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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 98|98]] &ndash; [[Trajan]] succeeds his adoptive father [[Nerva]] as [[Roman emperor]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Constantin C. Giurescu|title=The Making of the Romanian People and Language|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivcbAAAAMAAJ|year=1972|publisher=Meridiane|page=43|access-date=2019-01-26|archive-date=2023-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924131844/https://books.google.com/books?id=ivcbAAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[945]] &ndash; The co-emperors [[Stephen Lekapenos|Stephen]] and [[Constantine Lekapenos|Constantine]] are overthrown and forced to become monks by [[Constantine VII]], who becomes sole emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]].<ref>''[[Theophanes Continuatus]]'', [https://archive.org/details/theophanesconti01theogoog/page/n449/mode/1up Book VI]; [[John Skylitzes]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=vGE8Xq832A0C&pg=PA228 (s. 237)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715045159/https://books.google.com/books?id=vGE8Xq832A0C&pg=PA228 |date=2021-07-15 }}.</ref>
*[[1186]] &ndash; [[Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry VI]], the son and heir of the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick I]], marries [[Constance I of Sicily|Constance of Sicily]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Franke|first=Daniel P.|title=Crusade, empire, and the process of war in Staufen Germany, 1180-1220|editor-last=Boas|editor-first=Adrian|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=2015|isbn=9780415824941|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nIa9CgAAQBAJ|page=130}}</ref>
*[[1302]] &ndash; [[Dante Alighieri]] is condemned ''in absentia'' and exiled from [[Florence]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Dante Alighieri|title=The Commedia and Canzoniere of Dante Alighieri: Life of Dante. Hell. Purgatory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUNdAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR74|year=1886|publisher=W. Isbister|isbn=978-0-8274-2077-9|page=74|access-date=2021-01-27|archive-date=2023-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924131918/https://books.google.com/books?id=oUNdAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR74|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1343]] &ndash; [[Pope Clement VI]] issues the [[papal bull]] [[Unigenitus (1343)|''Unigenitus'']], laying out the scriptural justification for [[indulgence]]s, identifying only the Pope and episcopate as capable of accessing the [[treasury of merit]], and establishing a [[Jubilee in the Catholic Church|jubilee year]] every half century.<ref>{{cite book|last=Noonan|first=John T.|title=Bribes|location=Berkeley, Calif.|publisher=University of California Press|date=1987|isbn=9780520061545|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6zgp1_zeJbEC|page=282|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Rittgers|first=Ronald K.|title=The Reformation of Suffering: Pastoral Theology and Lay Piety in Late Medieval and Early Modern Germany|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2012|isbn=9780199795086|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wXPHnuv01nwC|page=26}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] &ndash; [[Gunpowder Plot]]: The trial of [[Guy Fawkes]] and other conspirators begins, ending with their execution on January 31.<ref>{{cite book|author=John William Willis Bund|title=A Selection of Cases from the State Trials ...: Trials for Treason|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F9MKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA373|year=1879|publisher=University Press|pages=373–|access-date=2021-01-27|archive-date=2023-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924131845/https://books.google.com/books?id=F9MKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA373|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1695]] &ndash; [[Mustafa II]] becomes the [[List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman sultan]] and [[Caliph of Islam]] in [[Istanbul]] on the death of [[Ahmed II]]. Mustafa rules until his abdication in [[1703]].
*[[1759]] &ndash; Spanish forces clash with indigenous [[Huilliche people|Huilliche]]s of southern Chile in the [[Battle of Río Bueno (1759)|battle of Río Bueno]].<ref>{{cite book |last = Barros Arana |first = Diego |author-link1 = Diego Barros Arana |title = Historia General de Chile |volume = VI |url = http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-9008.html |year = 2000 |orig-date = 1886 |edition = 2 |publisher = [[Editorial Universitaria]] |location = Santiago, Chile |language = es |page = 310 |access-date = 2020-08-16 |archive-date = 2022-08-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220819211356/http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-9008.html |url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Henry Knox]]'s "[[noble train of artillery]]" arrives in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].
*[[1785]] &ndash; The [[University of Georgia]] is founded, the first state-chartered public university in the United States.
*[[1820]] &ndash; A [[Russian Empire|Russia]]n expedition led by [[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]] and [[Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev]] discovers the [[Antarctic]] continent, approaching the Antarctic coast.
*[[1825]] &ndash; The [[U.S. Congress]] approves [[Indian Territory]] (in what is present-day [[Oklahoma]]), clearing the way for forced relocation of the [[Five Civilized Tribes|Eastern Indians]] on the "[[Trail of Tears]]".
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Boshin War]]: The [[Battle of Toba–Fushimi]] begins, between forces of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] and pro-[[Emperor of Japan|Imperial]] factions; it will end in defeat for the shogunate, and is a pivotal point in the [[Meiji Restoration]].<ref>{{cite book|author=S. C. M. Paine|title=The Japanese Empire: Grand Strategy from the Meiji Restoration to the Pacific War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-9YcDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|date=6 March 2017|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-107-01195-3|page=5|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924131845/https://books.google.com/books?id=-9YcDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA5|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; Boshin War: Tokugawa rebels establish the [[Ezo Republic]] in [[Hokkaidō]].<ref>{{cite book|title=This is Japan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TDNQAQAAIAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Asahi Shimbun Newspaper Publishing Company|page=176|access-date=2019-01-28|archive-date=2023-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924131845/https://books.google.com/books?id=TDNQAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; [[Modest Mussorgsky]]'s opera ''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]'' premieres in [[Mariinsky Theatre]] in [[St.Petersburg]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Hostomska|first=Anna|title=Opera-průvodce operní tvorbou (in Czech)|location=Prague, Czech Republic|publisher=NS Svoboda, Prague|year=2018|isbn=978-80-205-0637-5|pages=1147–1150}}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Thomas Edison]] receives a patent for his [[incandescent lamp]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=46|title=Thomas Edison's Patent Application for the Light Bulb (1880)|website=Our Documents  |publisher=US Government|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=3 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103225816/https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=46|url-status=dead }}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The British government passes the [[Military Service Act 1916|Military Service Act]] that introduces [[conscription in the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite web |title= British History Timeline: World Wars |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/worldwars_timeline_noflash.shtml |website=BBC |access-date=8 October 2020 |archive-date=27 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127015243/http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/worldwars_timeline_noflash.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; Beginning of the [[Finnish Civil War]].
