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==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *1477 &ndash; Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.<ref>{{cite book|title=A guide to the town of Berne, by a Cantab|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Q8IAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA5|year=1859|page=5}}</ref>

===1601–1900=== *1675 &ndash; Battle of Colmar: The French army defeats forces from Austria and Brandenburg.<ref>{{cite book|author=William Edwards|title=Notes on European History: The reformation and ascendancy of France, 1494-1715|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QAILAQAAMAAJ|year=1952|publisher=Rivingtons|page=530}}</ref> *1757 &ndash; Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, who becomes the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering (the traditional form of capital punishment used for regicides).<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Damiens, Robert François |volume=7 |page=788}}</ref> *1781 &ndash; American Revolutionary War: Richmond, Virginia, is burned by British naval forces led by former American general Benedict Arnold.<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Arnold, Benedict |volume= 02 | pages = 633–634; see page 634 |quote= ...and was employed in leading an expedition into Virginia which burned Richmond...}}</ref> *1822 &ndash; The government of Central America votes for total annexation to the First Mexican Empire.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Kenyon|first1=Gordon|date=1 May 1961|title=Mexican Influence in Central America, 1821–1823|journal=Hispanic American Historical Review|publisher=Duke University Press|volume=41|issue=2|doi=10.1215/00182168-41.2.175|doi-access=|jstor=2510200|url=https://read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article/41/2/175/160110/Mexican-Influence-in-Central-America-1821-1823|access-date=3 July 2022|pages=183–184|url-access=subscription}}</ref> *1875 &ndash; The Palais Garnier, one of the most famous opera houses in the world, is inaugurated in Paris.<ref>{{cite book|author=Anthony Gishford|title=Grand opera: the story of the world's leading opera houses and personalities|url=https://archive.org/details/grandoperastoryo00gish|url-access=registration|date=November 1972|publisher=Viking Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/grandoperastoryo00gish/page/55 55]|isbn=978-0-670-34749-0}}</ref> *1895 &ndash; Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.<ref>{{cite book|author=Brian Lenihan|title=For the record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1KsMAQAAMAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Blackwater Press|isbn=978-0-86121-362-7|page=4}}</ref> *1900 &ndash; Irish nationalist leader John Edward Redmond calls for revolt against British rule.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the 20th Century|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1987|page=10|isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>

===1901–present=== *1911 &ndash; Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third-oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUTiAAAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Morse & Bagg|page=2731}}</ref> *1912 &ndash; The sixth All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.<ref>{{cite book|author=Vladimir Ilʹich Lenin|title=Collected Works|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cY4fAQAAMAAJ|year=1971|publisher=Progress Publishers|page=536}}</ref> *1913 &ndash; First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Richard Arnold-Baker|author2=George P. Cremos|title=Averof: The Ship that Changed History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZffAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Akritas Publications|isbn=978-960-7006-32-5|page=30}}</ref> *1914 &ndash; The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/jan-5-1914-henry-ford-implements-5-a-day-wage/ |title=Henry Ford implements $5-a-day wage |date=5 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105070053/https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/05/jan-5-1914-henry-ford-implements-5-a-day-wage/ |archive-date=2018-01-05 |url-status=live|access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref> *1919 &ndash; The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded in Munich.<ref>{{cite book|author=F. L. Carsten|title=The Rise of Fascism, Second Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=97gy4DHuY9EC&pg=PA91|date=13 November 1982|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-04643-6|page=91}}</ref> *1925 &ndash; Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Historical Encyclopedia of Wyoming|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rV48AAAAIAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Wyoming Historical Institute|page=237}}</ref> *1933 &ndash; Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/news_events/bridge/gate_2.html |title=Bridging the Bay: Bridges That Never Were |publisher=UC Berkeley Library |access-date=February 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522104530/http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/news_events/bridge/gate_2.html |archive-date=May 22, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> *1941 &ndash; Amy Johnson, a 37-year-old pilot and the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia, disappears after bailing out of her plane over the River Thames, and is presumed dead.<ref>{{cite book|title=Amy Johnson: queen of the air|last=Gillies|first= Midge|date=2004|publisher=Phoenix|isbn=0-7538-1770-5|location=London|oclc=56451512}}</ref> *1944 &ndash; The ''Daily Mail'' becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Nathan Kane|title=Famous First Facts and Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NttiC-UaOTMC|page=416}}</ref> *1945 &ndash; The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Geoffrey Swain|author2=Nigel Swain|title=Eastern Europe Since 1945|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RHU7DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA33|date=23 November 2017|publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education|isbn=978-1-137-60513-9|page=33}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> *1948 &ndash; The Semiramis Hotel bombing kills at least 23 people.<ref name="L&C">{{Cite book |last1=Lapierre |first1=Dominique |title=O Jerusalem |last2=Collins |first2=Larry |year=1972 |pages=128–133}}</ref> *1949 &ndash; In his State of the Union address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.<ref>{{cite book|author=Melvyn P. Leffler|title=A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pIIeG_yn72wC&pg=PA266|year=1992|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-2218-6|page=266}}</ref> *1953 &ndash; The play ''Waiting for Godot'' by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.<ref>{{cite book|author=Alan Astro|title=Understanding Samuel Beckett|url=https://archive.org/details/understandingsam0000astr|url-access=registration|year=1990|publisher=Univ of South Carolina Press|isbn=978-0-87249-686-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/understandingsam0000astr/page/16 16]}}</ref> *1957 &ndash; In a speech given to the United States Congress, United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces the establishment of what will later be called the Eisenhower Doctrine.<ref>{{cite book|author=Heiko Meiertöns|title=The Doctrines of US Security Policy: An Evaluation under International Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZQrT7il4NcC&pg=PA122|date=10 June 2010|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-48913-3|page=122}}</ref> *1967 &ndash; Cultural Revolution: The Shanghai People's Commune is established following the seizure of power from local city officials by revolutionaries.<ref>{{cite book|last=Meisner|first=Maurice|author-link=Maurice Meisner|title=Mao's China and After: A History of the People's Republic|year=1986|location=New York|publisher=Free Press|isbn=978-0-02-920870-0|oclc=13270932|edition=3rd|url=https://libcom.org/library/maos-china-after-history-peoples-republic-maurice-meisner|pages=327–329}}</ref> *1968 &ndash; Alexander Dubček comes to power in Czechoslovakia, effectively beginning the "Prague Spring".<ref>{{cite book|author=Karen Dawisha|title=The Kremlin and the Prague Spring|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FNxU19KzoKIC|date=1 January 1984|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-04971-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FNxU19KzoKIC/page/n29 17]}}</ref> *1969 &ndash; The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-001A|title=NASA – NSSDCA – Spacecraft – Details|website=nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov|access-date=2019-11-13|archive-date=2019-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514144545/https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1969-001A|url-status=dead}}</ref> from Baikonur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/craft/ven2vv69.htm|title=Venera 2V (V-69)|date=2012-04-05|access-date=2019-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405003320/http://www.astronautix.com/craft/ven2vv69.htm|archive-date=2012-04-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/archives/from-the-archives-may-17-1969-soviet-spacecraft-lands-on-venus/article27152921.ece|title=From the Archives (May 17, 1969): Soviet spacecraft lands on Venus|date=2019-05-17|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-11-13|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> * 1969 &ndash; Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes in Fernhill, West Sussex, UK, while on approach to Gatwick Airport, killing 50 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-113C YA-FAR London-Gatwick Airport (LGW)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690105-0|access-date=2022-01-05|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> *1970 &ndash; The 7.1 {{M|w}} Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured.<ref>{{cite book| ref=Reference-Zchau-2003 |last=Zschau|first=Jochen|author2=Andreas N. Küppers|title=Early Warning Systems for Natural Disaster Reduction|year=2003|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-540-67962-2|page=482}}</ref> *1970 &ndash; A Spantax Convair CV-990 Coronado crashes during takeoff from Stockholm Arlanda Airport, killing five people.<ref name="AS.net">{{cite web |title=05 JAN 1970 |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700105-1 |access-date=13 January 2012 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation}}</ref> *1972 &ndash; US President Richard Nixon announces the Space Shuttle program.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Space Shuttle Program Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/21/us/space-shuttle-program-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=2022-01-13|publisher=CNN|date=21 October 2013}}</ref> *1975 &ndash; The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier ''Lake Illawarra'', killing twelve people.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Acts of the Parliament of Tasmania|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4eI_AQAAIAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Government Printer|page=68}}</ref> *1976 &ndash; The Khmer Rouge announce that the new Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea is ratified.<ref>{{cite book|last=Nhem|first=Boraden|title=The Khmer Rouge: Ideology, Militarism, and the Revolution That Consumed a Generation|location=Santa Barbara, Calif.|publisher=Praeger|date=2013|isbn=978-0-313-39337-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZRiMAQAAQBAJ|page=45}}</ref> * 1976 &ndash; The Troubles: Gunmen shoot dead ten Protestant civilians after stopping their minibus at Kingsmill in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK, allegedly as retaliation for a string of attacks on Catholic civilians in the area by Loyalists, particularly the killing of six Catholics the night before.<ref>{{cite book|author=Darach MacDonald|title=The Chosen Fews: Exploding Myths in South Armagh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WIMiAQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Mercier Press|isbn=978-1-85635-329-8|page=181}}</ref> *1991 &ndash; Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991–92 South Ossetia War.<ref>{{cite book|last=Zürcher|first=Cristopher|author2=Pavel Baev, Jan Koehler|title=Understanding civil war: evidence and analysis, Volume 2|publisher=The World Bank|year=2005|chapter=Civil Wars in the Caucasus|isbn=978-0-8213-6049-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNTQ-BDLPxIC&q=south+ossetia| access-date= 21 July 2010 <!--DASHBot-->}}</ref> * 1991 &ndash; Somali Civil War: The United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu is evacuated by helicopter airlift days after the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu.<ref>{{cite book|author=Leo J. Daugherty III|title=The Marine Corps and the State Department: Enduring Partners in United States Foreign Policy, 1798-2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ir-hm6IGWnEC&pg=PA284|date=22 April 2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-5301-6|page=284}}</ref> *1993 &ndash; The oil tanker MV ''Braer'' runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands, spilling 84,700 tons of crude oil.<ref>{{csr|register=PSIX|id=VN83930947|shipname=Braer|access-date=2008-04-21}}</ref> *2003 &ndash; A suicide bombing at the Tel Aviv central bus station kills 23 people and injures over 100 more. *2005 &ndash; The dwarf planet Eris is discovered by Palomar Observatory-based astronomers, later motivating the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to define the term ''planet'' for the first time.<ref name="New Planet">{{cite web| title = The discovery of 2003 UB313 Eris, the largest known dwarf planet|url=http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/| last = Brown| first = Mike| publisher = California Institute of Technology, Department of Geological Sciences|year = 2006| access-date = May 3, 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719163702/http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/planetlila/| archive-date = July 19, 2011| url-status = live}}</ref> *2014 &ndash; A launch of the communication satellite GSAT-14 aboard the GSLV MK.II D5 marks the first successful flight of an Indian cryogenic engine.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isro.gov.in/gslv-d5/mission.aspx | title=GSLV-D5 with Indigenous Cryogenic Stage successfully launches GSAT-14 from SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota on 5 January 2014 | publisher=ISRO | date=5 January 2014 | access-date=5 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104230506/http://www.isro.gov.in/gslv-d5/mission.aspx | archive-date=4 January 2014 }}</ref> *2022 &ndash; Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dismisses Prime Minister Asqar Mamin and declares state of emergency over the 2022 Kazakh unrest.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-05 |title=Kazakh president sacks cabinet, declares emergency amid unrest |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/5/emergency-declared-in-kazakhstans-almaty-mangistau-amid-unrest |access-date=2023-08-17 |publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref> *2023 &ndash; The 2023 Sinaloa unrest begins.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 January 2023 |title=Mexican airline Aeromexico says a plane was hit by gunfire, no reported injuries |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexican-airline-aeromexico-says-plane-was-hit-gunfire-no-reported-inju-rcna64520 |access-date=5 January 2023 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref> *2024 &ndash; Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 makes an emergency landing at Portland International Airport after a door plug blows off the Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating the flight. There are no fatalities, but the accident prompts the 737 MAX to be grounded and renews scrutiny on Boeing's manufacturing and design issues.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 12, 2024 |title=FAA Increasing Oversight of Boeing Production and Manufacturing |url=https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/faa-increasing-oversight-boeing-production-and-manufacturing |access-date=January 12, 2024 |website=Federal Aviation Administration}}</ref>

