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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[379]] &ndash; Emperor [[Gratian]] elevates [[Theodosius I|Flavius Theodosius]] at [[Sirmium]] to ''[[Augustus (honorific)|Augustus]]'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the [[Roman Empire]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Elton|first=Hugh|title=The Roman Empire in Late Antiquity: A Political and Military History|location=Cambridge, U.K.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2018|isbn=9780521899314|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D2V9DwAAQBAJ|page=132}}</ref>
* [[649]] &ndash; [[Conquest of Kucha]]: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day [[siege]] led by [[Tang dynasty]] general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern [[Tarim Basin]] in [[Xinjiang]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Di Cosmo|first=Nicola|title=Military Culture in Imperial China|location=Cambridge, Mass.|publisher=Harvard University Press|date=2009|isbn=9780674031098|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F3baSe8QlPUC|page=183}}</ref>
*[[1419]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Rouen]] surrenders to [[Henry V of England]], completing his reconquest of [[Normandy]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=British Museum. Dept. of Coins and Medals|author2=Taylor Combe|author3=Edward Hawkins|title=Description of the Anglo-Gallic Coins in the British Museum|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptionangl00hawkgoog|year=1826|publisher=Trustees of the British Museum|pages=[https://archive.org/details/descriptionangl00hawkgoog/page/n48 30]}}</ref>
*[[1511]] &ndash; The Italian Duchy of [[Siege of Mirandola (1511)|Mirandola surrenders to the Pope]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Mandell Creighton|title=A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation: The Italian princes. 1464-1518|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorypapacyd02creigoog|year=1887|publisher=Longmans, Green|page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistorypapacyd02creigoog/page/n142 125]}}</ref>
*[[1520]] &ndash; [[Sten Sture the Younger]], the [[Regent of Sweden]], is mortally wounded at the [[Battle of Bogesund]] and dies on February 3.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bain|first=Nisbet|title=Scandinavia: A Political History of Denmark, Norway and Sweden from 1513 to 1900|location=Cambridge, U.K.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=1905|url=https://archive.org/details/scandinaviaapol00baingoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/scandinaviaapol00baingoog/page/n35 20]}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1607]] &ndash; [[San Agustin Church (Manila)|San Agustin Church in Manila]] is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the [[Philippines]].
*[[1639]] &ndash; [[Hämeenlinna]] ({{langx|sv|Tavastehus}}) is granted [[Privilege (law)|privileges]] after it separated from the [[Vanaja (Finland)|Vanaja]] parish as its own city in [[Tavastia (historical province)|Tavastia]].<ref>[https://docplayer.fi/amp/810803-Hameenlinna-tavastehus-kaupunkiarkeologinen-inventointi.html HÄMEENLINNA - TAVASTEHUS Kaupunkiarkeologinen inventointi] (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1764]] &ndash; [[John Wilkes]] is expelled from the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|British House of Commons]] for [[seditious libel]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Patterson|first=Annabel|title=Nobody's Perfect: A New Whig Interpretation of History|location=New Haven, Conn.|publisher=Yale University Press|date=2002|isbn=9780300092882|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DZ8Yvic_jacC|page=42}}</ref>
*[[1764]] &ndash; [[Bolle Willum Luxdorph]] records in his diary that a [[mail bomb]], possibly the world's first, has severely injured the Danish Colonel Poulsen, residing at [[Børglum Abbey]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Jideofor Adibe|title=Debating Nigeria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHgoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA170|date=21 December 2016|publisher=Adonis & Abbey|isbn=978-1-912234-96-7|pages=170}}</ref> 
*[[1788]] &ndash; The second group of ships of the [[First Fleet]] arrive at [[Botany Bay]].
*[[1795]] &ndash; The [[Batavian Republic]] is proclaimed in the Netherlands, replacing the [[Dutch Republic]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kolla|first=James|title=Sovereignty, International Law and the French Revolution|location=Cambridge, U.K.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|date=2017|isbn=9781107179547 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TkY3DwAAQBAJ|page=218}}</ref>
*[[1817]] &ndash; An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General [[José de San Martín]], [[Crossing of the Andes|crosses the Andes]] from [[Argentina]] to liberate [[Chile]] and then [[Peru]].
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]'s ''[[Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy]]'' receives its premiere performance.<ref>{{cite book|last=Cooper|first=John Michael|title=Mendelssohn, Goethe, and the Walpurgis Night: The Heathen Muse in European Culture, 1700-1850|location=Rochester, N.Y.|publisher=University of Rochester Press|date=2010|isbn=9781580463683|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9wjf89joWfYC|page=174}}</ref>
*[[1839]] &ndash; The [[British East India Company]] captures [[Aden]].
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Verdi]]'s opera ''[[Il trovatore]]'' receives its premiere performance in Rome.
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] joins [[South Carolina]], [[Florida]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Alabama]] in declaring [[secession]] from the United States.
*[[1862]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Battle of Mill Springs]]: The [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: In the [[Siege of Paris (1870–71)|Siege of Paris]], [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] wins the [[Battle of St. Quentin (1871)|Battle of St. Quentin]]. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the [[Battle of Buzenval (1871)|Battle of Buzenval]] will end unsuccessfully the following day.
*[[1883]] &ndash; The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by [[Thomas Edison]], begins service at [[Roselle, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Clark|first=Judith Freeman|title=The Gilded Age|location=New York|publisher=Facts on File|date=2006|isbn=081605763X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J8FwZ3PXVngC|page=90}}</ref>
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]] is formed.
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Queen Victoria]], Queen of the United Kingdom, stricken with paralysis. She dies three days later at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=23|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref> 
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Georges Claude]] patents the [[neon discharge tube]] for use in advertising.
*  1915   &ndash; [[German strategic bombing during World War I]]: German zeppelins bomb the towns of [[Great Yarmouth]] and [[King's Lynn]] in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Silvertown explosion]]: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[United States Senate]] votes against [[United States and the League of Nations|joining]] the [[League of Nations]].
*  1920   &ndash; The [[American Civil Liberties Union]] (ACLU) is founded.
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Howard Hughes]] sets a new [[Cross-America flight air speed record|air record]] by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in seven hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: {{HMS|Greyhound|H05|6}} and other escorts of convoy AS-12 sink Italian submarine {{ship|Italian submarine|Neghelli||2}} with all hands {{convert|40|mi|km|abbr=|order=flip}} northeast of [[Falkonera]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Japanese conquest of Burma]] begins.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: [[Red Army|Soviet]] forces liberate the [[Łódź Ghetto]]. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, fewer than 900 had survived the [[Nazism|Nazi]] occupation.