*[[1924]] &ndash; Six days after his [[Death and state funeral of Vladimir Lenin|death]] Lenin's body is carried into a [[Lenin's Mausoleum|specially erected mausoleum]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Lenin: A Biography |edition=revised |last=Shub |first=David |author-link=David Shub |publisher=Pelican |location=London |year=1966 |url=https://archive.org/details/leninbiographyshub |page=439}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Lenin: Portrait of a Professional Revolutionary |last=Rice |first=Christopher |year=1990 |publisher=Cassell |location=London |isbn=978-0-304-31814-8|page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Lenin: A Biography |last=Service |first=Robert |author-link = Robert Service (historian) |year=2000 |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |isbn=978-0-333-72625-9 |title-link = Lenin: A Biography|pages=479–480}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Ibn Saud]] takes the title of [[Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd|King of Nejd]].
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Bundaberg tragedy]]: a diphtheria vaccine is contaminated with ''[[Staph. aureus]]'' bacterium, resulting in the deaths of twelve children in the Australian town of [[Bundaberg]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Bundaberg's Gethsemane: the tragedy of the inoculated children|first1=Harry|last1=Akers|first2=Suzette|last2=Porter|journal=Royal Historical Society of Queensland Journal|volume=20|number=7|year=2008|pages=261–278|url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:152716/UQ_PV_152716.pdf}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; First flight of the [[Lockheed P-38 Lightning]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Eighth Air Force]] sorties ninety-one [[Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|B-17s]] and [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|B-24s]] to attack the [[U-boat]] construction yards at [[Wilhelmshaven]], Germany. This was the first American bombing attack on Germany.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The 900-day [[Siege of Leningrad]] is lifted.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The [[322nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)|Soviet 322nd Rifle Division]] [[Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp|liberates]] the remaining inmates of [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz-Birkenau]]. 
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Nuclear weapons testing|Nuclear test]]ing at the [[Nevada Test Site]] begins with [[Operation Ranger]].
*[[1961]] &ndash; The [[Soviet submarine S-80]] sinks when its [[Submarine snorkel|snorkel]] malfunctions, flooding the boat.
*[[1965]] &ndash; South Vietnamese Prime Minister [[Trần Văn Hương]] is removed by the military junta of [[Nguyễn Khánh]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954&ndash;1965  |first=Mark |last=Moyar |author-link=Mark Moyar |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=2006 |isbn=0-521-86911-0 |location=New York City |page=775}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Apollo program]]: [[Astronaut]]s [[Gus Grissom]], [[Ed White (astronaut)|Ed White]] and [[Roger Chaffee]] are killed in a fire during a test of their [[Apollo 1]] spacecraft at the [[Kennedy Space Center]], [[Florida]].
*  1967   &ndash; [[Cold War]]: The [[Soviet Union]], the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the [[Outer Space Treaty]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], banning deployment of [[nuclear weapon]]s in space, and limiting the usage of the [[Moon]] and other [[astronomical object|celestial bodies]] to peaceful purposes.
*[[1973]] &ndash; The [[Paris Peace Accords]] officially ends the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Head |first1=William P. |title=Dirty Little Secret in the Land of a Million Elephants: Barrel Roll and the Lost War |journal=Air Power History |date=2017 |volume=64 |issue=4 |page=24 |jstor=26571062 |issn=1044-016X}}</ref> Colonel [[William Nolde]] is killed in action becoming the conflict's last recorded American combat casualty.
*[[1980]] &ndash; Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape [[Iran hostage crisis|hostilities]] in [[Iran]] in the culmination of the [[Canadian Caper]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; The pilot shaft of the [[Seikan Tunnel]], the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85&nbsp;km) between the Japanese islands of [[Honshū]] and [[Hokkaidō]], breaks through.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn|author2=Buddhima Indraratna|author3=Professor Jian Chu|title=Ground Improvement: Case Histories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XI7PXtdQMEC&pg=PA354|date=7 November 2005|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-08-045736-9|page=354|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924131845/https://books.google.com/books?id=_XI7PXtdQMEC&pg=PA354|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; In a [[1996 Nigerien coup d'état|military coup]], Colonel [[Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara]] deposes the first democratically elected president of [[Niger]], [[Mahamane Ousmane]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Political Science Abstracts: 1996 Annual Supplement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVHaBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25|date=7 March 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4615-5971-9|page=25|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924132346/https://books.google.com/books?id=rVHaBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA25|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1996   &ndash; Germany first observes the [[International Holocaust Remembrance Day]].
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Lagos armoury explosion|An explosion]] at a military storage facility in [[Lagos]], Nigeria, kills at least 1,100 people and displaces over 20,000 others.
*[[2003]] &ndash; The first selections for the [[National Recording Registry]] are announced by the [[Library of Congress]].
*[[2010]] &ndash; The [[2009 Honduran constitutional crisis]] ends when [[Porfirio Lobo Sosa]] becomes the new [[President of Honduras]].
*  2010   &ndash; [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] announces the [[iPad]].<ref>{{Cite news  |title=Apple Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/01/business/apple-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=2022-01-12|work=CNN|date=July 2014|archive-date=2022-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729040834/https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/01/business/apple-fast-facts/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Arab Spring]]: The [[Yemeni Revolution]] begins as over 16,000 protestors demonstrate in [[Sana'a]].<ref name="Kasinof2016">{{cite book|author=Laura Kasinof|title=Don't Be Afraid of the Bullets: An Accidental War Correspondent in Yemen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d5GJDAAAQBAJ|date=1 March 2016|publisher=Arcade|isbn=978-1-62872-648-0|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924132417/https://books.google.com/books?id=d5GJDAAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2011   &ndash; Within [[Ursa Minor]], [[H1504+65]], a [[white dwarf]] with the hottest known surface temperature in the universe at 200,000 K, was documented.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Werner|first=K.|author2=Rauch, T.|date=2011|title=UV Spectroscopy of the Hot Bare Stellar Core H1504+65 with the HST Cosmic Origins Spectrograph|journal=[[Astrophysics and Space Science]]|volume=335|issue=1|pages=121–24|doi=10.1007/s10509-011-0617-x|bibcode = 2011Ap&SS.335..121W |s2cid=116910726}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; Two hundred and forty-two people die in a [[Kiss nightclub fire|nightclub fire]] in the [[Brazil]]ian city of [[Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul]].
