People born on January 23 193
Emperor Taizong of Tang
b. 599 – d. 649
Emperor Taizong of Tang (b. 598)
Biligtü Khan Ayushiridara
b. 1349 – d. 1378
Biligtü Khan Ayushiridara, Mongolian emperor (d. 1378)
Vincent Ferrer
b. 1350 – d. 1419
Vincent Ferrer, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1350)
Louis III, Elector Palatine
b. 1378 – d. 1436
Louis III, Elector Palatine (d. 1436)
Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
b. 1382 – d. 1439
Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English commander (b. 1382)
Hai Rui
b. 1514 – d. 1587
Hai Rui, Chinese politician (d. 1587)
Mary Ward (nun)
b. 1585 – d. 1645
Mary Ward, English Catholic Religious Sister (d. 1645)
Abraham Diepraam
b. 1622 – d. 1670
Abraham Diepraam, Dutch painter (d. 1670)
Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden
b. 1688 – d. 1741
Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden (d. 1741)
John Landen
b. 1719 – d. 1790
John Landen, English mathematician and theorist (d. 1790)
John Hancock
b. 1737 – d. 1793
John Hancock, American merchant and politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1737)
William Jessop
b. 1745 – d. 1814
William Jessop, English engineer, built the Cromford Canal (d. 1814)
Muzio Clementi
b. 1752 – d. 1832
Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1832)
Georgios Karaiskakis
b. 1780 – d. 1827
Georgios Karaiskakis, Greek general (b. 1780)
Stendhal
b. 1783 – d. 1842
Stendhal, French novelist (d. 1842)
Auguste de Montferrand
b. 1786 – d. 1858
Auguste de Montferrand, French-Russian architect, designed Saint Isaac's Cathedral and Alexander Column (d. 1858)
Alois Negrelli
b. 1799 – d. 1858
Alois Negrelli, Tyrolean engineer and railroad pioneer active in the Austrian Empire (d. 1858)
Surendra Sai
b. 1809 – d. 1884
Surendra Sai, Indian activist (d. 1884)
Camilla Collett
b. 1813 – d. 1895
Camilla Collett, Norwegian novelist and activist (d. 1895)
Saigō Takamori
b. 1828 – d. 1877
Saigō Takamori, Japanese samurai (d. 1877)
Édouard Manet
b. 1832 – d. 1883
Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
Muthu Coomaraswamy
b. 1833 – d. 1879
Muthu Coomaraswamy, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (d. 1879)
Marianne Cope
b. 1838 – d. 1918
Marianne Cope, German-American nun and saint (d. 1918)
Ernst Abbe
b. 1840 – d. 1905
Ernst Abbe, German physicist and engineer (d. 1905)
Nikolay Umov
b. 1846 – d. 1915
Nikolay Umov, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1915)
John Browning
b. 1855 – d. 1926
John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (d. 1926)
Andrija Mohorovičić
b. 1857 – d. 1936
Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (d. 1936)
David Hilbert
b. 1862 – d. 1943
David Hilbert, Russian-German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1862)
Paul Langevin
b. 1872 – d. 1946
Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (d. 1946)
Jože Plečnik
b. 1872 – d. 1957
Jože Plečnik, Slovenian architect, designed Plečnik Parliament (d. 1957)
Otto Diels
b. 1876 – d. 1954
Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954)
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Rutland Boughton
b. 1878 – d. 1960
Rutland Boughton, English composer (d. 1960)
Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama
b. 1880 – d. 1967
Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama, Mexican politician (d. 1967)
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Jyotirmoyee Devi
b. 1894 – d. 1988
Jyotirmoyee Devi, Indian author (d. 1988)
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Alf Blair
b. 1896 – d. 1944
Alf Blair, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1944)
Alf Hall
b. 1896 – d. 1964
Alf Hall, English-South African cricketer (d. 1964)
Subhas Chandra Bose
b. 1897 – d. 1945
Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky
b. 1897 – d. 2000
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, Austrian architect (d. 2000)
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Ieva Simonaitytė
b. 1897 – d. 1978
Ieva Simonaitytė, Lithuanian author and poet (b. 1897)
William Stephenson
b. 1897 – d. 1989
William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy (b. 1896)
Georg Kulenkampff
b. 1898 – d. 1948
Georg Kulenkampff, German violinist (d. 1948)
Randolph Scott
b. 1898 – d. 1987
Randolph Scott, American actor (d. 1987)
Freda Utley
b. 1898 – d. 1978
Freda Utley, English scholar and author (d. 1978)
Glen Kidston
b. 1899 – d. 1931
Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
William Ifor Jones
b. 1900 – d. 1988
William Ifor Jones, Welsh organist and conductor (d. 1988)
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Arthur Wirtz
