Dot Jones04 January 1964, American
Actress
Eric Liddell16 January 1902, Scottish
Ben Johnson30 December 1961, Canadian
Sprinter
Eddie Hall15 January 1988, British
Athlete
Clarence Clemons11 January 1942, American
Musicians
Caster Semenya07 January 1991, South African
Olympic Athlete
Kathrine Switzer05 January 1947, American
Journalist, Athletics competitor, Non-fiction
Alex Pietrangelo18 January 1990, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Doug McDermott03 January 1992, American
Basketball player
Jolyon Palmer20 January 1991, British
Racecar driver
Sadako Sasaki07 January 1943, Japanese
Georgina Bloomberg20 January 1983, American
Equestrian
Yohan Blake26 December 1989, French, Jamaican
Sprinter, Athletics competitor
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce27 December 1986, Jamaican
Sprinter, Athletics competitor
Francois Pienaar02 January 1967, South African
Rugby union player
Remy Bonjasky10 January 1976, Surinamese
Sportsperson, Kickboxer
Katarina Johnson-Thompson09 January 1993, British
Athletics competitor
Svetlana Khorkina19 January 1979, Russian
Politician, Artistic gymnast
Brian Moore11 January 1962, British
journalist, rugby union player, screenwriter
Claude Giroux12 January 1988, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Martin Offiah29 December 1966, British
Rugby league player, Rugby union player
Iwan Thomas05 January 1974, British
Athletics competitor
Jeremy Jones14 January 1975, American
sportsperson
Danny Care02 January 1987, British
Rugby union player
Craig Wing26 December 1979, Australian
Rugby league player, Rugby union player
Jeff Carter01 January 1985, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Kōhei Uchimura03 January 1989, Japanese
Artistic gymnast
Andrea Stramaccioni09 January 1976, Italian
Association football player, Association football
Patrick Sharp27 December 1981, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Kipchoge Keino17 January 1940, Kenyan
Athlete
Ato Boldon30 December 1973, Trinidadian
Sprinter, Politician, Athletics competitor
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Jack Purcell24 December 1903, Canadian
Stockbroker, Badminton player
He Kexin01 January 1992, Chinese
Artistic gymnast
Torah Bright27 December 1986, Australian
Snowboarder
Zemgus Girgensons05 January 1994, Latvian
Ice hockey player
Spiridon Louis12 January 1873, Greek
Athlete
Rhys Priestland09 January 1987, British
Rugby union player
William Fox-Pitt02 January 1969, British
Event rider
Mark Cueto26 December 1979, British
Rugby union player
Wang Junxia19 January 1973, Chinese
Long-Distance Runner
Sean Day09 January 1998, Canadian
Ice hockey player
Alex Schwazer26 December 1984, Italian
Athlete
Sean Lamont15 January 1981, British
Rugby union player
John Naber20 January 1956, American
Athlete
Alain Mimoun01 January 1921, Algerian
Distance runner
Jack Lovelock05 January 1910, New Zealander
Athlete
Angelo Taylor29 December 1978, American
Track and field athlete
Ville Ritola18 January 1896, Finnish
Athlete
Kim Ha-na27 December 1989, South Korean
Badminton player
Gunder Hägg31 December 1918, Swedish
Athlete
John Flanagan09 January 1873, Irish, American
Olympic athlete
Karine Ruby04 January 1978, French
Snowboarder
Jack Beresford01 January 1899, British
Athlete
Micheline Ostermeyer23 December 1922, French
Athlete
Volmari Iso-Hollo05 January 1907, Finnish
Runner
Olga Kaniskina19 January 1985, Russian
Athlete
Yukio Endo18 January 1937, Japanese
Olympic athlete
Toini Gustafsson17 January 1938, Swedish
Athlete
Anna Alminova17 January 1985, Russian
Runner
Paul Kipkoech06 January 1963, Kenyan
Long-distance Runner
Fița Lovin14 January 1951, Romanian
Athletics competitor