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Rojava conflict]]: The [[Euphrates Region|Kobanî Canton]] declares its autonomy from the [[Syria|Syrian Arab Republic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2014/1/syriakurd1028.htm|title=Al-Qamishli to be capital city of Jazeera Canton in Syrian Kurdistan|work=Firat News|date=26 January 2014|access-date=19 July 2021|archive-date=20 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420212130/http://ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2014/1/syriakurd1028.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; A naming ceremony for the chemical element [[tennessine]] takes place in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jinr.ru/posts/at-the-inauguration-ceremony-of-the-new-elements-of-the-periodic-table-of-d-i-mendeleev/ |title=At the inauguration ceremony of the new elements of the Periodic table of D.I. Mendeleev |last=Fedorova |first=Vera |date=3 March 2017 |website=jinr.ru |publisher=[[Joint Institute for Nuclear Research]] |access-date=4 February 2018 |archive-date=7 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907032416/http://www.jinr.ru/posts/at-the-inauguration-ceremony-of-the-new-elements-of-the-periodic-table-of-d-i-mendeleev/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Tyre Nichols protests|Protests and public outrage]] spark across the U.S. after the release of multiple videos by the [[Memphis Police Department]] showing officers punching, kicking, and pepper spraying [[Killing of Tyre Nichols|Tyre Nichols]] as a result of running away from a traffic stop, which resulted him dying in the hospital three days later after the incident.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tyre Nichols Video Release Stirs Protest, Outrage, Investigations and Tears |url=https://www.newsweek.com/tyre-nichols-video-release-stirs-protest-outrage-investigations-tears-1777250 |website=[[Newsweek]] |date=28 January 2023 |publisher=Kaitlin Lewis |access-date=28 January 2023 |archive-date=28 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128061336/https://www.newsweek.com/tyre-nichols-video-release-stirs-protest-outrage-investigations-tears-1777250 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*2023   &ndash; A [[2023 Neve Yaakov shooting|shooting]] at a [[synagogue]] in [[Neve Yaakov]], [[East Jerusalem]], kills seven people and injures three others.<ref>{{cite web |last=Breiner |first=Josh |date=27 January 2023 |title=Seven Dead, Three Wounded in East Jerusalem Synagogue Shooting Attack |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-01-27/ty-article/.premium/five-israelis-wounded-in-jerusalem-shooting/00000185-f47b-d4a2-adb5-f47bd70d0000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128105201/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-01-27/ty-article/.premium/five-israelis-wounded-in-jerusalem-shooting/00000185-f47b-d4a2-adb5-f47bd70d0000 |archive-date=28 January 2023 |access-date=28 January 2023 |website=Haaretz.com}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1365]] &ndash; [[Edward of Angoulême]], English noble (d. 1370)
*[[1443]] &ndash; [[Albert III, Duke of Saxony]] (d. 1500)
*[[1546]] &ndash; [[Joachim III Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg]] (d. 1608)
*[[1571]] &ndash; [[Abbas I of Persia]] (d. 1629)
*[[1585]] &ndash; [[Hendrick Avercamp]], Dutch painter (d. 1634)
===1601–1900===
*[[1603]] &ndash; [[Sir Harbottle Grimston, 2nd Baronet]], English lawyer and politician, [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] (d. 1685)
*  1603   &ndash; [[Humphrey Mackworth (Parliamentarian)|Humphrey Mackworth]], English politician, lawyer and judge (d. 1654)
*[[1621]] &ndash; [[Thomas Willis]], English physician and anatomist (d. 1675)
*[[1662]] &ndash; [[Richard Bentley]], English scholar and theologian (d. 1742)
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington]], Royal Navy admiral (d. 1733)
*[[1687]] &ndash; [[Johann Balthasar Neumann]], German engineer and architect, designed [[Würzburg Residence]] and [[Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers]] (d. 1753)
*[[1701]] &ndash; [[Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim]], German historian and theologian (d. 1790)
*[[1708]] &ndash; [[Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia]] (d. 1728)
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Hester Thrale]], Welsh author (d. 1821)
*[[1756]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1791)
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling]], German-Swiss philosopher and academic (d. 1854)
*[[1782]] &ndash; [[Titumir]], Bengali revolutionary (d. 1831)<ref name="titu">{{cite Banglapedia|author=Khan, Muazzam Hussain|article=Titu Mir}}</ref>
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Juan Álvarez]], Mexican general and president (1855) (d. 1867)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/juan-alvarez/|title=JUAN ÁLVAREZ|publisher=Presidencia de la Republica de Mexico|language=es|access-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528045037/http://calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/mexico/gobernantes/mexico-1821-actualidad/juan-alvarez/|archive-date=May 28, 2019}}</ref>
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Eli Whitney Blake]], American engineer, invented the [[Mortise lock]] (d. 1886)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Eunice Hale Waite Cobb]], American writer, public speaker, and activist (d. 1880)<ref name="HoweGraves1904">{{cite book|last1=Howe|first1=Julia Ward|last2=Graves|first2=Mary Hannah|title=Representative Women of New England|url=https://archive.org/details/representativew00elligoog|edition=Public domain|year=1904|publisher=New England Historical Publishing Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/representativew00elligoog/page/n183 136]–}}</ref>
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Maria Anna of Bavaria (1805–1877)|Maria Anna of Bavaria]] (d. 1877)
*  1805   &ndash; [[Samuel Palmer]], English painter and etcher (d. 1881)
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga]], Spanish composer and educator (d. 1826)
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[David Strauss]], German theologian and author (d. 1874)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Eugène Viollet-le-Duc]], French architect, designed the [[Lausanne Cathedral]] (d. 1879)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[John Chivington]], American colonel and pastor (d. 1892)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Édouard Lalo]], French violinist and composer (d. 1892)
*[[1824]] &ndash; [[Urbain Johnson]], Canadian farmer and political figure (d. 1917)
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin]], Russian journalist and author (d. 1889)
*  1826   &ndash; [[Richard Taylor (Confederate general)|Richard Taylor]], American general, historian, and politician (d. 1879)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Lewis Carroll]], English novelist, poet, and mathematician (d. 1898)<ref>{{cite book|last=McCulloch|first=Fiona|chapter=Lewis Carroll|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature. Vol. 3: Harr—Mirr|editor-last=Kastan|editor-first=David Scott|location=Oxford, U.K.|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2006|isbn=978-0-19-516921-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DlMUSz-hiuEC|page=386}}</ref>
*  1832   &ndash; [[Carl Friedrich Schmidt (1832)|Carl Friedrich Schmidt]], Estonian-Russian geologist and botanist (d. 1908)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch]], Austrian journalist and author (d. 1895)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Arkhip Kuindzhi]], Ukrainian-Russian painter (d. 1910)
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Tōgō Heihachirō]], Japanese admiral (d. 1934)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[John Collier (Pre-Raphaelite painter)|John Collier]], English painter and author (d. 1934)
*  1850   &ndash; [[Samuel Gompers]], English-American labor leader (d. 1924)<ref>{{cite book|last=Mandel|first=Bernard|title=Samuel Gompers: A Biography|location=New York|publisher=Penguin Group|date=1963|oclc=476364|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-AEbCqvHCgC&q=samuel+gompers+%22January+27,+1850%22+spitalsfield|page=3|access-date=2023-01-28|archive-date=2023-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413134017/https://books.google.com/books?id=o-AEbCqvHCgC&q=samuel+gompers+%22January+27,+1850%22+spitalsfield|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1850   &ndash; [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Edward Smith]], English captain (d. 1912)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Neel Doff]], Dutch-Belgian author (d. 1942)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor]] (d. 1941)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Will Marion Cook]], American violinist and composer (d. 1944)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Dorothy Scarborough]], American author (d. 1935)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Jerome Kern]], American composer and songwriter (d. 1945)
