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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 69|69]] &ndash; [[Otho]] seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself [[Roman emperor|Emperor of Rome]],<ref>{{cite book|author1=Fik Meijer|author2=Fredericus Joannes Antonius Maria Meijer|title=Emperors Don't Die in Bed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ygQgBaVYZj8C&pg=PA37|year=2004|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-31201-1|pages=37}}</ref> beginning a reign of only three months.
*[[1541]] &ndash; King [[Francis I of France]] gives [[Jean-François Roberval]] a commission to settle the province of [[New France]] (Canada) and provide for the spread of the "Holy Catholic faith".<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Jean Knecht|title=Francis I|date=18 February 1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R0Ouk5uH0DAC&pg=PA341|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-00-122391-9|pages=34–}}</ref>
*[[1559]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth I]] is crowned [[List of English monarchs|Queen of England]] and [[Monarchy of Ireland|Ireland]] in [[Westminster Abbey]], London.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Joseph Timothy Haydn|author2=Robert Beatson|title=Beatson's Political index modernised. The book of dignities; containing rolls of the official personages of the British empire, together with the sovereigns of Europe, the peerage of England and of Great Britain|url=https://archive.org/details/beatsonspolitic00beatgoog|year=1851|pages=[https://archive.org/details/beatsonspolitic00beatgoog/page/n414 393]}}</ref>
*[[1582]] &ndash; [[Truce of Yam-Zapolsky]]: Russia cedes [[Livonia]] to the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Alexander Filjushkin|title=Ivan the Terrible: A Military History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1PvRAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA277|date=30 August 2008|publisher=Frontline Books|isbn=978-1-84832-504-3|pages=277}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1759]] &ndash; The [[British Museum]] opens to the public.<ref>{{cite book|author=Samuel Orchart Beeton|title=Beeton's Dictionary of Universal Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0ICAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA359|year=1870|pages=359}}</ref>
*[[1777]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Vermont Republic|New Connecticut]] (present-day [[Vermont]]) declares its independence.<ref name="Thompson1842">{{cite book|author=Zadock Thompson|title=History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical: In Three Parts, with a New Map of the State, and 200 Engravings|url=https://archive.org/details/HOV_vtrbms|year=1842|publisher=C. Goodrich|pages=[https://archive.org/details/HOV_vtrbms/page/n279 51]}}</ref>
*[[1782]] &ndash; Superintendent of Finance [[Robert Morris (financier)|Robert Morris]] addresses the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] to recommend establishment of a national [[Mint (facility)|mint]] and decimal [[coin]]age.<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Jefferson|title=The Papers of Thomas Jefferson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VfIWAQAAIAAJ|year=1950|publisher=Princeton University Press|page=150}}</ref>
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: American frigate {{USS|President|1800|6}}, commanded by [[Commodore (rank)|Commodore]] [[Stephen Decatur]], is [[Capture of USS President|captured]] by a squadron of four British frigates.<ref name="Institute1964">{{cite book|author=United States Naval Institute|title=Almanac of Naval Facts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zn5KAAAAMAAJ|year=1964|publisher=US Naval Institute|page=123}}</ref>
*[[1818]] &ndash; A paper by [[David Brewster]] is read to the [[Royal Society]], belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the ''biaxial'' class of [[birefringence|doubly-refracting]] crystals.<ref>{{cite book|author=Royal Society (Great Britain)|title=Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bVdCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA92|year=1833|publisher=Richard Taylor|pages=92–}}</ref> On the same day, [[Augustin-Jean Fresnel]] signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of [[polarization (waves)|polarized]] light.
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Greek War of Independence]]: [[Demetrios Ypsilantis]] is elected president of the legislative assembly.
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Fort Fisher]] in [[North Carolina]] [[Second Battle of Fort Fisher|falls to the Union]], thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.<ref>{{cite book|author=David W. Kummer|title=Fort Fisher, December 1864-January 1865|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=runjNj6qNbUC&pg=PA39|year=2012|publisher=United States Marine Corps History Division|pages=39–43|isbn=9780160911446}}</ref>
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Regent's Park skating disaster|Forty people die]] when ice covering the boating lake at [[Regent's Park]], [[London]], collapses.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/the-legacy-of-a-cold-weather-disaster-bkjm30b3j|title=The legacy of a cold-weather disaster|date=18 January 2017|work=The Times}}</ref>
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Thomas Nast]] publishes a [[political cartoon]]  symbolizing the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] with a [[donkey]] ("[[:File:Democraticjackass.jpg|A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion]]") for ''[[Harper's Weekly]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Voorhees |first=Donal A |title=The Book of Totally Useless Information |date=1998 |pages=14–15}}</ref>
*[[1876]] &ndash; The first newspaper in [[Afrikaans]], ''[[Die Afrikaanse Patriot]]'', is published in [[Paarl]].
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[The Coca-Cola Company]], then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is [[Incorporation (business)|incorporated]] in [[Atlanta]].
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[James Naismith]] publishes the [[Rules of basketball|rules]] of [[basketball]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Mike Douchant|title=Inside Sports College Basketball|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZhVcZMynUSoC|year=1996|publisher=Visible Ink Press|isbn=978-0-7876-1033-3|page=3}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1908]] &ndash; The [[Alpha Kappa Alpha]] [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|sorority]] becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by [[African American]] college women.
*[[1910]] &ndash; Construction ends on the [[Buffalo Bill Dam]] in [[Wyoming]], United States, which was the highest dam in the world at the time, at {{convert|325|ft|m|abbr=on|order=flip}}.
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Palestinian Arabic]]-language ''[[Falastin]]'' newspaper founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nlis/en/jrayed/Pages/Filastin.aspx|title=Filastin|work=National Library of Israel|access-date=15 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Rosa Luxemburg]] and [[Karl Liebknecht]], two of the most prominent [[Communism|communists]] in Germany, are clubbed and then shot to death by members of the [[Freikorps]] at the end of the [[Spartacist uprising]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Menzel |first=Thomas |title=Ermordung von Karl Liebknecht und Rosa Luxemburg |trans-title=The Murders of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg |url=https://weimar.bundesarchiv.de/WEIMAR/DE/Content/Virtuelle-Ausstellungen/Raete-Revolution-Republik/ermordung_liebknecht_luxemburg.html |access-date=26 December 2023 |website=Das Bundesarchiv |language=de}}</ref>
*  1919   &ndash; [[Great Molasses Flood]]: A wave of [[molasses]] released from an exploding storage tank sweeps through [[Boston]], Massachusetts, killing 21 and injuring 150.
*[[1934]] &ndash; The 8.0 {{M|w}} [[1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake|Nepal–Bihar earthquake]] strikes [[Nepal]] and [[Bihar]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XI (''Extreme''), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
*[[1936]] &ndash; The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the [[Owens-Illinois|Owens-Illinois Glass Company]], is completed in [[Toledo, Ohio]].
