| 10081 | January 24 | Birth | 1930 – Mahmoud Farshchian, Iranian-Persian painter and academic |
| 10082 | January 24 | Birth | 1930 – Bernard Matthews, English businessman, founded Bernard Matthews Farms (d. 2010) |
| 10083 | January 24 | Birth | 1930 – John Romita, Sr., American illustrator |
| 10084 | January 24 | Birth | 1931 – Leonard Baker, American historian and author (d. 1984) |
| 10085 | January 24 | Birth | 1931 – Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 2012) |
| 10086 | January 24 | Birth | 1931 – Ib Nørholm, Danish composer and organist |
| 10087 | January 24 | Birth | 1933 – Claude Préfontaine, Canadian actor (d. 2013) |
| 10088 | January 24 | Birth | 1934 – Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and playwright (d. 1976) |
| 10089 | January 24 | Birth | 1936 – William Bogert, American actor |
| 10090 | January 24 | Birth | 1939 – Ray Stevens, American singer-songwriter |
| 10091 | January 24 | Birth | 1940 – Vito Acconci, American artist |
| 10092 | January 24 | Birth | 1940 – Joachim Gauck, German politician 11th President of Germany |
| 10093 | January 24 | Birth | 1941 – Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 10094 | January 24 | Birth | 1941 – Aaron Neville, American singer |
| 10095 | January 24 | Birth | 1941 – Dan Shechtman, Israeli chemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate |
| 10096 | January 24 | Birth | 1942 – Gary Hart, American wrestler and manager (d. 2008) |
| 10097 | January 24 | Birth | 1943 – Julie Bennett, American actress |
| 10098 | January 24 | Birth | 1943 – Subhash Ghai, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 10099 | January 24 | Birth | 1943 – Peter Struck, German lawyer and politician 13th German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012) |
| 10100 | January 24 | Birth | 1943 – Sharon Tate, American model and actress (d. 1969) |
| 10101 | January 24 | Birth | 1943 – Tony Trimmer, English race car driver |
| 10102 | January 24 | Birth | 1944 – David Gerrold, American author and screenwriter |
| 10103 | January 24 | Birth | 1944 – Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1983) |
| 10104 | January 24 | Birth | 1945 – John Garamendi, American football player and politician, 1st United States Deputy Secretary of the Interior |
| 10105 | January 24 | Birth | 1946 – Haji, Canadian-American actress (d. 2013) |
| 10106 | January 24 | Birth | 1946 – Michael Ontkean, Canadian actor |
| 10107 | January 24 | Birth | 1947 – Michio Kaku, American physicist and academic |
| 10108 | January 24 | Birth | 1947 – Masashi Ozaki, Japanese baseball player and golfer |
| 10109 | January 24 | Birth | 1947 – Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (d. 2003) |
| 10110 | January 24 | Birth | 1948 – Michael Des Barres, English singer-songwriter and actor |