*  1885   &ndash; [[Seison Maeda]], Japanese painter (d. 1977)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Radhabinod Pal]], Indian academic and jurist (d. 1967)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Balthasar van der Pol]], Dutch physicist and academic (d. 1959)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Soong Ching-ling]], Chinese politician, [[List of Presidents of the People's Republic of China|Honorary President of the People's Republic of China]] (d. 1981)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Joseph Rosenstock]], Polish-American conductor and manager (d. 1985)
*  1895   &ndash; [[Harry Ruby]], American composer and screenwriter (d. 1974)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Hyman G. Rickover]], American admiral (d. 1986)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Willy Fritsch]], German actor (d. 1973)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Art Rooney]], American football player, coach and owner (d. 1988)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 27: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Cris Collinsworth |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/27/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-27-Mikhail-Baryshnikov-Cris-Collinsworth/5091674783202/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=26 January 2024 |date=27 January 2023}}</ref>
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[John Eccles (neurophysiologist)|John Eccles]], Australian-Swiss neurophysiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1997)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[James J. Gibson]], American psychologist and academic (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|title=Britannica Concise Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ea-bAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA761|date=1 May 2008|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.|isbn=978-1-59339-492-9|page=761|access-date=27 January 2021|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924132347/https://books.google.com/books?id=ea-bAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA761|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Howard McNear]], American actor (d. 1969)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[William Randolph Hearst, Jr.]], American journalist and publisher (d. 1993)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Edvard Kardelj]], Slovene general, economist, and politician, 2nd [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Yugoslavia)|Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia]] (d. 1979)<ref>{{cite book|author=Bernard A. Cook|title=Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hafLHZgZtt4C&pg=PA710|year=2001|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8153-4058-4|page=710|access-date=2021-01-27|archive-date=2023-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924132347/https://books.google.com/books?id=hafLHZgZtt4C&pg=PA710|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Arne Næss]], Norwegian philosopher and environmentalist (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jan Sjåvik|title=The A to Z of Norway|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_lNV6AnqTl4C&pg=PA143|date=11 May 2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-1-4616-7206-7|page=143|access-date=27 January 2021|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924132347/https://books.google.com/books?id=_lNV6AnqTl4C&pg=PA143|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1912   &ndash; [[Francis Rogallo]], American engineer, invented the [[Rogallo wing]] (d. 2009)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Michael Ripper]], English actor (d. 2000)<ref>{{cite news|last=Bergan|first=Ronald|title=Michael Ripper|work=The Guardian|date=10 July 2000|access-date=27 January 2023|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jul/10/guardianobituaries3|archive-date=28 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128030148/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/jul/10/guardianobituaries3|url-status=live}}</ref> 
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Jules Archer]], American historian and author (d. 2008)
*  1915   &ndash; [[Jacques Hnizdovsky]], Ukrainian-American painter, sculptor, and illustrator (d. 1985)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Skitch Henderson]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2005)
*  1918   &ndash; [[Elmore James]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1918   &ndash; [[William Seawell]], American general (d. 2005)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor, created [[Alvin and the Chipmunks]] (d. 1972)<ref>{{cite book|last=Arnold|first=Mark|title=Aaaaalllviiinnn!: The Story of Ross Bagdasarian Sr., Liberty Records, Format Films and The Alvin Show|location=Albany, Ga.|publisher=BearManor Media|date=2019|isbn=978-1-62933-433-2|page=13}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Hiroyoshi Nishizawa]], Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 1944)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Helmut Zacharias]], German violinist and composer (d. 2002)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Donna Reed]], American actress (d. 1986)<ref>{{cite book|last=Bawden|first=James|chapter=Donna Reed|title=Conversations With Legendary Television Stars: Interviews From the First Fifty Years|editor-last1=Bawden|editor-first1=James|editor-last2=Miller |editor-first2=Ron|location=Lexington, Ky.|publisher=The University Press of Kentucky|date=2019|isbn=978-0-8131-7764-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lm6bDwAAQBAJ|page=245|access-date=2023-01-28|archive-date=2023-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421053630/https://books.google.com/books?id=lm6bDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Rauf Denktaş]], Cypriot lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of Northern Cyprus]] (d. 2012)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Brian Rix]], English actor, producer, and politician (d. 2016)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Harvey Shapiro (poet)|Harvey Shapiro]], American poet (d. 2013)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[Fritz Spiegl]], Austrian flute player and journalist (d. 2003)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Ingrid Thulin]], Swedish actress (d. 2004)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Hans Modrow]], Polish-German lawyer and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of East Germany]] (d. 2023)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Mohamed Al-Fayed]], Egyptian-Swiss businessman (d. 2023)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Michael Craig (actor)|Michael Craig]], Indian-English actor and screenwriter<ref>{{cite book|last=Craig|first=Michael|title=The Smallest Giant: An Actor's Life|location=Crows Nest, N.S.W., Australia|publisher=Allen & Unwin|date=2005|isbn=978-1-74114-565-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IPVkcUHljToC|page=6|access-date=2023-01-28|archive-date=2023-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924132349/https://books.google.com/books?id=IPVkcUHljToC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1929   &ndash; [[Gastón Suárez]], Bolivian author and playwright (d. 1984)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Bobby Bland]], American blues singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Mordecai Richler]], Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 2001)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Nigel Vinson, Baron Vinson]], English lieutenant and businessman
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Boris Shakhlin]], Russian-Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2008)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Jerry Buss]], American chemist and businessman (d. 2013)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Édith Cresson]], French politician and diplomat, [[List of Prime Ministers of France|Prime Minister of France]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Edith Cresson |url=https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/edith-cresson |website=Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers |access-date=27 July 2021 |language=en |date=27 February 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727102030/https://www.britannica.com/explore/100women/profiles/edith-cresson |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[George Follmer]], American race car driver
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Steve Demeter]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Troy Donahue]], American actor (d. 2001)<ref>{{cite book|last=Welsh|first=James|chapter=Donahue, Troy|title=The Francis Ford Coppola Encyclopedia|editor-last1=Welsh|editor-first1=James Michael|editor-last2=Hill|editor-first2=Rodney|editor-last3=Phillips|editor-first3=Gene D.|location=Lanham, Md.|publisher=The Scarecrow Press|date=2010|isbn=978-6-61-282038-0|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3m5SrXs42YEC|page=74|access-date=2023-01-28|archive-date=2023-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924133431/https://books.google.com/books?id=3m5SrXs42YEC|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1936   &ndash; [[Samuel C. C. Ting]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Fred Åkerström]], Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1985)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Ahmet Kurtcebe Alptemoçin]], Turkish engineer and politician, 35th [[List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Turkey)|Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
