Esther Schapira (63)
January 23rd, 1961

German journalist – Esther Schapira was born in Frankfurt (City in Hesse, Germany) on January 23rd, 1961 and is 63 years old today.

Other personalities born on January 23

62

David Arnold

British film composer

*January 23rd, 1962, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

62

Elvira Lindo

Spanish writer

*January 23rd, 1962, Cádiz

37

Alexander Baumjohann

German footballer

*January 23rd, 1987, Waltrop

26

Wos

Argentine rapper, freestyler and actor

*January 23rd, 1998, Buenos Aires

72

Reinhard Saftig

German association football player and manager

*January 23rd, 1952, Uersfeld

62

Olaf Heukrodt

East German canoe racer

*January 23rd, 1962, Magdeburg

33

Alyssa Lim

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1991, Milton Keynes

32

Gennadiy Natarov

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1992, Kharkiv

79

Alexander Cunningham

British army engineer and amateur archaeologist (1814-1893)

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

66

Ieke Moerdijk

Dutch mathematician

*January 23rd, 1958, Veenendaal

29

Linda Efler

German badminton player

*January 23rd, 1995, Emsdetten

27

Cheam June Wei

Malaysian badminton player

*January 23rd, 1997, Penang

30

Ou Xuanyi

Chinese badminton player

*January 23rd, 1994, Fujian

62

Richard Roxburgh

Australian actor

*January 23rd, 1962, Albury

54

Moreno Torricelli

Italian footballer and manager

*January 23rd, 1970, Erba

40

Arjen Robben

Dutch association football player

*January 23rd, 1984, Bedum

28

Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1996, Jakarta

77

Megawati Soekarnoputri

5th president of Indonesia (2001-2004) and 8th vice-president of Indonesia (1999-2001)

*January 23rd, 1947, Yogyakarta City

59

Catherine Guillouard

French businesswoman (born 1965)

*January 23rd, 1965, Cannes

60

Klaudia Hornung

German rower (1962–2022)

*January 23rd, 1962, Frankfurt †August 31st, 2022

55

Stefano Zanini

Road bicycle racer

*January 23rd, 1969, Varese

43

Julia Jones

American actress

*January 23rd, 1981, Boston

57

Magdalena Andersson

Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, Swedish politician and economist

*January 23rd, 1967, Vaksala församling

52

Jérôme Guedj

French politician

*January 23rd, 1972, Pantin

91

Chita Rivera

American actress, dancer and singer (1933–2024)

*January 23rd, 1933, Washington, D.C. †January 30th, 2024, New York City

60

Mariska Hargitay

American actress

*January 23rd, 1964, Providence Saint John's Health Center

64

James L. Nederlander

American theatre director

*January 23rd, 1960, Detroit

81

Miguel Ángel Revilla

Spanish politician

*January 23rd, 1943, Salceda

87

Derek Walcott

Saint Lucian–Trinidadian poet and playwright (1930–2017)

*January 23rd, 1930, Castries †March 17th, 2017, Cap Estate

Also born in 1961

62

Barack Obama

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

*August 4th, 1961, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

63

Erna Solberg

Norwegian politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Norway

*February 24th, 1961, Bergen

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

63

Lothar Matthäus

German footballer, manager and pundit

*March 21st, 1961, Erlangen

63

Steven Weber

American actor

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

63

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

62

Jan-Eric Antonsson

Badminton player

*September 9th, 1961, Karlskrona

62

Michael Meister

German politician

*June 9th, 1961, Lorsch

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

62

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

63

Eddie Murphy

American stand-up comedian and actor

*April 3rd, 1961, Brooklyn

36

Diana, Princess of Wales

Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

*July 1st, 1961, Sandringham †August 31st, 1997, Paris

63

Dirk Heidenblut

German politician

*April 21st, 1961, Essen

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

62

Florent Pagny

French recording artist; singer

*November 6th, 1961, Chalon-sur-Saône

62

Laurence Fishburne

American actor

*July 30th, 1961, Augusta

62

Mylène Farmer

French singer and songwriter (born 1961)

*September 12th, 1961, Pierrefonds

62

Joko Widodo

President of Indonesia since 2014

*June 21st, 1961, Surakarta City

62

Tim Roth

English actor (born 1961)

*May 14th, 1961, Dulwich

54

Guido Westerwelle

German politician (FDP), Foreign Minister of Germany (1961-2016)

*December 27th, 1961, Bad Honnef †March 18th, 2016, Cologne

62

Iain Glen

Scottish actor

*June 24th, 1961, Edinburgh

62

Bill English

Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017

*December 30th, 1961, Lumsden

62

Samantha Bond

British actress

*November 27th, 1961, London

62

Anette Hoff

Norwegian actress

*May 16th, 1961, Drøbak

63

Hermann Gröhe

German politician

*February 25th, 1961, Uedem

Esther Schapira