Who Was Alive

Famous people born on 1 January

21 of the people we track were born on 1 January, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

Omar al-Bashir and Mohammad Abdul Hamid were born on the very same day, 1 January 1944.

  1. J. D. Salinger 1919American novelistdied aged 91
  2. Pierre de Coubertin 1863French founder and pedagoguedied aged 74
  3. Sándor Petőfi 1823Hungarian poet
  4. Huldrych Zwingli 1484Theologiandied aged 47
  5. Pope Gregory XIII 1502Catholic priest who served as Popedied aged 83
  6. Omar al-Bashir 1944Sudanese politician who served as President of Sudanliving, 82
  7. Christine Lagarde 1956French economistliving, 70
  8. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449Italian politiciandied aged 43
  9. E. M. Forster 1879English novelistdied aged 91
  10. Satyendra Nath Bose 1894Indian physicistdied aged 80
  11. Stepan Bandera 1909Politiciandied aged 50
  12. Alassane Ouattara 1942Ivorian politician who served as President of the Ivory Coastliving, 84
  13. Arcadius AD 377Byzantine emperordied aged 31
  14. Lilian Thuram 1972French footballerliving, 54
  15. Mohammad Abdul Hamid 1944Politician who served as President of Bangladeshliving, 82
  16. James George Frazer 1854British anthropologistdied aged 87
  17. Davor Šuker 1968Croatian footballerliving, 58
  18. J. Edgar Hoover 1895American military officerdied aged 77
  19. Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani 1952Served as Prime Minister of Qatardied aged 74
  20. Jack Wilshere 1992British footballerliving, 34
  21. Rivellino 1946Brazilian footballerliving, 80