Historical Birthday
01 Jan 1431
Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia] SpanishItalian pope (1492-1503)
01 Jan 1449
Lorenzo de Medici (The Magnificent) Florentine statesman (d. 1492)
01 Jan 1484
Huldrych Zwingli Swiss Protestant leader (d. 1531)
01 Jan 1516
Margaret Leijonhufvud Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1551)
01 Jan 1520
Franciscus Balduinus [Francois Baudouin] lawyer
01 Jan 1557
Istvn Bocskay Prince of Transylvania (d. 1606)
01 Jan 1600
Friedrich Spanheim Dutch theologian (d. 1649)
01 Jan 1614
John Wilkins English Bishop of Chester (d. 1672)
01 Jan 1618
Bartolom Esteban Murillo Spanish Baroque artist (The Vision of St. Anthony ) born in Seville Spain (d. 1682) [baptizism date]
01 Jan 1622
Isaac Sweers Dutch AdmiralgeneralCivil rights activist
01 Jan 1638
Antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres French poetplaywright
01 Jan 1652
Johann Krieger German composer and organist born in Nuremberg (d. 1735)
01 Jan 1684
Arnold Drakenborch Dutch classical scholar (d. 1748)
01 Jan 1711
Franz Freiherr von der Trenck Austrian soldier (d. 1749)
01 Jan 1714
Kristijonas Donelaitis Lutheran pastor Lithuanian poet (The Seas)
01 Jan 1729
Edmund Burke British author (Philosophy & Inquiry) [NSJan 12]
01 Jan 1750
Frederick Muhlenberg American statesman (d. 1801)
01 Jan 1764
John Kinker Dutch linguistphilosopherpoet (Minderjarige Zangster)
01 Jan 1767
Maria Edgeworth Anglo-Irish novelist (d. 1849)
01 Jan 1774
Andr Marie Constant Dumril French zoologist (d. 1860)
01 Jan 1809
John Pieter Heije Dutch physicianwriterpoet (Silver Fleet)
01 Jan 1815
Charles Renouvier French philosopher (neocriticism)
01 Jan 1819
Arthur Hugh Clough poet friend of Matthew Arnold
01 Jan 1819
George Foster Shepley American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Saco Maine (d. 1878)
01 Jan 1823
Sndor Petfi Hungarian poet and revolutionary (d. 1849)
01 Jan 1827
William Lewis Old Tige Cabell Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
01 Jan 1833
Robert Lawson New Zealand architect (d. 1902)
01 Jan 1834
Ludovic Halvy French playwright (d. 1908)
01 Jan 1838
William Hugh Young Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1901)
01 Jan 1846
Nikola Pasic Serbian nationalistpremier (1891..1926)
01 Jan 1852
Eugne-Anatole Demaray French chemist (d. 1904)
01 Jan 1854
James Frazer Britain anthropologistauthor (The Golden Bough)
01 Jan 1863
Aleko Konstantinov Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back)
01 Jan 1863
Pierre de Coubertin French educator and historian (founder International Olympic Committee) born in Paris France (d. 1937)
01 Jan 1864
Qi Baishi Chinese artist born in Xiangtan China (d. 1957)
01 Jan 1867
Charles Edward Montague English authorcritic (Fiery Particles)
01 Jan 1868
Snitz Edwards Hungarian actor (College Phantom of the Opera) born in Budapest Austria-Hungary (d. 1937)
01 Jan 1873
Mariano Azuela Mexican novelist (The Flies The Bosses)
01 Jan 1874
Frank Knox American Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)
01 Jan 1875
N F Druce cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98)
01 Jan 1876
Johan C Altorf sculptor (October 3rd monument)
01 Jan 1878
Agner Krarup Erlang Danish scientist and engineer (d. 1929)
01 Jan 1879
Emile Argand Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory)
01 Jan 1879
Ernest Jones British psychoanalyst (Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)
01 Jan 1880
Edie Martin British actress (Titfield Thunderbolt) born in London England (d. 1964)
01 Jan 1881
Carry van Bridges [de Haan] Dutch author (Heleen Eva)
01 Jan 1882
Willem Carel Wendelaar Dutch lawyer civil servant director and politician (VVD)
01 Jan 1883
Federigo Tozzi Italian writerjournalist (La Torre Tre Croci)
01 Jan 1883
Ichir Hatoyama Japanese politician Prime Minister (1954-56) born in Tokyo Japan (d. 1959)
01 Jan 1885
Roland Diggle English-born American composer and organist (d. 1954)
01 Jan 1887
Wilhelm Canaris German admiralhead German military intelligence
01 Jan 1889
Alexander Smallens conductor born in St Petersburg Russia
01 Jan 1889
Charles Bickford American actor (Dynamite The Virginian) born in Cambridge Massachusetts (d. 1967)
01 Jan 1889
Tom Dugan Irish actor (Circus Clown Drag Skyway) born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1955)
01 Jan 1890
Florence Lawrence Canadian silent screen actress (Confidence) born in Hamilton Ontario (d. 1938)
01 Jan 1890
Alice Tissot French actress (Italian Straw Hat) born in Paris France (d. 1971)
01 Jan 1891
Frank Pettingell English actor (Gaslight Goose Steps Out) born in Liverpool (d. 1966)
01 Jan 1892
Artur Rodzinski Spalato Dalmatia Polish conductorcomposer
01 Jan 1894
Shitsu Nakano Japanese supercentenarian (d. 2007)
01 Jan 1894
Satyendra Nath Bose Indian physicist ( BoseEinstein statistics) born in Calcutta British India (d. 1974)
