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Famous people born on January 21

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Well-known people born on January 21 include IShowSpeed (2005), Paul Allen (1953), Plácido Domingo (1941) and Christian Dior (1905). Our list below has 104 people for this date, most widely covered first.

This list covers people whose Wikidata record gives January 21 as their exact birth date and who have articles in at least 28 Wikipedia language editions. The earliest birth year here is 1732 (Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg) and the most recent is 2005 (IShowSpeed). The most common fields on this date: football, actress, actor.

Who was born on January 21?

  1. IShowSpeed 2005 American influencer, musician and online streamer
  2. Paul Allen 1953 American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft
  3. Plácido Domingo 1941 Spanish tenor and conductor
  4. Christian Dior 1905 French fashion designer
  5. Geena Davis 1956 American actress
  6. Trương Tấn Sang 1949 Former president of Vietnam
  7. Henrikh Mkhitaryan 1989 Armenian association football player
  8. Oscar II of Sweden 1829 King of Sweden from 1872 to 1907 and Norway from 1872 to 1905
  9. Stonewall Jackson 1824 General of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War
  10. Hakeem Olajuwon 1963 Nigerian-American basketball player
  11. Marco Asensio 1996 Spanish association football player
  12. Konrad Emil Bloch 1912 German American biochemist
  13. Benny Hill 1924 British comedian and actor
  14. Emma Bunton 1976 British singer
  15. Paul Scofield 1922 British actor
  16. Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Princess of Norway 2004 Crown Princess of Norway
  17. Sushant Singh Rajput 1986 Indian actor
  18. Kenzo Yokoyama 1943 Japanese association football player and manager
  19. Ahmad Shah Qajar 1898 The seventh and last Shah of Iran Qajar
  20. Hideo Shinojima 1910 Japanese association football player
  21. Phil Neville 1977 English association football player and manager
  22. Umberto Nobile 1885 Italian aeronautical engineer and Arctic explorer
  23. Lee Yoo-hyung 1911 Japanese and South Korean association football player
  24. Ichiro Hosotani 1946 Japanese association football player
  25. Reynaldo Bignone 1928 President of Argentina
  26. Michel Teló 1981 Brazilian singer and songwriter
  27. Wolfgang Köhler 1887 German-American psychologist and phenomenologist
  28. Rebiya Kadeer 1947 Uyghur politician, activist and businesswoman
  29. Jack Nicklaus 1940 American golfer
  30. Simon Rolfes 1982 German footballer
  31. Jeff Koons 1955 American sculptor and painter
  32. Cristian Pavón 1996 Argentine association football player
  33. Gérald Passi 1964 French association football player
  34. Maxime Weygand 1867 French general
  35. Moses Hess 1812 German philosopher
  36. Lola Flores 1923 Spanish actress, dancer and singer
  37. Nicky Butt 1975 English footballer
  38. Thomas de Maizière 1954 German politician
  39. Svetlana Khodchenkova 1983 Russian actress
  40. Ranko Despotović 1983 Serbian association football player
  41. Alisha Lehmann 1999 Swiss association football player
  42. Nguyễn Công Phượng 1995 Vietnamese association football player
  43. Ken Leung 1970 American actor
  44. Gene Sharp 1928 American political scientist
  45. Laura Robson 1994 British female tennis player
  46. Cristóbal Balenciaga 1895 Spanish fashion designer
  47. Paula Hitler 1896 Younger sister of Adolf Hitler
  48. Steve Reeves 1926 American bodybuilder and actor
  49. Wes Morgan 1984 Jamaican association football player
  50. Ashton Eaton 1988 American decathlete
  51. Alen Bokšić 1970 Croatian footballer
  52. Pervis Estupiñán 1998 Ecuadorian association football player
  53. John C. Frémont 1813 American politician, explorer and military officer
  54. Marie Trintignant 1962 French actress
  55. Nicolas Mahut 1982 French tennis player
  56. Masae Suzuki 1957 Japanese association football player
  57. Egon Friedell 1878 Austrian philosopher, historian, journalist, actor, cabaret performer (Kabarettist)…
  58. Murilo de Almeida 1989 East Timorese association football player
  59. Sasha Pivovarova 1985 Russian model
  60. Alex McLeish 1959 Scottish association football player and manager
  61. Booboo Stewart 1994 American actor
  62. Victor 1983 Brazilian association football player, born 1983
  63. Kim Dotcom 1974 German-Finnish Internet entrepreneur
  64. Mykhailo Fedorov 1991 Ukrainian politician
  65. Eric Holder 1951 United States Attorney General from 2009 to 2015
  66. Luke Grimes 1984 American actor
  67. Jerry Trainor 1977 American actor
  68. Borna Sosa 1998 Croatian association football player
  69. Maryse Mizanin 1983 French-Canadian professional wrestler, model and business woman
  70. Felix Hoffmann 1868 German chemist
  71. Richie Havens 1941 American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  72. Reinildo Mandava 1994 Mozambican footballer
  73. Hannibal Mejbri 2003 Tunisian-French footballer
  74. Richard Winters 1918 United States Army Officer
  75. Karina Lombard 1969 French-American actress
  76. Ilia Topuria 1997 Georgian and Spanish mixed martial artist
  77. Nana Mizuki 1980 Japanese singer, voice actress and narrator
  78. Cat Power 1972 American singer-songwriter
  79. Zhang Shuai 1989 Chinese tennis player
  80. Friedrich II Eugen, Duke of Württemberg 1732 Duke of Wurttemburg
  81. Ethan Allen 1738 American farmer, military officer and politician
  82. Billy Ocean 1950 British singer
  83. Idrissa Ouédraogo 1954 Burkinabe film director, screenwriter and producer
  84. Ivan Ribar 1881 Croatian politician
  85. René-Louis Baire 1874 French mathematician
  86. Gorō Miyazaki 1967 Japanese anime director
  87. Harriet Backer 1845 Norwegian painter
  88. Ronwen Williams 1992 South African footballer
  89. Fuat Oktay 1964 Turkish statesperson
  90. Moritz von Schwind 1804 Austrian painter
  91. Adriano Ferreira Martins 1982 Brazilian association football player
  92. Augustin Robespierre 1763 French lawyer and revolutionary
  93. Kim Sharma 1980 Indian actress
  94. Masahiro Wada 1965 Japanese association football player and manager
  95. Yuji Ide 1975 Japanese racing driver
  96. Wanda Wasilewska 1905 Polish writer
  97. Kelly Rohrbach 1990 American actress, model, and professional golfer
  98. Gary Locke 1950 American politician
  99. Sophia Jex-Blake 1840 British physician and suffragist
  100. Mélanie Bonis 1858 French composer
  101. Detlef Schrempf 1963 German basketball player
  102. Seishirō Itagaki 1885 Japanese general
  103. Izabella Miko 1981 Polish actress and dancer
  104. Karl Staaff 1860 Swedish 20th century prime minister

Names link to each person's Wikidata entry, the source of the date. Data: Wikidata (CC0), refreshed October 30, 2026. People born on January 21 share the 21st of January as a birthday; check the Famous Birthdays Finder for any other date.

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