January 21 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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January 21 in history

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Birthdays

VIP

1951 – Eric Holder
      American lawyer, judge, and politician
      82nd United States Attorney General

Notable

1338 – Charles V the Wise  (d. 16 Sep 1380)
      King of France, 1364-1380
1610 – Elizabeth Fones, English-American settler (d. 1673)
1721 – James Murray  (d. 1794)
      Scottish-English general and politician; Governor of Minorca
1735 – Johann Gottfried Eckard  (d. 1809)
      German pianist and composer
1738 – Ethan Allen  (d. 12 Feb 1789)
      American Revolutionary general
1804 – Eliza R. Snow, American poet and hymn-writer (d. 1887)
1813 – John C. Frémont  (d. 1890)
      American general, explorer, and politician
      5th Territorial Governor of Arizona
1815 – John Bingham  (d. 1900)
      American lawyer, judge, and politician
      7th United States Ambassador to Japan
1820 – Joseph Wolf, German ornithologist and illustrator (d. 1899)
1824 – Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson  (d. 10 May 1863)
      American soldier and Confederate general
1827 – Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin  (d. 1900)
      Russian mathematician and theorist
1829 – Oscar II of Sweden  (d. 8 Dec 1907)
      King of Sweden, 1872-1907
      King of Norway, 1872-1905
1846 – Pieter Hendrik Schoute  (d. 1923)
      Dutch mathematician and academic
1848 – Henri Duparc, French soldier and composer (d. 1933)
1860 – Karl Staaff  (d. 1915)
      Swedish lawyer and politician
      11th Prime Minister of Sweden
1864 – Paul Troje  (d. 1942)
      German politician, Mayor of Marburg
1864:  Israel Zangwill, British author  (d. 1 Aug 1926)
1867 – Ludwig Thoma, German paramedic and author (d. 1921)
1867 – Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (d. 1965)
1876:  James Larkin  (d. 30 Jan 1947)
      Irish trade union leader, socialist activist, and politician
1878 – Vahan Tekeyan, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1948)
1879 – Joseph Roffo  (d. 1933)
      French rugby player and tug of war competitor
1881 – Ernst Fast, Swedish runner (d. 1959)
1882 – Pavel Florensky  (d. 1937)
      Russian mathematician and theologian
1882 – Francis Gailey, Australian-American swimmer (d. 1972)
1883 – Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (d. 1929)
1883 – Eulogio Rodriguez  (d. 1964)
      Filipino politician
      7th President of the Senate of the Philippines
1884 – Roger Nash Baldwin  (d. 1981)
      American author and activist
      co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union
1885 – Ernst Gustav Kühnert  (d. 1961)
      Estonian-German architect and historian
1885 – André Lagache, French racing driver (d. 1938)
1885 – Umberto Nobile, Italian engineer and explorer (d. 1978)
1887 – Maude Farris-Luse, American super-centenarian (d. 2002)
1887 – Georges Vézina, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1926)
1895 – Cristóbal Balenciaga  (d. 1972)
      Spanish fashion designer, founded Balenciaga
1897 – René Iché, French sculptor (d. 1954)
1898 – Avery Claflin, American banker and composer (d. 1979)
1899 – Alexander Tcherepnin   (d. 1977)
      Russian-American pianist and composer
1901 – Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1978)
1904 – Puck van Heel, Dutch footballer (d. 1984)
1905 – Christian Dior  (d. 24 Oct 1957)
      French fashion designer, founded Christian Dior S.A.
1905 – Karl Wallenda  (d. 1978)
      German-American acrobat and tightrope walker
      founded The Flying Wallendas
1906 – Igor Moiseyev, Russian dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
1909 – Todor Skalovski  (d. 2004)
      Macedonian composer and conductor
1910 – Albert Rosellini  (d. 2011)
      American lawyer and politician
      15th Governor of Washington
1910 – Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
1911 – Bill Graber, American pole vaulter (d. 1996)
1912 – Konrad Emil Bloch  (d. 2000)
      German-American biochemist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1913 – William Ungar  (d. 2013)
      Polish-American author and philanthropist
      founded the National Envelope Corporation
1915 – Orazio Mariani, Italian sprinter (d. 1981)
1915 – Bill Sefton, American pole vaulter (d. 1982)
1918 – Chichay, Filipino actress (d. 1993)
1918 – Richard Winters, American soldier (d. 2011)
1921 – Lincoln Alexander  (d. 2012)
      Canadian lawyer and politician
      23rd Canadian Minister of Labour
1922 – Telly Savalas  (d. 22 Jan 1994)
      American actor, singer, and director