b. 1901 – d. 1983
Arthur Wirtz, American businessman (d. 1983)
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
b. 1903 – d. 1948
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian lawyer and politician, 16th Colombian Minister of National Education (b. 1903)
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Erich Borchmeyer
b. 1905 – d. 2000
Erich Borchmeyer, German sprinter (d. 2000)
Dan Duryea
b. 1907 – d. 1968
Dan Duryea, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
Hideki Yukawa
b. 1907 – d. 1981
Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
Django Reinhardt
b. 1910 – d. 1953
Django Reinhardt, Belgian guitarist and composer (b. 1910)
Boris Pokrovsky
b. 1912 – d. 2009
Boris Pokrovsky, Russian director and manager (d. 2009)
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Jean-Michel Atlan
b. 1913 – d. 1960
Jean-Michel Atlan, Algerian-French painter (d. 1960)
Wally Parks
b. 1913 – d. 2007
Wally Parks, American businessman, founded the National Hot Rod Association (b. 1913)
Herma Bauma
b. 1915 – d. 2003
Herma Bauma, Austrian javelin thrower and handball player (d. 2003)
W. Arthur Lewis
b. 1915 – d. 1991
W. Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian-Barbadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)
Potter Stewart
b. 1915 – d. 1985
Potter Stewart, American lawyer and judge (d. 1985)
David Douglas Duncan
b. 1916
David Douglas Duncan, American photographer and journalist
Airey Neave
b. 1916 – d. 1979
Airey Neave, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 1979)
Gertrude B. Elion
b. 1918 – d. 1999
Gertrude B. Elion, American biochemist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918)
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Florence Rush
b. 1918 – d. 2008
Florence Rush, American social worker and theorist (d. 2008)
Frances Bay
b. 1919 – d. 2011
Frances Bay, Canadian-American actress (b. 1919)
Hans Hass
b. 1919 – d. 2013
Hans Hass, Austrian biologist and diver (b. 1919)
Ernie Kovacs
b. 1919 – d. 1962
Ernie Kovacs, American actor and game show host (d. 1962)
Bob Paisley
b. 1919 – d. 1996
Bob Paisley, English footballer and manager (b. 1919)
Henry Eriksson
b. 1920 – d. 2000
Henry Eriksson, Swedish runner (d. 2000)
Walter Frederick Morrison
b. 1920 – d. 2010
Walter Frederick Morrison, American businessman, invented the Frisbee (b. 1920)
Leon Golub
b. 1922 – d. 2004
Leon Golub, American painter and academic (b. 1922)
Horace Ashenfelter
b. 1923
Horace Ashenfelter, American runner
Cot Deal
b. 1923 – d. 2013
Cot Deal, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
b. 1923 – d. 1996
Walter M. Miller, Jr., American soldier and author (d. 1996)
Frank Lautenberg
b. 1924 – d. 2013
Frank Lautenberg, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
Marty Paich
b. 1925 – d. 1995
Marty Paich, American pianist, composer, producer, and conductor (d. 1995)
Bal Thackeray
b. 1926 – d. 2012
Bal Thackeray, Indian journalist, cartoonist, and politician (d. 2012)
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Lars-Eric Lindblad
b. 1927 – d. 1994
Lars-Eric Lindblad, Swedish-American businessman and explorer (b. 1927)
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Fred Williams
b. 1927 – d. 1982
Fred Williams, Australian painter (d. 1982)
Chico Carrasquel
b. 1928 – d. 2005
Chico Carrasquel, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (b. 1928)
Jeanne Moreau
b. 1928 – d. 2017
Jeanne Moreau, French actress (b. 1928)
Myron Cope
b. 1929 – d. 2008
Myron Cope, American journalist and sportscaster (b. 1929)
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Phillip Knightley
b. 1929 – d. 2016
Phillip Knightley, Australian journalist, author, and critic (d. 2016)
John Polanyi
b. 1929
John Polanyi, German-Canadian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Filaret (Denysenko)
b. 1930
Filaret, Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan
Mervyn Rose
b. 1930 – d. 2017
Mervyn Rose, Australian tennis player (b. 1930)
Derek Walcott
b. 1930 – d. 2017
Derek Walcott, Saint Lucian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
Teresa Żylis-Gara
b. 1930
Teresa Żylis-Gara, Polish operatic soprano
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George Allen (footballer)
b. 1932 – d. 2016
George Allen, English footballer (d. 2016)
Larri Thomas
b. 1932 – d. 2013
Larri Thomas, American actress and dancer (d. 2013)
Bill Hayden
b. 1933
Bill Hayden, Australian politician, 21st Governor General of Australia
Chita Rivera
b. 1933
Chita Rivera, American actress, singer, and dancer
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Pierre Bourgault
b. 1934 – d. 2003