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Francoist Spain|Nationalists]] and [[Second Spanish Republic|Republicans]] both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the [[Second Battle of the Corunna Road]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Battle of Voronezh (1943)|Soviet counter-offensive at Voronezh]] begins.
*  1943   &ndash; [[The Pentagon]] is dedicated in [[Arlington County, Virginia]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[Black Dahlia]] murder: The dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Chinese Civil War]]: The [[Communist Party of China|Communist]] forces [[Pingjin Campaign|take over]] [[Tianjin]] from the [[Nationalist government]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; The [[Derveni papyrus]], Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
*  1962   &ndash; [[Netherlands New Guinea]] Conflict: [[Indonesian Navy]] fast patrol boat RI Macan Tutul commanded by Commodore [[Yos Sudarso]] sunk in [[Arafura Sea]] by the [[Dutch Navy]].
*[[1966]] &ndash; The [[First Nigerian Republic]], led by [[Abubakar Tafawa Balewa]] is overthrown in [[1966 Nigerian coup d'état|a military coup d'état]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; The first [[Super Bowl]] is played in [[Los Angeles]]. The [[1966 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]] defeat the [[1966 Kansas City Chiefs season|Kansas City Chiefs]] 35–10.
*[[1969]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union]] launches ''[[Soyuz 5]]''.
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Nigerian Civil War]]: [[Biafra]]n rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from [[Nigeria]].
*  1970   &ndash; [[Muammar Gaddafi]] is proclaimed premier of [[Libya]].
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: Citing progress in peace negotiations, [[President of the United States|President]] [[Richard Nixon]] announces the suspension of offensive action in [[North Vietnam]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; The [[Alvor Agreement]] is signed, ending the [[Angolan War of Independence]] and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Gerald Ford]]'s would-be assassin, [[Sara Jane Moore]], is sentenced to [[Life imprisonment in the United States|life in prison]].
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Linjeflyg Flight 618]] crashes in [[Kälvesta]] near [[Stockholm Bromma Airport]] in [[Stockholm]], Sweden, killing 22 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 838 Viscount SE-FOZ Stockholm-Bromma Airport (BMA)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19770115-1|access-date=2022-01-14|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Pope John Paul II]] receives a delegation from the Polish trade union [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity]] at the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] led by [[Lech Wałęsa]].
*[[1991]] &ndash; The [[United Nations]] deadline for the withdrawal of [[Iraq]]i forces from occupied [[Kuwait]] expires, preparing the way for the start of [[Gulf War|Operation Desert Storm]].
*  1991   &ndash; [[Elizabeth II]], in her capacity as [[Monarchy of Australia|Queen of Australia]], signs [[letters patent]] allowing Australia to become the first [[Commonwealth realm]] to institute [[Victoria Cross for Australia|its own Victoria Cross]] in its honours system.<ref>{{cite book|author=Australia. Parliament. Senate|title=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: Senate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gb5DAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Commomwealth Government Printer|page=23698}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Wikipedia]], a free [[wiki]] content encyclopedia, is launched ([[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Day|Wikipedia Day]]).<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Anderson|title=Web 2.0 and Beyond: Principles and Technologies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rRrOBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA137|date=19 April 2016|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4398-2868-7|pages=137}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[European Space Agency|ESA]]'s [[SMART-1]] lunar orbiter discovers elements such as [[calcium]], [[aluminum]], [[silicon]], [[iron]], and other surface elements on the Moon.
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[US Airways Flight 1549]] [[water landing|ditches safely]] in the [[Hudson River]] after the plane [[Bird strike|collides with birds]] less than two minutes after take-off. This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" as all 155 people on board were rescued.
*[[2013]] &ndash; A [[Badrashin railway accident|train]] carrying [[Egyptian Army]] recruits derails near [[Giza]], [[Greater Cairo]], killing 19 and injuring 120 others.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 January 2013 |access-date=15 January 2013 |url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/62516/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-Salvation-Front-holds-officials-responsible-.aspx |title=Egypt Salvation Front holds officials responsible for Badrashin accident |newspaper=[[Al-Ahram]] |archive-date=27 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227005542/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/62516/Egypt/Politics-/Egypt-Salvation-Front-holds-officials-responsible-.aspx |url-status=live |df=dmy }}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; The [[Swiss National Bank]] abandons the cap on the [[Swiss franc]]'s value relative to the [[euro]], causing turmoil in international financial markets.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jayanth R. Varma|author2=Vineet Virmani|title=Swiss Roll|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ej-swEACAAJ|year=2016|publisher=Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad|isbn=978-1-5264-2962-9}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; The [[Kenya Defence Forces|Kenyan Army]] suffers its worst defeat ever in a [[Battle of El Adde|battle]] with [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] Islamic insurgents in [[El-Adde]], [[Somalia]]. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle.<ref>{{Cite web|last=BBC|date=2016-01-15|title=Al-Shabab seizes African Union base in Somalia|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-35321522?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central|website=BBC.com|language=en-uk}}</ref>
*[[2018]] &ndash; British multinational [[construction]] and [[facilities management]] services company [[Carillion]] went into [[liquidation]]<ref name="BBC-15Jan2018">{{cite news|title=Carillion to go into liquidation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-42687032#|access-date=15 January 2018|work=BBC News |date=15 January 2018}}</ref>{{snd}}officially, "the largest ever trading liquidation in the UK"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/carillion-contracts-complete-transfer|title=Carillion contracts complete transfer|date=6 August 2018|website=The Insolvency Service|access-date=6 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Somalia|Somali]] militants [[Nairobi DusitD2 complex attack|attack]] the DusitD2 hotel in [[Nairobi]], Kenya killing at least 21 people and injuring 19.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46888682|title=Kenya attack: 21 confirmed dead in DusitD2 hotel siege|work=BBC News|date=16 January 2019|access-date=2019-01-17}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Theresa May]]'s UK government suffers the biggest government defeat in [[List of Government defeats in the House of Commons (1945–present)|modern times]], when 432 MPs voting against the proposed [[Brexit withdrawal agreement|European Union withdrawal agreement]], giving her opponents a majority of 230.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46885828|title= Brexit: Theresa May's deal is voted down in historic Commons defeat|work= BBC News|date= 15 January 2019|access-date=2019-01-17}}</ref>
*[[2020]]   &ndash; The Japanese [[Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare]] confirms the first case of [[COVID-19 pandemic in Japan|COVID-19 in Japan]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=CDC|date=2022-01-05|title=CDC Museum COVID-19 Timeline|url=https://www.cdc.gov/museum/timeline/covid19.html|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|language=en-us}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; A [[2021 West Sulawesi earthquake|6.2-magnitude earthquake]] strikes Indonesia's [[Sulawesi]] island killing at least 105 and injuring 3,369 people.<ref name="AHA_25_01">{{Cite web |date=25 January 2021 |title=Indonesia, Earthquakes in West Sulawesi |url=https://adinet.ahacentre.org/report/indonesia-earthquakes-in-west-sulawesi-20210115 |access-date=26 January 2021 |website=ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; The [[2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami|Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupts]], cutting off communications with [[Tonga]] and causing a tsunami across the Pacific.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2022-01-16|title=Pacific volcano: New Zealand sends flight to assess Tonga damage|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60009944|access-date=2022-01-18}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Yeti Airlines Flight 691]] crashes near [[Pokhara International Airport]], killing all 72 people on board.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last1=Prasai |first1=Sangam |last2=Pietsch |first2=Bryan |last3=Kasulis Cho |first3=Kelly |date=16 January 2023 |title='No survivors' in Nepal plane crash, official says |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/16/nepal-plane-crash-no-survivors-yeti/ |access-date=16 January 2023 |url-access=limited |archive-date=16 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116112625/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/16/nepal-plane-crash-no-survivors-yeti/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[1432]] &ndash; [[Afonso V of Portugal]] (d. 1481)<ref>{{cite book|author=E. Michael Gerli|title=Medieval Iberia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ra9BtjLRNMsC&pg=PA37|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-93918-8|pages=37}}</ref>