1922 – Paul Scofield, English actor (d. 19 Mar 2008)
1923 – Lola Flores, Spanish singer, dancer, and actress (d. 1995)
1924 – Benny Hill
      English actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 20 Apr 1992)
1925 – Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (d. 2010)
1925 – Arnold Skaaland, American wrestler and manager (d. 2007)
1926 – Steve Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (d. 2000)
1927 – Clive Churchill  (d. 1985)
      Australian rugby player and coach
1928 – John Olsen (artist), Australian painter
1928 – Gene Sharp
      American political scientist and academic
      founded the Albert Einstein Institution
1930 – Mainza Chona  (d. 2001)
      Zambian lawyer and politician
      1st Prime Minister of Zambia
1934 – Audrey Dalton, Irish actress
1935 – Masamichi Noro, Japanese-French martial artist (d. 2013)
1936 – Koji Hashimoto, Japanese director (d. 2005)
1937 – Nushiravan Keihanizadeh
      Iranian-American journalist and historian
1937 – Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria
1938 – Ken Maginnis
      Northern Irish soldier, educator, and Unionist politician
1938 – Robert Weston Smith (bka Wolfman Jack)  (d. 1 Jul 1995)
      American radio host and actor
1940 – Jack Nicklaus, American golfer and sportscaster
1941 – Plácido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor
1941 – Stathis Giallelis, Greek actor
1941 – Richie Havens
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 22 Apr 2013)
1941 – Mike Medavoy
      Chinese-American film producer, co-founded Orion Pictures
1941 – Ivan Putski, Polish-American wrestler and bodybuilder
1941 – Sattam bin Abdulaziz Al Saud  (d. 2013)
      Saudi Arabian prince
1941 – Elaine Showalter, American author and critic
1942 – Mac Davis, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1942 – Martin Sharp  (d. 2013)
      Australian painter, cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker
1942 – Edwin Starr, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1943 – Rosemary Butler, English-Welsh politician
1943 – Dimitris Poulikakos, Greek singer-songwriter and actor
1944:  Jack Abbott, American criminal and author  (d. 10 Feb 2002)
1944:  Hasso Plattner, German billionaire businessman
1945 – Martin Shaw, English actor and producer
1946:  Gretel Ehrlich, American travel writer, poet, and essayist.
1947 – Jill Eikenberry, American actress
1947 – Michel Jonasz, French singer-songwriter and actor
1949 – Gennaro Contaldo, Italian chef and restaurateur
1949 – Jonas Åkerlund, Swedish politician
1950 – Gary Locke
      American politician and diplomat
      10th U.S. Ambassador to China, 2011-2014
      36th U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 2009-2011
      21st Governor of Washington, 1997-2005
1950:  Robert Luskin, American attorney
1950 – José Marín, Spanish race walker
1950 – Billy Ocean, Trinidadian-English singer-songwriter
1950 – Agnes van Ardenne
      Dutch politician
      Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation
1952 – Marco Camenisch, Swiss activist and murderer
1952:  Louis Menand, American writer and academic
1953 – Paul Allen
      American businessman and philanthropist
      co-founded Microsoft
1954 – Idrissa Ouedraogo
      Burkinabé director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – Phil Thompson, English footballer and coach
1955 – Jeff Koons, American painter and sculptor
1955 – Nikolina Shtereva, Bulgarian runner
1956 – Robby Benson, American actor, singer, and director
1956 – Geena Davis, American actress and producer
1957 – Greg Ryan, German-American soccer player and coach
1958:  Matt Salmon
      American politician
      U.S. Representative, R. AZ, 1995-2001, 2013-present
1958 – Michael Wincott, Canadian actor
1959 – Alex McLeish, Scottish footballer and manager
1959 – Masaki Kyomoto
      Japanese actor, singer, entertainer, and guitarist
1960 – Mamoru Nagano, Japanese animator and director
1961:  Kevin Cramer
      American politician
      U.S. Representative, R. ND, 2013-present
1962 – Tyler Cowen, American economist and academic
1962 – Marie Trintignant, French actress (d. 2003)
1963 – Hakeem Olajuwon, Nigerian-American basketball player
1963 – Detlef Schrempf, German basketball player and coach
1965 – Jason William Mizell (bka Jam Master Jay)  (d. 2002)
      American DJ, rapper, and producer
1966 – Robert Del Naja
      English singer-songwriter and DJ
      (Massive Attack, The Wild Bunch)
1967 – Artashes Minasian, Armenian chess player
1968:  Andy Coulson, English journalist and political strategist
1968 – Sundar C., Indian actor and director
      born Vinayaga Sundara Vadivel Chidambaram Pillai
