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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[38 BC]] &ndash; [[Octavian]] divorces his wife [[Scribonia (wife of Augustus)|Scribonia]] and marries [[Livia Drusilla]], ending the fragile peace between the [[Second Triumvirate]] and [[Sextus Pompey]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Anthony A. Barrett|title=Agrippina: Mother of Nero|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B6SGAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA16|date=4 January 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-61863-7|pages=16}}</ref>
*[[1362]] &ndash; [[Saint Marcellus' flood]] kills at least 25,000 people on the shores of the North Sea.<ref>{{cite web|author=Stephen Moss |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2011/jan/20/weatherwatch-grote-mandrenke |title=Weatherwatch: The Grote Mandrenke|work=The Guardian |date=2011-01-20 |access-date=2014-01-23}}</ref>
*[[1377]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory XI]] reaches Rome, after deciding to move the Papacy back to Rome from [[Avignon]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Philippe Levillain|title=The Papacy: Gaius-Proxies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7VDcmDeLuV4C&pg=PA660|year=2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-92230-2|pages=660}}</ref>
*[[1524]] &ndash; [[Giovanni da Verrazzano]] sets sail westward from [[Madeira]] to find a sea route to the Pacific Ocean.<ref>{{cite book | title=Discoverers and Explorers | first=Edward Richard | last=Shaw | publisher=American Book Company | year=1900 | page=[https://archive.org/details/discoverersande01shawgoog/page/n109 103] | url=https://archive.org/details/discoverersande01shawgoog | quote=Verrazzano january 17. | isbn=1-4353-8990-5}}</ref>
*[[1562]] &ndash; France grants religious toleration to the [[Huguenot]]s in the [[Edict of Saint-Germain]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Nolan|first=Cathal J.|title=The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000-1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization. Volume 2|location=Westport, Conn.|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=2006|isbn=9780313337338|pages=239–240}}</ref>
*[[1595]] &ndash; During the [[French Wars of Religion]], [[Henry IV of France]] declares war on Spain.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lesaffer|first=Randall|chapter=Between Faith and Empire: The Justification of the Spanish Intervention in the French Wars of Religion in the 1590s|title=International Law and Empire: Historical Explorations|year=2017 |editor-last1=Koskenniemi|editor-first1=Martti|editor-last2=Rech|editor-first2=Walter|editor-last3=Fonseca|editor-first3=Manuel Jiménez|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198795575|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HGfODQAAQBAJ|page=101}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1608]] &ndash; Emperor [[Susenyos I]] of Ethiopia surprises an [[Oromo people|Oromo]] army at Ebenat; his army reportedly kills 12,000 Oromo at the cost of 400 of his men.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bruce|first=James|title=Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773. Volume II|location=London|publisher=G.G.J. and J. Robinson|date=1790|url=https://archive.org/embed/travelstodiscov02bruc|pages=277–278}}</ref>
*[[1641]] &ndash; [[Reapers' War]]: The [[Junta de Braços]] (parliamentary assembly) of the [[Principality of Catalonia]] accepts the proposal of establishment of the [[Catalan Republic (1640–1641)|Catalan Republic]] under French protection.<ref>Gelderen, Martin van; Skinner, Quentin (2002). [https://books.google.com/books?id=H1ZgD7vlFLYC&pg=PA284 Republicanism: Volume 1, Republicanism and Constitutionalism in Early Modern Europe: A Shared European Heritage]. Cambridge University Press. p. 284. {{ISBN|9781139439619}}</ref>
*[[1648]] &ndash; England's [[Long Parliament]] passes the "[[Vote of No Addresses]]", breaking off negotiations with [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]] and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the [[English Civil War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Ashton|first=Robert|title=Counter-Revolution: The Second Civil War and Its Origins, 1646-8|location=New Haven, Conn.|publisher=Yale University Press|date=1994|isbn=9780300061147|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LslygtUxXy4C|page=39}}</ref>
*[[1649]] &ndash; The [[Second Ormonde Peace]] creates an alliance between the [[Cavaliers|Irish Royalists]] and [[Irish Confederates|Confederates]] during the [[War of the Three Kingdoms]]. The coalition was then decisively defeated during the [[Cromwellian conquest of Ireland]].<ref>Nolan, Cathal J. ''The Age of Wars of Religion, 1000-1650: An Encyclopedia of Global Warfare and Civilization, Volume 2''. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006. p.651</ref>
*[[1773]] &ndash; Captain [[James Cook]] leads the [[Second voyage of James Cook|first expedition]] to sail south of the [[Antarctic Circle]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bastmeijer|first=Kees|title=The Antarctic Environmental Protocol and Its Domestic Legal Implementation|location=The Hague|publisher=Kluwer Law International|date=2003|isbn=9789041120649|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9yG2HP4Tgc0C|page=4}}</ref>
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Battle of Cowpens]]: Continental troops under Brigadier General [[Daniel Morgan]] defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel [[Banastre Tarleton]] at the battle in [[South Carolina]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Buchanan|first=John|title=The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas|location=New York|publisher=Wiley|date=1997|isbn=9780471164029|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ho3uEAAAQBAJ|pages=320–322}}</ref>
*[[1799]] &ndash; [[Malta|Maltese]] patriot [[Dun Mikiel Xerri]], along with a number of other patriots, is executed.<ref>{{cite book|last=Vassallo|first=Mario|title=From Lordship to Stewardship: Religion and Social Change in Malta|location=The Hague|publisher=Mouton|date=1979|isbn=9789027979674|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=40W0DwAAQBAJ|page=29}}</ref>
*[[1811]] &ndash; [[Mexican War of Independence]]: In the [[Battle of Calderón Bridge]], a heavily outnumbered [[History of Spain (1810–73)|Spanish]] force of 6,000 troops defeats nearly 100,000 Mexican revolutionaries.<ref>{{cite book|last=Tucker|first=Spencer C.|title=The Roots and Consequences of Independence Wars: Conflicts That Changed World History|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC=CLIO|date=2018|isbn=9781440855986|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mBnHEAAAQBAJ|page=130}}</ref>
*[[1852]] &ndash; The United Kingdom signs the [[Sand River Convention]] with the [[South African Republic]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Raugh|first=Harold E.|title=The Victorians at War, 1815-1914: An Encyclopedia of British Military History|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2004|isbn=9781576079256|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6fOEAAAQBAJ|page=326}}</ref>
*[[1873]] &ndash; A group of [[Modoc people|Modoc]] warriors defeats the [[United States Army]] in the [[First Battle of the Stronghold]], part of the [[Modoc War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Erwin N.|title=The Modoc War, 1872-73, Lava Beds National Monument|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=Division of History, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, National Park Service|date=1967|oclc=4989984|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nOCGgwGKegMC|page=51}}</ref>
*[[1885]] &ndash; A British force defeats a large [[Dervish]] army at the [[Battle of Abu Klea]] in the [[Sudan]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Archer|first=Thomas|title=The War in Egypt and the Soudan: An Episode in the History of the British Empire|location=London|publisher=Blackie|date=1886|oclc=5628196|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sMMNAAAAQAAJ|pages=17–19}}</ref>
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Lorrin A. Thurston]], along with the [[Committee of Safety (Hawaii)|Citizens' Committee of Public Safety]], led the [[Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii]] and the government of [[Liliuokalani|Queen Lili{{okina}}uokalani]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Juvik|first1=Sonia P.|last2=Juvik|first2=James O.|last3=Paradise|first3=Thomas R.|title=Atlas of Hawai'i|location=Honolulu|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|date=1998|isbn=9780824817459|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f0efIh9CV94C}}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; The United States takes possession of [[Wake Island]] in the Pacific Ocean.<ref>{{cite book|last=Moran|first=Jim|title=Wake Island 1941: A Battle to Make the Gods Weep|location=New York|publisher=Osprey Publishing|date=2011|isbn=9781849086035|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AaO6CwAAQBAJ|page=6}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[El Yunque National Forest]] in [[Puerto Rico]] becomes part of the United States [[National Forest System]] as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]'' receives its premiere performance at the [[Moscow Art Theatre]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kirk|first=Irina|title=Anton Chekov|location=Boston|publisher=Twayne Publishers|date=1981|isbn=9780805764109|page=151}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; British polar explorer Captain [[Robert Falcon Scott]] [[Terra Nova Expedition|reaches the South Pole]], one month after [[Roald Amundsen]].
