January 7 is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 358 days remaining (359 in leap years).
The day is 人日 (Jinjitsu[?]), 七草の節句 in Japan.
- 1768 - Joseph Bonaparte, King of Naples (+ 1844)
- 1800 - Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States 1850-1853
- 1831 - Heinrich von Stephan[?], organizer of the German postal union and founder of the Universal postal union (+ 1897)
- 1834 - Johann Philipp Reis[?], physicist and inventor (+ 1874)
- 1845 - King Ludwig II of Bavaria (+ 1921)
- 1873 - Adolph Zukor, producer (+ 1976)
- 1890 - Henny Porten[?], actress (+ 1960)
- 1898 - Rudolf Fernau[?], actor (+ 1985)
- 1899 - Francis Poulenc, composer (+ 1963)
- 1901? - Zora Neale Hurston, writer (+ 1960)
- 1910 - Orval Faubus[?], Governor of Arkansas, segregationist (+ 1994)
- 1911 - Butterfly McQueen[?], actress (+ 1995)
- 1912 - Charles Addams, cartoonist (+ 1988)
- 1915 - Erwin Wickert[?], narrator
- 1922 - Jean-Pierre Rampal[?], musician
- 1923 - Pinkas Braun[?], actor and film director
- 1928 - William Peter Blatty[?], screenwriter
- 1935 - Valeri Kubasov, cosmonaut
- 1942 - Paul Revere, singer and musician
- 1948 - Kenny Loggins[?], singer
- 1956 - David Caruso[?], actor
- 1957 - Katie Couric[?], television host
- 1964 - Nicolas Cage, actor
See Also: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December
January 6 - January 8 - December 7 - February 7 - Historical anniversaries