Famous people born on 7 January

• Millard FillmorePresident of the United States from 1850 to 1853 · 1800–1874
  74 yrs
• Ichirō MizukiJapanese singer, voice actor · 1948–2022
  74 yrs
• Eliezer Ben-YehudaRussian hebrew linguist, grammarian, journalist, lexicographer, newspaper editor and Zionist activist · 1858–1922
  64 yrs
• Joseph BonaparteBrother of Napoleon Bonaparte; King of Naples (1806–08) and Spain · 1768–1844
  76 yrs
• Bernadette Soubirous ↗French saint · 1844–1879
  35 yrs
• Irrfan Khan ↗Indian actor · 1967–2020
  53 yrs
• Zora Neale Hurston ↗African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate · 1891–1960
  69 yrs
• Soh Jaipil ↗Korean-American independence activist and journalist · 1864–1951
  86 yrs
• Charles Péguy ↗French poet, essayist, and editor · 1873–1914
  41 yrs
• Francis Poulenc ↗French composer and pianist · 1899–1963
  64 yrs
• Paul Keres ↗Estonian chess player and sportsperson · 1916–1975
  59 yrs
• Elena Ceaușescu ↗Romanian politician · 1916–1989
  73 yrs
• Émile Borel ↗French mathematician and politician · 1871–1956
  85 yrs
• Tassos Papadopoulos ↗5th President of the Republic of Cyprus · 1934–2008
  74 yrs
• Gerald Durrell ↗British naturalist and writer · 1925–1995
  70 yrs
• Davide Astori ↗Italian footballer · 1987–2018
  31 yrs
• Sadako Sasaki ↗Japanese origami artist · 1943–1955
  12 yrs
• Jeanne d'Albret ↗Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572 · 1528–1572
  44 yrs
• Baldwin I of Jerusalem ↗King of Jerusalem from 1100 to 1118 · 1058–1118
  60 yrs
• Vasily I of Moscow ↗Grand Prince of Moscow · 1372–1425
  53 yrs
• Ludwig III of Bavaria ↗King of Bavaria · 1845–1921
  76 yrs
• Johan Christian Fabricius ↗Danish zoologist · 1745–1808
  63 yrs
• Raila A Odinga ↗Prime Minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013 · 1945–2025
  80 yrs
• Albert Bierstadt ↗American painter · 1830–1902
  72 yrs
• Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales ↗British princess (1796-1817); only child of George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV) · 1796–1817
  21 yrs
• Sandford Fleming ↗Scottish-born Canadian engineer and inventor · 1827–1915
  88 yrs
• Shulamith Firestone ↗Canadian born US feminist scholar, activist and writer · 1945–2012
  67 yrs
• Valeri Kubasov ↗Soviet Cosmonaut · 1935–2014
  79 yrs
• William Peter Blatty ↗American writer and filmmaker · 1928–2017
  89 yrs
• Prithvi Narayan Shah ↗King of Nepal · 1723–1775
  52 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.

← 6 January · All dates · 8 January →