January 24 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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January 24 in history

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Birthdays

VIP

Notable

76 – Hadrian (d. 10 Jul 138)

      14th Emperor of the Roman Empire, 117-138

1287 – Richard de Bury  (d. 14 Apr 1345)

      English bishop and politician

      Bishop of Durham, 1333-1345

      Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, 1334-1335

1444 – Galeazzo Maria Sforza  (d. 1476)

      Italian husband of Bona of Savoy

1540 – Saint Edmund Campion, S.J.  (d. 1 Dec 1581)

      English priest and martyr

1638 – Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset  (d. 1706)

      English poet and politician

      Lord Chamberlain of Great Britain

1664:  Sir John Vanbrugh  (d. 26 Mar 1726)

      English architect and dramatist

      designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard

1670 – William Congreve  (d. 19 Jan 1729)

      English playwright and poet

1674 – Thomas Tanner  (d. 14 Dec 1735)

      English antiquary and bishop

1679 – Christian Wolff  (d. 9 Apr 1754)

      German philosopher and academic

1705 – Farinelli, Italian actor and singer (d. 1782)

1709 – Dom Bédos de Celles  (d. 1779)

      French monk and organist

1712 – Frederick the Great (Frederick II) (d. 17 Aug 1786)

      King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg, 1740-1786

1732 – Pierre Beaumarchais  (d. 1799)

      French playwright and financier

1742 – Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn

            (d. 28 Dec 1808)

      wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn,

            1765-1808

1746 – Gustav III of Sweden (d. 29 Mar 1792)

      King of Sweden, 1771-1792

1749:  Charles James Fox  (d. 13 Sep 1806)

      British Whig politician

1752 – Muzio Clementi  (d. 1832)

      Italian pianist, composer, and conductor

1754 – Andrew Ellicott  (d. 1820)

      American soldier and surveyor

1763 – Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron  (d. 1831)

      French-Russian general

1776 – E. T. A. Hoffmann  (d. 25 Jun 1822)

      German jurist, author, and composer

1779 – Elizabeth Alexeievna  (d. 16 May 1826)

      (Princess Louise of Baden)

      German wife of Alexander I of Russia

      Empress consort of All the Russias, 1801-1825

1804:  Delphine de Girardin, French author  (d. 29 Jun 1855)

1841 – Robert Williams, American archer (d. 1914)

1843 – Josip Štadler, Croatian archbishop (d. 1918)

1848 – Vasily Surikov, Russian painter (d. 1916)

1850:  Hermann Ebbinghaus  (d. 26 Feb 1909)

      German psychologist

1862 – Edith Wharton  (d. 11 Aug 1937)

      American author and poet

1864 – Marguerite Durand  (d. 1936)

      French actress, journalist, and activist

1866 – Jaan Poska  (d. 1920)

      Estonian lawyer and politician

      1st Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs

1872 – Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (d. 1943)

1872 – Morris Travers, English chemist and academic (d. 1961)

1881 – Elsa Wagner, German actress (d. 1975)

1883 – Philip Schuster, American gymnast (d. 1926)

1886 – Henry King  (d. 1982)

      American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1888 – Vicki Baum  (d. 29 Aug 1960)

      Austrian-American novelist. author and screenwriter

1888 – Ernst Heinkel  (d. 1958)

      German businessman

      founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company

1889 – Charles Hawes, American historian and author (d. 1923)

1891 – Walter Model, German field marshal (d. 1945)

1895 – Eugen Roth, German poet and songwriter (d. 1976)

1898 – Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (d. 1939)

1900 – Theodosius Dobzhansky  (d. 1975)

      Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist

1901 – Harry Calder, South African cricketer (d. 1995)

1901 – Edward Turner, English engineer (d. 1973)

1902 – Ephraim Avigdor Speiser  (d. 1965)

      Ukrainian-American archaeologist and scholar

1905 – J. Howard Marshall  (d. 1995)

      American lawyer and businessman

1907 – Maurice Couve de Murville  (d. 1999)

      French soldier and politician, Prime Minister of France

1907 – Tuts Washington, American pianist (d. 1984)

1909 – Martin Lings, English author and scholar (d. 2005)

1909 – Ann Todd, English actress and producer (d. 1993)

1910 – Doris Haddock  (d. 2010)

      American activist and politician

1912 – Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (d. 2005)

1913 – Norman Dello Joio  (d. 2008)

      American organist and composer

1913 – Ray Stehr  (d. 1983)

      Australian rugby league player and coach

1915 – Vítězslava Kaprálová  (d. 1940)