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Russia]] defeats [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turkey]] in the [[Battle of Sarikamish]] during the [[Caucasus Campaign]] of [[World War I]].
*[[1917]] &ndash; The United States pays Denmark {{$}}25 million for the [[United States Virgin Islands|Virgin Islands]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Waldo A.|title=The Virgin Islands of the United States: A General Report by the Governor|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|date=1928|url=https://archive.org/details/abk7602.0001.001.umich.edu|page=[https://archive.org/details/abk7602.0001.001.umich.edu/page/29 29]}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Finnish Civil War]]: The first serious battles take place between the [[Red Guards (Finland)|Red Guards]] and the [[White Guard (Finland)|White Guard]].
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Prohibition in the United States|Alcohol Prohibition]] begins in the United States as the [[Volstead Act]] goes into effect.<ref>{{cite web | title =History of Alcohol Prohibition | publisher = National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse | url = http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/nc/nc2a.htm | access-date=November 7, 2013}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Franco-Thai War]]: [[Vichy France|Vichy French]] forces [[Battle of Ko Chang|inflict a decisive defeat]] over the [[Royal Thai Navy]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Greek submarine Papanikolis (Y-2)|Greek submarine Papanikolis]] captures the 200-ton sailing vessel ''Agios Stefanos'' and mans her with part of her crew.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] forces launch the first of [[Battle of Monte Cassino|four assaults]] on [[Monte Cassino]] with the intention of breaking through the [[Winter Line]] and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Vistula–Oder Offensive]] forces German troops out of [[Warsaw]].
*  1945   &ndash; The ''[[SS-Totenkopfverbände]]'' begin the evacuation of the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] as the [[Red Army]] closes in.
*  1945   &ndash; Swedish diplomat [[Raoul Wallenberg]] is taken into [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again.<ref>{{cite book|last=Felix|first=Christopher|title=A Short Course in the Secret War|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Madison Books|date=2001|isbn=9781568331799|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c7wwc6WMmCoC|page=267}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; The [[UN Security Council]] holds its first session.
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[Renville Agreement]] between the [[Netherlands]] and [[Indonesia]] is ratified.
*[[1950]] &ndash; The [[Great Brink's Robbery]]: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in [[Boston]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Stickle|first=Benjamin F.|chapter=Great Brink's Robbery (1950)|title=Crimes of the Centuries: Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History|editor-last1=Chermak|editor-first1=Steven M.|editor-last2=Bailey|editor-first2=Frankie Y.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2016|isbn=9781610695930|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=li1ZCwAAQBAJ|page=222}}</ref>
*  1950   &ndash; [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 79]] relating to [[arms control]] is adopted.
*[[1961]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] delivers a televised [[Eisenhower's farewell address|farewell address to the nation]] three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "[[military–industrial complex]]" as well as the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending.
*  1961   &ndash; Former [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Congolese]] Prime Minister [[Patrice Lumumba]] is murdered in circumstances suggesting the support and complicity of the governments of Belgium and the United States.
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[1966 Palomares B-52 crash|Palomares incident]]: A [[Boeing B-52 Stratofortress|B-52]] bomber collides with a [[KC-135 Stratotanker]] over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton [[B28 nuclear bomb|nuclear bombs]] near the town of [[Palomares, Almería|Palomares]] and another one into the sea.
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Black Panther Party]] members [[Bunchy Carter]] and [[John Huggins]] are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of [[UCLA]].
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Capital punishment in the United States]] resumes after a ten-year hiatus, as convicted murderer [[Gary Gilmore]] is [[execution by firing squad|executed by firing squad]] in Utah.
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[President of the Philippines]] [[Ferdinand Marcos]] lifts [[Martial law in the Philippines|martial law]] eight years and five months after declaring it.
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Gulf War]]: [[Operation Desert Storm]] begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the [[Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk|F-117]]. [[Scott Speicher|LCDR Scott Speicher's]] [[McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18C Hornet]] from [[VFA-81]] is shot down by a [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25|Mig-25]] and is the first American casualty of the War. [[Iraq]] fires eight [[Scud]] missiles into [[Israel]] in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
*  1991   &ndash; Crown Prince Harald of Norway becomes [[Harald V of Norway|King Harald V]], following the death of his father, [[Olav V of Norway|King Olav V]].
*[[1992]] &ndash; During a visit to South Korea, [[Prime Minister of Japan|Japanese Prime Minister]] [[Kiichi Miyazawa]] apologizes for forcing Korean women into [[Comfort women|sexual slavery]] during World War II.
*[[1994]] &ndash; The 6.7 {{M|w}} [[1994 Northridge earthquake|Northridge earthquake]] shakes the [[Greater Los Angeles Area]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), leaving 57 people dead and more than 8,700 injured.
*[[1995]] &ndash; The 6.9 {{M|w}} [[Great Hanshin earthquake]] shakes the southern [[Hyōgo Prefecture]] with a maximum [[Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale|Shindo]] of 7, leaving 5,502–6,434 people dead, and 251,301–310,000 displaced.
*[[1996]] &ndash; The [[Czech Republic]] applies for membership in the [[European Union]].
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Cape Canaveral Air Force Station]]: A [[Delta II]] carrying the [[GPS IIR-1]] satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Clinton–Lewinsky scandal]]: [[Matt Drudge]] breaks the story of the [[Bill Clinton]]–[[Monica Lewinsky]] affair on his ''[[Drudge Report]]'' website.
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Mount Nyiragongo]] erupts in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], displacing an estimated 400,000 people.
*[[2007]] &ndash; The [[Doomsday Clock]] is set to five minutes to midnight in response to [[North Korea]]'s nuclear testing.
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[British Airways Flight 38]] crashes short of the runway at [[Heathrow Airport]], injuring 47.<ref name="AAIBFinal">{{cite web |date=9 February 2010 |title=Report on the accident to Boeing 777-236ER, G-YMMM, at London Heathrow Airport on 17&nbsp;January 2008 |url=http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=%2F1-2010%20G-YMMM.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711221435/http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources.cfm?file=/1-2010%20G-YMMM.pdf |archive-date=11 July 2013 |access-date=9 February 2010 |publisher=Air Accidents Investigation Branch}}</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[2010 Jos riots|Rioting]] begins between Muslim and Christian groups in [[Jos|Jos, Nigeria]], results in at least 200 deaths.
