Famous Births on 21 Jan

Famous Births on 21 Jan

1338 - King Charles V of France (d. 1380)
1721 - James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)
1804 - Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (d. 1887)
1813 - John C. Frémont, American army officer, explorer and presidential candidate (d. 1890)
1815 - John Bingham, American politician and lawyer (d. 1900)
1824 - Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, American, Confederate army general (d. 1863)
1825 - Imre Madách, Hungarian writer (d. 1864)
1827 - Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (d. 1900)
1829 - King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway (d. 1907)
1848 - Henri Duparc, French composer (d. 1933)
1860 - Karl Staaff, Prime Minister of Sweden (d. 1915)
1867 - Ludwig Thoma, German writer (d. 1921)
1867 - Maxime Weygand, French general (d. 1965)
1882 - Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician (d. 1937)
1883 - Amang Rodriguez, Filipino politician (d. 1964)
1883 - Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (d. 1929)
1884 - Roger Baldwin, American social activist (d. 1981)
1885 - Umberto Nobile, Italian politician (d. 1978)
1887 - Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1926)
1895 - Cristóbal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (d. 1972)
1897 - René Iché, French sculptor (d. 1954)
1899 - Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian born American composer (d. 1977)
1901 - Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer (d. 1978)
1905 - Christian Dior, French fashion designer (d. 1957)
1905 - Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (d. 1978)
1906 - Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. 2007)
1909 - Todor Skalovski, Macedonian composer (d. 2004)
1910 - Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
1912 - Konrad Emil Bloch, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
1918 - Richard D. Winters, American war hero
1918 - Chichay, Filipino actress (d. 1993)
1921 - Howard Unruh, American mass murderer
1922 - Paul Scofield, English actor (d. 2008)
1922 - Telly Savalas, American actor (d. 1994)
1923 - Lola Flores, Spanish singer (d. 1995)
1924 - Benny Hill, English actor, comedian, and singer (d. 1992)
1926 - Steve Reeves, American actor (d. 2000)
1926 - Brian Brockless, English organist (d. 1995)
1927 - Clive Churchill, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 1985)
1932 - John Chaney, American basketball coach
1933 - Joseph W. Eschbach, American doctor (d. 2007)
1934 - Audrey Dalton, Irish actress
1936 - Koji Hashimoto, Japanese film director (d. 2005)
1937 - Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria
1938 - Wolfman Jack, American disk jockey and actor (d. 1995)
1938 - John Savident, British actor
1940 - Jack Nicklaus, American golfer
1941 - Ivan Putski, Polish-born American professional wrestler
1941 - Mike Medavoy, American film producer
1941 - Richie Havens, American musician
1941 - Stathis Giallelis, Greek actor
1941 - Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor
1942 - Edwin Starr, American singer (d. 2003)
1942 - Mac Davis, American musician
1946 - Johnny Oates, American baseball player and manager (d. 2004)
1947 - Michel Jonasz, French singer and composer
1947 - Pye Hastings, English singer and musician (Caravan)
1947 - Jill Eikenberry, American actress
1950 - Billy Ocean, West Indian musician
1952 - Marco Camenisch, Swiss environmental activist
1952 - Louis Menand, American writer and critic
1953 - Paul Allen, American entrepreneur, co-founder of Microsoft
1955 - Jeff Koons, American artist
1956 - Geena Davis, American actress
1956 - Robby Benson, American actor
1957 - Greg Ryan, American soccer coach
1958 - Michael Wincott, Canadian actor
1959 - Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager
1962 - Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003)
1962 - Tyler Cowen, American economist
1963 - Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-born American basketball player
1963 - Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player
1965 - Jam Master Jay, American disc jockey (d. 2002)
1966 - Robert Del Naja, English musician
1966 - Candi Milo, American voice actress
1968 - Ulrica Messing, Swedish politician
1968 - Charlotte Ross, American actress
1969 - Karina Lombard, American actress
1969 - Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese manga artist
1970 - Mark Trojanowski, American musician (Sister Hazel)
1970 - Ken Leung, American actor
1971 - Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player
1971 - Doug Weight, American ice hockey player
1972 - Alan Benes, American baseball player
1972 - Rick Falkvinge, Swedish politician
1972 - Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer
1972 - Cat Power (Chan Marshall), American musician
1974 - Alex Sperafico, Brazilian racing driver
1974 - Rove McManus, Australian television host and comedian
1975 - Ito, Spanish footballer
1975 - Nicky Butt, English footballer
1975 - Casey FitzRandolph, American speed skater
1975 - Yuji Ide, Japanese racing driver
1976 - Emma Bunton, English singer (Spice Girls)
1977 - Rick Ross, American rapper
1977 - Phil Neville, English footballer
1977 - Al Baxter, Australian rugby union footballer
1978 - Bryan Gilmore, National Football League player
1978 - Tamir "Nokio" Ruffin, American Singer
1978 - Faris al-Sultan, German-Iraqi triathlete
1978 - Phil Stacey, American Idol finalist
1978 - Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player
1979 - Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby union footballer
1979 - Spider Loc, American rapper, member of G-Unit
1979 - Byung-Hyun Kim, Korean baseball player
1980 - Dave Kitson, English footballer
1980 - Nana Mizuki, Japanese voice actress and singer
1981 - Alex Ubago, Spanish-Basque singer-songwriter
1981 - Izabella Miko, Polish-born actress and model
1981 - Andy Lee, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
1981 - Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 - Ivan Ergić, Serbian footballer
1981 - Jamie Dalrymple, English cricketer
1981 - Gillian Chung Yan-tung, Hong Kong singer (Twins)
1982 - Dean Whitehead, English footballer
1983 - Maryse Ouellet, French-Canadian model and professional wrestler
1983 - Moritz Volz, German footballer
1983 - Peter Philipakos, Greek-American soccer player
1985 - Matt Unicomb, Australian basketball player
1985 - Sasha Pivovarova, Russian Model
1985 - Alex Pérez, Spanish footballer
1986 - Coffin Joe, English drummer ( The Horrors)
1987 - Joe Ledley, Welsh footballer
1988 - William Johansson, Swedish composer
1990 - Jacob Smith, American actor
1994 - Laura Robson, Tennis Player
2004 - Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway