History Births on January 01

Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral (d. 1945)

#Wilhelm_Canaris

Anthony Wayne, American general and politician (d. 1796)

#Anthony_Wayne

Thomas Waddell, Irish-Australian politician, 15th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1940)

#Thomas_Waddell

Gerhard Weinberg, German-American historian, author, and academic

#Gerhard_Weinberg

Tony Knowles, American soldier and politician, 7th Governor of Alaska

#Tony_Knowles_(politician)

Manuel Roxas, Filipino lawyer and politician, 5th President of the Philippines (d. 1948)

#Manuel_Roxas

Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (d. 1937)

#Pierre_de_Coubertin

Robert Lawson, Scottish-New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church (d. 1902)

#Robert_Lawson_(architect)

Country Joe McDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Country_Joe_McDonald

Joe Cannon, American soccer player and sportscaster

#Joe_Cannon_(soccer)

Betsy Ross, American seamstress, credited with designing the Flag of the United States (d. 1836)

#Betsy_Ross

Maria Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish author (d. 1849)

#Maria_Edgeworth

J. D. Salinger, American soldier and author (d. 2010)

#J._D._Salinger

Devlet Bahçeli, Turkish economist, academic, and politician, 57th Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey

#Devlet_Bahçeli

Gustave Whitehead, German-American pilot and engineer (d. 1927)

#Gustave_Whitehead

Bob Menendez, American lawyer and politician

#Bob_Menendez

Anna Burke, Australian businesswoman and politician, 28th Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives

#Anna_Burke

Evangelos Venizelos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece

#Evangelos_Venizelos

George Foster Shepley, American general (d. 1878)

#George_Foster_Shepley_(Maine_and_Louisiana)

Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian and academic (d. 1649)

#Friedrich_Spanheim

Ouida, English-Italian author and activist (d. 1908)

#Ouida

Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Russian Minister of Defence (d. 2012)

#Pavel_Grachev

Borys Tarasyuk, Ukrainian politician and diplomat

#Borys_Tarasyuk

Michael Joseph Owens, American inventor (d. 1923)

#Michael_Joseph_Owens

Alexander von Staël-Holstein, German sinologist and orientalist (d. 1937)

#Alexander_von_Staël-Holstein

Bobby Holík, Czech-American ice hockey player and coach

#Bobby_Holík

Matthew Beard, American child actor (d. 1981)

#Matthew_Beard_(American_actor)

Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)

#Pope_Alexander_VI

Rivellino, Brazilian footballer and manager

#Rivellino

Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver

#Zsolt_Baumgartner

Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish mathematician, statistician, and engineer (d. 1929)

#Agner_Krarup_Erlang

Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Egyptian-Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1970)

#Konstantinos_Tsaldaris

Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan (d. 1969)

#Sampurnanand

Omar al-Bashir, Sudanese field marshal and politician, 7th President of Sudan

#Omar_al-Bashir

Tim Keefe, American baseball player (d. 1933)

#Tim_Keefe

Vladimir Šeks, Croatian lawyer and politician, 16th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament

#Vladimir_Šeks

Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian politician (d. 1492)

#Lorenzo_de'_Medici

Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (d. 1531)

#Huldrych_Zwingli

Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 5th President of Pakistan (d. 1982)

#Fazal_Ilahi_Chaudhry

Xavier Cugat, Spanish-American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1990)

#Xavier_Cugat

George Bliss, American politician (d. 1868)

#George_Bliss_(Congressman)

Jason Pierre-Paul, American football player

#Jason_Pierre-Paul

Henry, Duke of Cornwall, first-born child of Henry VIII of England (d. 1511)

#Henry,_Duke_of_Cornwall

Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer

#Frederick_Wiseman

Egidio Arévalo Ríos, Uruguayan footballer

#Egidio_Arévalo_Ríos

Ludovic Halévy, French author and playwright (d. 1908)

#Ludovic_Halévy

Achille Guenée, French lawyer and entomologist (d. 1880)

#Achille_Guenée

Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist and mathematician (d. 1974)

#Satyendra_Nath_Bose

Fernando Tatís, Dominican baseball player

#Fernando_Tatís

Valentina Cortese, Italian actress (d. 2019)

#Valentina_Cortese

Lilian Thuram, French footballer

#Lilian_Thuram

Mordechai Frizis, Greek colonel (d. 1940)

#Mordechai_Frizis

Ivica Da?i?, Serbian journalist and politician, 95th Prime Minister of Serbia

#Ivica_Da?i?

