- Jan 1 Frederick Wiseman, documentary filmmaker, born in Boston, Massachusetts
- Jan 1 Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, premier/president (Sudan)
- Jan 1 Ty Hardin [Orison Hungerford Jr.], American actor (Riptide, Bronco), born in New York City (d. 2017)
- Jan 1 Werner Heider, German, pianist, conductore, and composer, born in Fürth, Bavaria, Germany
- Jan 2 Julius La Rosa, American singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2016)
- Jan 3 Edward "Eddie" Egan, American actor (The French Connection, Joe Forrester), born in New York City (d. 1995)
- Jan 3 Marcel Dubé, Canadian playwright (Zone), and French language advocate, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2016)
- Jan 3 Salvatore "Robert" Loggia, American actor (Jagged Edge, Big, Officer & a Gentleman, Scarface), born in Staten Island, New York (d. 2015)
Don Shula (1930-2020)
Jan 4 American Pro Football Hall of Fame coach (Super Bowl 1972, 73; Miami Dolphins; Baltimore Colts; NFL Coach of the Year 1964, 67, 68, 72), born in Grand River Ohio
- Jan 4 Iain Cuthbertson, Scottish actor (Guilty, Scandal, Rep, Danger UXB), born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire (d. 2009)
- Jan 4 Sorrell Booke, American actor (Boss Hogg in Dukes of Hazard), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1994)
- Jan 5 Edward Galven Givens Jr., Major USAF/astronaut, born in Quanah, Texas (d. 1967)
- Jan 5 Frederick Charles Tillis, American composer (In the Spirt and the Flesh; Secrets of the African Baobob), jazz saxophonist, music educator (University of Massachusetts, 1970-97), and poet, born in Galveston, Texas (d. 2020)
- Jan 5 Richard Hayes, American actor and singer (Name That Tune), born in Passaic, New Jersey (d. 2014)
- Jan 6 (Wilbert) Billy Davis, American tennis player (11 x American Tennis Association Titles; mentor to Arthur Ashe), born in New York City (d. 2021)
- Jan 6 Denis Pitts, English journalist, filmmaker, and novelist (Rogue Hercules), (d. 1994)
- Jan 6 Victor "Vic" Tayback, American actor (Mel Sharples-"Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore "), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1990)
- Jan 7 Douglas Kiker, American NBC newsman (1970 Peabody Award), born in Griffin, Georgia (d. 1991)
- Jan 7 Eddie LeBaron, American NFL quarterback (Pro Bowl 1955, 57, 58, 62; Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys), born in San Rafael, California (d. 2015)
- Jan 8 Doreen Wilber, American archer (Olympic gold individual 1972), born in Rutland, Iowa (d. 2008)
- Jan 10 Byron "Wild Child" Gipson, American blues singer, born in Burlington, Iowa (d. 1994)
- Jan 10 Elaine Devry [Thelma Mahnken], American actress (The Atomic Kid, The Boy Who Cried Werewolf), born in Compton, California (d. 2023)
- Jan 10 Lyle Ritz, American jazz ukulele and session bassist, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2017)
- Jan 10 Roy E. Disney, American film executive and CEO of Disney, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2009)
- Jan 11 Lula Mae Hardaway, American songwriter ("I Was Made to Love Her"; "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours"), and mother of singer Stevie Wonder, born in Eufaula, Alabama (d. 2006)
Rod Taylor (1930-2015)
Jan 11 Australian actor (The Birds, Time Machine), born in Sydney, New South Wales
- Jan 11 Ron Mulock, Australian politician
- Jan 12 Glenn Yarborough, American folk singer and guitarist (Limeliters-Honey & Wine, Jubilee), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2016)
- Jan 12 Jennifer Johnston, Irish author (Fool's Sanctuary), born in Dublin, Ireland
Tim Horton (1930-1974)
Jan 12 Canadian ice hockey player and co-founder of the Tim Hortons restaurant chain, born in Cochrane, Ontario
- Jan 13 Frances Sternhagen, American Tony Award-winning stage and screen character actress (The Mist; Starting Over; Cheers - "Ester Clavin"; Outland; Sex and the City - "Bunny"), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 2023) [1]
- Jan 13 Liz Anderson, American country music singer-songwriter (Mama Spank, The Game of Triangles), born in Roseau, Minnesota (d. 2011)
- Jan 13 Roman Cieślewicz, Polish French artist, graphic designer, born in Lwów, Poland (d. 1996)