*[[1462]] &ndash; [[Edzard I, Count of East Frisia]], German noble (d. 1528)
*[[1481]] &ndash; [[Ashikaga Yoshizumi]], Japanese shōgun (d. 1511){{citation needed|date=November 2020}}
*[[1538]] &ndash; [[Maeda Toshiie]], Japanese general (d. 1599)
*[[1595]] &ndash; [[Henry Carey, 2nd Earl of Monmouth]], English politician (d. 1661)

===1601–1900===
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Molière]], French actor and playwright (d. 1673)<ref>{{cite book|author=Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley|title=Montaigne, Rabelais, Corneille, Rochefoucauld, Moliere, La Fontaine, Pascal, Madame De Sévigné, Boileau, Racine, Fénélon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qjoOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA114|year=1840|publisher=Lea and Blanchard|pages=114}}</ref>
*[[1623]] &ndash; [[Algernon Sidney]], British philosopher (probable)<ref>{{cite journal |first=Brigid |last=Haydon |title=Algernon Sidney, 1623-1683 |journal=Archaeologia Cantiana |volume=76 |url=https://kentarchaeology.org.uk/node/11344|year=1961|publisher=Kent Archaeological Society|page=111}} {{open access}}</ref> (d. 1683)
*[[1671]] &ndash; [[Abraham de la Pryme]], English archaeologist and historian (d. 1704)
*[[1716]] &ndash; [[Philip Livingston]], American merchant and politician (d. 1778)
*[[1747]] &ndash; [[John Aikin]], English surgeon and author (d. 1822)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Aikin|author2=Lucy Aikin|title=Memoir of John Aikin, M.D.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0bubc15MnEC&pg=PA274|year=1823|publisher=Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy|pages=274}}</ref>
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[Richard Martin (Irish politician)|Richard Martin]], Irish activist and politician, co-founded the [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] (d. 1834)
*[[1791]] &ndash; [[Franz Grillparzer]], Austrian author, poet, and playwright (d. 1872)<ref>{{cite book|title=Austrian Information|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2kU7AQAAIAAJ&pg=RA20-PA2|year=1969|pages=20}}</ref>
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Alexander Griboyedov]], Russian playwright, composer, and poet (d. 1829)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Marjorie Fleming]], Scottish poet and author (d. 1811)
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]], French economist and politician (d. 1865)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Peter Christen Asbjørnsen]], Norwegian author and scholar (d. 1885)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[William Bickerton]], English-American religious leader, third [[List of presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ (Bickertonite)|President of the Church of Jesus Christ]] (d. 1905)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Samuel Arza Davenport]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1911)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Jo Abbott]], American judge, politician and Confederate army officer<ref>[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46829/ ''A Memorial and Biographical History of Johnson and Hill Counties, Texas''], Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1892. pp. 225–227. Retrieved November 29, 2023. – via [[University of North Texas Libraries]].</ref>
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby]], English captain and politician, sixth [[Governor General of Canada]] (d. 1908)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Josef Breuer]], Austrian physician and psychiatrist (d. 1925)
*  1842   &ndash; [[Mary MacKillop]], Australian nun and saint, co-founded the [[Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart]] (d. 1909)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Leonard Darwin]], English soldier, eugenicist, and politician (d. 1943)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Charles Darwin|author2=Frederick Burkhardt|title=The Correspondence of Charles Darwin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DVs7eSvqMmcC&pg=PA22|year=1985|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-25591-2|pages=22}}</ref>
*  1850   &ndash; [[Mihai Eminescu]], Romanian journalist, author, and poet (d. 1889)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Mihai Eminescu|author2=Roy MacGregor-Hastie|title=The last Romantic: Mihail Eminescu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XY1iAAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=University of Iowa Press|page=xxi|isbn=9780877450313}}</ref>
*  1850   &ndash; [[Sofia Kovalevskaya]], Russian-Swedish mathematician and physicist (d. 1891)<ref>{{cite book|author=Linda Keen|title=The Legacy of Sonya Kovalevskaya: Proceedings of a Symposium|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S-cbCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA3|year=1987|publisher=American Mathematical Soc.|isbn=978-0-8218-5067-1|pages=3}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Jacques Damala]], Greek-French soldier and actor (d. 1889)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Segantini]], Italian painter (d. 1899)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Archibald Peake]], English-Australian politician, 25th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1920)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Marx]], German lawyer and politician, 17th [[Chancellor of Germany (German Reich)|Chancellor of Germany]] (d. 1946)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Nathan Söderblom]], Swedish archbishop, historian, and academic, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1931)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Ruby Laffoon]], American lawyer and politician, 43rd [[Governor of Kentucky]] (d. 1941)
*  1869   &ndash; [[Stanisław Wyspiański]], Polish poet, playwright, and painter (d. 1907)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Pierre S. du Pont]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1954)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[Arsen Kotsoyev]], Russian author and translator (d. 1944)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Thomas Burke (sprinter)|Thomas Burke]], American sprinter, coach, and journalist (d. 1929)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Lewis Terman]], American psychologist, eugenicist, and academic (d. 1956)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Johanna Müller-Hermann]], Austrian composer (d. 1941)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Mazo de la Roche]], Canadian author and playwright (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite book|title=Profiles in Canadian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DHYfAQAAIAAJ|year=1986|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-1-55002-001-4|page=81}}</ref>
*  1879   &ndash; [[Ernest Thesiger]], English actor (d. 1961)<ref>{{cite book|last=Jones|first=Stephen|title=The Frankenstein Scrapbook: The Complete Movie Guide to the World's Most Famous Monster|location=New York|publisher=Citadel Press|date=1995|isbn=9780806516769|page=45}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Henry Burr]], Canadian singer, radio performer, and producer (d. 1941)
*  1882   &ndash; [[Princess Margaret of Connaught]] (d. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tornbjer |first1=Charlotte |title=Margareta, kronprinsessa |url=https://skbl.se/en/article/Margaretakronprinsessa0 |website=[[Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon]] |access-date=16 January 2021}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Lorenz Böhler]], Austrian physician and author (d. 1973)
*  1885   &ndash; [[Grover Lowdermilk]], American baseball player (d. 1968)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Michiaki Kamada]], Japanese admiral (d. 1947)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Ray Chapman]], American baseball player (d. 1920)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]], Irish film director, producer, writer, and actor (d. 1950)<ref>{{cite book|last1=McCaffrey|first1=Donald W.|last2=Jacobs|first2=Christopher P.|title=Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema|location=Westport, Conn.|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=1999|isbn=9780313303456|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SHvDEAAAQBAJ|page=154}}</ref>
