Famous People Born in January - Birthplaces & Biographies

Koleka Putuma

Born: January 1st, 1993

📍 Port Elizabeth, South Africa

🏷️ Poet

Shawn Johnson

Born: January 19th, 1992

📍 Des Moines, Iowa, USA

🏷️ Athlete,Gymnastics

Sergey Karjakin

Born: January 12th, 1990

📍 Simferopol, Ukraine

🏷️ Chess player

Niviaq Korneliussen

Born: January 1st, 1990

📍 Nuuk, Greenland

🏷️ Novelist

Uchimura Kohei

Born: January 3rd, 1989

📍 Kitakyushu, Japan

🏷️ Athlete,Gymnastics

Ayọ̀bámi Adebayo

Born: January 29th, 1988

📍 Lagos, Nigeria

🏷️ Novelist

Johny Pitts

Born: January 1st, 1987

📍 Sheffield, England

🏷️ Essayist

Chigozie Obioma

Born: January 1st, 1986

📍 Akure, Nigeria

🏷️ Novelist

Roland Rugero

Born: January 1st, 1986

📍 Bujumbura, Burundi

🏷️ Novelist

Georgina Bloomberg

Born: January 20th, 1983

📍 Manhattan, New York city, New York, USA

🏷️ Athlete,Equestrian

Ishion Hutchinson

Born: January 4th, 1983

📍 Port Antonio, Jamaica

🏷️ Poet

Julian Aguon

Born: January 1st, 1983

📍 Guam

🏷️ Essayist

Fernanda Melchor

Born: January 1st, 1982

📍 Veracruz, Mexico

🏷️ Novelist

Natalia Ginzburg Jr.

Born: January 1st, 1982

📍 Rome, Italy

🏷️ Novelist

Kikuchi Rinko

Born: January 6th, 1981

📍 Hadano, Japan

🏷️ Actor

Max Porter

Born: January 1st, 1981

📍 High Wycombe, England

🏷️ Novelist

NoViolet Bulawayo

Born: January 1st, 1981

📍 Tsholotsho, Zimbabwe

🏷️ Novelist

Ottessa Moshfegh

Born: January 1st, 1981

📍 Boston, Massachusetts, USA

🏷️ Novelist

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Jr.

Born: January 1st, 1980

📍 Turin, Italy

🏷️ Actor

Matsuda Aoko

Born: January 1st, 1979

📍 Hyogo, Japan

🏷️ Novelist

Najat El Hachmi

Born: January 1st, 1979

📍 Nador, Morocco

🏷️ Novelist

Ogawa Sayaka

Born: January 1st, 1979

📍 Osaka, Japan

🏷️ Novelist

Andrés Iñarritu Jr.