01 Jan 1895
Nathaniel Shilkret American conductor born in NYC New York
01 Jan 1896
Teinosuke Kinugasa Japanese actor and director (Gate of Hell A Page of Madness Jujiro Jigoku-mon) born in Mie Ken Japan (d. 1982)
01 Jan 1897
Walter Greaza American actor (Treasury Man Martin Kane Private Eye) born in Saint Paul Minnesota (d. 1973)
01 Jan 1898
George van Derton Belgian racer (won 500 race)
01 Jan 1898
Viktor Ullmann opera composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis)
01 Jan 1899
Lev V Kuleshov Russian directortheorist (Po Zakonu)
01 Jan 1900
Hubert van Doorne Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF)
01 Jan 1900
Xavier Cugat Spanish American bandleader (married Abbe Lane Charo) born in Girona Catalonia (d. 1990)
01 Jan 1901
Christine Wttewaall van Stoetwegen Dutch politician (CDD)
01 Jan 1902
Buster Nupen cricketer (1-eyed South African quick great on matting)
01 Jan 1904
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry Pakistani politician (d. 1982)
01 Jan 1904
Ethan Allen American baseball player (d. 1993)
01 Jan 1905
Charles Melvin Price East St. Louis Illinois a longtime member of the US House of Representatives
01 Jan 1905
Stanisaw Mazur Lemberg Western Ukraine Polish mathematician (d. 1981)
01 Jan 1905
Kamatari Fujiwara Japanese actor (Seven Samurai The Hidden Fortress Yojimbo) born in Tokyo Japan (d. 1985)
01 Jan 1906
Frank Stack Canadian speed skater (Olympic bronze 1932)
01 Jan 1908
Kinue Hitoma Japan 800m runner (Olympic silver 1928)
01 Jan 1909
Barry Goldwater (Sen-R-Az 1953-65 69- )Presidential candidate (R) 1964)
01 Jan 1909
Dattaram Hindlekar Indian cricketer (Indian batsman and wicket-keeper 1936-46) born in Bombay India (d. 1949)
01 Jan 1909
Dana Andrews American actor (Battle of the Bulge Laura) born in Covington County Mississippi (d. 1992)
01 Jan 1909
Stepan Bandera Ukrainian nationalist leader (d. 1959)
01 Jan 1910
Russell Russ Bender American actor and writer (Amazing Colossal Man Space Monster It Conquered the World) born in NYC New York (d. 1969)
01 Jan 1912
Victor Reuther American labor leader born in Wheeling West Virginia
01 Jan 1912
Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko Russian mathematician (d. 1995)
01 Jan 1913
Eliot Janeway financial writer (Economics of Chaos)
01 Jan 1914
Noor Inayat Khan Indian princess and British Special Operations Executive agent in WWII posthumously awarded the George Cross born in Moscow Russian Empire (d. 1944)
01 Jan 1916
Earl Wrightson American actor and singer (Pinafore Paul Whitemans Goodyear Revue) born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 1993)
01 Jan 1917
Jule Gregory Charney American meteorologist (d. 1981)
01 Jan 1917
Albert Mol Dutch actor (Kant aan mn broek) born in Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands (d. 2004)
01 Jan 1918
Willy den Ouden Dutch swimmer (WR 100m 104.06)
01 Jan 1918
Patrick Anthony Porteous Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
01 Jan 1919
Bernard Drukker Dutch organistpianistorchestra leader (Devils Wheel)
01 Jan 1919
Carole Landis [Frances Ridste] American actress (I Wake Up Screaming One Million BC Topper Returns) born in Fairchild Wisconsin (d. 1948)
01 Jan 1919
Rocky Graziano US boxer (Middleweight champ) and entertainer (Pantomime Quiz Miami Undercover) born in NYC New York
01 Jan 1920
Roger Peacock English writer (Thursday is Missing) born in Liverpool (d. 1996)
01 Jan 1920
Virgilio Savona Italian singer (Quartetto Cetra)
01 Jan 1921
Alain Mimoun OKacha AlgerianFrench distance runner (Olympic marathon gold 1956) (d. 2013)
01 Jan 1921
Ismail al-Faruqi Palestinian philosopher (d. 1986)
01 Jan 1922
Ernest Fritz Hollings American Democratic Senator from South Carolina (1966-2005) born in Charleston South Carolina
01 Jan 1923
Milt [Bags] Jackson American jazz vibraphonist (Modern Jazz Quartet) born in Detroit Michigan (d. 1999)
01 Jan 1923
Barbara Baxley American actress and singer (Norma Rae Countdown) born in Stockton California (d. 1990)
01 Jan 1923
Daniel Gorenstein American mathematician (d. 1992)
01 Jan 1924
Roberts Blossom American actor and poet (Home Alone Deranged The Great Gatsby) born in New Haven Connecticut (d. 2011)
01 Jan 1925
George Conner NFL tackle linebacker (Chicago Bears)
01 Jan 1925
Valentina Cortesa Italian actress (Day for Night Kidnap Syndicate) born in Milan Italy
01 Jan 1925
Matthew Stymie Beard American actor (d. 1981)
01 Jan 1926
Claire Polin [Schaff] composer flautistmusicologist
01 Jan 1926
Richard Verreau French-Canadian tenor (d. 2005)
01 Jan 1927
Calum MacKay Canadian hockey player (d. 2001)
01 Jan 1927
Maurice Bjart French choreographer (d. 2007)
01 Jan 1927
Patricia Pat Heywood Scottish actress (10 Rillington Place Lucky Feller) born in Gretna Green Scotland
01 Jan 1927
Carl Scheib American baseball pitcher who became the youngest player in league history at 16 (Philadelphia As) born in Gratz Pennsylvania (d. 2018)