John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand rifle (d. 1974)

#John_Garand

Alassane Ouattara, Ivorian economist and politician, President of the Ivory Coast (doubtful)

#Alassane_Ouattara

Maurice Béjart, French-Swiss dancer, choreographer, and director (d. 2007)

#Maurice_Béjart

Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (d. 1966)

#Anton_Melik

Pablo Cuevas, Uruguayan tennis player

#Pablo_Cuevas

Stepan Bandera, Ukrainian soldier and politician (d. 1959)

#Stepan_Bandera

Lakhdar Brahimi, Algerian politician, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Lakhdar_Brahimi

Sándor Pet?fi, Hungarian poet and activist (d. 1849)

#Sándor_Pet?fi

Vernon L. Smith, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Vernon_L._Smith

Don Novello, American comedian (Father Guido Sarducci), screenwriter and producer

#Don_Novello

Tihomir Oreškovi?, Croatian-Canadian businessman, 11th Prime Minister of Croatia

#Tihomir_Oreškovi?

J. Edgar Hoover, American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 1972)

#J._Edgar_Hoover

Hong Xiuquan, Chinese rebellion leader and king (d. 1864)

#Hong_Xiuquan

Arthur Hugh Clough, English-Italian poet and academic (d. 1861)

#Arthur_Hugh_Clough

Chiune Sugihara, Japanese soldier and diplomat (d. 1986)

#Chiune_Sugihara

Paul Revere, American silversmith and engraver (d. 1818)

#Paul_Revere

Melaine Walker, Jamaican hurdler

#Melaine_Walker

Mahadev Desai, Indian author and activist (d. 1942)

#Mahadev_Desai

Victor Ashe, American politician and former United States Ambassador to Poland

#Victor_Ashe

David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player

#David_Nalbandian

Paul Bomani, Tanzanian politician and diplomat, 1st Tanzanian Minister of Finance (d. 2005)

#Paul_Bomani

Dennis Archer, American lawyer and politician, 67th Mayor of Detroit

#Dennis_Archer

Baron Franz von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749)

#Baron_Franz_von_der_Trenck

William Gamble, Irish-born American general (d. 1866)

#William_Gamble_(general)

Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (d. 1986)

#Hank_Greenberg

Teresa Tora?ska, Polish journalist and author (d. 2013)

#Teresa_Tora?ska

Charles Bickford, American actor (d. 1967)

#Charles_Bickford

Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (d. 1946)

#Alfred_Stieglitz

E. M. Forster, English author and playwright (d. 1970)

#E._M._Forster

Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer

#Shaji_N._Karun

James Sinegal, American businessman, co-founded Costco

#James_Sinegal

Soame Jenyns, English author, poet, and politician (d. 1787)

#Soame_Jenyns

Doak Walker, American football player and businessman (d. 1998)

#Doak_Walker

Gary Johnson, American businessman and politician, 29th Governor of New Mexico

#Gary_Johnson

Kim Philby, British spy (d. 1988)

#Kim_Philby

Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)

#Patrick_Anthony_Porteous

Roman Totenberg, Polish-American violinist and educator (d. 2012)

#Roman_Totenberg

Vidya Balan, Indian actress

#Vidya_Balan

Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player

#Becky_Kellar-Duke

Shannon Bolin, American actress and singer (d. 2016)

#Shannon_Bolin

Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian pastor and poet (d. 1780)

#Kristijonas_Donelaitis

Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch scholar and author (d. 1748)

#Arnold_Drakenborch

Michele Lega, Italian cardinal (d. 1935)

#Michele_Lega

Edward Dickinson, American politician and father of poet Emily Dickinson (d. 1874)

#Edward_Dickinson

Kinue Hitomi, Japanese sprinter and long jumper (d. 1931)

#Kinue_Hitomi

Dana Andrews, American actor (d. 1992)

#Dana_Andrews

César Baldaccini, French sculptor and academic (d. 1998)

#César_Baldaccini

Christine Lagarde, French lawyer and politician; Managing Director, International Monetary Fund

#Christine_Lagarde

Frank Knox, American publisher and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 1944)

#Frank_Knox

John W. Goff, Irish-American lawyer and politician (d. 1924)

#John_W._Goff

Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer (d. 1997)

#Willy_den_Ouden

Audrey Wurdemann, American poet and author (d. 1960)

#Audrey_Wurdemann

Grandmaster Flash, Barbadian rapper and DJ

#Grandmaster_Flash

Sergei Avdeyev, Russian engineer and astronaut

#Sergei_Avdeyev

William J. Donovan, American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1959)

#William_J._Donovan

Qi Baishi, Chinese painter (d. 1957)

#Qi_Baishi

Noor Inayat Khan, British SOE agent (d. 1944)

#Noor_Inayat_Khan

Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese lieutenant, engineer, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (d. 1949)

#Chikuhei_Nakajima

Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Pakistani field hockey player and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan

#Zafarullah_Khan_Jamali

Anthony Hamilton-Smith, 3rd Baron Colwyn, English dentist and politician

#Anthony_Hamilton-Smith,_3rd_Baron_Colwyn

Marie-Louise Lachapelle, French obstetrician (d. 1821)

