These authors were born on the 22th of January

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Hadrian (76-138) - 14th Roman Emperor (117–138)
Francis Bacon, Sr. (1561-1626)
Philip Nelson (1635-1691) - 22 Jan 1635 - certain 19 Aug 1691
Mary Lewis (1693-1751) - (1693-1751)
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1781) - on philosophy and aesthetics.
G.E. Lessing (1729-1781) - German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729-1781)
Timothy Dexter (1747-1806) - American businessman and author (1747–1806)
Benjamin Johnson (1784-1849) - United States federal judge
George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) - English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
George Gordon Noel Byron (1788-1824) - British Romantic poet
Lord Byron (1788-1824) - English poet, died as a volunteer in the Greek War of Independence.
George Gordon (1788-1824) - English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)
John Harper (1797-1875) - American publisher and printer (1797-1875)
Daniel Lamb (1810-1876) - a founder of the state of West Virginia, USA (1810-1876)
Hugh McColl (1819-1885) - Scottish-Australian irrigation promoter (1819–1885)
Charles Read (1819-1898) - French scholar and historian of French Protestantism
Charles Barron (1840-) - American stage actor
Franz V. Sales (1844-1925) - naturalist
August Strindberg (1849-1912) - Swedish writer
Joshua Willis Alexander (1852-1936) - American politician (1852–1936)
Beatrice Potter Webb (1858-1943) - English writer
Charlie Shelton (1864-1951) - English footballer (1864-1951)
A. R. Orage (1873-1934) - British politician (1873-1934)
David Eckstein (1875-1940) - holocaust victim, b. 1875-01-22
David Griffith (1875-1948) - American filmmaker (1875–1948)
Francis Picabia (1879-1953) - French artist
Fred Fox (1884-1949) - Film director, Actor (1884-1949)
Isabel Paterson (1886-1961) - author and editor (1886–1961)
Win Smith (1888-1941) - American comic book illustrator (1888–1941)
Fulton Oursler (1893-1952) - American journalist, playwright, editor and writer (1893-1952)
Conrad Veidt (1893-1943) - German actor (1893–1943)
Matt McHugh (1894-1971) - actor (1894-1971)
Charles Morgan (1894-1958) - writer
Nis Petersen (1897-1943) - Danish author
Leslie Sarony (1897-1985) - British singer
Joyce Mason (1898-) - (born 1898)
John Beecher (1904-1980) - American poet and activist (1904–1980)
Gardner Cox (1906-1988) - American painter (1906–1988)
Bob Howard (1906-1936) - American author (1906–1936)
Marie Dressler (1907-1934) - Canadian-US actor
Ted McRae (1908-1999) - American jazz tenor saxophonist and arranger (1908-1999)
Ann Sothern (1909-2001) - American actress (1909–2001)
Bruno Kreisky (1911-1990) - Austrian diplomat and chancellor (1911–1990)
William Conway (1913-1977) - Catholic cardinal (1913–1977)
Ira Wallach (1913-1995) - American screenwriter (1913-1995)
Art Bowman (1916-2001) - basketball player (1916-2001)
Bill Wenzel (1918-1987) - American cartoonist
Irving Kristol (1920-2009) - American columnist, journalist, and writer (1920–2009)
Sean McCarthy (1922-2006) - Irish footballer
Mike Barone (1924-1996) - American author (1924-1996)
Jason Berger (1924-2010) - American artist (1924-2010)
Robert Halmi (1924-2014) - Hungarian-born American film producer (1924–2014)
Robert Halmi Sr (1924-2014) - Hungarian-born American film producer (1924–2014)
Bob Chase (1926-2016) - American sportscaster
Jim Crook (1926-2006) - American amateur golfer
Lou Creekmur (1927-2009) - Player of American football (1927-2009)
Sheila Gordon (1927-2013) - American writer
Pierre Even (1929-2001) - French cyclist (1929-2001)
Ron Richards (1929-2009) - British record producer (1929-2009)
Jørgen Schleimann (1929-2016) - Danish journalist (1929-2016)
Sam Cook (1931-1964) - American singer and songwriter (1931–1964)
Sam Cooke (1931-1964) - American singer and songwriter (1931–1964)