01 Jan 1928
Ernest R Tidyman Ohio novelistscreenwriter (The French Connection)
01 Jan 1928
Khan Mohammad cricketer (Paki fast-med bowler 54 wkts in 13 Tests)
01 Jan 1928
Abdul Sattar Edhi Pakistani philanthropist (Edhi Foundation) born in Bantva Gujarat (d. 2016)
01 Jan 1929
Holling Gustav Vapor character on Northern Exposure
01 Jan 1930
Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry premierpresident (Sudan)
01 Jan 1930
Ty Hardin [Orison Hungerford Jr.] American actor (Riptide Bronco) born in NYC New York (d. 2017)
01 Jan 1930
Frederick Wiseman documentary filmmaker born in Boston Massachusetts
01 Jan 1931
Carel Brons Dutch composer born in Groningen (d. 1983)
01 Jan 1932
Arnfried G D P Dutch manufacturer (breadcrumbs)drugs dealer
01 Jan 1932
Jackie Parker American football player (d. 2006)
01 Jan 1933
James A. Abrahamson American Air Force general and astronaut
01 Jan 1933
Joe Orton English actor and dramatist (Prick Up Your Ears) (d. 1967)
01 Jan 1935
Harold Martina Netherland Antilles pianistconductor
01 Jan 1935
Valentin Nikolaevich N Benderov Russian cosmonaut
01 Jan 1935
B. Kliban American cartoonist known for his drawings of cats usually with horrible puns (Love to Eat Them Mousies) born in Norwalk Connecticut (d. 1990)
01 Jan 1936
Eve Queler American conductor born in NYC New York
01 Jan 1937
Adam Winiewski-Snerg Polish author (d. 1995)
01 Jan 1936
Willye B White US jumper (Olympic silver 1956)
01 Jan 1792
Henrik Anker Bjerregaard Norwegian writer and poet (Fjeldeventyret) born in Ringsaker Norway (d. 1842)
01 Jan 1819
Tom Hyer American bare-knuckle boxer (unsanctioned world heavyweight champion 1841-51) born in Caernarvon Township Pennsylvania (d. 1864)
01 Jan 1871
Albert Griffiths (Young Griffo) Australian boxer (World Featherweight champion 1890-92) born in Sydney Australia (d. 1927)
01 Jan 1875
Frank Druce English cricket batsman (5 Tests Surrey) born in London England (d. 1954)
01 Jan 1878
Bobby Walthour Sr. American cyclist (motor-pacing World Championships gold 1904-05 Madison Square Garden 6-Day Race 1901 03) born in Atlanta Georgia (d. 1949)
01 Jan 1893
Barney Stanley Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame forward (Stanley Cup 1915 Vancouver Millionaires coach Chicago Black Hawks 1927-28) born in Edmonton Alberta (d. 1971)
01 Jan 1900
Hubert van Doorne Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF Trucks) born in America Dutch Limburg Netherlands (d. 1979)
01 Jan 1901
Century Milstead American College Football Hall of Fame tackle (Yale NFL Cship 1927 NY Giants) born in Allegheny Pennsylvania (d. 1963)
01 Jan 1902
Buster Nupen South African cricket all-rounder (17 Tests 50 wickets one eye only) born near Alesund Norway (d. 1977)
01 Jan 1904
Ethan Allen American baseball center fielder (inventor Cadaco-Ellis board game All Star Baseball Yale University) born in Cincinnati Ohio (d. 1993)
01 Jan 1908
Kinue Hitomi Japanese athlete (World record womens 100m 200m long jump triple jump Olympic silver 800m 1928) born in Okayama Japan (d. 1931)
01 Jan 1909
Dattaram Hindlekar Indian cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests) born in Bombay India (d. 1949)
01 Jan 1916
Murray Armstrong Canadian ice hockey centre and NCAA coach (Detroit Red Wings coach University of Denver 1956-77 5 NCAA Cships) born in Manor Saskatchewan (d. 2010)
01 Jan 1918
Willy den Ouden Dutch swimmer (WR 100m freestyle 104.06 1933-56 Olympic gold 4100m freestyle 1936) born in Rotterdam Netherlands (d. 1997)
01 Jan 1919
Rocky Graziano American boxer (World Middleweight title 1947-48 famous Tony Zale trilogy) and entertainer (Pantomime Quiz Miami Undercover) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 1990)
01 Jan 1919
Horace Bones McKinney American basketball forward coach and broadcaster (Washington Capitols Wake Forest) born in Lowland North Carolina (d. 1997)
01 Jan 1921
Alain Mimoun AlgerianFrench distance runner (Olympic marathon gold 1956 3 x silver 1948 52) born in Telagh Algeria (d. 2013)
01 Jan 1927
Doak Walker American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1948 Pro Bowl 1950-51 5355 First-team All-Pro 195051 5354 Detroit Lions) born Dallas Texas (d. 1998)
01 Jan 1927
Carl Scheib American baseball pitcher (at the time [1943] youngest player in MLB history at 16 Philadelphia As) born in Gratz Pennsylvania (d. 2018)
01 Jan 1928
Khan Mohammad Pakistani cricket fast bowler (13 Tests 54 wickets Pakistans first ball and wicket in Test cricket) born in Lahore Punjab Pakistan (d. 2009)
01 Jan 1932
Jackie Parker American College and Canadian Football Hall of Fame utility (Mississippi State University Grey Cup 1954-56 Edmonton Eskimos) born in Knoxville Tennessee (d. 2006)
01 Jan 1933
Joe Orton British actor and dramatist (Prick Up Your Ears) born in Leicester England (d. 1967)
01 Jan 1933
