But if you do want a list of who's born on the first of january:
766 –
Ali al-Rida, Shia Imam (d. 818)
1431 –
Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
1467 –
Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1548)
1484 –
Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)
1511 –
Henry, Duke of Cornwall (d. 1511)
1516 –
Margaret Leijonhufvud, Queen of
Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
1557 –
István Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1606)
1600 –
Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (d. 1649)
1614 –
John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (d. 1672)
1618 –
Bartolomé Estéban Murillo, Spanish painter (baptism) (d. 1682)
1638 –
Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (d. 1685)
1648 –
Elkanah Settle, English writer (d. 1724)
1655 –
Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)
1684 –
Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1748)
1704 –
Soame Jenyns, English writer (d. 1787)
1711 –
Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
1714 –
Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1780)
1735 –
Paul Revere, American patriot (d. 1818)
1745 –
Anthony Wayne, American general and statesman (d. 1796)
1750 –
Frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman (d. 1801)
1752 –
Betsy Ross, American seamstress (d. 1836)
1767 –
Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish novelist (d. 1849)
1774 –
André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (d. 1860)
1779 –
William Clowes, English printer (d. 1847)
1803 –
Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician (d. 1869)
1814 –
Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebel (d. 1864)
1819 –
Arthur Hugh Clough, English poet (d. 1861)
1823 –
Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849)
1833 –
Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (d. 1902)
1834 –
Ludovic Halévy, French playwright (d. 1908)
1848 –
John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)
1852 –
Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist (d. 1904)
1854 –
Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d. 1941)
1863 –
Pierre de Coubertin, French organizer of the Olympic Games (d. 1937)
1864 –
Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)
1864 –
Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946)
1867 –
Lew Fields, American vaudeville performer (d. 1941)
1868 –
Snitz Edwards, American actor (d. 1937)
1873 –
Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (d. 1952)
1874 –
Frank Knox, American Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)
1874 –
Gustave Whitehead, German inventor (d. 1927)
1876 –
Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist (d. 1933)
1878 –
Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)
1879 –
E. M. Forster, English novelist (d. 1970)
1879 –
William Fox, Hungarian-born American film producer (d. 1952)
1881 –
Vajiravudh,
King of Thailand (d. 1925)
1887 –
Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d. 1945)
1888 –
John Garand, American inventor (d. 1974)
1888 –
Georgios Stanotas, Greek cavalry officer (d. 1965)
1889 –
Charles Bickford, American film actor (d. 1967)
1890 –
Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer (d. 1966)
1892 –
Artur Rodziński, Croatian conductor (d. 1958)
1892 –
Manuel Roxas, 5th
President of the Philippines (d. 1948)
1894 –
Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974)
1894 –
****su Nakano, Japanese
supercentenarian (d. 2007)
1895 –
J. Edgar Hoover, American FBI director (d. 1972)
1900 –
Xavier Cugat, Spanish musician (d. 1990)
1900 –
Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (d. 1986)
1902 –
Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (d. 1977)
1904 –
Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (d. 1970)
1904 –
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician (d. 1982)
1905 –
Stanisław Mazur, Polish mathematician (d. 1981)
1906 –
Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter (d. 1974)
1908 –
Bill Tapia, American musician
1909 –
Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)
1909 –
Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959)
1909 –
Barry Goldwater, American politician (d. 1998)
1911 –
Basil Dearden, British film director (d. 1971)
1911 –
Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)
1911 –
Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist
1911 –
Audrey Wurdemann, American poet (d.1960)
1912 –
Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician (d. 1995)
1912 –
Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)
1912 –
Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek writer and poet (d. 1991)
1914 –
Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and
SOE agent (d. 1944)
1917 –
Jule Gregory Charney, American meteorologist (d. 1981)
1917 –
Albert Mol, Dutch actor (d. 2004)
1918 –
Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
1918 –
Frances Bay, Canadian actress
1919 –
Rocky Graziano, American boxer (d. 1990)
1919 –
Carole Landis, American film actress (d. 1948)
1919 –
J. D. Salinger, American novelist (d. 2010)
1919 –
Yoshio Tabata, Japanese singer
1920 –
Virgilio Savona, Italian singer (
Quartetto Cetra) (d. 2009)
1921 –
Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian philosopher (d. 1986)
1921 –
César Baldaccini, French sculptor. (d. 1998)
1922 –
Ernest Hollings, American politician
1923 –
Daniel Gorenstein, American mathematician (d. 1992)
1923 –
Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist (d. 1999)
1924 –
Roberts Blossom, American actor and poet
1925 –
Matthew "Stymie" Beard, American actor (d. 1981)
1925 –
Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and ambassador (d. 2005)
1925 –
Valentina Cortese, Italian actress
1925 –
Raymond Pellegrin, French actor (d. 2007)
1926 –
Richard Verreau, French-Canadian tenor (d. 2005)
1927 –
Maurice Béjart, French choreographer (d. 2007)
1927 –
Pat Heywood, Scottish actress
1927 –
Calum MacKay, Canadian hockey player (d. 2001)
1927 –
Vernon L. Smith, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics winner
1927 –
Doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998)
1928 –
Ernest Tidyman, American writer (d. 1984)
1929 –
Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer
1930 –
Gaafar al-Nimeiry, President of Sudan 1971–85 (d. 2009)
1930 –
Jean-Pierre Duprey, French poet and sculptor (d. 1959)
1930 –
Ty Hardin, American film actor
1932 –
Jackie Parker, American football player (d. 2006)
1932 –
Giuseppe Patanè, Italian opera conductor (d. 1989)
1933 –
Frederick Lowy, Canadian educator
1933 –
Joe Orton, English writer (d. 1967)
1933 –
Norman Yemm, Australian actor
1935 –
B. Kliban, American cartoonist (d. 1990)
1936 –
James Sinegal, American businessman
1937 –
John Fuller, English poet
1937 –
Matt Robinson, American actor (d. 2002)
1937 –
Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg, Polish author (d. 1995)
1938 –
Clay Cole, American television host and producer
1938 –
Robert Jankel, British coachbuilder (d. 2005)
1938 –
Frank Langella, American actor
1939 –
Michèle Mercier, French actress
1941 –
Asrani, Indian Film Actor / Comedian
1942 –
Dennis Archer, American politician
1942 –
Martin Frost, American politician
1942 –
Country Joe McDonald, American musician (
Country Joe and the Fish)
1942 –
Alassane Ouattara, former Prime Minister of Ivory Coast
1942 –
Gennadi Sarafanov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2005)
1942 –
Judy Stone, Australian pop singer
1943 –
Larry Clark, American director
1943 –
Tony Knowles, 9thGovernor of Alaska
1943 –
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar, Indian scientist
1943 –
Don Novello, American actor
1944 –
Jimmy Hart, American wrestling manager
1944 –
Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani politician
1945 –
Peter Duncan, Australian politician
1945 –
Jacky Ickx, Belgian race car driver
1945 –
Max Julien, American actor
1946 –
Carl B. Hamilton, Swedish economist and politician
1946 –
Rick Hurst, American actor
1946 –
Rivelino, Brazilian football player
1947 –
Jon Corzine, American politician
1947 –
Paula Tsui, Hong Kong singer
1947 –
Frances Yip, Hong Kong singer
1948 –
Pavel Grachev, Russian general
1948 –
Ashok Saraf, Marathi/Hindi Film Actor
1949 –
Daniel E Gawthrop, American composer
1950 –
Wayne Bennett, Australian rugby league coach
1950 –
Morgan Fisher, English musician (
Mott the Hoople)
1950 –
Deepa Mehta, Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter
1951 –
Ashfaq Hussain, Urdu poet
1951 –
Nana Patekar, Indian film and stage actor
1951 –
Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver
1952 –
Stephanie Faracy, American actress
1953 –
Greg Carmichael, British guitarist (
Acoustic Alchemy)
1954 –
Bob Menendez, American politician
1954 –
Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek politician
1956 –
Sergei Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut
1956 –
Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (d. 2000)
1956 –
Mike Mitchell, American basketball player
1956 –
Kōji Yakusho, Japanese actor
1956 –
Ziad Rahbani, Lebanese composer
1957 –
Ewa Kasprzyk, Polish actress
1957 –
Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer, professor and politician
1958 –
Ren Woods, American actress and singer
1958 –
Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian musician
1959 –
Azali Assoumani, Comorian president
1959 –
Jennifer Edwards, American actress
1959 –
Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach
1960 –
Michael Seibert, American ice dancer
1961 –
Sergei Babayan, American classical pianist
1961 –
Sam Backo, Australian rugby league footballer
1961 –
Sam Palahnuk, American video game designer
1961 –
Fiona Phillips, British television presenter
1961 –
Mark Wingett, British actor
1962 –
Ari Up, German musician (
The Slits)
1963 –
Lina Kačiušytė, Lithuanian swimmer
1964 –
Juliana Donald, American actress
1964 –
Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress
1966 –
Anna Burke, Australian politician
1967 –
John Digweed, English DJ
1967 –
Tim Dog, American rapper
1967 –
Derrick Thomas, American football player (d. 2000)
1967 –
Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Spanish film director
1968 –
Miki Higashino, Japanese composer
1968 –
Joey Stefano, American actor (d. 1994)
1968 –
Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer
1969 –
Morris Chestnut, American actor
1969 –
Nicolle Dickson, Australian actress
1969 –
Paul Lawrie, Scottish golfer
1969 –
Christi Paul, American news anchor
1969 –
Verne Troyer, American actor
1970 –
Kimberly Page, American manager and actress
1971 –
Sammie Henson, American wrestler
1971 –
Scott Riggs, American racing driver
1971 –
Bobby Holik, Czech ice hockey player
1971 –
Chris Potter, American jazz saxophonist
1972 –
Neve McIntosh, Scottish actress
1972 –
Lilian Thuram, French footballer
1973 –
Anwar Mansoor Mangrio, Sindhi poet
1973 –
Magnus Sahlgren, Swedish musician (
Lake of Tears)
1974 –
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Indian singer
1973 –
Danny Lloyd, American former child actor
1975 –
Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress
1975 –
Joe Cannon, American footballer
1975 –
Eiichiro Oda, Japanese
manga artist
1975 –
Fernando Tatis, Dominican baseball player
1976 –
Georgina Chapman, British fashion designer and actress
1977 –
Hasan Salihamidžić, Bosnian footballer
1977 –
Robert Roode, Canadian professional wrestler
1978 –
Vidya Balan, Indian model and actress
1978 –
Nina Bott, German actress
1978 –
Phillip Mulryne, Northern Irish footballer
1978 –
Tarik O'Regan, British composer
1979 –
Brody Dalle, Australian singer (
The Distillers)
1979 –
Koichi Domoto, Japanese artist
1980 –
Elin Nordegren, Swedish model
1981 –
Jonas Armstrong, English actor
1981 –
Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver
1981 –
Abdülkadir Koçak, Turkish boxer
1981 –
Eden Riegel, American actress
1982 –
David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
1983 –
Ali Bastian, English actress and model
1983 –
Calum Davenport, English footballer
1983 –
Emi Kobayashi, Japanese
model
1984 –
José Paolo Guerrero, Peruvian footballer
1984 –
Alok Kapali, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 –
Stefano Pastrello, Italian footballer
1984 –
Michael Witt, Australian rugby league footballer
1985 –
Jeff Carter, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 –
Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer
1986 –
Glen Davis, American basketball player
1986 –
James Davis, American football player
1986 –
Colin Morgan, Northern Irish actor
1986 –
Sungmin, South Korean Singer (
Super Junior)
1987 –
Gilbert Brule, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 –
Meryl Davis, American ice dancer
1987 –
Devin Setoguchi, Canadian ice hockey player
1992 –
Jack Wilshere, English footballer
1992 –
He Kexin, Chinese gymnast
1998 –
Marlene Lawston, American child actress
