January 7th, 1949

Born on January 7th, 1949

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 27,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 482 days, exactly on September 5th, 2025, people who were born on January 7th, 1949 will be 28,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 7th?

January 7th, 2012

A hot air balloon flight from Carterton, New Zealand, collided with a power line while landing, causing it to crash and killing all eleven people on board.

January 7th, 2010

In Nag Hammadi, Egypt, Muslim gunmen opened fire on a crowd of Coptic Christians leaving church after attending Christmas Liturgy, killing eight of them, as well as one Muslim bystander.

January 7th, 1993

The Fourth Republic of Ghana was inaugurated with Jerry Rawlings, the country's former military ruler, as president.

January 7th, 1989

Representatives of Iranian leader Ruhollah Khomeini delivered a letter to Mikhail Gorbachev, inviting him to consider Islam as an alternative to communism, and predicting the dissolution of the Soviet Bloc.

January 7th, 1979

The People's Army of Vietnam captured Phnom Penh, marking the end of large-scale fighting in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War.

January 7th, 1955

Marian Anderson became the first African-American to perform with the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

January 7th, 1948

Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell, flying in pursuit of an alleged UFO, was killed when his P-51 Mustang crashed near Fort Knox, Kentucky.

January 7th, 1939

French physicist Marguerite Perey identified francium, the last element to be discovered in nature rather than by synthesis.

January 7th, 1931

Australian aviator Guy Menzies (pictured) flew from Sydney to New Zealand's West Coast, making the first solo trans-Tasman flight.

January 7th, 1797

The Italian tricolour was first adopted as an official flag by the government of the Cispadane Republic.

January 7th, 1782

The Bank of North America (pictured) opened in Philadelphia as the de facto first central bank of the United States.

January 7th, 1610

Through his telescope, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei made the first observation of Jupiter's Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, although he was not able to distinguish the first two until the following night.

January 7th, 2020

After 253 days without an operational government, a second round of investiture votes produced Spain's first coalition government since the Second Republic.

January 7th, 2015

A car bomb explodes outside a police college in the Yemeni capital Sana'a with at least 38 people reported dead and more than 63 injured.

January 7th, 2012

A hot air balloon crashes near Carterton, New Zealand, killing all 11 people on board.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 7th

Born on January 7th, 1949

75

Baba Kalyani

Indian businessman

*January 7th, 1949, Pune

68

Chavo Guerrero Sr.

American professional wrestler (1949-2017)

*January 7th, 1949, El Paso †February 11th, 2017, El Paso

75

Hans-Otto Hiestermann

German association football player

*January 7th, 1949, Hermannsburg

75

Paul Faßnacht

German actor

*January 7th, 1949, Tübingen

75

Steven Williams

American actor

*January 7th, 1949, Memphis

69

Robert Lavoie

Canadian actor

*January 7th, 1949, Montreal †December 3rd, 2018, Montreal

59

Peter Gläser

German composer (1949-2008)

*January 7th, 1949, Leipzig †October 23rd, 2008, Leipzig

75

Nagineedu

Indian (Telugu) actor

*January 7th, 1949, Vijayawada

75

George Buza

Canadian actor

*January 7th, 1949, Cleveland

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 7th?

31

Nico Santos

German singer-songwriter

*January 7th, 1993, Bremen

25

Brandon Austin

English association football player

*January 7th, 1999, Hemel Hempstead

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

74

Ichirō Mizuki

Japanese singer, voice actor (1948-2022)

*January 7th, 1948, Setagaya-ku †December 6th, 2022, Tokyo

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

72

Hans-Dieter Jancker

German journalist

*January 7th, 1952, Grevesmühlen

60

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

*January 7th, 1924, Leeds †May 10th, 2017, London

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

66

Juan Gabriel

Mexican singer and songwriter (1950–2016)

*January 7th, 1950, Parácuaro †August 28th, 2016

39

Lewis Hamilton

British racing driver

*January 7th, 1985, Stevenage

78

Dick Marty

Swiss politician

*January 7th, 1945, Sorengo †December 28th, 2023, Fescoggia

82

Jörg Lucke

East German rower

*January 7th, 1942, Berlin

24

Rosario Soto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*January 7th, 2000, Cipolletti

33

Eden Hazard

Belgian association football player (born 1991)

*January 7th, 1991, La Louvière

72

Hans-Josef Fell

German Green Party MP (b.1952), author of EEG (Renewable Energy Sources Act)

*January 7th, 1952, Hammelburg

74

Erin Gray

American actress

*January 7th, 1950, Honolulu

76

Kenny Loggins

American singer and guitarist

*January 7th, 1948, Everett

63

Jeff Richmond

American composer, television actor and producer

*January 7th, 1961, Garrettsville

71

Dieter Hoeneß

German footballer and manager

*January 7th, 1953, Ulm

Same year
Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

75

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

75

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 7th

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day, Christmas) which are celebrated on January 7th.

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Born on January 7th, 1949
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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