1 January 1617
400th anniversary of the birth of the painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
3 January 1892
125th anniversary of the birth of the writer J. R. R. Tolkien.
5 January 1917
100th anniversary of the birth of the actress Jane Wyman.
10 January 1927
90th anniversary of the première of the film Metropolis.
14 January 1867
150th anniversary of the death of the painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
16 January 1942
75th anniversary of the death of the actress Carole Lombard.
18 January 1892
125th anniversary of the birth of the actor Oliver Hardy.
21 January 1967
50th anniversary of the death of the actress Ann Sheridan.
24 January 1917
100th anniversary of the birth of the actor Ernest Borgnine.
26 January 1992
25th anniversary of the death of the actor José Ferrer.
29 January 1867
150th anniversary of the birth of the novelist Vicente Blasco Ibañez.
29 January 1892
125th anniversary of the birth of the director Ernest Lubitsch.