*[[1946]] &ndash; General [[Douglas MacArthur]] establishes the [[International Military Tribunal for the Far East]] in Tokyo to try Japanese [[war crime|war criminals]].
*[[1953]] &ndash; Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' to watch [[Lucy Ricardo|Lucy]] [[Lucy Goes to the Hospital|give birth]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Giordano|first=Ralph G.|title=Pop Goes the Decade: The Fifties|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2017|isbn=9781440844720|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_skDwAAQBAJ|page=46}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; Japan and the United States sign the [[Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan|US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty]]
*  1960   &ndash; [[Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871]] crashes near [[Ankara Esenboğa Airport]] in Turkey, killing all 42 aboard.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle I OY-KRB Ankara-Esenboga Airport (ESB)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19600119-0|access-date=2022-01-18|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; Student [[Jan Palach]] dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in [[Prague]]'s [[Wenceslas Square]] to protest about the [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia|invasion]] of [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]] by the [[Soviet Union]] in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
*[[1977]] &ndash; President [[Gerald Ford]] pardons [[Iva Toguri D'Aquino]] (a.k.a. "[[Tokyo Rose]]").
*[[1978]] &ndash; The last [[Volkswagen Beetle]] made in Germany leaves VW's plant in [[Emden]]. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Iran hostage crisis]]: United States and [[Iran]]ian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286]] crashes in [[Bayfield, Colorado]], killing nine.<ref name="AAR-89-01 Final Report">{{cite book |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8901.pdf |title=TRANS-COLORADO AIRLINES, INC., FLIGHT 2286, FAIRCHILD METRO III, SA227 AC, N68TC, BAYFIELD, COLORADO, JANUARY 19, 1988 |date=4 February 1989 |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |id=NTSB/AAR-89/01 |accessdate=6 September 2016}} - [https://libraryonline.erau.edu/online-full-text/ntsb/aircraft-accident-reports/AAR89-01.pdf Copy at] [[Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University]].</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits]] from the [[Kashmir valley]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Indian-administered Kashmir]] due to an [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir|insurgency]].<ref>{{cite news |date=2016-01-19 |title=When will we finally return home, ask displaced Kashmiri Pandits |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/when-will-we-finally-return-home-ask-displaced-kashmiri-pandits-2590640.html |website=Firstpost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-01-18 |title=Kashmiri Pandits recreate "exodus" through Jan 19 exhibition |newspaper=The Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/kashmiri-pandits-recreate-exodus-through-jan-19-exhibition/story-sMjKC0ZSPLoxqnGkJpH2KL.html}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Gulf War]]: [[Iraq]] fires a second [[Scud]] missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]] join the [[United Nations]].
*[[1995]] &ndash; After being struck by lightning the crew of [[Bristow Helicopters Flight 56C]] are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued.
*[[1996]] &ndash; The barge ''[[North Cape (ship)|North Cape]]'' oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat ''Scandia'' ashore on Moonstone Beach in [[South Kingstown, Rhode Island]].
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Yasser Arafat]] returns to [[Hebron]] after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled [[West Bank]] city.
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[British Aerospace]] agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the [[General Electric Company]], forming [[BAE Systems]] in November 1999.
*[[2006]] &ndash; A [[Slovak Air Force]] [[Antonov An-24]] [[2006 Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 crash|crashes]] near [[Hejce]], Hungary, killing 42.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |date=2006-01-20 |title=Slovak plane crash leaves 42 dead |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4629890.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110192541/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4629890.stm |archive-date=10 November 2012 |access-date=2007-05-01 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; Turkish-Armenian journalist [[Hrant Dink]] is [[Assassination of Hrant Dink|assassinated]] in front of his newspaper's Istanbul office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast.
*  2007 &ndash; Four-man [[Team N2i]], using only [[Snowkiting|skis and kites]], completes a {{convert|1093|mi|km|adj=on}} trek to reach the [[Pole of Inaccessibility (Antarctic research station)|Antarctic pole of inaccessibility]] for the first time since 1965 and for the first time ever without mechanical assistance.<ref name="teamn2i">{{cite web | url=http://www.teamn2i.com/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816171549/http://www.teamn2i.com/| url-status=dead| archive-date=August 16, 2011| title=Team N2i successfully conquer the Pole of Inaccessibility by foot and kite on 19th Jan '07 | access-date=August 16, 2011}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website [[Megaupload]] is shut down by the [[FBI]].<ref>{{cite news|last=DesMarais|first=Christina|title=MegaUpload Story Filled With Drama|work=[[PC World]]|date=January 22, 2012|access-date=January 19, 2020|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/248549/megaupload_story_filled_with_drama.html}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; A [[2014 Bannu bombing|bomb attack]] on an army convoy in the city of [[Bannu]] kills at least 26 Pakistani soldiers and injures 38 others.