*  1940   &ndash; [[James Cromwell]], American actor<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 22-28|website=The Associated Press|date=January 17, 2023|access-date=January 27, 2023|url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-country-music-tv-celebrity-birthdays-teddy-gentry-07ff63620f848616f7521abdbd6706da|archive-date=January 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128022346/https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-country-music-tv-celebrity-birthdays-teddy-gentry-07ff63620f848616f7521abdbd6706da|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1940   &ndash; [[Terry Harper]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1940   &ndash; [[Petru Lucinschi]], Romanian activist and politician, 2nd [[President of Moldova]]
*  1940   &ndash; [[Reynaldo Rey]], American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Beatrice Tinsley]], New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist (d. 1981)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Marilyn Bailey|last1=Ogilvie|first2=Joy Dorothy|last2=Harvey|title=The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Volume 2 L-Z|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|year=2000|page=1292|isbn=978-0-41592-040-7}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Maki Asakawa]], Japanese singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2010)
*  1942   &ndash; [[Tasuku Honjo]], Japanese immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine
*  1942   &ndash; [[John Witherspoon (actor)|John Witherspoon]], American actor and comedian (d. 2019)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Kate Wolf]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1986)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Julia Cumberlege, Baroness Cumberlege]], English businesswoman and politician
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Peter Akinola]], Nigerian archbishop
*  1944   &ndash; [[Mairead Maguire]], Northern Irish activist, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1944   &ndash; [[Nick Mason]], English drummer, songwriter, and producer
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Harold Cardinal]], Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2005)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Christopher Hum]], English academic and diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to China|British Ambassador to China]]
*  1946   &ndash; [[Nedra Talley]], American singer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Björn Afzelius]], Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Vyron Polydoras]], Greek lawyer and politician, [[Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection|Greek Minister for Public Order]]
*  1947   &ndash; [[Cal Schenkel]], American painter and illustrator
*  1947   &ndash; [[Philip Sugden (historian)|Philip Sugden]], English historian and author (d. 2014)
*  1947   &ndash; [[Perfecto Yasay Jr.]], Filipino lawyer and [[Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Philippines)|Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines]] (d. 2020)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]], Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1948   &ndash; [[Jean-Philippe Collard]], French pianist
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Jiří Bubla]], Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jiri Bubla |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jiri-bubla-8445727 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Seth Justman]], American keyboard player and songwriter
*  1951   &ndash; [[Cees van der Knaap]], Dutch soldier and politician
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Brian Gottfried]], American tennis player
*  1952   &ndash; [[Billy Johnson (American football)|Billy Johnson]], American football player and coach
*  1952   &ndash; [[Tam O'Shaughnessy]], American tennis player, psychologist, and academic
*  1952   &ndash; [[G. E. Smith]], American guitarist and songwriter
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Peter Laird]], American author and illustrator
*  1954   &ndash; [[Ed Schultz]], American talk show host and sportscaster (d. 2018)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Brian Engblom]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
*  1955   &ndash; [[John Roberts]], American lawyer and judge, 17th [[Chief Justice of the United States]]<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Mimi Rogers]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/life-and-culture/j66j-2020/01/abe688f7241977/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-27-2020-includes-celebrities-james-cromwell-mimi-rogers.html|title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 27, 2020 includes celebrities James Cromwell, Mimi Rogers|date=January 27, 2020|website=The Plain Dealer|access-date=January 27, 2023|archive-date=January 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127183747/https://www.cleveland.com/life-and-culture/j66j-2020/01/abe688f7241977/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-27-2020-includes-celebrities-james-cromwell-mimi-rogers.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Janick Gers]], English guitarist and songwriter<ref name="AP"/> 
*  1957   &ndash; [[Frank Miller]], American illustrator, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite book|last=Carveth|first=Ron|chapter=Miller, Frank|title=Icons of the American Comic Book: From Captain America to Wonder Woman. Volume 1|editor-last1=Duncan|editor-first1=Randy|editor-last2=Smith|editor-first2=Matthew J.|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=2013|isbn=978-0-313-39923-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M_bRZ_et8BIC|page=513}}</ref>
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[James Grippando]], American lawyer and author
*  1958   &ndash; [[Alan Milburn]], English businessman and politician, [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]]
*  1958   &ndash; [[Susanna Thompson]], American actress<ref name="auto"/>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Cris Collinsworth]], American football player and sportscaster
*  1959   &ndash; [[Göran Hägglund]], Swedish lawyer and politician, 28th [[Minister for Health and Social Affairs (Sweden)|Swedish Minister for Social Affairs]]
*  1959   &ndash; [[Keith Olbermann]], American journalist and author<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 27, 2022 includes celebrities Patton Oswalt, Rosamund Pike |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-27-2022-includes-celebrities-patton-oswalt-rosamund-pike.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=26 January 2024 |date=27 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Fiona O'Donnell]], Canadian-Scottish politician
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Gillian Gilbert]], English musician, songwriter, and singer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1961   &ndash; [[Narciso Rodriguez]], American fashion designer
*  1961   &ndash; [[Margo Timmins]], Canadian singer-songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Roberto Paci Dalò]], Italian director and composer
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[George Monbiot]], English-Welsh author and activist
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Bridget Fonda]], American actress<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1964   &ndash; [[Jack Haley (basketball)|Jack Haley]], American basketball player (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jack Haley |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3725/jack-haley |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1964   &ndash; [[Patrick van Deurzen]], Dutch composer and academic
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Alan Cumming]], Scottish-American actor<ref name="auto"/>
*  1965   &ndash; [[Mike Newell (footballer)|Mike Newell]], English footballer and manager
*  1965   &ndash; [[Ignacio Noé]], Argentinian author and illustrator
*  1965   &ndash; [[Attila Sekerlioglu]], Austrian footballer and manager
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Tamlyn Tomita]], Japanese-American actress and singer<ref name="auto"/>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Dave Manson]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Tracy Lawrence]], American country singer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Mike Patton]], American singer, composer, and voice artist<ref name="AP"/>
*  1968   &ndash; [[Matt Stover]], American football player
*  1968   &ndash; [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]], English rapper and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Michael Kulas]], Canadian singer-songwriter and producer 
*  1969   &ndash; [[Patton Oswalt]], American comedian and actor<ref name="auto"/>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Shane Thomson]], New Zealand cricketer
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Bradley Clyde]], Australian rugby league player
*  1970   &ndash; [[Dean Headley]], English cricketer and coach
