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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/January_29 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/January_29.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_29 > Source revision: 1355077373 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [904](/source/904) – [Sergius III](/source/Pope_Sergius_III) is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the [papacy](/source/pope) from the deposed [antipope Christopher](/source/antipope_Christopher).{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Christophorus|volume=6|page=295 | quote= In January 904 [Christophorus] was treated in the same fashion by his competitor, Sergius III., who had him strangled.}} * [946](/source/946) – Caliph [al-Mustakfi](/source/al-Mustakfi) is blinded and deposed by [Mu'izz al-Dawla](/source/Mu'izz_al-Dawla), ruler of the [Buyid Empire](/source/Buyid_dynasty). He is succeeded by [al-Muti](/source/al-Muti) as caliph of the [Abbasid Caliphate](/source/Abbasid_Caliphate).{{cite book|author=Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb|title=The Encyclopaedia of Islam: MIF-NAZ|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ewpAQAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Brill|isbn=978-90-04-09419-2}} ===1601–1900=== *[1814](/source/1814) – [War of the Sixth Coalition](/source/War_of_the_Sixth_Coalition): France engages Russia and [Prussia](/source/Prussia) in the [Battle of Brienne](/source/Battle_of_Brienne).{{cite book |last1=Fremont-Barnes |first1=Gregory |title=The Napoleonic Wars: The Rise and Fall of an Empire |date=2004 |publisher=Osprey |location=Oxford |isbn=1-84176-831-6 |pages=18, 291}} *[1819](/source/1819) – [Stamford Raffles](/source/Stamford_Raffles) lands on the island of [Singapore](/source/Singapore).{{cite journal |last1=Tan |first1=Eugene K. B. |title=Article 152 of the Singapore Constitution: The Past, Present, and Future of Multiracial Recognition, Inclusion, and Accommodation |journal=Beyond Bicentennial |date=July 2020 |pages=713–726 |doi=10.1142/9789811212512_0043|isbn=978-981-12-1250-5 |s2cid=225564640 }} *[1845](/source/1845) – "[The Raven](/source/The_Raven)" is published in ''[The Evening Mirror](/source/The_Evening_Mirror)'' in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, [Edgar Allan Poe](/source/Edgar_Allan_Poe).{{cite book|author=Dawn B. Sova|title=Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe: A Literary Reference to His Life and Work |year=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-0842-1|page=157}} *[1850](/source/1850) – [Henry Clay](/source/Henry_Clay) introduces the [Compromise of 1850](/source/Compromise_of_1850) to the [U.S. Congress](/source/United_States_Congress).{{cite book|title=United States Congressional Serial Set|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oao9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA95|year=1989|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=95}} *[1856](/source/1856) – [Queen Victoria](/source/Queen_Victoria) issues a [Warrant](/source/Warrant_(law)) under the [Royal sign-manual](/source/Royal_sign-manual) that establishes the [Victoria Cross](/source/Victoria_Cross) to recognise acts of valour by [British](/source/British_Empire) military personnel during the [Crimean War](/source/Crimean_War).{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Public Record Office|title=Lists and Indexes: Supplementary series|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pT0ZjfKpqscC&pg=PA310|year=1964|publisher=Kraus Reprint|page=310|volume=8|issue=1}} *[1861](/source/1861) – [Kansas](/source/Kansas) is admitted as the 34th [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state).{{cite book|author1=Kansas. Supreme Court|author2=Elliot V. Banks|author3=William Craw Webb|title=Kansas Reports|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NjdQAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA577|year=1891|publisher=Kansas state printing plant|page=577 |volume=46}} *[1863](/source/1863) – The [Bear River Massacre](/source/Bear_River_Massacre): A detachment of [California Volunteers](/source/List_of_California_Civil_War_Union_units) led by Colonel [Patrick Edward Connor](/source/Patrick_Edward_Connor) engage the [Shoshone](/source/Shoshone) at [Bear River](/source/Bear_River_(Washington)), [Washington Territory](/source/Washington_Territory), killing hundreds of men, women and children.{{cite book|title=Bear River Massacre Site, Idaho: Final Special Resource Study, Environmental Assessment|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RUc5t4-36DEC&pg=PA139|year=1996|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service|page=139}} *[1886](/source/1886) – [Karl Benz](/source/Karl_Benz) patents the first successful [gasoline](/source/gasoline)-driven automobile.{{cite book |last1=Nübel |first1=Otto |editor1-last=Barker |editor1-first=Theo |title=The Economic and Social Effects of the Spread of Motor Vehicles: An International Centenary Tribute. |date=2016 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan Limited |location=London |isbn=978-1-349-08624-5 |page=59 |edition=2nd}} *[1891](/source/1891) – [Lili{{okina}}uokalani](/source/Lili%7B%7Bokina%7D%7Duokalani) is proclaimed the last monarch and only [queen regnant](/source/queen_regnant) of the [Kingdom of Hawaii](/source/Kingdom_of_Hawaii).{{cite journal |last1=KUALAPAI |first1=LYDIA |title=The Queen Writes Back: Lili'uokalani's Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen |journal=Studies in American Indian Literatures |date=2005 |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=32–62 |doi=10.1353/ail.2005.0053 |jstor=20737264 |s2cid=161123895 |issn=0730-3238}} ===1901–present=== *[1907](/source/1907) – [Charles Curtis](/source/Charles_Curtis) of [Kansas](/source/Kansas) becomes the first Native American [U.S. Senator](/source/United_States_Senate).{{cite book|author=United States. Congress|title=Official Congressional Directory|url=https://archive.org/details/officialcongres20pringoog|year=1907|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=[https://archive.org/details/officialcongres20pringoog/page/n78 34]}} *[1911](/source/1911) – [Mexican Revolution](/source/Mexican_Revolution): [Mexicali](/source/Mexicali) is [captured](/source/Capture_of_Mexicali) by the [Mexican Liberal Party](/source/Mexican_Liberal_Party), igniting the [Magonista rebellion of 1911](/source/Magonista_rebellion_of_1911).{{cite journal |last1=Owen |first1=Roger C. |title=Indians and Revolution: The 1911 Invasion of Baja California, Mexico |journal=Ethnohistory |date=1963 |volume=10 |issue=4 |pages=373–395 |doi=10.2307/480336|jstor=480336}} *[1918](/source/1918) – [Ukrainian–Soviet War](/source/Ukrainian%E2%80%93Soviet_War): The [Bolshevik](/source/Bolshevik) [Red Army](/source/Red_Army), on its way to besiege [Kyiv](/source/Kyiv), is met by a small group of military students at the [Battle of Kruty](/source/Battle_of_Kruty).{{cite book |last1=Klymenko |first1=Lina |editor1-last=Besier |editor1-first=Gerhard |editor2-last=Stokłosa |editor2-first=Katarzyna |title=1917 AND THE CONSEQUENCES |date=2019 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=978-0-429-19721-5 |page=98}} * 1918 – Ukrainian–Soviet War: An [armed uprising](/source/Kiev_Arsenal_January_Uprising) organized by the [Bolsheviks](/source/Bolsheviks) in anticipation of the encroaching [Red Army](/source/Red_Army) begins at the [Kiev Arsenal](/source/Kiev_Arsenal), which will be put down six days later.{{cite journal |last1=Ford |first1=Christopher |title=Outline History of the Ukrainian Communist Party (Independentists): An Emancipatory Communism 1918–1925 |journal=Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe |date=August 2009 |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=193–246 |doi=10.1080/09651560903172274|s2cid=145338689 }} *[1936](/source/1936) – The [first inductees](/source/List_of_members_of_the_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame) into the [Baseball Hall of Fame](/source/Baseball_Hall_of_Fame) are announced.{{cite book |last1=Corcoran |first1=Dennis |title=Induction Day at Cooperstown: A History of the Baseball Hall of Fame Ceremony. |date=2010 |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson |isbn=978-0-7864-9147-6 |page=21}} *[1940](/source/1940) – Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present [Sakurajima Line](/source/Sakurajima_Line), in [Osaka](/source/Osaka), Japan, collide and explode while approaching [Ajikawaguchi Station](/source/Ajikawaguchi_Station). One hundred and eighty-one people are killed.{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/benton-harbor-news-palladium-jan-29-1940-p-8/|title=200 Japanese die in Osaka train wreck|date=January 29, 1940|website=NewspaperArchive|publisher=The News - Palladium|access-date=5 December 2018}} *[1943](/source/1943) – [World War II](/source/World_War_II): The first day of the [Battle of Rennell Island](/source/Battle_of_Rennell_Island), {{USS|Chicago|CA-29}} is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.{{cite book |last1=Stille |first1=Mark |title=US Heavy Cruisers 1941-45: Pre-War Classes |date=2014 |publisher=Osprey Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-78200-630-5 |page=24}} *[1944](/source/1944) – World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day [Kaniūkai](/source/Kani%C5%ABkai), Lithuania) is [attacked](/source/Koniuchy_massacre) by [Soviet partisan](/source/Soviet_partisan) units.{{cite journal |last1=Kuberski |first1=Hubert |title=Russian Emigrants and Polish Underground in 1939–1948 |journal=Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej |date=2017 |volume=52 |issue=1 |page=110 |url=https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=636390 |access-date=5 January 2023 |language=English |issn=1230-5057}} * 1944 – World War II: In [Bologna](/source/Bologna), Italy, the [Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio](/source/Anatomical_theatre_of_the_Archiginnasio) is completely destroyed in an air-raid.{{Cite web|url=https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/italys-ancient-medical-schools-anatomical-theatres|title=Italy's Ancient Medical Schools: Anatomical Theatres|website=ITALY Magazine}} * [1959](/source/1959) – The first [Melodifestivalen](/source/Melodifestivalen) is held at [Cirkus](/source/Cirkus_(Stockholm)) in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), Sweden.Leif Thorsson. ''Melodifestivalen genom tiderna'' (1999, second edition 2006). Pg. 19. Stockholm: Premium Publishing AB. {{ISBN|91-89136-29-2}} *[1971](/source/1971) – The last of [its many UFO sightings](/source/UFOs_of_Pudasj%C3%A4rvi) is made at [Pudasjärvi, Finland](/source/Pudasj%C3%A4rvi).{{cite book | first = Björn | last= Borg | title = Tosiasioita ufoilmiöstä | year = 2001 | pages = 181–183 | publisher = UFO-Finland ry | language = fi | isbn = 951-98374-1-8}} *[1973](/source/1973) – [EgyptAir Flight 741](/source/EgyptAir_Flight_741) crashes into the [Kyrenia Mountains](/source/Kyrenia_Mountains) in [Cyprus](/source/Cyprus), killing 37 people.{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin Il-18D SU-AOV Nicosia Airport (NIC)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730129-0|access-date=2022-01-28|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[Aviation Safety Network](/source/Aviation_Safety_Network)}} *[1983](/source/1983) – [Singapore cable car crash](/source/Singapore_cable_car_crash): Panamanian-registered [oil rig](/source/Oil_platform), ''Eniwetok'', strikes the cables of the [Singapore Cable Car](/source/Singapore_Cable_Car) system linking the mainland and [Sentosa Island](/source/Sentosa), causing two cabins to fall into the water and killing seven people and leaving thirteen others trapped for hours.{{cite news |first1=Annabeth |last1=Leow|date=13 October 2016 |title=All you need to know about the 1983 Sentosa cable car accident |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-1983-sentosa-cable-car-accident |access-date=17 June 2021 |work=The Straits Times |language=en}} *[1989](/source/1989) – [Cold War](/source/Cold_War): [Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea](/source/Hungary%E2%80%93South_Korea_relations), making it the first [Eastern Bloc](/source/Eastern_Bloc) nation to do so.{{cite web |last1=Kozma |first1=György |title=Hungary's Long Relationship with Korea Discussed |url=https://www.upf.org/initiatives/neapi/9957-hungary-s-long-relationship-with-korea-celebrated |publisher=Universal Peace Federation |access-date=4 January 2023 |date=29 January 2022 |archive-date=4 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104082344/https://www.upf.org/initiatives/neapi/9957-hungary-s-long-relationship-with-korea-celebrated |url-status=dead }} *[1991](/source/1991) – [Gulf War](/source/Gulf_War): The [Battle of Khafji](/source/Battle_of_Khafji), the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins between [Iraq](/source/Ba'athist_Iraq) and [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia).{{cite journal |last1=Head |first1=William P. |title=The Battle for Ra's Al-Khafji and the Effects of Air Power January 29-February 1, 1991 Part I |journal=Air Power History |date=2013 |volume=60 |issue=1 |pages=4–15 |jstor=26276276 |issn=1044-016X}} *[1996](/source/1996) – President [Jacques Chirac](/source/Jacques_Chirac) announces a "definitive end" to French [nuclear weapons testing](/source/nuclear_weapons_testing).{{cite journal |title=France Announces End to Nuclear Testing |journal=Foreign Policy Bulletin |date=April 1996 |volume=7 |issue=2 |page=83 |doi=10.1017/S1052703600000514}} *[2001](/source/2001) – Thousands of student protesters in [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) storm parliament and demand that [President](/source/President_of_Indonesia) [Abdurrahman Wahid](/source/Abdurrahman_Wahid) resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals.{{cite news |title=Clashes as 10,000 besiege Indonesian parliament |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/jan/29/indonesia |access-date=5 January 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 January 2001 |language=en}} *[2002](/source/2002) – In his [State of the Union address](/source/2002_State_of_the_Union_Address), President [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush) describes "regimes that sponsor [terror](/source/terrorism)" as an ''[Axis of evil](/source/Axis_of_evil)'', in which he includes [Iraq](/source/Ba'athist_Iraq), [Iran](/source/Iran) and [North Korea](/source/North_Korea).