Birthdays Date 1956 January | History by KabAstro

Christine Lagarde (68 years old)

Jan 1 French lawyer and politician, 1st female head of the IMF, born in Paris

Jan 1 John O'Donohue, Irish poet (Anam Cara; Benedictus), philosopher, theologian, and one-time priest, born in Connemara, Ireland (d. 2008)
Jan 1 Kôji Yakusho [Hashimoto], Japanese actor (Shall We Dance?), born in Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japan
Jan 1 Mark R. Hughes, American entrepreneur (founder and CEO of Herbalife International), born in La Mirada, California Ltd, d. 2000)
Jan 1 Martin Plaza [Murphy], Australian new wave singer-songwriter (Mental As Anything - "Live It Up"; solo - "Concrete and Clay"), born in Sydney, Australia
Jan 1 Mike Mitchell, American basketball small forward (NBA All-Star 1981; Italian League top scorer 1998), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 2011)
Jan 1 Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-15, SK:TM-28)
Jan 1 Sergio Victor Palma, Argentine boxer (WBA Super Bantamweight champion 1980-82), born in La Tigra, Argentina (d. 2021)
Jan 2 Lynda Barry, American cartoonist

Mel Gibson (68 years old)

Jan 3 American actor (Mad Max, Mrs Soffel, Lethal Weapon) and filmmaker, born in Peekskill, New York

Jan 3 Willy T. Ribbs, American auto racer (first African-American to drive in Indianapolis 500), born in San Jose, California
Jan 4 Ann Magnuson, actress (Anything But Love, Hunger), born in Charleston, West Virginia
Jan 4 Bernard Sumner [Albrecht], English rock guitarist, vocalist (Joy Division and New Order), born in Salford, England
Jan 4 Nels Cline, American guitarist and composer (Wilco), born in Los Angeles, California
Jan 5 Chen Kenichi [Ken'ichi Azuma], Japanese celebrity chef, "The Szechuan Sage" (Iron Chef Chinese), born in Tokyo, Japan
Jan 5 Frank-Walter Steinmeier, German politician (President of Germany 2017-), born in Detmold, West Germany
Jan 6 Elizabeth Strout, American novelist ("Olive Kitteridge" - Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2009), born in Portland, Maine [1]
Jan 7 David Caruso, American actor (NYPD Blue, Michael Hayes), born in Forest Hills, New York
Jan 7 Rosalyn Bryant, American 4x400m runner (Olympic silver 1976), born in Chicago, Illinois
Jan 8 Archie Roach, Aboriginal Australian blues singer-songwriter (Took The Children Away), born in the Framlingham Aboriginal Reserve, Australia (d. 2022)
Jan 9 David Smith, English cricketer (England lefty batsman in 2 Tests v WI 1986), born in Balham, London
Jan 9 Imelda Staunton, British actress (Finding Your Feet, Maleficent), born in Archway, London
Jan 9 Kimberly Beck Hilton, American actress (Kim-Peyton Place), born in Glendale, California
Jan 9 Mike Walczewski, American public address announcer
Jan 10 Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish writer (Royal Spanish Academy), born in Úbeda, Jaén, Spain
Jan 10 Don Letts, British film director and musician (Big Audio Dynamite), born in London, England
Jan 10 Shawn Colvin, American country folk singer-songwriter ("Sunny Came Home"), born in Vermillion, South Dakota
Jan 11 Big Bank Hank [Henry Lee Jackson] American rapper (The Sugarhill Gang - "Rapper's Delight"), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 2014)
Jan 11 Robert Earl Keen, American singer-songwriter ("What I Really Mean"), born in Houston, Texas
Jan 13 Janet Hubert-Whitten, actress (Vivian Banks-Fresh Prince of Bel Air)
Jan 13 Malcolm Foster, British rock bassist (Pretenders, 1984-89; Simple Minds, 1989-95), born in Hereford, England
Jan 14 Ben Heppner, Canadian tenor, and broadcaster, born in Murrayville, British Columbia
Jan 14 Étienne Daho, French singer-songwriter, born in Oran, Algeria
Jan 15 Mayawati, Indian politician, born in New Delhi, India
Jan 15 Paul Parker, English cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1981), born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Jan 15 Vera Sosulya, Soviet tobogganist (Olympic gold 1980)
Jan 16 Ivan Safronov, Russian journalist, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 2007)
Jan 16 Jennifer Dale, Canadian actress, born in Toronto, Canada
Jan 16 Martin Jol, Dutch football manager, born in The Hague, Netherlands
Jan 16 Saadeddine Othmani, Moroccan politician and Prime Minister of Morocco (2017-present), born in Inezgane, Morocco
Jan 16 Wayne Daniel, West Indies cricketer (WI fast bowler 1976-84), born in Saint Philip, Barbados
Jan 17 Cristina [Monet Zilkha], American dance-pop singer songwriter ("Sleep It Off"), born in New York City (d. 2020)
Jan 17 Faouzi Mansouri, Algerian soccer defender (13 caps; Montpellier, FC Mulhouse), born in Djerba, Tunisia (d. 2022)
Jan 17 Mitch Vogel, American actor (Jamie-Bonanza), born in Alhambra, California
Jan 17 Paul Young, British rock and blue-eyed soul vocalist ("Every Time You Go Away"; Band-Aid - "Do They Know It's Christmas?"), born in Luton, England
Jan 18 George Mark Collie, American country singer ("Another Old Soldier"), born in Waynesboro Tennessee
Jan 19 Carman Licciardello, American Christian music singer-songwriter ("The Champion"; "Radically Saved"), born in Trenton, New Jersey (d. 2021)
Jan 19 Parthenon Huxley [Richard Miller], American rock guitarist, singer- songwriter and producer (ELO II; The Orchestra; P. Hux), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jan 20 Adrian Vernon Fish, British classical composer, and Irish radio host (Fish on Fridays), born in Bristol, England