*[[2024]] &ndash; The [[JAXA| Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's]] [[Smart Lander for Investigating Moon|probe]] landed on the moon, making Japan the 5th country to land a spacecraft on the moon.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/1/19/japan-counts-down-to-moon-sniper-landing-on-lunar-surface |title=Japan's 'Moon Sniper' makes historic lunar landing |website=aljazeera.com |date=2024-01-19 |access-date=2024-01-19 }}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[ByteDance|Bytedance]] and sister companies were banned from the United States for "security concerns".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Allyn |first=Bobby |date=2025-01-18 |title=TikTok is offline in the U.S. after Supreme Court upholds ban |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/01/18/nx-s1-5266146/tiktok-offline-supreme-court-ban |access-date=2025-01-19 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[399]] &ndash; [[Pulcheria]], Byzantine empress and saint (d. 453)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Chronicle of Marcellinus: A translation with commentary (with a reproduction of Mommsen's edition of the text)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SNMuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA65|date=31 July 2017|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-34463-1|pages=65}}</ref>
*[[1200]] &ndash; [[Dōgen]] Zenji, founder of [[Sōtō]] Zen (d. 1253)<ref>{{cite book|author=John K. Roth|title=Ethics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QCcOAQAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-1-58765-171-7|page=401}}</ref>
*[[1544]] &ndash; [[Francis II of France]] (d. 1560)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Flloyd|title=Bibliotheca Biographica: A Synopsis of Universal Biography, Ancient and Modern|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B7I8AAAAYAAJ&pg=PP116|year=1760|publisher=J. Hinton|pages=116–}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1617]] &ndash; [[Lucas Faydherbe]], Flemish sculptor and architect (d. 1697)<ref>{{cite book|author=Claire Baisier|title=17th and 18th Century Terracottas: The Van Herck Collection|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wIDqAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=King Baudoin Foundation|page=50}}</ref>
*[[1628]] &ndash; [[Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby]], English noble (d. 1672)
*[[1676]] &ndash; [[John Weldon (musician)|John Weldon]], English organist and composer (d. 1736)
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[Jean-Philippe Baratier]], German scholar and author (d. 1740)
*[[1736]] &ndash; [[James Watt]], Scottish chemist and engineer (d. 1819)<ref>{{cite book|author=George Williamson|title=Memorials of the lineage, early life, education, and development of the genius of James Watt|url=https://archive.org/details/memorialslineag00greegoog|year=1856|publisher=Printed for the Watt Club by T. Constable, printer to Her Majesty|pages=[https://archive.org/details/memorialslineag00greegoog/page/n322 260]}}</ref>
*[[1737]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Millico]], Italian soprano, composer, and educator (d. 1802)
*[[1739]] &ndash; [[Joseph Bonomi the Elder]], Italian architect, designed [[Longford Hall, Shropshire|Longford Hall]] and [[Barrells Hall]] (d. 1808)
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[James Morris III]], American captain (d. 1820)
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf]] (d. 1831)
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Pavel Kiselyov]], Russian general and politician (d. 1874)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom]], Swedish poet and academic (d. 1855)
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Auguste Comte]], French economist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1857)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Sarah Helen Whitman]], American poet, essayist, and romantic interest of [[Edgar Allan Poe]] (d. 1878)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Meyers |first1=Jeffrey |title=Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy |year=2000 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-8154-1038-6 |page=226 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=26aLzU6yr6IC |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Robert E. Lee]], American Confederate general (d. 1870)<ref name="Chase's2019"/>
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Lysander Spooner]], American philosopher and author (d. 1887)
*[[1809]] &ndash; [[Edgar Allan Poe]], American short story writer, poet, and critic (d. 1849)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Talhaiarn]], Welsh poet and architect (d. 1869)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Henry Bessemer]], English engineer and businessman (d. 1898)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Laub]], Czech violinist and composer (d. 1875)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Alfred Clebsch]], German mathematician and academic (d. 1872)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Paul Cézanne]], French painter (d. 1906)<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Cézanne {{!}} French artist {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Cezanne |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=14 May 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Dethloff Willrodt]], American Civil War veteran and politician (d. 1932)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=3472 |title=Dethloff Willrodt |work=Texas Legislators: Past & Present |publisher=Legislative Reference Library of Texas}}</ref>
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Arturo Graf]], Italian poet, of German ancestry (d. 1913)
*  1848   &ndash; [[John Fitzwilliam Stairs]], Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1904)
*  1848   &ndash; [[Matthew Webb]], English swimmer and diver (d. 1883)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Jacobus Kapteyn]], Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1922)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Thomas Price (South Australian politician)|Thomas Price]], Welsh-Australian politician, 24th [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1909)
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Werner Sombart]], German economist and sociologist (d. 1941)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Harry Davenport (actor)|Harry Davenport]], American stage and film actor (d. 1949)<ref>{{cite book|last=Monush|first=Barry|title=The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the Silent Era to 1965|location=Essex, Conn.|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|date=2022|isbn=9781493070800|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NeB-EAAAQBAJ|page=176}}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Dame Gruev]], Bulgarian educator and activist, co-founded the [[Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization]] (d. 1906)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Hitachiyama Taniemon]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 1922)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Wakashima Gonshirō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 1943)
*  1876   &ndash; [[Dragotin Kette]], Slovenian poet and author (d. 1899)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Herbert Chapman]], English footballer and manager (d. 1934)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Boris Savinkov]], Russian soldier and author (d. 1925)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[John Cain (senior)|John Cain Sr.]], Australian politician, 34th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1957)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Hermann Abendroth]], German conductor (d. 1956)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Alexander Woollcott]], American actor, playwright, and critic (d. 1943)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Sophie Taeuber-Arp]], Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1943)<ref>{{cite book|last=Gaze|first=Delia|title=Concise Dictionary of Women Artists|location=London|publisher=Fitzroy Deerborn|year=2001|isbn=978-1-57958-335-4|page=651}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Ólafur Thors]], Icelandic lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of Iceland]] (d. 1964)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Magda Tagliaferro]], Brazilian pianist and educator (d. 1986)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Dunc Munro]], Scottish-Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1958)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dunc Munro |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/dunc-munro-8447908 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Boris Blacher]], German composer and playwright (d. 1975)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Dyre Vaa]], Norwegian sculptor and painter (d. 1980)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Dyre Vaa |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Dyre_Vaa |language=no|access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Stanley Hawes]], English-Australian director and producer (d. 1991)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Ish Kabibble]], American comedian and cornet player (d. 1994)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh]], Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Choor