*[[2013]] &ndash; Former cyclist [[Lance Armstrong]] confesses to [[Lance Armstrong doping case|his doping]] in an airing of ''[[Oprah's Next Chapter]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Goldman|first=Russell|date=January 17, 2013|title=Lance Armstrong Admits to Doping|publisher=ABC News|location=United States|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/lance-armstrong-confesses-doping/story?id=18244003|access-date=2013-01-18}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; Shahzad Luqman is [[Murder of Shahzad Luqman|murdered]] by members of [[Golden Dawn (Greece)|Golden Dawn]] in [[Petralona]], [[Athens]], leading the creation of new measures to combat race-based attacks in [[Greece]].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.efsyn.gr/ellada/koinonia/146983_dikazontai-sto-efeteio-oi-dolofonoi-toy-sahzat-loykman | title= Δικάζονται στο Εφετείο οι δολοφόνοι του Σαχζάτ Λουκμάν | accessdate= 2018-09-16 | date= 2018-04-16 | publisher=efsyn.gr }}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; President [[Barack Obama]] announces the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]], an agreement intended to limit Iran's nuclear program. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-10-07|title=Barack Obama – Key Events {{!}} Miller Center|url=https://millercenter.org/president/barack-obama/key-events|access-date=2022-01-11|website=millercenter.org}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370|The search for]] [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]] is announced to be suspended.<ref>{{Cite web|last=CARVALHO|first=NEVILLE SPYKERMAN and MARTIN|title=MH370 underwater search suspended|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/01/17/mh370-underwater-search|access-date=2022-01-17|website=The Star|date=17 January 2017 }}</ref>
* [[2023]] &ndash; [[2023 Nyingchi avalanche|An avalanche strikes Nyingchi, Tibet]], killing 28 people.<ref>{{ cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-64356982 | title = Tibet avalanche kills 28 as search called off | publisher = BBC News | date = 21 January 2023 }}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1342]] &ndash; [[Philip II, Duke of Burgundy]] (d. 1404)
*[[1429]] &ndash; [[Antonio del Pollaiuolo]], Italian artist (d.c. [[1498]])
*[[1463]] &ndash; [[Frederick III, Elector of Saxony]] (d. 1525)
*  1463   &ndash; [[Antoine Duprat]], French cardinal (d. 1535)
*[[1472]] &ndash; [[Guidobaldo da Montefeltro]], Italian captain (d. 1508)
*[[1484]] &ndash; [[George Spalatin]], German priest and reformer (d. 1545)
*[[1501]] &ndash; [[Leonhart Fuchs]], German physician and botanist (d. 1566)
*[[1504]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius V]] (d. 1572)<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Pius V {{!}} pope {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Pius-V |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=23 April 2022}}</ref>
*[[1517]] &ndash; [[Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk]], English Duke (d. 1554)
*[[1560]] &ndash; [[Gaspard Bauhin]], Swiss botanist, physician, and academic (d. 1624)
*[[1574]] &ndash; [[Robert Fludd]], English physician, astrologer, and mathematician (d. 1637)
*[[1593]] &ndash; [[William Backhouse]], English alchemist and astrologer (d. 1662)
*[[1600]] &ndash; [[Pedro Calderón de la Barca]], Spanish playwright and poet (d. 1681)

===1601–1900===
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Thomas Fairfax]], English general and politician (d. 1671)
*[[1640]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Singletary Dunham]], American settler (d. 1724)
*[[1659]] &ndash; [[Antonio Veracini]], Italian violinist and composer (d. 1745)
*[[1666]] &ndash; [[Antonio Maria Valsalva]], Italian anatomist and physician (d. 1723)
*[[1686]] &ndash; [[Archibald Bower]], Scottish historian and author (d. 1766)
*[[1693]] &ndash; [[Melchor de Navarrete]], Spanish colonial governor of [[Cartagena de Indias]] (Colombia, 1739 – 1742); of Spanish Florida (1749 – 1752); and of Yucatán (Mexico, 1754 – 1758) (d. 1761)<ref name="Vicent1979">{{cite book|author=Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent|title=Caballeros de la Orden de Santiago, siglo XVIII|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNpLb8wdM_EC&pg=PA95|year=1979|publisher=Ediciones Hidalguia|isbn=978-84-00-04412-1|page=95}}</ref> 
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Franklin]], American publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th [[List of Governors of Pennsylvania|President of Pennsylvania]] (d. 1790)
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[John Stanley (composer)|John Stanley]], English organist and composer (d. 1786)
*[[1719]] &ndash; [[William Vernon]], American businessman (d. 1806)
*[[1728]] &ndash; [[Johann Gottfried Müthel]], German pianist and composer (d. 1788)
*[[1732]] &ndash; [[Stanisław August Poniatowski]], Polish-Lithuanian king (d. 1798)
*[[1734]] &ndash; [[François-Joseph Gossec]], French composer and conductor (d. 1829)
*[[1761]] &ndash; [[Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet]], Scottish geologist and geophysicist (d. 1832)
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[August Neander]], German historian and theologian (d. 1850)
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Antonio José Martínez]], Spanish-American priest, rancher and politician (d. 1867)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Ellen Wood (author)|Ellen Wood]], English author (d. 1887)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Anne Brontë]], English author and poet (d. 1849)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Lewis A. Grant]], American lawyer and general, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1918)
*  1828   &ndash; [[Ede Reményi]], Hungarian violinist and composer (d. 1898)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Henry Martyn Baird]], American historian and academic (d. 1906)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[August Weismann]], German biologist, zoologist, and geneticist (d. 1914)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti]], Brazilian cardinal (d. 1930)
*  1850   &ndash; [[Alexander Taneyev]], Russian pianist and composer (d. 1918)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[A. B. Frost]], American author and illustrator (d. 1928)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Alva Belmont]], American suffragist (d. 1933)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1500052|title=Belmont, Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt (1853-1933), social leader and suffragist |work= American National Biography|year=2000|doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1500052|access-date=2019-12-02|last1=Viens |first1=Katheryn P. |isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 }}</ref> 
*  1853   &ndash; [[T. Alexander Harrison]], American painter and academic (d. 1930)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Kienzl]], Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1941)
*  1857   &ndash; [[Eugene Augustin Lauste]], French-American engineer (d. 1935)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Tomás Carrasquilla]], Colombian author (d. 1940)
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[Douglas Hyde]], Irish academic and politician, 1st [[President of Ireland]] (d. 1949)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[David Lloyd George]], Welsh lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1945)
*  1863   &ndash; [[Konstantin Stanislavski]], Russian actor and director (d. 1938)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Sir Charles Fergusson, 7th Baronet]], English general and politician, 3rd [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (d. 1951)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Carl Laemmle]], German-born American film producer, co-founded [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]] (d. 1939)
*  1867   &ndash; [[Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 3rd Baronet]], English colonel, pilot, and polo player (d. 1934)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty]], English admiral (d. 1936)
*  1871   &ndash; [[Nicolae Iorga]], Romanian historian and politician, 34th [[Prime Minister of Romania]] (d. 1940)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Florencio Sánchez]], Uruguayan journalist and playwright (d. 1910)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Frank Hague]], American lawyer and politician, 30th [[Mayor of Jersey City]] (d. 1956)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Marie Zdeňka Baborová-Čiháková]], Czech botanist and zoologist (d. 1937)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://biography.hiu.cas.cz/Personal/index.php/BABOROV%C3%81-%C4%8CIH%C3%81KOV%C3%81_Marie_Zdenka_17.1.1877-29.9.1937|title=BABOROVÁ-ČIHÁKOVÁ, Marie Zdenka|last=Brabencová|first=Jana|website=Biographical Dictionary of the Czech Lands|language=cs|access-date=2019-08-11}}</ref>
*  1877   &ndash; [[May Gibbs]], English-Australian author and illustrator (d. 1969)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Mack Sennett]], Canadian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1960)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Antoni Łomnicki]], Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1941)