{{cite journal |last1=Heradstveit |first1=Daniel |author-link1=Daniel Heradstveit |last2=Bonham |first2=Matthew G. |title=What the Axis of Evil Metaphor Did to Iran |journal=The Middle East Journal |date=1 July 2007 |volume=61 |issue=3 |pages=422–423 |doi=10.3751/61.3.12}} *[2005](/source/2005) – The first direct commercial flights from [mainland China](/source/mainland_China) (from [Guangzhou](/source/Guangzhou)) to [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan) since 1949 arrived in [Taipei](/source/Taipei). Shortly afterwards, a [China Airlines](/source/China_Airlines) flight lands in [Beijing](/source/Beijing).{{cite news |title=First direct flights in 56 years link mainlan, Taiwan |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-01/29/content_413536.htm |access-date=9 January 2023 |work=[China Daily](/source/China_Daily) |date=29 January 2005}} *[2008](/source/2008) – An Egyptian court rules that people who do not adhere to one of the three [government-recognised religions](/source/Religion_in_Egypt), while not allowed to list any belief outside of those three, are still [eligible to receive](/source/Egyptian_identification_card_controversy) government [identity document](/source/identity_document)s.{{cite news |last1=Johnston |first1=Cynthia |title=Egypt Baha'is win court fight over identity papers |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-31656620080129 |access-date=9 January 2023 |work=Reuters |date=29 January 2008 |language=en}} *[2009](/source/2009) – [Governor of Illinois](/source/Governor_of_Illinois) [Rod Blagojevich](/source/Rod_Blagojevich) [is removed from office](/source/Rod_Blagojevich_corruption_charges) following his conviction of several corruption charges, including solicitation of personal benefit in exchange for an appointment to the [United States Senate](/source/United_States_Senate) as a replacement for then-[U.S. president-elect](/source/President-elect_of_the_United_States) [Barack Obama](/source/Barack_Obama).{{cite news |last1=Nasaw |first1=Daniel |title=Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich removed from office |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jan/30/rod-blagojevich-removal-illinois-senate-obama |access-date=4 January 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=30 January 2009 |language=en}} *[2013](/source/2013) – [SCAT Airlines Flight 760](/source/SCAT_Airlines_Flight_760) crashes near the [Kazakh](/source/Kazakhstan) city of [Almaty](/source/Almaty), killing 21 people.{{cite news |last1=Gordeyeva |first1=Mariya |title=Passenger plane crash kills 21 in Kazakhstan |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kazakhstan-aircrash-idUSBRE90S0AM20130129 |access-date=4 January 2023 |work=Reuters |date=29 January 2013 |language=en}} *[2014](/source/2014) – [Rojava conflict](/source/Rojava_conflict): The [Afrin Canton](/source/Afrin_Region) declares its autonomy from the [Syrian Arab Republic](/source/Syria).{{cite web|url=http://mednuce.com/en//haber/2344/democratic-autonomy-has-declared-in-afrin-canton-in-rojava.html|title=Democratic autonomy has declared in Afrin canton in Rojava|publisher=Mednuce|access-date=23 October 2014|date=29 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706022020/http://mednuce.com/en//haber/2344/democratic-autonomy-has-declared-in-afrin-canton-in-rojava.html|archive-date=6 July 2018|df=dmy-all}} *[2017](/source/2017) – A gunman [opens fire](/source/Quebec_City_mosque_shooting) at the [Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City](/source/Islamic_Cultural_Centre_of_Quebec_City), killing six people and wounding 19 others in a spree shooting.{{cite news |last1=Zimonjic |first1=Peter |last2=Cochrane |first2=David |last3=Gordon |first3=Sean |title=Liberal government declares Jan. 29 national day of remembrance for victims of mosque shooting |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/national-rememberance-mosque-shooting-1.5892033 |access-date=4 January 2023 |work=CBC News |date=28 January 2021}} *[2022](/source/2022) – Canadian [truck driver](/source/truck_driver)s and pedestrians gathered to [rally and protest](/source/Canada_convoy_protest) on [Parliament Hill](/source/Parliament_Hill) against [Canadian COVID-19 restrictions](/source/COVID-19_vaccination_in_Canada), which caused traffic and closures around [the city](/source/Ottawa).{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Jessica |date=2022-01-29 |title=Freedom Convoy: Why Canadian Truckers are protesting in Ottawa |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60164561 |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=BBC}} *[2025](/source/2025) – [American Eagle](/source/American_Eagle_(airline_brand)) Flight 5342 [collided mid-air](/source/2025_Potomac_River_mid-air_collision) with a [Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk](/source/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk) operated by the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) and crashed into the [Potomac River](/source/Potomac_River), killing all 67 people on board both aircraft.{{Cite news |last1=Tanyos |first1=Faris |last2=Freiman |first2=Jordan |last3=Dakss |first3=Brian |date=January 30, 2025 |title=D.C. plane crash live updates as search for victims continues in Potomac River; no survivors from disaster |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/plane-crash-dc-helicopter-potomac-river/ |access-date=January 30, 2025 |newspaper=[CBS News](/source/CBS_News) |language=en-US}} *2025 – A chartered [Beechcraft 1900](/source/Beechcraft_1900) [crashes](/source/2025_Light_Air_Services_Beechcraft_1900_crash) near the [Unity oilfield](/source/Unity_oilfield) in South Sudan, killing 20 people.{{Cite news |date=29 January 2025 |title=Plane crash in South Sudan kills at least 20 people |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/29/plane-crash-in-south-sudan-kills-at-least-20-people |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130082915/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/29/plane-crash-in-south-sudan-kills-at-least-20-people |archive-date=30 January 2025 |access-date=29 January 2025 |work=[Al Jazeera](/source/Al_Jazeera) |language=English}} ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[1455](/source/1455) – [Johann Reuchlin](/source/Johann_Reuchlin), German-born humanist and scholar (died 1522){{cite book|first1=Daniel |last1=O'Callaghan|title=The Preservation of Jewish Religious Books in Sixteenth-Century Germany: Johannes Reuchlin's Augenspiegel |date=9 November 2012|publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-24185-5 |page=23}} *[1475](/source/1475) – [Giuliano Bugiardini](/source/Giuliano_Bugiardini), Italian painter (died 1555){{cite book |first1=Eliot |last1=Wooldridge Rowlands|title=The collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: Italian paintings, 1300-1800 |year=1996|publisher=Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art|isbn=978-0-942614-25-1 |page=147}} *[1499](/source/1499) – [Katharina von Bora](/source/Katharina_von_Bora), wife of [Martin Luther](/source/Martin_Luther); formerly a Roman Catholic nun (died 1552){{cite book|first1=Peter G. |last1=Bietenholz|first2=Thomas Brian |last2=Deutscher|title=Contemporaries of Erasmus: A Biographical Register of the Renaissance and Reformation |year=2003|publisher=University of Toronto Press|isbn=978-0-8020-8577-1|page=171}} *[1525](/source/1525) – [Lelio Sozzini](/source/Lelio_Sozzini), Italian humanist and reformer (died 1562){{cite book|first1=Amy Gaston C.A. |last1=Bonet-Maury|title=Early sources of English Unitarian Christianity |page=180|year=1884 |publisher=British & Foreign Unitarian Association |translator=Edward Potter Hall}} *[1584](/source/1584) – [Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange](/source/Frederick_Henry%2C_Prince_of_Orange) (died 1647){{cite book|first1=Frank N. |last1=Magill|title=The 17th and 18th Centuries: Dictionary of World Biography |date=13 September 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-92414-0|page=500}} *[1591](/source/1591) – [Franciscus Junius](/source/Franciscus_Junius_(the_younger)), German pioneer philologist (died 1677){{cite book|first1=Rolf Hendrik Jr. |last1=Bremmer |first2=Geart |last2=van der Meer|first3=Oebele |last3=Vries|title=Aspects of Old Frisian Philology |year=1990|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=90-420-2275-2|page=46}} ===1601–1900=== *[1602](/source/1602) – [Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg](/source/Countess_Amalie_Elisabeth_of_Hanau-M%C3%BCnzenberg) (died 1651){{cite book|title=The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge |year=1843|publisher=Longman, Brown|page=395}} *[1632](/source/1632) – [Johann Georg Graevius](/source/Johann_Georg_Graevius), German scholar and critic (died 1703){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Graevius, Johann Georg|volume=12|page=315|quote=...born at Naumburg, Saxony, on the 29th of January 1632}} *[1688](/source/1688) – [Emanuel Swedenborg](/source/Emanuel_Swedenborg), Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian (died 1772){{cite book |last1=Crompton |first1=Samuel Willard |title=Emanuel Swedenborg |date=2005 |publisher=Chelsea House Publishers |isbn=0-7910-8102-8 |page=8}} *[1711](/source/1711) – [Giuseppe Bonno](/source/Giuseppe_Bonno), Austrian composer (died 1788){{cite Grove |last1=Angermüller |first1=Rudolph |last2=Rabin |first2=Ron |title=Bonno, Giuseppe |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03538}} *[1715](/source/1715) – [Georg Christoph Wagenseil](/source/Georg_Christoph_Wagenseil), Austrian organist and composer (died 1777){{cite Grove |last1=Kucaba |first1=John |last2=Boer |first2=Bertil H. van |title=Wagenseil, Georg Christoph |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.29767}} *[1717](/source/1717) – [Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst](/source/Jeffery_Amherst%2C_1st_Baron_Amherst), English field marshal and politician, 19th [Governor General of Canada](/source/List_of_Governors_General_of_Canada) (died 1797){{cite ODNB |last1=Lowe |first1=William C. |title=Amherst, Jeffrey, first Baron Amherst (1717–1797), army officer |date=23 September 2010 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/443}} *[1718](/source/1718) – [Paul Rabaut](/source/Paul_Rabaut), French pastor (died 1794){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Rabaut, Paul |volume=22 |pages=766}} *[1737](/source/1737) – [Thomas Paine](/source/Thomas_Paine), English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionary (died 1809){{cite ANB |last1=Foner |first1=Eric |title=Paine, Thomas (1737-1809), author of political pamphlets of the Age of Revolution |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1601251}} *[1749](/source/1749) – [Christian VII of Denmark](/source/Christian_VII_of_Denmark) (died 1808){{cite book |last1=Tvedt |first1=Knut Are |title=Norsk biografisk leksikon |date=30 November 2021 |url=https://snl.no/Christian_7. |access-date=3 January 2023 |language=no |chapter=Christian 7.}} *[1754](/source/1754) – [Moses Cleaveland](/source/Moses_Cleaveland), American general, lawyer, and politician, founded [Cleveland, Ohio](/source/Cleveland%2C_Ohio) (died 1806){{cite book |title=Dictionary of American Biography |date=1936 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |via=Gale |isbn=978-0-684-80611-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310015956/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=975fd805 |access-date=20 December 2022 |chapter=Moses Cleaveland}} *[1756](/source/1756) – [Henry Lee III](/source/Henry_Lee_III), American general and politician, 9th [Governor of Virginia](/source/Governor_of_Virginia) (died 1818){{CongBio |id=L000195 |name=LEE, Henry |inline=YES}} *[1761](/source/1761) – [Albert Gallatin](/source/Albert_Gallatin), Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th [United States Secretary of the Treasury](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury) (died 1849){{CongBio |id=G000020 |name=GALLATIN, Albert |inline=YES}} *[1782](/source/1782) – [Daniel Auber](/source/Daniel_Auber), French composer (died 1871){{cite Grove |last1=Schneider |first1=Herbert |title=Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.01489}} *[1792](/source/1792) – [Lemuel H. Arnold](/source/Lemuel_H._Arnold), American politician (died 1852){{CongBio |id=A000291 |name=ARNOLD, Lemuel Hastings |inline=YES}} *[1801](/source/1801) – [Johannes Bernardus van Bree](/source/Johannes_Bernardus_van_Bree), Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor (died 1857){{cite Grove |last1=Bokum |first1=Jan ten |title=Bree, Johannes [Joannes] Bernardus van |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03910}} *[1810](/source/1810) – [Ernst Kummer](/source/Ernst_Kummer), Polish-German mathematician and academic (died 1893){{cite book |editor1-last=Bouganis |editor1-first=Thanasis |editor2-last=Venjakob |editor2-first=Otmar |title=Iwasawa Theory 2012: State of the Art and Recent Advances |date=2014 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-642-55245-8 |page=vii}} * 1810 – [Mary Whitwell Hale](/source/Mary_Whitwell_Hale), American teacher, school founder, and hymnwriter (died 1862){{cite book |editor1-last=Julian |editor1-first=John |edition=3rd |title=A Dictionary of Hymnology: Setting Forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of All Ages and Nations |year=1892 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |page=481}} *[1843](/source/1843) – [William McKinley](/source/William_McKinley), American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th [President of the United States](/source/President_of_the_United_States) (died 1901){{CongBio |id=M000522 |name=MCKINLEY, William, Jr. |inline=YES}} *[1846](/source/1846) – [Karol Olszewski](/source/Karol_Olszewski), Polish chemist, mathematician and physicist (died 1915){{cite journal |last1=Rafalska-Łasocha |first1=Alicja |title=Obchody 100. rocznicy śmierci Karola Stanisława Olszewskiego (1846–1915) |journal=Prace Komisji Historii Nauki PAU |date=2015 |volume=14 |pages=335–345 |doi=10.4467/23921749PKHN_PAU.16.016.5272 |language=pl|doi-access=free }} *[1852](/source/1852) – [Frederic Hymen Cowen](/source/Frederic_Hymen_Cowen), Jamaican-English pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1935){{cite Grove |last1=Dibble |first1=Jeremy |last2=Spencer |first2=Jennifer |title=Cowen, Sir Frederic Hymen |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.06744}} *[1858](/source/1858) – [Henry Ward Ranger](/source/Henry_Ward_Ranger), American painter and academic (died 1916){{cite book |title=Dictionary of American Biography |date=1936 |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |via=Gale |isbn=978-0-684-80611-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310005070/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=7c6c080e |access-date=20 December 2022 |chapter=Henry Ward Ranger}} *[1860](/source/1860) – [Anton Chekhov](/source/Anton_Chekhov), Russian playwright and short story writer (died 1904){{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000017459/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=8e7f6cd7 |access-date=20 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Anton Chekhov }} *[1861](/source/1861) – [Florida Ruffin Ridley](/source/Florida_Ruffin_Ridley), American civil rights activist, teacher, editor, and writer (died 1943){{cite ANB |last1=Basinger Lane |first1=Rachel |title=Ridley, Florida Ruffin (29 Jan. 1861–25 Feb. 1943), civil rights activist |date=28 July 2022 |id=370056}} *[1862](/source/1862) – [Frederick Delius](/source/Frederick_Delius), English composer (died 1934){{cite Grove |last1=Anderson |first1=Robert |last2=Payne |first2=Anthony |last3=Carley |first3=Lionel |title=Delius, Frederick |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.49095}} *[1864](/source/1864) – [Richard Arman Gregory](/source/Sir_Richard_Gregory%2C_1st_Baronet), British astronomer (died 1952){{cite journal |last1=Stratton |first1=Frederick John Marrian |title=Richard Arman Gregory, 1864-1952 |journal=Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1953 |volume=8 |issue=22 |pages=410–417 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1953.0007|s2cid=153801596 |doi-access=free }} *[1866](/source/1866) – [Romain Rolland](/source/Romain_Rolland), French historian, author, and playwright, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature) laureate (died 1944){{cite Grove |last1=Henderson |first1=Robert |title=Rolland, Romain |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.23710}} *[1867](/source/1867) – [Vicente Blasco Ibáñez](/source/Vicente_Blasco_Ib%C3%A1%C3%B1ez), Spanish journalist and author (died 1928){{cite book|first1=Ricardo |last1=Landeira|title=The modern Spanish novel, 1898–1936 |year=1985 |publisher=Twayne Publishers|isbn=978-0-8057-6603-5 |page=1}} *[1874](/source/1874) – [John D. Rockefeller Jr.](/source/John_D._Rockefeller_Jr.), American businessman and philanthropist (died 1960){{cite ANB |last1=Wheatley |first1=Steven C. |title=Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (1874-1960), philanthropist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1001419}} *[1876](/source/1876) – [Havergal Brian](/source/Havergal_Brian), English composer (died 1972){{cite Grove |last1=MacDonald |first1=Malcolm |title=Brian, [William] Havergal |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03970}} *[1880](/source/1880) – [W. C. Fields](/source/W._C._Fields), American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (died 1946){{cite ANB |last1=Boskin |first1=Joseph |title=Fields, W. C. (1880-1946), comedian in vaudeville, film, and radio |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800389}} *[1881](/source/1881) – [Alice Catherine Evans](/source/Alice_Catherine_Evans), American microbiologist (died 1975){{cite book|first1=Peggy|last1=Saari|title=Prominent Women of the 20th Century |volume=2|location=New York|publisher=Gale Research|year=1996|page=332|isbn=978-0-7876-0646-6}} *[1884](/source/1884) – [Juhan Aavik](/source/Juhan_Aavik), Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor (died 1982){{cite book |title=Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2420000007/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=bb13c016 |access-date=20 December 2022 |chapter=Juhan Aavik}} *[1886](/source/1886) – [Karl Freudenberg](/source/Karl_Freudenberg), German chemist (died 1983){{cite journal |last1=Stevens |first1=Thomas S. |title=Karl Johann Freudenberg, 29 January 1886 - 3 April 1983 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1984 |volume=30 |issue=30 |pages=168–189 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1984.0006|s2cid=73067618 |doi-access=free }} *[1888](/source/1888) – [Sydney Chapman](/source/Sydney_Chapman_(mathematician)), English mathematician and geophysicist (died 1970){{cite ODNB |last1=Cowling |first1=T. G. |title=Chapman, Sydney (1888–1970), mathematician and geophysicist |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32367}} * 1888 – [Wellington Koo](/source/Wellington_Koo), Chinese statesman (died 1985){{cite journal |journal=Encyclopedia of World Biography Online |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631009261/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=c762edfd |access-date=20 December 2022 |format=Collection |title=Wellington Koo}} *[1892](/source/1892) – [Ernst Lubitsch](/source/Ernst_Lubitsch), German American film director, producer, writer, and actor (died 1947){{cite book|author=Scott Eyman|title=Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter in Paradise|year=1993|publisher=Simon & Schuster |page=22 |isbn=978-0-671-74936-1}}. *[1895](/source/1895) – [Muna Lee](/source/Muna_Lee_(writer)), American poet and author (died 1965){{cite ANB |last1=Creighton |first1=Jane |title=Lee, Muna (1895-1965), poet, feminist, and specialist in international affairs |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1600978}} ===1901–present=== *[1901](/source/1901) – [Allen B. DuMont](/source/Allen_B._DuMont), American engineer and broadcaster, founded the [DuMont Television Network](/source/DuMont_Television_Network) (died 1965){{cite journal |title=Dr. A.B. DuMont, television pioneer, selected for honorary membership in AIEE |journal=Electrical Engineering |date=May 1961 |volume=80 |issue=5 |page=364 |doi=10.1109/EE.1961.6433256}} * 1901 – [E. P. Taylor](/source/E._P._Taylor), Canadian businessman and horse breeder (died 1989){{cite journal |journal=Encyclopedia of World Biography Online |date=1998 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631006418/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=6a58b0a3 |access-date=20 December 2022 |format=Collection |title=Edward Plunket Taylor}} *[1905](/source/1905) – [Barnett Newman](/source/Barnett_Newman), American painter and etcher (died 1970){{cite ANB |last1=Kalfatovic |first1=Martin R. |title=Newman, Barnett (1905-1970), painter and sculptor |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1700620}} *[1913](/source/1913) – [Victor Mature](/source/Victor_Mature), American actor (died 1999){{cite news |last1=Harmetz |first1=Aljean |title=Victor Mature, Movie Idol Noted for His Physique in Loincloths and Togas, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/10/movies/victor-mature-movie-idol-noted-for-his-physique-in-loincloths-and-togas-is-dead.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=10 August 1999}} *[1915](/source/1915) – [Bill Peet](/source/Bill_Peet), American author and illustrator (died 2002){{cite news |last1=Nash |first1=Eric P. |title=Bill Peet, 87, Disney Artist And Children's Book Author |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/18/movies/bill-peet-87-disney-artist-and-children-s-book-author.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=18 May 2002}} * 1915 – [John Serry Sr.](/source/John_Serry_Sr.), Italian-American concert accordionist and composer (died 2003){{Cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/ssdi/person?ssn=53defb10-b682-e511-93f7-0025907eb195/|title=Genealogy Death Record for John Serry, Sep 14, 2003|website=NewspaperArchive|access-date=November 16, 2020|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225141635/https://newspaperarchive.com/ssdi/person/?ssn=53defb10-b682-e511-93f7-0025907eb195/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.local802afm.org/allegro/articles/requiem-53/|title=Requiem|website=Local 802 AFM|date=January 2004 }} *[1916](/source/1916) – [Roy Markham](/source/Roy_Markham), British plant virologist (died 1979){{cite journal |last1=Elsden |first1=S. R. |title=Roy Markham, 29 January 1916 - 16 November 1979 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1982 |volume=28 |issue=28 |pages=319–345 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1982.0013|s2cid=71341194 |doi-access=free }} *[1917](/source/1917) – [John Raitt](/source/John_Raitt), American actor and singer (died 2005){{cite book |chapter=John Raitt |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1618004289/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=f439d00d |title=Newsmakers |publisher=Gale |access-date=20 December 2022 |date=2006 |issn=0899-0417}} *[1918](/source/1918) – [John Forsythe](/source/John_Forsythe), American actor (died 2010){{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=John Forsythe obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/apr/03/john-forsythe-obituary |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=4 April 2010 |language=en}} *[1920](/source/1920) – [Paul Gayten](/source/Paul_Gayten), American R&B pianist, songwriter, producer, and record company executive (died 1991){{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=2107 |edition=3rd |volume=3}} *[1923](/source/1923) – [Paddy Chayefsky](/source/Paddy_Chayefsky), American author and screenwriter (died 1981){{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2004 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000017424/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=caba056c |access-date=20 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Sidney Chayefsky }} * 1923 – [Eddie Taylor](/source/Eddie_Taylor), American electric blues guitarist and singer (died 1985){{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=5312 |edition=3rd |volume=7}} *[1926](/source/1926) – [Abdus Salam](/source/Abdus_Salam), Pakistani-British physicist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics) laureate (died 1996){{cite ODNB |last1=Kibble |first1=T. W. B. |title=Salam, Muhammad Abdus (1926–1996), theoretical physicist |date=7 January 2016 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/64072}} *[1927](/source/1927) – [Edward Abbey](/source/Edward_Abbey), American environmentalist and author (died 1989){{cite ANB |last1=Widmer |first1=Kingsley |title=Abbey, Edward (1927-1989), essayist, novelist, and radical ecologist |date=2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1603096}} *[1928](/source/1928) – [Joseph Kruskal](/source/Joseph_Kruskal), American mathematician and computer scientist (died 2010){{cite book |title=American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences |date=2008 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K3099063983/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=eede32b1 |access-date=20 December 2022 |chapter=Joseph B. Kruskal}} *1928 – [Lee Shau-kee](/source/Lee_Shau-kee), Hong Kong real estate billionaire (died 2025){{Cite news |last=Kandell |first=Jonathan |date=March 17, 2025 |title=Lee Shau-Kee, Hong Kong Real Estate Tycoon, Dies at 97 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/business/lee-shau-kee-dead.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} *[1929](/source/1929) – [Elio Petri](/source/Elio_Petri), Italian director and screenwriter (died 1982){{cite book |last1=Mancini |first1=Elaine |editor1-last=Pendergast |editor1-first=Sara |editor2-last=Pendergast |editor2-first=Tom |title=International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers |date=2000 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-1-55862-533-4 |edition=4th |volume=2 |chapter=Petri, Elio |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3406801347/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=3f3a168f |access-date=19 December 2022}} *[1931](/source/1931) – [Leslie Bricusse](/source/Leslie_Bricusse), English playwright and composer (died 2021){{cite news |last1=Coveney |first1=Michael |title=Leslie Bricusse obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/oct/20/leslie-bricusse-obituary |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=20 October 2021 |language=en}} * 1931 – [Ferenc Mádl](/source/Ferenc_M%C3%A1dl), Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd [President of Hungary](/source/President_of_Hungary) (died 2011){{cite news |last1=Gömöri |first1=George |title=Ferenc Mádl obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jun/15/ferenc-madl-obituary |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=15 June 2011 |language=en}} *[1932](/source/1932) – [Raman Subba Row](/source/Raman_Subba_Row), English cricketer and referee{{cite book |title=If the Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=1-869833-21-X |page=[https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse/page/163 163] |url=https://archive.org/details/ifcapfits0000unse}} (died 2024) *[1933](/source/1933) – [Sacha Distel](/source/Sacha_Distel), French singer and guitarist (died 2004){{cite news |title=Sacha Distel |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1467623/Sacha-Distel.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1467623/Sacha-Distel.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Telegraph |access-date=27 November 2018 |date=22 July 2004}}{{cbignore}} *[1934](/source/1934) – [Alan Cowley](/source/Alan_Cowley), British chemist (died 2020){{cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Richard A. |last2=Kemp |first2=Richard A. |last3=Lasch |first3=Jonathan G. |last4=Lattman |first4=Michael |last5=Norman |first5=Nicholas C. |title=Alan Herbert Cowley. 