Birthdays Date 1919 January | History by KabAstro

J. D. Salinger (1919-2010)

Jan 1 American novelist (The Catcher in the Rye), born in New York City

Jan 1 Rocky Graziano, American boxer (World Middleweight title 1947-48; famous Tony Zale trilogy) and entertainer (Pantomime Quiz, Miami Undercover), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1990)
Jan 3 Herbie Nichols, American jazz pianist and composer ("Lady Sings the Blues"), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1963)
Jan 4 Al "Jazzbo" Collins, American DJ (The Tonight Show, America After Dark), born in Rochester, New York (d. 1997)
Jan 4 Havelock Hudson, British underwriter (Lloyd's of London) (d. 1996)
Jan 5 Severino Gazzelloni, Italian flautist, born in Roccasecca, Italy (d. 1992)
Jan 11 Stan Pearson, English soccer inside forward (8 caps; Manchester United, Bury, Chester), born in Salford, England (d. 1997)
Jan 13 Army Archerd, American Hollywood columnist (Variety) and TV host (Movie Game), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2009)
Jan 13 Robert Stack, American actor (The Untouchables - "Elliot Ness"; Unsolved Mysteries; Written on the Wind), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2003)
Jan 14 Andy Rooney, American CBS news correspondent (60 Minutes), born in Albany, New York (d. 2011)
Jan 14 Giulio Andreotti, Italian politician and statesman (Prime Minister, 1989–1992), born in Rome, Italy (d. 2013)

Nathaniel Rochester (1919-2001)

Jan 14 American computer scientist (chief architect of the IBM 701), born in Buffalo, New York

Jan 15 Åke Seyffarth, Swedish speed skater (Olympic gold 10,000m 1948; WR 3,000 & 5,000m), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1998)
Jan 18 Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Chilean composer, born in Santiago, Chile (d. 2019)
Jan 19 Ray Eberle, American big band vocalist (Glenn Miller; Gene Krupa), and bandleader, born in Hoosick Falls, New York (d. 1979) [1]
Jan 20 Royalton Kisch, British conductor, born in Marylebone, London, England (d. 1995)
Jan 20 Stepan Lucky, Slovak film score composer, born in Žilina, Slovakia (d. 2006)
Jan 21 Jinx Falkenburg [Eugenia], American actress and well-known US cover-girl model throughout 1930s-40s, born in Barcelona, Spain (d. 2003)
Jan 23 Bob Paisley, English football player and manager, born in Hetton-le-Hole, United Kingdom (d. 1996)
Jan 23 Ernie Kovacs, American comedian (The Ernie Kovacs Show), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 1962)
Jan 23 Frances Bay, Canadian-American character actress (Twin Peaks - "Mrs. Tremond"), born in Manville, Alberta (d. 2011)
Jan 23 Hans Hass, Austrian zoologist and underwater scientist, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 2013)
Jan 23 Nina Dumbadze, Soviet discus thrower (Olympic bronze 1952), born in Odessa, Ukraine (d. 1983)
Jan 24 Leon Kirchner, American contemporary classical composer (Pulitzer Prize for Music 1967), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
Jan 24 Nora Beloff, English journalist and author, born in London (d. 1997)
Jan 25 Edwin Newman, American journalist and author (NBC-TV, Comment), born in New York City (d. 2010)
Jan 26 K C Ibrahim, Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 50, HS 85; Bombay CA), born in Mumbai, India (d. 2007)
Jan 27 David Seville [Ross Bagdasarian], American songwriter ("Come On A-My House"), singer (Alvin & The Chipmunks - "Witch Doctor"), and actor (Rear Window), born in Fresno, California (d. 1972)
Jan 27 Nina Milkina, Russian British pianist, born in Moscow (d. 2006)
Jan 29 Doyle Royal, American collegiate soccer coach (NCAA C'ship 1968; University of Maryland 1946-73) and tennis coach (U of Maryland 1954-80), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2020)
Jan 29 Norman Frederick Simpson, British playwright (One Way Pendulum), born in London, England (d. 2011)
Jan 30 Nikolay Glazkov, Russian poet, born in Lyskovo, Russia (d. 1979)
Jan 30 Robert Suter, Swiss composer, born in St. Gallen, Switzerland (d. 2008)

Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)

Jan 31 American Baseball HOF second baseman (1st African-American MLB player Brooklyn Dodgers; 6 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1955; NL MVP 1949), born in Cairo, Georgia