*  1881   &ndash; [[Harry Price]], English psychologist and author (d. 1948)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Noah Beery, Sr.]], American actor (d. 1946)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Compton Mackenzie]], English-Scottish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1972)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Glenn L. Martin]], American pilot and businessman, founded the [[Glenn L. Martin Company]] (d. 1955)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Ola Raknes]], Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (d. 1975)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Babu Gulabrai]], Indian philosopher and author (d. 1963)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Marcel Petiot]], French physician and serial killer (d. 1946)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Lela Mevorah]], Serbian librarian (d. 1972)<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Kovačević-Ristanović|first=Ružica|date=2014-07-10|title=Lela Mevorah: A Professional Jewish Woman's Contribution to the Practice of Medicine in Serbia in the Aftermath of the Holocaust|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/548958|journal=Serbian Studies: Journal of the North American Society for Serbian Studies|volume=25|issue=2|pages=199–211|doi=10.1353/ser.2011.0042|s2cid=144369420|issn=1941-9511}}</ref> 
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Al Capone]], American mob boss (d. 1947)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Robert Maynard Hutchins]], American philosopher and academic (d. 1977)
*  1899   &ndash; [[Nevil Shute]], English engineer and author (d. 1960)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Aron Gurwitsch]], Lithuanian-American philosopher and author (d. 1973)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Hem Vejakorn]], Thai painter and illustrator (d. 1969)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Ray Cunningham]], American baseball player (d. 2005)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Peggy Gilbert]], American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2007)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Eduard Oja]], Estonian composer, conductor, educator, and critic (d. 1950)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Guillermo Stábile]], Argentinian footballer and manager (d. 1966)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Jan Zahradníček]], Czech poet and translator (d. 1960)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Henk Badings]], Indonesian-Dutch composer and engineer (d. 1987)
*  1907   &ndash; [[Alfred Wainwright]], British fellwalker, guidebook author and illustrator (d. 1991)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Cus D'Amato]], American boxing manager and trainer (d. 1985)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Busher Jackson]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1966)
*  1911   &ndash; [[John S. McCain Jr.]], American admiral (d. 1981)
*  1911   &ndash; [[George Stigler]], American economist and academic, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1991)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Anacleto Angelini]], Italian-Chilean businessman (d. 2007)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Irving Brecher]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Howard Marion-Crawford]], English actor (d. 1969)<ref>{{cite book|last=McMullen|first=Kieran E.|title=The Many Watsons|location=London|publisher=MX Publishing|date=2012|isbn=9781780923031|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xP66BAAAQBAJ|page=88}}</ref> 
*  1914   &ndash; [[Paul Royle]], Australian lieutenant and pilot (d. 2015)
*  1914   &ndash; [[William Stafford (poet)|William Stafford]], American poet and author (d. 1993)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Peter Frelinghuysen Jr.]], American lieutenant and politician (d. 2011)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[M. G. Ramachandran]], Indian actor, director, and politician, 3rd [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]] (d. 1987)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Keith Joseph]], English lawyer and politician, [[Secretary of State for Education]] (d. 1994)
*  1918   &ndash; [[George M. Leader]], American soldier and politician, 36th [[Governor of Pennsylvania]] (d. 2013)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Georges Pichard]], French author and illustrator (d. 2003)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Jackie Henderson]], Scottish footballer (d. 2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/archives/11588|title=Jackie Henderson: the Arsenal man who moved to my village|website=woolwicharsenal.co.uk|date=2 January 2015|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1921   &ndash; [[Asghar Khan]], Pakistani general and politician (d. 2018)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Charlie Mitten]], English footballer and manager (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/charlie-mitten-9183168.html|title=Charlie Mitten|website=The Independent|location=London|date=8 January 2002|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1921   &ndash; [[Antonio Prohías]], Cuban cartoonist (d. 1998)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Luis Echeverría]], Mexican academic and politician, 50th [[President of Mexico]] (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/09/world/americas/luis-echeverra-alvarez-dead.html|title = Luis Echeverría Alvarez, Former President of Mexico, Dies at 100|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 9 July 2022|accessdate = 9 July 2022|last = Kandell|first = Jonathan|url-access = limited}}</ref>
*  1922   &ndash; [[Nicholas Katzenbach]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 65th [[United States Attorney General]] (d. 2012)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Betty White]], American actress, game show panelist, television personality, and animal rights activist (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/betty-white-dead-obituary-197806/|title=Beloved TV Icon Betty White Dead on Cusp of 100th Birthday |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=December 31, 2021 |first=Jon |last=Blistein |date=31 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Rangeya Raghav]], Indian author and playwright (d. 1962)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Rik De Saedeleer]], Belgian footballer and journalist (d. 2013)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Jewel Plummer Cobb]], American biologist, cancer researcher, and academic (d. 2017)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Gunnar Birkerts]], Latvian-American architect (d. 2017)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Robert Cormier]], American author and journalist (d. 2000)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Abdul Hafeez Kardar]], Pakistani cricketer and author (d. 1996)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Newton N. Minow]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2023)<ref name = WaPo>{{cite news |last1=Bernstein |first1=Adam |title=Newton Minow, FCC chairman who assailed 'vast wasteland' of TV, dies at 97|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/06/newton-minow-fcc-chairman-vast-wasteland-dies/ |newspaper=The Washington Post|date = May 6, 2023|access-date=May 6, 2023|url-access = limited}}</ref>
*  1926   &ndash; [[Moira Shearer]], Scottish-English ballerina and actress (d. 2006)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Clyde Walcott]], Barbadian cricketer (d. 2006)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Thomas Anthony Dooley III]], American physician and humanitarian (d. 1961)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Eartha Kitt]], American actress and singer (d. 2008)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jack |first1=Adrian |title=Obituary: Eartha Kitt |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/26/eartha-kitt-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=10 December 2020|date=26 December 2008}}</ref>
*  1927   &ndash; [[Harlan Mathews]], American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
*  1927   &ndash; [[E. W. Swackhamer]], American director and producer (d. 1994)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Jean Barraqué]], French composer (d. 1973)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Vidal Sassoon]], English-American hairdresser and businessman (d. 2012)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 17: Dwyane Wade, Jim Carrey |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/17/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-17-Dwyane-Wade-Jim-Carrey/2041673921313/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=16 January 2024 |date=17 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Philip Latham]], British actor (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite news|title=Stage, television and film actor dies|work=The Old Felstedian|date=December 2020|accessdate=19 January 2024|url=https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1608282952/felstedorg/mpwanyw5hy5lofjpnisi/72dpiWEBOldFelstedianMagazine2020.pdf|page=25}}</ref>
*  1929   &ndash; [[Jacques Plante]], Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1986)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Tan Boon Teik]], Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician, [[Attorney-General of Singapore]] (d. 2012)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[James Earl Jones]], American actor (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=James Earl Jones, renowned actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/james-earl-jones-voice-darth-vader-dies-93-2024-09-09/ |work=Reuters|access-date=9 September 2024}}</ref>
*  1931   &ndash; [[Douglas Wilder]], American sergeant and politician, 66th [[Governor of Virginia]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1931   &ndash; [[Don Zimmer]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[John Cater]], English actor (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite news|last=Coveney|first=Michael|title=Obituary: John Cater|work=The Guardian|date=13 May 2009|accessdate=19 January 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/may/13/obituary-john-cater-actor}}</ref>
