Birthdays
Born on January 1
Famous people who share January 1 as their birthday, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages write about them. Their sign: Capricorn.
Famous people born on January 1
- J. D. SalingerAmerican author · born 1919
- E. M. ForsterEnglish novelist · born 1879
- George Washington CarverAfrican American botanist and inventor · born 1864
- James George FrazerScottish social anthropologist · born 1854
- Davor ŠukerCroatian footballer · born 1968
- Jack WilshereEnglish association football player · born 1992
- RivelinoBrazilian association football player and manager · born 1946
- Eiichiro OdaJapanese manga artist · born 1975
- Vidya BalanIndian film actress · born 1979
- Maurice BéjartFrench-born Swiss ballet dancer and choreographer · born 1927
- Verne TroyerAmerican actor · born 1969
- Victoria AmelinaUkrainian writer and activist · born 1986
- AdunisSyrian poet, writer and translator · born 1930
- David NalbandianArgentine tennis player · born 1982
- Sardar AzmounIranian association football player · born 1995
- Waichiro OmuraJapanese association football player · born 1933
- Ousmane SembèneSenegalese film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author · born 1923
- Sifan HassanEthiopian-born Dutch middle- and long-distance runner · born 1993
- Paolo GuerreroPeruvian association football player · born 1984
- Alfred StieglitzAmerican photographer · born 1864
- Noor Inayat KhanWW2 SOE British agent · born 1914
- Hasan SalihamidžićBosnian football player and executive · born 1977
- Kim PhilbyKGB mole for the Soviet Union · born 1912
- Sonali BendreIndian actress · born 1975
- Gonzalo MontielArgentinian association football player · born 1997
- Steven DavisNorthern Irish association football player · born 1985
- John Michael JumperAmerican chemist and AI expert · born 1985
- Valentina CorteseItalian actress · born 1923
- Ice SpiceAmerican rapper · born 2000
- Daniel JarqueSpanish footballer · born 1983
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What happened on January 1
- 1983 · The internet switches to TCP/IPThe ARPANET moved to the TCP/IP protocols that still carry the internet today.
- 1999 · The euro was bornEleven countries began using a shared currency for electronic payments; coins came later.
- 2002 · Euro coins and bills arrivedEuro cash replaced old money like the Belgian franc and the German mark.
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