==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *1209 &ndash; Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, English prince, nominal King of Germany (died 1272)<ref>{{cite book | first=Frederick Lewis | last=Weis| editor-first1 = Walter Lee | editor-last1 = Sheppard | editor-first2 = David | editor-last2 = Faris | title=Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America Before 1700: The Lineage of Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and Some of Their Descendants | location=London, U.K. | publisher=Genealogical Publishing Com | year=1992 |page=232| isbn = 978-0-8063-1367-2}}</ref> *1530 &ndash; Gaspar de Bono, monk of the Order of the Minims (died 1571)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMx5C4BtFwAC&q=%22gaspar+de+bono%22|first1=Pietro Agostino |last1=Miloni|title=Vida del beato Gaspar de Bono ... del orden de Minimos|place=Valencia|translator-first=Francisco |translator-last=Burguete|year=1787|access-date=2019-09-11}}{{in lang|es}}</ref> *1548 &ndash; Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (died 1617)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Francisco Suárez|author2=Henry Davis|title=Selections from Three Works of Francisco Suárez, S.J.: The photographic reproduction of the selections from the original editions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vS6iAAAAMAAJ|year=1944|publisher=Clarendon Press|page=xxxvii}}</ref> *1587 &ndash; Xu Xiake, Chinese geographer and explorer (died 1641)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Chun-shu Chang|author2=Shelley Hsueh-lun Chang|title=Crisis and Transformation in Seventeenth-century China: Society, Culture, and Modernity in Li Yü's World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UuXmRrr6F0MC&pg=PA314|year=1998|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=0-472-08528-X|page=314}}</ref> *1592 &ndash; Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor (died 1666)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shah-Jahan|title=Shah Jahān|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=16 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814105459/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Shah-Jahan|archive-date=14 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

===1601–1900=== *1620 &ndash; Miklós Zrínyi, Croatian military commander (died 1664)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Zrinyi, Miklós, Count (younger) |volume= 28 |last= Bain |first= Robert Nisbet |author-link= Robert Nisbet Bain | pages = 1045&ndash;1046 }}</ref> *1640 &ndash; Paolo Lorenzani, Italian composer (died 1713)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/paolo-lorenzani_(Dizionario-Biografico)|title=Lorenzani, Paolo|website=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani|publisher=Treccani|language=it|access-date=16 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202024642/http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/paolo-lorenzani_(Dizionario-Biografico)/|archive-date=2 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> *1735 &ndash; Claude Martin, French-English general and explorer (died 1800)<ref>{{cite book|author1=M. A. Beg|author2=M.A.J. Beg|title=Guide to Lucknow|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QPzf4TxgKTcC&pg=PA54|date=July 2002|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-1536-6|page=54}}</ref> *1767 &ndash; Jean-Baptiste Say, French economist and academic (died 1832)<ref>{{cite book|author=Evelyn L. Forget|title=The Social Economics of Jean-Baptiste Say: Markets and Virtue|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpGEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA12|date=31 January 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-63080-6|page=12}}</ref> *1779 &ndash; Stephen Decatur, American commander (died 1820)<ref>{{cite book|author=Benson John Lossing|title=The Pictorial Field-book of the War of 1812|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=itN2AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA989|year=1869|publisher=Harper & Brothers|pages=989–|isbn=978-1-4047-5113-2}}</ref> * 1779 &ndash; Zebulon Pike, American general and explorer (died 1813)<ref>{{cite book|title=Somerset County Historical Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wg1JAQAAMAAJ|year=1919|publisher=Somerset County Historical Society|page=241}}</ref> *1781 &ndash; Gaspar Flores de Abrego, three terms mayor of San Antonio, in Spanish Texas (died 1836)<ref name="JYL">{{cite news|author=Camilla Campbell|date=November 26, 2008|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/ffl26|title=Handbook of Texas Online: FLORES DE ABREGO, JOSÉ GASPAR MARÍA|publisher= Handbook of Texas Online}} Consulted in May 22–26, 2010.</ref> *1793 &ndash; Harvey Putnam, American lawyer and politician (died 1855)<ref>{{cite book|author=James Osborne Putnam|title=Biographical Sketch of the Late Hon. Harvey Putnam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RxwuAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5|year=1868|publisher=Haas & Kelley|page=5}}</ref> *1808 &ndash; Anton Füster, Austrian priest and activist (died 1881)<ref>{{cite book|title=Acta neophilologica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZRfzAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Filozofska fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani|page=83}}</ref> *1834 &ndash; William John Wills, English surgeon and explorer (died 1861)<ref>{{cite book|author=William John Wills|title=A Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia: From Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria|url=https://archive.org/details/asuccessfulexpl00willgoog|year=1863|publisher=Richard Bentley|pages=[https://archive.org/details/asuccessfulexpl00willgoog/page/n25 1]}}</ref> *1838 &ndash; Camille Jordan, French mathematician and academic (died 1922)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jagdish Mehra|author2=Helmut Rechenberg|author-link1=Jagdish Mehra |author-link2=Helmut Rechenberg |title=The Historical Development of Quantum Theory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=njWjKuYNQSgC&pg=PA22|date=28 December 2000|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-0-387-95177-5|page=22}}</ref> *1846 &ndash; Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1926)<ref>{{cite book|author=Shri Murari Sinha|title=Nobel Laureates of Literature, 1901–1973|url=https://archive.org/details/nobellaureatesof0000sinh|url-access=registration|year=1975|publisher=S. Chand|page=[https://archive.org/details/nobellaureatesof0000sinh/page/32 32]}}</ref> * 1846 &ndash; Mariam Baouardy, Syrian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (died 1878)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alban Butler|author2=Paul Burns|title=Butler's Lives of the Saints: August|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O8O1_vnTS3QC&pg=PA263|date=1 January 1998|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-86012-257-9|page=263}}</ref> *1855 &ndash; King Camp Gillette, American businessman, founded the Gillette Company (died 1932)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Gillette Blade ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ECuyAAAAMAAJ|year=1918|page=3}}</ref> *1864 &ndash; Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and manager (died 1911)<ref>{{cite book|author=David L. Porter|title=Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: A-F|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AUFUw01sIWYC&pg=PA229|year=2000|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-31174-1|page=229}}</ref> *1865 &ndash; Fatima Cates, British Muslim convert and activist (died 1900)<ref>{{cite web|last1=Birt|first1=Yahya|title=Our Fatima of Liverpool |url=https://www.europeana.eu/en/stories/our-fatima-of-liverpool|website=Europeana|date=29 March 2023}}</ref> *1867 &ndash; Dimitrios Gounaris, Greek lawyer and politician, 94th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1922)<ref name="Spuler1977">{{cite book|author=Bertold Spuler|title=Rulers and governments of the world|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_o2ZMSDzfhMC|date=1 July 1977|publisher=Bowker|isbn=978-0-85935-009-9|page=264}}</ref> *1871 &ndash; Frederick Converse, American composer and academic (died 1940)<ref>{{cite book|author1=David Mason Greene|author2=Constance Green|title=Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA984|year=1985|publisher=Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd.|isbn=978-0-385-14278-6|page=984}}</ref> *1874 &ndash; Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965)<ref>{{cite book|publisher=National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)|title=Report of the National Academy of Sciences|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZkrAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA15|id=NAP:12062|page=15|year=1945}}</ref> *1876 &ndash; Konrad Adenauer, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of West Germany (died 1967)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Whitney |first1=Craig R. |title=Neighbors Honor Adenauer's Birth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/01/05/archives/neighbors-honor-adenauers-birth-100th-anniversary-of-west-german.html |access-date=27 July 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=5 January 1976}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Bernhard Vogel|author2=Rudolf Dolzer|author3=Matthias Herdegen|title=After the Iraq War: The Future of the UN and International Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-3IzZYWmeJgC&pg=PR12|year=2005|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=978-81-87358-21-3|page=12}}</ref> *1879 &ndash; Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician and academic (died 1946)<ref>{{cite book|author=Allen G. Debus|title=World Who's who in Science|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CZNNAQAAIAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Marquis-Who's Who|page=527}}</ref> *1880 &ndash; Nikolai Medtner, Russian pianist and composer (died 1951)<ref>{{cite book|author=Evan Senior|title=Music and Musicians|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hwBMAAAAYAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Hansom Books|page=20}}</ref> *1881 &ndash; Pablo Gargallo, Spanish sculptor and painter (died 1934)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Pablo Gargallo|author2=María Casanova|author3=Vicky Menor|author4=Rafael Ordóñez Fernández|title=Pablo Gargallo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qr9KAQAAIAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Institut Valencià d'Art Modern|isbn=978-84-482-3696-0}}</ref> *1882 &ndash; Herbert Bayard Swope, American journalist (died 1958)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Elizabeth A. Brennan|author2=Elizabeth C. Clarage|title=Who's who of Pulitzer Prize Winners|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63nvmt4HqTEC&pg=PA551|year=1999|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-57356-111-2|page=551}}</ref> * 1882 &ndash; Edwin Barclay, 18th president of Liberia (died 1955)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunn|first1= Elwood D.|last2=Beyan|first2=Amos J.|last3=Burrowes|first3=Carl Patrick|date=2000|title=Historical Dictionary of Liberia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC|location=Lanham, Maryland|publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4616-5931-0|pages=33–34}}</ref> *1885 &ndash; Humbert Wolfe, Italian-English poet and civil servant (died 1940)<ref>{{cite book|author=Brijmohan Lal Sahney|title=Critical Investigations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7w9AAAAAIAAJ|year=1950|publisher=Banaras Book Corporation|page=181}}</ref> *1886 &ndash; Markus Reiner, Israeli physicist and engineer (died 1976)<ref>{{cite book|author1=R.I. Tanner|author2=K. Walters|title=Rheology: An Historical Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TiJdeBs4yfEC&pg=PA57|date=22 April 1998|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-08-054057-3|page=57}}</ref> *1892 &ndash; Agnes von Kurowsky, American nurse (died 1984)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Vern L. Bullough |author2=Lilli Sentz |title=American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3N4DTwiWu14C&pg=PA266|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Springer Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-8261-1747-2|page=266}}</ref> *1893 &ndash; Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian-American guru and philosopher (died 1952)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-06-20 |title=Yogi of Yogis Sri Paramahansa Yogananda who had visited our city |url=https://starofmysore.com/yogi-yogis-sri-paramahansa-yogananda-visited-city/ |access-date=2024-01-09 |website=Star of Mysore }}</ref> *1897 &ndash; Kiyoshi Miki, Japanese philosopher and author (died 1945)<ref>{{cite book|author1=David A. Dilworth|author2=Valdo Humbert Viglielmo|author3=Agustín Jacinto Zavala|title=Sourcebook for Modern Japanese Philosophy: Selected Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wCjXAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-313-27433-6|page=289}}</ref> *1900 &ndash; Yves Tanguy, French-American painter (died 1955)<ref>{{cite book|author=Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|title=Selections from the Guggenheim Museum Collection: 1900-1970|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4avpAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation|page=426}}</ref>