      Czech composer and conductor

1915 – Robert Motherwell  (d. 16 Jul 1991)

      American painter and academic

1916 – Jack Brickhouse, American sportscaster (d. 1998)

1916 – Rafael Caldera  (d. 2009)

      Venezuelan lawyer and politician

      65th President of Venezuela

1916 – Arnoldo Foà, Italian actor and director (d. 2014)

1916 – Gene Mako  (d. 2013)

      Hungarian-American tennis player and actor

1917 – Ernest Borgnine  (d. 8 Jul 2012)

      American actor and singer

1918 – Gottfried von Einem, Austrian composer (d. 1996)

1919 – Oral Roberts  (d. 15 Dec 2009)

      American evangelist

      founded Oral Roberts University and Oral Roberts

            Evangelistic Association

1919 – Coleman Francis  (d. 1973)

      American actor, writer, producer and director

1919 – Leon Kirchner, American composer (d. 2009)

1920 – Jerry Maren, American actor and stuntman

1922 – Daniel Boulanger  (d. 2014)

      French actor and screenwriter

1922 – Charles W. Socarides  (d. 2005)

      American psychiatrist, physician, and author

1923 – Vlado Kristl, Croatian painter and director (d. 2004)

1924 – Joe Albany, American pianist (d. 1988)

1924 – Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league player (d. 1991)

1924 – C. B. Muthamma, Indian diplomat (d. 2009)

1925 – Gus Mortson  (d. 2015)

      Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1925 – Maria Tallchief, American ballerina (d. 2013)

1926:  Ruth Asawa, American sculptor  (d. 5 Aug 2013)

1926 – Georges Lautner  (d. 2013)

      French director and screenwriter

1927 – Marvin Kaplan, American actor

1928 – Desmond Morris

      English zoologist, ethologist, and painter

1928 – Michel Serrault, French actor and singer (d. 2007)

1930 – Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor

1930 – Mahmoud Farshchian

      Iranian-Persian painter and academic

1930 – Bernard Matthews  (d. 2010)

      English businessman, founded Bernard Matthews Farms

1930 – John Romita, Sr., American illustrator

1931 – Leonard Baker, American historian and author (d. 1984)

1931 – Lars Hörmander  (d. 2012)

      Swedish mathematician and academic

1931 – Ib Nørholm, Danish composer and organist

1932:  Henri Nouwen  (d. 21 Sep 1996)

      Dutch Catholic priest, professor, writer and theologian

1933 – Claude Préfontaine, Canadian actor (d. 2013)

1934 – Stanisław Grochowiak  (d. 1976)

      Polish poet and playwright

1935 – Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj  (d. 28 Mar 1994)

      born Sathyaraju Allaka

      self-realized master of meditation in the tradition of the

            ancient and modern yogis of India

1936 – William Bogert, American actor

1936:  Doug Kershaw

      American fiddle player, singer and songwriter

1936 – Yōko Nogiwa, Japanese actress

1939 – Ray Stevens, American singer-songwriter

1940 – Vito Acconci, American artist

1940 – Joachim Gauck

      German politician; 11th President of Germany

1941 – Neil Diamond

      American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1941 – Aaron Neville, American singer

1941 – Dan Shechtman

      Israeli chemist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate

1941:  Gary K. Wolf, American author and humorist

1942:  Melvin Fitting, American logician

1942 – Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (d. 2008)

1943:  Jim Barksdale

      American business executive

      president and CEO of Netscape Communications

            Corporation, 1995-1999

1943 – Julie Bennett, American actress

1943 – Subhash Ghai

      Indian director, producer, and screenwriter

1943 – Peter Struck  (d. 2012)

      German lawyer and politician

      13th German Federal Minister of Defence

1943 – Sharon Tate  (d. 9 Aug 1969)

      American model, actress, and murder victim

1943 – Tony Trimmer, English race car driver

1944 – David Gerrold, American author and screenwriter

1944 – Klaus Nomi  (d. 1983)

      German singer-songwriter and actor

1945 – John Garamendi

      American football player and politician

      1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior

1946 – Haji, Canadian-American actress (d. 2013)

1946 – Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor

1947 – Michio Kaku, American physicist and academic

1947 – Masashi Ozaki, Japanese baseball player and golfer

1947 – Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)

1948:  Elliott Abrams

      American lawyer, diplomat, and political scientist

1948 – Michael Des Barres

      English singer-songwriter and actor

1949 – John Belushi  (d. 5 Mar 1982)

