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Famous People Born in January

January: 2,106 people

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Kang Chang-il (Korean: 강창일; born 28 January 1952) is a South Korean politician who is member of the National Assembly…

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Hiroyuki Nasu

那須博之
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Hiroyuki Nasu (那須博之, Nasu Hiroyuki) (January 27, 1952 – February 27, 2005) was a Japanese film director. He won the…

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Kaoru Adachi

安達かおる
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Kaoru Adachi (安達かおる, Adachi Kaoru; born January 27, 1956) is a Japanese film director, producer and editor, and founder…

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Yūko Katagiri

片桐夕子
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Yūko Katagiri (片桐夕子, Katagiri Yūko; 26 January 1952 – 16 October 2022) was a Japanese actress. She appeared in more…

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Koji Ota

太田幸司
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Koji Ota (太田 幸司, Ōta Kōji; born January 23, 1952) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Japan's Nippon…

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Maki Kawai (川合眞紀, Kawai Maki) is a Japanese chemist who developed spatially selective single-molecule spectroscopy. In…

Ryuichi Sakamoto (Japanese: 坂本 龍一, Hepburn: Sakamoto Ryūichi; January 17, 1952 – March 28, 2023) was a Japanese…

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Masakatsu Koike

小池正勝
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Masakatsu Koike (小池 正勝, Koike Masakatsu; born January 17, 1952 in Itabashi, Tokyo) is a former Japanese politician. He…

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Minoru Kawawada

川和田実
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Minoru Kawawada (born 16 January 1952) is a Japanese master of Shotokan karate. He has won the JKA's version of the…

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Tatsuhiko Seta (瀬田 龍彦, Seta Tatsuhiko; born January 15, 1952) is a former Japanese football player. He played for Japan…

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Kazuyasu Shiina

椎名一保
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Kazuyasu Shiina (椎名 一保, Shiina Kazuyasu; born January 15, 1952) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic…

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Keizō Hamada (浜田 恵造, Hamada Keizō; born 10 January 1952) is a former Japanese politician and finance bureaucrat and a…

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Jiichiro Date (伊達 治一郎, Date Jiichiro; January 6, 1952 – 20 February 2018) was a Japanese freestyle wrestler. He won the…

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Yōichi Iha

伊波洋一
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Yōichi Iha (伊波 洋一, Iha Yōichi; born 4 January 1952) is a Japanese politician. He has represented the Okinawa at-large…

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Hiroshi Kato

加藤寛 (サッカー指導者)
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Hiroshi Kato (加藤 寛, Katō Hiroshi; born January 29, 1951) is a former Japanese football player and manager.

Michiko Shiokawa (塩川 美知子, Shiokawa Michiko; later Furuhashi 古橋, born January 26, 1951) is a Japanese former volleyball…

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Mayumi Itsuwa

五輪真弓
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Mayumi Itsuwa (五輪 真弓, Itsuwa Mayumi) is a Japanese vocalist, composer, lyricist, and keyboardist who made her debut in…

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Mikiko Shiroma (城間 幹子, Shiroma Mikiko; born 20 January 1951) is a Ryukyuan politician and former mayor of Naha, the…

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Shimon Sakaguchi (坂口 志文, Sakaguchi Shimon; born 19 January 1951) is a Japanese immunologist. He is a distinguished…

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Misako Satake

佐竹美佐子
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Misako Satake (佐竹 美佐子, Satake Misako; born 19 January 1951) is a Japanese basketball player. She competed in the…

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Ai Takano

アイ高野
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Motonari Takano (Japanese: 高野 元成, Hepburn: Takano Motonari; January 12, 1951 - April 1, 2006), better known as Ai…

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Tadayoshi Nagashima (長島 忠美, Nagashima Tadayoshi; 9 January 1951 – 18 August 2017) was a Japanese politician who served…

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Kazuko Sawamatsu (Japanese: 沢松和子, born 5 January 1951) is a retired tennis player from Japan. She competed in a number…

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Ryoko Onozawa

小野沢良子
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Ryoko Onozawa (小野沢 良子, Onozawa Ryōko; born 1 January 1951), also written as Yoshiko Onozawa, is a Japanese speed…

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Takako Hasegawa

長谷川たか子
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Takako Hasegawa (長谷川たか子, Hasegawa Takako; born 1 January 1951) is a Japanese gymnast. She competed at the 1972 Summer…

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Takemiya Masaki (武宮 正樹, Takemiya Masaki; born January 1, 1951) is a professional Go player.

