Famous People: January
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All Figures for January (34 results)
Mahatma Gandhi
Leader of Indian Independence & Apostle of Nonviolence
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
Mohammad Ali Bogra
3rd Prime Minister of Pakistan (1953–1955), Renowned Bengali Diplomat, Ambassador to the US & Architect of the "Bogra Formula"
Nikola Tesla
Electrical & Mechanical Engineer, Futurist
Om Puri
Two-Time National Award-Winning Actor, Pioneer of Indian Parallel Cinema & International Film Icon
Paul Allen
Co-Founder of Microsoft, Tech Visionary, Investor & Philanthropist
Paul Cézanne
French Post-Impressionist Master Painter ("The Father of Modern Art")
Pierre Larousse
Visionary French Lexicographer, Encyclopedist & Founder of Éditions Larousse
Ronald McNair
American Physicist, Laser Pioneer, 5th-Degree Black Belt & Heroic NASA Challenger Astronaut
Sid Gillman
Pro Football Hall of Fame Coach, Innovator of the Modern Downfield Passing Game & AFL Champion
Sir Isaac Newton
Mathematician, Physicist & Astronomer
Stephen Hawking
Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist & Author
Thomas Love Peacock
English Satirical Novelist, Poet & Official of the East India Company, Close Friend and Collaborator of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ursula K. Le Guin
Visionary American Author, Literary Pioneer of Speculative Fiction, Hugo & Nebula Laureate