Famous people born on 14 January

• Albert SchweitzerFrench-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher · 1875–1965
  90 yrs
• Yukio MishimaJapanese author · 1925–1970
  45 yrs
• Giulio AndreottiItalian politician and statesman · 1919–2013
  94 yrs
• Mehmed VI36th and last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1861–1926
  65 yrs
• Berthe MorisotFrench painter · 1841–1895
  54 yrs
• Martin NiemöllerGerman theologian · 1892–1984
  92 yrs
• Richard II of EnglandKing of England from 1377 to 1399 · 1367–1400
  33 yrs
• Osip MandelstamRussian poet and essayist · 1891–1938
  47 yrs
• John Dos Passos ↗American novelist · 1896–1970
  74 yrs
• Shamil Basayev ↗Chechen militant Islamist leader · 1965–2006
  41 yrs
• Ralph Steinman ↗Canadian immunologist and cell biologist · 1943–2011
  68 yrs
• Pierre Loti ↗French writer · 1850–1923
  73 yrs
• Alfred Tarski ↗Polish-American logician · 1901–1983
  82 yrs
• Su Shi ↗Chinese writer and politician · 1037–1101
  64 yrs
• Motoo Tatsuhara ↗Japanese association football player · 1913–1984
  71 yrs
• Murray Bookchin ↗American libertarian socialist author, orator, and philosopher · 1921–2006
  85 yrs
• Nero Claudius Drusus ↗Roman general and statesman · 38–9 BC
  29 yrs
• Henry IV of Castile ↗King of Castile · 1425–1474
  49 yrs
• Takeo Fukuda ↗Prime Minister of Japan from 1976 to 1978 · 1905–1995
  90 yrs
• Carl Weathers ↗American actor and football player · 1948–2024
  76 yrs
• Mahasweta Devi ↗Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist · 1926–2016
  90 yrs
• Valeri Kharlamov ↗Soviet ice hockey player · 1948–1981
  33 yrs
• Valdemar I of Denmark ↗King of Denmark · 1131–1182
  51 yrs
• Benedict Arnold ↗Army officer who betrayed America to the British during the Revolutionary War · 1741–1801
  60 yrs
• Zachris Topelius ↗Finnish-Swedish author, poet, historian, professor and rector of Helsinki University · 1818–1898
  80 yrs
• Hugo Steinhaus ↗Polish mathematician · 1887–1972
  85 yrs
• Johan Rudolph Thorbecke ↗Dutch statesman · 1798–1872
  74 yrs
• Mariss Jansons ↗Latvian conductor · 1943–2019
  76 yrs
• Francisco Ferrer ↗Spanish freethinker, anarchist and educator · 1859–1909
  50 yrs
• Harold Russell ↗Film and television actor · 1914–2002
  88 yrs
• Hasso von Manteuffel ↗German general and politician · 1897–1978
  81 yrs
• Caterina Valente ↗Italian-French multilingual singer, guitarist, dancer, and actress · 1931–2024
  93 yrs
• Harold Shipman ↗English doctor and serial killer · 1946–2004
  57 yrs
• James Ussher ↗Archbishop of Armagh · 1581–1656
  75 yrs
• Nakamikado ↗Emperor of Japan · 1702–1737
  35 yrs
• Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky ↗Russian geographer, art collector and statistician · 1827–1914
  87 yrs
• Joseph Losey ↗American filmmaker and theatre director · 1909–1984
  75 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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