===1901–present=== *1902 &ndash; Hubert Beuve-Méry, French journalist (died 1989)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1QYAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=St. Martin's|isbn=978-1-55862-056-8|page=454}}</ref> * 1902 &ndash; Stella Gibbons, English journalist and author (died 1989)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1QYAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=St. Martin's|isbn=978-1-55862-056-8|page=780}}</ref> *1903 &ndash; Harold Gatty, Australian pilot and navigator (died 1957)<ref>{{cite book|title=Aircraft|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TOcMAQAAIAAJ|year=1957|publisher=Royal Aeronautical Society Australian Division|page=87}}</ref> *1904 &ndash; Jeane Dixon, American astrologer and psychic (died 1997)<ref>{{cite book|author=Donna Cunningham|title=How to Read Your Astrological Chart: Aspects of the Cosmic Puzzle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XyJWjFFEOYMC&pg=PT17|date=1 October 1999|publisher=Weiser Books|isbn=978-1-57863-114-8|page=17}}</ref> * 1904 &ndash; Erika Morini, Austrian violinist (died 1995)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Leon Botstein|author2=Werner Hanak|author3=Karl Albrecht-Weinberger|title=Vienna: Jews and the city of music, 1870-1938|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sGP0AAAAMAAJ|date=2 February 2004|publisher=Bard College|isbn=978-3-936000-12-2|page=131}}</ref> *1906 &ndash; Kathleen Kenyon, English archaeologist and academic (died 1978)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Anne Commire|author2=Deborah Klezmer|title=Women in World History: Jab-Kyt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-zsOAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Yorkin Publications|isbn=978-0-7876-4067-5|page=606}}</ref> *1907 &ndash; Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish athlete (died 1969)<ref>{{cite web|title=Volmari Iso-Hollo|url=https://billiongraves.com/grave/Volmari-Iso-Hollo/16701460|publisher=BillionGraves|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref> *1908 &ndash; George Dolenz, Italian-American actor (died 1963)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ken D. Jones|author2=Arthur F. McClure|author3=Alfred E. Twomey|title=Character People|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GuNkAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=A. S. Barnes|isbn=978-0-498-01697-4|page=66}}</ref> *1909 &ndash; Lucienne Bloch, Swiss-American sculptor, painter, and photographer (died 1995)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Delia Gaze|author2=Maja Mihajlovic|author3=Leanda Shrimpton|title=Dictionary of Women Artists: Introductory surveys; Artists, A-I|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6_0Y0PALzQMC&pg=PA274|year=1997|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-21-3|page=274}}</ref> * 1909 &ndash; Stephen Cole Kleene, American mathematician and computer scientist (died 1994)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Alexander Shen|author2=Nikolai Konstantinovich Vereshchagin|author3=Neal Noah Madras|title=Computable Functions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-4vxBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA161|year=2003|publisher=American Mathematical Soc.|isbn=978-0-8218-2732-1|page=161}}</ref> *1910 &ndash; Jack Lovelock, New Zealand runner and journalist (died 1949)<ref>{{cite book|author=Roberto Quercetani|title=A World History of Track and Field Athletics, 1864-1964|url=https://archive.org/details/worldhistoryoftr0000quer|url-access=registration|year=1964|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/worldhistoryoftr0000quer/page/104 104]}}</ref> *1911 &ndash; Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor and screenwriter (died 2001)<ref>{{cite book|title=The New York Times Biographical Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_HkoAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|work=The New York Times & Arno Press|page=5}}</ref> *1914 &ndash; Doug Deitz, Australian rugby league player (died 1994)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/doug-deitz/summary.html|title=Doug Deitz – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> * 1914 &ndash; George Reeves, American actor and director (died 1959)<ref>{{cite book|author=James Parish|title=The Hollywood Book of Death: The Bizarre, Often Sordid, Passings of More than 125 American Movie and TV Idols|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S8I63YmASU8C|date=19 November 2001|publisher=McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=978-0-8092-2227-8}}</ref> *1915 &ndash; Arthur H. Robinson, Canadian geographer and cartographer (died 2004)<ref>{{cite book|title=ICA, 1959-1984: The First Twenty-five Years of the International Cartographic Association|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eM9WAAAAMAAJ|date=January 1988|publisher=International Cartographic Association|page=110|isbn = 978-90-70310-11-0}}</ref> *1917 &ndash; Francis L. Kellogg, American businessman and diplomat (died 2006)<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Dept. of State|title=News Letter|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zgkvAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA25|page=25}}</ref> * 1917 &ndash; Wieland Wagner, German director and producer (died 1966)<ref>{{cite book|title=Réalités|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2I45AQAAIAAJ|year=1966|publisher=Société d'études et publications économiques|page=74}}</ref> * 1917 &ndash; Jane Wyman, American actress (died 2007)<ref>{{cite web | last=Thomson | first=David | title=Jane Wyman obituary | website=The Guardian | date=11 September 2007 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/sep/11/guardianobituaries.usa| access-date=3 October 2019}}</ref> *1919 &ndash; Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and politician (died 2012) * 1919 &ndash; Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flute player (died 1992)<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles J. Hall|title=Chronology of Western Classical Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tCYKAQAAMAAJ|date=1 January 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-94217-1|page=713}}</ref> *1920 &ndash; Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Italian pianist and educator (died 1995)<ref>{{cite book|title=International Piano Quarterly: IPQ.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EE45AQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Gramophone Publications|page=11}}</ref> *1921 &ndash; Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss author and playwright (died 1990)<ref>{{cite book|author=E. J. Neather|title=Mastering German 2: German Language and Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vEVdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA177|date=18 August 1989|publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education|isbn=978-1-349-20133-4|page=177}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * 1921 &ndash; Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourgish soldier and aristocrat (died 2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.trust.org//item/20190423062355-ag4yh/|title=Obituary-Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg dies at 98|publisher=Thomas Reuters Foundation|date=23 April 2019|access-date=24 April 2019|archive-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424165237/http://news.trust.org//item/20190423062355-ag4yh/}}</ref> * 1921 &ndash; John H. Reed, American politician and diplomat, 67th Governor of Maine (died 2012)<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. House. Science and Astronautics|title=Aeronautical Research and Development, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Aeronautics and Space Technology..., 92-2, January 18, 19, and 20, 1972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JV8VAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA762|year=1972|page=762}}</ref> *1922 &ndash; Anthony Synnot, Australian admiral (died 2001)<ref>{{cite book|title=World Defence Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5BkxAQAAIAAJ|date=1 January 1974|publisher=Macdonald and Jane's|isbn=978-0-356-08003-1|page=219}}</ref> *1923 &ndash; Virginia Halas McCaskey, American football executive (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pierson |first=Don |date=February 7, 2025 |title=Virginia McCaskey, principal owner of the Chicago Bears and George Halas' daughter, dies at 102 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/06/virginia-mccaskey-chicago-bears-owner-dies/ |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> *1923 &ndash; Sam Phillips, American radio host and producer, founded Sun Records (died 2003)<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Palmer|title=A Tale of Two Cities: Memphis Rock and New Orleans Roll|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3zfaAAAAMAAJ|year=1979|publisher=Institute for Studies in American Music, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York|isbn=978-0-914678-12-0|page=21}}</ref> *1925 &ndash; Lou Carnesecca, American basketball player and coach (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldstein |first=Richard |date=November 30, 2024 |title=Lou Carnesecca, St. John's Basketball Coach With 526 Wins, Is Dead at 99 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/sports/basketball/lou-carnesecca-dead.html |access-date=December 2, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> *1926 &ndash; Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, Singaporean lawyer and politician (died 2008)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam |url=https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/article-detail?cmsuuid=26021a48-d4ee-4d15-9d5d-51b1ea033bc5 |website=www.nlb.gov.sg |access-date=2 April 2025}}</ref> * 1926 &ndash; Veikko Karvonen, Finnish runner (died 2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/sports/othersports/08karvonen.html?pagewanted=all|title=Veikko Karvonen, 81, Top Marathoner in the '50s, Dies|date=August 8, 2007|author=Frank Litsky|website=The New York Times|access-date=4 November 2019}}</ref> * 1926 &ndash; W. D. Snodgrass, American poet (died 2009)<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Malcolm Brinnin|author2=Bill Read|title=Twentieth century poetry: American and British (1900-1970): an American-British anthology|url=https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury00brin|url-access=registration|date=June 1970|publisher=McGraw-Hill|page=[https://archive.org/details/twentiethcentury00brin/page/397 397]|isbn=978-0-07-007909-0}}</ref> * 1926 &ndash; Hosea Williams, American businessman and activist (died 2000)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Jack Salzman|author2=David L. Smith|author3=Cornel West|title=Encyclopedia of African-American culture and history|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofaf01salz|url-access=registration|year=1996|publisher=Macmillan Library Reference|isbn=978-0-02-897345-6|page=2844}}</ref> *1927 &ndash; Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, American guru and author, founded Iraivan Temple (died 2001)<ref>{{cite book|author=Steven S. Sadleir|title=The Spiritual Seeker's Guide: The Complete Source for Religions and Spiritual Groups of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4tHrAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Allwon Publishing Company|isbn=978-1-880741-28-3|page=280}}</ref> *1928 &ndash; Imtiaz Ahmed, Pakistani cricketer (died 2016) * 1928 &ndash; Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan (died 1979)<ref>{{cite book|author=M. G. Chitkara|title=Benazir, a Profile|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LCaAQCnO3QQC&pg=PA18|year=1996|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7024-752-4|page=18}}</ref> * 1928 &ndash; Denise Bryer, English actress (died 2021)<ref name=hayward>{{cite news|last=Hayward|first=Anthony|title=Denise Bryer obituary|work=The Guardian|date=8 November 2021|accessdate=5 January 2024|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/nov/08/denise-bryer-obituary}}</ref> * 1928 &ndash; Walter Mondale, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Vice President of the United States (died 2021)<ref>{{cite book|author1=William DeRoy Chase|author2=Helen M. Chase|title=Chase's Annual Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-6VmAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Contemporary Books|page=9|isbn=978-0-8092-3978-8}}</ref> *1929 &ndash; Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (died 2014)<ref>{{cite book|title=Finlandia pictorial|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=apgeAQAAMAAJ|year=1954|page=11}}</ref> *1930 &ndash; Kevin Considine, Australian rugby league player (died 2023)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/kevin-considine/summary.html|title=Kevin Considine – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> *1931 &ndash; Alvin Ailey, American dancer and choreographer, founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (died 1989)<ref>{{cite book|title=Dancing Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l6vQDOlmCuEC|year=1999|publisher=Dancing Times|page=376}}</ref> * 1931 &ndash; Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist, poet, and author (died 2025)<ref>{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hfoZAAAAYAAJ|year=1978|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|page=80}}</ref> * 1931 &ndash; Walt Davis, American athlete (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web |title=Walt Davis |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76536/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> * 1931 &ndash; Robert Duvall, American actor and director (died 2026)<ref>{{cite book|author1=William DeRoy Chase|author2=Helen M. Chase|title=Chase's Annual Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WA3vAAAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Contemporary Books|page=58|isbn=978-0-8092-3732-6}}</ref> *1932 &ndash; Umberto Eco, Italian novelist, literary critic, and philosopher (died 2016)<ref>{{cite web | last=Thomson | first=Ian | title=Umberto Eco obituary | website=The Guardian | date=20 Feb 2016 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/20/umberto-eco-obituary | access-date=1 Mar 2017}}</ref> * 1932 &ndash; Chuck Noll, American football player and coach (died 2014)<ref>{{cite book|author1=National Football League|author2=National Football League Staff|title=The Official National Football League Record and Fact Book, 1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejWYfkwwvzAC|date=1 July 1997|publisher=Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-7611-0482-7|page=264}}</ref> *1934 &ndash; Murli Manohar Joshi, Indian politician<ref>{{cite book|title=Organiser|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_cY-AQAAIAAJ|date=February 1996|publisher=Bharat