Editing 1901 (section)

=== January ===
[[File:Ngo Dinh Diem - Thumbnail - ARC 542189.png|thumb|100px|[[Ngo Dinh Diem|Ngô Đình Diệm]]]]
[[File:Fulgencio Batista, 1938.jpg|100px|thumb|[[Fulgencio Batista]]]]
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[George of Drama]], Greek [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] priest, elder and saint (d. [[1959]])
* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Ngô Đình Diệm]], 1st president of South Vietnam (d. [[1963]])
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[C. L. R. James]], Trinidad-born writer, journalist (d. [[1989]])
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Teodora Fracasso]], Italian [[Roman Catholic]] religious professed (d. [[1927]])
* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Vilma Bánky]], Hungarian-born American actress (d. [[1991]])
* [[January 10]] &ndash; [[Henning von Tresckow]], German Wehrmacht Major General (d. [[1944]])
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Kwon Ki-ok]], Korean pilot (d. [[1988]])
* [[January 13]]
** [[A. B. Guthrie Jr.]], American novelist and historian (d. [[1991]])
** [[Wilhelm Hanle]], German physicist (d. [[1993]])
* [[January 14]]
** [[Bebe Daniels]], American actress (d. [[1971]])
** [[Alfred Tarski]], Polish logician and mathematician (d. [[1983]])
* [[January 16]] &ndash; [[Fulgencio Batista]], Cuban leader (d. [[1973]])
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Susana Calandrelli]], Argentine writer and teacher (d. [[1978]])
* [[January 22]] &ndash; [[Alberto Hurtado]], Chilean [[Jesuit]] priest and saint (d. [[1952]])
* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Mildred Dunnock]], American actress (d. [[1991]]) 
* [[January 27]] &ndash; [[Art Rooney]], American football team owner (d. [[1988]])
* [[January 29]] &ndash; [[E. P. Taylor]], Canadian business tycoon (d. [[1989]])
* [[January 30]]
** [[Samir Al-Rifai]], 9th [[Prime Minister of Jordan]] (d. [[1965]])
** [[Rudolf Caracciola]], German race car driver (d. [[1959]])