1968 – Charlotte Ross, American actress
1969 – Eduard Hämäläinen, Finnish-Belarusian decathlete
1969:  M. K. Hobson (born Mary Catherine Koroloff)
      American speculative fiction and fantasy writer
1969 – Karina Lombard, Tahitian-American actress and singer
1969 – Tsubaki Nekoi, Japanese illustrator
1969:  Matt Willig, American football player and actor
1970 – Ken Leung, American actor
1970 – Oren Peli
      Israeli-American director, producer and screenwriter
1971 – Tweet, American singer-songwriter
1971 – Adia Chan, Indonesian-Hong Kong actress and singer
1971 – Sergey Klevchenya, Russian speed skater
1971 – Alan McManus
      Scottish snooker player, golfer, and sportscaster
1971 – Doug Weight, American ice hockey player
1972 – Rickard Falkvinge, Swedish businessman and politician
1972 – Charlyn Marie "Chan" Marshall  (bka Cat Power)
       American singer-songwriter and actress
1972 – Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer and producer
1973 – Rob Hayles, English cyclist
1974 – Malena Alterio, Argentinian-Spanish actress
1974 – Arthémon Hatungimana, Burundian runner
1974:  Kim Schmitz  (bka Kim Dotcom)
      German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur and businessman
            (now residing in New Zealand)
1974 – Alex Sperafico, Brazilian race car driver
1975 – Ito, Spanish footballer and manager
1975 – Nicky Butt, English footballer and coach
1975 – Thomas Castaignède, French rugby player and journalist
1975 – Yuji Ide, Japanese race car driver
1975 – Willem Korsten, Dutch footballer and manager
1976 – Aivaras Abromavičius
      Lithuanian-Ukrainian banker and politician
      15th Minister of Economic of Ukraine
1976 – Emma Bunton
      English singer-songwriter and actress (Spice Girls)
1976 – Patrick de Lange, Dutch baseball player
1977 – Kirsten Klose, German hammer thrower
1977 – Ulrike Maisch, German runner
1977 – Phil Neville, English footballer and manager
1977 – Jerry Trainor, American actor, director, and producer
1978 – Faris Al-Sultan, German triathlete
1978 – Andrei Zyuzin, Russian ice hockey player
1979 – Byung-hyun Kim, South Korean baseball player
1979 – Spider Loc, American rapper and actor
1979 – Brian O'Driscoll, Irish rugby player
1980:  Troy Dumais, American competitive diver
1980 – Dave Kitson, English footballer
1980 – Nana Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress
1980 – N. Santhanam, Indian actor and producer
1981 – Gillian Chung
      Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress (Twins)
1981 – Masayuki Deai, Japanese actor
1981 – Ivan Ergić, Serbian footballer
1981 – Dany Heatley, Canadian ice hockey player
1981 – Izabella Miko, Polish actress, dancer, and producer
1981 – Michel Teló, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1982 – Nicolas Mahut, French tennis player
1982 – Simon Rolfes, German footballer
1982 – Go Shiozaki, Japanese wrestler
1982 – Dean Whitehead, English footballer
1983 – Alex Acker, American basketball player
1983 – Maryse Ouellet, Canadian-American wrestler and model
1983 – Moritz Volz, German footballer
1983 – Svetlana Khodchenkova, Russian actress
1984:  Luke Grimes, American actor
1984 – Alex Koslov, Moldovan-American wrestler
1985 – Salvatore Giunta
      American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient
1985 – Álex Pérez, Spanish footballer
1985 – Sasha Pivovarova, Russian model
1986 – Jonathan Quick, American ice hockey player
1986 – Sushant Singh Rajput, Indian actor
1987 – Ioannis Athanasoulas, Greek basketball player
1987 – Augustine Kiprono Choge, Kenyan runner
1987 – Henrico Drost, Dutch footballer
1987 – Darren Helm, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Mulopo Kudimbana, Congolese footballer
1987 – Maša Zec Peškirič, Slovenian tennis player
1988 – Ashton Eaton, American decathlete
1988 – Vanessa Hessler, Italian-American model and actress
1988 – William C. Woxlin
      Swedish actor, playwright, and composer
1988 – Glaiza de Castro, Filipino actress and singer
1989 – Doğuş Balbay, Turkish basketball player
1989 – Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenian footballer
1990 – Corey Lof, Canadian actor
1990 – Jacob Smith, American actor
1991:  Craig Roberts, Welsh actor and director
1993 – Chiara Pierobon, Italian cyclist (d. 2015)
1994 – Booboo Stewart, American actor, singer, and dancer
1994 – Kang Seung-yoon
      South Korean singer-songwriter and actor
1994 – Marny Kennedy, Australia actress, singer, and model
1995 – Andrew Watson, Northern Irish racing driver
1997 – Jeremy Shada, American actor and singer
2001 – Jackson Brundage, American actor
2004 – Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway

Family

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Jeri Smith
Amanda Carstensen
Rita Tennent
Nicholas Hennigh
Patrick Buob
Paul Jorgensen
Amy Bechtol
Lisa Bach
Irene Retter  (d,)

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Mr. & Mrs. Jim Lute

Deaths

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Notable

496 – Epiphanius of Pavia, Italian bishop and saint (b. 438)
917 – Erchanger, Duke of Swabia (b. 880)
1118 – Pope Paschal II (b. 1050)
1527 – Juan de Grijalva, Spanish explorer (b. 1489)
1546 – Azai Sukemasa, Japanese daimyo (b. 1491)
1609 – Joseph Justus Scaliger, French historian and scholar (b. 1540)
1638 – Ignazio Donati, Italian composer (b. 1570)
1683 – Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury  (b. 1621)
      English politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer
1670 – Claude Duval, French highwayman (b. 1643)
1699 – Obadiah Walker, English historian and academic (b. 1616)
1706 – Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (b. 1649)
1710 – Johann Georg Gichtel, German mystic and critic (b. 1638)
1722 – Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton  (b. 1661)
      English politician; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1731 – Ignjat Đurđević, Croatian poet and translator (b. 1675)
1766 – James Quin, English actor (b. 1693)
1773 – Alexis Piron, French playwright and author (b. 1689)
1774 – Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1717)
1775 – Yemelyan Pugachev, Russian rebel (b. 1742)
1793 – Louis XVI of France (b. 1754)
1795 – Samuel Wallis, English navigator and explorer (b. 1728)
1809 – Josiah Hornblower, American engineer and politician (b. 1729)
1814 – Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French botanist and author (b. 1737)
1823 – Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentinian cleric, journalist, and poet (b. 1761)
1831 – Ludwig Achim von Arnim, German poet and author (b. 1781)
1836 – Ferenc Novák Hungarian-Slovene priest and author (b. 1791)
1851 – Albert Lortzing, German actor and composer (b. 1801)
1862 – Božena Němcová, Austrian-Czech author (b. 1820)
1870 – Alexander Herzen, Russian philosopher and author (b. 1812)
1872 – Franz Grillparzer, Austrian playwright and poet (b. 1791)
1881 – Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Swiss politician (b. 1802)
1891 – Calixa Lavallée, Canadian-American lieutenant and composer (b. 1842)
1901 – Elisha Gray, American engineer, co-founded Western Electric (b. 1835)
1914 – Theodor Kittelsen, Norwegian painter and illustrator (b. 1857)
1919 – Gojong of Korea (b. 1852)
1919 – Ahmed Muhtar Pasha  (b. 1839)
      Ottoman general and politician
      277th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire
1924 – Vladimir Lenin, Russian lawyer and politician (b. 1870)
1926 – Camillo Golgi  (b. 1843)
      Italian physician and pathologist; Nobel Prize laureate
1928 – George Washington Goethals, American general and engineer (b. 1858)
1931 – Felix Blumenfeld, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1863)
1932 – Lytton Strachey, English author and critic (b. 1880)
1933 – George Moore, Irish author, poet, and critic (b. 1852)
1937 – Marie Prevost, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1898)
1938 – Georges Méliès, French actor, director, and producer (b. 1861)
1940 – Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (b. 1888)
1940 – John Duha, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1875)
1945 – Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and engineer (b. 1886)