Prakashan|page=104}}</ref> * 1934 &ndash; Phil Ramone, South African-American songwriter and producer, co-founded A & R Recording (died 2013)<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Gallo|first=Phil|title=Producer Phil Ramone dead at 79|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/1555083/producer-phil-ramone-dead-at-79|magazine=Billboard|date=30 March 2013|access-date=31 March 2013}}</ref> *1936 &ndash; Florence King, American journalist and memoirist (died 2016)<ref>{{cite book|author=H.W. Wilson Company|title=Current biography yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=118RAQAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=H. W. Wilson Co|page=299}}</ref> * 1936 &ndash; Terry Lineen, New Zealand rugby player (died 2020)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://stats.allblacks.com/asp/Profile.asp?ABID=497|title=Stats {{pipe}} allblacks.com|website=stats.allblacks.com}}</ref> *1938 &ndash; Juan Carlos I of Spain<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ronald Allison|author2=Sarah Riddell|title=The Royal encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kIoUAQAAIAAJ|date=1 January 1991|publisher=Macmillan Press|isbn=978-0-333-53810-4|page=286}}</ref> * 1938 &ndash; Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Kenyan author and playwright (died 2025)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Elizabeth Bellalouna|author2=Michael L. LaBlanc|author3=Ira Mark Milne|title=Literature of Developing Nations for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Literature of Developing Nations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CecJAQAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Gale Group|isbn=978-0-7876-4930-2|page=xii}}</ref> *1939 &ndash; M. E. H. Maharoof, Sri Lankan politician (died 1997)<ref>{{cite web|title=Directory of Past Members: Maharoof, Mohamed Ehuttar Hadjiar|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/directory-of-past-members/viewMember/2452|publisher=Parliament of Sri Lanka}}</ref> *1940 &ndash; Athol Guy, Australian singer-songwriter and bassist<ref>{{cite book|author1=Kristin Baggelaar|author2=Donald Milton|title=Folk Music: More Than a Song|url=https://archive.org/details/folkmusicmoretha00bagg|url-access=registration|date=1 January 1976|publisher=Crowell|isbn=978-0-690-01159-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/folkmusicmoretha00bagg/page/348 348]}}</ref> * 1940 &ndash; Pim de la Parra, Surinamese-Dutch film director (died 2024)<ref>{{cite news |title=Regisseur Pim de la Parra (84), pionier van de erotische film, overleden |url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/films/regisseur-pim-de-la-parra-84-pionier-van-de-erotische-film-overleden~b578b4ff/?referrer=https://www.google.com/&referrer=https://en.wikipedia.org/ |access-date=6 September 2024 |publisher=De Volkskrant |date=6 September 2024}}</ref> *1941 &ndash; Bob Cunis, New Zealand cricketer (died 2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wbhsoba.co.nz/old-boys/bob-cunis/|title=Bob Cunis|publisher=Whangarei Boys' High School|access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref> * 1941 &ndash; Chuck McKinley, American tennis player (died 1986)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Patricia Burgess|author2=Roland Turner|title=The Annual Obituary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8EsYAAAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=St James Press|page=481|isbn=978-1-55862-013-1}}</ref> * 1941 &ndash; Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uYoYAAAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=H.W. Wilson|isbn=978-0-8242-1016-8|page=362}}</ref> * 1941 &ndash; Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer and coach (died 2011)<ref>{{cite book|author=Nagendra Kr Singh|title=Encyclopaedia of Muslim Biography: I-M|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qVtuAAAAMAAJ|year=2001|publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation|isbn=978-81-7648-233-2|page=462}}</ref> *1942 &ndash; Maurizio Pollini, Italian pianist and conductor (died 2024)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Maxine Block|author2=Anna Herthe Rothe|author3=Marjorie Dent Candee|title=Current Biography Yearbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hZQYAAAAIAAJ|year=1981|publisher=H. W. Wilson Company|page=320}}</ref> * 1942 &ndash; Charlie Rose, American journalist and talk show host<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's ... Calendar of Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G_0KAQAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-07-139098-9|page=76}}</ref> * 1942 &ndash; Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti royal and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kuwait (died 2024)<ref>[https://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/hh-sheikh-jaber-al-mubarak-al-sabah-passes-away/ HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah passes away] Arab Times Online</ref> *1943 &ndash; Mary Gaudron, Australian lawyer and judge<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195540222.013.0168?rskey=ghizrM&result=2|title=Gaudron, Mary Genevieve|website=Oxford Index|access-date=12 November 2019}}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> * 1943 &ndash; Murtaz Khurtsilava, Georgian footballer and manager<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/khurtsilava.html|title=RussiaTeam biography|language=ru|access-date=5 November 2019|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806131645/http://www.rusteam.permian.ru/players/khurtsilava.html}}</ref> *1944 &ndash; Carolyn McCarthy, American nurse and politician (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haberman |first=Clyde |date=June 26, 2025 |title=Carolyn McCarthy, Who Turned a Gunman's Massacre Into a Crusade, Dies at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/nyregion/carolyn-mccarthy-dead.html |access-date=July 22, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Carter |first1=Gregg Lee |title=Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law, 2nd Edition [3 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture, and the Law |date=2012 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-38671-8 |page=539 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QeGJH48PT0kC&pg=PA539}}</ref> * 1944 &ndash; Ed Rendell, American politician, 45th Governor of Pennsylvania<ref>{{cite book|title=National Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P65WAAAAYAAJ|date=November 2002|publisher=National Journal Group Incorporated|page=3324}}</ref> *1946 &ndash; Diane Keaton, American actress, director, and businesswoman (died 2025)<ref>{{cite book|author=Deborah C. Mitchell|title=Diane Keaton: Artist and Icon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nxdY5abnM64C&pg=PA7|date=26 July 2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1082-8|page=7}}</ref> *1947 &ndash; Mike DeWine, American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Ohio<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Congressional Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YG1yojd9VYwC&pg=PA225|year=1997|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=225}}</ref> *1947 &ndash; Mercury Morris, American football player (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Traub |first=Alex |date=September 22, 2024 |title=Mercury Morris, Elusive Rusher on a Perfect Dolphins Team, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/sports/mercury-morris-dead.html |access-date=September 28, 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> *1948 &ndash; Ted Lange, American actor, director, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |last1=Judge |first1=Monique |title=Notable moments in Black history we should remember in 2023 |url=https://www.yahoo.com/now/notable-moments-black-history-remember-151339349.html |publisher=Yahoo |access-date=3 January 2023 |date=3 January 2023}}</ref> *1950 &ndash; Ioan P. Culianu, Romanian historian, philosopher, and author (died 1991)<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://linguafranca.mirror.theinfo.org/9209/culianu.html|title=The Killing of Professor Culianu|author=Ted Anton|journal=Linguafrance|volume=2|number=6|date=September 1992}}</ref> * 1950 &ndash; Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales<ref>{{cite book|title=Dod's Parliamentary Companion|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ja2IAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Limited|isbn=978-0-905702-43-8|page=569}}</ref> * 1950 &ndash; John Manley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada<ref>{{cite book|edition=91st|title=Who's Who in Canada 2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rnxmAAAAMAAJ|date=21 September 2001|publisher=Taylor & Francis|page=356|isbn=978-0-7715-7726-0}}</ref> * 1950 &ndash; Chris Stein, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael L. LaBlanc|title=Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5A48AQAAIAAJ|date=1 May 1995|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-8103-5738-9|page=23}}</ref> *1952 &ndash; Uli Hoeneß, German footballer and chairman<ref>{{cite book|title=Scala|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4yE9AQAAIAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Frankfurter Societäts-Druckerei|page=33}}</ref> *1953 &ndash; Pamela Sue Martin, American actress<ref>{{cite book|author1=Contemporary Books|author2=Agnes Chase|title=Chase's: 2000 calendar of events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xHtV8BWnH9IC|date=October 1999|publisher=Contemporary Publishing Group, Incorporated|isbn=978-0-8092-2776-1}}</ref> * 1953 &ndash; Mike Rann, English-Australian journalist and politician, 44th Premier of South Australia<ref>{{cite book|author1=John Wanna|author2=Paul D. Williams|title=Yes, Premier: Labor Leadership in Australia's States and Territories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ur28OAgoL50C&pg=PA201|year=2005|publisher=UNSW Press|isbn=978-0-86840-840-8|page=201}}</ref> * 1953 &ndash; George Tenet, American civil servant and academic, 18th Director of Central Intelligence<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence|title=Hearing on the Nomination of George J. Tenet to be Deputy Director of Central Intelligence: Hearings Before the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Wednesday, June 14, 1995|url=https://archive.org/details/hearingonnominat00unit|date=1 January 1995|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/hearingonnominat00unit/page/32 32]|isbn=978-0-16-047773-7 }}</ref> *1954 &ndash; Alex English, American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite book|title=Chase's ... Calendar of Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_-5OAAAAMAAJ|year=1995|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-3634-3|page=57}}</ref> * 1954 &ndash; László Krasznahorkai, Hungarian author and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/may/20/man-booker-international-prize-laszlo-krasznahorkai-who-he-is-and-why-you-should-read-him|title=Everything you need to know about László Krasznahorkai, winner of the Man Booker International prize|date=20 May 2015|author=Marta Bausells|website=The Guardian|access-date=22 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815185755/https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/may/20/man-booker-international-prize-laszlo-krasznahorkai-who-he-is-and-why-you-should-read-him|archive-date=15 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *1955 &ndash; Mamata Banerjee, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal<ref>{{cite book|author=Dharma Veer Gandhi|title=Leaders of India 2002: profiles of eminent public figures of the country|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fh1uAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Indraprastha Prakashan|page=21}}</ref> *1956 &ndash; Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German academic and politician, 12th President of Germany<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung |date=2022-02-14 |title=Die deutschen Bundespräsidenten |url=https://www.bpb.de/kurz-knapp/hintergrund-aktuell/69088/die-deutschen-bundespraesidenten/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=bpb.de |language=de}}</ref> *1957 &ndash; Kevin Hastings, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/kevin-hastings/summary.html|title=Kevin Hastings – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> * 1957 &ndash; George Moroko, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/george-moroko/summary.html|title=George Moroko – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> *1958 &ndash; Jiří Hrdina, Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jiri Hrdina |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/jiri-hrdina-8448029 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> * 1958 &ndash; Ron Kittle, American baseball player and manager<ref>{{cite book|author=Ron Smith|title=1997 Official Major League Baseball Fact Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=moAH8Wr3m5AC|date=1 February 1997|publisher=Sporting News Publishing Company|isbn=978-0-89204-570-9|page=234}}</ref> *1959 &ndash; Clancy Brown, American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=UPI Almanac for Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/05/UPI-Almanac-for-Saturday-Jan-5-2019/9081546481545/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=3 January 2023 |date=5 January 2019}}</ref> * 1959 &ndash; Nancy Delahunt, Canadian curler<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=1360|title=Nancy Delahunt|website=CurlingZone|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref> *1960 &ndash; Glenn Strömberg, Swedish footballer and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://static.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=44672/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716163417/https://static.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people%3D44672/index.html|archive-date=July 16, 2019|title=Glenn STROMBERG|publisher=FIFA|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> *1961 &ndash; Iris DeMent, American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite book |title=Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll: Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uU9AAQA6kAMC|date=8 November 2001|publisher=Touchstone|isbn=978-0-7432-0120-9|page=252|access-date=11 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426102812/https://books.google.com/books?id=uU9AAQA6kAMC|archive-date=26 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> *1962 &ndash; Suzy Amis, American actress and model<ref>{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1NnUNBh6jIAC|date=1 September 2002|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-07-139098-9|page=76}}</ref> * 1962 &ndash; Danny Jackson, American baseball player and manager<ref>{{cite book|author=Publications International, Limited|title=The Book of 1993 Baseball Cards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0UfKj0xTiSUC|date=1 January 1993|publisher=Publications International Limited|isbn=978-0-7853-0127-1|page=148}}</ref> * 1962 &ndash; Arie Setiabudi Soesilo, Indonesian sociologist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dr. Arie Setiabudi Soesilo, MS.c |url=https://pemilihandekan-fisip.ui.ac.id/a-3/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131107171113/https://pemilihandekan-fisip.ui.ac.id/a-3/ |archive-date=7 November 2013 |access-date=10 April 2025 |website=Pemilihan Dekan FISIP UI 2013}}</ref> *1963 &ndash; Jeff Fassero, American baseball player and coach<ref name="auto">{{cite book|author=Steve Gietschier|title=Chase's sports calendar of events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsIZ66FgWQC|date=1 November 1999|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-2600-9|page=5}}</ref> *1965 &ndash; Vinnie Jones, British footballer and actor<ref>{{cite book|author=Vinnie Jones|title=It's Been Emotional|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ke41DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9|date=17 July 2014|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4711-2759-5|page=9}}</ref> * 1965 &ndash; Stuart Raper, Australian rugby league player and coach<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/stuart-raper/summary.html|title=Stuart Raper – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> * 1965 &ndash; Patrik Sjöberg, Swedish high jumper<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/_/2680|title=Patrik Sjöberg – profile|website=IAAF|access-date=3 October 2019}}</ref> *1967 &ndash; Joe Flanigan, American actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 5, 2023 includes celebrities Diane Keaton, Robert Duvall |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-5-2023-includes-celebrities-diane-keaton-robert-duvall.html |website=The Plain Dealer |agency=Associated Press |access-date=4 January 2024 |date=5 January 2023}}</ref> *1968 &ndash; Carrie Ann Inaba, American actress, dancer, and choreographer<ref>{{cite book|author=((The Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events|url=https://archive.org/details/chasescalendarof00edit|url-access=registration|date=17 September 2007|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-07-148903-4|page=[https://archive.org/details/chasescalendarof00edit/page/n76 75]}}</ref> * 1968 &ndash; Joé Juneau, Canadian ice hockey player and engineer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/21390/jo%C3%A9-juneau|title=Joé Juneau|website=Elite Prospects|access-date=31 October 2019}}</ref> *1969 &ndash; Marilyn Manson, American singer-songwriter, actor, and director<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/537171/PRETENTIOUS-MANSON-PAYS-THE-DEVIL-HIS-DUE.html |title=Pretentious Manson Pays the Devil His Due |work=Deseret News |last=Iwasaki |first=Scott |date=January 13, 1997 |access-date=January 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190206082238/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/537171/PRETENTIOUS-MANSON-PAYS-THE-DEVIL-HIS-DUE.html |archive-date=February 6, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * 1969 &ndash; Paul McGillion, Scottish actor<ref>{{cite news|title=Jan. 5 Celebrity Birthdays|work=Orange County Register|date=January 5, 2013|accessdate=January 5, 2024|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2013/01/05/jan-5-celebrity-birthdays/}}</ref> * 1969 &ndash; Shaun Micheel, American golfer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pgatour.com/players/player.06515.shaun-micheel.html|title=Shaun Micheel|publisher=PGA Tour|access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref> * 1969 &ndash; Shea Whigham, American actor<ref name="AP" /> *1970 &ndash; Nigel Gaffey, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/nigel-gaffey/summary.html|title=Nigel Gaffey – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> *1971 &ndash; Stian Carstensen, Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and composer<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.snl.no/Stian_Carstensen |title=Stian Carstensen Biography – Store norske leksikon |language=no|access-date=2 November 2019}}</ref> *1972 &ndash; Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer-songwriter, producer, and actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tralala.gr/sakhs-roubas-gennhthhke-san-shmera-to-1972/|title = <nowiki>Βιογραφία | Σάκης Ρουβάς</nowiki>|access-date = 18 March 2014|date = 5 January 2014|publisher = Tralala|last = Kefallinou|first = Eleni}}</ref> *1973 &ndash; Derek Cecil, American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1973 &ndash; Uday Chopra, Indian actor and filmmaker<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/happy-birthday-uday-chopra-decoding-him-one-tweet-instagram-post-at-a-time/story-KBscaq3GyAXQOcN7aKBxaN.html|title=Happy birthday Uday Chopra: Decoding him one tweet, Instagram post at a time|website=Hindustan Times|date=5 January 2017|access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref> *1974 &ndash; Jessica Chaffin, American actress, comedian, and writer<ref name="AP" /> * 1974 &ndash; Iwan Thomas, Welsh sprinter and coach<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/iwan-thomas-20044|title=Iwan Thomas Profile|website=IAAF|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> *1975 &ndash; Bradley Cooper, American actor and producer<ref>{{cite book|author1=Nikki Stafford|author2=Robyn Burnett|title=Uncovering Alias: An Unofficial Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zUIf8MwqMUAC&pg=PA237|year=2004|publisher=ECW Press|isbn=978-1-55022-653-9|page=237}}</ref> * 1975 &ndash; Warrick Dunn, American football player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/player/warrickdunn/2500490/profile|title=Warrick Dunn |publisher=National Football League|access-date=31 October 2019}}</ref> * 1975 &ndash; Mike Grier, American ice hockey player and scout<ref name="auto"/> *1976 &ndash; Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite book|title=2002 World Cup Football Super Stars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gsEB6NglljsC&pg=PA46|publisher=Sura Books|isbn=978-81-7478-303-5|page=46}}</ref> *1977 &ndash; Gavin Lester, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/gavin-lester/summary.html|title=Gavin Lester – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> *1978 &ndash; January Jones, American actress<ref>{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5QQsZrZr3QC|date=12 October 2012|publisher=McGraw Hill Professional|isbn=978-0-07-181333-4|page=74}}</ref> *1979 &ndash; Jason Basham, American stock car racing driver<ref>{{cite web | title=Driver | url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Jason_Basham/ }}</ref> *1979 &ndash; Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/player/kyle-calder-8466260|title=Kyle Calder Stats and News|publisher=National Hockey League|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref> * 1979 &ndash; Giuseppe Gibilisco, Italian pole vaulter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibsf.org/en/athletes/athlete/264054/GIBILISCO|title=Giuseppe Gibilisco|website=IBSF|access-date=1 October 2019}}</ref> * 1979 &ndash; Scott Kremerskothen, Australian cricketer<ref>http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/6165.html Cricinfo</ref> *1980 &ndash; Luke Bailey, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/luke-bailey/summary.html|title=Luke Bailey – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> * 1980 &ndash; Brad Meyers, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/brad-meyers/summary.html|title=Brad Meyers – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> *1981 &ndash; Deadmau5, Canadian musician<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/deadmau5 |title=Deadmau5 |first=Laura |last=Stanley |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |date=July 9, 2015 |access-date=January 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103055643/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/deadmau5 |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1981 &ndash; Brooklyn Sudano, American actress<ref name="AP" /> *1982 &ndash; Nori Aoki, Japanese baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Norichika Aoki |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/norichika-aoki-493114 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> * 1982 &ndash; Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janica.hr/index.php?link=tko-sam-ja&lang=en|title=About Me|website=Janica Kostelić official website|access-date=23 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125185044/http://www.janica.hr/index.php?link=tko-sam-ja&lang=en|archive-date=25 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> *1984 &ndash; Derrick Atkins, Bahamian sprinter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/bahamas/derrick-atkins-197742|title=Derrick Atkins – profile|website=IAAF|access-date=23 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408165201/https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/bahamas/derrick-atkins-197742|archive-date=8 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; Matt Ballin, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/matt-ballin/summary.html|title=Matt Ballin – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; Bronx Goodwin, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/bronx-goodwin/summary.html|title=Bronx Goodwin – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> *1985 &ndash; Filinga Filiga, New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/filinga-filiga/summary.html|title=Filinga Filiga – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> * 1985 &ndash; Anthony Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Anthony Stewart |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/anthony-stewart-8470618 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> * 1985 &ndash; Diego Vera, Uruguayan footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-32307.html|title=Diego Daniel Vera|website=BDFA|access-date=22 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603095610/https://www.bdfa.com.ar/jugadores-32307.html|archive-date=3 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> *1986 &ndash; Deepika Padukone, Indian actress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bollywood.be-happy.info/2018/12/26/deepika-padukone-denmark-citizen/|title=Deepika Padukone's Denmark connection|author=Obaidul Karim Khan|date=26 December 2018|website=Bollywood.be|access-date=27 September 2019|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927140831/https://bollywood.be-happy.info/2018/12/26/deepika-padukone-denmark-citizen/}}</ref> *1987 &ndash; Dexter Bean, American race car driver<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Dexter_Bean|title=Driver Dexter Bean Career Statistics – Racing-Reference.info|website=racing-reference.info}}</ref> * 1987 &ndash; Kristin Cavallari, American television personality<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Zach |title=Pregnant Kristin Cavallari Celebrates 27th Birthday by Drinking Mock-Tails With Jay Cutler |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/495882/pregnant-kristin-cavallari-celebrates-27th-birthday-by-drinking-mock-tails-with-jay-cutler |publisher=E! |access-date=4 January 2024 |date=6 January 2014}}</ref> * 1987 &ndash; Stuart Flanagan, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/stuart-flanagan/summary.html|title=Stuart Flanagan – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> * 1987 &ndash; Brian Mushana Kwesiga, Ugandan-born entrepreneur, engineer, and civic leader<ref name="CEOMagazine">{{cite web |last1=Kyamutetera |first1=Muhereza |title=From Lockheed Martin to Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Technologies; Meet Brian Kwesiga, a Systems Engineer from Rukungiri, Uganda making moves in the US defence and aerospace world |url=https://www.ceo.co.ug/from-lockheed-martin-to-northrop-grumman-and-raytheon-technologies-meet-brian-kwesiga-a-systems-engineer-from-rukungiri-uganda-making-moves-in-the-us-defence-and-aerospace-world/ |website=CEO East Africa |date=8 January 2023 |access-date=26 October 2025 |language=en |archive-date=22 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222190400/https://www.ceo.co.ug/from-lockheed-martin-to-northrop-grumman-and-raytheon-technologies-meet-brian-kwesiga-a-systems-engineer-from-rukungiri-uganda-making-moves-in-the-us-defence-and-aerospace-world/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * 1987 &ndash; Jason Mitchell, American actor<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 5: January Jones, Robert Duvall |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/05/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-5-January-Jones-Robert-Duvall/9191672889566/ |publisher=UPI |access-date=4 January 2024 |date=5 January 2023}}</ref> * 1987 &ndash; Alexander Salák, Czech ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander Salak |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/alexander-salak-8475130 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> * 1988 &ndash; Azizulhasni Awang, Malaysian track cyclist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/6/230136.shtml|title=Athlete Biography – Awang Mohd Azizulhasni|website=Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 8–24, 2008|access-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080809113005/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/6/230136.shtml|archive-date=2008-08-09}}</ref> * 1988 &ndash; Luke Daniels, English footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2017/may2/get-to-know-luke-daniels/|title=Get to Know: Luke Daniels|website=Brentford FC|access-date=27 September 2019|archive-date=27 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927140831/https://www.brentfordfc.com/news/2017/may2/get-to-know-luke-daniels/}}</ref> * 1988 &ndash; Mandip Gill, English actress<ref>{{cite web|last1=McEwan|first1=Cameron|title=Doctor Who series 11: Everything you need to know about new companion Mandip Gill|publisher=Digital Spy|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/doctor-who/news/a841267/doctor-who-mandip-gill-new-companion-hollyoaks-age-casualty/|access-date=31 December 2017|date=2017-10-23}}</ref> * 1988 &ndash; Nikola Kalinić, Croatian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Nikola Kalinić|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/3825/Nikola-Kalinic/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> * 1988 &ndash; Miroslav Raduljica, Serbian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Miroslav Raduljica |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203545/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> *1989 &ndash; Eduardo Escobar, Venezuelan-American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Eduardo Escobar |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/eduardo-escobar-500871 