Singh]], Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (d. 2009)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Leonid Kantorovich]], Russian mathematician and economist, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1986)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Rex Ingamells]], Australian author and poet (d. 1955)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Rudolf Wanderone]], American professional pocket billiards player (d. 1996)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[John H. Johnson]], American publisher, founded the [[Johnson Publishing Company]] (d. 2005)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 19: Jodie Sweetin, Pete Buttigieg |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/19/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-19-Jodie-Sweetin-Pete-Buttigieg/6651674098119/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=18 January 2024 |date=19 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Bernard Dunstan]], English painter and educator (d. 2017)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Javier Pérez de Cuéllar]], Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th [[Prime Minister of Peru]] (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Patricia Highsmith]], American novelist and short story writer (d. 1995)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Guy Madison]], American actor (d. 1996)<ref>{{cite book|last=Monush|first=Barry|title=The Encyclopedia of Hollywood Film Actors: From the Silent Era to 1965|location=Essex, Conn.|publisher=Applause Theatre & Cinema Books|date=2022|isbn=9781493070800|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NeB-EAAAQBAJ|page=457}}</ref>
*  1922   &ndash; [[Arthur Morris]], Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 2015)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Miguel Muñoz]], Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1990)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Dagmar Loe]], Norwegian journalist (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Kristian |editor-last=Ottosen |editor-link=Kristian Ottosen|title=Nordmenn i fangenskap 1940–1945 |edition=2nd |year=2004 |publisher=Universitetsforlaget |location=Oslo |language=no|isbn=82-15-00288-9|page=604}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Journalist Dagmar Loe er død |url= https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/journalist-dagmar-loe-er-dod-1.16790686 |website=nrk.no |language=no |date=5 March 2024 |access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1923   &ndash; [[Bob McFadden]], American singer, impressionist, and voice-over actor (d. 2000)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lawson|first1=Tim|last2=Persons|first2=Alisa|title=The Magic Behind the Voices: A Who's Who of Cartoon Voice Actors|location=Jackson, Miss.|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|date=2004|isbn=9781578066957|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ffdBDDBUYsC|page=223}}</ref>
*  1923   &ndash; [[Jean Stapleton]], American actress and singer (d. 2013)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Weber|first=Bruce|date=2013-06-01|title=Jean Stapleton, Who Played Archie Bunker's Better Angel, Dies at 90|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/02/arts/television/jean-stapleton-who-played-archies-better-angel-dies-at-90.html|access-date=2022-02-12|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Colasanto]], American actor and director (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite book|last=Brant|first=Marley|title=Happier Days: Paramount Television's Golden Sitcoms, 1974-1984|location=New York|publisher=Billboard|date=2006|isbn=9780823089338|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3XnpqmYAxcC|page=231}}</ref>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Jean-François Revel]], French philosopher (d. 2006)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Nina Bawden]], English author (d. 2012)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Hans Massaquoi]], German-American journalist and author (d. 2013)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Fritz Weaver]], American actor (d. 2016)<ref name=NYTObit>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/27/movies/fritz-weaver-tony-winning-character-actor-dies-at-90.html| title=Fritz Weaver, Tony-Winning Character Actor, Dies at 90| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=November 27, 2016| access-date=November 28, 2016}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Tippi Hedren]], American model, actress, and animal rights-welfare activist<ref>{{cite book|last=Hedren|first=Tippi|title=Tippi: A Memoir|location=New York|publisher=William Morrow|date=2017|isbn=9780062469045|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zQeICwAAQBAJ|page=1|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Strodder|first=Chris|title=The Encyclopedia of Sixties Cool: A Celebration of the Grooviest People, Events, and Artifacts of the 1960's|location=Santa Monica, Calif.|publisher=Santa Monic Press|date=2007|isbn=9781595800176|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YZ2PBQAAQBAJ|page=17}}</ref>
*  1930   &ndash; [[John Waite (cricketer)|John Waite]], South African cricketer (d. 2011)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Robert MacNeil]], Canadian-American journalist and author (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/12/business/media/robert-macneil-dead.html|title=Robert MacNeil, Earnest News Anchor for PBS, Dies at 93|last=Jensen|first=Elizabeth|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 12, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Russ Hamilton (singer)|Russ Hamilton]], English singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Richard Lester]], American-English director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="Chase's2019"/>
*  1932   &ndash; [[Harry Lonsdale]], American chemist, businessman, and politician (d. 2014)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[George Coyne]], American priest, astronomer, and theologian (d. 2020)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[John Richardson (actor)|John Richardson]], English actor (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-richardson-british-actor-in-she-and-one-million-years-b-c-dies-of-covid-19-at-86 |title=John Richardson, British Actor in 'She' and 'One Million Years B.C.,' Dies of COVID-19 at 86|last= Barnes|first=Mike|date=January 7, 2021|access-date=January 8, 2021|website=Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Johnny O'Keefe]], Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1978)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Fred J. Lincoln]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Ziaur Rahman]], Bangladeshi general and politician, seventh [[President of Bangladesh]] (d. 1981)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Willie "Big Eyes" Smith]], American singer, harmonica player, and drummer (d. 2011)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Princess Birgitta of Sweden]] (d. 2024)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Paxton |first1=J. |title=The Statesman's Year-Book 1987-88 |date=16 December 2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-27116-6 |page=1138 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Li8DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1138 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Uttalande av H.M. Konungen med anledning av H.K.H. Prinsessan Birgittas bortgång |url=https://www.kungahuset.se/arkiv/uttalanden/2024-12-04-uttalande-av-h.m.-konungen-med-anledning-av-h.k.h.-prinsessan-birgittas-bortgang |access-date=4 December 2024 |publisher=Royalcourt.se}}</ref>
*  1937   &ndash; [[John Lions]], Australian computer scientist and academic (d. 1998)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Phil Everly]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Paolo Borsellino]], Italian lawyer and judge (d. 1992)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-paolo-borsellino-1534572.html|title=Obituary: Paolo Borsellino|author=Wolfgang Achtner|date=July 20, 2022|website=The Independent|access-date=January 3, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Tony Anholt]], British actor (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/aug/01/guardianobituaries.filmnews|title=Obituary: Tony Anholt|first=Dennis|last=Barker|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=1 August 2002|accessdate=13 August 2012}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Colin Gunton]], English theologian and academic (d. 2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/jun/03/guardianobituaries.highereducation|title=The Rev Prof Colin Gunton|date=June 2, 2003|author=Stephen R Holmes|website=The Guardian|access-date=January 3, 2022}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Pat Patterson (wrestler)|Pat Patterson]], Canadian wrestler, trainer, and referee (d. 2020)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Michael Crawford]], English actor and singer<ref name="Chase's2019"/>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Larry Clark]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1943   &ndash; [[Janis Joplin]], American singer-songwriter (d. 1970)<ref name="Chase's2019"/>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Princess Margriet of the Netherlands]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/1943-netherlands-princess-margriet-born-in-ottawa|title=1943: Netherlands' Princess Margriet born in Ottawa|website=CBC Archives|access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Shelley Fabares]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Thom Mayne]], American architect and academic, designed the [[San Francisco Federal Building]] and [[Phare Tower]]
