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January 1 birthdays

500 notable historical figures were born on January 1, and 240 died on this day. Everyone born on January 1 is a Capricorn.

26% of January 1 birthdays work in Politics, more than any other field. More come from United States (67) than any other country.

Born on January 1

• Pope Alexander VI (1431 to 1503. Head of the Catholic Church from 1492 to 1503)
• J. D. Salinger (1919 to 2010. American author (1919–2010))
• George Washington Carver (1864 to 1943. American botanist and inventor (1864–1943))
• Verne Troyer (1969 to 2018. American actor (1969–2018))
• Christine Lagarde (born 1956. President of the European Central Bank since 2019)
• Nana Patekar (born 1951. Indian film actor (Born 1 January 1951))
• Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449 to 1492. Lord of Florence from 1469 to 1492)
• Omar al-Bashir (born 1944. President of Sudan from 1989 to 2019)
• Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (1952 to 2026. Emir of Qatar from 1995 to 2013)
• Amin al-Husseini (1895 to 1974. Palestinian Arab nationalist (1897–1974))
• Satyendra Nath Bose (1894 to 1974. Indian theoretical physicist (1894–1974))
• Dana Andrews (1909 to 1992. American actor (1909–1992))
• Francisco Macías Nguema (1924 to 1979. President of Equatorial Guinea from 1968 to 1979)
• Hong Xiuquan (1814 to 1864. Chinese revolutionary (1814–1864))
• Wilhelm Canaris (1887 to 1945. German admiral (1887–1945))
• Alassane Ouattara (born 1942. President of Ivory Coast since 2010)
• Jyotiraditya Scindia (born 1971. Indian politician (born 1971))
• Winter (born 2001. South Korean singer and dancer (born 2001))
• Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058 to 1118. King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118)
• Manuel Roxas (1892 to 1948. President of the Philippines from 1946 to 1948)
• Pope Gregory XIII (1502 to 1585. Head of the Catholic Church from 1572 to 1585)
• Vajiravudh (1881 to 1925. King of Siam from 1910 to 1925)
• Arcadius (377 to 408. Roman emperor from 383 to 408)
• Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1511 to 1511. Heir apparent of Henry VIII (1511))
• Anthony Wayne (1745 to 1796. American statesman and soldier (1745–1796))
• William J. Donovan (1883 to 1959. American lawyer, soldier and diplomat (1883–1959))
• Alicia Nash (1933 to 2015. Salvadoran-American physicist (1933–2015))
• Mary Beard (born 1955. English classicist (born 1955))
• Kōji Yakusho (born 1956. Japanese actor (born 1956))
• Brian Kernighan (born 1942. Canadian computer scientist)
• Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (1105 to 1161. Crusader ruler from 1131 to 1152)
• Hamza Yusuf (born 1958. American Islamic scholar (born 1958))
• Sigismund I the Old (1467 to 1548. King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 to 1548)
• Mohamed Bazoum (born 1960. President of Niger from 2021 to 2023)
• Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927 to 1988. Egyptian Quran reciter (1927–1988))
• Fuad Masum (born 1938. President of Iraq from 2014 to 2018)
• Muhammad Abduh (1849 to 1905. Egyptian jurist and theologian (1849–1905))
• Balaji Vishwanath (1662 to 1720. Peshwa of the Maratha Empire from 1713 to 1720)
• Gaafar Nimeiry (1931 to 2009. Sudanese president and military officer (1931–2009))
• Sándor Petőfi (1823 to 1849. Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary)
• Mohammad Abdul Hamid (born 1944. President of Bangladesh from 2013 to 2023)
• Ali bin Hussein, King of Hejaz (1879 to 1935. King of Hejaz and Grand Sharif of Mecca (1879–1935))
• Ivica Dačić (born 1966. Serbian politician (born 1966))
• Ousmane Sembène (1923 to 2007. Senegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and author (1923–2007))
• Azali Assoumani (born 1959. President of the Comoros)
• Thibaw Min (1859 to 1916. King of Burma from 1878 to 1885)
• Muhammad Shayabak (1451 to 1510. Uzbek leader and warrior (1451–1510))
• Gustave Whitehead (1874 to 1927. 19/20th-century German-American aviator)
• Adil Abdul-Mahdi (born 1942. Prime Minister of Iraq from 2018 to 2020)
• Yejong (1450 to 1469. King of Joseon from 1468 to 1470)
• Abdalla Hamdok (born 1956. Prime Minister of Sudan (2019–2021, 2021–2022))
• Ali Mahdi Muhammad (1939 to 2021. President of Somalia from 1991 to 2000)
• Anne de Gaulle (1928 to 1948. Daughter of Charles de Gaulle (1928-1948))
• Yusef of Morocco (1882 to 1927. Sultan of Morocco from 1912 to 1927)
• Ibn Tufayl (1110 to 1185. Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath (c. 1105–1185))
• N. Biren Singh (born 1961. Chief Minister of Manipur from 2017 to 2025)
• Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (1825 to 1913. Emir of Qatar from 1878 to 1913)
• Abu Tahir al-Jannabi (906 to 944. 10th Century ruler of the Qarmatian state in Bahrayn)
• Muhammad Abd al-Karim al-Ghamari (1982 to 2025. Yemeni military officer (died 2025))
• Zafarullah Khan Jamali (1944 to 2020. Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2002 to 2004)

