Famous People: January
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All Figures for January (16 results)
Ahmad Faraz
Urdu Poet, Resistance Intellectual & Human Rights Crusader
Bill Hayden
21st Governor-General of Australia (1989–1996), Leader of the Labor Party & Foreign Minister
Christian Dior
Supreme French Haute Couture Fashion Designer & Founder of Global Luxury House Dior
Daniel Webster
Towering American Orator, Constitutional Lawyer, US Senator & 14th/19th US Secretary of State
Geoffrey Chaucer
"The Father of English Literature", Legendary Poet, Diplomat, Bureaucrat & Author of The Canterbury Tales
George Foreman
Heavyweight Boxing Champion & Entrepreneur
Jackie Robinson
Historic Baseball Icon Who Broke Major League Baseball’s Color Barrier & Civil Rights Trailblazer
Khan Jahan Ali
15th-Century Sufi Saint, Regional Ruler of Khalifatabad & Master Builder of the Sixty Dome Mosque (UNESCO World Heritage)
Marco Simoncelli
2008 250cc World Motorcycle Champion, MotoGP Icon & MotoGP Legend Hall of Famer ("Super Sic")
Marcus Junius Brutus
Roman Politician, Stoic Philosopher, Defender of the Republic & Leading Assassin of Julius Caesar
Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil Rights Leader, Baptist Minister & Nobel Laureate
Muhammad Ali
Heavyweight Boxing Champion & Civil Rights Icon
Paul Allen
Co-Founder of Microsoft, Tech Visionary, Investor & Philanthropist
Paul Cézanne
French Post-Impressionist Master Painter ("The Father of Modern Art")
Sir Isaac Newton
Mathematician, Physicist & Astronomer
Stephen Hawking
Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist & Author