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Patrice Brisebois]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Bibi Gaytán]], Mexican singer and actress<ref>{{citation|website=Quien.net|title=Biografía de Bibi Gaytán - Quién es|access-date=August 24, 2019|url=https://www.quien.net/bibi-gaytan.php|language=es|trans-title=Bibi Gaytán, Who she is|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824134829/https://www.quien.net/bibi-gaytan.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Josh Randall]], American actor<ref name="auto"/>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Bryant Young]], American football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Bryant Young |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/bryant-young/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=19 January 2023 |archive-date=19 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119222054/https://www.profootballhof.com/players/bryant-young/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Valyantsin Byalkevich]], Belarusian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]], Norwegian skier and biathlete
*  1974   &ndash; [[Andrei Pavel]], Romanian tennis player and coach
*  1974   &ndash; [[Chaminda Vaas]], Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Clint Ford]], American screenwriter and voice actor<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=10062|title=Clint Ford - Anime News Network|website=www.animenewsnetwork.com|access-date=September 25, 2023|archive-date=August 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814182845/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=10062|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Danielle George]] {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE|FIET}}, American professor
*  1976   &ndash; [[Ahn Jung-hwan]], South Korean footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Fred Taylor (American football)|Fred Taylor]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Fred Taylor |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1430/fred-taylor |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Tomi Kallio]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tomi Kallio |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tomi-kallio-8462107 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Lonny Baxter]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Lonny Baxter |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2437/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Daniel Vettori]], New Zealand cricketer and coach
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Chanda Gunn]], American ice hockey player and coach
*  1980   &ndash; [[Marat Safin]], Russian tennis player and politician
*  1980   &ndash; [[Jiří Welsch]], Czech basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jiri Welsch |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/2412/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Alicia Molik]], Australian tennis player and sportscaster
*  1981   &ndash; [[Tony Woodcock (rugby player)|Tony Woodcock]], New Zealand rugby player
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Eva Asderaki]], Greek tennis umpire<ref>{{cite web |title=EVA ASDERAKI MOORE - First woman ever to umpire men's US Open final |url=https://www.ellines.com/en/achievements/24017-first-woman-ever-to-umpire-mens-us-open-final/ |website=www.ellines.com |access-date=4 May 2020 |archive-date=2 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802015247/https://www.ellines.com/en/achievements/24017-first-woman-ever-to-umpire-mens-us-open-final/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Carlo Colaiacovo]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Paulo Colaiacovo]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Gavin Floyd]], American baseball player
*  1983   &ndash; [[Lee Grant (footballer, born 1983)|Lee Grant]], English footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/1870/Lee-Grant/overview|title=Lee Grant|website=Premier League|access-date=11 December 2020|archive-date=24 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524035452/https://www.premierleague.com/players/1870/Lee-Grant/overview|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Johan Petro]], French basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Johan Petro |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101130/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Katy Rose]], American singer-songwriter and producer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Anton Shunin]], Russian footballer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Kerlon]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Alberto Botía]], Spanish footballer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Tim Beckham]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Beckham |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/tim-beckham-542921 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Christian Bickel]], German footballer
*  1991   &ndash; [[Julio Teherán]], Colombian baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Julio Teheran |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/julio-teheran-527054 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Stefano Pettinari]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aic.football.it/scheda/22651/pettinari-stefano.htm|title=Scheda anagrafica di Stefano Pettinari|language=it|website=aic.football.it|access-date=28 January 2019|archive-date=28 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128191247/https://aic.football.it/scheda/22651/pettinari-stefano.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Desiree Becker]], German politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Abgeordnete - Desiree Becker |url=https://www.bundestag.de/abgeordnete/biografien/B/becker_desiree-1043592 |publisher=[[Bundestag ]] |access-date=25 February 2025 |archive-url= |archive-date= |location=Berlin, Germany |language=de}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Jack Stephens (footballer)|Jack Stephens]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2022-01-27/video-happy-birthday-jack-stephens-southampton-football-club-27-january-2022|title=Happy Birthday Jack Stephens|website=southamptonfc.com|access-date=27 January 2022|archive-date=2022-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127181141/https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2022-01-27/video-happy-birthday-jack-stephens-southampton-football-club-27-january-2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Harrison Reed (footballer)|Harrison Reed]], English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fulhamfc.com/player-profiles/harrison-reed|title=Harrison Reed|website=fulhamfc.com|access-date=26 January 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803115934/http://www.fulhamfc.com/player-profiles/harrison-reed|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Braeden Lemasters]], American actor, musician, and singer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Devin Druid]], American actor<ref name="UPI"/>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 98|98]] &ndash; [[Nerva]], Roman emperor (b. 35)
* [[457]] &ndash; [[Marcian]], Byzantine emperor (b. 392)
* [[555]] &ndash; [[Emperor Yuan of Liang|Yuan Di]], emperor of the Liang Dynasty (b. 508)
* [[672]] &ndash; [[Pope Vitalian]]
* [[847]] &ndash; [[Pope Sergius II]] (b. 790)
* [[906]] &ndash; [[Liu Can (Tang dynasty)|Liu Can]], [[Chancellor of the Tang dynasty|chancellor of the Tang Dynasty]]
* [[931]] &ndash; [[Ruotger of Trier|Ruotger]], archbishop of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Trier|Trier]]
* [[947]] &ndash; [[Zhang Yanze]], Chinese general and governor
*[[1062]] &ndash; [[Adelaide of Hungary]], (b. c. 1040)
*[[1311]] &ndash; [[Külüg Khan, Emperor Wuzong of Yuan]]
*[[1377]] &ndash; [[Frederick the Simple]], King of Sicily
*[[1490]] &ndash; [[Ashikaga Yoshimasa]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1435)
*[[1504]] &ndash; [[Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo]] (b. 1438)
*[[1540]] &ndash; [[Angela Merici]], Italian educator and saint, founded the [[Company of St. Ursula]] (b. 1474)
*[[1592]] &ndash; [[Gian Paolo Lomazzo]], Italian painter (b. 1538)
*[[1596]] &ndash; [[Francis Drake]], English captain and explorer (b. 1540)
===1601–1900===
*[[1629]] &ndash; [[Hieronymus Praetorius]], German organist and composer (b. 1560)
*[[1638]] &ndash; [[Gonzalo de Céspedes y Meneses]], Spanish author and poet (b. 1585)
*[[1651]] &ndash; [[Abraham Bloemaert]], Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1566)
*[[1688]] &ndash; [[Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang]] of China (b. 1613)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sr |first1=Arthur W. Hummel |title=Eminent Chinese of the Qing Period: 1644-1911/2 |date=1 January 2018 |publisher=Berkshire Publishing Group |isbn=978-1-61472-849-8 |page=705 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ge9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA705 |language=en |access-date=19 March 2023 |archive-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230318191515/https://books.google.com/books?id=6Ge9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA705 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1689]] &ndash; [[Robert Aske (merchant)|Robert Aske]], English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1619)
*[[1731]] &ndash; [[Bartolomeo Cristofori]], Italian instrument maker, invented the [[piano]] (b. 1655)
*[[1733]] &ndash; [[Thomas Woolston]], English theologian and author (b. 1669)
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon]] (b. 1692)