*  1932   &ndash; [[Sheree North]], American actress and dancer (d. 2005)<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Scott|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=McFarland & Company|date=2016|isbn=9780786479924|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ|page=553}}</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Dalida]], Egyptian-French singer and actress (d. 1987)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan]], French-Pakistani diplomat, [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] (d. 2003)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Shari Lewis]], American actress, puppeteer/ventriloquist, and television host (d. 1998)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Donald Cammell]], Scottish-American director and screenwriter (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite book|last=Shail|first=Robert|title=British Film Directors: A Critical Guide|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|date=2007|isbn=9780748622313|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJckDQAAQBAJ|page=39}}</ref> 
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Ruth Ann Minner]], American businesswoman and politician, 72nd [[Governor of Delaware]] (d. 2021)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[John Boyd (diplomat)|John Boyd]], English academic and diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan|British ambassador to Japan]] (d. 2019)
*  1936   &ndash; [[A. Thangathurai]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1997)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Alain Badiou]], French philosopher and academic
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[John Bellairs]], American author and academic (d. 1991)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Toini Gustafsson]], Swedish cross country skier
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Christodoulos of Athens]], Greek archbishop (d. 2008)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Maury Povich]], American talk show host and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 17, 2023 includes celebrities James Earl Jones, Jim Carrey |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-17-2023-includes-celebrities-james-earl-jones-jim-carrey.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=16 January 2024 |date=17 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni]], Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (d. 2015)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Kipchoge Keino]], Kenyan athlete<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1940   &ndash; [[Tabaré Vázquez]], Uruguayan physician and politician, 39th [[President of Uruguay]] (d. 2020)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[István Horthy, Jr.]], Hungarian physicist and architect
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Ali]], American boxer and activist (d. 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Muhammad Ali|url=https://www.biography.com/athlete/muhammad-ali|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Biography|date=22 October 2021}}</ref>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Ita Buttrose]], Australian journalist and author
*  1942   &ndash; [[Ulf Hoelscher]], German violinist and educator
*  1942   &ndash; [[Nigel McCulloch]], English bishop
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Chris Montez]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1943   &ndash; [[René Préval]], Haitian agronomist and politician, 52nd [[President of Haiti]] (d. 2017)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Ann Oakley]], English sociologist, author, and academic
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Javed Akhtar]], Indian poet, playwright, and composer
*  1945   &ndash; [[Anne Cutler]], Australian psychologist and academic (d. 2022)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Joanna David]], English actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Jane Elliot]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Davíð Oddsson]], Icelandic politician, 21st [[Prime Minister of Iceland]]
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Anita Borg]], American computer scientist and academic (d. 2003)
*  1949   &ndash; [[Gyude Bryant]], Liberian businessman and politician (d. 2014)
*  1949   &ndash; [[Augustin Dumay]], French violinist and conductor
*  1949   &ndash; [[Andy Kaufman]], American actor and comedian (d. 1984)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Mick Taylor]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Luis López Nieves]], Puerto Rican-American author and academic
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Tom Deitz]], American author (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite web|title=Thomas Deitz, 1952-2009|website=Locus Magazine|date=April 28, 2009|accessdate=January 17, 2023|url=https://locusmag.com/2009/04/thomas-deitz-1952-2009/}}</ref>
*  1952   &ndash; [[Darrell Porter]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2002)
*  1952   &ndash; [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]], Japanese pianist, composer, and producer (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sweeting |first1=Adam |title=Ryuichi Sakamoto obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/03/ryuichi-sakamoto-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=4 April 2023 |date=3 April 2023 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404005401/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/apr/03/ryuichi-sakamoto-obituary |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Jeff Berlin]], American bass player and educator
*  1953   &ndash; [[Carlos Johnson (blues musician)|Carlos Johnson]], American singer and guitarist
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.]], American environmental lawyer, writer, and conspiracy theorist
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Steve Earle]], American singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, author and actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1955   &ndash; [[Pietro Parolin]], Italian cardinal
*  1955   &ndash; [[Steve Javie]], American basketball player and referee
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Damian Green]], English journalist and politician
*  1956   &ndash; [[Paul Young]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Steve Harvey]], American actor, comedian, television personality and game show host<ref>{{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=Jessie Carney |title=Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture [4 volumes] |date=17 December 2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-35797-8 |page=650 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=10rEGSIItjgC&pg=PA650}}</ref>
*  1957   &ndash; [[Ann Nocenti]], American journalist and author
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Tony Kouzarides]], English biologist, cancer researcher
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Susanna Hoffs]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress<ref name="AP"/> 
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[John Crawford (musician)|John Crawford]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1960   &ndash; [[Chili Davis]], Jamaican-American baseball player and coach
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Brian Helgeland]], American director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Jun Azumi]], Japanese broadcaster and politician, 46th [[Minister of Finance (Japan)|Japanese Minister of Finance]] 
*  1962   &ndash; [[Jim Carrey]], Canadian-American actor, comedian, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1962   &ndash; [[Sebastian Junger]], American journalist and author<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1962   &ndash; [[Denis O'Hare]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP"/>  
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Colin Gordon (footballer)|Colin Gordon]], English footballer, agent, manager and chief executive<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/colingordon.html|title=Colin Gordon|website=neilbrown.newcastlefans.com |access-date=12 April 2025}}</ref>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Kai Hansen]], German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Michelle Obama]], American lawyer and activist, 44th [[List of First Ladies of the United States|First Lady of the United States]]<ref name="AP"/>
*  1964   &ndash; [[John Schuster]], Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Sylvain Turgeon]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Trish Johnson]], English golfer
*  1966   &ndash; [[Joshua Malina]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1966   &ndash; [[Shabba Ranks]], Jamaican rapper, musician, and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Richard Hawley]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Rowan Pelling]], English journalist and author
*  1968   &ndash; [[Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer]], Dutch author, poet, and scholar
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Naveen Andrews]], English actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Lukas Moodysson]], Swedish director, screenwriter, and author
*  1969   &ndash; [[Tiësto]], Dutch DJ and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Cássio Alves de Barros]], Brazilian footballer
*  1970   &ndash; [[Jeremy Roenick]], American ice hockey player and actor
