Famous Birthdays
- Jan 1 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)
- Jan 3 Jean Louvel, Flemish pianist/conductor/composer
- Jan 4 Mohammed Sahir, shah (Afghanistan)
- Jan 4 Herman Franks, American baseball player
George Reeves
Jan 5 George Reeves, American actor (Superman, Gone with the Wind), born in Woolstock, Iowa (d. 1959)
George Reeves
- Jan 5 Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1955)
- Jan 8 Charles Borromeo Mills, composer
- Jan 9 Derek Allhusen, English equestrian (Olympic gold 1968), born in Chelsea, London (d. 2000)
- Jan 9 Kenny Clarke, American jazz drummer & bandleader (Epistrop), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1985)
- Jan 10 Claude Gallimard, French publisher (d. 1991)
- Jan 10 Polly Rowles, American actress (Sweet Liberty, Jamie), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2001)
- Jan 10 Yu Kuo-hwa, former Premier of Taiwan, born in Fenghua District, China (d. 2000)
- Jan 11 Dorothy Jeakins, costume designer
- Jan 12 Edward John Gurney, American politician, US senator (1969-74), born in Portland, Maine (d. 1996)
- Jan 14 Harold Russell, Canadian actor (Best Years of Our Life, Dogtown), born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada (d. 2002)
- Jan 14 Thomas J. Watson Jr., American businessman and politician (President of IBM, 1952-1971, US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1979-1981), born in Dayton, Ohio (d. 1993)
- Jan 14 Dudley Randall, African-American poet who founded the pioneering publishing house "Broadside Press", born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2000)
- Jan 15 Hugh Trevor-Roper, English historian (The Last Days of Hitler), born in Glanton, England (d. 2003)
- Jan 16 Roger Aubert, Belgian church historian (Le Pontificat de Pie IX)
- Jan 16 Roger Wagner, American choral musician (d. 1992)
- Jan 17 Anacleto Angelini, Chilean businessman (d. 2007)
- Jan 18 Arno Schmidt, German writer, born in Hamburg (d. 1979)
- Jan 19 Bob Gerard, British racing driver (d. 1990)
- Jan 20 Wensley Pithey, South-African actor (Oliver!, The Saint, Little Women), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1993)
- Jan 22 Dimitri Dragatakis, composer
- Jan 23 Napoleon L Bonaparte, French pretender to the throne, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1997)
- Jan 26 Kaye Webb, English writer/publisher (Puffin Club)
- Jan 26 Princess Hadice Hayriye Ayshe Dürrühsehvar (d. 2006)
- Jan 27 Anna Larina, revolutionary
- Jan 28 Nelson Olmsted [or Olmstead], American voice actor (Sleep No More), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1992)
- Jan 30 David Wayne, American stage and screen actor (Andromeda Strain, Adam's Rib), born in Traverse City, Michigan (d. 1995)
- Jan 30 John Ireland, Canadian actor (All the King's Men, Rawhide, Gunfight at OK Corral), born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 1992)
- Jan 30 Louis Osman, artist architect goldsmith medallist/craftsman
- Jan 31 Carey Loftin, American actor (The Deer Hunder, The Goonies), born in Blountstown Florida (d. 1997)
Jersey Joe
Jan 31 Jersey Joe Walcott, American heavyweight boxing champion (1951-52), born in Merchantville, New Jersey (d. 1994)
Jersey Joe