*  1893   &ndash; [[Ivor Novello]], Welsh singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1951)<ref>{{cite book|title=An Almanack...: By Joseph Whitaker, F.S.A., Containing an Account of the Astronomical and Other Phenomena...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gA0wAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Whitaker's Almanack|page=14}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Artturi Ilmari Virtanen]], Finnish chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1973)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Marjorie Bennett]], Australian-American actress (d. 1982)

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Nâzım Hikmet]], Greek-Turkish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1963)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kismet Bell |first1=İpek |title=Hikmet, Nâzım (1902–1963) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM998-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref>
*  1902   &ndash; [[Saud of Saudi Arabia]] (d. 1969)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Paul A. Dever]], American lieutenant and politician, 58th [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (d. 1958)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Torin Thatcher]], British actor (d. 1981)<ref>{{cite news|title=Torin Thatcher, 76, actor|work=Newsday|date=5 March 1981|page=31}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Janusz Kusociński]], Polish runner and soldier (d. 1940)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Edward Teller]], Hungarian-American physicist and academic (d. 2003)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Jean Bugatti]], German-French engineer (d. 1939)
*  1909   &ndash; [[Gene Krupa]], American drummer, composer, and actor (d. 1973)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 15: Dove Cameron, Mario Van Peebles |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/15/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-15-Dove-Cameron-Mario-Van-Peebles/3931673735975/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=14 January 2024 |date=15 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Michel Debré]], French lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1996)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Eugène Brands]], Dutch painter (d. 2002)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Lloyd Bridges]], American actor (d. 1998)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1913   &ndash; [[Miriam Hyde]], Australian pianist and composer (d. 2005)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Alexander Marinesko]], Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant (d. 1963)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Stefan Bałuk]], Polish general (d. 2014)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Hugh Trevor-Roper]], English historian and academic (d. 2003)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[K. A. Thangavelu]], Indian film actor and comedian (d. 1994)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[João Figueiredo]], Brazilian general and politician, 30th [[President of Brazil]] (d. 1999)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Édouard Gagnon]], Canadian cardinal (d. 2007)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]], Egyptian colonel and politician, second [[President of Egypt]] (d. 1970)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Maurice Herzog]], French mountaineer and politician, [[Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (France)|French Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports]] (d. 2012)
*  1919   &ndash; [[George Cadle Price]], Belizean politician, first Prime Minister of Belize (d. 2011)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Bob Davies]], American basketball player and coach (d. 1990)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Davies|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/bob-davies/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Athletics|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
*  1920   &ndash; [[Steve Gromek]], American baseball player (d. 2002)
*  1920   &ndash; [[John O'Connor (cardinal)|John O'Connor]], American cardinal (d. 2000)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Cliff Barker]], American basketball player (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cliff Barker |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76098/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1921   &ndash; [[Babasaheb Bhosale]], Indian lawyer and politician, eighth [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (d. 2007)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Frank Thornton]], English actor (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Woddis |first1=Carole |title=Frank Thornton obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/mar/18/frank-thornton |access-date=28 October 2021 |work=the Guardian |date=18 March 2013 }}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Sylvia Lawler]], English geneticist (d. 1996)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Eric Willis]], Australian sergeant and politician, 34th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 1999)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Ivor Cutler]], Scottish pianist, songwriter, and poet (d. 2006)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Lee Teng-hui]], Taiwanese economist and politician, fourth [[President of the Republic of China]] (d. 2020)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[George Lowe (mountaineer)|George Lowe]], New Zealand-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 2013)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Ruth Slenczynska]], American pianist and composer
*  1925   &ndash; [[Ignacio López Tarso]], Mexican actor (d. 2023)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Maria Schell]], Austrian-Swiss actress (d. 2005)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Phyllis Coates]], American actress (d. 2023)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Joanne Linville]], American actress (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Keveney |first1=Bill |title='Joanne Linville, 'Star Trek' Romulan commander and 'Twilight Zone' actress, dead at 93|url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/06/21/joanne-linville-star-trek-twilight-zone-actress-dead-at-93/5300957001/ |access-date=June 22, 2021 |work=USA Today |date=June 22, 2021 }}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[W. R. Mitchell]], English journalist and author (d. 2015)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Earl Hooker]], American guitarist (d. 1970)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], American minister and activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate ([[Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.|d. 1968]])<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Eddie Graham]], American professional wrestler and promoter (d. 1985)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Lee Bontecou]], American painter and sculptor (d. 2022)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Derek Meddings]], British special effects designer (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite news|last=Young|first=Cy|title=Obituary: Derek Meddings|work=The Independent|date=13 September 1995|accessdate=15 January 2024|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-derek-meddings-1600979.html}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Lou Jones (athlete)|Lou Jones]], American sprinter (d. 2006)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Frank Bough]], English journalist and radio host (d. 2020)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Ernest J. Gaines]], American author and academic (d. 2019)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Peter Maitlis]], English chemist and academic (d. 2022)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[V. S. Ramadevi]], Indian civil servant and politician, 13th [[Governor of Karnataka]] (d. 2013)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Robert Silverberg]], American author and editor<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Orndorff|first=Patrick|title=Happy Birthday Robert Silverberg!|magazine=Wired|date=January 15, 2010|accessdate=January 15, 2024|url=https://www.wired.com/2010/01/happy-birthday-robert-silverberg/}}</ref> 
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Richard Franklin (actor)|Richard Franklin]], English actor, writer, director and political activist (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news|last=Hadoke|first=Toby|title=Richard Franklin obituary|date=1 January 2024|accessdate=15 January 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/jan/01/richard-franklin-obituary}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Margaret O'Brien]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Ashraf Aman]], Pakistani engineer and mountaineer
*  1938   &ndash; [[Estrella Blanca]], Mexican wrestler (d. 2021)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Chuni Goswami]], Indian footballer and cricketer (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/sports-news-legendary-indian-footballer-chuni-goswami-no-more/351827 | title=Chuni Goswami, Star Indian Footballer, Bengal Ranji Captain, Dead | publisher=Outlook | date=30 April 2020 | access-date=30 April 2020 | archive-date=1 May 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501075354/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/sports-news-legendary-indian-footballer-chuni-goswami-no-more/351827 | url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Per Ahlmark]], Swedish journalist and politician, first [[Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden]] (d. 2018)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Tony Bullimore]], English sailor (d. 2018)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Captain Beefheart]], American singer-songwriter, musician, and artist (d. 2010)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Frank Joseph Polozola]], American academic and judge (d. 2013)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[George Ambrum]], Australian rugby league player (d. 1986)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Margaret Beckett]], English metallurgist and politician, [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]]
