January 21: Today's Notable Birthdays

Is January 21st your birthday? Was someone special to you born on January 21st? With whom will you choose to celebrate this excellent occasion?

If today is your birthday, then you are in excellent company.

January 21st was the birth date of several notable (or even notorious) individuals. Here they are:

January 21st Birthdays: Famous Artists

British landscape painter Peter de Wint (Boats, Children at Lunch by a Corn Stook and Roman Canal Lincolnshire) was born on January 21, 1784.

January 21st Birthdays: Famous Athletes

William Arthur (White Shoes) Johnson, American professional football player (Atlanta Falcons, Houston Oilers, Montreal Alouettes and Washington Redskins), was born on January 21, 1952.

American professional golfer Jack William (The Golden Bear) Nicklaus was born on January 21, 1940.

Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon, Nigerian-American professional basketball player (Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors) and Olympic gold medalist (1996), was born on January 21, 1963.

Boris Shakhlin, Russian gymnast and Olympic gold medalist (1956, 1960 and 1964), was born on January 21, 1932.

January 21st Birthdays: Famous Business Leaders

John Moses Browning, American firearms manufacturer and designer (Browning automatic rifle and Colt-Browning machine gun), was born on January 21, 1855.

French fashion designer Christian Dior was born on January 21, 1905.

Cristobal Balenciaga Eisaguirre, Spanish fashion designer, was born on January 21, 1895.

January 21st Birthdays: Famous Performers

British pop singer (The Spice Girls) and actress (Spice World) Emma Lee (Baby Spice) Bunton was born on January 21, 1976.

Leslie Sebastian (Billy Ocean) Charles, Trinidadian-British R&B singer and songwriter ("Calypso Crazy," "Caribbean Queen No More Love on the Run," "The Colour of Love," "Get Outta My Dreams - Get into My Car," "License to Chill," "Loverboy," "Red Light Spells Danger," "Suddenly," "There'll Be Sad Songs to Make You Cry" and "When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Get Going"), was born on January 21, 1950.

Irish actress Audrey Dalton (Casanova's Big Night, The Girls of Pleasure Island, The Monster That Challenged the World, Mr. Sardonicus, My Cousin Rachel, The Prodigal and Titanic) was born on January 21, 1934.

American pop and country music singer, songwriter ("Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me," "I'll Paint You a Song," "It's Hard to be Humble," "One Hell of a Woman" and "Stop and Smell the Roses") and actor (Beer for My Horses) Morris Mac Davis was born on January 21, 1942.

Virginia (Geena) Davis, American actress (The Accidental Tourist, Beetlejuice, Buffalo Bill, Commander-in-Chief, Fletch, The Fly, The Geena Davis Show, A League of Their Own, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Stuart Little, Stuart Little 2, Thelma and Louise and Tootsie) and Academy Award winner (1998), was born on January 21, 1956. Geena Davis was married to actor Jeff Goldblum and film director Renny Harlin.

Jose Placido Domingo, Spanish operatic tenor (Carmen,Madame Butterfly, Pagliacci, Perhaps Love and Three Tenors), was born on January 21, 1941.

American actor John Joseph Ducey (Caroline in the City, Deep Impact, Desperate Housewives, How I Met Your Mother, J.O.N.A.S., My Name Is Earl, Oh Grow Up, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Will and Grace) was born on January 21, 1969. John Ducey married actress Christina Moore. His grandfather was professional baseball player Johnny Dickshot.

Fird (Blind Snooks) Eaglin, Jr., American blues guitarist and singer, was born on January 21, 1936.

American actress Jill Eikenberry (Arthur, L.A. Law and The Manhattan Project) was born on January 21, 1947. Jill Eikenberry married actor Michael Tucker.

Spanish-Chilean-American model, actress (Appointment with Baby, The Gay Seniorita, The Lone Ranger Rides Again, Laugh Your Blues Away, Lucky Legs, Meet Me on Broadway, Sing for Your Supper, Sweetheart of the Fleet, Tahiti Nights and Talk About a Lady) and television personality (At Home and Hi Jinx) Eugenia Lincoln (Jinx) Falkenburg was born on January 21, 1919. Jinx Falkenburg married talk show host Tex McCrary. Her brother was tennis champion Bob Falkenburg.

Richard P. (Richie) Havens, American folk rock guitarist, singer ("Freedom - Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child," "Handsome Johnny," "High Flyin' Bird," "I Can't Make It Any More" and "I Had a Woman") and actor (I'm Not There), was born on January 21, 1941. Richie Havens performed at the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair in upstate New York.

