Editing 1940 (section)

===January===
[[File:Brian Josephson, March 2004.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Brian Josephson]]]]
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[[File:Jenkins Medal Awards 2019 (49060017176) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Jack Nicklaus]]]]
[[File:John Hurt by Walterlan Papetti.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Hurt]]]]
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[[File:Carlos Slim (45680472234) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Carlos Slim]]]]
*[[January 2]]
**[[Jim Bakker]], American televangelist, ex-husband of [[Tammy Faye]]
**[[S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan]], Indian-American mathematician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Srinivasa Varadhan |url=http://www.abelprisen.no/binfil/download.php?tid=56998 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105070617/http://www.abelprisen.no/binfil/download.php?tid=56998 |archive-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>
*[[January 3]] – [[Thelma Schoonmaker]], Algerian-born American film editor
*[[January 4]]
**[[Helmut Jahn]], German-American architect (d. [[2021]])
**[[Brian Josephson]], Welsh physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
**[[Gao Xingjian]], Chinese-born writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[January 9]] – [[Miguel Ángel Rodríguez]], Costa Rican politician, lawyer, economist and businessman
*[[January 14]] – [[Julian Bond]], African-American civil rights activist (d. [[2015]])
*[[January 16]] – [[Franz Müntefering]], German politician
*[[January 17]]
**[[Kipchoge Keino]], Kenyan athlete
**[[Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni]], Armenian Catholic Patriarch of [[Cilicia]] (d. [[2015]])
**[[Mircea Snegur]], 1st [[President of Moldova]] (d. [[2023]])
**[[Tabaré Vázquez]], [[President of Uruguay]] (d. [[2020]])
*[[January 18]] – [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]], Mexican racing driver (d. [[1971]])
*[[January 19]] – [[Paolo Borsellino]], Italian judge and magistrate (d. [[1992]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paolo-borsellino-1534572.html |title=Obituary: Paolo Borsellino |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |access-date=February 26, 2022 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612204827/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paolo-borsellino-1534572.html |url-status=dead}}, [[The Independent]], 21 July 1992.</ref> 
*[[January 20]]
**[[Carol Heiss]], American figure skater<ref>{{cite book|author=Royster, Jacqueline Jones|title=Profiles of Ohio Women, 1803-2003|publisher=Ohio University Press|year=2003|isbn=9780821415085|page=204}}</ref>
**[[Krishnam Raju]], Indian actor and politician (d. [[2022]])
**[[Tay Eng Soon]],  Singaporean politician (d. [[1993]])
*[[January 21]] – [[Jack Nicklaus]], American golfer
*[[January 22]] – [[John Hurt]], English actor (d. [[2017]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/28/john-hurt-obituary |title=Sir John Hurt obituary |first=Michael |last=Coveney |author-link=Michael Coveney |date=28 January 2017 |access-date=29 January 2017 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>
*[[January 24]] – [[Joachim Gauck]], German politician, 11th [[President of Germany]]
*[[January 27]]
**[[Brian O'Leary]], American scientist, author and NASA astronaut (d. [[2011]])
**[[James Cromwell]], American actor<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/james-cromwell/bio/155347/ |title=James Cromwell Biography |magazine=[[TV Guide]] |archive-date=September 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912012907/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/james-cromwell/bio/155347/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><!--site is live, but birthdate appears only in archived version-->
**[[Petru Lucinschi]], Moldovan politician, 2nd [[President of Moldova]]
*[[January 28]] – [[Carlos Slim]], Mexican businessman
*[[January 29]] 
**[[Katharine Ross]], American actress
**[[Kunimitsu Takahashi]], Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver (d. [[2022]])