*  1943   &ndash; [[Stuart E. Eizenstat]], American lawyer and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to the European Union]]
*  1943   &ndash; [[Mike Marshall (pitcher)|Mike Marshall]], American baseball player (d. 2021)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Jenny Nimmo]], English author
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Ko Chun-hsiung]], Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (d. 2015)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Vince Foster]], American lawyer and political figure (d. 1993)
*  1945   &ndash; [[William R. Higgins]], American colonel (d. 1990)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Princess Michael of Kent]]
*  1945   &ndash; [[David Pleat]], English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Charles Brown (actor)|Charles Brown]], American actor (d. 2004)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Mary Hogg]], English lawyer and judge
*  1947   &ndash; [[Andrea Martin]], American-Canadian actress, singer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Van Zant]], American singer-songwriter (d. 1977)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Luis Alvarado]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player (d. 2001)
*  1949   &ndash; [[Alasdair Liddell]], English businessman (d. 2012)
*  1949   &ndash; [[Ian Stewart (athlete)|Ian Stewart]], Scottish runner
*  1949   &ndash; [[Howard Twitty]], American golfer
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Marius Trésor]], French footballer and coach
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Ernie DiGregorio]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ernie DiGregorio |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76568/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Boris Blank (musician)|Boris Blank]], Swiss singer-songwriter
*  1952   &ndash; [[Andrzej Fischer]], Polish footballer (d. 2018)
*  1952   &ndash; [[Muhammad Wakkas]], Bangladeshi teacher and parliamentarian (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sylhetreport.com/?p=22735|title=আলাপচারিতায়-জমিয়ত নেতা মুফতি মুহাম্মদ ওয়াক্কাস|language=bn|date=28 October 2017|work=Sylhet Report|access-date=30 August 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190831113906/https://sylhetreport.com/?p=22735|archive-date=31 August 2019}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Randy White (American football)|Randy White]], American football player
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Jose Dalisay, Jr.]], Filipino poet, author, and screenwriter
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Nigel Benson]], English author and illustrator
*  1955   &ndash; [[Andreas Gursky]], German photographer
*  1955   &ndash; [[Khalid Islambouli]], Egyptian lieutenant (d. 1982)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Vitaly Kaloyev]], Russian architect
*  1956   &ndash; [[Mayawati]], Indian educator and politician, 23rd [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]
*  1956   &ndash; [[Marc Trestman]], American football player and coach
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[David Ige]], American politician
*  1957   &ndash; [[Marty Lyons]], American football player and sportscaster
*  1957   &ndash; [[Andrew Tyrie]], English journalist and politician
*  1957   &ndash; [[Mario Van Peebles]], Mexican-American actor and director<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 15, 2023 includes celebrities Dove Cameron, Pitbull |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-15-2023-includes-celebrities-dove-cameron-pitbull.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=14 January 2024 |date=15 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Ken Judge]], Australian footballer and coach (d. 2016)
*  1958   &ndash; [[Boris Tadić]], Serbian psychologist and politician, 16th [[President of Serbia]]
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Greg Dowling]], Australian rugby league player
*  1959   &ndash; [[Pavle Kozjek]], Slovenian mountaineer and photographer (d. 2008)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Serhiy N. Morozov]], Ukrainian footballer and coach
*  1961   &ndash; [[Yves Pelletier]], Canadian actor and director
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Craig Fairbrass]], English actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web|title=Craig Fairbrass: A British Actor's Powerful Rise to Iconic Status|website=Salon Privé|date=26 October 2023|accessdate=15 January 2024|url=https://www.salonprivemag.com/so-just-who-is-craig-fairbrass/}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Osmo Tapio Räihälä]], Finnish composer
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Maurizio Fondriest]], Italian cyclist
*  1965   &ndash; [[Bernard Hopkins]], American boxer and coach
*  1965   &ndash; [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]], American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1965   &ndash; [[James Nesbitt]], Northern Irish actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Ted Tryba]], American golfer
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Chad Lowe]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Delino DeShields]], American baseball player and manager
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Michele Granger]], American softball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michele Granger |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1378 |website=olympedia.org |access-date=23 March 2024 }}</ref>
*  1970   &ndash; [[Shane McMahon]], American wrestler and businessman<ref>{{cite web|url=http://faqs.ign.com/articles/637/637017p1.html|title=WrestleMania X8 Shane McMahon FAQ – IGN FAQs|access-date=August 6, 2007|website=IGN.com|archive-date=November 2, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102085639/http://faqs.ign.com/articles/637/637017p1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Regina King]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Shelia Burrell]], American heptathlete
*  1972   &ndash; [[Christos Kostis]], Greek footballer
*  1972   &ndash; [[Claudia Winkleman]], English journalist and critic
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Essam El Hadary]], Egyptian footballer
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Séverine Deneulin]], international development academic
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Mary Pierce]], Canadian-American tennis player and coach
*  1975   &ndash; [[Martin Štrbák]], Slovak ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Martin Strbak |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/martin-strbak-8459645 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Doug Gottlieb]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*  1976   &ndash; [[Alexander Korolyuk]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Korolyuk |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/alexander-korolyuk-8460629 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Iryna Lishchynska]], Ukrainian runner
*  1976   &ndash; [[Dorian Missick]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Scott Murray (rugby union)|Scott Murray]], Scottish rugby player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Florentin Petre]], Romanian footballer and manager
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Eddie Cahill]], American actor<ref>Trongo, Rachel (January 15, 2013). [https://web.archive.org/web/20130204060746/https://www.csifiles.com/content/2013/01/happy-birthday-eddie-cahill-4/ "Happy Birthday, Eddie Cahill!"]. CSI Files. Archived from [https://www.csifiles.com/content/2013/01/happy-birthday-eddie-cahill-4/ the original] on February 4, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2019.</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Franco Pellizotti]], Italian cyclist
*  1978   &ndash; [[Ryan Sidebottom]], English cricketer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Drew Brees]], American football player<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Michalis Morfis]], Cypriot footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Martin Petrov]], Bulgarian footballer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Matt Holliday]], American baseball player<ref>{{Baseballstats|mlb=407812|espn=5940|br=h/hollima01|fangraphs=1873|brm=hollid001mat}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Dylan Armstrong]], Canadian shot putter and hammer thrower
*  1981   &ndash; [[Vanessa Henke]], German tennis player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]], American rapper and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1981   &ndash; [[El Hadji Diouf]], Senegalese footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=El Hadji Diouf|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/2289/El-Hadji-Diouf/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Armando Galarraga]], Venezuelan baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Armando Galarraga |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/armando-galarraga-451482 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Francis Zé]], Cameroonian footballer
