January 1, Monday Details
Emancipation Proclamation (1863) : United States.
Independence Day : Haiti.
New Year's Day : International.
January 2, Tuesday Details
Berchtold's Day : Switzerland.
January 4, Thursday Details
Louis Braille (1809–1852) : French, People with Disabilities.
C[yril] L[ionel] R[obert] James (1901–1989) : Trinidadian.
Elizabeth Ann B. Seton Feast Day : Roman Catholic.
January 5, Friday Details
Alvin Ailey (1931–1989) : African American.
George Washington Carver (1864–1943) : African American.
Guru Gobind Singh Ji's Birthday : Sikh.
January 6, Saturday Details
Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) : African American.
Danny Thomas (1914–1991) : Arab American.
Christmas : Armenian Apostolic Church.
Epiphany : Christian.
Three Kings Day (Día de los Trés Magos) : Puerto Rico.
January 7, Sunday Details
Christmas : Coptic Orthodox Christian, Eastern Orthodox Christian, Rastafarian.
January 8, Monday Details
Coming of Age Day (Seijin No Hi) : Japan. (m)
Eugenio Maria de Hostos' Birthday : Puerto Rico. (m)
January 9, Tuesday Details
Martyrs' Day : Panama.
January 11, Thursday Details
Carlo Tresca (c. 1882–1943) : Italian American.
Independence Manifesto Day : Morocco.
National Unity Day : Nepal.
January 12, Friday Details
Helen Haje (1929?–1998) : Arab American.
Mordecai Johnson (1890–1976) : African American.
José Limón (1908–1972) : Mexican American.
January 13, Saturday Details
Ernestine Potowski-Rose (1810–1892) : Polish American.
Charlotte Ray (1850–1911) : African American.
January 14, Sunday Details
John Dos Passos (1898–1976) : Portuguese American.
Carlos P. Romulo (1899–1985) : Filipino.
New Year : Eastern Orthodox Christian.
January 15, Monday Details
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) : African American.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day : United States. (m)
January 16, Tuesday Details
Ruhiyyih Rabbani (1910–2000) : Baha'i.
Hiram Revels (1822–1901) : African American.
January 17, Wednesday Details
Pablo Manlapit (1891–1969) : Filipino.
January 18, Thursday Details
Revolution Day : Tunisia.
January 19, Friday Details
Epiphany : Coptic Orthodox Christian, Eastern Orthodox Christian.
January 21, Sunday Details
Muharram (moo-hah-ram) (New Year) : Islam. (m)
Our Lady of Altagracia : Dominican Republic.
January 22, Monday Details
Pilar Barbosa (189?–1997) : Puerto Rican.
January 23, Tuesday Details
Thomas A. Dorsey (1899–1993) : African American.
January 24, Wednesday Details
Arthur Alfonso Schomburg (1874–1938) : Puerto Rican.
January 25, Thursday Details
Robert Burns (1759–1796) : Scotland.
January 26, Friday Details
Australia Day : Australia.
Juan Pablo Duarte's Birthday : Dominican Republic.
Republic Day : India.
January 28, Sunday Details
José Julian Martí (1853–1895) : Cuban.
January 30, Tuesday Details
Osceola (1800–1838) : American Indian (Seminole).
Ashura : Islam. (m)
King Abdullah’s Birthday : Jordan.
January 31, Wednesday Details
William Apess (1798–1840?) : American Indian (Pequot).
Ella Cara Deloria (1889–1971) : American Indian (Dakota Sioux).
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (1919–1972) : African American.