| 2911 | January 7 | Birth | 1941 – Manfred Schellscheidt, German-American soccer player and coach |
| 2912 | January 7 | Birth | 1941 – John E. Walker, English chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate |
| 2913 | January 7 | Birth | 1942 – Vasily Alekseyev, Russian-German weightlifter and coach (d. 2011) |
| 2914 | January 7 | Birth | 1942 – Jim Lefebvre, American baseball player and manager |
| 2915 | January 7 | Birth | 1942 – Danny Steinmann, American director and screenwriter (d. 2012) |
| 2916 | January 7 | Birth | 1942 – Danny Williams, South African singer (d. 2005) |
| 2917 | January 7 | Birth | 1943 – Richard Armstrong, English organist and conductor |
| 2918 | January 7 | Birth | 1943 – Sadako Sasaki, Japanese victim of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (d. 1955) |
| 2919 | January 7 | Birth | 1944 – Arne Scheie, Norwegian sportscaster |
| 2920 | January 7 | Birth | 1944 – Kotaro Suzumura, Japanese economist and academic |
| 2921 | January 7 | Birth | 1944 – Tony Whitlam, Australian lawyer, judge, and politician |
| 2922 | January 7 | Birth | 1945 – Tony Conigliaro, American baseball player and journalist (d. 1990) |
| 2923 | January 7 | Birth | 1945 – Dick Marty, Swiss lawyer and politician |
| 2924 | January 7 | Birth | 1945 – Raila Odinga, Kenyan engineer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Kenya |
| 2925 | January 7 | Birth | 1946 – Michael Roizen, American anesthesiologist and author |
| 2926 | January 7 | Birth | 1946 – Jann Wenner, American publisher, co-founded Rolling Stone |
| 2927 | January 7 | Birth | 1946 – Mike Wilds, English race car driver |
| 2928 | January 7 | Birth | 1947 – Shobhaa De, Indian journalist and author |
| 2929 | January 7 | Birth | 1947 – Tony Elliott, English publisher founded Time Out |
| 2930 | January 7 | Birth | 1947 – Mohammad-Reza Lotfi, Iranian setar player and composer (d. 2014) |
| 2931 | January 7 | Birth | 1948 – Kenny Loggins, American singer-songwriter |
| 2932 | January 7 | Birth | 1948 – Ichirou Mizuki, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor |
| 2933 | January 7 | Birth | 1949 – Marshall Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 2934 | January 7 | Birth | 1949 – Chavo Guerrero Sr., American wrestler and trainer |
| 2935 | January 7 | Birth | 1949 – Anne Schedeen, American actress |
| 2936 | January 7 | Birth | 1949 – Steven Williams, American actor |
| 2937 | January 7 | Birth | 1950 – Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer-songwriter |
| 2938 | January 7 | Birth | 1950 – Erin Gray, American actress |
| 2939 | January 7 | Birth | 1950 – Ross Grimsley, American baseball player and coach |
| 2940 | January 7 | Birth | 1950 – Malcolm Macdonald, English footballer and manager |