29 January 1934—2 August 2020 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=June 2022 |volume=72 |pages=139–160 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2021.0027|s2cid=244923102 |doi-access=free }} *[1936](/source/1936) – [James Jamerson](/source/James_Jamerson), American bass player (died 1983){{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=2768 |edition=3rd |volume=4}} * 1936 – [Veturi](/source/Veturi), Indian poet and songwriter (died 2010){{cite news |title=Legendary Telugu film lyricist Veturi Sundararama Murthy dead |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/legendary-telugu-film-lyricist-veturi-sundararama-murthy-dead-74889-2010-05-21 |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=India Today |agency=PTI |date=22 May 2010}} *[1937](/source/1937) – [Jeff Clyne](/source/Jeff_Clyne), British musician (died 2009){{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=1137 |edition=3rd |volume=2}} *[1939](/source/1939) – [Germaine Greer](/source/Germaine_Greer), Australian journalist and author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2015 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000039518/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=867c4336 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Germaine Greer }} * 1939 – [Jeanne Lee](/source/Jeanne_Lee), American jazz singer, poet and composer (died 2000){{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=3173 |edition=3rd |volume=4}} *[1940](/source/1940) – [Justino Díaz](/source/Justino_D%C3%ADaz), Puerto Rican opera singer{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2022 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650012612/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=5ccaa4d9 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Justino Díaz }} * 1940 – [Katharine Ross](/source/Katharine_Ross), American actress and author{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609025777/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=3f9e8e32 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Katharine Ross |journal=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=93}} *[1941](/source/1941) – [Robin Morgan](/source/Robin_Morgan), American actress, journalist, and author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2013 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000070338/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=80585201 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Robin Morgan }} * 1941 – [Gamini Jayawickrama Perera](/source/Gamini_Jayawickrama_Perera), Sri Lankan politician (died 2024){{Cite web |title=Gamini Jayawickrema Perera - cricketer turned politician|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=sports%2Fgamini-jayawickrema-perera-cricketer-turned-politician|access-date=18 February 2024|website=[Daily News](/source/Daily_News_(Sri_Lanka))| url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725204417/http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=sports%2Fgamini-jayawickrema-perera-cricketer-turned-politician | archive-date=25 July 2015|date=15 October 2013|language=en|author=Premasara Epasinghe}} *[1942](/source/1942) – [Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez](/source/Arnaldo_Tamayo_M%C3%A9ndez), Cuban military officer, legislator and cosmonaut{{cite book |last1=Burgess |first1=Colin |title=Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program |date=2016 |publisher=Springer Praxis Books |location=Cham |isbn=978-3-319-24163-0 |page=127}} *[1943](/source/1943) – [Tony Blackburn](/source/Tony_Blackburn), English radio and television host{{cite book|first1=Graham |last1=Betts|title=Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2006 |year=2006|publisher=Collins|isbn=978-0-00-720077-1|page=89}} * 1943 – [Pat Quinn](/source/Pat_Quinn_(ice_hockey)), Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2014){{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Pat Quinn, Coach Who Led Canada to Olympic Gold, Is Dead at 71 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/sports/hockey/pat-quinn-coach-who-led-canada-to-olympic-gold-is-dead-at-71.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=25 November 2014}} * 1943 – [Mark Wynter](/source/Mark_Wynter), English singer and actor{{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=5938 |edition=3rd |volume=8}} *[1945](/source/1945) – [Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta](/source/Ibrahim_Boubacar_Ke%C3%AFta), Malian academic and politician, [Prime Minister of Mali](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Mali) (died 2022){{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Harrison |title=Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian president deposed in coup, dies at 76 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ibrahim-boubacar-keita-dead/2022/01/16/2d74da48-ed25-11ea-b4bc-3a2098fc73d4_story.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=16 January 2022}} * 1945 – [Tom Selleck](/source/Tom_Selleck), American actor and businessman{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2013 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650008026/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=56f1530f |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Tom Selleck }} *[1946](/source/1946) – [Geater Davis](/source/Geater_Davis), American singer-songwriter (died 1984){{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=1409 |edition=3rd |volume=2}} * 1946 – [Bettye LaVette](/source/Bettye_LaVette), American singer-songwriter *[1947](/source/1947) – [Linda B. Buck](/source/Linda_B._Buck), American biologist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine) laureate{{cite book |chapter=Linda Buck |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1618003862/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=f3734624 |title=Newsmakers |publisher=Gale |access-date=19 December 2022 |date=2008 |issn=0899-0417}} * 1947 – [David Byron](/source/David_Byron), English singer-songwriter (died 1985){{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=871 |edition=3rd |volume=2}} * 1947 – [Marián Varga](/source/Mari%C3%A1n_Varga), Slovak organist and composer (died 2017){{cite news |last1=Prochazka |first1=Mojmir |title=Legendary musician Marián Varga passes away |url=https://enrsi.rtvs.sk/articles/topical-issue/140395/legendary-musician-marian-varga-passes-away |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=Radio Slovakia International |date=10 August 2017 |language=en}} *[1948](/source/1948) – [Raymond Keene](/source/Raymond_Keene), English chess player and author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2007 |first1=Elizabeth |last1=Wenning |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000052844/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=c34cfbb1 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Raymond Dennis Keene }} * 1948 – [Cristina Saralegui](/source/Cristina_Saralegui), Cuban-American journalist, actress and talk show host{{cite book |title=Contemporary Hispanic Biography |date=2002 |publisher=Gale |issn=1541-1524 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2429100124/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=f9176084 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Cristina Saralegui |volume=2}} * 1948 – [Marc Singer](/source/Marc_Singer), Canadian-American actor *[1949](/source/1949) – [Doris Davenport](/source/Doris_Davenport_(poet)), American poet and teacher{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iTWu0aSofkkC&q=doris+davenport+%22poet%22+%22born%22&pg=PA141|title=Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers|last=Page|first=Yolanda Williams|date=2007|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33429-0|language=en}} * 1949 – [Tommy Ramone](/source/Tommy_Ramone), Hungarian-American drummer and producer (died 2014){{cite news |last1=Sweeting |first1=Adam |title=Tommy Ramone obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/13/tommy-ramone |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=13 July 2014 |language=en}} *[1950](/source/1950) – [Ann Jillian](/source/Ann_Jillian), American actress and singer{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2004 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609018164/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=b8d22afd |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Ann Jillian |journal=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=57}} * 1950 – [Miklós Vámos](/source/Mikl%C3%B3s_V%C3%A1mos), Hungarian writer, novelist, screenwriter and translator{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2010 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000197947/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=3b5de80f |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Miklos Vamos }} *[1952](/source/1952) – [Pete Geren](/source/Pete_Geren), American attorney and politician{{CongBio |id=G000134 |name=GEREN, Preston M. (Pete) |inline=YES}} * 1952 – [Tim Healy](/source/Tim_Healy_(actor)), British actor{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2008 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609023827/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=30012f19 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Tim Healy |journal=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=84}} *[1953](/source/1953) – [Teresa Teng](/source/Teresa_Teng), Taiwanese singer (died 1995){{cite journal |journal=Encyclopedia of World Biography Online |date=2015 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1631010364/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=a1b6a7f2 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |title=Teresa Teng}} * 1953 – [Charlie Wilson](/source/Charlie_Wilson_(singer)), American singer-songwriter and producer{{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2017 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606007745/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=0326e8b3 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Oprah Winfrey |volume=135}} *[1954](/source/1954) – [Terry Kinney](/source/Terry_Kinney), American actor and director{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2012 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609031142/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=7cc78ea3 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Terry Kinney |journal=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=120}} * 1954 – [Oprah Winfrey](/source/Oprah_Winfrey), American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded [Harpo Productions](/source/Harpo_Productions){{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2013 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606005893/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=2dc6478f |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Oprah Winfrey |volume=106}} *[1955](/source/1955) – [Greg Ballard](/source/Greg_Ballard_(basketball)), American basketball player and coach (died 2016){{cite web |title=Greg Ballard |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76091/career |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=28 January 2024}} * 1955 – [John Tate](/source/John_Tate_(boxer)), American boxer (died 1998){{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2013 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606005944/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=91dbe9fa |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=John Tate |volume=108}} *[1956](/source/1956) – [Irlene Mandrell](/source/Irlene_Mandrell), American musician, actress, and model{{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=3436 |edition=3rd |volume=5}} * 1956 – [Amii Stewart](/source/Amii_Stewart), American singer and dancer{{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography |date=2016 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1606007515/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=3a149560 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Amii Stewart |volume=129}} *[1957](/source/1957) – [Diane Delano](/source/Diane_Delano), American actress (died 2024) * 1957 – [Ron Franscell](/source/Ron_Franscell), American author and journalist{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2017 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000323811/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=2e7acfae |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Ron Franscell }} *[1958](/source/1958) – [Judy Norton](/source/Judy_Norton), American actress and theater director{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2002 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609014173/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=1f7a6958 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Judy Norton-Taylor |journal=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=42}} *[1960](/source/1960) – [Cho-liang Lin](/source/Cho-liang_Lin), Taiwanese-American musician{{cite book |title=Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K2420007113/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=83fda22d |access-date=19 December 2022 |chapter=Cho-Liang Lin}} * 1960 – [Greg Louganis](/source/Greg_Louganis), American diver and author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2005 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000137889/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=b9b950f4 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Greg(ory Efthimios) Louganis }} * 1960 – [Steve Sax](/source/Steve_Sax), American baseball player{{cite web |title=Steve Sax |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/steve-sax-121732 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=21 January 2023}} * 1960 – [Gia Carangi](/source/Gia_Carangi), American supermodel (died 1986){{cite web |title=Gia Carangi Lived Here |url=https://giacarangilivedhere.org/about-gia-carangi/#:~:text=Carangi%20was%20born-,January%2029%2C%201960,-.