| 6121 | January 14 | Birth | 1944 – Nina Totenberg, American journalist |
| 6122 | January 14 | Birth | 1945 – Kees Bakels, Dutch conductor |
| 6123 | January 14 | Birth | 1945 – Kathleen Chalfant, American actress |
| 6124 | January 14 | Birth | 1945 – Maina Gielgud, English ballerina and director |
| 6125 | January 14 | Birth | 1945 – Einar Hákonarson, Icelandic painter and educator |
| 6126 | January 14 | Birth | 1946 – Harold Shipman, English serial killer (d. 2004) |
| 6127 | January 14 | Birth | 1947 – Taylor Branch, American historian and author |
| 6128 | January 14 | Birth | 1947 – Bev Perdue, American politician, 73rd Governor of North Carolina |
| 6129 | January 14 | Birth | 1947 – Lembit Sibul, Estonian actor and journalist (d. 2001) |
| 6130 | January 14 | Birth | 1947 – Bill Werbeniuk, Canadian snooker player (d. 2003) |
| 6131 | January 14 | Birth | 1948 – T Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
| 6132 | January 14 | Birth | 1948 – Al Feuerbach, American shot putter and technologist |
| 6133 | January 14 | Birth | 1948 – Valeri Kharlamov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 1981) |
| 6134 | January 14 | Birth | 1948 – Vasiliy Khmelevskiy, Belarusian hammer thrower (d. 2002) |
| 6135 | January 14 | Birth | 1948 – John Lescroart, American author |
| 6136 | January 14 | Birth | 1948 – Carl Weathers, American football player and actor |
| 6137 | January 14 | Birth | 1949 – Paul Chubb, Australian actor (d. 2002) |
| 6138 | January 14 | Birth | 1949 – Lawrence Kasdan, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 6139 | January 14 | Birth | 1949 – Mary Robison, American author and academic |
| 6140 | January 14 | Birth | 1949 – Charlie Tumahai, New Zealand singer, bass player and songwriter (Be-Bop Deluxe) (d. 1995) |
| 6141 | January 14 | Birth | 1949 – İlyas Salman, Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 6142 | January 14 | Birth | 1949 – Lamar Williams, American bass player (d. 1983) |
| 6143 | January 14 | Birth | 1950 – Rambhadracharya, Indian religious leader, scholar, and author |
| 6144 | January 14 | Birth | 1950 – Arthur Byron Cover, American author and screenwriter |
| 6145 | January 14 | Birth | 1950 – Nicholas McGegan, British harpsichordist, flautist, and conductor |
| 6146 | January 14 | Birth | 1951 – Fița Lovin, Romanian runner |
| 6147 | January 14 | Birth | 1952 – Sydney Biddle Barrows, American businesswoman and author |
| 6148 | January 14 | Birth | 1952 – Maureen Dowd, American journalist and author |
| 6149 | January 14 | Birth | 1952 – Konstantinos Iosifidis, Greek footballer and manager |
| 6150 | January 14 | Birth | 1952 – Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Romanian engineer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Romania |