Jimmy Ibbotson, American country music guitarist, keyboardist, drummer and singer (The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band), was born on January 21, 1946.

American rock keyboardist and turntablist Chris Kilmore (Incubus) was born on January 21, 1973.

Vincent Laresca, American actor (24, 413 Hope St., The Aviator, Coach Carter, CSI: Miami, The Devil's Advocate, Empire, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Juice, Weeds and William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet), was born on January 21, 1974.

Tahitian actress Karina Lombard (The 4400, The Doors, The Firm, Kull the Conqueror, The L Word, Last Man Standing, Legends of the Fall, Suspectes and Wide Sargasso Sea) was born on January 21, 1969.

Charlyn (Cat Power or Chan) Marshall, American indie rock guitarist, pianist and singer ("Dark End of the Street," "The Dream of Eva and Chan," "He War" and "Nude as the News"), was born on January 21, 1971.

American jazz pianist Billy Maxted (Red Nichols Band) was born on January 21, 1917. Billy Maxted played with Will Bradley, Ray Eberle, Benny Goodman, Ben Pollack, Teddy Powel, Claude Thornhill and other artists.

Izabella (Miko) Anna Mikołajczak, Polish model and actress (Coyote Ugly, Deadwood, The Forsaken, The House of Usher, Park and Save the Last Dance 2), was born on January 21, 1981.

Joseph Patrick Carrol Naish, American radio personality (Life with Luigi) and actor (Guestward Ho, A Medal for Benny and Sahara), was born on January 21, 1897.

Ben O'Rear, American Christian rock guitarist and singer (Forever Changed), was born on January 21, 19--.

Stephen L. (Steve) Reeves, American bodybuilder and actor (Athena, Duel of the Titans, The Giant of Marathon, Goliath and the Barbarians, Hercules, Hercules Unchained, Jail Bait, A Long Ride from Hell, The Last Days of Pompeii, The Last Glory of Troy, Morgan the Pirate, The Pirates of Malaysia, Sandokan the Great, The Son of Spartacus, The Thief of Bagdad, The Trojan Horse and The White Warrior), was born on January 21, 1926.

Charlotte Ross, American actress (Days of Our Lives, The Five Mrs. Buchanans, NYPD Blue and A Will of Their Own), was born on January 21, 1968.

Tamir Mateen Raheem Hameed (Nokio) Ruffin, American rap artist (Dru Hill), was born on January 21, 1979.

American actor Artistotle (Telly) Savalas (Battle of the Bulge, The Birdman of Alcatraz, Cannonball Run II, The Dirty Dozen, Kelly's Heroes, Kojak, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and The Birdman of Alcatraz) was born on January 21, 1922.

David Paul Scofield, British actor (Anna Karenina, Hamlet, Henry V, King Lear, A Man for All Seasons and Scorpio) and Academy Award winner (1966), was born on January 21, 1922.

Robin David (Robby Benson) Segal, American actor (The Chosen, Death Be Not Proud, The Death of Richie, Ice Castles, Jory, Lucky Lady, Ode to Billy Joe, One on One, The Rothschilds, Search for Tomorrow and Two of a Kind), voice-over artist (Beauty and the Beast and Prince Valiant) and director (Ellen, Friends, Sabrina and Thunder Alley), was born on January 21, 1956.

Robert Weston (Wolfman Jack) Smith, American disc jockey, television personality (The Midnight Special), actor (American Graffiti) and author (Confessions of the Original Rock 'n' Roll Animal and Have Mercy), was born on January 21, 1939.

Joel Philip (Phil) Stacey, American country music singer ("If You Didn't Love Me") and television personality (American Idol finalist, season 6), was born on January 21, 1978.

American rock drummer Mark Trojanowski (Sister Hazel) was born on January 21, 1970.

American actress Elizabeth Ann Wedgeworth (Another World and Somerset), was born on January 21, 1935.

January 21st Birthdays: Famous Scientists

John Fitch, American clockmaker, steamship builder and steam locomotive pioneer, was born on January 21, 1743.

British physician and author (Medical Women) Sophia Jex-Blake was born on January 21, 1840.

January 21st Birthdays: Famous World (and Other) Leaders

French King Charles V, the Wise, was born on January 21, 1337.

Henry VII, King of England, was born on January 21, 1456.

American Confederate General and Civil War leader Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson was born on January 21, 1824.

Oscar II Frederik, King of Sweden and Norway, was born on January 21, 1829.

Do you know any others who are celebrating birthdays on January 21st?

If you know additional notable people (including yourself) who may be celebrating a birthday on January 21st, please indicate so in a comment below. Thank you!

Happy Birthday, January 21st.

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