Editing 1955 (section)

===January===
[[File:Rowan Atkinson 2011 2 cropped.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Rowan Atkinson]]]]
[[File:JK Simmons 2009.jpg|thumb|100px|[[J. K. Simmons]]]]
[[File:Kevin Costner 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Kevin Costner]]]]
[[File:Rattle BPH-Rittershaus1-Wikipedia.jpg|thumb|100px|Sir [[Simon Rattle]]]]
[[File:Viennale 2010.10.30 Olivier Assayas.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Olivier Assayas]]]]
[[File:Eddie Van Halen at the New Haven Coliseum.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Eddie Van Halen]]]]
[[File:Official roberts CJ.jpg|thumb|100px|[[John Roberts]]]]
[[File:Vinod Khosla, Web 2.0 Conference.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vinod Khosla]]]]
[[File:Nicolas Sarkozy 20220927.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Nicolas Sarkozy]]]]
[[File:Mychal Thompson.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Mychal Thompson]]]]
* [[January 1]]
** [[Mario Andreacchio]], Australian film director
** [[Bonnie Arnold]], American film producer
** [[Mary Beard (classicist)|Mary Beard]], English classicist
** [[Akissi Kouamé]], Ivorian army general (d. [[2022]])
** [[Simon Schaffer]], English academic and historian of science and philosophy
** [[Ghulam Abbas (singer)|Ghulam Abbas]], Pakistani radio, television, and film singer
** [[Mulatu Teshome]], Ethiopian politician and 8th [[President of Ethiopia]]
** [[Joseph Abiodun Balogun]], Nigerian-American academic
* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Hill Carrow]], American-born sports tourism executive 
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Mark Hollis (musician)|Mark Hollis]], English musician (d. [[2019]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Marsh |first1=James |author-link1=James Marsh (artist) |last2=Roberts |first2=Chris |last3=Benjamin |first3=Toby |title=Spirit of Talk Talk |edition=expanded paperback |location=London |publisher=Rocket 88 |year=2015 |orig-date=1st pub. 2012 |isbn=978-1-906615-95-6 |page=31}}</ref>
* [[January 5]] – [[Mamata Banerjee]], Indian politician, [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]]
* [[January 6]] 
** [[Rowan Atkinson]], English comic actor
** [[Richard Corbett]], British politician, served as final [[European Parliamentary Labour Party#Leader|Leader]] of the [[European Parliamentary Labour Party]] (EPLP)
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Belinda Meuldijk]], Dutch actress 
* [[January 8]]  
** [[Mike Reno]], Canadian musician
** [[Charles Gordon-Lennox, 11th Duke of Richmond|Charles Gordon-Lennox]], British aristocrat and owner of [[Goodwood House|Goodwood Estate]]
* [[January 9]] 
** [[Michiko Kakutani]], American literary critic
** [[J. K. Simmons]], American actor
** [[Bruce Boudreau]], Canadian [[ice hockey]] player and coach
* [[January 10]] 
** [[Volker Mosblech]], German politician (d. [[2024]])
** [[Michael Schenker]], German guitarist ([[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]], [[UFO (band)|UFO]], [[Michael Schenker Group]])
** [[Jimmy Vivino]], American guitarist
** [[Eva Aariak]], Canadian Inuk politician
* [[January 11]] 
** [[Max Lucado]], American Christian author and minister 
** [[Mick Cocks]], Australian musician (d. [[2009]])
* [[January 12]] – [[Kerry-Lynne Findlay]], Canadian politician
* [[January 13]]
** [[Paul Kelly (Australian musician)|Paul Kelly]], Australian musician
** [[Jay McInerney]], American writer
** [[Patrick M. Walsh]], U.S. Navy admiral, Commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet
* [[January 15]]
** [[Thierry Breton]], French business executive, politician, writer and [[European Commissioner for Internal Market|Commissioner for Internal Market]] 
** [[Jim Caldwell (American football)|Jim Caldwell]], American football coach 
** [[Andreas Gursky]], German photographer
** [[Enrico Mentana]], Italian journalist
* [[January 16]]
** [[J. S. G. Boggs]], American artist
** [[Mary Karr]], American poet
* [[January 17]]
** [[Steve Earle]], American crossover singer-songwriter
** [[Katalin Karikó]], Hungarian-born biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite news |first=James |last=Gallagher |title=Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-66983060 |date=2023-10-02 |accessdate=2023-10-02}}</ref>
* [[January 18]]
** [[Lionel Barber]], English journalist 
** [[Kevin Costner]], American actor, producer and director
** [[Frankie Knuckles]], American disk jockey and record producer (d. [[2014]])
** [[Marilyn Mazur]], Danish percussionist
* [[January 19]]
** [[Avraham Burg]], Israeli author, politician and businessman
** Sir [[Simon Rattle]], English orchestral conductor<ref>{{cite book |author=((Editors of Chase's)) |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92 |date=24 September 2019 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-316-7 |pages=92}}</ref>
** [[Paul Rodriguez (actor)|Paul Rodriguez]], Mexican American actor and comedian
* [[January 20]] 
** [[McKeeva Bush]], Caymanian politician
** [[Wyatt Knight]], American actor (d. [[2011]])
* [[January 21]] – [[Jeff Koons]], American artist<ref>{{cite book |author=((Editors of Chase's)) |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA95 |date=30 September 2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-264-1 |pages=95}}</ref>
* [[January 22]]  
** [[Sonja Morgenstern]], German figure skater
** [[Neil Bush]], American businessman and investor
* [[January 24]] – [[Lalan Singh]], Indian politician and [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] 
* [[January 25]]  
** [[Olivier Assayas]], French film director
** [[Rick Bowness]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
** [[Piedad Córdoba]], Colombian lawyer and politician (d. [[2024]])
* [[January 26]]
** [[Björn Andrésen]], Swedish actor
** [[Eddie Van Halen]], Dutch-American rock musician ([[Van Halen]]) (d. [[2020]])
** [[Lucía Méndez]], Mexican film actress
* [[January 27]]
** [[John Roberts]], [[Chief Justice of the United States]]
** [[Ratnottama Sengupta]], Indian journalist
* [[January 28]]
** [[Vinod Khosla]], Indian-born American [[venture capital]]ist
** [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], 23rd [[President of France]]<ref>{{cite book |author=B. Turner |title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2008: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZPlDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA468 |date=12 January 2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-74024-6 |pages=468}}</ref>
* [[January 29]]
** [[Rachid Mouffouk]], Algerian sculptor
** [[Femi Pedro]], Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Nigeria
** [[Pierre Bordage]], French science fiction author
* [[January 30]] 
** [[Mychal Thompson]], Bahamian basketball player
** [[John Baldacci]], American politician 
* [[January 31]] 
** [[Virginia Ruzici]], Romanian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Virginia Ruzici |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/180065/name |publisher=Women's Tennis Association}}</ref>
** [[Terry Haskins]], American politician 
** [[Guido Barbujani]], Italian population geneticist, evolutionary biologist and literary author