Pierre Bourgault, Canadian journalist and politician (b. 1934)
Mike Agostini
b. 1935 – d. 2016
Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter (b. 1935)
Tom Reamy
b. 1935 – d. 1977
Tom Reamy, American author (d. 1977)
Brian Howe (politician)
b. 1936
Brian Howe, Australian minister and politician, 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
Jerry Kramer
b. 1936
Jerry Kramer, American football player and sportscaster
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Cécile Ousset
b. 1936
Cécile Ousset, French pianist
Giant Baba
b. 1938 – d. 1999
Giant Baba, Japanese wrestler and trainer, co-founded All Japan Pro Wrestling (b. 1938)
Georg Baselitz
b. 1938
Georg Baselitz, German painter and sculptor
Ed Roberts (activist)
b. 1939 – d. 1995
Ed Roberts, American disability rights activist (d. 1995)
Alan Cheuse
b. 1940 – d. 2015
Alan Cheuse, American writer and critic (b. 1940)
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Joe Dowell
b. 1940 – d. 2016
Joe Dowell, American pop singer (d. 2016)
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Jock R. Anderson
b. 1941
Jock R. Anderson, Australian economist and academic
João Ubaldo Ribeiro
b. 1941 – d. 2014
João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Brazilian journalist, author, and academic (b. 1941)
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Laurie Mayne
b. 1942
Laurie Mayne, Australian cricketer
Herman Tjeenk Willink
b. 1942
Herman Tjeenk Willink, Dutch judge and politician
Gary Burton
b. 1943
Gary Burton, American vibraphone player and composer
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Özhan Canaydın
b. 1943 – d. 2010
Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman (d. 2010)
Gil Gerard
b. 1943
Gil Gerard, American actor and producer
Rutger Hauer
b. 1944
Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, director, and producer
Mike Harris
b. 1945
Mike Harris, Canadian politician, 22nd Premier of Ontario
Arnoldo Alemán
b. 1946
Arnoldo Alemán, Nicaraguan lawyer and politician, President of Nicaragua
Boris Berezovsky (businessman)
b. 1946 – d. 2013
Boris Berezovsky, Russian-English businessman and mathematician (d. 2013)
Zvonko Bušić
b. 1946 – d. 2013
Zvonko Bušić, Croatian terrorist, hijacker of TWA Flight 355 (d. 2013)
Don Whittington
b. 1946
Don Whittington, American racing driver
Tom Carper
b. 1947
Tom Carper, American captain and politician, 71st Governor of Delaware
Megawati Sukarnoputri
b. 1947
Megawati Sukarnoputri, Indonesian politician, 5th President of Indonesia
Anita Pointer
b. 1948
Anita Pointer, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter
Richard Dean Anderson
b. 1950
Richard Dean Anderson, American actor, producer, and composer
Bill Cunningham (musician)
b. 1950
Bill Cunningham, American bass player and keyboard player
John Greaves (musician)
b. 1950
John Greaves, Welsh bass player and songwriter
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Suzanne Scotchmer
b. 1950 – d. 2014
Suzanne Scotchmer, American economist and academic (d. 2014)
Luis Alberto Spinetta
b. 1950 – d. 2012
Luis Alberto Spinetta, Argentinian singer-songwriter (b. 1950)
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Margaret Bailes
b. 1951
Margaret Bailes, American sprinter
Chesley Sullenberger
b. 1951
Chesley Sullenberger, American captain and pilot
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Omar Henry
b. 1952
Omar Henry, South African cricketer
John Luther Adams
b. 1953
John Luther Adams, American composer
Alister McGrath
b. 1953
Alister McGrath, Irish priest, historian, and theologian
Antonio Villaraigosa
b. 1953
Antonio Villaraigosa, American politician, 41st Mayor of Los Angeles
Robin Zander
b. 1953
Robin Zander, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Trevor Hohns
b. 1954
Trevor Hohns, Australian cricketer
Caroline, Princess of Hanover
b. 1957
Caroline, Princess of Hanover
Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958)
b. 1958
Sergey Litvinov, Russian hammer thrower
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Clive Bull
b. 1959
Clive Bull, English radio host
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Jean-François Sauvé
b. 1960
Jean-François Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player
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Greg Ritchie
b. 1960
Greg Ritchie, Australian cricketer
Neil Henry
b. 1961
Neil Henry, Australian rugby league player and coach
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Yelena Sinchukova
b. 1961
Yelena Sinchukova, Russian long jumper
David Arnold
b. 1962
David Arnold, English composer
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Aivar Lillevere