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Dai Muneishi

宗石大
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Dai Muneishi (Japanese: 宗石 大; born January 1, 1951) is a Japanese jockey and trainer at the Kochi Racecourse. He was…

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Baku Yumemakura (夢枕 獏, Yumemakura Baku; born 1951 in Odawara, Kanagawa) (real name: Yoneyama Mineo (米山峰夫)) is a…

Genichiro Takahashi (高橋 源一郎, Takahashi Gen'ichirō; born 1 January 1951) is a Japanese novelist.

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Nanae Sasaya

ささやななえこ
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Nanae Sasaya (ささや ななえ, Sasaya Nanae; January 31, 1950 – June 8, 2024), also known by the pen name Nanaeko Sasaya (ささや…

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Shig Fukuyama

シゲ福山
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Shig Fukuyama (シゲ福山, Shige Fukuyama), (born as Shigefumi Fukuyama, January 28, 1950) is a former Japanese professional…

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Yoshimitsu Morita (森田 芳光, Morita Yoshimitsu; 25 January 1950 – 20 December 2011) was a Japanese film director. He was…

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Judy Ongg

ジュディ・オング
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Judy Ongg (Chinese: 翁倩玉; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ong Chhèng-gio̍k; born 24 January 1950) is a Taiwanese-Japanese singer, actress…

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Shūko Honami

本阿弥周子
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Shūko Honami (本阿弥 周子, Honami Shūko) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 10th…

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Yoshihiro Ogata (緒方 義博, Ogata Yoshihiro; born 23 January 1950), better known as Denden (でんでん) and sometimes credited as…

Toshiaki Endo (遠藤 利明, Endō Toshiaki; born 1950) is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of…

Masaki Yamada (山田 正紀, Yamada Masaki; born January 16, 1950 in Nagoya) is a Japanese crime and science fiction author.…

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Toeko Tatsuno

辰野登恵子
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Toeko Tatsuno (Japanese: 辰野登恵子; born Toeko Naka (Japanese: 中 登恵子); 13 January 1950 – 19 September 2014) was a Japanese…

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Hiroshi Yanai

矢内廣
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Hiroshi Yanai (矢内 廣; born 7 January 1950 in Iwaki, Fukushima) is a Japanese businessperson. He is the founder and CEO…

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Tomonori Kogawa

湖川友謙
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Tomonori Kogawa (湖川友謙, Kogawa Tomonori; born January 3, 1950 in Engaru, Hokkaidō) is a Japanese animator and character…

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Taiga Satoru

錦洋幸治
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Taiga Satoru, born Satoshi Kawasaki (January 3, 1950 – July 16, 2009), was a sumo wrestler from Kanoya, Kagoshima…

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Taro Ichihara

市原多朗
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Taro Ichihara (市原 多朗, Ichihara Tarō) (born 1950) is a Japanese opera singer, who sings as a tenor, primarily in Verdi…

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Takashi Yabe

矢部孝
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Takashi Yabe (矢部 孝, Yabe Takashi) is a professor at the Department of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Tokyo…

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Hiroyuki Fujikake (born 1949), also known by his pen name Hiro Fujikake, is a Japanese composer, conductor and…

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Masayoshi Esashi

江刺正喜
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Masayoshi Esashi (江刺 正喜, Esashi Masayoshi; born January 30, 1949 Sendai, Miyagi) is an engineer. He is a global…

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Jiro Dan (団 時朗, Dan Jirō; January 30, 1949 – March 22, 2023) was a Japanese actor, singer, and model best known for his…

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Masachika Ichimura (市村 正親, Ichimura Masachika; born January 28, 1949) is a Japanese actor. He was born in Kawagoe…