*  1944   &ndash; [[Dan Reeves]], American football player and coach (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/dan-reeves-dead-nfl-broncos-falcons-cowboys-bc0eea2ed7509fb8ee521e81b19f7224|title = Former Broncos, Falcons, Giants coach Dan Reeves dies at 77|last = Newberry|first = Paul|date = January 1, 2022|access-date = January 1, 2022|work = Associated Press}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Trevor Williams (bassist)|Trevor Williams]], English singer-songwriter and bass player 
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Julian Barnes]], English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and critic
*  1946   &ndash; [[Dolly Parton]], American singer-songwriter and actress<ref name="Chase's2019"/>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Frank Aarebrot]], Norwegian political scientist and academic (d. 2017)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Paula Deen]], American chef and author<ref name="Chase's2019"/>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Rod Evans]], English singer-songwriter
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Nancy Lynch]], American computer scientist and academic
*  1948   &ndash; [[Frank McKenna]], Canadian politician and diplomat, 27th [[Premier of New Brunswick]]
*  1948   &ndash; [[Mal Reilly]], English rugby league player and coach
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Arend Langenberg]], Dutch voice actor and radio host (d. 2012)
*  1949   &ndash; [[Robert Palmer]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Sébastien Dhavernas]], Canadian actor
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Martha Davis (musician)|Martha Davis]], American singer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Dewey Bunnell]], English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*  1952   &ndash; [[Nadiuska]], German television actress
*  1952   &ndash; [[Bruce Jay Nelson]], American computer scientist (d. 1999)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Desi Arnaz Jr.]], American actor and singer<ref name="Chase's2019"/>
*  1953   &ndash; [[Richard Legendre]], Canadian tennis player and politician
*  1953   &ndash; [[Wayne Schimmelbusch]], Australian footballer and coach
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Katey Sagal]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 19, 2023 includes celebrities Dolly Parton, Jodie Sweetin |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-19-2023-includes-celebrities-dolly-parton-jodie-sweetin.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=18 January 2024 |date=19 January 2023}}</ref>
*  1954   &ndash; [[Cindy Sherman]], American photographer and director<ref name="Chase's2019"/>
*  1954   &ndash; [[Esther Shkalim]], Israeli poet and Mizrahi feminist<ref>{{cite book|url=https://kotar.cet.ac.il/KotarApp/Viewer.aspx?nBookID=97210373#1.0.6.default|title=A-Mythical: Social Justice and Gender in Jewish Sources|date=2011|publisher=MIskal - [[Yedioth Aharonoth]] Books and Chemed Books|isbn=978-965-545-252-5|editor1-last=דהאן כלב|editor1-first=הנרייט|editor1-link=Henriette Dahan Kalev|location=Tel Aviv|page=176|language=he|access-date=28 March 2019}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Simon Rattle]], English-German orchestral conductor<ref name="Chase's2019">{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6dKpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA92|date=24 September 2019|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-316-7|pages=92}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Carman (singer)|Carman]], American singer-songwriter, actor, and television host (d. 2021)
*  1956   &ndash; [[Susan Solomon]], American atmospheric chemist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.womenofthehall.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Sample_Nomination_Solomon.pdf|title=National Women's Hall of Fame}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Don Rittner|title=A to Z of Scientists in Weather and Climate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nU_jIyhvKOUC&pg=PA159|year=2014|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-0924-4|page=159}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Ottis Anderson]], American football player and sportscaster
*  1957   &ndash; [[Roger Ashton-Griffiths]], English actor, screenwriter and film director
*  1957   &ndash; [[Kenneth McClintock]], Puerto Rican public servant and politician, 22nd [[Secretary of State of Puerto Rico]]
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Thomas Kinkade]], American painter (d. 2012)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1958   &ndash; [[Altemio Sanchez]], Puerto Rican serial killer and rapist (d. 2023)<ref>https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Sanchez,%20Altemio.pdf</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Danese Cooper]], American computer scientist and programmer
*  1959   &ndash; [[Jeff Pilson]], American bass player, songwriter, and actor
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Paul McCrane]], American actor, director, and singer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1961   &ndash; [[Wayne Hemingway]], English fashion designer, co-founded [[Red or Dead]]
*  1961   &ndash; [[William Ragsdale]], American actor<ref>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2018|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|date=2017|isbn=9781598889253|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GAY3DwAAQBAJ|page=93}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Hans Daams]], Dutch cyclist
*  1962   &ndash; [[Chris Sabo]], American baseball player and coach
*  1962   &ndash; [[Jeff Van Gundy]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Michael Adams (basketball)|Michael Adams]], American basketball player and coach
*  1963   &ndash; [[Martin Bashir]], English journalist
*  1963   &ndash; [[John Bercow]], English politician, [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]]
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Janine Antoni]], Bahamian sculptor and photographer
*  1964   &ndash; [[Ricardo Arjona]], Guatemalan singer-songwriter and basketball player
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Sylvain Côté]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1966   &ndash; [[Stefan Edberg]], Swedish tennis player and coach
*  1966   &ndash; [[Lena Philipsson]], Swedish singer-songwriter
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[David Bartlett]], Australian politician, 43rd [[Premier of Tasmania]]<ref>{{cite Tas Parliament |title=Bartlett, David John |id=bartlett_d706 |access-date=24 July 2022}}</ref>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Whitfield Crane]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Edwidge Danticat]], Haitian-American novelist and short story writer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/nov/20/featuresreviews.guardianreview9 |title=Island Memories (Profile: Edwidge Danticat) |first=Maya |last=Jaggi|author-link=Maya Jaggi |work=The Guardian |date=November 20, 2004 |access-date=August 13, 2018}}</ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Luc Longley]], Australian basketball player and coach
*  1969   &ndash; [[Trey Lorenz]], American singer-songwriter and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Predrag Mijatović]], Montenegrin footballer and manager
*  1969   &ndash; [[Junior Seau]], American football player (d. 2012)
*  1969   &ndash; [[Steve Staunton]], Irish footballer and manager
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Steffen Freund]], German footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/1628/Steffen-Freund/overview|title=Steffen Freund|website=premierleague.com|access-date=18 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1970   &ndash; [[Kathleen Smet]], Belgian triathlete
*  1970   &ndash; [[Udo Suzuki]], Japanese comedian and singer
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Shawn Wayans]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1971   &ndash; [[John Wozniak]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Drea de Matteo]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Yoon Hae-young]], South Korean actress
*  1972   &ndash; [[Sergei Zjukin]], Estonian chess player and coach
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Antero Manninen]], Finnish cellist 
*  1973   &ndash; [[Yevgeny Sadovyi]], Russian swimmer and coach
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Dainius Adomaitis]], Lithuanian basketball player and coach
*  1974   &ndash; [[Frank Caliendo]], American comedian, actor, and screenwriter<ref name="Chase's2019"/>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Walter Jones (American football)|Walter Jones]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Walter Jones |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1230/walter-jones |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Ian Laperrière]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach
*  1974   &ndash; [[Jaime Moreno (footballer, born 1974)|Jaime Moreno]], Bolivian footballer and manager