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> * 1989 &ndash; Krisztián Németh, Hungarian footballer<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/first-team/player/29-krisztian-nemeth | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204024552/http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/team/first-team/player/29-krisztian-nemeth | archive-date = 4 December 2009 | title = Krisztian Nemeth | publisher = Liverpool F.C. | access-date = 31 October 2019}}</ref> *1990 &ndash; C. J. Cron, American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=C.J. Cron |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/c-j-cron-543068 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> * 1990 &ndash; Leroy Fer, Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Leroy Fer|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4810/Leroy-Fer/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> * 1990 &ndash; José Iglesias, Cuban-American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jose Iglesias |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jose-iglesias-578428 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> * 1990 &ndash; Mark Nicholls, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rabbitohs.com.au/teams/telstra-premiership/south-sydney-rabbitohs/mark-nicholls/|title=Mark Nicholls official NRL profile|website=Rabbitohs|access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref> * 1990 &ndash; José Luis Palomino, Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=José Luis Palomino|url=https://www.soccerway.com/player/palomino-jose/2c7LCGJR/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2026}}</ref> *1991 &ndash; Denis Alibec, Romanian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=28113|title=Denis Alibec, international footballer}}</ref> * 1991 &ndash; Eric Fisher, American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Eric Fisher |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15790/eric-fisher |publisher=ESPN |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> *1992 &ndash; Mike Faist, American actor, singer, and dancer<ref name="UPI" /> * 1992 &ndash; Suki Waterhouse, English actress, singer-songwriter, and model<ref name="UPI" /> *1993 &ndash; Phillip Dorsett, American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Phillip Dorsett |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2579604/phillip-dorsett |publisher=ESPN |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> * 1993 &ndash; Franz Drameh, English actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1993 &ndash; Stefan Rzadzinski, Canadian race car driver<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Stefan_Rzadzinski|title=Driver Stefan Rzadzinski Career Statistics – Racing-Reference.info|website=racing-reference.info}}</ref> *1994 &ndash; Lachlan Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/lachlan-fitzgibbon/summary.html|title=Lachlan Fitzgibbon – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> * 1994 &ndash; Zemgus Girgensons, Latvian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Zemgus Girgensons |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/zemgus-girgensons-8476878 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> * 1994 &ndash; Matt Grzelcyk, American ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matt Grzelcyk Stats And News |url=https://www.nhl.com/bruins/player/matt-grzelcyk-8476891 |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=nhl.com}}</ref> * 1994 &ndash; Tyrone Phillips, Australian rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/tyrone-phillips/summary.html|title=Tyrone Phillips – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> * 1994 &ndash; Gustavo Scarpa, Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Gustavo Scarpa|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/gustavo-henrique-furtado-scarpa/343407/|website=Soccerway|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> *1995 &ndash; Toafofoa Sipley, New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/toafofoa-sipley/summary.html|title=Toafofoa Sipley – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> *1996 &ndash; James Fisher-Harris, New Zealand rugby league player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/james-fisher-harris/summary.html|title=James Fisher-Harris – Career Stats & Summary – Rugby League Project|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref> * 1996 &ndash; Nicolás Tripichio, Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Nicolás Tripichio|url=https://www.soccerway.com/player/tripichio-nicolas/63NhFg3j/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2026}}</ref> * 1996 &ndash; Tyler Ulis, American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Tyler Ulis |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/1627755/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=4 January 2024}}</ref> *1997 &ndash; Jesús Vallejo, Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Jesús Vallejo|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/19564/Jes%C3%BAs-Vallejo/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> *1998 &ndash; Carles Aleñá, Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Carles Aleñá|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/carles-alena/316437/|website=Soccerway|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> * 1998 &ndash; Corey Horsburgh, Australian rugby league player<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/corey-horsburgh/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref> *1999 &ndash; Mattias Svanberg, Swedish footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Mattias Svanberg|url=https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/player/mattias-svanberg|website=Bundesliga|access-date=5 January 2026}}</ref> * 1999 &ndash; Filip Ugrinić, Swiss footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Filip Ugrinić|url=https://www.soccerway.com/player/ugrinic-filip/hEpwVFCf/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2026}}</ref> *2000 &ndash; Gastón Martirena, Uruguayan footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Gastón Nicolás Martirena Torres|url=https://www.soccerway.com/player/martirena-gaston/6BGFAV6j/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2026}}</ref> *2001 &ndash; Mykhailo Mudryk, Ukrainian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Mykhailo Mudryk|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/53991/Mykhailo-Mudryk/overview|website=Premier League|access-date=6 January 2025}}</ref> * 2001 &ndash; Ellis Simms, English footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Ellis Simms|url=https://www.soccerway.com/player/simms-ellis/UDGqf8O6/|website=Soccerway|access-date=5 January 2026}}</ref> *2004 &ndash; Shane Wright, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shane Wright |url=https://www.nhl.com/kraken/player/shane-wright-8483524 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=National Hockey League}}</ref> *2009 &ndash; Walker Scobell, American actor<ref>{{Cite web |last=Civita |first=Alicia |date=January 3, 2024 |title=Celebrity Birthdays: Maluma, Myke Towers, Ana Bárbara, Nodal, Ice Spice and More Famous People Born on January |url=https://www.latintimes.com/celebrity-birthdays-maluma-myke-towers-ana-barbara-nodal-ice-spice-more-famous-people-born-550035 |access-date=February 8, 2024 |website=Latin Times}}</ref>

==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * 842 &ndash; Al-Mu'tasim, Abbasid caliph (born 796)<ref>{{EI2 | last = Bosworth | first = C. E. | author-link=C.E. Bosworth | volume=7 | title=al-Muʿtaṣim Bi'llāh | pages = 207-209|url=http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/al-mutasim-bi-llah-SIM_5656}}</ref> * 941 &ndash; Zhang Yanhan, Chinese chancellor (born 884) *1066 &ndash; Edward the Confessor, King of England (born 1004)<ref>{{cite ODNB | last = Barlow | first = Frank | chapter = Edward (St Edward; known as Edward the Confessor) | title = Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | chapter-url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/8516 |year = 2004| doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/8516 }}</ref> *1173 &ndash; Bolesław IV the Curly, High Duke of Poland (born 1120) *1382 &ndash; Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of Ulster (born 1355)<ref>{{cite book |last=Leese |first=Thelma Anna |title=Blood Royal: Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England, 1066–1399 |publisher=Heritage Books |year=2007 |page=91}}</ref> *1400 &ndash; John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, English politician (born 1350)<ref>{{cite book|author=Nicholas Harris Nicolas|title=History of the orders of knighthood of the British Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jOtDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR54|year=1842|publisher=Pickering, Rodwell|page=54}}</ref> *1430 &ndash; Philippa of England, Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (born 1394)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=370 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA370}}</ref> *1477 &ndash; Charles, Duke of Burgundy (born 1433)<ref>{{cite book|author=Joseph Haydn|title=Haydn's Universal Index of Biography from the Creation to the Present Time: For the Use of the Statesman, the Historian, and the Journalist|url=https://archive.org/details/haydnsuniversali00hayd|year=1870|publisher=E. Moxon, son, and Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/haydnsuniversali00hayd/page/94 94]}}</ref> *1524 &ndash; Marko Marulić, Croatian poet (born 1450)<ref>{{cite book|title=Brücke|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_6KxAAAAIAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Društvo književnika Hrvatske|page=181}}</ref> *1527 &ndash; Felix Manz, Swiss martyr (born 1498)<ref>{{cite book|author=C. Douglas Weaver|title=From Our Christian Heritage: Hundreds of Ways to Add Christian History to Teaching, Preaching, and Writing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oNNntmPWnAQC&pg=PA136|year=1997|publisher=Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Inc.|isbn=978-1-57312-154-5|page=136}}</ref> *1578 &ndash; Giulio Clovio, Dalmatian painter (born 1498)<ref>{{cite book|title=Macedonian Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oUppAAAAMAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Kulturen Zhivot|page=135}}</ref> *1580 &ndash; Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg, German noblewoman (born 1542)<ref>This is according to Freitag von Loringhoven, vol. 3, table 85: Hanau-Lichtenberg; Morhardt says she died on 23 March 1612, without naming his source</ref> *1589 &ndash; Catherine de' Medici, queen of Henry II of France (born 1519)<ref>{{cite book|author=Guizot (M., François)|title=The History of France from the Earliest Times to the Outbreak of the Revolution|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WUtBAAAAIAAJ|year=1889|publisher=S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington|page=313}}</ref>

===1601–1900=== *1713 &ndash; Jean Chardin, French explorer and author (born 1643)<ref>{{cite book|editor=Jennifer Speake|editor-link=Jennifer Speake|title=Literature of Travel and Exploration: A to F|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=on2ShbwVzp4C&pg=PA231|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-57958-425-2|page=231}}</ref> *1740 &ndash; Antonio Lotti, Italian composer and educator (born 1667)<ref>{{Cite EB1911|wstitle= Lotti, Antonio |volume= 17 | page = 22; see line seven |quote= He died on the 5th of January 1740 }}</ref> *1762 &ndash; Empress Elizabeth of Russia (born 1709)<ref>{{cite book|author=Luca Stefano Cristini|title=Uniforms of Russian army of Elizabeth of Russia Vol. 2: Under the reign of Elizabeth Petrovna and Peter III|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d05SDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA372|date=20 March 2018|publisher=Soldiershop Publishing|isbn=978-88-9327-331-2|page=372}}</ref> *1771 &ndash; John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (born 1710)<ref>{{cite book|author=George Frederick Beltz|title=Memorials of the Order of the Garter|url=https://archive.org/details/memorialsorderg00beltgoog|year=1841|publisher=William Pickering|pages=[https://archive.org/details/memorialsorderg00beltgoog/page/n436 206]}}</ref> *1796 &ndash; Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th Governor of Connecticut (born 1731)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Irish-American Almanac for the Year of Our Lord ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3YUBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA86|year=1877|publisher=Lynch, Cole & Meehan|page=86}}</ref> *1823 &ndash; George Johnston, Scottish-Australian colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales (born 1764)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Joan Lawrence|author2=Catherine Warne|title=A Pictorial History of Balmain to Glebe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lExV-ASBAtkC&pg=PA93|year=1995|publisher=Kingsclear Books Pty Ltd|isbn=978-0-908272-40-2|page=93}}</ref> *1845 &ndash; Robert Smirke, English painter and illustrator (born 1753)<ref>{{DNB|no-icon=1|wstitle=Smirke, Robert (1752-1845)}}</ref> *1846 &ndash; Alfred Thomas Agate, American painter and illustrator (born 1812)<ref>{{cite book|author=Jeanne Van Nostrand|title=The First Hundred Years of Painting in California, 1775-1875: With Biographical Information and References Relating to the Artists|url=https://archive.org/details/firsthundredyear00vann|url-access=registration|date=1 January 1980|publisher=J. Howell-Books|isbn=978-0-910760-10-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/firsthundredyear00vann/page/81 81]}}</ref> *1858 &ndash; Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (born 1766)<ref>{{ANNO|mil|06|01|1858|01|Announcement of Death|NAME=Militär-Zeitung|ZUSATZ=Nr. 2/1958 (XI. Jahrgang)|ALTSEITE=1, oben.}}.</ref> *1860 &ndash; John Neumann, Czech-American bishop and saint (born 1811)<ref>{{cite book|author=Paul Burns|title=Butler's Saint for the Day|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KGKtAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA8|date=15 July 2007|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-86012-434-4|page=8}}</ref> *1883 &ndash; Charles Tompson, Australian poet and public servant (born 1806)<ref>{{cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/tompson-charles-2738 |title=Tompson, Charles (1807–1883) |access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref> *1885 &ndash; Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Norwegian author and scholar (born 1812)<ref name="NBL">{{cite web|url=https://nbl.snl.no/Peter_Christen_Asbj%C3%B8rnsen|title= Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Eventyrsamler, Forfatter, Zoolog|publisher= Norsk biografisk leksikon|author= Reimund Kvideland|access-date= June 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701180928/https://nbl.snl.no/Peter_Christen_Asbj%25C3%25B8rnsen|archive-date= July 1, 2016|url-status= live|date= 2014-09-29}}</ref> *1888 &ndash; Henri Herz, Austrian pianist and composer (born 1803)<ref>{{cite book|author1=David Mason Greene|author2=Constance Green|title=Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m3S7PIxe0mwC&pg=PA538|year=1985|publisher=Reproducing Piano Roll Fnd.|isbn=978-0-385-14278-6|page=538}}</ref> *1889 &ndash; Konstanty Schmidt-Ciążyński, Polish collector and art connoisseur who donated a large collection to the National Museum in Kraków (born 1818)<ref name=":13">Death certificate. Death book of St. Ignatius Parish in Gorizia, year 1889, no. 4 (copy).</ref> *1899 &ndash; Ezra Otis Kendall, American professor, astronomer and mathematician (born 1818)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Pennsylvania. University|author2=University of Pennsylvania|title=Report of the Provost|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ToHOAAAAMAAJ|year=1899|page=57}}</ref>

