Editing 1951 (section)

===January===
[[File:Phil Collins 1 (cropped).jpg|thumb|100px|[[Phil Collins]]]]
[[File:Dave Benton.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Dave Benton]]]]
* [[January 1]] 
** [[Ashfaq Hussain]], Urdu poet
** [[Nana Patekar]], Indian actor, screenwriter, philanthropist and filmmaker<ref>{{cite news |title=Riveting persona |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/after-successful-directorial-debut-nana-patekar-looks-to-broaden-his-cinematic-repertoire/1/306084.html |work=[[India Today]] |access-date=9 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021052116/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/after-successful-directorial-debut-nana-patekar-looks-to-broaden-his-cinematic-repertoire/1/306084.html |archive-date=21 October 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 2]] – [[Jan Fischer (politician)|Jan Fischer]], 8th [[Prime Minister of the Czech Republic]]
* [[January 3]] – [[Charles W. Mills]], British-born American philosopher (d. [[2021]])<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/us/charles-w-mills-dead.html |title=Charles W. Mills, Philosopher of Race and Liberalism, Dies at 70 |first=Clay |last=Risen |work=The New York Times |date=September 27, 2021|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] – [[Bakunde Ilo Pablo]], Congolese musician
* [[January 8]]
** [[Kenny Anthony]], Lucian politician, two-time [[Prime Minister of Saint Lucia]]
** [[John McTiernan]], American film-maker
* [[January 9]] – [[Crystal Gayle]], American country music singer
* [[January 12]]
** [[Rush Limbaugh]], American conservative radio personality (d. [[2021]])
** [[Chris Bell (American musician)|Chris Bell]], American musician (d. [[1978]])
* [[January 18]] – [[Elijah Cummings]], African-American politician (d. [[2019]])
* [[January 20]] – [[Rouslan Saghabalyan]], Russian writer, journalist and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sagabalyan.ru/ |title=Руслан Сагабалян |date=2012 |website=sagabalyan.ru |language=ru |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523083630/http://sagabalyan.ru/ |archive-date=2013-05-23}}</ref>
* [[January 23]] – [[Sully Sullenberger]], American diplomat and pilot
* [[January 25]] – [[Steve Prefontaine]], American runner (d. [[1975]])
* [[January 30]] – [[Phil Collins]], English rock musician and producer
* [[January 31]]
** [[Harry Wayne Casey]] (KC), American musician, songwriter and producer
** [[Phil Manzanera]], British rock musician<ref>{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]] |editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]] |publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]] |date=1992 |edition=First |isbn=0-85112-939-0 |pages=1611–1162}}</ref>