%20She%20lived%20here}} *[1961](/source/1961) – [Strive Masiyiwa](/source/Strive_Masiyiwa), Zimbabwean businessman and philanthropist{{cite book |title=Contemporary Black Biography Online |date=2022 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/GDBGRR252034488/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=09a3c6d1 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Strive Masiyiwa}} *[1962](/source/1962) – [Gauri Lankesh](/source/Gauri_Lankesh), Indian journalist and activist (died 2017){{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2017 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650010872/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=6184a17f |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Gauri Lankesh }} * 1962 – [Lee Terry](/source/Lee_Terry), American politician and lawyer{{CongBio |id=T000459 |name=TERRY, Lee Raymond |inline=YES}} * 1962 – [Nicholas Turturro](/source/Nicholas_Turturro), American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609026399/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=e1b68533 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Nicholas Turturro |journal=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=96}} *[1964](/source/1964) – [Roddy Frame](/source/Roddy_Frame), Scottish singer-songwriter and musician{{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=300 |edition=3rd |volume=1}} * 1964 – [Andre Reed](/source/Andre_Reed), American football player{{cite web |title=Andre Reed |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/andre-reed/ |publisher=[Pro Football Hall of Fame](/source/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame) |access-date=21 January 2023}} *[1965](/source/1965) – [David Agus](/source/David_Agus), American physician and author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2017 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000301534/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=b7b18b3d |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=David B. Agus }} * 1965 – [Dominik Hašek](/source/Dominik_Ha%C5%A1ek), Czech ice hockey player{{cite book |chapter=Dominik Hasek |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1618000615/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=f910300f |title=Newsmakers |publisher=Gale |access-date=19 December 2022 |date=1998 |issn=0899-0417}} *[1967](/source/1967) – [Sean Burke](/source/Sean_Burke), Canadian ice hockey player and coach{{cite web |title=Sean Burke |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/sean-burke-8445769 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=28 January 2024}} * 1967 – [Stacey King](/source/Stacey_King), American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster{{cite book |title=Who's Who Among African Americans |date=2021 |publisher=Gale |issn=1081-1400 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1645532439/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=4ffbd328 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Stacey King }} *[1968](/source/1968) – [Edward Burns](/source/Edward_Burns), American actor, director, writer, and producer * 1968 – [Monte Cook](/source/Monte_Cook), American game designer and writer{{cite book |title=Authors and Artists for Young Adults |date=2005 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1603001357/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=73b0caf7 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Monte Cook |volume=63 |issn=1040-5682}} * 1968 – [Aeneas Williams](/source/Aeneas_Williams), American football player{{cite web |title=Aeneas Williams |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/aeneas-williams/ |publisher=[Pro Football Hall of Fame](/source/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame) |access-date=21 January 2023}} *[1969](/source/1969) – [Sam Trammell](/source/Sam_Trammell), American actor{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2013 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650009108/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=fd3f49b2 |access-date=19 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Sam Trammell }} *[1970](/source/1970) – [Heather Graham](/source/Heather_Graham), American actress{{cite web |last1=Hargrave |first1=Hannah |title=Heather Graham's intimate birthday photos with friends ignite major fan debate |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/20210126105456/heather-graham-50th-birthday-photo-selfie-debate-masks-covid-19/ |publisher=[Hello!](/source/Hello!_(magazine)) |access-date=21 January 2023 |date=26 January 2021}} * 1970 – [Jörg Hoffmann](/source/J%C3%B6rg_Hoffmann_(swimmer)), German swimmer{{cite book|title=The Guinness Book of Records|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofree0matt|url-access=registration|year=1992|publisher=Facts on File|isbn=978-0-8160-2643-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofree0matt/page/286 286]}} * 1970 – [Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore](/source/Rajyavardhan_Singh_Rathore), Indian colonel and politician{{cite news |title=On birthday of Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore know more about his biography, career |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/on-birthday-of-rajyavardhan-singh-rathore-know-more-about-his-biography-career |access-date=16 December 2022 |work=Free Press Journal |date=29 January 2022 |language=en}} * 1970 – [Paul Ryan](/source/Paul_Ryan), American politician, 62nd [Speaker of the United States House of Representatives](/source/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives){{CongBio |id=R000570 |name=RYAN, Paul D. |inline=YES}} *[1971](/source/1971) – [Clare Balding](/source/Clare_Balding), English broadcaster, journalist and author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2014 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000307881/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=43a20b07 |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Clare Balding }} *[1972](/source/1972) – [Brian Wood](/source/Brian_Wood_(comics)), American writer, illustrator and graphic designer{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2010 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000192445/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=503b4fd8 |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Brian Wood }} *[1973](/source/1973) – [Megan McArdle](/source/Megan_McArdle), American journalist{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2015 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000310672/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=b4e4cf2a |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Megan McArdle }} * 1973 – [Jason Schmidt](/source/Jason_Schmidt), American baseball player{{cite web |title=Jason Schmidt |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jason-schmidt-121834 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=28 January 2024}} *[1975](/source/1975) – [Sharif Atkins](/source/Sharif_Atkins), American actor{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2012 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609030306/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=968bf525 |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Sharif Atkins |journal=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=116}} * 1975 – [Sara Gilbert](/source/Sara_Gilbert), American actress, producer, and talk show host{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2013 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650009077/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=ec0024c1 |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Sara Gilbert }} * 1975 – [Kelly Packard](/source/Kelly_Packard), American actress{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 29, 2023 includes celebrities Heather Graham, Adam Lambert |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-29-2023-includes-celebrities-heather-graham-adam-lambert.html |website=[The Plain Dealer](/source/The_Plain_Dealer) |publisher=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) |access-date=28 January 2024 |date=29 January 2023}} *[1977](/source/1977) – [Justin Hartley](/source/Justin_Hartley), American actor{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2016 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650010558/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=015bbf01 |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Justin Hartley }} * 1977 – [Sam Jaeger](/source/Sam_Jaeger), American actor and screenwriter{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609025498/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=ef4694f3 |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Sam Jaeger |journal=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=92}} *[1979](/source/1979) – [Andrew Keegan](/source/Andrew_Keegan), American actor * 1979 – [Christina Koch](/source/Christina_Koch), American engineer and astronaut{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2019 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650011852/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=8404321a |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Christina Koch }} *[1980](/source/1980) – [Jason James Richter](/source/Jason_James_Richter), American actor and musician{{cite book |title=Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television |date=2003 |publisher=Gale |issn=0749-064X |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1609015150/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=2449cf76 |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Jason James Richter |journal=Contemporary Theater, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide |volume=46}} *[1981](/source/1981) – [Tenoch Huerta](/source/Tenoch_Huerta), Mexican actor{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Jan. 29: Charlie Wilson, Tom Selleck |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/01/29/Famous-birthdays-for-Jan-29-Charlie-Wilson-Tom-Selleck/1531674870638/ |publisher=[UPI](/source/United_Press_International) |access-date=28 January 2024 |date=29 January 2023}} * 1981 – [Jonny Lang](/source/Jonny_Lang), American singer, songwriter and guitarist{{cite book |title=Contemporary Musicians |date=2000 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1608002482/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=af68a59b |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Jonny Lang |volume=27}} *[1982](/source/1982) – [Adam Lambert](/source/Adam_Lambert), American singer, songwriter and actor{{cite book |title=Contemporary Musicians |date=2011 |publisher=Gale |issn=1058-1316 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1608005703/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=a8709513 |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Adam Lambert |volume=71}} *[1983](/source/1983) – [Tim Gleason](/source/Tim_Gleason), American ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Tim Gleason |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tim-gleason-8469476 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=28 January 2024}} *[1985](/source/1985) – [Marc Gasol](/source/Marc_Gasol), Spanish basketball player{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2019 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650010416/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=d4e4afb9 |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Marc Gasol }} * 1985 – [Isabel Lucas](/source/Isabel_Lucas), Australian actress and model{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2009 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650006534/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=c5a15bca |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Isabel Lucas }} * 1985 – [Rag'n'Bone Man](/source/Rag'n'Bone_Man), English singer-songwriter *[1986](/source/1986) – [Chris Bourque](/source/Chris_Bourque), American ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Chris Bourque |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/chris-bourque-8471246 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=28 January 2024}} * 1986 – [Thomas Greiss](/source/Thomas_Greiss), German ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Thomas Greiss |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/thomas-greiss-8471306 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=28 January 2024}} * 1986 – [Jair Jurrjens](/source/Jair_Jurrjens), Curaçaoan baseball player{{cite web |title=Jair Jurrjens |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/jair-jurrjens-457453 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=28 January 2024}} *[1987](/source/1987) – [José Abreu](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Abreu), Cuban baseball player{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2014 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650009398/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=d86a737a |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=José Abreu }} * 1987 – [Alex Avila](/source/Alex_Avila), American baseball player{{cite web |title=Alex Avila |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/alex-avila-488671 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=28 January 2024}} * 1987 – [Jessica Burkhart](/source/Jessica_Burkhart), American author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2016 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000318702/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=5e0589a2 |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Jessica Burkhart }} * 1987 – [Vladimír Mihálik](/source/Vladim%C3%ADr_Mih%C3%A1lik), Slovak ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Vladimir Mihalik |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/vladimir-mihalik-8471704 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=28 January 2024}} *[1988](/source/1988) – [Ayobami Adebayo](/source/Ayobami_Adebayo), Nigerian author{{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2018 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000324382/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=ce000239 |access-date=16 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Ayobami Adebayo }} * 1988 – [Jake Auchincloss](/source/Jake_Auchincloss), American politician, businessman, and Marine veteran{{CongBio |id=A000148 |name=AUCHINCLOSS, Jake |inline=YES}} * 1988 – [Hank Conger](/source/Hank_Conger), American baseball player{{cite web |title=Hank Conger |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/hank-conger-474233 |publisher=[Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) |access-date=28 January 2024}} * 1988 – [Shay Logan](/source/Shay_Logan), English footballer{{cite book|editor1-first=Glenda|editor1-last=Rollin|editor2-first=Jack|editor2-last=Rollin|title=Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013|year=2012|publisher=[Headline](/source/Headline_Publishing_Group)|location=London|isbn=978-0-7553-6356-8|page=438|edition=43rd}} *[1989](/source/1989) – [Mohamed Abou Gabal](/source/Mohamed_Abou_Gabal), Egyptian footballer{{cite web |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009™: List of Players: Egypt|url=http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/10/28/62/fwyc_2009_squadlists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=6 |date=6 October 2009 |access-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013164551/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/10/28/62/fwyc_2009_squadlists.pdf |archive-date=13 October 2009 }} * 1989 – [Kevin Shattenkirk](/source/Kevin_Shattenkirk), American ice hockey player{{cite web|url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/newrochelle/neighbors/happy-birthday-to-new-rochelles-kevin-shattenkirk/569395/|title=Happy Birthday To New Rochelle's Kevin Shattenkirk|website=Daily Voice|date=29 January 2014|access-date=9 January 2019}} *[1992](/source/1992) – [Markel Brown](/source/Markel_Brown), American basketball player{{cite basketball-reference|id=b/brownma02 |name=Markel Brown |access-date=6 February 2023}} * 1992 – [Maxi Kleber](/source/Maxi_Kleber), German basketball player{{cite web |title=Maxi Kleber |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628467/maxi-kleber |publisher=[National Basketball Association](/source/National_Basketball_Association) |access-date=28 January 2024}} *[1993](/source/1993) – [Kyary Pamyu Pamyu](/source/Kyary_Pamyu_Pamyu), Japanese singer{{cite web|url=http://tokyogirlsupdate.com/happy-birthday-kyary-pamyu-pamyu-celebrates-with-birthday-event-201801136990.html|title=Happy Birthday! Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Celebrates with Birthday Event|website=Japanese kawaii idol music culture news {{pipe}} Tokyo Girls Update|date=January 2018 }} *[1997](/source/1997) – [Joel Eriksson Ek](/source/Joel_Eriksson_Ek), Swedish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Joel Eriksson Ek |url=https://www.nhl.com/wild/player/joel-eriksson-ek-8478493 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=28 January 2024}} * 1997 – [Jack Roslovic](/source/Jack_Roslovic), American ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Jack Roslovic |url=https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets/player/jack-roslovic-8478458 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League) |access-date=28 January 2024}} *[2001](/source/2001) – [Lee Dae-hwi](/source/Lee_Dae-hwi), South Korean singer{{cite web|title='AB6IX 이대휘 생일 기념' 팬들 연탄 2022장 기부..따뜻한 나눔|url=https://m.starnewskorea.com/article/2022012809022347679#_DYAD|work=스타뉴스|date=28 January 2022|access-date=26 February 2025|language=ko}} *[2003](/source/2003) – [Jarell Quansah](/source/Jarell_Quansah), English footballer{{cite web |title=Jarell Quansah |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/51557/Jarell-Quansah/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=25 October 2023}} ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== *[757](/source/AD_757) – [An Lushan](/source/An_Lushan), Chinese general (born 703){{cite web|url=http://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms-bin/kiwi1/luso.sh?lstype=2&dyna=%AD%F0&king=%B5%C2%A9v&reign=%A6%DC%BCw&yy=2&ycanzi=&mm=1&dd=5&dcanzi=|title=兩千年中西曆轉換|publisher=Sinica.edu.tw|access-date=3 August 2011|language=zh|archive-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330131250/https://www.sinica.edu.tw/ftms-bin/kiwi1/luso.sh?lstype=2&dyna=%AD%F0&king=%B5%C2%A9v&reign=%A6%DC%BCw&yy=2&ycanzi=&mm=1&dd=5&dcanzi=|url-status=dead}} *[803](/source/803) – [Ja'far ibn Yahya al-Barmaki](/source/Ja'far_ibn_Yahya), Persian vizier{{Citation |last=Kruk |first=Remke |title=A Barmecide Feast: the Downfall of the Barmakids in Popular Imagination |date=2010 |work=Living Islamic History: Studies in Honour of Professor Carole Hillenbrand |pages=92–106 |editor-last=Suleiman |editor-first=Yasir |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/living-islamic-history/barmecide-feast-the-downfall-of-the-barmakids-in-popular-imagination/047DE4BF4376410754AA98ED25708116 |access-date=2026-05-13 |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=978-0-7486-4219-9}} *[1119](/source/1119) – [Pope Gelasius II](/source/Pope_Gelasius_II) (born 1060){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Gelasius |volume=11 |pages=554}} *[1597](/source/1597) – [Elias Ammerbach](/source/Elias_Ammerbach), German organist and composer (born 1530){{cite Grove |last1=Young |first1=Clyde William |title=Ammerbach, Elias Nikolaus |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.00803}} ===1601–1900=== *[1647](/source/1647) – [Francis Meres](/source/Francis_Meres), English priest and author (born 1565){{cite ODNB |last1=Kathman |first1=David |title=Meres, Francis (1565/6–1647), writer and translator |date=14 November 2018 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/18581}} *[1678](/source/1678) – [Jerónimo Lobo](/source/Jer%C3%B3nimo_Lobo), Portuguese missionary and author (born 1593){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Lobo, Jeronimo |volume=16 |pages=838}} *[1706](/source/1706) – [Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset](/source/Charles_Sackville%2C_6th_Earl_of_Dorset), English poet and courtier (born 1643){{cite ODNB |last1=Love |first1=Harold |title=Sackville, Charles, sixth earl of Dorset and first earl of Middlesex |date=2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/24442}} *[1737](/source/1737) – [George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney](/source/George_Hamilton%2C_1st_Earl_of_Orkney), Scottish-English field marshal and politician, [Colonial Governor of Virginia](/source/List_of_colonial_governors_of_Virginia) (born 1666){{cite ODNB |last1=Smith |first1=Lawrence B. |title=Hamilton, George, first earl of Orkney |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/12069}} *[1743](/source/1743) – [André-Hercule de Fleury](/source/Andr%C3%A9-Hercule_de_Fleury), French cardinal (born 1653){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Fleury, André Hercule de |volume=10 |pages=500-501}} *[1763](/source/1763) – [Juan José Eguiara y Eguren](/source/Juan_Jos%C3%A9_Eguiara_y_Eguren), Mexican bishop and Catholic scholar (born 1696){{cite CE1913 |wstitle=Juan José Eguiara y Eguren |first=Camillus |last=Crivelli |volume=16 |id=16037b}} * 1763 – [Louis Racine](/source/Louis_Racine), French poet (born 1692){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Racine, Louis |volume=22 |pages=779}} *[1820](/source/1820) – [George III of the United Kingdom](/source/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom) (born 1738){{cite ODNB |last1=Cannon |first1=John |title=George III (1738–1820), king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover |date=30 May 2013 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/10540}} *[1829](/source/1829) – [Paul Barras](/source/Paul_Barras), French captain and politician (born 1755){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Barras, Paul François Nicolas |volume=3 |pages=431-432}} *[1870](/source/1870) – [Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany](/source/Leopold_II%2C_Grand_Duke_of_Tuscany) (born 1797){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Leopold II. of Habsburg-Lorraine |volume=16 |pages=461-462 |first=Luigi |last=Villari}} *[1888](/source/1888) – [Edward Lear](/source/Edward_Lear), English poet and illustrator (born 1812){{cite journal |last1=Llewellyn |first1=Briony |title=Lear, Edward |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T049774}} *[1899](/source/1899) – [Alfred Sisley](/source/Alfred_Sisley), French-English painter (born 1839){{cite journal |title=Sisley, Alfred |journal=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |date=31 October 2011 |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00170363}} ===1901–present=== *[1901](/source/1901) – [Eugène Louis-Marie Jancourt](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Louis-Marie_Jancourt), French bassoonist, composer and pedagogue (born 1815){{cite Grove |last1=Waterhouse |first1=William |title=Jancourt, (Louis Marie) Eugène |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14124}} *[1906](/source/1906) – [Christian IX](/source/Christian_IX), King of Denmark (born 1818){{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Christian IX. |volume=6 |pages=278-279}} *[1910](/source/1910) – [Édouard Rod](/source/%C3%89douard_Rod), French-Swiss novelist (born 1857){{cite book |title=Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary |date=1995 |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Inc. |isbn=978-0-87779-743-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1680101674/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=708d813d |access-date=21 December 2022 |chapter=Edouard Rod |via=Gale}} *[1912](/source/1912) – [Herman Bang](/source/Herman_Bang), Danish journalist and author (born 1857){{cite book |title=Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary |date=1995 |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Inc. |isbn=978-0-87779-743-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1680101674/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=708d813d |access-date=21 December 2022 |chapter=Herman Joachim Bang |via=Gale}} *[1916](/source/1916) – [Sibylle von Olfers](/source/Sibylle_von_Olfers), German art teacher, author and nun (born 1881){{cite journal |title=Olfers, Sibylle von |journal=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |date=31 October 2011 |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00132704}} *[1917](/source/1917) – [Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer](/source/Evelyn_Baring%2C_1st_Earl_of_Cromer), British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator (born 1841){{cite ODNB |last1=Darwin |first1=J. G. |title=Baring, Evelyn, first earl of Cromer (1841–1917), diplomatist and proconsul |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30583}} *[1923](/source/1923) – [Elihu Vedder](/source/Elihu_Vedder), American symbolist painter, book illustrator and poet (born 1836){{cite ANB |last1=Kalfatovic |first1=Martin R. |title=Vedder, Elihu (1836-1923), artist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1700892}} *[1928](/source/1928) – [Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig](/source/Douglas_Haig%2C_1st_Earl_Haig), Scottish field marshal (born 1861){{cite ODNB |last1=Prior |first1=Robin |last2=Wilson |first2=Trevor |title=Haig, Douglas, first Earl Haig |date=23 September 2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/33633}} *[1929](/source/1929) – [Jacques Bouhy](/source/Jacques_Bouhy), Belgian baritone (born 1848){{cite Grove |last1=Forbes |first1=Elizabeth |title=Bouhy, Jacques(-Joseph-André) |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.03701}} * 1929 – [Charles Fox Parham](/source/Charles_Fox_Parham), American preacher and evangelist (born 1873){{cite ANB |last1=Bowden |first1=Henry Warner |title=Parham, Charles Fox (1873-1929), evangelist and Pentecostal theologian |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0802081}} *[1933](/source/1933) – [Sara Teasdale](/source/Sara_Teasdale), American poet (born 1884){{cite ANB |last1=Schoen |first1=Carol B. |title=Teasdale, Sara (1884-1933), poet and anthologist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1601613 |freearticle=y}} *[1934](/source/1934) – [Fritz Haber](/source/Fritz_Haber), Polish-German chemist and engineer, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry) laureate (born 1868){{cite journal |last1=Witschi |first1=Hanspeter |title=Fritz Haber: December 9, 1868–January 29, 1934 |journal=Toxicology |date=August 2000 |volume=149 |issue=1 |pages=3–15 |doi=10.1016/S0300-483X(00)00227-4|pmid=11023428 |bibcode=2000Toxgy.149....3W }} * 1934 – [Dukinfield Henry Scott](/source/Dukinfield_Henry_Scott), British botanist (born 1854){{cite ODNB |last1=Arber |first1=Agnes |last2=Goldbloom |first2=Alexander |title=Scott, Dukinfield Henry (1854–1934), palaeobotanist |date=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/35984}} *[1935](/source/1935) – [Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh](/source/Frederick_Samuel_Dellenbaugh), American explorer (born 1853){{cite journal |last1=Anderson |first1=Martin J. |title=ARTIST IN THE WILDERNESS: Frederick Dellenbaugh's Grand Canyon Adventure |journal=The Journal of Arizona History |date=1987 |volume=28 |issue=1 |page=66 |jstor=41859358 |issn=0021-9053}} *[1940](/source/1940) – [Edward Harkness](/source/Edward_Harkness), American philanthropist (born 1874){{cite ANB |last1=Fox |first1=Daniel M. |last2=Meldrum |first2=Marcia L. |title=Harkness, Edward Stephen (1874-1940), philanthropist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1200371}} *[1941](/source/1941) – [Ioannis Metaxas](/source/Ioannis_Metaxas), Greek general and politician, 130th [Prime Minister of Greece](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Greece) (born 1871){{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer C. |editor1-last=Hall |editor1-first=Richard C. |title=War in the Balkans: An Encyclopedic History from the Fall of the Ottoman Empire to the Breakup of Yugoslavia |date=2014 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-61069-031-7 |page=186}} *[1944](/source/1944) – [William Allen White](/source/William_Allen_White), American journalist and author (born 1868){{cite ANB |last1=Griffith |first1=Sally F. |title=White, William Allen (10 February 1868–29 January 1944), journalist and author |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1601756}} *[1946](/source/1946) – [Harry Hopkins](/source/Harry_Hopkins), American businessman and politician, 8th [United States Secretary of Commerce](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_Commerce) (born 1890){{cite ANB |last1=McJimsey |first1=George |title=Hopkins, Harry Lloyd (1890-1946), New Deal administrator and presidential adviser |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0600288}} * 1946 – [Sidney Jones](/source/Sidney_Jones_(composer)), English conductor and composer (born 1861){{cite Grove |last1=Lamb |first1=Andrew |title=Jones, (James) Sidney |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.14466}} *[1948](/source/1948) – [Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta](/source/Prince_Aimone%2C_Duke_of_Aosta) (born 1900){{cite news |title=Duke of Aosta dead |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56808508/5481124 |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=[The Morning Bulletin](/source/The_Morning_Bulletin) |date=31 January 1948 |page=1 |via=[Trove](/source/Trove)}} *[1951](/source/1951) – [James Bridie](/source/James_Bridie), Scottish playwright, screenwriter and physician (born 1888){{cite ODNB |last1=Linklater |first1=Eric |last2=Hutchison |first2=David |title=Mavor, Osborne Henry [pseud. James Bridie] (1888–1951), playwright |date=3 January 2008 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/34950}} *[1954](/source/1954) – [Walter Conrad Arensberg](/source/Walter_Conrad_Arensberg), American art collector, critic and poet (born 1878){{cite journal |last1=Archino |first1=Sarah |title=Arensberg, Walter (1878–1954) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM758-1|isbn=978-1-135-00035-6}} *[1955](/source/1955) – [Hans Hedtoft](/source/Hans_Hedtoft), Danish politician (born 1903){{cite book |title=Merriam Webster's Biographical Dictionary |date=1995 |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Inc. |isbn=978-0-87779-743-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1681155026/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=23fe9d13 |access-date=22 December 2022 |chapter=Hans Christian Hedtoft |via=Gale}} *[1956](/source/1956) – [H. L. Mencken](/source/H._L._Mencken), American journalist and critic (born 1880){{cite news |last1=Knopi |first1=Alfred A. |title=H.L. MENCKEN, 75, DIES IN BALTIMORE; Critic of the American Scene Succumbs in His Sleep |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/01/30/archives/hl-mencken-75-dies-in-baltimore-critic-of-the-american-scene.