===1901–present=== *1904 &ndash; Karl Alfred von Zittel, German paleontologist and geologist (born 1839)<ref>{{cite book|title=United States Congressional serial set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F-s3AQAAIAAJ|year=1905|page=779}}</ref> *1910 &ndash; Léon Walras, French-Swiss economist and academic (born 1834)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Albert Jolink|author2=Jan Van Daal|title=The Equilibrium Economics of Leon Walras|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WbyJAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA134|date=2 September 1993|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-98914-0|page=134}}</ref> *1917 &ndash; Isobel Lilian Gloag, English painter (born 1865)<ref>{{cite book|author=Victoria and Albert Museum. Dept. of Paintings|title=Catalogue of Water Colour Paintings by British Artists and Foreigners Working in Great Britain|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEwNAQAAIAAJ|year=1927|publisher=Printed under the authority of the Board of Education|page=234}}</ref> *1922 &ndash; Ernest Shackleton, Anglo-Irish sailor and explorer (born 1874)<ref>{{cite book | author = Fisher, Margery and James | year = 1957 | title = Shackleton | publisher = James Barrie Books Ltd | pages=476–478}}</ref> *1933 &ndash; Calvin Coolidge, American lawyer and politician, 30th President of the United States (born 1872)<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert E. Gilbert|title=The Tormented President: Calvin Coolidge, Death, and Clinical Depression|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oFvMHT6hQBUC&pg=PA238|year=2003|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-97931-7|page=238}}</ref> *1939 &ndash; Lisandro de la Torre, Argentine politician (born 1868)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/a-80-anos-del-suicidio-lisandro-torre-nid2208168/|title = A 80 años del suicidio de Lisandro de la Torre|newspaper = La Nación|date = 5 January 2019|access-date=5 January 2026}}</ref> *1942 &ndash; Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (born 1896)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Frida Kahlo|author2=Tina Modotti|author3=Whitechapel Art Gallery|title=Frida Kahlo and Tina Modotti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aM5LAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Whitechapel Art Gallery|page=6|isbn=978-0-85488-055-3}}</ref> *1943 &ndash; George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (born 1864)<ref>{{cite book|author1=United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands and Surveys|author2=United States Congress. House Committee on Public Lands|title=George Washington Carver National Monument, Missouri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oC6LTyaKjeEC&pg=PA23|year=1943|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=23}}</ref> *1951 &ndash; Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (born 1864)<ref>{{cite book|author=Se-ŭng O|title=Dr. Philip Jaisohn's Reform Movement, 1896-1898: A Critical Appraisal of the Independence Club|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-ZGezeTsbsC|year=1995|publisher=University Press of America|isbn=978-0-8191-9914-0}}</ref> * 1951 &ndash; Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (born 1899)<ref>{{cite book|author1=University Prof of Russian and Comparative Literature Neil Cornwell|author2=Neil Cornwell|author3=Nicole Christian|title=Reference Guide to Russian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ehaZrlRY_YgC&pg=PA648|year=1998|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-884964-10-7|page=648}}</ref> *1952 &ndash; Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (born 1887)<ref>{{cite book|title=University of Edinburgh Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PC4jAQAAIAAJ|year=1951|page=76}}</ref> * 1952 &ndash; Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (born 1869)<ref>{{cite book | last =Shea | first =John | title =Macedonia and Greece: The Struggle to Define a New Balkan Nation | publisher =McFarland & Company | year =1997 | isbn =0-7864-0228-8 | page =171}}</ref> *1954 &ndash; Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (born 1891)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2550891/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/ "Rabbit Maranville Dies at 62; Sparkplug of '14 'Miracle' Braves,"] ''Brooklyn Eagle'', vol. 113, no. 5 (January 6, 1954), pp. 1, 15.</ref> *1956 &ndash; Mistinguett, French actress and singer (born 1875)<ref>{{cite book|author=David Bret|title=Maurice Chevalier: up on top of a rainbow|url=https://archive.org/details/mauricechevalier00bret|url-access=registration|year=1992|publisher=Robson|page=[https://archive.org/details/mauricechevalier00bret/page/170 170]|isbn=978-0-86051-789-4}}</ref> *1963 &ndash; Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1896)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lawrence O. Christensen|author2=William E. Foley|author3=Gary Kremer|title=Dictionary of Missouri Biography|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gyxWHRLAWgC&pg=PA403|date=October 1999|publisher=University of Missouri Press|isbn=978-0-8262-6016-1|page=403}}</ref> *1970 &ndash; Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1882)<ref>{{cite book|author=National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)|title=Annual Report – National Academy of Sciences|year=1969|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=njArAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA136|publisher=National Academies|page=136|id=NAP:11280}}</ref> * 1970 &ndash; Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer and scholar (born 1896)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Joaquim Homs|author2=Anglo-Catalan Society|title=Robert Gerhard and his music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=absHAQAAMAAJ|date=31 December 2000|publisher=Anglo-Catalan Society|isbn=978-0-9507137-9-3|page=83}}</ref> *1971 &ndash; Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American sound designer and engineer (born 1899)<ref>{{cite book|author=Charles Foster|title=Stardust and Shadows: Canadians in Early Hollywood|url=https://archive.org/details/stardustshadowsc0000fost|url-access=registration|date=1 September 2000|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-1-4597-2078-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/stardustshadowsc0000fost/page/359 359]}}</ref> *1974 &ndash; Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (born 1907)<ref>{{cite book|author=Randel Don|title=The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA645|year=1996|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-37299-3|page=645}}</ref> *1976 &ndash; John A. Costello, Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland (born 1891)<ref>{{cite book|author1=James Stuart Olson|author2=Robert Shadle|title=Historical Dictionary of the British Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L-X-XYB_ZkIC&pg=PA336|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-29366-5|page=336}}</ref> *1978 &ndash; Wyatt Emory Cooper, American author and screenwriter (born 1927)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gale Group|author2=Daniel Jones|author3=John Jorgensen|title=Contemporary Authors New Revision Series: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780787611996|url-access=registration|date=18 November 1997|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-1202-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780787611996/page/392 392]}}</ref> *1979 &ndash; Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (born 1894)<ref>{{cite book|author=Eugene Michael Vazzana|title=Silent film necrology: births and deaths of over 9000 performers, directors, producers, and other filmmakers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J5ZZAAAAMAAJ|date=May 1995|publisher=McFarland|page=31|isbn=978-0-7864-0132-1}}</ref> * 1979 &ndash; Charles Mingus, American bassist, composer, bandleader (born 1922)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bob Macken|author2=Peter Fornatale|author3=Bill Ayres|title=The Rock Music Source Book|url=https://archive.org/details/rockmusicsourceb00mack|url-access=registration|date=1 January 1980|publisher=Anchor Books|isbn=978-0-385-14139-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/rockmusicsourceb00mack/page/631 631]}}</ref> *1981 &ndash; Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1893)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Siegfried Böhme|author2=Walter Fricke|author3=Inge Heinrich|author4=Wilfried Hofmann|author5=Dietlinde Krahn|author6=Dorothea Rosa|author7=Lutz D. Schmadel|author8=Gert Zech|title=Literature 1981|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cc_sCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA61|date=11 November 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-662-12328-7|page=61}}</ref> * 1981 &ndash; Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet and philosopher (born 1901)<ref>{{cite book|author=Roger Powers S|title=Protest, Power, and Change: An Encyclopedia of Nonviolent Action from ACT-UP to Women's Suffrage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmlWr4aAt4EC&pg=PA300|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-76482-0|page=300}}</ref> *1982 &ndash; Hans Conried, American actor (born 1917)<ref>{{cite news |title=Hans Conried, 66 |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30811F7385C0C758CDDA80894DA484D81 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 6, 1982 |access-date=2009-01-21}}</ref> * 1982 &ndash; Edmund Herring, Australian general and politician, 7th Chief Justice of Victoria (born 1892)<ref>{{cite book|title=Victorian Year Book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XoMj-KQ1KAMC|year=1982|publisher=By Authority|page=708}}</ref> *1985 &ndash; Eithne Coyle, Irish Republican, President of Cumann na mBan (born 1897)<ref>{{Cite web |year=1984 |title=Eithne Coyle O'Donnell Papers (P.V) |url=https://www.ucd.ie/archives/t4media/p0061-coyle-odonnell-eithne-descriptive-catalogue.pdf |access-date=24 December 2025 |website=UCD Archives |publisher=University College Dublin}}</ref> *1985 &ndash; Robert L. Surtees, American cinematographer (born 1906)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gale Group|author2=Joshua Kondek|author3=Yvonne Jones Angela|title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yPtkAAAAMAAJ|date=3 December 1999|publisher=Gale|isbn=978-0-7876-3185-7|page=422}}</ref> *1987 &ndash; Margaret Laurence, Canadian author and academic (born 1926)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Margaret Laurence|author2=Adele Wiseman|title=Selected Letters of Margaret Laurence and Adele Wiseman|url=https://archive.org/details/selectedletterso0000laur|url-access=registration|date=1 January 1997|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8090-5|pages=[https://archive.org/details/selectedletterso0000laur/page/26 26]}}</ref> * 1987 &ndash; Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian-Canadian skier (born 1875)<ref>{{cite book|author=Anita Stewart|title=The Gray Rocks Story|url=https://archive.org/details/grayrocksstory0000stew|url-access=registration|year=1988|publisher=Wieser & Wieser|isbn=978-0-914373-16-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/grayrocksstory0000stew/page/31 31]}}</ref> *1990 &ndash; Arthur Kennedy, American actor (born 1914)<ref>{{cite book|title=SCAN/info|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHwjAQAAIAAJ|year=1989|publisher=The Network|page=16}}</ref> *1991 &ndash; Vasko Popa, Serbian poet and academic (born 1922)<ref>{{cite book|author=Frank Northen Magill|title=Cyclopedia of world authors, volume 4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xdE3AAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-0-89356-448-3|page=1623}}</ref> *1994 &ndash; Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (born 1912)<ref>{{cite web|author=Hodgson, G.|date=7 January 1994|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-thomas-p-oneill-1405199.html|title=Obituary: Thomas P. O'Neill|access-date=7 October 2019|website=The Independent pp. 14}}</ref> *1996 &ndash; Thung Sin Nio, Dutch–Indonesian activist (born 1902)<ref>{{cite web |last1=van der Plas |first1=Eva |title=Betsy Thung Sin Nio |url=https://atria.nl/nieuws-publicaties/bijzondere-vrouwen/vrouwelijke-pioniers/betsy-thung-sin-nio/ |website=Atria |access-date=19 October 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191018224246/https://atria.nl/nieuws-publicaties/bijzondere-vrouwen/vrouwelijke-pioniers/betsy-thung-sin-nio/ |archive-date=18 October 2019 |location=Amsterdam, Netherlands |language=Dutch |date=23 August 2010}}</ref> *1997 &ndash; André Franquin, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1924)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-andre-franquin-1282041.html|title=Obituary: Andre Franquin|date=7 January 1997|author=James Kirkup|website=The Independent|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref> * 1997 &ndash; Burton Lane, American composer and songwriter (born 1912)<ref>Severo, Richard. [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/07/arts/burton-lane-composer-for-finian-s-rainbow-and-clear-day-is-dead-at-84.html "Burton Lane, Composer for 'Finian's Rainbow' and 'Clear Day,' Is Dead at 84"] ''The New York Times'', January 7, 1997</ref> *1998 &ndash; Sonny Bono, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and politician (born 1935)<ref>{{cite news| last=Claiborne| first=William| date=January 7, 1998|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/junkie/links/bono.htm| title=Sonny Bono Is Killed in Ski Crash| newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> *2000 &ndash; Kumar Ponnambalam, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (born 1938)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Jeyaraj|first=D. B. S.