      American comedian, actor, singer, and screenwriter

1949 – Bill Bush, New Zealand rugby player

1949:  Bart Gordon

      American lawyer and politician

      U.S. Representative, D. TN, 1985-2011

1950 – Daniel Auteuil

      French actor, director, and screenwriter

1950 – Gennifer Flowers, American model and actress

1951 – Yakov Smirnoff

      Ukrainian-American comedian and actor

1951:  Mike Thompson

      American politician

      U.S. Representatie, D. CA, 1999-present

1953 – Yuri Bashmet

      Russian violinist, viola player, and conductor

1953 – Matthew Wilder

      American singer-songwriter and producer

1954 – Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (d. 1986)

1955 – Jim Montgomery, American swimmer and coach

1956 – Hanne Krogh, Norwegian singer and actress

1956 – Lounès Matoub  (d. 1998)

      Algerian singer-songwriter and guitarist

1956 – Jack Neo, Singaporean actor and director

1957 – Mark Eaton

      American basketball player and sportscaster

1957 – Adrian Charles "Ade" Edmondson

      English comedian, actor, singer-songwriter, musician,

            writer, television presenter, and director

1958 – Jools Holland, English singer-songwriter and pianist

1959 – Akira Maeda

      Japanese wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor

1959 – Nils Mathisen, Norwegian keyboardist

1960 – Mária Bajzek Lukács, Hungarian author and educator

1961 – Guido Buchwald, German footballer and manager

1961 – Nastassja Kinski

      German-American actress and producer

1961 – Vince Russo

      American wrestling manager and journalist

1961 – William Van Dijck, Belgian runner

1962 – Argiris Kambouris, Greek basketball player

1963 – Houka Kinoshita, Japanese actor

1963 – Arnold Vanderlyde, Dutch boxer

1965 – Mike Awesome, American wrestler (d. 2007)

1965 – Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian director

1965 – Pagonis Vakalopoulos, Greek footballer and manager

1966:  Julie Dreyfus, French/Japanese actress

1967 – Mark Kozelek

      American singer-songwriter and producer

1967 – Phil LaMarr, American actor, singer, and screenwriter

1967 – John Myung, American bass player

1968 – Michael Kiske, German singer-songwriter

1968:  Antony Garrett Lisi

      American theoretical physicist

1968 – Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast and actress

1969 – Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Icelandic actor

1970 – Maria Balshaw, British museum director

1970 – Luke Egan, Australian surfer

1970 – Neil Johnson, Zimbabwean cricketer

1970 – Matthew Lillard

      American actor, director, and producer

1971 – Stanislas Merhar, French actor

1972 – Beth Hart, American singer-songwriter

1972 – Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese bass player and composer

1972 – Daan Schuurmans, Dutch actor

1972 – Ulla Werbrouck, Belgian martial artist and politician

1974 – Ed Helms

      American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter

1974 – Melissa Tkautz, Australian actress and singer

1975 – Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer and manager

1976 – Shae-Lynn Bourne

      Canadian ice dancer, coach, and choreographer

1976 – Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist

1977:  Michelle Hunziker

      Swiss-Italian television hostess, actress, model and singer

1977:  Chad Hurley

      American businessman

      Co-Founder & former CEO of YouTube

      Co-Founder & CEO of MixBit

1977 – Kensuke Kita

      Japanese singer and guitarist (Asian Kung-Fu Generation)

1977 – Johann Urb, Estonian-American actor and producer

1978 – Kristen Schaal, American actress and author

1979 – Tatyana Ali, American actress and singer

1979 – Leandro Desábato, Argentinian footballer

1979 – Nik Wallenda, American acrobat and tightrope walker

1980 – Yamandu Costa, Brazilian guitarist and composer

1980 – Rebecca Romero, English cyclist and rower

1981:  Carrie Coon. American actress

1981 – Michael Wolf, German ice hockey player

1982 – Fiona Xie, Singaporean actress

1983 – Davide Biondini, Italian footballer

1983 – Diane Birch, American singer-songwriter and pianist

1983:  Craig Horner, Australian actor and musician

1983 – Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer

1983 – Scott Speed, American race car driver

1984:  Justin Baldoni, American actor and director

1984 – Scott Kazmir, American baseball player

1984 – Witold Kiełtyka  (d. 2007)

      Polish drummer (Decapitated and Dies Irae)

1984 – Paulo Sérgio Moreira Gonçalves, Portuguese footballer

1985 – Yuki Ito, Japanese actor and musician

1986 – Cristiano Araújo, Brazilian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)

