th [[Chief Justice of Liberia]] (born 1946)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Canek Sánchez Guevara]], Cuban author and dissident (born 1974)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/canek-sanchez-guevara-the-grandson-of-che-guevara-who-became-an-anticastro-dissident-10009463.html |title=Canek Sanchez Guevara: The grandson of Che Guevara who became an anti-Castro dissident |first=Phil |last=Davison |date=29 January 2015 |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=10 July 2023}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Bill Johnson (skier)|Bill Johnson]], American skier (born 1960)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Mrinalini Sarabhai]], a 1992-[[Padma Bhushan]] award winner Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. (born 1918)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Kaye Ballard]], American actress (born 1925)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/legit/news/kaye-ballard-dies-dead-mothers-in-law-1203114230/ |title=Kaye Ballard, Star of 'The Mothers-in-Law,' Dies at 93 |first1=Carmel |last1=Dagan |date=January 22, 2019}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Henri, Count of Paris (1933–2019)|Henri, Count of Paris]], Head of the House of Orléans (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.parismatch.com/Royal-Blog/royaute-francaise/Le-comte-de-Paris-Henri-d-Orleans-est-decede-1600737 |title=Le comte de Paris, Henri d'Orléans, est décédé |first=Paris |last=Match |website=parismatch.com |date=21 January 2019}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Emiliano Sala]], Argentine footballer (born 1990)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-47166633 |title=Plane body identified as footballer Sala |date=February 8, 2019 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Harris Wofford]], American politician, author and civil rights activist (born 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/harris-wofford-civil-rights-activist-who-helped-kennedy-win-the-white-house-dies-at-92/2019/01/22/026fe870-1e09-11e9-9145-3f74070bbdb9_story.html |title=Harris Wofford, civil rights activist who helped Kennedy win the White House, dies at 92 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Terry Jones]], Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apple.news/AMZIf_BFpROuwyd1kNqShDA |title=Monty Python star Terry Jones dies aged 77 — Sky News |last=Minelle |first=Bethany |date=2020-01-22 |website=Sky News |language=en |access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref>
*  2020   &ndash; [[Morgan Wootten]], American high school basketball coach (born 1931)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/morgan-wootten-winningest-high-school-basketball-coach-dies-at-88/2020/01/22/a7ad57b0-3c61-11ea-baca-eb7ace0a3455_story.html |title=Morgan Wootten, former DeMatha Catholic High School basketball coach, dies at 88 |first=Mark |last=Asher |via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Louie Anderson]], American actor and comedian (born 1953)<ref>{{cite web | last=Patten | first=Dominic | title=Louie Anderson Dies: Comedian & Emmy Winner Was 68 | website=Deadline | date=2022-01-21 | url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/louie-anderson-dead-obituary-comedian-baskets-family-feud-emmy-winner-1234917040/ | access-date=2025-05-03}}</ref>
*  2022   &ndash; [[Leonor Oyarzún]], Chilean socialite, [[First Lady of Chile]] (born 1919)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Torres |first=Cristián |title=Murió a los 102 años Leonor Oyarzún, la viuda del ex presidente chileno Patricio Aylwin |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2022/01/21/murio-a-los-102-anos-leonor-oyarzun-la-viuda-del-ex-presidente-chileno-patricio-aylwin/ |access-date=2022-01-22 |website=infobae |date=21 January 2022 |language=es-ES}}</ref>
*  [[2025]] &ndash; [[Mauricio Funes]], Salvadoran politician, 79th [[President of El Salvador]] (born 1959)<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 22, 2025 |title=Mauricio Funes, former Salvadoran president, dies in Nicaragua |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mauricio-funes-former-salvadoran-president-dies-nicaragua-2025-01-22/ |access-date=January 22, 2025 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash; [[Garth Hudson]], Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (born 1937)<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Krewen |first=Nick |date=2025-01-21 |title=Garth Hudson, the last living member of The Band, dead at 87 |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/garth-hudson-the-last-living-member-of-the-band-dead-at-87/article_983498e8-d7fc-11ef-ac3c-4b6836c7f137.html |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
* [[Babinden]] ([[Bulgaria]], [[Serbia]])
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Agnes of Rome|Agnes]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=J. C. |title=Dictionary of Christianity |date=2013 |location=Abingdon, Oxon |isbn=9781315074047 |page=3}}</ref>
** [[Demiana]] ([[Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic Church]])
** [[Fructuosus]]
** [[John Yi Yun-il]] (one of The [[Korean Martyrs]])
** [[Meinrad of Einsiedeln]]
** [[January 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Errol Barrow Day]] ([[Barbados]])
* [[Flag Day (Quebec)]]
* [[National Grandparents Day#Poland|Grandmother's Day]] ([[Poland]])
* [[Día de la Altagracia|Lady of Altagracia Day]] ([[Dominican Republic]])
* [[Lincoln Alexander|Lincoln Alexander Day]] ([[Canada]])
* [[National Hugging Day]] (United States)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=IBT Staff |date=2011-01-21 |title=What is National Hug Day? |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/what-national-hug-day-258023 |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=International Business Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/21 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=21}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/21 Historical Events on January 21]

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[[Category:Days of January]]