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Hugo Viana]], Portuguese footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Jermaine Pennant]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Jermaine Pennant|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/1495/Jermaine-Pennant/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Ben Shapiro]], American author and commentator<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dailywire.com/tags/ben-shapiro |title=Spotlight: Ben Shapiro |work=[[Daily Wire]] |access-date=January 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321112046/https://www.dailywire.com/tags/ben-shapiro |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Victor Rasuk]], American actor<ref name="AP" />
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[René Adler]], German footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Kenneth Emil Petersen]], Danish footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Pavel Podkolzin]], Russian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Pavel Podkolzin |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2750 |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Jessy Schram]], American actress and model<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Greg Inglis]], Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://warringtonwolves.com/players/2266 |title=Warrington Wolves profile|website=Warrington Wolves|access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Tsegaye Kebede]], Ethiopian runner
*  1987   &ndash; [[Kelly Kelly]], American wrestler and model<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mac |first1=Eddie |title=This Day in Wrestling History (January 15) |url=https://www.cagesideseats.com/2015/1/15/7550593/this-day-in-wrestling-history-january-15 |publisher=[[CageSide Seats]] |access-date=14 January 2024 |date=15 January 2015}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[David Knight (English footballer)|David Knight]], English footballer<ref>{{Cite book | editor-first = Barry J. | editor-last = Hugman | title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11 | year = 2010 | publisher = Mainstream Publishing | isbn = 978-1-84596-601-0 | page = 239 }}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Kelleigh Ryan]], Canadian fencer<ref>{{cite web |title=Kelleigh Ryan |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/kelleigh-ryan/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=10 January 2020 |language=en |date=25 October 2011}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Daniel Caligiuri]], German footballer<ref>{{Fussballdaten|caligiuridaniel}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Skrillex]], American DJ and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Donald Sloan (basketball)|Donald Sloan]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Donald Sloan |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/202388/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Jun. K]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|date=9 April 2022|title=2PM 준케이 우영 팬콘 포스터 추가 공개, 세련미에 시크함 더한 조합|url=https://m.newsen.com/news_view.php?uid=202204091404466310|work=뉴스엔|access-date=23 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Alexei Cherepanov]], Russian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
*  1989   &ndash; [[Nicole Ross]], American Olympic foil fencer<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200622020633/https://www.teamusa.org/usa-fencing/athletes/Nicole-Ross?pg=4 "Nicole Ross; Foil Fencing,"] Team USA.</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Martin Dúbravka]], Slovakian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Martin Dúbravka|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/6451/Martin-D%C3%BAbravka/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Robert Trznadel]], Polish footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Slava Voynov]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Slava Voynov |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/slava-voynov-8474594 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [[Chris Warren (actor)|Chris Warren]], American actor<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Marc Bartra]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{FIFA player|318611}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Matt Duffy]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Duffy |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/matt-duffy-622110 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Mitch Garver]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mitch Garver |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/mitch-garver-641598 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Nicolai Jørgensen]], Danish footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Darya Klishina]], Russian long jumper
*  1991   &ndash; [[James Mitchell (basketball)|James Mitchell]], Australian basketball player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?client=0-4144-52759-218450-17124790&sID=&action=PSTATS&pID=191236107&pname=James%20Mitchell&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=11869347|title=James Mitchell Player Profile|work=SportsTG.com|accessdate=8 July 2017|archive-date=8 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170708102355/http://websites.sportstg.com/team_info.cgi?client=0-4144-52759-218450-17124790&sID=&action=PSTATS&pID=191236107&pname=James%20Mitchell&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=11869347|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Joël Veltman]], Dutch footballer
* 1992    &ndash; [[Joshua King (footballer, born 1992)|Joshua King]], Norwegian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Joshua King|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/3926/Joshua-King/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Kadeem Allen]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/allenka01.html|title=Kadeem Allen Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft Status and more|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
* [[1994]] &ndash; [[Eric Dier]], English footballer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Eric Dier=|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4112/Eric-Dier/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Dove Cameron]], American actress and singer<ref>{{cite tweet|first=Dove|last=Cameron|user=DoveCameron|number=416702545650655233 |title=Just wanted to set this straight: I see literally everywhere that my birthday is January 14. It's January Fifteenth, my loves!|date=December 27, 2013|access-date=November 13, 2020}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; [[Deebo Samuel]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Deebo Samuel |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3126486/deebo-samuel |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=11 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Alexandra Eade]], Australian artistic gymnast<ref>{{cite web |title=Artistic Gymnastics {{!}} Athlete Profile: Alexandra EADE - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n6029330-alexandra-eade.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |access-date=21 April 2020 |archive-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801233323/https://results.gc2018.com/en/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n6029330-alexandra-eade.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Ben Godfrey]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Ben Godfrey|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/10968/Ben-Godfrey/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Triston Casas]], American baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Triston Casas Bio Information - MLB |url=https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/triston-casas-player-bio |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=FOX Sports |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Tim Stützle]], German ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Stützle |url=https://www.nhl.com/senators/player/tim-stutzle-8482116 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=14 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Grace VanderWaal]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url= http://gazettereview.com/2017/03/what-happened-to-grace-vanderwaal-news-and-updates|title=What Happened to Grace VanderWaal – Now in 2017|first=Brooke|last=Carter|website=Gazetter Review|date=September 17, 2020}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 69|69]] &ndash; [[Galba]], Roman emperor (b. 3 BC)
* [[378]] &ndash; [[Chak Tok Ich'aak I]], Mayan ruler
* [[570]] &ndash; [[Íte of Killeedy]], Irish nun and saint (b. 475)
* [[849]] &ndash; [[Theophylact (son of Michael I)|Theophylact]], Byzantine emperor (b. 793)
* [[936]] &ndash; [[Rudolph of France]] (b. 880)
* [[950]] &ndash; [[Wang Jingchong (Five Dynasties)|Wang Jingchong]], Chinese general
*[[1149]] &ndash; [[Berengaria of Barcelona]], queen consort of Castile (b. 1116)
*[[1477]] &ndash; [[Adriana of Nassau-Siegen]], German countess (b. 1449)<ref>{{cite book |last=Dek |first=A.W.E. |date=1970 |title=Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau |language=nl |location=[[Zaltbommel]] |publisher=Europese Bibliotheek |page=69 }}</ref>