|title=Kumar Ponnambalam: Tiger in the Lion's Den|journal=Tamil Times|date=January 2000|volume=XIX|issue=1|pages=5–8|url=http://noolaham.net/project/36/3585/3585.pdf|issn=0266-4488}}</ref> *2003 &ndash; Roy Jenkins, Welsh politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1920)<ref>{{cite news|location=London|work=The Guardian|title=Roy Jenkins: Gang leader who paved way for Blair|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2003/jan/06/uk.labour|first=Michael|last=White|date=6 January 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423043238/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2003/jan/06/uk.labour|archive-date=23 April 2010|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref> * 2003 &ndash; Félix Loustau, Argentine footballer (born 1922) <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/deportes/fallecio-el-legendario-felix-loustau-nid463992/|title=Falleció el legendario Félix Loustau|access-date=2026-01-05|date=2003-01-05|website=La Nación|language=es}}</ref> *2004 &ndash; Norman Heatley, English biologist and chemist, co-developed penicillin (born 1911)<ref>{{cite news|first=Ruth|last=Evans|url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,3604,1118276,00.html|title=Obituary: Norman Heatley|work=The Guardian|date=8 January 2004|access-date=2006-08-04}}</ref> *2006 &ndash; Merlyn Rees, Welsh educator and politician, Home Secretary (born 1920)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jan/05/labour.uk1|title=Lord Merlyn-Rees|date=5 January 2006|author=Edward Pearce|website=The Guardian|access-date=9 December 2019}}</ref> *2007 &ndash; Momofuku Ando, Taiwanese-Japanese businessman and inventor, founded Nissin Foods (born 1910)<ref>{{cite news |date=2007-01-07 |url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070107a2.html |title=Ando was king of instant ramen |work=The Japan Times |agency=Kyodo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519010856/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070107a2.html |archive-date=2007-05-19|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref> *2009 &ndash; Griffin Bell, American lawyer and politician, 72nd United States Attorney General (born 1918)<ref>{{cite news|author=Lyons, Patrick J.|title=Griffin Bell, Ex-Attorney General, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/06/washington/06bell.html?pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|date=January 6, 2009}}</ref> *2010 &ndash; Willie Mitchell, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and producer (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/arts/music/06mitchell.html|title=Willie Mitchell, Soul Music Producer, Dies at 81 (Published 2010)|first=Ben|last=Sisario|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 6, 2010}}</ref> * 2010 &ndash; Kenneth Noland, American painter (born 1924)<ref>{{cite news |title=Kenneth Noland, Color Field Artist, Is Dead at 85 |first=Roberta |last=Smith |author-link=Roberta Smith |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 5, 2010 |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/kenneth-noland-color-field-artist-is-dead-at-85/ |access-date=January 5, 2010}}</ref> *2012 &ndash; Isaac Díaz Pardo, Spanish painter and sculptor (born 1920)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elpais.com/elpais/2012/01/08/inenglish/1326003645_850210.html|title=Isaac Díaz Pardo Staunch defender of Galician language, culture dies at 91|date=8 January 2012|author=Xosé Manuel Pereiro|website=El Pais|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref> * 2012 &ndash; Frederica Sagor Maas, American author, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1900)<ref>{{cite news | title = 3rd oldest person in Calif dies at 111| newspaper = The Sacramento Bee | agency = Associated Press| date = January 6, 2012|url=http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/05/4167133/3rd-oldest-person-in-calif-dies.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109085917/http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/05/4167133/3rd-oldest-person-in-calif-dies.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 9, 2012| access-date = 2012-01-13}}</ref> *2013 &ndash; Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and politician (born 1938)<ref>{{cite news |title=Transition: Qazi Hussain Ahmed dies at 74 |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/489745/transition-qazi-hussain-ahmed-dies-at-74 |access-date=5 January 2021 |work=The Express Tribune |date=6 January 2013|quote=... Qazi Hussain Ahmed died of cardiac arrest late Saturday night in the federal capital.}}</ref> *2014 &ndash; Eusébio, Mozambican-Portuguese footballer and manager (born 1942)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jan/05/eusebio-portugal-football-hero-dies-71|title= Eusébio, Portugal's footballing hero, dies at 71|date=5 January 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=8 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105103423/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jan/05/eusebio-portugal-football-hero-dies-71|archive-date=5 January 2014}}</ref> * 2014 &ndash; Carmen Zapata, American actress (born 1927)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/tv/obituaries-people-news/actress-carmen-zapata-dies-at-86-1201032594/|title=Actress Carmen Zapata Dies at 86|date=6 January 2014|website=Variety|access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref> *2015 &ndash; Jean-Pierre Beltoise, French racing driver and motorcycle racer (born 1937)<ref>{{cite web|title=Jean-Pierre Beltoise, ex-F1 driver and 1972 Monaco GP winner, dies|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117273|website=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Media Group|access-date=5 January 2015|date=5 January 2015}}</ref> * 2015 &ndash; Bernard Joseph McLaughlin, American bishop (born 1912)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/bishop-bernard-j-mclaughlin-dies-at-102-20150105|title=Bishop Bernard J. McLaughlin dies at 102|date=5 January 2015|work=The Buffalo News}}</ref> *2016 &ndash; Pierre Boulez, French pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1925)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Machart|first1=Renaud| author-link = Renaud Machart |title=Mort du compositeur et chef d'orchestre Pierre Boulez|url=http://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2016/01/06/mort-du-compositeur-et-chef-d-orchestre-pierre-boulez_4842501_3382.html|website=Le Monde|date=6 January 2016|access-date=6 January 2016|language=fr}}</ref> *2017 &ndash; Jill Saward, English rape victim and activist (born 1965)<ref name=BBC>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38522714|title=Ealing vicarage rape victim Jill Saward dies|publisher=BBC News|date=5 January 2017|access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref> *2018 &ndash; Asghar Khan, Pakistani three star general and politician (born 1921)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1380944 |title= Air Marshal Asghar Khan passes away in Islamabad |author= Naveed Siddiqui, ''Dawn.com'' |date= 2018-01-05 |newspaper= Dawn|location=Pakistan |access-date= 2018-01-05}}</ref> * 2018 &ndash; Thomas Bopp, American astronomer best known as the co-discoverer of comet Hale–Bopp (born 1949)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Smith|first1=Harrison|title=Thomas Bopp, whose name was memorialized in a comet, dies at 68|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/thomas-bopp-whose-name-was-memorialized-in-a-comet-dies-at-68/2018/01/09/4e081bc6-f552-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref> * 2018 &ndash; Karin von Aroldingen, German ballerina (born 1941)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/obituaries/karin-von-aroldingen-76-a-major-dancer-for-balanchine-dies.html |title=Karin von Aroldingen, a Major Dancer for Balanchine, is Dead at 76 |access-date=2019-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202185023/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/09/obituaries/karin-von-aroldingen-76-a-major-dancer-for-balanchine-dies.html |archive-date=2019-02-02 |url-status=live |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2018-01-09 |last1=Kisselgoff |first1=Anna }}</ref> *2019 &ndash; Bernice Sandler, American women's rights activist (born 1928)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/obituaries/bernice-sandler-dead.html |title=Bernice Sandler, 'Godmother of Title IX,' Dies at 90 |access-date=2019-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518152129/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/obituaries/bernice-sandler-dead.html |archive-date=2019-05-18 |url-status=live |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2019-01-08 |last1=Seelye |first1=Katharine Q. }}</ref> * 2019 &ndash; Dragoslav Šekularac, Serbian footballer and manager (born 1937)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/07/dragoslav-sekularac-obituary |title=Dragoslav Šekularac obituary |website=The Guardian |date=7 January 2019 |access-date=2019-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518151437/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/07/dragoslav-sekularac-obituary |archive-date=2019-05-18 |url-status=live }}</ref> *2020 &ndash; Tafazzul Haque Habiganji, Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician (born 1938)<ref>{{Cite web |title=আল্লামা তাফাজ্জুল হক হবিগঞ্জীর ইন্তেকাল |url=https://www.amadershomoy.com/bn/2020/01/05/1058197.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106173354/https://www.amadershomoy.com/bn/2020/01/05/1058197.html |archive-date=2020-01-06 |access-date=2020-08-10 |website=Amader Shomoy|language=bn}}</ref> *2021 &ndash; Colin Bell, English footballer (born 1946)<ref>{{Cite news|title=Colin Bell: Manchester City great dies aged 74 |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55551720 |access-date=5 January 2020 |date=5 January 2020}}</ref> * 2021 &ndash; John Georgiadis, English violinist and composer (born 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/12/john-georgiadis-star-violinist-former-leader-lso-previn-abbado/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/01/12/john-georgiadis-star-violinist-former-leader-lso-previn-abbado/ |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=John Georgiadis, star violinist who led the LSO under Previn and Abbado – obituary |website=The Daily Telegraph |date=2021-01-12 |access-date=13 January 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *2022 &ndash; Kim Mi-soo, South Korean actress and model (born 1992)<ref>{{Cite web|author=Gawon Bae and Toyin Owoseje|title=Kim Mi-soo, South Korean actress and model, dies age 29|date=6 January 2022 |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/kim-mi-soo-dead-intl-scli/index.html|access-date=2022-01-09|publisher=CNN}}</ref> *2024 &ndash; Joseph Lelyveld, American journalist and executive editor of ''The'' ''New York Times'' (born 1937)<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 January 2024 |title=Joseph Lelyveld, Former Executive Editor of the New York Times, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2024-01-05/joseph-lelyveld-former-executive-editor-of-the-new-york-times-dies-at-86 |access-date=7 January 2024 |work=US News}}</ref> * 2024 &ndash; Mário Zagallo, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1931)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fonseca |first1=Pedro |title=Brazil legend Mario Zagallo, 'the accidental footballer', dies aged 92 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/mario-zagallo-death-cause-brazil-world-cup-b2474243.html |access-date=5 January 2026 |work=The Independent |date=7 January 2024}}</ref> *2025 &ndash; Mike Rinder, Australian-American former Scientologist, critic (born 1955)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Levenson |first=Michael |date=January 6, 2025 |title=Mike Rinder, Scientology Spokesman Turned Critic, Dies at 69 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/us/mike-rinder-dead-scientology-critic.html |access-date=January 7, 2025 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> *2025 &ndash; Costas Simitis, Greek economist, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 January 2025 |title=Κώστας Σημίτης: Πέθανε ο πρώην πρωθυπουργός σε ηλικία 88 ετών |url=https://www.protothema.gr/politics/article/1583875/kostas-simitis-pethane-o-proin-prothupourgos-se-ilikia-88-eton/ |access-date= 5 January 2025 |work=Proto Thema}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances== *Christian Feast day: **Charles of Mount Argus<ref>{{cite web |title=St Charles of Mount Argus, 5th January – The Diocese of Shrewsbury – The Diocese of Shrewsbury |url=http://www.dioceseofshrewsbury.org/weekly_digests/st-charles-of-mount-argos-5th-january |website=dioceseofshrewsbury.org |access-date=3 June 2020 |archive-date=3 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603073016/http://www.dioceseofshrewsbury.org/weekly_digests/st-charles-of-mount-argos-5th-january }}</ref> **John Neumann (Catholic Church)<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint John Neumann {{!}} Biography, Legacy, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-John-Neumann |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> **Pope Telesphorus<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Telesphorus {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Telesphorus |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> **Simeon Stylites (Latin Church)<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Simeon Stylites {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Simeon-Stylites |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> **January 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival (Harbin, China)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leasca |first1=Stacey |title=Breathtaking photos of the world's largest snow and ice festival will make you want to travel to China |url=https://www.insider.com/china-largest-snow-and-ice-festival-photos-sculptures-2020-1 |website=Insider |access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> *Joma Shinji (Japan)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Martin |first1=John H. |last2=Martin |first2=Phyllis G. |title=Tokyo: 29 Walks in the World's Most Exciting City |date=2014 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-0888-2 |page=340 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AELRAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT340}}</ref> *National Bird Day (United States)<ref>{{cite web |title=AWC – Avian Welfare Coalition – National Bird Day |url=http://www.avianwelfare.org/nationalbirdday/ |website=avianwelfare.org |access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> * The Twelfth day of Christmas and the Twelfth Night of Christmas. (Western Christianity)<ref>{{cite web |title=When do the 12 days of Christmas start and what do they all celebrate? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2017/12/01/when-do-the-12-days-of-christmas-start-and-what-do-they-all-celebrate-7124109/ |website=Metro |access-date=3 June 2020|date=1 December 2017}}</ref>

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