b. 1962
Aivar Lillevere, Estonian footballer and coach
Elvira Lindo
b. 1962
Elvira Lindo, Spanish journalist and author
Jonatha Brooke
b. 1964
Jonatha Brooke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Mariska Hargitay
b. 1964
Mariska Hargitay, American actress and producer
Bharrat Jagdeo
b. 1964
Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyanese economist and politician, 7th President of Guyana
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Mario Roberge
b. 1964
Mario Roberge, Canadian ice hockey player
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Louie Clemente
b. 1965
Louie Clemente, American drummer
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Damien Hardman
b. 1966
Damien Hardman, Australian surfer
Haywoode Workman
b. 1966
Haywoode Workman, American basketball player and referee
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Owen Cunningham
b. 1967
Owen Cunningham, Australian rugby league player
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Taro Hakase
b. 1968
Taro Hakase, Japanese violinist and composer
Petr Korda
b. 1968
Petr Korda, Czech-Monacan tennis player
Andrei Kanchelskis
b. 1969
Andrei Kanchelskis, Ukrainian-Russian footballer and manager
Brendan Shanahan
b. 1969
Brendan Shanahan, Canadian ice hockey player and actor
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Susen Tiedtke
b. 1969
Susen Tiedtke, German long jumper
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Spyridon Vasdekis
b. 1970
Spyridon Vasdekis, Greek long jumper
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Scott Gibbs
b. 1971
Scott Gibbs, Welsh-South African rugby player and sportscaster
Kevin Mawae
b. 1971
Kevin Mawae, American football player and coach
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Marc Nelson
b. 1971
Marc Nelson, American singer-songwriter
Adam Parore
b. 1971
Adam Parore, New Zealand cricketer and mountaineer
Lisa Snowdon
b. 1971
Lisa Snowdon, English television and radio presenter and fashion model
Ewen Bremner
b. 1972
Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor
Glen Chapple
b. 1974
Glen Chapple, English cricketer
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Yosvani Pérez
b. 1974
Yosvani Pérez, Cuban baseball player
Richard T. Slone
b. 1974
Richard T. Slone, English painter
Tiffani Thiessen
b. 1974
Tiffani Thiessen, American actress
Phil Dawson
b. 1975
Phil Dawson, American football player
Brandon Duckworth
b. 1976
Brandon Duckworth, American baseball player and scout
Larry Hughes
b. 1979
Larry Hughes, American basketball player
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Dawn O'Porter
b. 1979
Dawn O'Porter, Scottish-English fashion designer and journalist
Juan Rincón
b. 1979
Juan Rincón, Venezuelan baseball player and coach
Rob Friend
b. 1981
Rob Friend, Canadian soccer player
Wily Mo Peña
b. 1982
Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player
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Andrew Rock
b. 1982
Andrew Rock, American sprinter
Irving Saladino
b. 1983
Irving Saladino, Panamanian long jumper
Robbie Farah
b. 1984
Robbie Farah, Australian rugby league player
Arjen Robben
b. 1984
Arjen Robben, Dutch footballer
Dong Fangzhuo
b. 1985
Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer
Doutzen Kroes
b. 1985
Doutzen Kroes, Dutch model and actress
Yevgeny Lukyanenko
b. 1985
Yevgeny Lukyanenko, Russian pole vaulter
Aselefech Mergia
b. 1985
Aselefech Mergia, Ethiopian runner
Jeff Samardzija
b. 1985
Jeff Samardzija, American baseball player
Michael Stevens (educator)
b. 1986
Michael Stevens, American YouTuber and educator
Gelete Burka
b. 1986
Gelete Burka, Ethiopian runner
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Marc Laird
b. 1986
Marc Laird, Scottish footballer
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José Enrique (footballer)
b. 1986
José Enrique, Spanish footballer
Steven Taylor (footballer)
b. 1986
Steven Taylor, English footballer
Leo Komarov
b. 1987
Leo Komarov, Finnish ice hockey player
Shaun Kenny-Dowall
b. 1988
Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
Şener Özbayraklı
b. 1990
Şener Özbayraklı, Turkish footballer
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Alex Silva (wrestler)
b. 1990
Alex Silva, Canadian wrestler
Martyn Waghorn
b. 1990
Martyn Waghorn, English footballer
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Reina Triendl
b. 1992
Reina Triendl, Japanese model and actress
Addison Russell
b. 1994
Addison Russell, American baseball player
Luke Bateman
b. 1995
Luke Bateman, Australian rugby league player
Tuimoala Lolohea
b. 1995
Tuimoala Lolohea, New Zealand rugby league player