Editing 1937 (section)

===January===
[[File:Shirley Bassey (1971).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Shirley Bassey]]]]
[[File:Nadia lotfy (cropped).png|thumb|100px|[[Nadia Lutfi]]]]
[[File:John Hume 2008.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Hume]]]]
[[File:Vanessa Redgrave Cannes 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vanessa Redgrave]]]]
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* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Philip Akot Akok Kiir]], South Sudanese pastor, former educator and politician<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amnesty.org/es/documents/afr54/007/1992/es/ | title=Fear of torture | publisher=Amnesty International | date=25 February 1992 | accessdate=September 9, 2012}}</ref>
* [[January 3]]
** [[Nadia Lutfi]], Egyptian actress (d. [[2020]])
* [[January 4]]
** [[Grace Bumbry]], African American opera singer (d. [[2023]])
** [[Dyan Cannon]], American actress, film director and screenwriter
* [[January 6]] 
** [[Paolo Conte]], Italian singer, pianist and composer
** [[Harri Holkeri]], 36th Prime Minister of Finland (d. [[2011]])
* [[January 8]] – Dame [[Shirley Bassey]], Welsh singer
* [[January 13]] – [[Ati George Sokomanu]], [[President of Vanuatu]]
* [[January 15]] – [[Margaret O'Brien]], American child actress
* [[January 16]] – [[Francis George]], American cardinal (d. [[2015]])
* [[January 18]]
** [[Yukio Endō]], Japanese gymnast (d. [[2009]])
** [[John Hume]], Northern Irish politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate (d. [[2020]])
* [[January 19]]
** [[Princess Birgitta of Sweden]] (d. [[2024]])
** [[Joseph Nye]], American political scientist (d. [[2025]])
* [[January 21]] – [[Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria]], heir to the Bavarian Royal House
* [[January 22]] – [[Joseph Wambaugh]], American author (d. [[2025]])
* [[January 25]] – [[Ange-Félix Patassé]], 5th [[President of Central African Republic]] (d. [[2011]])
* [[January 30]]
** [[Vanessa Redgrave]], British actress
** [[Boris Spassky]], Russian chess grandmaster (d. [[2025]])
* [[January 31]]
** [[Philip Glass]], American composer
** [[Suzanne Pleshette]], American actress (d. [[2008]])