1986 – Mischa Barton, English-American actress

1986:  Aimee Carter, American writer

1986 – Vladislav Ivanov, Russian footballer

1986 – Michael Kightly, English footballer

1986 – Ricky Ullman, Israeli-American actor and singer

1986 – Adelino André Vieira de Freitas (bka Vieirinha)

      Portuguese footballer

1987 – Luis Suárez, Uruguayan footballer

1988 – Jade Ewen

      English singer-songwriter and actress (Sugababes)

1989 – Samba Diakité, Malian footballer

1989 – Ki Sung-yueng, South Korean footballer

1989 – Gong Lijiao, Chinese shot putter

1990 – Mao Abe, Japanese singer-songwriter

1992 – Becky Downie, English gymnast

1994 – Sean Kavanagh, Irish footballer

1994 – Yoo Young-jae

      South Korean singer and dancer (B.A.P)

1995 – Callan McAuliffe, Australian actor

1997 – Dylan Riley Snyder

      American actor, singer, and dancer

2012 – Princess Athena of Denmark

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1920:  Ora Elizabeth Thiry  (d. 23 Nov 1983)

Gary Sieg

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Debbie Heathman

Mike Harrington

Delores Stone

Ddebbie Wallschlaegar

Jonathan Jensen

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Deaths

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1965 – Sir Winston Churchill  (b. 30 Nov 1874)

      English colonel and politician

      Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1940-1945, 1951-1955

      Leader of the Opposition, 1945-1951

      1953 Nobel Prize in Literature

1993 – Thurgood Marshall  (b. 2 Jul 1908)

      American lawyer and jurist

      Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1967-1991

      32nd United States Solicitor General, 1965-1967

Notable

817 – Pope Stephen IV

1125 – David IV of Georgia (b. 1073)

1360 – John de Vere, 7th Earl of Oxford (b. 1312)

1366 – Alfonso IV of Aragon (b. 1299)

1376 – Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel, English commander (b. 1306)

1473 – Conrad Paumann, German organist and composer (b. 1410)

1595 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (b. 1529)

1626 – Samuel Argall  (b. 1572)

      English captain and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia

1639 – Jörg Jenatsch, Swiss pastor and politician (b. 1596)

1666 – Johann Andreas Herbst, German composer and theorist (b. 1588)

1709 – George Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650)

1769 – François de Chevert, French general (b. 1695)

1839 – Michele Cachia, Maltese architect and military engineer (b. 1760)

1877 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796)

1882 – Levi Boone  (b. 1808)

      American physician and politician, 17th Mayor of Chicago

1883 – Friedrich von Flotow, German composer (b. 1812)

1895 – Lord Randolph Churchill  (b. 1849)

      English politician; Chancellor of the Exchequer

1911 – David Graham Phillips, American journalist and author (b. 1867)

1918 – George Arthur Crump  (b. 1871)

      American architect, designed the Pine Valley Golf Club

1920 – Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)

1924 – Anna Bayerová, Czech physician (b. 1853)

1924 – Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (b. 1894)

1932 – Alfred Yarrow  (b. 1842)

      English businessman, founded Yarrow Shipbuilders

1936 – Harry T. Morey, American actor (b. 1873)

1939 – Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician; created Muesli (b. 1867)

1943 – John Burns  (b. 1858)

      English union leader and politician

      Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

1948 – Maria Mandl, Austrian SS officer (b. 1912)

1955 – Ira Hayes  (b. 1923)

      American marine, member of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

1955 – Henry Potter, American golfer (b. 1881)

1960 – Arthur Murray Chisholm, American author (b. 1872)

1960 – Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)

1961 – Alfred Carlton Gilbert  (b. 1884)

      American pole vaulter and businessman

      founded the A. C. Gilbert Company

1962 – André Lhote, French sculptor and painter (b. 1885)

1962 – Stanley Lord, English captain (b. 1877)

1962 – Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish author, poet, and scholar (b. 1901)

1966 – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909)

1970 – Caresse Crosby  (b. 1891)

      American fashion designer and publisher

      co-founded the Black Sun Press

1971 – Bill W.  (b. 1895)

      American activist, co-founded of Alcoholics Anonymous

1973 – J. Carrol Naish, American actor (b. 1897)

1973 – Masao Ohba, Japanese boxer (b. 1949)

1975 – Larry Fine, American actor and singer (b. 1902)

1978 – Herta Oberheuser, German physician (b. 1911)

1980 – Lil Dagover, Indonesian-German actress (b. 1887)

1981 – Orville Brown, American wrestler and actor (b. 1908)

