Editing 1917 (section)

=== January ===
[[File:Eiganotomo-janewyman-dec1953.jpg|120px|thumb|[[Jane Wyman]]]]
[[File:Ernest Borgnine McHale McHale's Navy 1962.JPG|120px|thumb|[[Ernest Borgnine]]]]
[[File:Janio Quadros.png|thumb|120px|[[Jânio Quadros]]]]
[[File:Louis Zamperini at announcement of 2015 Tournament of Roses Grand Marshal.JPG|120px|thumb|[[Louis Zamperini]]]]
* [[January 2]] 
** [[Vera Zorina]], Norwegian dancer, actress (d. [[2003]])
** [[K. M. Mathew]], Indian newspaper editor (d. [[2010]])
* [[January 3]]
** [[Liu Zhonghua]], Chinese military officer (d. [[2018]])
** [[D. J. Finney]], British statistician (d. [[2018]])
* [[January 5]]
** [[Adolfo Consolini]], Italian discus thrower (d. [[1969]])
** [[Lucienne Day]], British textile designer (d. [[2010]])
** [[Francis L. Kellogg]], American diplomat, prominent socialite (d. [[2006]])
** [[Jane Wyman]], American actress, philanthropist, and first wife of [[Ronald Reagan]] (d. [[2007]])
* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Koo Chen-fu]], [[Nationalist Chinese]] negotiator (d. [[2005]])
* [[January 10]] 
** [[Saul Cherniack]], Canadian politician, lawyer (d. [[2018]])
** [[Jerry Wexler]], American record producer (d. [[2008]])
* [[January 12]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Skinner]], American hockey coach (d. [[2007]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/sports/hockey/14skinner.html|title=Jimmy Skinner, 90, Coach of Red Wings, Dies|date=July 14, 2007|website=New York Times|access-date=24 April 2019}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] &ndash; [[K. A. Thangavelu]], Indian film actor, comedian (d. [[1994]])
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[M. G. Ramachandran]], Tamil Nadu chief minister, actor (d. [[1987]])
* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Erling Persson]], Swedish businessman, founder of [[H&M]] (d. [[2002]])
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Ernest Borgnine]], American actor (d. [[2012]])
* [[January 25]]
** [[Ilya Prigogine]], Russian-born physicist, chemist, and recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (d. [[2003]])
** [[Jânio Quadros]], 22nd [[President of Brazil]] (d. [[1992]])
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Louis Zamperini]], American prisoner of war (World War II), Olympic distance athlete (1936), and Christian evangelist (d. [[2014]])<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Chawkins, Steve |last2=Thursby, Keith |date=3 July 2014 |title=Louis Zamperini dies at 97; Olympic track star and WWII hero |work=Los Angeles Times |department=Obituary |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-louis-zamperini-20140704-story.html#page=1 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[January 29]] &ndash; [[John Raitt]], American actor, singer (d. [[2005]])