- Jan 14 Edgar Hovhannisyan, Armenian composer, born in Yerevan, Armenia (d. 1998)
- Jan 14 Johnny Grande, American accordion and piano player (The Saddlemen; Bill Haley's Comets), and songwriter ("Birth of the Boogie"), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2006)
- Jan 15 Earl Hooker, American blues slide guitar player ("Blue Guitar"), born in Quitman County, Mississippi (d. 1970)
- Jan 15 Eddie Graham, American professional wrestler, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1985)
- Jan 15 Michel Chapuis, French classical organist and pedagogue, born in Dole, France (d. 2017)
- Jan 16 Clarence Ray Allen, American murderer, born in Blair, Oklahoma (d. 2006)
- Jan 16 Norman Podhoretz, American neoconservative pundit (NY Post), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Jan 17 Robert Ceely, American classical and electro-acoustic composer (The Automobile Graveyard), and educator (New England Conservatory, 1966-2003), born in Torrington, Connecticut (d. 2015)
- Jan 19 (Nathalie) "Tippi" Hedren, American model, actress (The Birds: Marnie; I Heart Huckabees), and animal rights activist (Roar Foundation), born in New Ulm, Minnesota
- Jan 19 John Waite, South African cricket wicket-keeper, born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (d. 2011)
Buzz Aldrin (94 years old)
Jan 20 American astronaut & fighter pilot (Gem 12, Ap 11), born in Montclair, New Jersey
- Jan 20 Raymond Van Gestel, Belgian soccer winger (5 caps; Lyra) and athlete (Belgian long jump champion), born in Mol, Belgium (d. 2020)
- Jan 21 Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev, Soviet-Russian 'lost' cosmonaut who was dismissed for disciplinary reasons, born in Malinovka, Russia, Soviet Union (d. 1990)
- Jan 23 Derek Walcott, Caribbean poet (Omeros), Nobel Prize for Literature 1992, born in Castries, St Lucia (d. 2017)
- Jan 23 Mervyn Rose, Australian tennis player (Australian C'ships 1954, French C'ships 1958), born in Coffs Harbour, NSW (d. 2017)
- Jan 23 William Reid Pogue, American fighter pilot & astronaut (Skylab 4), born in Okemah, Oklahoma (d. 2014)
- Jan 24 Bernard Matthews, English turkey farmer (Bernard Matthews Farms), born in Brooke, England (d. 2010)
- Jan 25 Tanya Savicheva, Russian diarist, born in Dvorišče (d. 1944)
- Jan 26 A N Solomons, British banking chairman (Singer & Friedlander)
- Jan 26 Anne Macfarlane, Master (Court of Protection)
- Jan 26 Buddy Melges, American sailor (Olympic gold Soling 1972; 5 x world champion; America's Cup skipper, America3 1992), born in Elkhorn, Wisconsin (d. 2023)
- Jan 26 Wim Statius Muller, Curaçaoa conductor, pianist, and composer, born in Curaçao (d. 2019)
- Jan 27 Bobby "Blue" Bland, American blues an soul singer ("Call on the Drummer"), born in Rosemark, Tennessee (d. 2013)
- Jan 27 Esteban Edward Torres, American politician (Rep-D-CA, 1983-99), born in Miami, Arizona (d. 2022)
- Jan 27 Roger Sims, British MP
- Jan 28 Luis de Pablo, Spanish composer, and musicologist, born in Bilbao, Spain (d. 2021)
- Jan 29 Derek Bailey, British avant-garde jazz guitar virtuoso, born in Sheffield, England (d. 2005)
- Jan 29 John Junkin, British actor and scriptwriter (A Hard Day's Night), born in Ealing, Middlesex (d. 2006)
- Jan 30 Frank O'Bannon, American politician (Governor of Indiana, 1997-2003), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 2003)
Gene Hackman (94 years old)
Jan 30 American actor (Bonnie & Clyde; The Coversation; The French Connection; The Birdcage), born in San Bernardino, California
- Jan 30 Samuel J. Byck, American attempted assassin of Richard Nixon, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1974)
- Jan 30 Sandy Amorós, Cuban baseball player, born in Havana, Cuba (d. 1992)
- Jan 31 Al De Lory, American session pianist, arranger, and record producer (Glen Campbell), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
- Jan 31 Art Michalik, American football linebacker / guard (All-Pro 1953; Pro Bowl 1953; San Francisco 49ers, Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2021)
- Jan 31 Joakim Bonnier, Swedish racecar driver (d. 1972)
About January 1930
How Old? 94 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
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