Bengt Eriksson (1931-2014) - head of chancery
Sheng Yen (1931-2009) - Taiwanese Buddhist monk, religious scholar, and writer (1931–2009)
Berthold Grünfeld (1932-2007) - Norwegian physician and psychiatrist
Jim Ingram (1932-2009)
Piper Laurie (1932-2023) - American actress (1932–2023)
Emanuel Azenberg (1934-) - American theatre producer and manager
Bill Bixby (1934-1993) - American actor and director (1934–1993)
Bill Varney (1934-2011) - sound engineer (1934-2011)
Pierre S. DuPont IV (1935-)
Joseph Wambaugh (1937-2025) - American writer (1937–2025)
Robert Morvillo (1938-2011) - prominent New York trial lawyer who pioneered the practice of white-collar criminal defense and whose client list included colorful celebrities, powerful politicians, and billionaire businessmen
Peder Nørgaard-Højen (1938-2021) - senior lecturer at the University of Copenhagen
Hans Hertel (1939-2023) - Danish literary historian and journalist (1939–2023)
Alfredo Palacio (1939-2025) - Ecuadorian physician
Bob Reynolds (1939-1996) - American football player (1939-1996)
Vladimir Yevseyev (1939-2012) - Soviet rower (1939–2012)
John Hurt (1940-2017) - English actor
Amos Gilad (1941-2010) - Israeli middle-distance runner (1941-2010)
Shirley McClellan (1942-) - Canadian politician
James Carroll (1943-) - American author, historian, and journalist
Marit Lange (1943-) - senior researcher
Jim Saxton (1943-) - United States Congressman from New Jersey
Steen Hildebrandt (1944-) - professor of management at Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University
Nobuyoshi Fujiwara (1945-) - Japanese business manager
Vibeke Løkkeberg (1945-) - Norwegian actor (born 1945)
Freddy Bugge Christiansen (1946-2021) - professor at Aarhus University's Bioinformatics Research Centre (BIRC)
Svein Kristensen (1946-) - Director of Taxes
Malcolm McLaren (1946-2010) - English entrepreneur
Arthur Agatston (1947-) - cardiologist
Dan Brush (1947-2022) - American artist (1947–2022)
David Chudnovsky (1947-) - American mathematician
Senichi Hoshin (1947-2018) - Japanese baseball player (1947–2018)
Efraim Inbar (1947-) - Israeli political scientist
Benjamin Chavis (1948-) - American activist
Ben Chavis (1948-) - American activist
Thorkild Dahl (1948-) - reporter
Linda Henderson (1948-) - art historian
Gilbert Levine (1948-) - American conductor
Bob Stein (1948-) - American football player (born 1948)
Bernard Wasserstein (1948-) - British historian
Otto Tschudi (1949-)
Paul Bew (1950-) - Irish historian (born 1950)
Tomm Kristiansen (1950-2022) - journalist
Frank Schade (1950-) - American basketball player
Steven Adler (1953-)
Steve Chabot (1953-) - American politician (born 1953)
Torunn Herje (1953-) - Director of Sverresborg Trøndelag Folk Museum
Jim Jarmusch (1953-) - American film director, screenwriter and actor
Torsten Simonsen (1953-) - director of DTL
Nyan Win (1953-) - Military General and Chief Minister of Bago Region
Paul O'Brien (1954-2018) - British professor of inorganic chemistry
Rune Blomhoff (1955-) - professor of clinical nutrition at the University of Oslo
Eva Borg (1955-) - municipal commissioner for the Social Democrats
Ernie Kent (1955-) - American basketball player and coach
Leif Magnusson (1955-) - operations manager at Mångkulturellt centrum
Marit Mjøen (1955-) - teacher
Steve Riley (1956-2023) - American drummer (1956–2023)
Mike Bossy (1957-2022) - Canadian ice hockey player (1957–2022)
Terry Meiners (1957-) - American radio and television personality
Francis Wheen (1957-) - British journalist, writer and broadcaster
Mats Brännström (1958-) - doctor and researcher in uterine transplantation
Steve Carpenter (1958-) - football player (born 1958)
Koen Geens (1958-) - Belgian Minister of Justice
Sten Larsen (1958-) - chief consultant at the orthopedic department at Vejle and Give Hospital
