January 7th, 1952

Born on January 7th, 1952

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 26,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 593 days, exactly on December 9th, 2025, people who were born on January 7th, 1952 will be 27,000 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, 1952

72

Hans-Dieter Jancker

German journalist

*January 7th, 1952, Grevesmühlen

72

Hans-Josef Fell

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

*January 7th, 1952, Hammelburg

72

Valeria Lynch

Argentine singer

*January 7th, 1952, Buenos Aires

72

Sammo Hung

Hong Kong actor, film director, choreographer and martial artist

*January 7th, 1952, Hong Kong

72

Manfred Baldauf

German politician

*January 7th, 1952, Püttlingen

72

Anthony Shaw

American film director and actor; son of Angela Lansbury

*January 7th, 1952, Los Angeles

59

Eugenia Wright

Guatemalan actress

*January 7th, 1952, Guatemala City †March 31st, 2011, Burbank

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

31

Nico Santos

German singer-songwriter

*January 7th, 1993, Bremen

36

Line Damkjær Kruse

Badminton player

*January 7th, 1988, Aarhus

58

Markus Schupp

German association football player and manager

*January 7th, 1966, Idar-Oberstein

60

Nicolas Cage

American actor

*January 7th, 1964, Long Beach

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

93

Geoffrey Bayldon

British actor (1924-2017)

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

71

Dieter Hoeneß

German footballer and manager

*January 7th, 1953, Ulm

25

Brandon Austin

English association football player

*January 7th, 1999, Hemel Hempstead

39

Lewis Hamilton

British racing driver

*January 7th, 1985, Stevenage

74

Ichirō Mizuki

Japanese singer, voice actor (1948-2022)

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

66

Juan Gabriel

Mexican singer and songwriter (1950–2016)

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

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

78

Dick Marty

Swiss politician

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

63

Jeff Richmond

American composer, television actor and producer

*January 7th, 1961, Garrettsville

73

Jiří Vondráček

Czech actor and singer

*January 7th, 1951, Chrudim

71

Robert Longo

American artist

*January 7th, 1953, New York City

31

Jan Oblak

Slovenian association football player

*January 7th, 1993, Kranj

74

Paul Deussen

German Orientalist and Sanskrit scholar

*January 7th, 1845, Oberdreis †July 6th, 1919, Kiel

73

Talgat Musabayev

Kazakh cosmonaut

*January 7th, 1951, Qarğalı

Same year
Born in 1952

71

Vladimir Putin

President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)

*October 7th, 1952, V.F. Snegiryov Maternity Hospital No.6

71

Larry Elder

American talk radio host and attorney (born 1952)

*April 27th, 1952, Los Angeles

71

Matti Geschonneck

German film director

*May 8th, 1952, Potsdam

64

Ina-Maria Federowski

German singer (1952-2017)

*September 28th, 1952, Freital †July 13th, 2017, Berlin

71

Knud Arne Jürgensen

Danish music historian

*July 8th, 1952, Copenhagen

49

Douglas Adams

English author and humourist (1952–2001)

*March 11th, 1952, Cambridge †May 11th, 2001, Santa Barbara

64

Reinhard Häfner

German association football player and manager (1952–2016)

*February 2nd, 1952, Sonneberg †October 24th, 2016, Dresden

72

Steven Seagal

American actor, martial artist, and film producer

*April 10th, 1952, Lansing

72

Wolfgang Kubicki

German politician

*March 3rd, 1952, Brunswick

72

Lennart Fagerlund

Cyclist

*April 2nd, 1952, Nässjö

72

Magnar Åm

Norwegian composer

*April 9th, 1952, Trondheim

71

Joachim Kaps

German actor and voice actor

*November 3rd, 1952, Görlitz

58

Brigitte Maier

Porn actress, adult model (1952–2010)

*August 7th, 1952, Kiel †November 13th, 2010, Los Angeles

71

Liam Neeson

Northern Irish actor (born 1952)

*June 7th, 1952, Ballymena

71

Orhan Pamuk

Turkish novelist

*June 7th, 1952, Istanbul

71

Duncan Regehr

Canadian writer, artist and actor

*October 5th, 1952, Lethbridge

71

Mandy Patinkin

American actor and singer

*November 30th, 1952, Chicago

71

John Goodman

American actor, voice artist and comedian (born 1952)

*June 20th, 1952, Affton

71

Stephen Lang

American actor

*July 11th, 1952, New York City

64

Alejandro Atchugarry

Uruguayan politician

*July 31st, 1952, Montevideo †February 19th, 2017, Montevideo

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, 1952
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1952 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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