Ford Konno American swimmer (Olympic gold 1500m 4x200m freestyle 1952 WR 200m freestyle 203.9 400m freestyle 426.7) born in Honolulu Hawaii
01 Jan 1936
James Sinegal American businessman co-founder and CEO of Costco born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
01 Jan 1520
Franciscus Balduinus [Francois Baudouin] lawyer
01 Jan 1618
Bartolom Esteban Murillo Spanish Baroque artist (The Vision of St. Anthony) born in Seville Spain (d. 1682) [baptizism date]
01 Jan 1729
Edmund Burke British statesman philosopher and author (A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful Reflections on the Revolution in France) born in Dublin Ireland [NSJan 12]
01 Jan 1815
Charles Renouvier French philosopher born in Montpellier France (d. 1903)
01 Jan 1819
Arthur Hugh Clough English poet friend of Matthew Arnold born in Liverpool England (d. 1861)
01 Jan 1881
Carry van Bridges [de Haan] Dutch author (Heleen Eva)
01 Jan 1894
Satyendra Nath Bose Indian physicist (BoseEinstein statistics) born in Calcutta British India (d. 1974)
01 Jan 1898
Viktor Ullmann Austrian pianist conductor and composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis) born in Teschen Silesia (now Poland) (d. 1944)
01 Jan 1920
Osvaldo Cavandoli Italian cartoonist and creator of La Linea animated cartoons born in Maderno Italy (d. 2007)
01 Jan 1921
Ismail al-Faruqi Palestinian philosopher born in Jaffa British-mandate Palestine (d. 1986)
01 Jan 1924
Arthur Prysock American jazz and R&B singer (I Didnt Sleep a Wink Last Night) born in was born in Spartanburg South Carolina (d. 1997) (or Jan 2 1929)
01 Jan 1927
Doak Walker American College and Pro Football Hall of Fame halfback (Heisman Trophy 1948 Pro Bowl 1950-51 5355 First-team All-Pro 195051 5354 Detroit Lions) born in Dallas Texas (d. 1998)
01 Jan 1573
Philippus Rovenius [Rouveen] Dutch apostile vicar
01 Jan 1771
Georges Cadoudal Breton politician and royalist who plotted to overthrow Napoleon born in Brech Brittany Kingdom of France (d. 1804)
01 Jan 1784
William Beale English composer and baritone born in Lankrake Cornwall (d. 1854)
01 Jan 1819
Tom Hyer American bare-knuckle boxer (American heavyweight champion 1841-51) born in Caernarvon Township Pennsylvania (d. 1864)
01 Jan 1823
Sndor Petfi Hungarian poet (A virgnak megtiltani nem lehet - You Cannot Forbid the Flower) and revolutionary born Kiskrs Kingdom of Hungary Austrian Empire (d. 1849)
01 Jan 1853
Hans Koessler German composer conductor and music teacher born in Waldeck Kingdom of Bavaria (d. 1926)
01 Jan 1863
Pierre de Coubertin French educator and historian (founder International Olympic Committee President IOC 18961925) born in Paris France (d. 1937)
01 Jan 1867
Charles Edward Montague English author and critic (Fiery Particles)
01 Jan 1867
Lew Fields American comedian (of Weber & Fields) born in Poland (d. 1941)
01 Jan 1867
Jeanne Lanvin French fashion designer and perfumer (Lavin) born in Paris France (d. 1946)
01 Jan 1868
Snitz Edwards [Edward Neumann] Hungarian-American stage and silent film actor (Phantom of the Opera College) born in Budapest Austria-Hungary (d. 1937)
01 Jan 1874
Frank Knox American politician (Republican VP candidate 1936) newspaper editor and Secretary of the Navy during World War II born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1944)
01 Jan 1910
Russ Bender American actor and writer (Amazing Colossal Man Space Monster It Conquered the World) born in NYC New York (d. 1969)
01 Jan 1921
Csar Baldaccini French sculptor born in Marseille France (d. 1998)
01 Jan 1926
Richard Verreau French Canadian tenor (d. 2005)
01 Jan 1431
Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia] Spanish born Pope controversial for acknowledging his children (1492-1503) born in Xtiva Spain (d. 1503)
01 Jan 1467
Sigismund I the Old king of Poland (1506-48) (d. 1548)
01 Jan 1504
Caspar Cruciger German church reformer born in Leipzig (d. 1548)
01 Jan 1520
Francois Baudouin [Franciscus Balduinus] French lawyer and humanist (controversial Calvinist who converted to Catholicism) born in Arras France (d. 1573)
01 Jan 1573
Philippus Rovenius Dutch apostile vicar (led Catholic church in Netherlands born in Deventer (d. 1651)
01 Jan 1622
Isaac Sweers Dutch fleet admiral born in Nijmegen Dutch Republic (d. 1673)
01 Jan 1628
Christoph Bernhard German baroque composer born in Kolberg Pomerania (d. 1692)
01 Jan 1638
Antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres French poet and literary figure born in Paris (d. 1694)
01 Jan 1697
Johann Pfeiffer German violinist composer and concert master at court (Bayreuth) born in Nuremberg (d. 1761)
01 Jan 1714
Kristijonas Donelaitis Lithuanian poet (The Seas) and Lutheran pastor born in Lasdinehlen East Prussia (d. 1780)
01 Jan 1723
Christian Friedrich Gregor Moravian composer and bishop born in Dirsdorf Silesia (d. 1801)
01 Jan 1729
