Editing 1944 (section)

===January===
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[[File:Angela Davis (15852241216) (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Angela Davis]]]]
* [[January 1]]
** [[Omar al-Bashir]], 7th [[President of Sudan]]
** [[Mohammad Abdul Hamid]], [[President of Bangladesh]]
** [[Jumabek Ibraimov]], 5th Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan (d. [[1999]])
** [[Zafarullah Khan Jamali]], Pakistani politician, 15th [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (d. [[2020]])
** [[Robert Lee Minor]], American actor, stunt performer
* [[January 2]] 
** Prince [[Norodom Ranariddh]], Cambodian politician (d. [[2021]])
** [[Lowell M. Snow]], General authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)
** [[Willy Dobbe]], Dutch television presenter and announcer
* [[January 3]] 
** [[Chris von Saltza]], American swimmer
** [[Raewyn Connell]], Australian [[sociologist]] and professor
* [[January 4]]
** [[Frank Alesia]], American actor and television director (d. [[2011]])
** [[Charlie Manuel]], American baseball player and manager
** [[Angela Harris, Baroness Harris of Richmond]], British politician
* [[January 5]] – [[Carolyn McCarthy]], American nurse and politician
* [[January 6]]
** [[Bonnie Franklin]], American actress, singer, dancer and television director (d. [[2013]])
** [[Rolf M. Zinkernagel]], Swiss immunologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Mike Hebert]], American volleyball coach (d. [[2019]])
* [[January 8]] 
** [[Terry Brooks]], American fantasy fiction writer
** [[Joan Lefkow]], [[Senior status|senior]] [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois]]
* [[January 9]]
** [[Harun Farocki]], German filmmaker, author and lecturer (d. [[2014]])
** [[Ian Hornak]], American painter, draughtsman and sculptor (d. [[2002]])
** [[Jimmy Page]], English rock guitarist ([[Led Zeppelin]])
* [[January 10]]
** [[Rory Byrne]], South African engineer and car designer
** [[William Sanderson]], American actor
** [[Frank Sinatra Jr.]], American singer-songwriter and actor (d. [[2016]])<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Eli |title=Frank Sinatra Jr., singer who followed in his father's footsteps, dies at 72 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/arts/music/frank-sinatra-jr-singer-who-followed-in-his-fathers-footsteps-dies-at-72.html |access-date=17 October 2021 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=17 March 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* [[January 11]] – [[Jim McAndrew]], American baseball player (d. [[2024]])
* [[January 12]]
** [[Joe Frazier]], African-American boxer (d. [[2011]])
** [[Vlastimil Hort]], Czechoslovak-born German chess Grandmaster
** [[Carlos Villagrán]], Mexican actor and comedian
** [[Klaus Wedemeier]], German politician
* [[January 13]] – [[Chris von Saltza]], American swimmer
* [[January 17]]
** [[Jan Guillou]], Swedish author
** [[Françoise Hardy]], French singer (d. [[2024]])
* [[January 18]]
** [[Paul Keating]], 24th [[Prime Minister of Australia]]
** [[Alexander Van der Bellen]], [[President of Austria]]
* [[January 19]]  
** [[Shelley Fabares]], American actress, singer
** [[Dan Reeves]], American football player and coach (d. [[2022]])
* [[January 20]] 
** [[Isao Okano]], Japanese judoka
** [[Chuck Domanico]], American [[jazz]] bassist (d. [[2002]])
* [[January 23]]
** [[Sergei Belov]], Soviet basketball player (d. [[2013]])
** [[Rutger Hauer]], Dutch actor, writer and environmentalist (d. [[2019]])
* [[January 24]]
** [[David Gerrold]], American screenwriter and novelist
** [[Klaus Nomi]], German singer (d. [[1983]])
* [[January 25]]
** [[Sally Beauman]], English journalist and novelist (d. [[2016]])
** [[Evan Chandler]], American screenwriter and dentist (suicide [[2009]])
* [[January 26]]
** [[Angela Davis]], African-American political activist, academic and author<ref>{{cite web |title=Angela Davis |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/angela-davis |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=25 March 2020}}</ref>
** [[Jerry Sandusky]], American child molester, [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State football]] coach
* [[January 27]]
** [[Peter Akinola]], Nigerian religious leader
** [[Mairead Maguire]], Northern Irish peace activist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]
** [[Nick Mason]], English rock drummer ([[Pink Floyd]])
** [[Sam Smith (basketball, born 1944)|Sam Smith]], American basketball player (d. [[2022]])
* [[January 28]]
** [[Susan Howard]], American actress
** [[Rosalía Mera]], Spanish fashion retailer ([[Zara (retailer)|Zara]]) (d. [[2013]])
** [[John Tavener]], English composer (d. [[2013]])
* [[January 29]] – [[Susana Giménez]], Argentinian television presenter