Editing 1959 (section)

===January===
* [[January 1]] – [[Azali Assoumani]], [[President of the Comoros]]
* [[January 4]] – [[Vanity (singer)|Vanity]], Canadian singer and actress (d. [[2016]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uLYDAAAAMBAJ|title=Vanity 6 Lives Out Daring Fantasies on Stage|publisher=[[Johnson Publishing Company]]|magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]|date=January 24, 1983|access-date=February 18, 2016}}</ref>
* [[January 9]] – [[Rigoberta Menchú]], Guatemalan recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|title= UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020|work= [[United Press International]] | date= 9 January 2020|access-date=15 January 2020 |archive-date= 15 January 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200115192229/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2020/01/09/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-9-2020/6871578415895/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – [[Chris Van Hollen]], US Senator 
* [[January 16]] – [[Sade (singer)|Sade]], Nigerian-English singer<ref>{{cite book|editor=Graham Betts|title=Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005|publisher=Collins|year=2005|isbn=9780007205325|page=352}}</ref>
* [[January 17]]
** [[Susanna Hoffs]], American rock vocalist<ref>{{cite book|author=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn presents Billboard top adult songs, 1961-2006: chart data compiled from Billboard's adult contemporary charts, 1961-2006, and adult top 40 charts, 1996-2006.|publisher=Record Research Incorporated|year=2007|isbn=9780898201697|page=20}}</ref>
** [[Momoe Yamaguchi]], Japanese singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mobile2.itanzi.com/api2/a/1284532?for=rss&rss=|title = 60岁了，她依然是这世界最让人怀念的少女}}</ref>
* [[January 22]] – [[Linda Blair]], American actress<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul T Hellmann|title=Historical Gazetteer of the United States|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2006|isbn=9781135948597|page=642}}</ref>
* [[January 24]] – [[Kevin Magee (basketball)|Kevin Magee]], American basketball player (d. [[2003]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/kevin-magee-1.html|title=Kevin Magee International Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] – 
**[[Cris Collinsworth]], American professional football player and sports broadcaster
**[[Keith Olbermann]], American news anchor and sportscaster<ref>{{cite journal|title=Current Biography Yearbook|author=H.W. Wilson Company|journal=Current Biography Yearbook: Annual Cumulation|year=2009|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|issn=0084-9499|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1vwZAAAAYAAJ|access-date=July 11, 2022}}</ref> 
* [[January 30]] 
** [[Steve Augeri]], American singer
** [[Jody Watley]], African-American singer<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ibMzAQAAIAAJ&q=jody+watley+birthdate |title=Soul Music A-Z |first=Hugh |last=Gregory |date=July 2, 2010 |publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn=9780306806438 |access-date=September 10, 2016}}</ref>