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Natalie Cook]], Australian volleyball player
*  1975   &ndash; [[Zdeňka Málková]], Czech tennis player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Natale Gonnella]], Italian footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Tarso Marques]], Brazilian racing driver
*  1976   &ndash; [[Drew Powell (actor)|Drew Powell]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Marsha Thomason]], English actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Ayres]], Canadian actor, director, and photographer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Svetlana Khorkina]], Russian gymnast and sportscaster
*  1979   &ndash; [[Byung-hyun Kim]], South Korean baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Byung-hyun Kim |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/byung-hyun-kim-218294 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Josu Sarriegi]], Spanish footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Wiley (rapper)|Wiley]], English rapper and producer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Jenson Button]], English racing driver
*  1980   &ndash; [[Pasha Kovalev]], Russian-American dancer and choreographer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Luke Macfarlane]], Canadian-American actor and singer<ref>{{cite news|title=Dolly Parton turns 72 today: Celebrity birthdays for Jan. 19|work=Vancouver Island Free Daily|agency=Associated Press|date=January 19, 2018|accessdate=January 19, 2023|url=https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/life/dolly-parton-turns-72-today/}}</ref>
*  1980   &ndash; [[Arvydas Macijauskas]], Lithuanian basketball player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Michael Vandort]], Sri Lankan cricketer
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Paolo Bugia]], Filipino basketball player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Asier del Horno]], Spanish footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Lucho González]], Argentinian footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Maxime Laisney]], French politician<ref>{{Cite web |last=nationale |first=Assemblée |title=M. Maxime Laisney - Mandat clos - Seine-et-Marne (10e circonscription) |url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/deputes/PA795516 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Assemblée nationale |language=fr}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Elizabeth Tulloch]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Pete Buttigieg]], American politician<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gabriel |first1=Trip |title=He's Not 'Mayor Pete' Anymore: Buttigieg's Successor Is Sworn In |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/us/politics/pete-buttigieg-mayor-south-bend.html |access-date=12 February 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=1 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Mike Komisarek]], American ice hockey player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Jodie Sweetin]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Robin tom Rink]], German singer-songwriter
*  1982   &ndash; [[Shane Tronc]], Australian rugby league player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Kim Yoo-suk]], South Korean pole vaulter
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Hikaru Utada]], American-Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Johnny Boychuk]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Johnny Boychuk |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/johnny-boychuk-8470187 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Fabio Catacchini]], Italian footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Karun Chandhok]], Indian racing driver
*  1984   &ndash; [[Elvis Dumervil]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Elvis Dumervil |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/9712/elvis-dumervil |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1984   &ndash; [[Jimmy Kébé]], Malian footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Thomas Vanek]], Austrian ice hockey player
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Pascal Behrenbruch]], German decathlete
*  1985   &ndash; [[Damien Chazelle]], American film director, screenwriter, and producer<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Benny Feilhaber]], American soccer player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Esteban Guerrieri]], Argentinian racing driver
*  1985   &ndash; [[Rika Ishikawa]], Japanese singer and actress
*  1985   &ndash; [[Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Nikulin]], Russian footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Elliott Ward]], English footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Claudio Marchisio]], Italian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Oleksandr Miroshnychenko]], Ukrainian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Moussa Sow]], Senegalese footballer
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Edgar Manucharyan]], Armenian footballer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Tyler Breeze]], Canadian wrestler
*  1988   &ndash; [[JaVale McGee]], American basketball player
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Tatiana Búa]], Argentine tennis player
*  1990   &ndash; [[Shaunette Renée Wilson]], Guyanese-American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Petra Martić]], Croatian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Petra Martić |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/petra-martic_prs115932/person.shtml |website=www.eurosport.com |access-date=14 May 2023}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Erin Sanders]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/gallery/disney-nickelodeon-future-stars|title=From Disney to Nickelodeon: here's where the stars started out|author=Leisa Barnett|date=18 July 2017|publisher=[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]] |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Shawn Johnson East]], American gymnast<ref name="Chase's2019"/>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Logan Lerman]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Trainor |first1=Daniel |title=Why Logan Lerman Doesn't Want to Play Poseidon in New Percy Jackson Series |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1361285/why-logan-lerman-doesnt-want-to-play-poseidon-in-new-percy-jackson-series |publisher=[[E!]] |access-date=16 January 2023 |date=12 January 2023}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Mac Miller]], American rapper (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite web|last=Browne|first=Rembert|url=http://grantland.com/features/mac-miller-good-am-album/|title=Mac Miller Finds the Way|date=August 20, 2015|access-date=December 30, 2018|work=[[Grantland]]}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Erick Torres Padilla]], Mexican footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Erick Torres Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/erick-torres-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074045/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/to/erick-torres-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[João Mário (footballer, born January 1993)|João Mário]], Portuguese footballer<ref>{{cite web| title=João Mário|url=https://www.slbenfica.pt/en-us/futebol/plantel-principal/j-mario|website=[[S.L. Benfica]]|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1993  &ndash; [[Ricardo Centurión]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Ricardo Centurión|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/adrian-ricardo-centurion/248168/|website=Soccerway|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1993  &ndash; [[Walter Benítez (footballer)|Walter Benítez]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Walter Benítez|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/walter-benitez/210145/|website=Soccerway|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Matthias Ginter]], German footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Matthias Ginter Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/matthias-ginter-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224448/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gi/matthias-ginter-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=5 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Alfie Mawson]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fulhamfc.com/player-profiles/alfie-mawson|title=Alfie Mawson|website=fulhamfc.com|access-date=18 January 2020}}</ref>
