| 4231 | January 10 | Birth | 1915 – Dean Dixon, American-Swiss conductor (d. 1976) |
| 4232 | January 10 | Birth | 1915 – Cynthia Freeman, American author (d. 1988) |
| 4233 | January 10 | Birth | 1916 – Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004) |
| 4234 | January 10 | Birth | 1916 – Eldzier Cortor, American painter |
| 4235 | January 10 | Birth | 1916 – Don Metz, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007) |
| 4236 | January 10 | Birth | 1917 – Hilde Krahl, Croatian-Austrian actress (d. 1999) |
| 4237 | January 10 | Birth | 1917 – Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (d. 2008) |
| 4238 | January 10 | Birth | 1918 – Les Bennett, English footballer and manager (d. 1999) |
| 4239 | January 10 | Birth | 1918 – Arthur Chung, Guyanese lawyer and politician, 1st President of Guyana (d. 2008) |
| 4240 | January 10 | Birth | 1918 – Harry Merkel, German racing driver (d. 1995) |
| 4241 | January 10 | Birth | 1919 – Terukuni Manzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 38th Yokozuna (d. 1977) |
| 4242 | January 10 | Birth | 1919 – Rex Marshall, American actor and radio host (d. 1983) |
| 4243 | January 10 | Birth | 1919 – Milton Parker, American businessman, co-founded the Carnegie Deli (d. 2009) |
| 4244 | January 10 | Birth | 1919 – Billy Varga, American professional wrestler and actor (d. 2013) |
| 4245 | January 10 | Birth | 1920 – Georges Marchal, French actor (d. 1997) |
| 4246 | January 10 | Birth | 1920 – Max Patkin, American baseball player and clown (d. 1999) |
| 4247 | January 10 | Birth | 1921 – Tasso Kavadia, Greek actress (d. 2010) |
| 4248 | January 10 | Birth | 1921 – Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004) |
| 4249 | January 10 | Birth | 1922 – Billy Liddell, Scottish-English footballer (d. 2001) |
| 4250 | January 10 | Birth | 1922 – Ester Mägi, Estonian composer |
| 4251 | January 10 | Birth | 1922 – Hannelore Schroth, German actress (d. 1987) |
| 4252 | January 10 | Birth | 1924 – Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (d. 1996) |
| 4253 | January 10 | Birth | 1924 – Max Roach, American drummer and composer (M'Boom) (d. 2007) |
| 4254 | January 10 | Birth | 1925 – Billie Sol Estes, American businessman (d. 2013) |
| 4255 | January 10 | Birth | 1925 – Günther Knödler, German fencer (d. 1996) |
| 4256 | January 10 | Birth | 1926 – Musallam Bseiso, Palestinian journalist and politician |
| 4257 | January 10 | Birth | 1927 – Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (d. 2003) |
| 4258 | January 10 | Birth | 1927 – Lee Philips, American actor and director (d. 1999) |
| 4259 | January 10 | Birth | 1927 – Johnnie Ray, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1990) |
| 4260 | January 10 | Birth | 1927 – Otto Stich, Swiss politician 140th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 2012) |