Famous Birthdays for January 7th

Pre-1600[edit]

• 889 – Li Bian, emperor of Southern Tang (d. 943)^[40]
• 1355 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (d. 1397)^[41]
• 1502 – Pope Gregory XIII (d. 1585)^[42]

1601–1900[edit]

• 1634 – Adam Krieger, German organist and composer (d. 1666)^[43]
• 1647 – William Louis, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1677)^{[citation needed]}
• 1685 – Jonas Alströmer, Swedish agronomist and businessman (d. 1761)^[44]
• 1706 – Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751)^[45]
• 1713 – Giovanni Battista Locatelli, Italian opera director and manager (d. 1785)^[46]
• 1718 – Israel Putnam, American general (d. 1790)^[47]
• 1746 – George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral and politician (d. 1823)^[48]
• 1768 – Joseph Bonaparte, Italian king (d. 1844)^[49]
• 1797 – Mariano Paredes, Mexican general and 16th president (1845-1846) (d. 1849)^[50]
• 1800 – Millard Fillmore, American politician, 13th President of the United States (d. 1874)^[51]
• 1814 – Robert Nicoll, Scottish poet (d.1837)^[52]
• 1815 – Elizabeth Louisa Foster Mather, American writer (d.1882)^[53]
• 1827 – Sandford Fleming, Scottish-Canadian engineer, created Universal Standard Time (d. 1915)
• 1830 – Albert Bierstadt, American painter (d. 1902)^[54]
• 1831 – Heinrich von Stephan, German postman, founded the Universal Postal Union (d. 1897)^[55]
• 1832 – James Munro, Scottish-Australian publisher and politician, 15th Premier of Victoria (d. 1908)^[56]
• 1834 – Johann Philipp Reis, German physicist and academic, invented the Reis telephone (d. 1874)^[57]
• 1837 – Thomas Henry Ismay, English businessman, founded the White Star Line Shipping Company (d. 1899)^[58]
• 1844 – Bernadette Soubirous, French nun and saint (d. 1879)^[59]
• 1852 – Quianu Robinson, New Mexican Congressman and political ally of Conrad Hilton (d. 1919)^[60]
• 1858 – Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Belarusian lexicographer and journalist (d. 1922)^[61]
• 1863 – Anna Murray Vail, American botanist and first librarian of the New York Botanical Garden (d. 1955)^[62][63]
• 1871 – Émile Borel, French mathematician and politician (d. 1956)^[64]
• 1873 – Charles Péguy, French poet and journalist (d. 1914)^[65]
• 1873 – Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (d. 1976)^[66]
• 1875 – Gustav Flatow, German gymnast (d. 1945)^[67]
• 1876 – William Hurlstone, English pianist and composer (d. 1906)^[68]
• 1877 – William Clarence Matthews, American baseball player, coach, and lawyer (d. 1928)^[69]
• 1889 – Vera de Bosset, Russian-American ballerina (d. 1982)^[70]
• 1891 – Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist, short story writer, and folklorist (d. 1960)^[71]
• 1895 – Hudson Fysh, Australian pilot and businessman, co-founded Qantas Airways Limited (d. 1974)^[72]
• 1898 – Al Bowlly, Mozambican-English singer-songwriter (disputed;^[73] d. 1941)
• 1899 – Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (d. 1963)^[74]
• 1900 – John Brownlee, Australian actor and singer (d. 1969)^[75]

1901–present[edit]

• 1908 – Red Allen, American trumpet player (d. 1967)^[76]
• 1910 – Orval Faubus, American soldier and politician, 36th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1994)^[77]
• 1912 – Charles Addams, American cartoonist, created The Addams Family (d. 1988)^[78]
• 1913 – Johnny Mize, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 1993)
• 1916 – W. L. Jeyasingham, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (d. 1989)^[79]
• 1916 – Babe Pratt, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1988)^[80]
• 1920 – Vincent Gardenia, Italian-American actor (d. 1992)^[81]
• 1921 – Esmeralda Arboleda Cadavid, Colombian politician (d. 1997)^[82]
• 1921 – Chester Kallman, American poet and translator (d. 1975)^[83]
• 1922 – Alvin Dark, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)
• 1922 – Jean-Pierre Rampal, French flute player (d. 2000)^[84]
• 1923 – Hugh Kenner, Canadian scholar and critic (d. 2003)^[85]
• 1925 – Gerald Durrell, Indian-English zookeeper, conservationist and author, founded Durrell Wildlife Park (d. 1995)^[86]
• 1926 – Kim Jong-pil, South Korean lieutenant and politician, 11th Prime Minister of South Korea (d. 2018)
• 1928 – William Peter Blatty, American author and screenwriter (d. 2017)^[87]
• 1929 – Robert Juniper, Australian painter and sculptor (d. 2012)^[88]
• 1929 – Terry Moore, American actress^[89]
• 1931 – Mirja Hietamies, Finnish skier (d. 2013)^[90]
• 1933 – Elliott Kastner, American-English film producer (d. 2010)^[91]
• 1934 – Jean Corbeil, Canadian lawyer and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 2002)^[92]
• 1934 – Tassos Papadopoulos, Cypriot lawyer and politician, 5th President of Cyprus (d. 2008)^[93]
• 1935 – Li Shengjiao, Chinese diplomat and international jurist (d. 2017)^[94]
• 1935 – Kenny Davern, American clarinet player and saxophonist (d. 2006)^[95]
• 1935 – Valeri Kubasov, Russian engineer and astronaut (d. 2014)^[96]
• 1938 – Bob Boland, Australian rugby league player and coach^[97]
• 1941 – Iona Brown, English violinist and conductor (d. 2004)^[98]
• 1941 – John E. Walker, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate^[99]
• 1942 – Vasily Alekseyev, Russian-German weightlifter and coach (d. 2011)^[100]
• 1943 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, known for one thousand origami cranes (d. 1955)^[101]
• 1944 – Mike McGear, British performing artist and rock photographer^[102]
• 1944 – Kotaro Suzumura, Japanese economist and academic (d. 2020)^[103]
• 1945 – Raila Odinga, Kenyan engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Kenya^[104]