Born: January 1st, 1978

📍 Mexico City, Mexico

🏷️ Novelist

Cho Nam-joo

Born: January 1st, 1978

📍 Seoul, South Korea

🏷️ Novelist

Garth Greenwell

Born: January 1st, 1978

📍 Louisville, USA

🏷️ Novelist

Nicolas Mathieu

Born: January 1st, 1978

📍 Épinal, France

🏷️ Novelist

Andrés Neuman

Born: January 29th, 1977

📍 Buenos Aires, Argentina

🏷️ Novelist,Poet

Clemens Meyer

Born: January 1st, 1977

📍 Halle, Germany

🏷️ Novelist

Sofi Oksanen

Born: January 1st, 1977

📍 Jyväskylä, Finland

🏷️ Novelist

Rivka Galchen

Born: January 1st, 1976

📍 Toronto, Canada

🏷️ Novelist

Andrea Bajani

Born: January 1st, 1975

📍 Rome, Italy

🏷️ Novelist,Poet

Lisa Ko

Born: January 1st, 1975

📍 New York City, New York, USA

🏷️ Novelist

Mary Watson

Born: January 1st, 1975

📍 Cape Town, South Africa

🏷️ Novelist

Sinead Gleeson

Born: January 1st, 1975

📍 Dublin, Ireland

🏷️ Essayist

Bjørndalen Ole Einar

Born: January 27th, 1974

📍 Drammen, Norway

🏷️ Athlete,Biathlon

Joanna Kavenna

Born: January 1st, 1974

📍 Oxford, England

🏷️ Essayist,Novelist

José Luís Peixoto

Born: January 1st, 1974

📍 Galveias, Portugal

🏷️ Novelist,Poet

Guo Xiaolu

Born: January 1st, 1973

📍 Zhejiang, China

🏷️ Novelist

Hassan Blasim

Born: January 1st, 1973

📍 Baghdad, Iraq

🏷️ Novelist

Scherbo Vitaly

Born: January 13th, 1972

📍 Minsk, Belarus

🏷️ Athlete,Gymnastics

Sahar Mustafah

Born: January 1st, 1970

📍 Chicago, USA

🏷️ Novelist

Edwidge Danticat

Born: January 19th, 1969

📍 Port‑au‑Prince, Haiti

🏷️ Writer

Stefania Belmondo

Born: January 13th, 1969

📍 Vinadio, Italy

🏷️ Athlete,Cross-Country Skiing

Leone Ross

Born: January 1st, 1969

📍 Coventry, England

🏷️ Novelist

Jenny Offill

Born: January 1st, 1968

📍 Massachusetts, USA

🏷️ Novelist

Peter Terrin

Born: January 1st, 1968

📍 Tielt, Belgium

🏷️ Novelist

Süleymanoğlu Naim

Born: January 23rd, 1967

📍 Ptichar, Bulgaria

🏷️ Athlete,Weightlifting

Kang-ho Song

Born: January 17th, 1967

📍 Gimhae, South Korea

🏷️ Actor

Song Kang-ho

Born: January 17th, 1967

📍 Gimhae, South Korea

🏷️ Actor

Nina Bouraoui

Born: January 1st, 1967

📍 Rennes, France

🏷️ Novelist

Olivier Martinez

Born: January 12th, 1966

📍 Paris, France

🏷️ Actor

Karl Taro Greenfeld

Born: January 1st, 1965

📍 Tokyo, Japan

🏷️ Journalist,Novelist

Monique Roffey

Born: January 1st, 1965

📍 Port of Spain, Trinidad

🏷️ Novelist

Shyam Selvadurai

Born: January 1st, 1965

📍 Colombo, Sri Lanka

🏷️ Novelist

Jeff Bezos

Born: January 12th, 1964

📍 Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

🏷️ Entrepreneur

Olga Tokarczuk

Born: January 29th, 1962

📍 Sulechów, Poland

🏷️ Novelist

Amit Chaudhuri

Born: January 1st, 1962

📍 Calcutta, India

🏷️ Novelist

Patrícia Melo

Born: January 1st, 1962

📍 São Paulo, Brazil

🏷️ Novelist

Rana Kabbani

Born: January 1st, 1958

📍 Damascus, Syria

🏷️ Essayist

André Alexis

Born: January 15th, 1957

📍 Port of Spain, Trinidad

🏷️ Novelist

Janice Galloway

Born: January 1st, 1955

📍 Saltcoats, Scotland

🏷️ Novelist

Carsten Jensen

Born: January 1st, 1952

📍 Marstal, Denmark

🏷️ Essayist,Novelist

Haruki Murakami

Born: January 12th, 1949

📍 Kyoto, Japan

🏷️ Writer

David Bowie

Born: January 8th, 1947

📍 London, England

🏷️ Singer

Julian Barnes

Born: January 19th, 1946

📍 Leicester, England

🏷️ Writer

Stephen Hawking

Born: January 8th, 1942

📍 Oxford, England

🏷️ scientist

Faye Dunaway

Born: January 14th, 1941

📍 Bascom, Florida, USA

🏷️ Actor

Miyazaki Hayao

Born: January 5th, 1941

📍 Tokyo, Japan

🏷️ Animator,Filmmaker

Xingjian Gao

Born: January 4th, 1940

📍 Ganzhou, China

🏷️ Playwright,Writer

Etta James

Born: January 25th, 1938

📍 Los Angeles, California, USA

🏷️ Singer

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Born: January 5th, 1938

📍 Kamiriithu, Kenya

🏷️ Playwright,Writer

Boris Spassky

Born: January 30th, 1937

📍 Leningrad, Russia

🏷️ Chess player

Ismail Kadaré

Born: January 28th, 1936

📍 Gjirokastër, Albania

🏷️ Writer

Kenzaburō Ōe

Born: January 31st, 1935

📍 Ose, Japan

🏷️ Writer

Forough Farrokhzad

Born: January 29th, 1935

📍 Tehran, Iran

🏷️ Filmmaker,Poet

Elvis Presley

Born: January 8th, 1935

📍 Tupelo, Mississippi, USA

🏷️ Singer

Martin Luther King Jr.

