Editing 1949 (section)

===January===
[[File:George Foreman 071516.jpg|thumb|100px|[[George Foreman]]]]
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[[File:Goran Persson, Sveriges statsminister, under nordiskt statsministermotet i Reykjavik 2005.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Göran Persson]]]]
[[File: John Belushi HS Yearbook.jpeg|thumb|100px|[[John Belushi]]]]
* [[January 2]] 
** [[Nikolai Pankin]], Russian breaststroke swimmer, swimming coach (d. [[2018]])
** [[Christopher Durang]], American playwright (d. [[2024]])
* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Mary Roos]], German singer
* [[January 10]]
** [[George Foreman]], African-American boxer (d. [[2025]])
** [[Linda Lovelace]], American porn actress, later anti-porn activist (d. [[2002]])
* [[January 12]]
** [[Ottmar Hitzfeld]], German football player, coach
** [[Haruki Murakami]], Japanese author<ref>{{cite book|title=St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers|publisher=St. James Press|year=1996|page=687}}</ref>
** [[Wayne Wang]], Hong Kong-born film director 
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Kasdan]], American director, screenwriter
* [[January 15]] &ndash; [[Panos Mihalopoulos]], Greek actor
* [[January 17]]
** [[Gyude Bryant]], Liberian politician (d. [[2014]])
** [[Andy Kaufman]], American comedian, actor (d. [[1984]])
** [[Mick Taylor]], English musician
* [[January 18]] &ndash; [[Philippe Starck]], French designer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philippe Starck {{!}} Biography, Design, Juicer, Ghost Chair, Furniture, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Philippe-Starck |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 19]]
** [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]], British rock singer (d. [[2003]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1442580/Robert-Palmer.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1442580/Robert-Palmer.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Obituaries: Robert Palmer |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=27 September 2003 |access-date=19 December 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
** [[Dennis Taylor]], Irish snooker player
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Göran Persson]], 31st [[Prime Minister of Sweden]]
* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Steve Perry (musician)|Steve Perry]], American rock singer ([[Journey (band)|Journey]])
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana]], Indonesian politician and former Minister of Social Affairs
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[John Belushi]], American actor, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'') (d. [[1982]])
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Paul Nurse]], English geneticist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[David Strathairn]], American actor (''[[Good Night, and Good Luck]]'')
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Djavan]], Brazilian singer, songwriter
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[Mike Moore (New Zealand politician)|Mike Moore]], 34th [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (d. [[2020]])
* [[January 30]] &ndash; [[Peter Agre]], American biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]
* [[January 31]] &ndash; [[Johan Derksen]], Dutch footballer, sports journalist