January 23rd, 2001

Born on January 23rd, 2001

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 8,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 505 days, exactly on September 14th, 2025, people who were born on January 23rd, 2001 will be 9,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on January 23rd?

January 23rd, 2002

American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and later murdered by al-Qaeda agents in Karachi, Pakistan.

January 23rd, 1997

Madeleine Albright was sworn in as the first female United States Secretary of State, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government at that time.

January 23rd, 1993

The first version of Mosaic, created by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina, was released, becoming the first popular web browser.

January 23rd, 1968

USS Pueblo was seized by North Korean forces, who claimed that it had violated their territorial waters while spying.

January 23rd, 1967

The English new town of Milton Keynes was founded in Buckinghamshire, incorporating four towns and fifteen villages as well as planned new developments on intervening farmland.

January 23rd, 1957

American inventor Fred Morrison sold the rights to his "flying disc" to the Wham-O toy company, who later renamed it the "Frisbee" (example pictured).

January 23rd, 1942

World War II: Japan began an invasion of the island of New Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.

January 23rd, 1915

Rebels led by John Chilembwe attacked local plantation owners, beginning an uprising regarded as a key moment in the history of Malawi.

January 23rd, 1909

Two men committed an armed robbery in Tottenham, London, and led police on a two-hour chase, partially by tram, that ended in the perpetrators' suicides.

January 23rd, 1902

In the most fatal recorded mountaineering accident, 199 of the 210 members of an Imperial Japanese Army unit perished in a blizzard on the Hakkōda Mountains.

January 23rd, 1870

American Indian Wars: The United States Army massacred a friendly band of Piegan Blackfeet in the Montana Territory, resulting in about 200 deaths.

January 23rd, 1849

Elizabeth Blackwell (pictured) graduated from Geneva Medical College in New York, making her the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States.

January 23rd, 1793

The Russian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia partitioned the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth for the second time.

January 23rd, 1789

Bishop John Carroll purchased a plot of land that would become the home of the future Georgetown University, the oldest Catholic university in the United States.

January 23rd, 1570

James Hamilton killed James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, in the first recorded assassination of a head of government using a firearm.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on January 23rd

Born on January 23rd, 2001

23

Olga Danilović

Serbian tennis player

*January 23rd, 2001, Belgrade

23

Kevin Ehlers

German association football player

*January 23rd, 2001, Munich

23

Mateus Alves

Brazilian tennis player

*January 23rd, 2001, São José do Rio Preto

23

Lucas Lourenço

Brazilian footballer

*January 23rd, 2001, Santos

23

Valeriia Maslova

Russian handball player

*January 23rd, 2001, Rostov-on-Don

23

Marine Fauthoux

French basketball player (2001-)

*January 23rd, 2001, Pau

23

Anna Basta

Italian rhythmic gymnast

*January 23rd, 2001, Bologna

23

Edvard Tagseth

Norwegian football player

*January 23rd, 2001, Frosta

Same Day
Who's birthday is on January 23rd?

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

27

Cheam June Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*January 23rd, 1997, Penang

29

Linda Efler

German badminton player

*January 23rd, 1995, Emsdetten

37

Alexander Baumjohann

German footballer

*January 23rd, 1987, Waltrop

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

30

Ou Xuanyi

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1994, Fujian

32

Gennadiy Natarov

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1992, Kharkiv

33

Alyssa Lim

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1991, Milton Keynes

20

XXXTentacion

American rapper and singer-songwriter (1998–2018)

*January 23rd, 1998, Plantation †June 18th, 2018, Deerfield Beach

40

Arjen Robben

Dutch association football player

*January 23rd, 1984, Bedum

27

Stefan O'Connor

English association football player (born 1997)

*January 23rd, 1997, Croydon

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

*January 23rd, 1814, London †November 28th, 1893, London

30

Merhawi Kudus

Eritrean cyclist

*January 23rd, 1994, Asmara

32

Keegan Messing

Canadian-American figure skater

*January 23rd, 1992, Girdwood

43

Julia Jones

American actress

*January 23rd, 1981, Boston

29

Çağla Demirsal

Turkish figure skater

*January 23rd, 1995, Kocaeli

30

Hamish Schreurs

Cyclist

*January 23rd, 1994, Christchurch

34

Carina Bär

German rower

*January 23rd, 1990, Heilbronn

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

Same year
Born in 2001

22

Billie Eilish

American singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 18th, 2001, Los Angeles

22

Noa Kirel

Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and television host; represented Israel in the 2023 Eurovision

*May 10th, 2001, Haifa

22

Kaia Gerber

American model and actress

*September 3rd, 2001, Los Angeles County

23

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

22

Malvika Bansod

Indian badminton player

*September 15th, 2001, Nagpur

22

Martina La Piana

Italian boxer

*November 26th, 2001, Catania

22

Cris MJ

Chilean singer

*September 16th, 2001, La Serena

22

Quevedo

Spanish rapper, singer and songwriter

*December 7th, 2001, Canary Islands

22

Tiago PZK

Argentine rapper and singer

*August 3rd, 2001, Monte Grande

22

Selina Freitag

German ski jumper

*May 19th, 2001, Erlabrunn

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

22

Marit van Ede

Dutch Handball player

*December 26th, 2001, Nieuwegein

23

Klaudia Pintér

Hungarian beach handball player

*February 14th, 2001, Budapest

23

Marit Crajé

Dutch Handball player

*January 12th, 2001, Apeldoorn

22

Lil Tjay

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*April 30th, 2001, The Bronx

22

Dana Danilenko

Badminton player

*July 19th, 2001, Lod

22

Zack Tabudlo

Filipino singer-songwriter (born 2001)

*December 6th, 2001, Las Piñas

23

Di Zijian

Chinese badminton player

*February 27th, 2001, Liaoyang

22

Linda Mazri

Badminton player

*December 21st, 2001, El Biar

22

Brian Yang

Badminton player

*November 25th, 2001, Toronto

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on January 23rd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on January 23rd, 2001
Future birthdays

Leap year

No: With 365 days 2001 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 2001