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After the long ‘Holiday Season’, let’s kick-start 2016 with a look at the famous people born in January. The list includes creative and influential people who have passed away, but their contributions have left an everlasting imprint in the society.
So, let’s find out the famous people who were born in January, the first month of a year.
January 1:
Here are the famous people born on January 1:
J Edgar Hoover:

Birth: 1895
Death: May 2, 1972
Occupation: Government Official
Satyendra Nath Bose:

Birth: 1894
Death: February 4, 1974
Occupation: Physicist, Scientist
George Washington Carver:
Birth: 1864
Death: January 5, 1943
Occupation: Botanist, Chemist, Scientist, Inventor
January 2:
Here are the famous people born on January 2:
Isaac Asimov:

Birth: 1920
Death: April 6, 1992
Occupation: Writer
January 3:
Here are the famous people born on January 3:
Clement Attlee:
Birth: 1883
Death: October 8, 1967
Occupation: Political Leader, Former British Prime Minister
January 4:
Here are the famous people born on January 4:
Louis Braille:
Birth: 1809
Death: January 6, 1852
Occupation: Educator, Inventor
Isaac Newton:

Birth: 1643
Death: March 31, 1727
Occupation: Philosopher, Astronomer, Physicist, Scientist, Mathematician
January 5:
Here are the famous people born on January 5:
Shah Jahan:
Birth: 1592
Death: January 22, 1666
Occupation: Fifth Mughal Emperor of India
January 8:
Here are the famous people born on January 8:
Elvis Presley:

Birth: 1935
Death: August 16, 1977
Occupation: Film Actor, Singer
S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike:
Birth: 1899
Death: September 26, 1959
Occupation: Fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
January 9:
Here are the famous people born on January 9:
Richard Nixon:
Birth: 1913
Death: April 22, 1994
Occupation: Former US President
Har Gobind Khorana:

Birth: 1922
Death: November 9, 2011
Occupation: Biochemist
January 12:
Here are the famous people born on January 12:
Swami Vivekananda:
Birth: 1863
Death: July 4, 1902
Occupation: Educator
January 15:
Here are the famous people born on January 15:
Aristotle Onassis:
Birth: 1906
Death: March 15, 1975
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Martin Luther King Jr:

Birth: 1929
Death: April 4, 1968
Occupation: Civil Rights Activist, Minister
January 17:
Here are the famous people born on January 17:
Benjamin Franklin:

Birth: 1706
Death: April 17, 1790
Occupation: Diplomat, Scientist, Inventor, Writer, Founding father of the US
Vidal Sassoon:
Birth: 1928
Death: May 9, 2012
Occupation: Hairdresser
George Joseph Stigler:
Birth: 1911
Death: December 1, 1991
Occupation: Economist
January 19:
Here are the famous people born on January 19:
Edgar Allan Poe:
Birth: 1809
Death: October 7, 1849
Occupation: Writer
James Watt:

Birth: 1736
Death: August 25, 1819
Occupation: Inventor
January 21:
Here are the famous people born on January 21:
Christian Dior:
Birth: 1905
Death: October 23, 1957
Occupation: Fashion Designer
January 22:
Andre Marie Ampere:
Birth: 1775
Death: June 10, 1836
Occupation: Journalist, Educator, Physicist, Scientist
January 23:
Here are the famous people born on January 23:
Subhas Chandra Bose:

Birth: 1897
Death: August 18, 1945
Occupation: Military Leader
January 25:
Here are the famous people born on January 25:
Robert Boyle:
Birth: 1627
Death: December 31, 1691
Occupation: Philosopher
January 26:
Here are the famous people born on January 26:
Paul Newman:
Birth: 1925
Death: September 26, 2008
Occupation: Film and Television Actor, Race Car Driver, Theatre Actor
January 27:
Here are the famous people born on January 27:
Lewis Carroll:
Birth: 1832
Death: January 14, 1898
Occupation: Author
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

Birth: 1756
Death: December 5, 1791
Occupation: Pianist, Composer
Kaiser Wilhelm:
Birth: 1859
Death: June 4, 1941
Occupation: Emperor
Friedrich von Schelling:
Birth: 1775
Death: August 20, 1854
Occupation: Philisopher
Balthasar Neumann:
Birth: 1687
Death: August 19, 1753
Occupation: Architect
January 28:
Here are the famous people born on January 28:
Lala Lajpat Rai:

Birth: 1865
Death: March 23, 1907
Occupation: Political Activist
January 29:
Here are the famous people born on January 29:
William McKinley:
Birth: 1843
Death: September 14, 1901
Occupation: Former US President
January 30:
Here are the famous people born on January 30:
Franklin D Roosevelt:

Birth: 1882
Death: April 12, 1945
Occupation: Former US President
Amrita Shergil:
Birth: 1913
Death: December 5, 1941
Occupation: Painter
January 31:
Here are the famous people born on January 31:
Irving Langmuir:

Birth: 1881
Death: August 16, 1957
Occupation: Chemist, Physicist, Scientist
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