page_title: 1981
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1981 / Births / January
caption_attribution_description: English: Pitbull performing live at the W3 Awards in 2019.
context_page_description: 1981 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1981st year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 981st year of the 2nd millennium, the 81st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1980s decade.
context_section_description: January 1
  Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian racing driver
  Mladen Petrić, Croatian football player
  January 2 – Maxi Rodríguez, Argentine footballer
  January 3 – Eli Manning, American football player
  January 4 – Silvy De Bie, Belgian singer
  January 5
  Deadmau5 (Joel Zimmerman), Canadian DJ/producer
  Brooklyn Sudano, American actress
  January 6
  Mike Jones, American rapper
  Rinko Kikuchi, Japanese actress
  Jérémie Renier, Belgian actor
  January 7 – Alex Auld, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
  January 8
  Xie Xingfang, Chinese badminton player
  Genevieve Cortese, American actress
  January 9 – Euzebiusz Smolarek, Polish footballer
  January 10
  Jared Kushner, American investor
  Tamta, Georgian-Greek singer
  January 11
  Jamelia, British singer
  Tom Meighan, British singer and songwriter
  January 15
  Howie Day, American singer and songwriter
  El Hadji Diouf, Senegalese footballer
  Pitbull, American hip-hop musician and record producer
  January 16 – Marta Roure, Andorran singer and actress
  January 17
  Scott Mechlowicz, American actor
  Ray J, American rapper and singer
  January 18 – Otgonbayar Ershuu, Mongolian visual artist
  January 19
  Lucho González, Argentine footballer
  Bitsie Tulloch, American actress
  Thaila Zucchi, English singer and actress
  January 20
  Brendan Fevola, Australian rules footballer
  Owen Hargreaves, Canadian-born English footballer
  Jason Richardson, American basketball player
  January 21
  Dany Heatley, German-born hockey player
  Izabella Miko, Polish actress and dancer
  Mohd Amri Yahyah, Malaysian footballer
  January 22
  Chantelle Anderson, American basketball player
  Willa Ford, American singer, television hostess, and actress
  Beverley Mitchell, American actress
  Ben Moody, American guitarist
  January 24 – Carrie Coon, American actress
  January 25
  Alicia Keys, American singer, pianist and actress
  Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer (d. 2007)
  January 26 – Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan conductor
  January 27
  Alicia Molik, Australian tennis player
  Greg Owens, Australian soccer player
  January 28
  Elijah Wood, American actor and music producer
  Gen Hoshino, Japanese actor and singer
  January 29
  Rachna Khatau, Indian-American actress and singer
  Darío Lopilato, Argentine actor
  January 30
  Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer
  Chieko Higuchi, Japanese voice actress
  January 31 – Justin Timberlake, American actor and musician
caption: Pitbull
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