Edmund Burke British statesman philosopher and author (A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful Reflections on the Revolution in France) [NSJan 12] born in Dublin Ireland (d. 1797)
01 Jan 1748
Giovanni Furno Italian composer and famous music teacher in Naples born in Capua (d. 1837)
01 Jan 1764
Johannes Kinker Dutch linguist philosopher and poet (Minderjarige Zangster) born in Nieuwer-Amstel (d. 1845)
01 Jan 1777
Micah Hawkins American poet playwright and composer born in Head of the Harbour New York (d. 1825)
01 Jan 1800
Sydney Nelson English song composer (Rose of Allendale) born in London England (d. 1862)
01 Jan 1800
Vaclav Horak Czech composer born in Lobe (d. 1871)
01 Jan 1809
John Pieter Heije Dutch physician writer and poet (Silver Fleet) (d. 1876)
01 Jan 1827
William Lewis Cabell Old Tige American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and Mayor of Dallas born in Danville Virginia (d. 1911)
01 Jan 1831
William Joseph Westbrook British composer (d. 1894)
01 Jan 1843
Nikolay Lodizhensky Russian diplomat and composer born in Saint Petersburg Russia (d. 1916)
01 Jan 1846
Nikola Pasic Serbian nationalist and premier (over many periods from 1891 to 1926) born in Zajear Serbia (d. 1926)
01 Jan 1854
James George Frazer Scottish anthropologist and folklorist (The Golden Bough) born in Glasgow Scotland (d. 1941)
01 Jan 1863
Aleko Konstantinov Bulgarian writer (To Chicago & Back) born in Svishtov Ottoman Empire (d. 1897)
01 Jan 1865
Giuseppe Ferrata Italian composer and pianist born in Gradoli Italy (d. 1928)
01 Jan 1867
Charles Edward Montague English journalist and author (Fiery Particles) born in Twickenham England (d. 1928)
01 Jan 1873
Mariano Azuela Mexican novelist (The Flies The Bosses) born in Lagos de Moreno Jalisco (d. 1952)
01 Jan 1874
Hugo Leichtentritt German Jewish composer and musicologist born in Pleschen Poland (d. 1951)
01 Jan 1875
Charles Rist French economist (opposed Keynesian Revolution) born in Lausanne Switzerland France (d. 1955)
01 Jan 1875
Frank Druce English cricket batsman (5 Tests 1 x 50 Surrey CCC) born in London England (d. 1954)
01 Jan 1876
Johan Coenraad Altorf Dutch sculptor (October 3rd monument) (d. 1955)
01 Jan 1878
Edwin Franko Goldman American march music composer (founder of American Bandmasters Association) born in Louisville Kentucky (d. 1956)
01 Jan 1879
Emile Argand Swiss geologist (Dekbladen Theory) born in Eaux-Vives Switzerland (d. 1940)
01 Jan 1879
Ernest Jones Welsh psychoanalyst (biographer of Freud - Life & Work of Sigmund Freud)born in Gowerton Wales (d. 1958)
01 Jan 1879
William Fox [Wilhem Fuchs] Hungarian-American movie theater pioneer and film producer (Fox Film Corporation) born in Tolcsva Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1952)
01 Jan 1881
Carry van Bruggen [de Haan] Dutch author (Heleen Eva) born in Smilde Netherlands (d. 1932)
01 Jan 1883
Federigo Tozzi Italian writer and journalist (La Torre Tre Croci) born in Siena Italy (d. 1920)
01 Jan 1887
Wilhelm Canaris German admiral and head of German military intelligence (executed for opposing Hitler) born in Aplerbeck Germany (d. 1945)
01 Jan 1889
Alexander Smallens Russian-born American conductor born in St Petersburg Russia (d. 1972)
01 Jan 1889
Tadeusz Jarecki Polish composer and conductor (d. 1955)
01 Jan 1892
Artur Rodzinski Polish conductor (Cleveland Orchestra 1933-43 New York Philharmonic 1943-47 Chicago Symphony 1947-48) born in Split Kingdom of Dalmatia (d. 1958)
01 Jan 1892
Miklos Radnai Hungarian composer and critic (d. 1935)
01 Jan 1895
Nathaniel Shilkret American conductor and musician (Victor Salon Orchestra) born in NYC New York (d. 1982)
01 Jan 1896
Maurice Jacobson British concert pianist composer and music publisher born in London England (d. 1976)
01 Jan 1896
Yitzhak Edel Israeli composer born in Warsaw (d. 1973)
01 Jan 1899
Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa Lithuanian composer and conductor born in Kalnujai Lithuania (d. 1949)
01 Jan 1899
Lev Kuleshov Russian filmmaker and film theorist (Po Zakonu founder of Moscow film school) born in Tambov Russian Empire (d. 1970)
01 Jan 1899
Raymond Loucheur French composer born in Tourcoing France (d. 1979)
01 Jan 1905
Charles Melvin Price American politician (Rep-D-Illinois 1945-88) born in East St. Louis Illinois (d. 1988)
01 Jan 1907
Erich Schmid Swiss composer and conductor born in Balsthal Switzerland (d. 2000)
01 Jan 1909
Barry Goldwater American politician (Senator-R-Arizona 1953-65 69-87) and 1964 presidential candidate (R) born in Phoenix Arizona (d. 1998)
01 Jan 1912
Victor Reuther American labor leader (United Automobile Workers union) born in Wheeling West Virginia (d. 2004) [1]
01 Jan 1913
Eliot Janeway American financial writer (Economics of Chaos) born in New York City (d. 1993)
01 Jan 1915
Francois Bondy Swiss writer and journalist (Preuves) born in Berlin (d. 2003)