*[[1770]] &ndash; [[Philippe Macquer]], French historian (b. 1720)
*[[1794]] &ndash; [[Antoine Philippe de La Trémoille]], French general (b. 1765)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[John Perkins (Royal Navy officer)|John Perkins]], Anglo-Jamaican captain
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Johann Gottlieb Fichte]], German philosopher and academic (b. 1762)
*[[1816]] &ndash; [[Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood]], English admiral and politician (b. 1724)
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[John James Audubon]], French-American ornithologist and painter (b. 1789)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Paavo Ruotsalainen]], Finnish farmer and lay preacher (b. 1777)<ref>[https://www.aholansaari.fi/paavo-ruotsalainen/ Paavo Ruotsalainen – Aholansaari] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130171934/https://www.aholansaari.fi/paavo-ruotsalainen/ |date=2020-11-30 }} (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1860]] &ndash; [[János Bolyai]], Romanian-Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1802)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Adam Sedgwick]], British geologist, Anglican priest and doctoral advisor to [[Charles Darwin]] (b. 1785)<ref name="Elvin 2022">{{cite web | last=Elvin | first=Thea | title=This week in scientific history – the death of Sedgwick | website=Varsity Online | date=2022-12-15 | url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/science/16904 | access-date=2022-12-15 | archive-date=2022-12-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215165116/https://www.varsity.co.uk/science/16904 | url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Edward Middleton Barry]], English architect and academic, co-designed the [[Halifax Town Hall]] and the [[Royal Opera House, Valletta|Royal Opera House]] (b. 1830)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Verdi]], Italian composer (b. 1813)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Thomas Crapper]], English plumber and businessman (b. 1836)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Ernst Sars]], Norwegian historian (b. 1835)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ernst Sars |first1=Narve |last1=Fulsås |first2=Tor Ragnar |last2=Weidling |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=21 March 2024 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ernst_Sars |language=no|access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Endre Ady]], Hungarian poet and journalist (b. 1877)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Maurice Buckley]], Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Nellie Bly]], American journalist and author (b. 1864)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor=Commire, Anne|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=14|year=2002|publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group|location=Waterford|isbn=978-0-78764-073-6|page=65}}</ref>
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius]], Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Nishinoumi Kajirō II]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th [[Yokozuna (sumo)|Yokozuna]] (b. 1880)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Isaac Babel]], Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Kaarel Eenpalu]], Estonian journalist and politician, [[Prime Minister of Estonia]] (b. 1888)
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim]], Finnish field marshal and politician, 6th [[President of Finland]] (b. 1867)
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Erich Kleiber]], Austrian conductor and director (b. 1890)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Bernard Friedberg]], Austrian scholar and author (b. 1876)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[John Farrow]], Australian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Abraham Walkowitz]], American painter (b. 1878)
*[[1967]] &ndash; crew of [[Apollo 1]]
**                [[Roger B. Chaffee]], American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite web |title=Roger B. Chaffee {{!}} American astronaut |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roger-B-Chaffee |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129031135/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roger-B-Chaffee |url-status=live }}</ref>
**                [[Gus Grissom]], American pilot and astronaut (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |title=Virgil I. Grissom {{!}} American astronaut |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Virgil-I-Grissom |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128055737/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Virgil-I-Grissom |url-status=live }}</ref>
**                [[Ed White (astronaut)|Ed White]], American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward H. White II {{!}} American astronaut |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-H-White-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 January 2021 |language=en |archive-date=15 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515011632/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edward-H-White-II |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1967   &ndash; [[Alphonse Juin]], Algerian-French general (b. 1888)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Rocco D'Assunta]], Italian actor, comedian and playwright (b. 1904)
*  1970   &ndash; [[Marietta Blau]], Austrian physicist and academic (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite book|first=Leopold E.|last=Halpen|chapter=Marietta Blau|editor-first1=Marelene F.|editor-last1=Rayner-Canham|editor-first2=Geoffrey|editor-last2=Rayner-Canham|title=A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity|location=Montréal|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|year=1997|isbn=978-0-77351-642-7|page=203}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Jacobo Árbenz]], Guatemalan captain and politician, [[President of Guatemala]] (b. 1913)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Mahalia Jackson]], American singer (b. 1911)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[William Nolde]], American colonel (b. 1929)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Georgios Grivas]], Cypriot general (b. 1898)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Bill Walsh (producer)|Bill Walsh]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1913)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Victoria Ocampo]]. Argentine writer (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite book|first=Tracy|last=Chevalier|title=Encyclopedia of the Essay|location=London|publisher=Routledge|year=2016|page=612|isbn=978-1-88496-430-5}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Trần Văn Hương]], South Vietnamese politician, 3rd [[President of the Republic of Vietnam|President of South Vietnam]], 3rd [[Leaders of South Vietnam#Vice Presidents|Vice President of South Vietnam]], and 3rd [[Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam|Prime Minister of South Vietnam]] (b. 1902)<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www-bbc-com.translate.goog/vietnamese/forum-56891301?_x_tr_sl=vi&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc | title=April 30: Recalling the life of the late President of the Republic of Vietnam Trần Văn Hương | work=BBC | author=Nguyen Quang Duy | date=2021-04-27 | access-date=2022-07-28 | archive-date=2022-07-28 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728082233/https://www-bbc-com.translate.goog/vietnamese/forum-56891301?_x_tr_sl=vi&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc | url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Louis de Funès]], French actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Lilli Palmer]], German-American actress (b. 1914)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Norman McLaren]], Scottish-Canadian animator and director (b. 1914)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Massa Makan Diabaté]], Malian historian, author, and playwright (b. 1938)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Thomas Sopwith]], English ice hockey player and pilot (b. 1888)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[André the Giant]], French professional wrestler and actor (b. 1946)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Claude Akins]], American actor (b. 1918)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Ralph Yarborough]], American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Gulda]], Austrian pianist and composer (b. 1930)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Henryk Jabłoński]], Polish historian and politician, [[President of Poland]] (b. 1909)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Salvador Laurel]], Filipino lawyer and politician, 10th [[Vice President of the Philippines]] (b. 1928)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Jack Paar]], American talk show host and author (b. 1918)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Gene McFadden]], American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Johannes Rau]], German journalist and politician, 8th [[President of Germany]] (b. 1931)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Yang Chuan-kwang]], Taiwanese decathlete, long jumper, and hurdler (b. 1933)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Suharto]], Indonesian general and politician, 2nd [[President of Indonesia]] (b. 1921)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Gordon B. Hinckley]], American religious leader and author, 15th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. 1910)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Louie Welch]], American businessman and politician, 54th [[List of mayors of Houston|Mayor of Houston]] (b. 1918)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[John Updike]], American novelist, short story writer, and critic (b. 1932)