Born: January 15th, 1929

📍 Atlanta, USA

🏷️ Political Leader

Mahasweta Devi

Born: January 14th, 1926

📍 Dacca, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh)

🏷️ Writer

Yukio Mishima

Born: January 14th, 1925

📍 Tokyo, Japan

🏷️ Poet,Writer

Patricia Highsmith

Born: January 4th, 1921

📍 Fort Worth, Texas, USA

🏷️ Writer

Paul Keres

Born: January 7th, 1916

📍 Narva, Estonia

🏷️ Chess player

Richard Nixon

Born: January 9th, 1913

📍 Yorba Linda, California, USA

🏷️ Political leader,lawyer

Jackson Pollock

Born: January 28th, 1912

📍 Cody, Wyoming, USA

🏷️ Painter

Simone de Beauvoir

Born: January 9th, 1908

📍 Paris, France

🏷️ Writer

Barbara Hepworth

Born: January 10th, 1903

📍 Wakefield, England

🏷️ Sculptor

Nazim Hikmet

Born: January 15th, 1902

📍 Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (now Izmir, Turkey)

🏷️ Poet,Writer

Karel Čapek

Born: January 9th, 1890

📍 Malé Svatonovice, Austro‑Hungary (now Czech Republic)

🏷️ Playwright,Writer

Sophie Tauber-Arp

Born: January 19th, 1889

📍 Davos, Switzerland

🏷️ Designer,Painter

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Born: January 30th, 1882

📍 Hyde Park, New York, USA

🏷️ Political leader,reformer

Virginia Woolf

Born: January 25th, 1882

📍 London, England

🏷️ Writer

Rubén Darío

Born: January 18th, 1867

📍 Metapa, Nicaragua

🏷️ Poet

Romain Rolland

Born: January 29th, 1866

📍 Clamecy, France

🏷️ Writer

Edith Warton

Born: January 24th, 1862

📍 New York City, New York, USA

🏷️ Writer

Anton Chekhov

Born: January 29th, 1860

📍 Taganrog, Russia

🏷️ Writer

August Strindberg

Born: January 22nd, 1849

📍 Stockholm, Sweden

🏷️ Writer

William McKinley

Born: January 29th, 1843

📍 Niles, Ohio, USA

🏷️ Political leader,politician

Berthe Morisot

Born: January 14th, 1841

📍 Bourges, France

🏷️ Painter

Paul Cézanne

Born: January 19th, 1839

📍 Aix-en-Provence, France

🏷️ Painter

Lewis Carroll

Born: January 27th, 1832

📍 Daresbury, England

🏷️ Writer

Édouard Manet

Born: January 23rd, 1832

📍 5 rue Bonaparte, Paris, France

🏷️ Painter

Anne Bronte

Born: January 17th, 1820

📍 Thornton, England

🏷️ Poet,Writer

Edgar Allan Poe

Born: January 19th, 1809

📍 Boston, Massachusetts, USA

🏷️ Poet,Writer

Millard Fillmore

Born: January 7th, 1800

📍 Cayuga County, New York, USA

🏷️ Political leader,politician

Hiroshige Utagawa

Born: January 1st, 1797

📍 Edo (Tokyo), Japan

🏷️ Painter,Printmaker

Lord Byron

Born: January 22nd, 1788

📍 London, England

🏷️ Poet

Stendhal

Born: January 23rd, 1783

📍 Grenoble, France

🏷️ Writer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Born: January 27th, 1756

📍 Salzburg, Austria

🏷️ Composer,Musician

Benjamin Franklin

Born: January 17th, 1706

📍 Boston, Massachusetts, USA

🏷️ scientist

Isaac Newton

Born: January 4th, 1643

📍 Woolsthorpe, England

🏷️ Mathematician,Physicist,Scientist

Sofonisba Anguissola

Born: January 1st, 1532

📍 Cremona, Italy

🏷️ Painter