*  1970   &ndash; [[Genndy Tartakovsky]], Russian-American animator, director, and producer<ref>{{cite book|last=Lenberg|first=Jeff|title=Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film and TV Award-Winning and Legendary Animators|location=New York|publisher=Applause|date=2006|isbn=9781557836717|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVShFCjVzvIC|page=331}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Giorgos Balogiannis]], Greek basketball player
*  1971   &ndash; [[Richard Burns]], English race car driver (d. 2005)
*  1971   &ndash; [[Kid Rock]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Sylvie Testud]], French actress, director, and screenwriter
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Cuauhtémoc Blanco]], Mexican footballer and actor
*  1973   &ndash; [[Chris Bowen]], Australian politician, 37th [[Treasurer of Australia]]
*  1973   &ndash; [[Liz Ellis]], Australian netball player and sportscaster
*  1973   &ndash; [[Aaron Ward (ice hockey)|Aaron Ward]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Yang Chen (footballer, born 1974)|Yang Chen]], Chinese footballer and manager
*  1974   &ndash; [[Vesko Kountchev]], Bulgarian viola player, composer, and producer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Derrick Mason]], American football player
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Freddy Rodriguez (actor)|Freddy Rodriguez]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Leigh Whannell]], Australian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Lisa Llorens]], Australian [[Paralympic athletics|Paralympian]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Australian Media Guide : 2000 Paralympic Games Sydney|publisher=Australian Paralympic Committee.|year=2000|location=Sydney|pages=30}}</ref>  
*  1978   &ndash; [[Ricky Wilson (English singer)|Ricky Wilson]], English singer-songwriter 
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Maksim Chmerkovskiy]], Ukrainian-American dancer and choreographer<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Zooey Deschanel]], American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Modestas Stonys]], Lithuanian footballer
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Warren Feeney]], Northern Irish footballer and manager
*  1981   &ndash; [[Ray J]], American singer, actor, and television personality<ref>{{cite web |last1=Heching |first1=Dan |title=Brandy Wishes 'Genius' Brother Ray J a Happy Birthday: He 'Can Do It All' |url=https://people.com/music/brandy-wishes-genius-brother-ray-j-a-happy-birthday-he-can-do-it-all/ |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=17 January 2023 |date=17 January 2022}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Michael Zigomanis]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Zigomanis |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/mike-zigomanis-8467937 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Dwyane Wade]], American basketball player<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Andrew Webster (rugby league)|Andrew Webster]], Australian rugby league player and coach<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.warriors.kiwi/teams/nrl-premiership/warriors/andrew-webster/ | title=Andrew Webster | date=22 October 2023 }}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Amanda Wilkinson]], Canadian singer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Álvaro Arbeloa]], Spanish footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Ryan Gage]], English actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Johannes Herber]], German basketball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Rick Kelly]], Australian race car driver
*  1983   &ndash; [[Marcelo Garcia (grappler)|Marcelo Garcia]], Brazilian martial artist
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Calvin Harris]], Scottish singer-songwriter, DJ, and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Dexter Lumis]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Dexter Lumis |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/34920256/wwe-profile-page-dexter-lumis |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=16 January 2024 |date=1 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Pablo Barrientos]], Argentinian footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Simone Simons]], Dutch singer-songwriter
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Viktor Stålberg]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Viktor Stalberg |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/viktor-stalberg-8473537 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Cody Decker]], American baseball player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Oleksandr Usyk]], Ukrainian boxer<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/feb/06/oleksandr-usyk-interview-ukraine-world-heavyweight-boxing-champion|title=Oleksandr Usyk: 'There had been laughter in that gym. When I got there, only darkness and death'|website=The Guardian|author=Donald McRae|date=6 February 2023 |access-date=2023-02-06}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Andrea Antonelli]], Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013)
*  1988   &ndash; [[Earl Clark]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Earl Clark |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201947/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Will Genia]], Australian rugby player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Jonathan Keltz]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1988   &ndash; [[Héctor Moreno (footballer)|Héctor Moreno]], Mexican footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Taylor Jordan]], American baseball player
*  1989   &ndash; [[Kelly Marie Tran]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Santiago Tréllez]], Colombian footballer
*  1990   &ndash; [[Tyler Zeller]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tyler Zeller |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203092/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Trevor Bauer]], American baseball player
*  1991   &ndash; [[Willa Fitzgerald]], American actress<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Esapekka Lappi]], Finnish rally driver
*  1991   &ndash; [[Alise Willoughby|Alise Post]], American BMX rider
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Stanislav Galiev]], Russian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanislav Galiev |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/stanislav-galiev-8475816 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Lucy Boynton]], American-English actress<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Mark Steketee]], Australian cricketer
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Indya Moore]], American actor and model<ref>{{cite tweet|last=Moore|first=Indya|user=IndyaMoore|number=1218129181780992000|title=Thank you all so much for the birthday love!!|date=January 17, 2020|access-date=July 30, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Allonzo Trier]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Allonzo Trier |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1629019/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Jake Paul]], American boxer, actor, rapper, and social media personality<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jake Paul – Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/jake_paul|access-date=2021-06-14|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Kyle Tucker]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kyle Tucker |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/kyle-tucker-663656 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=13 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Sophie Molineux]], Australian cricketer
*  1998   &ndash; [[Jeff Reine-Adélaïde]], French footballer
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Isa Briones]], American actor and singer<ref>{{cite news|last=Nepales|first=Ruben V.|title=Fil-Am Isa Briones went from ''Hamilton'' to a female lead role in ''Picard''—and she's just 21|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=January 30, 2020|accessdate=April 6, 2020|page=1|url=https://entertainment.inquirer.net/362057/fil-am-isa-briones-went-from-hamilton-to-a-female-lead-role-in-picard-and-shes-just-21}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Kang Chan-hee]], South Korean singer and actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EC%B0%AC%ED%9D%AC&sm=ppl_cts&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=216857|title=찬희 프로필|publisher=Naver|language=ko}}</ref>
*  2000   &ndash; [[Devlin DeFrancesco]], Canadian race car driver<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Devlin_DeFrancesco|title=Devlin DeFrancesco|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref>
*  2000   &ndash; [[Ayo Dosunmu]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Ayo Dosunmu |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630245/ayo-dosunmu |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Enzo Fernández]], Argentinian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Enzo Fernández| url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/63741/Enzo-Fern%C3%A1ndez/overview| publisher=[[Premier League]] |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Samuel (singer)|Samuel]], American singer based in South Korea.<ref>{{cite web|title=사무엘, '0117 생일' 특별 이벤트 진행|url=https://m.tf.co.kr/read/starwars/2060541.htm|work=더팩트|date=8 December 2023|access-date=17 March 2025|language=ko}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[395]] &ndash; [[Theodosius I]], Roman emperor (b. 347)
* [[644]] &ndash; [[Sulpitius the Pious]], French bishop and saint
* [[764]] &ndash; [[Joseph of Freising]], German bishop
*[[1040]] &ndash; [[Mas'ud I of Ghazni]], Sultan of the [[Ghaznavids|Ghaznavid Empire]] (b. 998)
*[[1156]] &ndash; [[André de Montbard]], fifth [[Grand Masters of the Knights Templar|Grand Master of the Knights Templar]]