Bill Maher (68 years old)

Jan 20 American comedian and political commentator (Real Time with Bill Maher, Politically Incorrect), born in New York City

Jan 20 John Naber, American swimmer (Olympic gold 100m/200m backstroke, 4×200m freestyle relay, 4×100m medley; silver 200m freestyle 1976), born in Evanston, Illinois
Jan 20 Maria Larsson, Swedish politician, born in Långasjö, Sweden
Jan 21 Bob Brill, American drummer (Berlin - "You Take My Breath Away"), born in New York City
Jan 21 Forrest Gander, American poet (Be With - 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry), born in Barstow, California
Jan 21 Geena Davis, American actress (Beetlejuice, Fly), born in Wareham, Massachusetts
Jan 21 Robby Benson, American actor (One on One, Running Brave, Chosen), born in Dallas, Texas
Jan 22 Steve Riley, American rock drummer (L.A. Guns; W.A.S.P.), born in Revere, Massachusetts
Jan 23 Larysa Kuzmenko, Canadian concert pianist, and composer, of Ukrainian heritage (Memoriam for the Victims of Chornobyl; Golden Harvest), born in Toronto, Ontario
Jan 23 Lazar Ristovski, Serbian keyboardist (Smak and Bijelo Dugme), born in Novi Pazar, Yugoslavia (d. 2007)
Jan 24 Hanne Krogh, Norwegian singer (Bobbysocks), born in Oslo, Norway
Jan 24 Lounès Matoub, Kabylian singer-songwriter, guitar and mandole player, and Berber rights activist, born in of Taourirt Moussa, Algeria (d. 1998)
Jan 25 Andy Cox, British guitarist (Fine Young Cannibals - "She Drives Me Crazy"), born in Birmingham, England
Jan 25 Bill Turnbull, British television and radio presenter and journalist (Radio Clyde; BBC), born in Guildford, Surrey, England (d. 2022)
Jan 26 Lisa Boray [Schulte Nordholt], Dutch jazz singer ("Lovers Until the End"), born in Breda, Netherlands
Jan 27 Mimi Rogers [Miriam Spickler], American actress (The Rapture; Paper Dolls; Weapons of Mass Distraction), and producer, born in Coral Gables, Florida
Jan 28 [Pierre] "Peter" Schilling, German synthpop musician ("Major Tom (Coming Home)"), born in Stuttgart, Germany
Jan 30 Jeremy Gittins, English actor, born in Manchester, United Kingdom
Jan 30 Keiichi Tsuchiya, Japanese racing driver, born in Tomi, Japan