1982 – Alfredo Ovando Candía  (b. 1918)

      Bolivian general and politician; 56th President of Bolivia

1983 – George Cukor, American director and producer (b. 1899)

1986 – L. Ron Hubbard

      American religious leader and author

      founded the Church of Scientology (b. 1911)

1986 – Flo Hyman, American volleyball player (b. 1954)

1986 – Gordon MacRae, American actor and singer (b. 1921)

1988 – Werner Fenchel  (b. 1905)

      German-Danish mathematician and academic

1989 – Ted Bundy, American serial killer (b. 1946)

1989 – George Knudson, Canadian golfer and sportscaster (b. 1937)

1990 – Madge Bellamy, American actress (b. 1899)

1991 – John M. Kelly  (b. 1931)

      Irish academic and politician; 17th Attorney General of Ireland

1991 – Jack Schaefer, American journalist and author (b. 1907)

1992 – Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (b. 1909)

1993 – Gustav Ernesaks, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1908)

1993 – Uğur Mumcu, Turkish journalist (b. 1942)

1994 – Yves Navarre, French author (b. 1940)

1995 – David Cole, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1962)

1998 – Walter D. Edmonds, American journalist and author (b. 1903)

2000 – Bobby Duncum, Jr., American wrestler (b. 1965)

2001 – Gaffar Okkan, Turkish police officer (b. 1952)

2002 – Elie Hobeika, Lebanese commander and politician (b. 1956)

2003 – Gianni Agnelli, Italian businessman (b. 1921)

2004 – Leônidas, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1913)

2005 – June Bronhill, Australian soprano and actress (b. 1929)

2005 – Chalkie White, English rugby player and coach (b. 1929)

2006 – Schafik Handal, Salvadoran politician (b. 1930)

2006 – Fayard Nicholas, American choreographer, dancer and actor (b. 1914)

2006 – Chris Penn, American actor and producer (b. 1965)

2006 – Mümtaz Sevinç, Turkish actor (b. 1952)

2006 – Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan, Sri Lankan journalist and activist (b. 1970)

2007 – Krystyna Feldman, Ukrainian-Polish actress (b. 1916)

2007 – İsmail Cem İpekçi  (b. 1940)

      Turkish journalist and politician

      45th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs

2007 – Guadalupe Larriva, Ecuadorian academic and politician (b. 1956)

2007 – Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican soldier (b. 1891)

2008 – Lee Embree, American sergeant and photographer (b. 1915)

2008 – Randy Salerno, American journalist (b. 1963)

2009 – Gérard Blanc, French actor, singer, and guitarist (b. 1947)

2009 – Kay Yow, American basketball player and coach (b. 1942)

2010 – Şakir Eczacıbaşı  (b. 1929)

      Turkish pharmacist, photographer, and businessman

2010 – Pernell Roberts, American actor and singer (b. 1928)

2011 – Bernd Eichinger, German director and producer (b. 1949)

2011 – Bhimsen Joshi, Indian singer (b. 1922)

2011 – Gerry Ortega  (b. 1963)

      Filipino environmentalist, journalist, and politician

2012 – Theo Angelopoulos, Greek director and producer (b. 1935)

2012 – Sukumar Azhikode, Indian author and critic (b. 1926)

2012 – James Farentino, American actor (b. 1938)

2012 – J. Joseph Garrahy  (b. 1930)

      American soldier and politician; 69th Governor of Rhode Island

2012 – Vadim Glowna, German actor and director (b. 1941)

2012 – Delma Kollar, American super-centenarian (b. 1897)

2012 – Patricia Neway, American soprano and actress (b. 1919)

2013 – Khuseyn Gakayev, Russian commander (b. 1970)

2013 – Miroslav Janů, Czech footballer and manager (b. 1959)

2013 – Jim Line, American basketball player (b. 1926)

2013 – Richard G. Stern, American author and educator (b. 1928)

2013 – Jim Wallwork, English sergeant and pilot (b. 1919)

2014 – Shulamit Aloni  (b. 1928)

      Israeli lawyer and politician; 11th Israeli Minister of Education

2014 – Curt Brasket, American chess player (b. 1932)

2014 – Rafael Pineda Ponce, Honduran academic and politician (b. 1930)

2015 – Link Byfield, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1951)

2015 – Otto Carius, German lieutenant and pharmacist (b. 1922)

2015 – Toller Cranston, Canadian-Mexican figure skater and painter (b. 1949)

2015 – Johan Ferner, Norwegian sailor (b. 1927)

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