*[[1168]] &ndash; [[Thierry, Count of Flanders]] (b. 1099)
*[[1229]] &ndash; [[Albert of Riga]], German bishop (b. 1165)
*[[1329]] &ndash; [[Saint Roseline]], Carthusian nun (b. 1263)
*[[1334]] &ndash; [[John of Brittany, Earl of Richmond]] (b. 1266)
*[[1345]] &ndash; [[Henry of Asti]], Greek patriarch
*  1345   &ndash; [[Martino Zaccaria]], Genoese [[Lord of Chios]]
*[[1369]] &ndash; [[Peter I of Cyprus]] (b. 1328)
*[[1456]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont]], French translator (b. 1395)
*[[1468]] &ndash; [[Skanderbeg]], Albanian soldier and politician (b. 1405)
*[[1523]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg]], German landgravine (b. 1466)<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=70 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Vorsterman van Oyen |first1=A.A. |date=1882 |title=Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden |language=nl |location=[[Leiden]] & [[Utrecht]] |publisher=A.W.&nbsp;Sijthoff & J.L.&nbsp;Beijers |page=95 }}</ref>
*[[1588]] &ndash; [[Qi Jiguang]], Chinese general (b. 1528)
*[[1598]] &ndash; [[Feodor I of Russia]] (b. 1557)

===1601–1900===
*[[1617]] &ndash; [[Fausto Veranzio]], Croatian bishop and lexicographer (b. 1551)
*[[1705]] &ndash; [[John Ray]], English botanist and historian (b. 1627)
*[[1718]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Church (ranger)|Benjamin Church]], American colonel (b. 1639)
*[[1737]] &ndash; [[Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann]], German architect (b. 1662)
*[[1738]] &ndash; [[Jean-François Dandrieu]], French organist and composer (b. 1682)
*[[1751]] &ndash; [[Tomaso Albinoni]], Italian violinist and composer (b. 1671)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga]], Spanish-French composer (b. 1806)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Aldini]], Italian physicist and academic (b. 1762)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Simcoe]], English-Canadian painter and author (b. 1762)<ref>{{cite book|first=Mary|last=Beacock Fryer|title=Elizabeth Postuma Simcoe, 1762-1850: A Biography|location=Toronto|publisher=Dundurn Press|year=1989|page=235|isbn=978-1-55002-064-9}}</ref>
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Lola Montez]], Irish actress and dancer (b. 1821)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Horace Vernet]], French painter (b. 1789)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Alexander Dargomyzhsky]], Russian composer (b. 1813)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Edward Shepherd Creasy]], English historian and jurist (b. 1812)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Hermann Schlegel]], German ornithologist and herpetologist (b. 1804)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[William Giblin]], Australian lawyer and politician, 13th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1840)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Big Bear]], Canadian tribal chief (b. 1825)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[George Bancroft]], American historian and politician, 17th [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (b. 1800)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], American general, lawyer, and politician, 19th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1822)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover]], Welsh writer and patron of the arts (b. 1802)<ref>{{cite book|first=Anya|last=Laurence|title=Women of Notes: 1,000 Women Composers Born Before 1900|location=New York|publisher=Richards Rosen Press|year=1978|page=91|oclc=252454075}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Ignaz Wechselmann]], Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. 1828)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (b. 1835)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Agathon Meurman]], Finnish politician and journalist (b. 1826)<ref>[https://www.meurmansuku.fi/historia/agathon-meurman/ Agathon Meurman] – Agathon Meurmanin sukuseura (in Finnish)</ref>
*  1909   &ndash; [[Francis Smith (Australian politician)|Francis Smith]], Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th [[Premier of Tasmania]] (b. 1819)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Francis Galton]], English polymath, anthropologist, and geographer (b. 1822)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Juliette Gordon Low]], American founder of the [[Girl Scouts of the USA]] (b. 1860)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Gauhar Jaan]], One of the first performers to record music on 78 rpm records in India. (b. 1873)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia]] (b. 1864)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Ahmet Derviş]], Turkish general (b. 1881)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Albert Jacka]], Australian captain, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (b. 1893)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Louis Comfort Tiffany]], American [[stained glass]] artist (b. 1848)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Mateiu Caragiale]], Romanian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1885)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Walther von Reichenau]], German field marshal (b. 1884)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Pyotr Krasnov]], Russian historian and general (b. 1869)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve]], Canadian cardinal (b. 1883)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Jyoti Prasad Agarwala]], Indian poet, playwright, and director (b. 1903)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Walter Briggs Sr.]], American businessman (b. 1877)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Patrice Lumumba]], Congolese politician, 1st [[Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (b. 1925)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Simon Kovar]], Russian-American [[bassoon]] player and educator (b. 1890)
*  1970   &ndash; [[Billy Stewart]], American rhythm and blues singer and pianist (b. 1937)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Betty Smith]], American author and playwright (b. 1896)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Dougal Haston]], Scottish mountaineer (b. 1940)
*  1977   &ndash; [[Gary Gilmore]], American murderer (b. 1940)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Loukas Panourgias]], Greek footballer and lawyer (b. 1899)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Kostas Giannidis]], Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1903)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Hugo Fregonese]], Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1908)
*  1987   &ndash; [[Lawrence Kohlberg]], American psychologist and author (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite journal |journal=American Psychologist |title=Lawrence Kohlberg (1927-1987) |pages=399–400 |first1=James |last1=Rest |first2=Clark|last2=Power|first3=Mary|last3=Brabeck|volume=43 |date=May 1988 |issue=5 |doi=10.1037/h0091958}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Percy Qoboza]], South African journalist and author (b. 1938)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Olav V of Norway]] (b. 1903)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Frank Pullen]], English soldier and businessman (b. 1915)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Albert Hourani]], English-Lebanese historian and academic (b. 1915)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Yevgeny Ivanov (spy)|Yevgeni Ivanov]], Russian spy (b. 1926)
*  1994   &ndash; [[Helen Stephens]], American runner, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1918)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Barbara Jordan]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Sylvia Lawler]], English geneticist (b. 1922)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Bert Kelly]], Australian farmer and politician, 20th [[Minister for Defence (Australia)|Australian Minister for the Navy]] (b. 1912)
*  1997   &ndash; [[Clyde Tombaugh]], American astronomer and academic, discovered [[Pluto]] (b. 1906)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Philip Jones (musician)|Philip Jones]], English trumpet player and educator (b. 1928)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Ion Rațiu]], Romanian journalist and politician (b. 1917)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Camilo José Cela]], Spanish author and politician, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1916)
*  2002   &ndash; [[Roman Personov]], Russian physicist and academic (b. 1932)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Richard Crenna]], American actor and director (b. 1926)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Raymond Bonham Carter]], English banker (b. 1929)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Harry Brecheen]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1914)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Ray Stark]], American film producer (b. 1915)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Noble Willingham]], American actor (b. 1931)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Charlie Bell (businessman)|Charlie Bell]], Australian businessman (b. 1960)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Virginia Mayo]], American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1920)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Albert Schatz (scientist)|Albert Schatz]], American microbiologist and academic (b. 1920)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Zhao Ziyang]], Chinese politician, 3rd [[Premier of the People's Republic of China]] (b. 1919)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Pierre Grondin]], Canadian surgeon (b. 1925)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Art Buchwald]], American journalist and author (b. 1925)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Yevhen Kushnaryov]], Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1951)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Uwe Nettelbeck]], German record producer, journalist and film critic (b. 1940)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,2011628,00.html |title=Obituary: Uwe Nettelbeck |newspaper=The Guardian |first=J |last=Boyd |access-date=10 June 2021 | location=London |date=13 February 2007}}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Bobby Fischer]], American chess player and author (b. 1943)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bobby Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) – The U.S. Chess Trust |url=http://www.uschesstrust.org/bobby-fischer-march-9-1943-january-17-2008/ |website=uschesstrust.org |access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref>