• 1946 – Michele Elliott, author, psychologist and founder of child protection charity Kidscape^[105]
• 1946 – Jann Wenner, American publisher, co-founded Rolling Stone^[106]
• 1947 – Tony Elliott, English publisher, founded Time Out^[107] (d. 2020)
• 1948 – Kenny Loggins, American singer-songwriter^[108]
• 1948 – Ichirou Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter^{[citation needed]}
• 1950 – Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter (d. 2016)^[109]
• 1952 – Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor, director, producer, and martial artist^[110]
• 1953 – Robert Longo, American painter and sculptor^[111]
• 1954 – Alan Butcher, English cricketer and coach^[112]
• 1955 – Mamata Shankar, Indian-Bengali actress^[113]
• 1956 – David Caruso, American actor^[114]
• 1957 – Katie Couric, American television journalist, anchor, and author^[115]
• 1959 – Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon, English accountant and politician^[116]
• 1959 – Kathy Valentine, American bass player and songwriter^[117]
• 1960 – Loretta Sanchez, American politician^[118]
• 1961 – John Thune, American lawyer and politician^[119]
• 1962 – Aleksandr Dugin, Russian political analyst and strategist known for his fascist views ^[120]
• 1962 – Ron Rivera, American football player and coach^[121]
• 1964 – Nicolas Cage, American actor^[122]
• 1965 – Alessandro Lambruschini, Italian runner^[123]
• 1965 – Vladimir Ondrasik III (stage name: Five for Fighting), American singer-songwriter and pianist^[124]
• 1967 – Nick Clegg, English academic and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom^[125]
• 1967 – Ricky Stuart, Australian rugby player, coach, and sportscaster^[126]
• 1969 – Marco Simone, Italian footballer and manager^[127]
• 1970 – Andy Burnham, English politician^[128]
• 1971 – Jeremy Renner, American actor^[129]
• 1972 – Donald Brashear, American-Canadian ice hockey player and mixed martial artist^[130]
• 1974 – Alenka Bikar, Slovenian sprinter and politician^[131]
• 1976 – Vic Darchinyan, Armenian-Australian boxer^[132]
• 1976 – Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player^[133]
• 1977 – Sofi Oksanen, Finnish author and playwright^{[citation needed]}
• 1978 – Dean Cosker, English cricketer and umpire^[134]
• 1979 – Aloe Blacc, American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, businessman and philanthropist^[135]
• 1980 – Reece Simmonds, Australian rugby league player^[136]
• 1981 – Travis Friend, Zimbabwean cricketer^[137]
• 1982 – Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player^[138]
• 1982 – Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer^[139]
• 1983 – Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player^[140]
• 1984 – Jon Lester, American baseball player^[141]
• 1985 – Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver^[142]
• 1985 – Wayne Routledge, English footballer^[143]
• 1987 – Stefan Babović, Serbian footballer^[144]
• 1987 – Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress^[145]
• 1987 – Davide Astori, Italian footballer (d. 2018)^[146]
• 1988 – Scott Pendlebury, Australian footballer^[147]
• 1990 – Gregor Schlierenzauer, Austrian ski jumper^[148]
• 1991 – Eden Hazard, Belgian footballer^[149]
• 1991 – Caster Semenya, South African sprinter^[150]
• 1991 – Michael Walters, Australian footballer^[151]
• 1992 – Tohu Harris, New Zealand rugby league player^[152]
• 1997 – Ozzie Albies, Curaçaoan baseball player^[153]
• 1997 – Lamar Jackson, American football player^[154]
• 1997 – Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstani tennis player^[155]