Wolfgang Frey (82)
January 1st, 1942

German botanist – Wolfgang Frey was born in Rechberghausen (Municipality in Germany) on January 1st, 1942 and is 82 years old today.

Other personalities born on January 1

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Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

68

Sheila McCarthy

Canadian actress

*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

71

Harald Jähner

German journalist and writer

*January 1st, 1953, Duisburg

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

28

Dawid Kwiatkowski

Polish singer-songwriter

*January 1st, 1996, Gorzów Wielkopolski

39

Michael Findlay

Film director, producer

*January 1st, 1938, United States of America †May 16th, 1977, New York City

84

Mieczysław Kalenik

Polish actor

*January 1st, 1933, Międzyrzec Podlaski †June 16th, 2017, Międzyrzec Podlaski

75

Christopher Kriesa

American actor

*January 1st, 1949, Green Bay

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

83

Martin Evans

English developmental biologist

*January 1st, 1941, Stroud

55

Bettina Stucky

Swiss actress

*January 1st, 1969, Bern

81

Don Novello

American actor and director

*January 1st, 1943, Ashtabula

24

Ice Spice

American rapper

*January 1st, 2000, The Bronx

84

Bengt von zur Mühlen

German film director and film producer (1932–2016)

*January 1st, 1932, Tartu †June 30th, 2016, Berlin

25

Azmy Qowimuramadhoni‎

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1999, Indonesia

85

Frank Carroll

Figure skater

*January 1st, 1939, Worcester

80

Omar al-Bashir

7th President of Sudan

*January 1st, 1944, Hosh Bannaga

82

Karl-Heinz Priese

German archaeologist and egyptologist

*January 1st, 1935, Ziesar †January 27th, 2017

71

Gary Johnson

American politician, businessman, and 29th Governor of New Mexico

*January 1st, 1953, Minot

87

Michael Knowles

British actor

*January 1st, 1937, Spondon

83

Geoffrey Beevers

British actor

*January 1st, 1941, Chichester

72

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan

Nobel prize winning American and British structural biologist

*January 1st, 1952, Chidambaram

23

Arrigo Menicocci

Italian rower

*January 1st, 1933, Ariccia †December 1st, 1956, Melbourne

66

Amy Morton

American actress

*January 1st, 1958, Oak Park

70

Paul Dirmeikis

American composer

*January 1st, 1954, Chicago

68

Karen Finley

American artist

*January 1st, 1956, Evanston

81

Vladimir Šeks

Croatian politician

*January 1st, 1943, Osijek

38

Pil C

Slovak rapper

*January 1st, 1986, Partizánske

68

Christine Lagarde

President of the European Central Bank

*January 1st, 1956, 9th arrondissement of Paris

76

Ulrich Maurer

Politician

*January 1st, 1948, Stuttgart

Also born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

71

Bob Hoskins

British actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

81

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

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