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 January 1956}} *[1959](/source/1959) – [Pauline Smith](/source/Pauline_Smith), South African novelist, short story writer, memoirist and playwright (born 1882){{cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=2002 |publisher=Gale |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/H1000147515/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=2612503f |access-date=22 December 2022 |format=Collection |chapter=Pauline Janet Urmson Smith }} *[1960](/source/1960) – [Mack Harrell](/source/Mack_Harrell), American operatic and concert baritone vocalist (born 1909){{cite Grove |last1=Dyer |first1=Richard |last2=Forbes |first2=Elizabeth |title=Harrell, Mack |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.42150}} * 1960 – [George S. Messersmith](/source/George_S._Messersmith), American diplomat (born 1883){{cite ANB |last1=Gellman |first1=Irwin F. |title=Messersmith, George Strausser (1883-1960), educator and diplomat |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0700410}} *[1961](/source/1961) – [Angela Thirkell](/source/Angela_Thirkell), English novelist (born 1890){{cite ODNB |last1=Mullin |first1=Katherine |title=Thirkell [née Mackail; other married name McInnes], Angela Margaret (1890–1961), novelist |date=25 September 2014 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/36466}} *[1962](/source/1962) – [Fritz Kreisler](/source/Fritz_Kreisler), Austrian-American violinist and composer (born 1875){{cite news |title=Fritz Kreisler Dies Here at 86; Violinist Composed 200 Works; Made His U.S. Concert Debut in 1888 at 13 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/01/30/archives/fritz-kreisler-dies-here-at-86-violinist-composed-200-works-made.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 January 1962}} * 1962 – [William Francis Gray Swann](/source/William_Francis_Gray_Swann), Anglo-American physicist (born 1884){{cite journal |title=W. F. G. Swann |journal=Physics Today |date=April 1962 |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=106–107 |doi=10.1063/1.3058111|doi-access=free }} *[1963](/source/1963) – [Robert Frost](/source/Robert_Frost), American poet and playwright (born 1874){{cite news |title=Robert Frost Dies at 88; Kennedy Leads in Tribute |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/25/specials/frost-obit.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press}} *[1964](/source/1964) – [Vera Hall](/source/Vera_Hall), American folk singer (born 1902){{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=2354 |edition=3rd |volume=3}} * 1964 – [Alan Ladd](/source/Alan_Ladd), American actor (born 1913){{cite news |title=Alan Ladd, Actor, Dies at 50; Appeared in 150 Movie Roles; Became Famous for Part of Killer in "This Gun for Hire" —Was Hero of "Shane" |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/30/archives/alan-ladd-actor-dies-at-50-appeared-in-150-movie-roles-became.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=30 January 1964}} *[1965](/source/1965) – [Jack Hylton](/source/Jack_Hylton), English pianist, composer, band leader and impresario (born 1892){{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=2653 |edition=3rd |volume=4}} *[1966](/source/1966) – [Pierre Mercure](/source/Pierre_Mercure), Canadian composer, TV producer, bassoonist and administrator (born 1927){{cite Grove |last1=Richer |first1=Lyse |last2=Lefebvre |first2=Marie-Thérèse |title=Mercure, Pierre |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18434}} *[1967](/source/1967) – [Harold Munro Fox](/source/Harold_Munro_Fox), English zoologist (born 1889){{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=James Eric |title=Harold Munro Fox, 1889-1967 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1968 |volume=14 |issue=14 |pages=206–222 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1968.0009 |doi-access=free|s2cid=71692428 }} *[1969](/source/1969) – [Allen Dulles](/source/Allen_Dulles), American banker, lawyer, and diplomat, 5th [Director of Central Intelligence](/source/Director_of_Central_Intelligence) (born 1893){{cite journal |last1=Winks |first1=Robin |last2=Grose |first2=Peter |title=The Wise Man of Intelligence: Uncovering the Life of Allen Dulles |journal=Foreign Affairs |date=1994 |volume=73 |issue=6 |pages=144–149 |doi=10.2307/20046934 |jstor=20046934}} *1969 - [Max Weinreich](/source/Max_Weinreich), Russian-American-Jewish linguist and cofounder of [YIVO](/source/YIVO) (born 1894){{Cite news |title=The First Professor of Yiddish in the United States Dies |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2015-01-29/ty-article/first-u-s-professor-of-yiddish-dies/0000017f-e97a-dea7-adff-f9fb101b0000 |access-date=2023-09-12}} *[1970](/source/1970) – [Lawren Harris](/source/Lawren_Harris), Canadian painter (born 1885){{cite journal |last1=Adamson |first1=Jeremy Elwell |last2=Barton |first2=Lin |title=Harris, Lawren S(tewart) |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T036751|isbn=978-1-884446-05-4}} * 1970 – [B. H. Liddell Hart](/source/B._H._Liddell_Hart), French-English soldier, historian, and journalist (born 1895){{cite news |title=Basil Liddell Hart, 74, Is Dead; Military Theorist and Writer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/01/30/archives/basil-liddell-hart-74-is-dead-military-theorist-and-writer-germans.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 January 1970}} *[1973](/source/1973) – [Johannes Paul Thilman](/source/Johannes_Paul_Thilman), German composer (born 1903){{cite Grove |last1=Grützner |first1=Vera |title=Thilman, Johannes Paul |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.27845}} *[1974](/source/1974) – [H. E. Bates](/source/H._E._Bates), English writer (born 1905){{cite ODNB |last1=Lusty |first1=Robert |last2=Taylor |first2=Clare L. |title=Bates, Herbert Ernest (1905–1974), writer |date=8 October 2009 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30796}} *[1976](/source/1976) – [Jesse Fuller](/source/Jesse_Fuller), American one-man band musician (born 1896){{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=2048 |edition=3rd |volume=3}} *[1977](/source/1977) – [Johnny Franz](/source/Johnny_Franz), English record producer and pianist (born 1922){{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=2016 |edition=3rd |volume=3}} * 1977 – [Freddie Prinze](/source/Freddie_Prinze), American comedian and actor (born 1954){{cite news |last1=Nordheimer |first1=Jon |title=FREDDIE PRINZE, 22, DIES AFTER SHOOTING |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/30/archives/freddie-prinze-22-dies-after-shooting-chico-and-the-man-star.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 January 1977}} *[1978](/source/1978) – [Tim McCoy](/source/Tim_McCoy), American actor and military officer (born 1891){{cite news |last1=Weiler |first1=A. H. |title=COL TIM M'COY, 86; COWBOY MOVIE STAR |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/01/31/archives/col-tim-mcoy-86-cowboy-movie-star-reallife-indian-expert-cowhand.html |access-date=23 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=31 January 1978}} * 1978 – [Frank Nicklin](/source/Frank_Nicklin), Australian politician, 28th [Premier of Queensland](/source/Premier_of_Queensland) (born 1895){{cite AuDB |first=Brian F. |last=Stevenson |title=Nicklin, Sir George Francis (Frank) (1895–1978) |volume=15 |edition= |year=2000 |id2=nicklin-sir-george-francis-frank-11237 |access-date=13 December 2022}} *[1979](/source/1979) – [Sonny Payne](/source/Sonny_Payne), American jazz drummer (born 1926){{cite book |editor1-last=Larkin |editor1-first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=Muze |isbn=0-333-74134-X |page=4171 |edition=3rd |volume=6}} *[1980](/source/1980) – [Jimmy Durante](/source/Jimmy_Durante), American entertainer (born 1893){{cite news |last1=Schumach |first1=Murray |title=Jimmy Durante, Whose Humor Delighted for 60 Years, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/01/30/archives/jimmy-durante-whose-humor-delighted-for-60-years-is-dead-im-a.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 January 1980}} *[1981](/source/1981) – [Jack A. W. Bennett](/source/Jack_A._W._Bennett), New Zealander literary scholar (born 1911){{cite ODNB |last1=Jones |first1=Emrys |title=Bennett, Jack Arthur Walter (1911–1981), literary scholar |date=28 September 2006 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30807}} * 1981 – [John Glassco](/source/John_Glassco), Canadian poet, memoirist and novelist (born 1909){{cite journal |last1=Darling |first1=Michael |title=John Glassco: An Essay and Bibliography by Fraser Sutherland |journal=ESC: English Studies in Canada |date=1985 |volume=11 |issue=4 |page=500 |doi=10.1353/esc.1985.0062|s2cid=166947542 }} *[1982](/source/1982) – [Rudolph Peters](/source/Rudolph_Peters), British biochemist (born 1889){{cite journal |last1=Thompson |first1=Robert Henry Stewart |last2=Ogston |first2=Alexander George |title=Rudolph Albert Peters, 13 April 1889 - 29 January 1982 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1983 |volume=29 |pages=494–523 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1983.0018 |doi-access=free|s2cid=71876050 }} * 1982 – [Roger Stanier](/source/Roger_Stanier), Canadian microbiologist (born 1916){{cite journal |last1=Clarke |first1=Patricia Hannah |title=Roger Yate Stanier, 22 October 1916 - 29 January 1982 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=December 1986 |volume=32 |issue=32 |pages=541–568 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1986.0018|pmid=11621259 |s2cid=39039543 |doi-access=free }} * 1982 – [Charles Sykes](/source/Charles_Sykes_(metallurgist)), British physicist and metallurgist (born 1905){{cite journal |last1=Allibone |first1=Thomas Edward |title=Charles Sykes, 27 February 1905 - 29 January 1982 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1983 |volume=29 |pages=552–583 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1983.0020 |doi-access=free|s2cid=73152137 }} *[1983](/source/1983) – [Stuart H. Ingersoll](/source/Stuart_H._Ingersoll), American naval aviator, USN vice admiral (born 1898){{cite news |title=STUART INGERSOLL, NAVY ADMIRAL, DIES |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/02/obituaries/stuart-ingersoll-navy-admiral-dies.html |access-date=23 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=2 February 1983}} *[1984](/source/1984) – [Frances Goodrich](/source/Frances_Goodrich), American actress, dramatist and screenwriter (born 1890){{cite news |last1=Lawson |first1=Carol |title=FRANCES GOODRICH, 93, DEAD; WROTE FOR STAGE AND SCREEN |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/31/obituaries/frances-goodrich-93-dead-wrote-for-stage-and-screen.html |access-date=23 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=31 January 1984}} * 1984 – [John Macnaghten Whittaker](/source/John_Macnaghten_Whittaker), British mathematician (born 1905){{cite journal |last1=Hayman |first1=Walter Kurt |title=John Macnaghten Whittaker, 7 March 1905 - 29 January 1984 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1985 |volume=31 |pages=653–666 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1985.0023 |doi-access=free|s2cid=72320089 }} *[1987](/source/1987) – [Vincent R. Impellitteri](/source/Vincent_R._Impellitteri), American politician and judge, 101st [Mayor of New York City](/source/Mayor_of_New_York_City) (born 1900){{cite news |last1=McFadden |first1=Robert D. |title=VINCENT IMPELLITTERI IS DEAD; MAYOR OF NEW YORK IN 1950s |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/30/obituaries/vincent-impellitteri-is-dead-mayor-of-new-york-in-1950-s.html |access-date=23 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 January 1987}} *[1988](/source/1988) – [James Rhyne Killian](/source/James_Rhyne_Killian), American educator, scientist and White House advisor (born 1904){{cite news |last1=Stein |first1=George |title=Obituaries: James Killian; Educator, Adviser to Two Presidents |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-31-mn-39551-story.html |access-date=23 December 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=31 January 1988}} *[1989](/source/1989) – [Morton DaCosta](/source/Morton_DaCosta), American theatre and film director, film producer, writer and actor (born 1914){{cite news |last1=Shepard |first1=Richard F. |title=Morton Da Costa, 74, Director |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/31/obituaries/morton-da-costa-74-director.html |access-date=23 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=31 January 1989}} *[1991](/source/1991) – [Yasushi Inoue](/source/Yasushi_Inoue), Japanese author and poet (born 1907){{cite news |title=Japanese Novelist Yasushi Inoue Dies |url=https://apnews.com/article/d3345c4abfa6f78f5562180633494cc6 |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=Associated Press |date=30 January 1991 |language=en}} *[1992](/source/1992) – [Willie Dixon](/source/Willie_Dixon), American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1915){{cite news |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |title=Willie Dixon, Musician, 76, Dies; Singer and Writer of Classic Blues |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/30/arts/willie-dixon-musician-76-dies-singer-and-writer-of-classic-blues.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 January 1992}} *[1993](/source/1993) – [Adetokunbo Ademola](/source/Adetokunbo_Ademola), Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd [Chief Justice of Nigeria](/source/Chief_Justice_of_Nigeria) (born 1906){{cite news |last1=Soyinka |first1=Kayode |title=Obituary: Sir Adetokunbo Ademola |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sir-adetokunbo-ademola-1472554.