01 Jan 1915
Lewis Bingham Keeble British-born town planner born in London England (d. 1994)
01 Jan 1919
Bernard Drukker Dutch organist pianist and orchestra leader (Devils Wheel) born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1992)
01 Jan 1919
Carole Landis [Frances Ridste] American actress (I Wake Up Screaming One Million BC Topper Returns) born in Fairchild Wisconsin (d. 1948)
01 Jan 1920
Virgilio Savona Italian jazz singer and composer (Quartetto Cetra - Un bacio a mezzanotte Crapa pelada) born in Palermo Italy (d. 2009)
01 Jan 1923
Barbara Baxley American stage and screen actress (Norma Rae Countdown Nashville) and singer born in Stockton California (d. 1990)
01 Jan 1923
Milt Jackson American jazz vibraphonist (Modern Jazz Quartet) pianist and composer (Bags Groove) born in Detroit Michigan (d. 1999)
01 Jan 1924
Arthur Prysock American jazz and R&B singer (I Didnt Sleep a Wink Last Night In The Rain) born in was born in Spartanburg South Carolina (d. 1997) (some sources state year as 1929)
01 Jan 1926
Claire Polin [Schaff] composer flautist andmusicologist
01 Jan 1926
Richard Verreau French-Canadian operatic tenor born in Chteau-Richer Qubec (d. 2005)
01 Jan 1929
Holling Gustav Vincoeur fictional character on Northern Exposure
01 Jan 1930
Werner Heider German pianist conductore and composer born in Frth Bavaria Germany
01 Jan 1933
Bo Linde Swedish neo-classical composer born in Gvle Sweden (d. 1970)
01 Jan 1467
Sigismund I the Old King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-48) born in Kozienice Poland (d. 1548)
01 Jan 1697
Johann Pfeiffer German violinist composer and concert master at court (Bayreuth) born in Free Imperial City of Nuremberg Holy Roman Empire (now Germany) (d. 1761)
01 Jan 1800
Vclav Emanuel Hork Czech composer chiefly of liturgical music organist and kapellmeister born in Lobe Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1871)
01 Jan 1823
Sndor Petfi Hungarian poet (A virgnak megtiltani nem lehet - You Cannot Forbid the Flower) and revolutionary born in Kiskrs Kingdom of Hungary Austrian Empire (d. 1849)
01 Jan 1831
William Joseph Westbrook British organist and sacred music composer born in London England (d. 1894)
01 Jan 1867
Lew Fields [Moses Schoenfeld] Polish-American vaudeville and film comedian (Weber and Fields) and theatrical producer born in Poland (d. 1941)
01 Jan 1879
Ernest Jones Welsh psychoanalyst (biographer of Freud - Life & Work of Sigmund Freud) born in Gowerton Wales (d. 1958)
01 Jan 1883
Mary Forbes [Ethel Young] British-American stage and screen character actress (Terror by Night The Picture of Dorian Gray) born in Hornsey England (d. 1974)
01 Jan 1885
Roland Diggle English-American composer organist and choirmaster (St. Johns Episcopal Church of Los Angeles California) born in London England (d. 1954)
01 Jan 1889
Tadeusz Jarecki Polish composer and conductor born in Lemberg Austria-Hungary (d. 1955)
01 Jan 1892
Mikls Radnai Hungarian composer (Symphony of the Magyars). music writer and critic born in Budapest Hungary (d. 1935)
01 Jan 1906
Giovanni DAnzi Italian pianist and songwriter (Malinconia damore) born in Milan Italy (d. 1974)
01 Jan 1909
Dattaram Hindlekar Indian cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 3 dismissals Bombay) born in Bombay India (d. 1949)
01 Jan 1921
Alain Mimoun Algerian-French distance runner (Olympic marathon gold 1956 3 x silver 1948 52) born in Telagh Algeria (d. 2013)
01 Jan 1922
Ernest Fritz Hollings American Democratic Senator from South Carolina (1966-2005) and Governor of South Carolina (1959-63) born in Charleston South Carolina (d. 2019)
01 Jan 1923
Chalmers Goodlin US test pilot (XS-1) born in Greenburg Pennyslvania (d. 2005)
01 Jan 1924
Arthur Prysock American jazz and R&B singer (I Didnt Sleep a Wink Last Night In The Rain) born in Spartanburg South Carolina (d. 1997) (some sources state year as 1929)
01 Jan 1925
Raymond Pellegrin French actor (Woman of Rome) born in Nice France (d. 2007)
01 Jan 1925
Valentina Cortesa Italian actress (Day for Night Kidnap Syndicate) born in Milan Italy (d. 2019)
01 Jan 1926
Claire Polin (Schaff) American contemporary classical composer flautist and musicologist born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania (d. 1995)
01 Jan 1927
Calum MacKay Canadian NHL ice hockey player 1947-55 (Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens) born in Toronto Ontario (d. 2001)
01 Jan 1927
Juliusz uciuk Polish composer (Hymnus de Caritate Dzikie wino Virgin Ivy) born in Brzenica Poland (d. 2020)
01 Jan 1935
Harold Martina Dutch concert pianist conductor and educator born in Curaao Netherlands Antilles
01 Jan 1516
Margaret Leijonhufvud Queen consort of Gustav I of Sweden born in Ekeberg Castle Sweden (d. 1551)
01 Jan 1573
Philippus Rovenius Dutch vicar who led the Catholic church in the Netherlands born in Deventer (d. 1651)