Died on January 1

• Grace Hopper (1906 to 1992. U.S. naval officer and computer scientist (1906–1992))
• Donna Douglas (1933 to 2015. American actress and singer (1932–2015))
• Louis XII (1462 to 1515. King of France from 1498 to 1515)
• James Francis Edward (1688 to 1766. Jacobite pretender (1688–1766))
• Heinrich Hertz (1857 to 1894. German physicist (1857–1894))
• Eugene Wigner (1902 to 1995. Hungarian-American physicist and mathematician (1902–1995))
• Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1856 to 1921. Chancellor of the German Empire from 1909 to 1917)
• Edwin Lutyens (1869 to 1944. English architect (1869–1944))
• Ahmad Shah Bahadur (1725 to 1775. Mughal emperor from 1748 to 1754)
• Christian III of Denmark (1503 to 1559. King of Denmark from 1534 to 1559)
• Hasan al-Askari (845 to 874. Eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams)
• Charles the Bad (1332 to 1387. King of Navarre from 1349 to 1387)
• Vincent Auriol (1884 to 1966. President of France from 1947 to 1954)
• Derek Parfit (1942 to 2017. British philosopher (1942–2017))
• Niklaus Wirth (1934 to 2024. Swiss computer scientist (1934–2024))
• Ibn Tufayl (1110 to 1185. Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath (c. 1105–1185))
• Joe Foss (1915 to 2003. United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient and American politician)
• Loie Fuller (1862 to 1928. American dancer (1862–1928))
• John Torrington (1825 to 1846. British explorer (1825–1846))
• Charles, Count of Angoulême (1459 to 1496. Count of Angoulême from 1467 to 1496)
• Kiro Gligorov (1917 to 2012. 1st president of Macedonia)
• Hessy Levinsons Taft (1934 to 2026. German Jew used in Nazi propaganda as a child (1934–2026))
• Basdeo Panday (1933 to 2024. Trinidadian politician (1933–2024))
• Martin Heinrich Klaproth (1743 to 1817. German chemist (1743–1817))
• Lucius Aelius Caesar (101 to 138. Adopted son and heir of Emperor Hadrian (101–138))
• Hank Williams (1923 to 1953. American singer, songwriter, and musician (1923–1953))
• Ignatius L. Donnelly (1831 to 1901. American politician and fringe theorist (1831–1901))
• George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784 to 1849. English politician and colonial administrator (1784–1849))
• Joachim du Bellay (1522 to 1560. French poet and critic (died 1560))
• José Millán-Astray (1879 to 1954. Spanish soldier and commander)

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