| 12061 | January 30 | Birth | 1941 – Gregory Benford, American astrophysicist and author |
| 12062 | January 30 | Birth | 1941 – Dick Cheney, American politician, 46th Vice President of the United States |
| 12063 | January 30 | Birth | 1941 – Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer |
| 12064 | January 30 | Birth | 1942 – Marty Balin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 12065 | January 30 | Birth | 1943 – Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager |
| 12066 | January 30 | Birth | 1944 – Lynn Harrell, American cellist and academic |
| 12067 | January 30 | Birth | 1944 – Colin Rimer, English lawyer and judge |
| 12068 | January 30 | Birth | 1944 – Gad Tsobari, Israeli wrestler |
| 12069 | January 30 | Birth | 1945 – Michael Dorris, American author and scholar (d. 1997) |
| 12070 | January 30 | Birth | 1945 – Boots Anson-Roa, Filipino actress |
| 12071 | January 30 | Birth | 1946 – John Bird, English publisher founded The Big Issue |
| 12072 | January 30 | Birth | 1947 – Les Barker, English poet and author |
| 12073 | January 30 | Birth | 1947 – Małgorzata Braunek, Polish actress (d. 2014) |
| 12074 | January 30 | Birth | 1947 – Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (d. 1991) |
| 12075 | January 30 | Birth | 1948 – Nick Broomfield, English director and producer |
| 12076 | January 30 | Birth | 1948 – Paul Magee, Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer |
| 12077 | January 30 | Birth | 1948 – Miles Reid, English mathematician and academic |
| 12078 | January 30 | Birth | 1949 – Peter Agre, American physician and biologist Nobel Prize laureate |
| 12079 | January 30 | Birth | 1949 – Jaak Salumets, Estonian basketball player and coach |
| 12080 | January 30 | Birth | 1950 – Susan Gottesman, American microbiologist |
| 12081 | January 30 | Birth | 1950 – Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar, Ghanaian-American scholar and theologian |
| 12082 | January 30 | Birth | 1950 – Leili Pärnpuu, Estonian chess player |
| 12083 | January 30 | Birth | 1950 – Trinidad Silva, American actor (d. 1988) |
| 12084 | January 30 | Birth | 1951 – Phil Collins, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (Genesis, Brand X, and Flaming Youth) |
| 12085 | January 30 | Birth | 1951 – Charles S. Dutton, American actor and director |
| 12086 | January 30 | Birth | 1951 – Bobby Stokes, English footballer (d. 1995) |
| 12087 | January 30 | Birth | 1952 – Doug Falconer, Canadian football player and producer |
| 12088 | January 30 | Birth | 1953 – Fred Hembeck, American author and illustrator |
| 12089 | January 30 | Birth | 1955 – John Baldacci, American politician, 73rd Governor of Maine |
| 12090 | January 30 | Birth | 1955 – Tom Izzo, American basketball player and coach |