1948 – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (b. 1876)
1950 – George Orwell, Indian-English journalist and author (b. 1903)
1955 – Archie Hahn, German-American runner and coach (b. 1880)
1956 – Sam Langford, Canadian-American boxer (b. 1883)
1959 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)
1959 – Carl Switzer, American actor and singer (b. 1927)
1960 – Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (b. 1888)
1961 – Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (b. 1887)
1963 – Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (b. 1893)
1963 – Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (b. 1881)
1965 – Gwynne Evans, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
1967 – Ann Sheridan, American actress and singer (b. 1915)
1968 – Will Lang, Jr., American journalist (b. 1914)
1977 – Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (b. 1906)
1978 – Freda Utley, English scholar and author (b. 1898)
1983 – Lamar Williams, American bass player (b. 1949)
1984 – Giannis Skarimpas, Greek playwright and poet (b. 1893)
1984 – Jackie Wilson, American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)
1985 – James Beard, American chef and author (b. 1903)
1985 – Eddie Graham, American wrestler and promoter (b. 1930)
1987 – Charles Goodell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1926)
1989 – Carl Furillo, American baseball player (b. 1922)
1989 – Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (b. 1914)
1993 – Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1903)
1994 – Bassel al-Assad, Syrian colonel (b. 1962)
1994 – Andrejs Kapmals, Latvian runner (b. 1889)
1996 – René Jalbert, Canadian soldier (b. 1921)
1997 – Colonel Tom Parker, Dutch-American talent manager (b. 1909)
1998 – Jack Lord, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)
1999 – Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (b. 1920)
1999 – Susan Strasberg, American actress (b. 1938)
2001 – Byron De La Beckwith, American assassin of Medgar Evers (b. 1921)
2002 – Peggy Lee, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1920)
2003 – Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (b. 1916)
2004 – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)
2005 – Theun de Vries, Dutch author and poet (b. 1907)
2006 – Ibrahim Rugova  (b. 1944)
      Kosovo journalist and politician; 1st President of Kosovo
2007 – U;Nee, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (b. 1981)
2007 – Maria Cioncan, Romanian runner (b. 1977)
2007 – Myrtle Devenish, Welsh actress (b. 1913)
2008 – Marie Smith Jones, American speaker of the Eyak language (b. 1918)
2009 – Krista Kilvet, Estonian journalist, politician and diplomat (b. 1946)
2011 – Theoni V. Aldredge, Greek-American costume designer (b. 1922)
2011 – Dennis Oppenheim, American sculptor and photographer (b. 1938)
2011 – E. V. V. Satyanarayana, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1958)
2012 – Irena Jarocka, Polish singer and actress (b. 1946)
2013 – Ahmet Mete Işıkara, Turkish geophysicist and academic (b. 1941)
2013 – Chumpol Silpa-archa  (b. 1940)
      Thai academic and politician; Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
2013 – Michael Winner, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2014 – Tony Crook, English racing driver (b. 1920)
2015 – Marcus Borg, American scholar, theologian, and author (b. 1942)
2015 – Leon Brittan  (b. 1939)
      English lawyer and politician
      Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

2015 – Kemal Monteno, Bosnian singer-songwriter (b. 1948)

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