01 Jan 1697
Johann Pfeiffer German violinist composer and concert master at court (Bayreuth) born in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg Holy Roman Empire (d. 1761)
01 Jan 1730
Archibald Bulloch American lawyer Revolutionary War military officer and politician (Governor of Georgia 1776-77) born in Charlestown Province of South Carolina (d. 1777)
01 Jan 1748
Giovanni Furno Italian composer and music teacher in Naples born in Capua Kingdom of Sicily (d. 1837)
01 Jan 1784
William Beale English composer and baritone born in Lankrake Cornwall England (d. 1854)
01 Jan 1849
Benjamin Holt American businessman (Holt Manufacturing Caterpillar) and inventor (crawler-type tread tractor) born in Concord New Hampshire (d. 1920)
01 Jan 1857
Charles Seeberger American inventor (coined term escalator and designed 1st commercially produced escalator) born in Oskaloosa Iowa (d. 1931) [1]
01 Jan 1859
Michael J. Owens American glassmaker and inventor (glass bottle-making machine) born in Mason County West Virginia (d. 1923) [1]
01 Jan 1861
Jesse Reno American engineer and inventor (created the first escalators) born in Ft. Leavenworth Kansas (d. 1947) [1]
01 Jan 1875
Charles Rist French economist who opposed the Keynesian Revolution born in Lausanne Switzerland (d. 1955)
01 Jan 1876
Harriet Brooks Canadian physicist born in Exeter Ontario (d. 1933)
01 Jan 1876
Johan Coenraad Altorf Dutch sculptor (October 3rd monument) born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1955)
01 Jan 1892
Mikls Radnai Hungarian composer (Symphony of the Magyars) music writer and critic born in Budapest Hungary (d. 1935)
01 Jan 1895
Nathaniel Shilkret American conductor and musician (Victor Salon Orchestra) born in New York City (d. 1982)
01 Jan 1896
Yitzhak Edel Israeli composer born in Warsaw Russian Poland (d. 1973)
01 Jan 1900
Chiune Sugihara Japanese diplomat (Vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Lithuania 1939-41) who issued thousands of travel visas to imperiled Jews born in Kozuchi Town Empire of Japan (d. 1986)
01 Jan 1900
Xavier Cugat Spanish American bandleader (married Abbe Lane and Charo) born in Girona Catalonia (d. 1990)
01 Jan 1905
Stanisaw Mazur Polish mathematician born in Lemberg Western Ukraine (d. 1981)
01 Jan 1906
Giovanni DAnzi Italian pianist and songwriter (with Alfredo Bracchi - Malinconia damore El Biscella) born in Milan Italy (d. 1974)
01 Jan 1910
Russ Bender American actor and writer (Amazing Colossal Man Space Monster It Conquered the World) born in New York City (d. 1969)
01 Jan 1911
Audrey Wurdemann American poet 1935 Pulitzer Prize for Bright Ambush born in Seattle Washington (d. 1960)
01 Jan 1927
Maurice Bjart French-Swiss dancer and choreographer (Bjart Ballet Lausanne) born in Marseille France (d. 2007)
01 Jan 1927
Pat Heywood Scottish actress (10 Rillington Place Lucky Feller) born in Gretna Green Scotland (d. 2024)
01 Jan 1928
Ernest Tidyman American author and screenwriter (Shaft The French Connection) born in Cleveland Ohio (d. 1984)
01 Jan 1930
Frederick Wiseman American documentary filmmaker (Welfare Sinai Field Mission In Jackson Heights) and theatre director born in Boston Massachusetts
01 Jan 1930
Gaafar Nimeiry Sudanese military officer and politician (Chairman of the National Revolutionary Command Council1969-71 President. 1971-85) born in Wad Nubawi Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (d. 2009)
01 Jan 1930
Ty Hardin [Orison Hungerford Jr.] American actor (Riptide Bronco) born in New York City (d. 2017)
01 Jan 1931
Carel Brons Dutch composer born in Groningen Netherlands (d. 1983)
01 Jan 1484
Huldrych Zwingli Swiss Christian theologian musician and leader of the Swiss Protestant Reformation born in Wildhaus Switzerland (d. 1531)
01 Jan 1511
Henry Duke of Cornwall First living child of King Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon born in Richmond Palace Surrey England (d. )
01 Jan 1557
Stephen Bocskai Prince of Transylvania and Hungary (1605-6) born in Kolozsvr Eastern Hungarian Kingdom (d. 1606)
01 Jan 1600
Friedrich Spanheim German theologian Calvinistic professor and writer (Dubia Evangelica Disputatio de Gratia Universali) born in Amberg Bavaria (d. 1649) [1]
01 Jan 1638
Go-Sai [Nagahito] 111th Emperor of Japan (1655-63) born in Kyto Japan (d. 1685)
01 Jan 1655
Christian Thomasius German jurist philosopher and co-founder of the University of Halle (Essays on Church State and Politics) born in Leipzig Electorate of Saxony Holy Roman Empire (d. 1728) [1] [2]
01 Jan 1684
Arnold Drakenborch Dutch classical scholar who studied philology and law (Livy Silius Italicus) born in Utrecht Dutch Republic (d. 1748) [1]
01 Jan 1704
Soame Jenyns British writer (View of the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion) and Member of Parliament (1741-80) born in London England (d. 1787) [1]