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Independent |date=12 February 1993 |language=en}} *[1994](/source/1994) – [Ulrike Maier](/source/Ulrike_Maier), Austrian skier (born 1967){{cite news |last1=Dufresne |first1=Chris |title=Austrian Skier Ulrike Maier Dies After Fall in Downhill Skiing |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-30-sp-17053-story.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=30 January 1994}} *[1999](/source/1999) – [Lili St. Cyr](/source/Lili_St._Cyr), American model and dancer (born 1918){{cite news |last1=Freedland |first1=Michael |title=Lili St Cyr obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/mar/02/guardianobituaries2 |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=2 March 1999 |language=en}} *[2002](/source/2002) – [Harold Russell](/source/Harold_Russell), Canadian-American soldier and actor (born 1914){{cite news |last1=Severo |first1=Richard |title=Harold Russell Dies at 88; Veteran and Oscar Winner |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/01/arts/harold-russell-dies-at-88-veteran-and-oscar-winner.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=1 February 2002}} *[2003](/source/2003) – [Frank Moss](/source/Frank_Moss_(politician)), American lawyer and politician (born 1911){{CongBio |id=M001033 |name=MOSS, Frank Edward (Ted) |inline=YES}} *[2004](/source/2004) – [Janet Frame](/source/Janet_Frame), New Zealand author and poet (born 1924){{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Janet Frame, 79, Writer Who Explored Madness |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/30/books/janet-frame-79-writer-who-explored-madness.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=30 January 2004}} *[2005](/source/2005) – [Ephraim Kishon](/source/Ephraim_Kishon), Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (born 1924){{cite news |last1=Joffe |first1=Lawrence |title=Obituary: Ephraim Kishon |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/feb/01/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=1 February 2005 |language=en}} *[2006](/source/2006) – [Nam June Paik](/source/Nam_June_Paik), South Korean-American artist (born 1932){{cite book |author1-link=Esther Kim Lee |last1=Lee |first1=Esther Kim |editor1-last=Sell |editor1-first=Mike |title=Avant-garde Performance and Material Exchange: Vectors of the Radical |date=2011 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-0-230-29894-1 |page=149}} *[2008](/source/2008) – [Margaret Truman](/source/Margaret_Truman), American singer and author (born 1924){{cite news |last1=Gelder |first1=Lawrence Van |title=Margaret Truman Daniel Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/29/us/30cnd-daniel.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=29 January 2008}} *[2009](/source/2009) – [Hélio Gracie](/source/H%C3%A9lio_Gracie), Brazilian martial artist (born 1913){{cite news |last1=Hay |first1=David |title=Obituary: Hélio Gracie |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/feb/09/obituary-helio-gracie |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=9 February 2009 |language=en}} * 2009 – [John Martyn](/source/John_Martyn), British singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1948){{cite news |last1=Sweeting |first1=Adam |title=Obituary: John Martyn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/30/john-martyn-obituary |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=30 January 2009 |language=en}} *[2011](/source/2011) – [Milton Babbitt](/source/Milton_Babbitt), American composer, educator, and theorist (born 1916){{cite news |last1=Morgan |first1=Robert P. |title=Milton Babbitt obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jan/30/milton-babbitt-obituary |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=30 January 2011 |language=en}} *[2012](/source/2012) – [Ranjit Singh Dyal](/source/Ranjit_Singh_Dyal), Indian general and politician, 10th [Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Puducherry) (born 1928){{cite news |title=Lt. Gen. Ranjit Singh Dyal |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/lt-gen-ranjit-singh-dyal/articleshow/11741091.cms |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=3 February 2012 |language=en}} * 2012 – [Oscar Luigi Scalfaro](/source/Oscar_Luigi_Scalfaro), Italian lawyer and politician, 9th [President of Italy](/source/President_of_Italy) (born 1918){{cite news |last1=Sassoon |first1=Donald |title=Oscar Luigi Scalfaro obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jan/29/oscar-luigi-scalfaro |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=29 January 2012 |language=en}} * 2012 – [Camilla Williams](/source/Camilla_Williams), American soprano and educator (born 1919){{cite news |title=Camilla Williams dies at 92; opera singer broke racial barriers |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-camilla-williams-20120131-story.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=Los Angeles Times |agency=Associated Press |date=31 January 2012}} *[2015](/source/2015) – [Colleen McCullough](/source/Colleen_McCullough), Australian neuroscientist, author, and academic (born 1937){{cite news |last1=Cheetham |first1=Anthony |title=Colleen McCullough obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/30/colleen-mccullough |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=30 January 2015 |language=en}} * 2015 – [Rod McKuen](/source/Rod_McKuen), American singer-songwriter and poet (born 1933){{cite news |last1=Carlson |first1=Michael |title=Rod McKuen obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/feb/01/rod-mckuen |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=1 February 2015 |language=en}} * 2015 – [Alexander Vraciu](/source/Alexander_Vraciu), American commander and pilot (born 1918){{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Sam |title=Alex Vraciu, "Indestructible" Ace of World War II, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/08/us/alex-vraciu-indestructible-ace-of-world-war-ii-dies-at-96.html |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=8 February 2015}} *[2016](/source/2016) – [Jean-Marie Doré](/source/Jean-Marie_Dor%C3%A9), Guinean lawyer and politician, 11th [Prime Minister of Guinea](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Guinea) (born 1938){{cite news |last1=Rainfroy |first1=Claire |title=Guinée: décès de l'ancien Premier ministre Jean-Marie Doré |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/298053/politique/guinee-deces-de-lancien-premier-ministre-jean-marie-dore/ |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=Jeune Afrique |date=29 January 2016 |language=fr-FR}} * 2016 – [Jacques Rivette](/source/Jacques_Rivette), French director, screenwriter, and critic (born 1928){{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Jacques Rivette obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/29/jacques-rivette |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=29 January 2016 |language=en}} *[2019](/source/2019) – [George Fernandes](/source/George_Fernandes), Indian politician (born 1930){{cite news |last1=Hebbar |first1=Nistula |title=George Fernandes obituary: The "Giant Killer" who straddled multiple identities |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/george-fernandes-obituary-1930-2019/article61547379.ece |access-date=13 December 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=29 January 2019 |language=en-IN}} * 2019 – [James Ingram](/source/James_Ingram), American musician (born 1952){{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/james-ingram-dead-grammy-winning-r-b-singer-was-66-1180817|title=James Ingram, Grammy-Winning R&B Singer, Dies at 66|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=29 January 2019 |first1=Shelby |last1=Reitman |access-date=13 December 2022}} *[2021](/source/2021) – [Walker Boone](/source/Walker_Boone), Canadian actor (born 1944){{Cite web |title=Walker Boone, voice of Mario in two '90s animated shows, has passed away |url=https://nintendoeverything.com/walker-boone-voice-of-mario-in-two-90s-animated-shows-has-passed-away/ |website=Nintendo Everything |date=11 August 2021 |access-date=29 December 2021}} *[2022](/source/2022) – [Howard Hesseman](/source/Howard_Hesseman), American actor (born 1940){{Cite news|date=30 January 2022|title=Howard Hesseman, Dr. Johnny Fever on "WKRP in Cincinnati," Dies at 81|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/howard-hesseman-dead-wkrp-cincinnati-1235084085/|access-date=30 January 2022|work=The Hollywood Reporter |first1=Mike |last1=Barnes}} *[2023](/source/2023) – [Hazel McCallion](/source/Hazel_McCallion), Canadian businesswoman and politician, 5th [Mayor of Mississauga](/source/Mayor_of_Mississauga) (born 1921){{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/hazel-mccallion-dead-at-101-1.6730009 |title='Hurricane Hazel' McCallion, longtime mayor of Mississauga, Ont., dead at 101 |last1=Iorfida |first1=Chris |date=29 January 2023 |work=CBC News |access-date=29 January 2023}} * 2023 – [Will Steffen](/source/Will_Steffen), American-Australian chemist (born 1947){{cite news |last1=Readfearn |first1=Graham |title=Will Steffen, 'courageous' climate scientist, dies in Canberra aged 75 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jan/31/will-steffen-courageous-climate-scientist-dies-in-canberra-aged-75 |access-date=3 February 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=31 January 2023}} * 2023 – [Gero Storjohann](/source/Gero_Storjohann), German politician (born 1958){{cite news |last1= Burgmayer |first1=Andreas |last2=Behrmann |first2=Annabell |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/region/norderstedt/article237503929/Nach-langer-Krankheit-Gero-Storjohann-stirbt-mit-64-Jahren.html |title=Gero Storjohann stirbt mit 64 Jahren nach langer Krankheit |newspaper=[Hamburger Abendblatt](/source/Hamburger_Abendblatt) |date=30 January 2023 |language=de |access-date=3 February 2023}} * [2025](/source/2025) – [Salwan Momika](/source/Salwan_Momika), Iraqi refugee and anti-Islam activist (born 1986){{Cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Christina |last2=Nierenberg |first2=Amelia |date=January 30, 2025 |title=Salwan Momika, Man Behind Quran Burning in Sweden, Is Killed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/world/europe/salwan-momika-quran-sweden-killed.html |access-date=February 1, 2025 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} * 2025 – [Richard Williamson](/source/Richard_Williamson_(bishop)), British Catholic traditionalist bishop (born 1940){{Cite web |last=Winfield |first=Nicole |date=January 30, 2025 |title=Richard Williamson, Catholic bishop whose denial of Holocaust embarrassed Pope Benedict XVI, dies |url=https://apnews.com/article/catholic-bishop-williamson-dies-holocaust-denial-benedict-e47fb054355a99d1461c9c7457dcacb5 |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) |language=en}} * 2025 – [Victims in the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision](/source/2025_Potomac_River_mid-air_collision):{{Cite web |date=January 30, 2025 |title=World champion Russian skaters on American Airlines jet built a new life as coaches in the US |url=https://apnews.com/article/vadim-naumov-evgenia-shishkova-dc-jet-crash-c4788cb6f3e123f0caff83e57347a00d |access-date=January 30, 2025 |website=[Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) |language=en}} ** [Vadim Naumov](/source/Vadim_Naumov), Russian pair skater (born 1969) ** [Evgenia Shishkova](/source/Evgenia_Shishkova), Russian pair skater and coach (born 1972) ** [Inna Volyanskaya](/source/Inna_Volyanskaya), Russian pair skater (born 1965){{cite news |title=Washington DC plane crash: World champion figure skaters and coaches among victims |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/washington-dc-plane-crash-victims-figure-skaters-competition-b2688981.html |access-date=30 January 2025 |work=The Independent |date=30 January 2025 |language=en |archive-date=30 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130145336/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/washington-dc-plane-crash-victims-figure-skaters-competition-b2688981.html |url-status=live }} ** [Alexandr Kirsanov](/source/Alexandr_Kirsanov), Russian ice dancer (born 1978){{cite news |title='I lost everything': Wife of skating coach killed in DC plane crash speaks out |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wife-skating-coach-killed-dc-plane-crash-speaks/story?id=118274223 |work=ABC News |language=en}} ==Holidays and observances== * Christian [feast day](/source/feast_day): ** [Aphrahat](/source/Aphrahat){{cite book |title=Martyrologium Romanum (2004) |date=2004 |publisher=Administrationem Patrimonii Sedis Apostolicae in Civitate Vaticana |page=121-122 |url=https://archive.org/details/MartRom2004/page/122/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=28 January 2026}} ** [Gildas](/source/Gildas){{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0-8146-2324-7 |pages=128–129}} ** [Sabinian of Troyes](/source/Sabinian_of_Troyes){{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0-8146-2324-7 |page=280}} ** [Sulpitius I of Bourges](/source/Sulpitius_I_of_Bourges){{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0-8146-2324-7 |page=295}} ** Blessed [Villana de' Botti](/source/Villana_de'_Botti) ** [January 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)](/source/January_29_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)) *Earliest day on which [Fat Thursday](/source/Fat_Thursday) can fall, while March 4 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before [Ash Wednesday](/source/Ash_Wednesday). ([Christianity](/source/Christianity)) *[Kansas Day](/source/Kansas_Day) ([Kansas](/source/Kansas), United States){{cite book |last1=King |first1=David C. |last2=Hantula |first2=Richard |last3=Stanmyre |first3=Jackie F. |title=Kansas: The Sunflower State |date=2017 |publisher=Cavendish Square |location=New York |isbn=978-1-62713-162-9 |page=54 |edition=3rd}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/29/ BBC: On This Day] * {{NYT On this day|month=1|day=29}} * [https://www.onthisday.com/events/january/29 Historical Events on January 29] {{months}} Category:Days of January --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [January 29](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_29) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_29?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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