page_title: 1945
section_title: January
hierarchical_section_title: 1945 / Births / January
caption_attribution_description: English: Author Robert Olen Butler at the 2016 Texas Book Festival.
context_page_description: 1945 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1945th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 945th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade.
  It marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It also saw the only time nuclear weapons were used in combat.
context_section_description: January 1
  Pietro Grasso, Italian politician
  Jacky Ickx, Belgian racing driver
  Martin Schanche, Norwegian racing driver, politician
  Diahnne Abbott, American actress and singer
  January 2 – Terje Bjørklund, Norwegian jazz pianist
  January 3 – Stephen Stills, American rock singer, songwriter (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
  January 4
  Sima Bina, Iranian vocalist
  Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
  January 5
  Lynn Di Nino, American artist
  Júlio Isidro, Portuguese television presenter
  Robert Pindyck, American economist
  January 6
  Park In-hwan (actor), South Korean actor
  James Senese, Italian composer
  January 7 – Shulamith Firestone, Canadian American feminist, writer (d. 2012)
  January 8
  Dave Hodge, Canadian sports announcer
  Kojo Nnamdi, American journalist
  Miyoko Watai, Japanese chess player
  January 9 – John Doman, American actor
  January 10
  Baxter Black, American cowboy
  Gunther von Hagens, German anatomist, inventor
  Jennifer Moss, British actress (d. 2006)
  Steven P. Perskie, American politician, judge
  Rod Stewart, British rock singer
  January 11
  Christine Kaufmann, German actress (d. 2017)
  Ray Pilon, American ex-republican member
  January 12
  Maggie Bell, Scottish vocalist
  André Bicaba, Burkinabé sprinter
  Margaret Anne Staggers, Emergency physician
  January 13
  Pierre Galle, French basketball player
  Elizabeth Raum, Canadian composer
  January 14
  Einar Hákonarson, Icelandic painter
  Enid Kent, American television actress
  Vonetta McGee, American actress (d. 2010)
  Cathlyn Platt Wilkerson, American far-left radical
  January 15
  Karen Carlson, American actress
  Vince Foster, American deputy White House counsel during the first term of President Bill Clinton (d. 1993)
  Princess Michael of Kent, German-born member of the British Royal Family
  January 16
  Murat Kunt, Swiss scientist
  Sinyo Harry Sarundajang, Indonesian politician
  Keith Wayne, American actor
  January 17 – Javed Akhtar, Indian political activist, poet, lyricist and screenwriter
  January 18 – José Luis Perales, Spanish singer-songwriter
  January 19
  Charles Amirkhanian, American composer
  Rod Canion, American computer scientist
  Toddy Puller, American politician
  January 20 – Robert Olen Butler, American writer
  January 21
  Arthur Beetson, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2011)
  Martin Shaw, British TV, film actor
  January 22 – David G. Bronner, American businessman
  January 23
  Mike Harris, Canadian politician
  Bruce Ratner, American philanthropist
  Sally Smith (politician), American politician
  January 24
  D. Todd Christofferson, American lawyer
  Elaine Giftos, American model, actress, and dancer.
  Subhash Ghai, Indian film director, producer and screenwriter
  January 25
  Jill Townsend, American actress
  Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress
  Dave Walker, British musician
  January 26
  Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987)
  Graham Williams, New Zealand rugby union player (d. 2018)
  January 27 – Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader, writer, and lawyer (d. 2005)
  January 28
  Karen Lynn Gorney, American actress (Saturday Night Fever)
  Chuck Pyle, American country-folk singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
  January 29
  Jim Nicholson, Northern Irish politician
  Tom Selleck, American actor (Magnum, P.I.)
  January 30 – Michael Dorris, American author (d. 1997)
  January 31 – Joseph Kosuth, American artist
caption: Robert Olen Butler
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