Charles White (1958-2023) - American football player and coach (born 1958)
Linda Blair (1959-) - American actress
Dave Grant (1959-2010) - Australian comedian
Rob McDonald (1959-) - English footballer and manager (born 1959)
Urs Meier (1959-) - Swiss football referee
Antony White (1959-) - associate lawyer
Lars Fredrik Beckstrøm (1960-) - musician
Markos Kyprianou (1960-) - Cypriot politician
Youk Chhang (1961-) - Cambodian human rights activist and film producer
Frank Eriksen (1961-) - chairman and one of the owners of Målselv Maskin & Transport
Daniel Johnston (1961-2019) - American musician (1961–2019)
Randy Larsen (1961-) - American philosopher and environmental ethicist
Rostam Mirlashari (1961-) - Baluchi peace activist and singer
Cindy Stein (1961-) - American basketball coach
Mike Duncan (1962-) - American racing driver
Greg Duplantis (1962-) - coach (dad)
Thomas Egebo (1962-) - permanent secretary of the Ministry of Climate
Eric Schaeffer (1962-) - French engineer
Lotte Henriksen (1963-) - Sámi
Nigel Benn (1964-) - British boxer
Emmanuel Faber (1964-) - top executive at Danone
Christine B. Meyer (1964-) - Director of Competition
Tom O'Keefe (1964-) - American musician
Jo White (1964-) - Labour Party politician
Pat Brisson (1965-) - Canadian sports agent
Kalle Kniivilä (1965-) - non-fiction author and journalist at Sydsvenskan
Diane Lane (1965-) - American actress
Jay Mazur (1965-) - Canadian-born American ice hockey player
Brian McCardie (1965-2024) - Actor
Søren Smalbro (1965-) - mayor
Rick Crawford (1966-) - U.S. Representative from Arkansas
Bjarke Møller (1966-) - Director of the Council for Green Transition
Katrina Hanse (1967-2024) - Namibian politician (1967–2024)
Guy Fieri (1968-) - American television personality
Hilde K. Kvalvaag (1968-) - author and mother
Raquel Cassidy (1969-) - actress
Bjørn Haugstad (1969-) - State Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Research
Lene Cecilie Mathisen (1969-) - senior consultant and head of the hyperbaric chamber
Svein Øverland (1969-) - group union representative for the Norwegian Medical Association in Helse Sør-Øst
Amin Jensen (1970-) - entertainer and opera singer
John Petersson (1970-) - chairman of Parasport Denmark and member of the International Paralympic Committee
Phil Anthony (1971-) - American football player
Andrew Black (1971-) - Australian rower
Stan Collymore (1971-) - English footballer
Tim Krause (1971-) - screenwriter
Johan Norlén (1971-) - Chief of the Navy
Gabriel Macht (1972-) - Suits star
Djordje Teodorovic (1972-) - coach
Larry Birkhead (1973-) - Father of Danielynn Birkhead
Rogerio Ceni (1973-) - Brazilian footballer and coach
Yanuar Rizky (1973-)
Erica Messer (1974-) - showrunner
Joseph Muscat (1974-) - former Prime Minister of Malta
Crystal Robinson (1974-) - American basketball player (born 1974)
Jenny Silver (1974-) - Swedish singer
Anders Wallensten (1974-) - assistant state epidemiologist
Calvin Brock (1975-) - American boxer
Rachel Burden (1975-) - Presenter
Åsa Dahlenborg (1975-) - works with sexual health
Shean Donovan (1975-) - Canadian ice hockey player
Josh Earnest (1975-) - former White House Press Secretary (born 1975)
Balthazar Getty (1975-) - American actor and musician
Andreas Johansson Heinö (1975-) - political scientist affiliated with the think tank Timbro
David Neitz (1975-) - Australian rules footballer
David Vyborny (1975-) - Czech ice hockey player
Sivert Høyem (1976-) - music artist
Yasmin Sewell (1976-) - Founder and Director, Yasmin Sewell Ltd, since 2008; Vice President of Style and Creative, Farfetch, since 2017
Jono Gibbes (1977-) - New Zealand rugby union footballer and coach
Hidetoshi Nakata (1977-) - Japanese association football player
Kadri Simson (1977-) - EU Commissioner for Energy
Robert Esche (1978-) - American ice hockey goaltender
Chone Figgins (1978-) - Major League Baseball shortstop in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization
Dave Hughes (1978-) - American sailor
Svein Oddvar Moen (1979-) - FIFA referee
Jake Grove (1980-) - American football player, offensive lineman
Gabriel Karlsson (1980-) - Swedish Red Cross country head in Syria
Jonathan Woodgate (1980-) - English footballer and manager
Bunnie Xo (1980-) - Dumb Blonde podcaster
O-T Fagbenle (1981-) - Cast member of The Handmaid's Tale
Willa Ford (1981-) - American actor, model, singer, composer, dancer and musician
Beverley Mitchell (1981-) - American actress
Beverly Mitchell (1981-) - American actress
Ben Moody (1981-) - American guitarist
Niels Overgaard (1981-) - Head of Communications at Gyldendal
Silje Sirnes Winje (1981-) - author and journalist
August Wittgenstein (1981-) - actor (plays the older Hugo)
Kevin Sheridan (1982-1999) - (1931-1999)
Larry Stevens (1982-) - American football player
Daniel Wessner (1982-) - Swedish ice hockey player
Victoria Braathen (1983-) - fisheries representative for the Norwegian Seafood Council in China
Shaun Cody (1983-) - All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive lineman
Johan Esplund (1983-) - bandy player
Sigve Indregard (1983-) - head of the Student Ombudsman
Helle Sahl (1983-) - owner of the beauty clinic BySahl
Kateryna Serdiuk (1983-) - founder of the charity Repower
Leon Powe (1984-) - American basketball player
Ingvild Reymert (1984-) - city council representative for SV
Shana Cox (1985-) - American sprinter who competes internationally for Great Britain since 2011
Tim Dillon (1985-) - American comedian and podcaster
Sam George (1985-) - Ghanaian politician
Nicklas Grossman (1985-) - Swedish ice hockey player
Nicklas Grossmann (1985-) - ice hockey player
Justin Hurwitz (1985-) - composer
Stephen Vaughan (1985-) - English footballer (born 1985)
Larry English (1986-) - American football player, outside linebacker
Christian Juul (1986-) - third deputy speaker of the Folketing
Ayesha Makim (1986-) - bride and niece of Sarah Ferguson
Samantha McClymont (1986-) - singer
Jacob Wilson (1986-) - resident of Esrum
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen (1987-) - cross-country skiing star
Ryan Lasch (1987-) - player, Frölunda HC
Ray Rice (1987-) - American football player, running back
Sharon Houston (1988-) - American basketball player (born 1998)
Greg Oden (1988-) - American basketball player (born 1988)
Mark Horvath (1989-) - (1989–) Hungarian philosopher
Oscar Möller (1989-) - Captain of Skellefteå AIK
Alize Cornet (1990-) - tennis player
Jonas Leandersson (1990-) - contestant
Rickard Lönn (1990-) - player
Rasmus Törnblom (1990-) - Deputy Chairman of the Municipal Executive Board (M)
Simon Birkefeldt (1991-) - handball player
Rishi Nair (1991-) - Actor
Alexander Hermansson (1992-) - YouTube personality and part of the Friendsturné tour
Kristoffer Løkberg (1992-) - NRK's football expert
Sindre Bjørnestad Skar (1992-) - cross-country skier
Netta Barzilai (1993-) - Eurovision winner
Ben Lake (1993-) - Welsh politician (born 1993)
Daryl McCormack (1993-) - actor
Eirik Bergum Skaasheim (1993-) - football player
Jon Gillies (1994-) - American ice hockey goaltender
Camilla Ness (1995-) - Palestinian activist
Moa Nygren (1995-) - wrestler
Dillon Brooks (1996-) - son of Pauline Potter
Isak Eliasson (1996-) - swimmer
Matt Bradley (1997-) - Canadian-born Italian ice hockey player (born 1997)
Fan Zhendong (1997-) - table tennis player
Tiril Haga (1998-) - former top athlete and employee at TV 2
Frida Formann (2001-) - college basketball player
Tobias Grøndahl (2001-) - handball player
Abdihakim Ali (2002-) - midfielder at AIK
Caitlin Clark (2002-) - basketball player
Margit Martinsen (2002-) - spokesperson for Grønn Ungdom
Miranda McKeon (2002-) - actress
Kelci Bowers (2004-) - football player

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