*  2008   &ndash; [[Ernie Holmes]], American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1948)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Anders Isaksson]], Swedish journalist and historian (b. 1943)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Gaines Adams]], American football player (b. 1983)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Jyoti Basu]], Indian politician and 9th [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] (b. 1914)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Michalis Papakonstantinou]], Greek journalist and politician, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Foreign Minister of Greece]] (b. 1919)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Erich Segal]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1937)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Don Kirshner]], American songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Julius Meimberg]], German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Johnny Otis]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1921)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Marty Springstead]], American baseball player and umpire (b. 1937)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Mehmet Ali Birand]], Turkish journalist and author (b. 1941)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jakob Arjouni]], German author (b. 1964)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Yves Debay]], Belgian journalist (b. 1954)
*  2013   &ndash; [[John Nkomo]], Zimbabwean politician, [[Vice President of Zimbabwe]] (b. 1934)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Lizbeth Webb]], English soprano and actress (b. 1926)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin]], Indian spiritual leader, 52nd [[Da'i al-Mutlaq]] (b. 1915)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Francine Lalonde]], Canadian educator and politician (b. 1940)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green]], English businessman and politician (b. 1942)
*  2014   &ndash; [[John J. McGinty III]], American captain, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1940)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Sunanda Pushkar]], Indian-Canadian businesswoman (b. 1962)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Suchitra Sen]], Indian film actress (b. 1931)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/suchitra-sen-india-s-greta-garbo-dies-aged-82-1.276314|title=Suchitra Sen, India's Greta Garbo, dies aged 82|date=January 18, 2014|website=The National}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Ken Furphy]], English footballer and manager (b. 1931)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Faten Hamama]], Egyptian actress and producer (b. 1931)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Don Harron]], Canadian actor and screenwriter (b. 1924)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Blowfly (musician)|Blowfly]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1939)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Melvin Day]], New Zealand painter and historian (b. 1923)
*  2016   &ndash; [[V. Rama Rao]], Indian lawyer and politician, 12th [[Governor of Sikkim]] (b. 1935)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Sudhindra Tirtha (Kashi Math)|Sudhindra Thirtha]], Indian religious leader (b. 1926)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Tirrel Burton]], American football player and coach (b. 1929)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Colo (gorilla)|Colo]], American [[western lowland gorilla]], first gorilla born in captivity and oldest recorded (b. 1956)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lyttle|first1=Jeff|title=Gorillas in Our Midst: The Story of the Columbus Zoo Gorillas|date=1997|publisher=Ohio State University Press|location=Columbus, Ohio|isbn=9780814207666}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38659471 |title=Colo, the oldest gorilla in captivity, dies aged 60 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=June 20, 2023 |date= January 18, 2017}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[S. Balakrishnan (composer)|S. Balakrishnan]], Malayalam movie composer (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movie-news/noted-music-composer-s-balakrishnan-passes-away-1.3489865|title=Noted music composer S Balakrishnan passes away|website=Mathrubhumi|access-date=2019-01-17|archive-date=2019-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174240/https://english.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/movie-news/noted-music-composer-s-balakrishnan-passes-away-1.3489865|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Derek Fowlds]], British actor (b.1937)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/yes-minister-and-heartbeat-star-derek-fowlds-dead-at-82/ar-BBZ3fcF?ocid=spartanntp|title=Yes Minister and Heartbeat star Derek Fowlds dead at 82|publisher=MSN|author=Louise Randell|access-date=2020-01-18}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Rasheed Naz]], Pakistani film and television actor (b. 1948)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1189260/veteran-actor-rashid-naz-passes-away-at-73|title=Veteran actor Rashid Naz passes away at 73|date=17 January 2022 }}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Birju Maharaj]], Indian dancer (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2022-01-17|title=Leading Indian dancer Birju Maharaj dies|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/india/leading-indian-dancer-birju-maharaj-dies-2022-01-17/|access-date=2022-01-18}}</ref>
* [[2023]] &ndash; [[Lucile Randon]], French supercentenarian (b. 1904)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-17 |title=The world's oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, dead at 118 |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20230117-the-world-s-oldest-known-person-french-nun-lucile-randon-dead-at-118 |access-date=2023-03-05 |website=France 24}}</ref>
* [[2025]] – [[Didier Guillaume]], French politician, 25th [[Minister of State (Monaco)|Minister of State of Monaco]] (b. 1959)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Beaudet |first=Florence |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Drôme : Didier Guillaume, ancien président du département et ancien ministre de l'Agriculture, est mort |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/politique/l-ancien-homme-politique-dromois-didier-guillaume-est-mort-a-l-age-de-65-ans-8240198 |access-date=January 18, 2025 |website=[[ici (radio network)|France Bleu]] |language=fr}}</ref>
* 2025 – [[Jules Feiffer]], American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator (b. 1929)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Webster |first=Andy |date=January 21, 2025 |title=Jules Feiffer, Acerbic Cartoonist, Writer and Much Else, Dies at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/arts/jules-feiffer-dead.html |access-date=January 21, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* 2025 – [[Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat]], Mongolian politician, 1st [[President of Mongolia]] (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 18, 2025 |title=Mongolian ex-president passes away |url=https://english.news.cn/20250118/519747f04dcb4470b1abe92c54b5acd8/c.html |access-date=January 18, 2025 |website=[[Xinhua News Agency|XinhauNet]] |language=en}}</ref>
* [[2025]] – [[Denis Law]], Scottish footballer (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 19, 2025 |title=Denis Law obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jan/19/denis-law-obituary |access-date=January 19, 2025 |website=[[The Guardian, UK]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 17, 2025 |title=Man Utd and Scotland legend Law dies aged 84 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/ckgvny01x9go |access-date=January 24, 2025 |website=[[BBC Sport]] |language=en}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Anthony the Great]] 
**[[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Angelo Paoli]]
**Blessed [[Gamelbert of Michaelsbuch]]
**[[Charles Gore]] ([[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Church of England]])
**[[Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo]] (one of [[Saints of the Cristero War]])
**[[Mildgyth]]
**[[Our Lady of Pontmain]] 
**[[Sulpitius the Pious]]
**[[January 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[National Day]] ([[Menorca]], [[Spain]])
*The opening ceremony of [[Patras Carnival]], celebrated until [[Clean Monday]]. ([[Patras]], [[Greece]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/17 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=17}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/17 Historical Events on January 17]

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