*[[1568]] &ndash; [[Nicolaus Olahus]], Romanian archbishop (b. 1493)
*[[1569]] &ndash; [[Catherine Carey]], lady-in-waiting to [[Elizabeth I of England]] (b. 1524)
*[[1584]] &ndash; [[Martha Leijonhufvud]], Swedish noblewoman (b. 1520)

===1601–1900===
*[[1623]] &ndash; [[Paolo Sarpi]], Italian lawyer, historian, and scholar (b. 1552)
*[[1672]] &ndash; [[John Cosin]], English bishop and academic (b. 1594)
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[Philip Warwick]], English politician (b. 1609)
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Sammartini]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1700)
*[[1783]] -  [[William Alexander, Lord Stirling|Lord Stirling]], American Revolutionary War Major General (b. 1726)<ref>{{Cite web |title=William Alexander, Lord Stirling |url=https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/william-alexander-lord-stirling/ |access-date=2023-01-14 |website=George Washington's Mount Vernon |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[John Landen]], English mathematician and theorist (b. 1719)
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Dru Drury]], English entomologist and author (b. 1725)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Anton Bernolák]], Slovak linguist and priest (b. 1762)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Emma, Lady Hamilton]], English-French mistress of [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson]] (b. 1761)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Jiang Zhongyuan]], Chinese scholar and soldier (b. 1812)<ref>{{cite ECCP |title=Chiang Chung-yüan|last=Těng|first=Ssǔ-yü|pages=136–137|link=no}}</ref>
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Henri Braconnot]], French chemist and pharmacist (b. 1780)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Isaac Nathan]], English-Australian composer and journalist (b. 1792) 
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Massimo d'Azeglio]], Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (b. 1798)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Eliza McCardle Johnson]], American wife of [[Andrew Johnson]], 18th [[First Lady of the United States]] (b. 1810)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Carl Georg von Wächter]], German jurist (b. 1797)<ref>{{Cite ADB|40|435|440|Wächter, Karl Georg von|Ritter von Eisenhart, Johann August|ADB:Wächter, Karl Georg von}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Fanny Kemble]], English actress (b. 1809)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Mathew Brady]], American photographer and journalist (b. 1822)

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[George Thorn]], Australian politician, sixth [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1838)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Arnold Janssen]], German priest and missionary (b. 1837)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky]], Russian playwright and translator (b. 1850)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Karl Liebknecht]], German politician (b. 1871)
*  1919   &ndash; [[Rosa Luxemburg]], German economist, theorist, and philosopher (b. 1871)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Enrico Toselli]], Italian pianist and composer (b. 1883)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[George Cope (artist)|George Cope]], American painter (b. 1855)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster]], English cricketer and politician, seventh [[Governor-General of Australia]] (b. 1866)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Anton Holban]], Romanian author, theoretician, and educator (b. 1902)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Kullervo Manner]], Finnish [[Speaker of the Parliament of Finland|Speaker of the Parliament]], the [[Finnish Socialist Workers' Republic|Prime Minister of the FSWR]] and the Supreme Commander of the [[Red Guard (Finland)|Red Guards]] (b. 1880)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://finland100.fi/persons/manner-kullervo/|title=Manner, Kullervo – Svinhufvud|website=Finland100.fi|access-date=October 26, 2020|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Wirtinger]], Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Josephus Daniels]], American publisher and diplomat, 41st [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (b. 1862)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Henry H. Arnold]], American general (b. 1886)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Ernest Swinton]], British Army officer (b. 1868)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Nikolai Vekšin]], Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (b. 1887)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Ned Hanlon (politician)|Ned Hanlon]], Australian sergeant and politician, 26th [[Premier of Queensland]] (b. 1887)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Yves Tanguy]], French-American painter (b. 1900)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Regina Margareten]], Hungarian businesswoman (b. 1863)
*[[1962]] – [[Yos Sudarso]], Indonesian [[Officer (armed forces)|naval officer]] (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Media |first=Kompas Cyber |date=2021-06-04 |title=Yos Sudarso: Kiprah, Peran, dan Akhir Hidupnya Halaman all - Kompas.com |url=https://www.kompas.com/stori/read/2021/06/04/161859979/yos-sudarso-kiprah-peran-dan-akhir-hidupnya?page=all |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20211224124907/https://www.kompas.com/stori/read/2021/06/04/161859979/yos-sudarso-kiprah-peran-dan-akhir-hidupnya?page=all |archive-date=2021-12-24 |access-date=2025-01-19 |work=KOMPAS.com}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Jack Teagarden]], American singer-songwriter and trombonist (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ross Russell|title=Jazz Style in Kansas City and the Southwest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qKTz0RIwt8EC&pg=PA127|date=1 January 1983|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-04785-3|pages=127}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[David Burliuk]], Ukrainian author and illustrator (b. 1882)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Bill Masterton]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1938)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Frank Clement (racing driver)|Frank Clement]], English race car driver (b. 1886)
*  1970   &ndash; [[William T. Piper]], American engineer and businessman, founded [[Piper Aircraft]] (b. 1881)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Daisy Ashford]], English author (b. 1881)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Coleman Francis]], American actor, director, and producer (b. 1919)
*  1973   &ndash; [[Ivan Petrovsky]], Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1901)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Harold D. Cooley]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1897)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Graham Whitehead]], English race car driver (b. 1922)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Red Smith (sportswriter)|Red Smith]], American journalist (b. 1905)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Armin Öpik]], Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (b. 1898)
*  1983   &ndash; [[Shepperd Strudwick]], American actor (b. 1907)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Fazıl Küçük]], Cypriot journalist and politician (b. 1906)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Ray Bolger]], American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Seán MacBride]], Irish republican activist and politician, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade|Minister for External Affairs]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1904)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]], Scottish-English actor (b. 1923)
*  1990   &ndash; [[Peggy van Praagh]], English ballerina, choreographer, and director (b. 1910)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Sammy Cahn]], American songwriter (b. 1913)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Georges Cziffra]], Hungarian-French pianist and composer (b. 1921)
*  1994   &ndash; [[Harry Nilsson]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
