| 11701 | January 29 | Birth | 1929 – Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1982) |
| 11702 | January 29 | Birth | 1929 – Ed Shaughnessy, American drummer (The Tonight Show Band) (d. 2013) |
| 11703 | January 29 | Birth | 1929 – Joseph Kruskal, American mathematician and computer scientist (d. 2010) |
| 11704 | January 29 | Birth | 1929 – Puggy Pearson, American poker player (d. 2006) |
| 11705 | January 29 | Birth | 1930 – Christopher Collier, American historian and author |
| 11706 | January 29 | Birth | 1931 – Leslie Bricusse, English playwright and composer |
| 11707 | January 29 | Birth | 1931 – Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian academic and politician, 2nd President of Hungary (d. 2011) |
| 11708 | January 29 | Birth | 1932 – Tommy Taylor, English footballer (d. 1958) |
| 11709 | January 29 | Birth | 1933 – Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (d. 2004) |
| 11710 | January 29 | Birth | 1933 – Hugo Herrestrup, Danish actor (d. 2009) |
| 11711 | January 29 | Birth | 1934 – Noel Harrison, English singer, actor, and skier (d. 2013) |
| 11712 | January 29 | Birth | 1934 – Branko Miljković, Serbian poet (d. 1961) |
| 11713 | January 29 | Birth | 1936 – James Jamerson, American bass player (The Funk Brothers) (d. 1983) |
| 11714 | January 29 | Birth | 1936 – Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2010) |
| 11715 | January 29 | Birth | 1937 – Hassan Habibi, Iranian lawyer and politician 1st Vice President of Iran (d. 2013) |
| 11716 | January 29 | Birth | 1938 – Shuji Tsurumi, Japanese gymnast |
| 11717 | January 29 | Birth | 1939 – Germaine Greer, Australian journalist and author |
| 11718 | January 29 | Birth | 1940 – Katharine Ross, American actress and author |
| 11719 | January 29 | Birth | 1940 – Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and race car driver |
| 11720 | January 29 | Birth | 1941 – Robin Morgan, American actress, journalist, and author |
| 11721 | January 29 | Birth | 1942 – Claudine Longet, French-American singer, actress, and dancer |
| 11722 | January 29 | Birth | 1943 – Désiré Letort, French cyclist (d. 2012) |
| 11723 | January 29 | Birth | 1943 – Molly Meldrum, Australian journalist, critic, and producer |
| 11724 | January 29 | Birth | 1943 – Pat Quinn, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014) |
| 11725 | January 29 | Birth | 1944 – Andrew Loog Oldham, English record producer and manager |
| 11726 | January 29 | Birth | 1944 – Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican judge |
| 11727 | January 29 | Birth | 1944 – Pauline van der Wildt, Dutch swimmer |
| 11728 | January 29 | Birth | 1945 – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali |
| 11729 | January 29 | Birth | 1945 – Jim Nicholson, Irish farmer and politician |
| 11730 | January 29 | Birth | 1945 – Tom Selleck, American actor, producer, and screenwriter |