01 Jan 1711
Franz von der Trenck Austrian soldier whose unit is considered one of the worst in European history due to insubordination and plundering born in Reggio di Calabria (d. 1749)
01 Jan 1750
Frederick Muhlenberg American politician and first speaker of the US House of Representatives (1789-91 1793-95) born in Trappe Pennsylvania (d. 1801) [1]
01 Jan 1767
Maria Edgeworth Anglo-Irish novelist and educator (Castle Rackrent Ennui) born in Black Bourton England (d. 1849)
01 Jan 1774
Andr Marie Constant Dumril French zoologist (Zoologie analytique) born in Amiens France (d. 1860)
01 Jan 1779
William Clowes British printer and founder of the printing firm William Clowes Ltd. in 1803 born in Chichester England (d. 1847) [1]
01 Jan 1800
Vclav Emanuel Hork Czech composer chiefly of liturgical music organist and kapellmeister born in Lobe Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1871)
01 Jan 1809
John Pieter Heije Dutch physician writer and poet (Silver Fleet) born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1876) [1]
01 Jan 1814
Hong Xiuquan Chinese rebel and religious leader (Taiping Rebellion) born in Hua County Guangdong Qing Dynasty (d. 1864)
01 Jan 1833
Robert Lawson Scottish-New Zealand architect (Dunedins First Church Larnach Castle) born in Newburgh Fife Scotland (d. 1902)
01 Jan 1834
Ludovic Halvy French author and playwright (contributions to Carmen and La belle Hlne) born in Paris France (d. 1908) [1]
01 Jan 1838
William Hugh Young American Brigadier General in the Confederate Army who fought in the Battle of Shiloh born in Booneville Missouri (d. 1901)
01 Jan 1848
John W. Goff American lawyer and judge known for his part in the Catalpa Rescue born in Gorey Ireland (d. 1924) [1] [2]
01 Jan 1852
Eugne-Anatole Demaray French chemist and discoverer of the element europium born in Paris France (d. 1903)
01 Jan 1865
Giuseppe Ferrata Italian composer and pianist born in Gradoli Duchy of Castro Papal States (d. 1928)
01 Jan 1874
Gustave Whitehead German-American aviation pioneer who claimed to have flown a powered airplane before the Wright brothers in 1903 born in Leutershausen German Empire (d. 1927) [1] [2] [3]
01 Jan 1878
Agner Krarup Erlang Danish scientist and engineer known for his work on queueing theory born in Lonborg Denmark (d. 1929)
01 Jan 1881
Vajiravudh 6th King of Siam from the Chakri dynasty (1910-25) born in Bangkok Siam (d. 1925)
01 Jan 1888
John C. Garand Canadian-American designer of the M1 semi-automatic rifle born in St. Rmi Quebec (d. 1974) [1]
01 Jan 1890
Anton Melik Slovenian geographer and founder of the Anton Melik Geographical Institute (The Geography of Slovenia) born in rna Vas Austrio-Hungarian Empire (d. 1966) [1]
01 Jan 1898
Viktor Ullmann Austrian pianist conductor and composer (Der Kaiser von Atlantis) born in Teschen Silesia (d. 1944)
01 Jan 1902
Hans von Dohnanyi German jurist accused of inspiring the July 20th plot born in Vienna Austria-Hungary (d. 1945)
01 Jan 1904
Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry Pakistani politician and 5th President of Pakistan (1973-8) born in Kharian Punjab British India (d. 1982)
01 Jan 1911
Frans Duwaer Dutch printer and resistance fighter born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1944)
01 Jan 1912
Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko Russian mathematician known for his contributiuon to the study of probability theory born in Simbirsk Russian Empire (d. 1995) [1] [2]
01 Jan 1916
Murray Armstrong Canadian ice hockey center (New York Americans Detroit Red Wings) and collegiate coach (University of Denver 1956-77 5 NCAA Championships) born in Manor Saskatchewan (d. 2010)
01 Jan 1917
Jule Gregory Charney American meteorologist and pioneer in numerical weather prediction born in San Francisco California (d. 1981) [1] [2]
01 Jan 1918
Patrick Anthony Porteous Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross for his conduct during the raid on Dieppe in 1942 born in Abbottabad British India (d. 2000) [1] [2]
01 Jan 1921
Ismail al-Faruqi Palestinian philosopher born in Jaffa British Mandate of Palestine (d. 1986)
01 Jan 1923
Daniel Gorenstein American mathematician known for the classification of finite simple groups born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1992) [1]
01 Jan 1928
Michael Roemer German-American independent film director (Nothing But a Man The Plot Against Harry) born in Berlin Germany (d. 2025) [1]
01 Jan 1931
Carel Brons Dutch composer (Mutazione Reflections) born in Groningen Netherlands (d. 1983)
01 Jan 1931
Siddig El Nigoumi Sudanese-British ceramicist born in Sudan (d. 1996)
01 Jan 1933
Frederick Hans Lowy Canadian psychiatrist medical educator and Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University (1995-2005) born in Grosspetersdorf Austria [1]
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