*  1994   &ndash; [[Harilal Upadhyay]], Indian author, poet, and astrologist (b. 1916)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Les Baxter]], American pianist and composer (b. 1922)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho]] (b. 1938)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Gulzarilal Nanda]], Indian economist and politician, [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. 1898)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Junior Wells]], American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (b. 1934)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Betty Box]], English film producer (b. 1915)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Georges-Henri Lévesque]], Canadian-Dominican priest and sociologist (b. 1903)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Leo Marks]], English cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Michael Anthony Bilandic]], American politician, 49th [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. 1923)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Eugène Brands]], Dutch painter (b. 1913)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Jeanne Voltz]], American food journalist and cookbook writer (b. 1920)<ref name="x070">{{cite web | last=Archives | first=L.A. Times | title=Jeanne Voltz, 81; Past Editor of Times' Food Section | website=Los Angeles Times | date=2002-01-16 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-16-me-22953-story.html | access-date=2024-05-11}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Doris Fisher (songwriter)|Doris Fisher]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1915)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Olivia Goldsmith]], American author (b. 1949)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Victoria de los Ángeles]], Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1923)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Walter Ernsting]], German author (b. 1920)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Janeway]], American author and critic (b. 1913)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Ruth Warrick]], American actress (b. 1916)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]], Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1926)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Awad Hamed al-Bandar]], Iraqi lawyer and judge (b. 1945)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti]], Iraqi intelligence officer (b. 1951)
*  2007   &ndash; [[James Hillier]], Canadian-American computer scientist and academic, co-invented the [[electron microscope]] (b. 1915)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Pura Santillan-Castrence]], Filipino educator and diplomat (b. 1905)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Bo Yibo]], Chinese commander and politician, [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China]] (b. 1908)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Robert V. Bruce]], American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Brad Renfro]], American actor (b. 1982)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Lincoln Verduga Loor]], Ecuadorian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Nat Lofthouse]], English footballer and manager (b. 1925)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Pierre Louis-Dreyfus]], French soldier, race car driver, and businessman (b. 1908)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Susannah York]], English actress and activist (b. 1939)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Ed Derwinski]], American soldier and politician, first [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs]] (b. 1926)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Manuel Fraga Iribarne]], Spanish lawyer and politician, third [[President of the Xunta of Galicia]] (b. 1922)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Carlo Fruttero]], Italian journalist and author (b. 1926)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Samuel Jaskilka]], American general (b. 1919)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ib Spang Olsen]], Danish author and illustrator (b. 1921)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Hulett C. Smith]], American lieutenant and politician, 27th [[Governor of West Virginia]] (b. 1918)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Nagisa Oshima]], Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
*  2013   &ndash; [[John Thomas (athlete)|John Thomas]], American high jumper (b. 1941)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Curtis Bray]], American football player and coach (b. 1970)
*  2014   &ndash; [[John Dobson (amateur astronomer)|John Dobson]], Chinese-American astronomer and author (b. 1915)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Roger Lloyd-Pack]], English actor (b. 1944)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Ervin Drake]], American songwriter and composer (b. 1919)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Kim Fowley]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1939)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Ray Nagel]], American football player and coach (b. 1927)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Francisco X. Alarcón]], American poet and educator (b. 1954)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Ken Judge]], Australian footballer and coach (b. 1958)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Manuel Velázquez]], Spanish footballer (b. 1943)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Snuka]], Fijian professional wrestler (b. 1943)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Dolores O'Riordan]], Irish pop singer (b. 1971)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Dolores O'Riordan, troubled lead singer for Irish rock band The Cranberries |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituary-dolores-oriordan-troubled-lead-singer-irish-rock-band-cranberries-1433372 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=17 January 2018 |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Carol Channing]], American actress (b. 1921)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-Legendary-Carol-Channing-Dies-at-97-20190115|title=The Legendary Carol Channing Dies at 97|first=Stephi|last=Wild|website=BroadwayWorld.com}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; [[Ida Kleijnen]], Dutch chef (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite web |title=IN MEMORIAM Ida Kleijnen (1936-2019) |url=https://www.chapeaumagazine.com/culinair/in-memoriam-ida-kleijnen-1936-2019/ |website=Chapeau Magazine |access-date=12 May 2020 |language=nl |date=17 January 2019}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Rocky Johnson]], Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rocky Johnson, wrestling legend and father of Dwayne Johnson, dies at 75|url=https://ew.com/celebrity/2020/01/15/rocky-johnson-dead-wresting-legend-father-dwayne-johnson-dies-75/|access-date=2021-02-10|website=EW.com|language=EN}}</ref>
*  2020   &ndash; [[Lloyd Cowan]], British athlete and coach (b. 1962)<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Coach as performer: coach emotion, coping, and the coach-athlete-performance relationship|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.14264/uql.2018.687|publisher=University of Queensland Library|first=Jarred|last=Parkes|year=2018 |doi=10.14264/uql.2018.687}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Alexa McDonough]], first female politician to lead a major provincial political party in Canada, former leader of the federal New Democratic Party. (b. 1944)<ref>{{cite news |author=Larouche, Jean |title=Alexa McDonough, former NDP leader and trailblazer for women in politics, has died |date=2022-01-15 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/alexa-mcdonough-death-ndp-women-in-politics-1.6314981 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115125507/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/alexa-mcdonough-death-ndp-women-in-politics-1.6314981 |archive-date=15 January 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Paul Danan]], English actor and television personality (b. 1978)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Minelle |first=Bethany |date=January 16, 2025 |title=Hollyoaks star Paul Danan dies aged 46 |url=https://news.sky.com/story/hollyoaks-star-paul-danan-dies-aged-46-13289367 |access-date=January 25, 2025 |website=[[Sky News]] |language=en}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash; [[David Lynch]], American television and film director, visual artist and musician, complications from emphysema (b. 1946)<ref>[https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-dead-director-blue-velvet-twin-peaks-1236276106/ David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78]</ref>
*2025 &ndash; [[Melba Montgomery]], American country music singer-songwriter (b. 1938)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Friskics-Warren |first=Bill |date=January 19, 2025 |title=Melba Montgomery, Country Singer Known for Her Duets, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/arts/music/melba-montgomery-dead.html |access-date=February 5, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash; [[Linda Nolan]], Irish singer and actress (b. 1959)<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIntosh |first=Steven |date=January 15, 2025 |title=Linda Nolan: Singer dies aged 65, two decades after cancer diagnosis |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1ezlgzj4vvo |access-date=January 25, 2025 |website=[[BBC]] |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*[[Arbor Day (Egypt)]]
*[[Armed Forces Remembrance Day|Armed Forces Remembrance Day (Nigeria)]]
*[[Indian Army Day|Army Day]] (India)
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Abeluzius]] ([[Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]])
**[[Arnold Janssen]]
**[[Francis Ferdinand de Capillas]] (one of [[Martyr Saints of China]])
**[[Íte of Killeedy|Ita]]
**[[Our Lady of Banneux|Our Lady of the Poor]]
**[[Macarius of Egypt]] ([[Western Christianity]])
**[[Saint Maurus|Maurus]] and [[Saint Placidus|Placidus]] ([[Order of Saint Benedict]])
**[[Paul of Thebes|Paul the Hermit]]
**[[January 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[John Chilembwe Day]] ([[Malawi]])
*[[Korean Alphabet Day]] ([[North Korea]])
*[[Public holidays in Indonesia|Ocean Duty Day]] ([[Indonesia]])
*[[Teacher's Day (Venezuela)]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/15 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=15}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/15 Historical Events on January 15]

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