*  1994  &ndash; [[Marvelous Nakamba]], Zimbabwean footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Marvelous Nakamba|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/45351/Marvelous-Nakamba/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Jakub Jankto]], Czech footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Jakub Jankto|url=https://www.legaseriea.it/en/player/jakub-jankto-96540|website=[[Serie A]]|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Emre Guler]], Australian rugby league player<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/emre-guler/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Taylor (American football)|Jonathan Taylor]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jonathan Taylor |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4242335/jonathan-taylor |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=16 January 2023}}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; [[Donyell Malen]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Donyell Malen|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/donyell-malen|website=[[Bundesliga]]|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Juan Miranda (footballer)|Juan Miranda]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Juan Miranda|url=https://www.realbetisbalompie.es/primer-equipo/jugador/j-miranda-342270|website=[[Real Betis]]|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Kai Jones]], Bahamian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kai Jones |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1630539/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Reinier Jesus|Reiner]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Reinier|url=https://www.legaseriea.it/en/player/reinier-109395|website=[[Serie A]]|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Felix Afena-Gyan]], Ghanaian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Felix Afena-Gyan|url=https://www.flashscore.com.gh/player/afena-gyan-felix/G4pacAW7/|website=Flashcore|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
* 2003  &ndash; [[Ilaix Moriba]], Guinean footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Ilaix Moriba|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/ilaix-moriba|website=[[Bundesliga]]|access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[520]] &ndash; [[John of Cappadocia]], patriarch of Constantinople
* [[639]] &ndash; [[Dagobert I]], Frankish king (b. 603)
* [[914]] &ndash; [[García I of León|García I]], king of [[Kingdom of León|León]]
*[[1003]] &ndash; [[Kilian of Cologne]], Irish abbot
*[[1302]] &ndash; [[Al-Hakim I]], caliph of Cairo
*[[1401]] &ndash; [[Robert Bealknap]], British justice 
*[[1526]] &ndash; [[Isabella of Austria]], Danish queen (b. 1501)
*[[1547]] &ndash; [[Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey]], English poet (b. 1516)
*[[1565]] &ndash; [[Diego Laynez]], Spanish Jesuit theologian (b. 1512)
*[[1571]] &ndash; [[Paris Bordone]], Venetian painter (b. 1495)
*[[1576]] &ndash; [[Hans Sachs]], German poet and playwright (b. 1494)
*[[1597]] &ndash; [[Maharana Pratap]], [[Hindu]] [[Rajput]] king of [[Mewar]] (b.1540)<ref name=brittanica>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rana-Pratap-Singh|title=Rana Pratap Singh – Indian ruler|publisher=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=1 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616003537/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rana-Pratap-Singh|archive-date=16 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1636]] &ndash; [[Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger]], Flemish painter (b.1561)
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Thomas Venner]], English rebel leader<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Venner |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG49562 |website=www.britishmuseum.org |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref>
*[[1729]] &ndash; [[William Congreve]], English playwright and poet (b. 1670)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Christin]], French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1683)
*[[1757]] &ndash; [[Thomas Ruddiman]], Scottish scholar and academic (b. 1674)
*[[1766]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni]], Italian-French architect and painter (b. 1695)<ref>{{cite web |title=Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni {{!}} French theatrical designer and architect {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Giovanni-Niccolo-Servandoni |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=2 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Toup]], English scholar and critic (b. 1713)
*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand Hérold]], French pianist and composer (b. 1791)
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Charles Bent]], American soldier and politician, first [[Governor of New Mexico]] (b. 1799)
*  1847   &ndash; [[Athanasios Christopoulos]], Greek poet (b. 1772)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Esteban Echeverría]], Argentinian poet and author (b. 1805)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Karl Faber]], German historian and academic (b. 1773)
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Felix Zollicoffer]], American newspaperman, politician, and Confederate general (b. 1812)<ref>{{cite web|title=The Battle of Mill Springs|url=https://www.nps.gov/misp/battle-of-mill-springs.htm|website=nps.gov|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=January 19, 2025}}</ref>
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]], French philosopher and politician (b. 1809)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Carl Reichenbach]], German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben]], German poet and scholar (b. 1798)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Henri Victor Regnault]], French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra]], Portuguese magistrate and politician (b. 1798)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arqnet.pt/dicionario/seabra1v.html |title=Seabra (António Luís de Seabra, visconde de) |last=Torres |first=João Romano |website=Portugal – Dicionário Histórico, Corográfico, Heráldico, Biográfico, Bibliográfico, Numismático e Artístico, Volume IV |access-date=10 October 2018 }}</ref>
===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Bartolomé Mitre]], Argentinian historian and politician, sixth [[President of Argentina]] (b. 1821)<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph R. Barager|title=The Historiography of the Rio de la Plata Area Since 1830|year=1959|page=601}}</ref>
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Ernest de Munck]], Belgian cellist and composer<ref>{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rApDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA96 |title=Musical News |date=January 30, 1915 |volume=48 |page=96 |chapter=Obituary: Chevalier Ernest de Munck}}</ref> (b. 1840)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Riemann |first=Hugo |author-link=Hugo Riemann |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmusi00riem/page/184/mode/2up |title=Dictionary of music |publisher=[[Augener & Co.]] |year=1908 |edition=4th |pages=185 |translator-last=Shedlock |translator-first=J. S.}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Liang Qichao]], Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1873)<ref>{{cite book|title=Chinese Studies in History|publisher=International Arts and Sciences Press|year=2003|page=70}}</ref>
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Frank P. Ramsey]], British mathematician, philosopher and economist (b. 1903)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Branislav Nušić]], Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1864)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Gustave Mesny]], French general (b. 1886)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Tony Garnier (architect)|Tony Garnier]], French architect and urban planner, designed the [[Stade de Gerland]] (b. 1869)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Theodor Kaluza]], German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)<ref>{{Cite ADB|11|76|Kaluza, Theodor|Menso Folkerts}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[József Dudás]], Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (b. 1912)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Clement Smoot]], American golfer (b. 1884)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Firmin Lambot]], Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Arnold Luhaäär]], Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Ray Harroun]], American race car driver and engineer (b. 1879)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Michael Rabin (violinist)|Michael Rabin]], American violinist (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/20/archives/michael-rabin-violinist-dead-made-carnegie-hall-debut-at-13.html|title=Michael Rabin, Violinist, Dead; Made Carnegie Hall Debut at 13|website=The New York Times|date=January 20, 1972|access-date=January 1, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Max Adrian]], Irish-English actor (b. 1903)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hart Benton (painter)|Thomas Hart Benton]], American painter and educator (b. 1889)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Hidetsugu Yagi]], Japanese engineer and academic (b. 1886)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Moritz Jahn (writer)|Moritz Jahn]], German novelist and poet (b. 1884)
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[William O. Douglas]], American lawyer and jurist (b. 1898)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Francesca Woodman]], American photographer (b. 1958)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Elis Regina]], Brazilian soprano (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite journal | journal=[[Universo Online]] | title=Elis Regina foi vítima de overdose: como foram as últimas horas da cantora | language=pt | year=2019 | url=https://www.bol.uol.com.br/entretenimento/2019/01/12/como-foram-as-ultimas-horas-de-vida-da-cantora-elis-regina.htm}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Ham (chimpanzee)|Ham]], [[chimpanzee]] and [[animal astronaut]], first [[hominid]] in space (b. 1957)<ref>{{cite news |title=Ham, First Chimp in Space, Dies in a Carolina Zoo at 26 |id={{ProQuest|122119079}} |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/20/us/ham-first-chimp-in-space-dies-in-a-carolina-zoo-at-26.html |work=The New York Times |date=20 January 1983 }}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Max Bentley]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1920)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Lawrence Kohlberg]], American psychologist and academic (b. 1927)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh]], Indian guru and mystic (b. 1931)