#Marie-Louise_Lachapelle

Jon Corzine, American sergeant and politician, 54th Governor of New Jersey

#Jon_Corzine

Michèle Mercier, French actress

#Michèle_Mercier

Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist and composer (d. 1999)

#Milt_Jackson

Carole Landis, American actress (d. 1948)

#Carole_Landis

Claude Steele, American social psychologist and academic

#Claude_Steele

Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, French chemist and academic (d. 1904)

#Eugène-Anatole_Demarçay

Om Prakash Chautala, Indian politician

#Om_Prakash_Chautala

Lionel Kieseritzky, Estonian-French chess player (d. 1853)

#Lionel_Kieseritzky

James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist and academic (d. 1941)

#James_George_Frazer

Jean-Marc Gounon, French racing driver

#Jean-Marc_Gounon

Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatorial Guinean politician, 1st President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (d. 1979)

#Francisco_Macías_Nguema

Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (d. 2007)

#Osvaldo_Cavandoli

Thibaw Min, Burmese king (d. 1916)

#Thibaw_Min

Dick Quax, New Zealand runner and politician (d. 2018)

#Dick_Quax

Mary Beard, English classicist, academic and presenter

#Mary_Beard_(classicist)

Stanis?aw Mazur, Ukrainian-Polish mathematician and theorist (d. 1981)

#Stanis?aw_Mazur

Mati Unt, Estonian author, playwright, and director (d. 2005)

#Mati_Unt

Azali Assoumani, Comorian colonel and politician, President of the Comoros

#Azali_Assoumani

Davor Šuker, Croatian footballer

#Davor_Šuker

Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver

#Jacky_Ickx

Sigismund I the Old, Polish king (d. 1548)

#Sigismund_I_the_Old

LaMarr Hoyt, American baseball player

#LaMarr_Hoyt

William Fox, Hungarian-American screenwriter and producer, founded the Fox Film Corporation and Fox Theatres (d. 1952)

#William_Fox_(producer)

Phil Read, English motorcycle racer and businessman

#Phil_Read

Tiago Splitter, Brazilian basketball player

#Tiago_Splitter

André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and academic (d. 1860)

#André_Marie_Constant_Duméril

Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (d. 1728)

#Christian_Thomasius

Panagiotis Giannakis, Greek basketball player and coach

#Panagiotis_Giannakis

Steven Davis, Northern Irish footballer

#Steven_Davis

Meryl Davis, American ice dancer

#Meryl_Davis

Larry L. King, American journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2012)

#Larry_L._King

Ramses Barden, American football player

Park Sung-hyun, South Korean archer

Chai Jing, Chinese former reporter and host

Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player and coach

Christian Paradis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Industry

Sammie Henson, American wrestler and coach

Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician

Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress

Anton Muscatelli, Italian-Scottish economist and academic

Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan colonel, pilot, and astronaut

Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek engineer and politician, Greek Minister of Finance

Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (d. 2012)

Gennadi Sarafanov, Russian pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2005)

Younoussi Touré, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali

Senfronia Thompson, American politician

Alan Berg, American lawyer and radio host (d. 1984)

Joe Orton, English dramatist (d. 1967)

James Hormel, American philanthropist and diplomat

Giuseppe Patanè, Italian conductor (d. 1989)

Gaafar Nimeiry, Egyptian-Sudanese politician, 4th President of the Sudan (d. 2009)

Ernest Tidyman, American author and screenwriter (d. 1984)

James Reeb, American clergyman and political activist (d. 1965)

Kazys Petkevi?ius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2008)

Ernest Hollings, American soldier and politician, 106th Governor of South Carolina (d. 2019)

Regina Bianchi, Italian actress (d. 2013)

Ismail al-Faruqi, Palestinian-American philosopher and academic (d. 1986)

Rocky Graziano, American boxer and actor (d. 1990)

Nikiforos Vrettakos, Greek poet and academic (d. 1991)

Boris Vladimirovich Gnedenko, Russian mathematician and historian (d. 1995)

Basil Dearden, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1971)

Manuel Silos, Filipino filmmaker and actor (d. 1988)

Hans von Dohnányi, German jurist and political dissident (d. 1945)

Buster Nupen, Norwegian-South African cricketer and lawyer (d. 1977)

Edward Joseph Hunkeler, American clergyman (d. 1970)

Georgios Stanotas, Greek general (d. 1965)

Mary Ackworth Evershed, English astronomer and scholar (d. 1949)

William Clowes, English publisher (d. 1847)

Giovanni Battista Mancini, Italian soprano and author (d. 1800)

Christoph Bernhard, German composer and theorist (d. 1692)

Stephen Bocskay, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1606)