Famous people born on 10 January

• Alexander VIPope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family · 1431–1503
  72 yrs
• Huldrych ZwingliProtestant Reformation leader in Switzerland, Swiss Reformed Church founder · 1484–1531
  47 yrs
• Leonid KravchukUkrainian politician, 1st President of Ukraine · 1934–2022
  88 yrs
• Lorenzo de' MediciItalian politician, literary man and humanist · 1449–1492
  43 yrs
• Andreas VesaliusFlemish anatomist, physician and author · 1515–1564
  49 yrs
• Aleksey TolstoyRussian-Soviet writer · 1883–1945
  62 yrs
• Gustáv HusákCzechoslovak politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia · 1913–1991
  78 yrs
• George ForemanAmerican professional boxer · 1949–2025
  76 yrs
• Manuel Azaña ↗Prime minister of Spain, president of Spain · 1880–1940
  60 yrs
• Michel Ney ↗French general · 1769–1815
  46 yrs
• Linda Lovelace ↗American pornographic actress · 1949–2002
  53 yrs
• Sune Bergström ↗Swedish biochemist · 1916–2004
  88 yrs
• John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton ↗British politician and historian · 1834–1902
  68 yrs
• Sigismund I the Old ↗King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania · 1467–1548
  81 yrs
• Fukuzawa Yukichi ↗Modern Enlightenment thinker, educator, philosopher, scholar, author, writer, journalist, translator, entrepreneur, and founder of Keio University in Japan's Meiji era · 1835–1901
  66 yrs
• Roman von Ungern-Sternberg ↗Austrian anti-communist general · 1886–1921
  35 yrs
• Megumu Tamura ↗Japanese association football player · 1927–1986
  59 yrs
• Christian Atsu ↗Ghanaian association football player · 1992–2023
  31 yrs
• Barbara Hepworth ↗English sculptor · 1903–1975
  72 yrs
• Eduardo Chillida ↗Spanish Basque sculptor · 1924–2002
  78 yrs
• Henning von Tresckow ↗German general and member of the resistance of 20 July 1944 · 1901–1944
  43 yrs
• Sal Mineo ↗American actor · 1939–1976
  37 yrs
• Max Roach ↗American jazz percussionist, drummer, and composer · 1924–2007
  83 yrs
• Mehmet Shehu ↗Prime Minister of Albania · 1913–1981
  68 yrs
• Go-Yōzei ↗Emperor of Japan from 1586 to 1611 · 1572–1617
  45 yrs
• Henry I of Lorraine, duke of Guise ↗Duke of Guise · 1551–1588
  37 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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