Famous People Born on January 1
Qi Baishi
1864
Chinese painter (d. 1957)
Anthony Hamilton-Smith
1942
3rd Baron Colwyn, English dentist and politician
(Image Credits)
"Official portrait of Lord Colwyn 2020 crop 2" by Roger Harris - CC BY 3.0
https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/3394/Portrait?cropType=ThreeFourGallery: https://members.parliament.uk/member/3394/portrait
Wilhelm Canaris
1887
German admiral (d. 1945)
(Image Credits)
" Wilhelm Canaris " by UnknownUnknown - CC BY-SA 3.0 de
This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive.
Kim Philby
1912
British spy (d. 1988)
Achille Guenée
1809
French lawyer and entomologist (d. 1880)
Sergei Avdeyev
1956
Russian engineer and astronaut
(Image Credits)
"Sergey Avdeev" by Dmitry Rozhkov - CC BY-SA 3.0
Osvaldo Cavandoli
1920
Italian cartoonist (d. 2007)
(Image Credits)
"Osvaldo Cavandoli 2008-11-18" by ThePassenger - CC BY-SA 3.0
Haruo Nakajima
1929
Japanese actor and stuntman, portrayed Godzilla from 1954 to 1972 (d. 2017)
(Image Credits)
"Haruo Nakajima 2013 (cropped)" by Michael Koschinski - CC BY-SA 3.0
Meryl Davis
1987
American ice dancer
(Image Credits)
"Meryl Davis and Charlie White - World Champions 2013 (retouched)" by Ludwig Welnicki Derivative work MagentaGreen - CC BY-SA 3.0
This file was derived from: Meryl Davis and Charlie White - World Champions 2013.jpg:
Mathias Jensen
1996
Danish footballer
(Image Credits)
"Mathias Jensen XXIII Memorial Quinocho (RC Celta vs Mainz 05) (cropped)" by Harpagornis - CC BY-SA 4.0
Sampurnanand
1891
Indian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Rajasthan (d. 1969)
Fernando San Emeterio
1984
Spanish basketball player
(Image Credits)
"Fernando San Emeterio 19 Valencia Basket 20171102 (2)" by Sakhalinio - CC BY-SA 4.0
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