*  1990   &ndash; [[Alberto Semprini]], English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
*  1990   &ndash; [[Herbert Wehner]], German politician, sixth [[Minister of Intra-German Relations]] (b. 1906)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Marcel Chaput]], Canadian biochemist and journalist (b. 1918)
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Gene MacLellan]], Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Don Simpson]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
*  1997   &ndash; [[James Dickey]], American poet and novelist (b. 1923)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Carl Perkins]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite news |title=Carl Perkins Dies at 65; Rockabilly Pioneer Wrote 'Blue Suede Shoes' |first=Jon |last=Pareles |author-link=Jon Pareles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/20/arts/carl-perkins-dies-at-65-rockabilly-pioneer-wrote-blue-suede-shoes.html?pagewanted=all |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 20, 1998 |page=B12 |access-date=December 4, 2009 |ref=nytimesobit}}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Ivan Francescato]], Italian rugby player (b. 1967)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Rúhíyyih Khanum|Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum]], a [[Baháʼí Faith]] [[Hands of the Cause|Hand of the Cause of God]] and wife of [[Shoghi Effendi]] (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite web | title = Amatu'l-Bahá Rúhíyyih Khánum (1910–2000) | url = http://www.ca.bahai.org/madame-rabbani | publisher = Baháʼí Community of Canada | access-date = 2008-07-05 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081207051851/http://www.ca.bahai.org/madame-rabbani | archive-date = 2008-12-07 }}</ref>
*  2000   &ndash; [[Bettino Craxi]], Italian lawyer and politician, 45th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. 1934)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Hedy Lamarr]], Austrian-American actress, singer, and mathematician (b. 1914)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Vavá]], Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1934)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Milton Flores]], Honduran footballer (b. 1974)
*  2003   &ndash; [[Françoise Giroud]], French journalist, screenwriter, and politician, [[Minister of Culture (France)|French Minister of Culture]] (b. 1916)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Harry E. Claiborne]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1917)
*  2004   &ndash; [[David Hookes]], Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[K. Sello Duiker]], South African author and screenwriter (b. 1974)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Anthony Franciosa]], American actor (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite news |last=McLellan |first=Dennis |date=January 21, 2006 |title=Anthony Franciosa, 77; Versatile Star of Stage, Film and Television |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-21-me-franciosa21-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref>
*  2006   &ndash; [[Wilson Pickett]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-jan-20-me-pickett20-story.html|title=Wilson Pickett, 64; Soul Legend Sang Hits 'In the Midnight Hour,' 'Mustang Sally'|date=January 20, 2006|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Hrant Dink]], Turkish-Armenian journalist and activist (b. 1954)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Denny Doherty]], Canadian singer-songwriter (b. 1940)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Murat Nasyrov]], Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1969)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Suzanne Pleshette]], American actress (b. 1937)
*  2008   &ndash; [[John Stewart (musician)|John Stewart]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Don Wittman]], Canadian sportscaster (b. 1936)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Bill McLaren]], Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1923)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Peter Åslin]], Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1962)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Sarah Burke]], Canadian skier (b. 1982)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Winston Riley]], Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1943)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Rudi van Dantzig]], Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Taihō Kōki]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1940)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Stan Musial]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=Stan Musial |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/musial-stan |website=Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=12 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Frank Pooler]], American conductor and composer (b. 1926)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Earl Weaver]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=Earl Weaver |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/weaver-earl |website=Baseball Hall of Fame |access-date=12 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Toktamış Ateş]], Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer (b. 1944)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Azaria Alon]], Ukrainian-Israeli environmentalist, co-founded the [[Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel]] (b. 1918)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Christopher Chataway]], English runner, journalist, and politician (b. 1931)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Justin Capră]], Romanian engineer and academic (b. 1933)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Michel Guimond]], Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1953)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Ward Swingle]], American-French singer-songwriter and conductor (b. 1927)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Richard Levins]], American ecologist and geneticist (b. 1930)
*  2016 &ndash; [[Ettore Scola]], Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/26/ettore-scola|title=Ettora Scola|date=January 26, 2016|author=Ronald Bergan|website=The Guardian|access-date=January 1, 2022}}</ref>
*  2016 &ndash; [[Sheila Sim]] (Lady Attenborough), English actress (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/richard-attenboroughs-widow-sheila-sim-7213809#HogO5g77371kWxVe.97 |title=Richard Attenborough's widow Sheila Sim dies aged 93 following battle with dementia |newspaper=[[Scottish Daily Record]] |date=20 January 2016 |access-date=4 August 2019 |first=Rebecca |last=Pocklington |publisher=[[Sunday Mail (Scotland)|Sunday Mail Ltd]]}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Miguel Ferrer]], American actor (b. 1955)<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Saperstein|first=Pat|title=Miguel Ferrer, 'NCIS: Los Angeles' Actor, Dies at 61|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|location=[[Los Angeles]]|date=January 19, 2017|access-date=January 19, 2017|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/miguel-ferrer-dead-dies-ncis-los-angeles-1201964233/}}</ref>
*[[2025]] – [[Jeff Torborg]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1941)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosenwald |first=Michael S. |date=January 21, 2025 |title=Jeff Torborg, Catcher of Three No-Hitters and a Manager, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/sports/baseball/jeff-torborg-dead.html |access-date=January 29, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Bassianus of Lodi]]
**[[Henry (bishop of Finland)|Henry of Uppsala]]
**[[Marius, Martha, Audifax, and Abachum]]
**[[Mark of Ephesus]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]])
**[[Pontianus of Spoleto]]
**[[Wulfstan (died 1095)|Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester]]
**[[January 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Confederate Memorial Day|Confederate Heroes Day]] ([[Texas]]), and its related observance:
**[[Robert E. Lee Day]] ([[Alabama]], [[Arkansas]], [[Florida]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[Mississippi]])
*[[Bóndadagur|Husband's Day]] ([[Iceland]])
*[[Kokborok Day]] ([[Tripura]], India)
*[[Theophany]] / [[Epiphany (holiday)|Epiphany]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern]] and [[Oriental Orthodoxy]]), and its related observances:
**[[Timkat]], or 20 during Leap Year ([[Ethiopian Orthodox]])<ref name="Chase's2019"/>
**''[[Vodici]]'' or [[Baptism of Jesus]] ([[North Macedonia]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/19 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=19}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/19 Historical Events on January 19]

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