*  2009   &ndash; [[R. Venkataraman]], Indian lawyer and politician, 8th [[President of India]] (b. 1910)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Zelda Rubinstein]], American actress (b. 1933)
*  2010   &ndash; [[J. D. Salinger]], American soldier and author (b. 1919)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Howard Zinn]], American historian, author, and activist (b. 1922)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Charlie Callas]], American comedian and musician (b. 1927)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Greg Cook]], American football player and sportscaster (b. 1946)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ted Dicks]], English composer and screenwriter (b. 1928)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Jeannette Hamby]], American nurse and politician (b. 1933)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Kevin White (mayor)|Kevin White]], American politician, 51st [[Mayor of Boston]] (b. 1929)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Ivan Bodiul]], Ukrainian-Russian politician (b. 1918)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Stanley Karnow]], American journalist and historian (b. 1925)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Pete Seeger]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist (b. 1919)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Epimaco Velasco]], Filipino lawyer and politician, [[Governor of Cavite]] (b. 1935)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Paul Zorner]], German soldier and pilot (b. 1920)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Rocky Bridges]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)
*  2015   &ndash; [[David Landau (journalist)|David Landau]], English-Israeli journalist (b. 1947)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Joseph Rotman]], Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1935)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Charles Hard Townes]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1915)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Larry Winters]], American wrestler and trainer (b. 1956)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Carlos Loyzaga]], Filipino basketball player and coach (b. 1930)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Emmanuelle Riva]], French actress (b. 1927)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Arthur H. Rosenfeld]], American physicist (b. 1926)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Ingvar Kamprad]], Founder of [[IKEA]] (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite news|last1=McFadden|first1=Robert D.|title=Ingvar Kamprad, Founder of Ikea and Creator of a Global Empire, Dies at 91|url=https://nyti.ms/2GmrvOy|access-date=29 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=28 January 2018|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924133352/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/28/obituaries/ingvar-kamprad-dies.html?smid=pl-share|url-status=live}}</ref>
*  2018   &ndash; [[Mort Walker]], American cartoonist (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/obituaries/mort-walker-dead-beetle-bailey-cartoonist.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/obituaries/mort-walker-dead-beetle-bailey-cartoonist.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Mort Walker, Creator of 'Beetle Bailey' Comic Strip, Dies at 94|work=The New York Times|date=27 January 2018|author=Goldstein, Richard}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau]], German socialite (b. 1958)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.maya-von-schoenburg-glauchau-schwester-von-gloria-von-thurn-und-taxis-ist-tot.ec2f0ab0-29ba-4cda-8bc4-f7388a39765a.html| title = Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau: Schwester von Gloria von Thurn und Taxis ist tot| date = 28 January 2019| website = Abendzeitung| access-date = 29 January 2019| archive-date = 29 January 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190129122736/https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/inhalt.maya-von-schoenburg-glauchau-schwester-von-gloria-von-thurn-und-taxis-ist-tot.ec2f0ab0-29ba-4cda-8bc4-f7388a39765a.html| url-status = live}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Lina Ben Mhenni]],  Tunisian Internet activist and blogger (b. 1983)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Blaise|first=Lilia|date=2020-01-29|title=Lina Ben Mhenni, 36, 'a Tunisian Girl' Who Confronted Regime, Dies|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/world/middleeast/lina-ben-mhenni-dead.html|access-date=2021-01-02|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2021-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210101130305/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/world/middleeast/lina-ben-mhenni-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Cloris Leachman]], American actress and comedian (b. 1926)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Quinn |first1=Dave |title=Cloris Leachman, Oscar Winner and Mary Tyler Moore Show Star, Dies at 94 |url=https://people.com/tv/cloris-leachman-dies/ |publisher=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=28 January 2021 |archive-date=28 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128215156/https://people.com/tv/cloris-leachman-dies/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/arts/television/cloris-leachman-dead.html|title=Cloris Leachman, Oscar Winner and TV Comedy Star, Is Dead at 94|first=Robert|last=Berkvist|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 27, 2021|access-date=January 29, 2021|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221173056/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/arts/television/cloris-leachman-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/cloris-leachman-dead/2021/01/27/53863b30-7309-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html|title=Cloris Leachman, Oscar-winning actress who played Frau Blücher (neighhh!) in 'Young Frankenstein,' dies at 94|first=Adam|last=Bernstein|via=www.washingtonpost.com|access-date=2021-01-29|archive-date=2021-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129120517/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/cloris-leachman-dead/2021/01/27/53863b30-7309-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Nunuk Nuraini]], Indonesian food scientist (b. 1961)<ref name="Saptoyo">{{cite web |last1=Saptoyo |first1=Rosy Dewi Arianti |last2=Nugroho |first2=Rizal Setyo |title=Nunuk Nuraini, Peracik Bumbu Indomie, Meninggal Dunia |url=https://www.kompas.com/tren/read/2021/01/27/223954065/nunuk-nuraini-peracik-bumbu-indomie-meninggal-dunia?page=all |website=Kompas.com |access-date=14 September 2023 |language=id |date=27 January 2021 |archive-date=17 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230717033001/https://www.kompas.com/tren/read/2021/01/27/223954065/nunuk-nuraini-peracik-bumbu-indomie-meninggal-dunia?page=all |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Andy Devine (English actor)|Andy Devine]],  British TV actor (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andy Devine: Emmerdale actor died after accidental fall, coroner concludes |url=https://news.sky.com/story/andy-devine-emmerdale-actor-died-after-accidental-fall-coroner-concludes-12624791 |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=2022-06-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601141242/https://news.sky.com/story/andy-devine-emmerdale-actor-died-after-accidental-fall-coroner-concludes-12624791 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Angela Merici]]
**[[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Paul Joseph Nardini]]
**[[Devota]] ([[Public holidays in Monaco|Monaco]])
**[[Enrique de Ossó y Cercelló]]
**[[John Chrysostom]] (translation of relics) ([[Anglican]], [[Lutheran]], [[Eastern Orthodox]])
**[[Saint Sava|Sava]] ([[Public holidays in Serbia|Serbia]])
**[[January 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Days of Military Honour|Day of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad]] ([[Russia]])
*[[Liberation of Auschwitz concentration camp|Liberation of the remaining inmates of Auschwitz]]-related observances:
**[[Holocaust Memorial Day (UK)]]
**[[International Holocaust Remembrance Day]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015 |archive-date=4 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904233724/https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
**[[Memorial Day (Italy)]]
**Other [[Holocaust Memorial Days]] observances

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/27 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=27}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/27 Historical Events on January 27]

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[[Category:Days of January]]