Cary Middlecoff (1921-1998)
Jan 6 American golfer (US Open 1949, 56; US Masters 1955), born in Halls, Tennessee
- Jan 10 Rodger Ward, American aviator & race car driver, born in Beloit, Kansas (d. 2004)
- Jan 12 John Davis, American weightlifter (Olympic gold bantamweight 1948, heavyweight 1952), born in Smithtown, New York (d. 1984)
- Jan 14 Ken Sailors, American professional basketball player (popularized and may have invented the jump shot), born in Bushnell, Nebraska (d. 2016)
- Jan 18 Bruce Woodcock, English boxer (European Heavyweight Champion), born in Doncaster (d. 1997)
- Jan 20 Telmo ZarraonaindÃa, Spanish footballer, born in Erandio, Spain (d. 2006)
- Jan 22 Andy Ganteaume, Trinidadian cricketer and West Indian batsman who scored 112 in his only Test innings in 1948, born in Port of Spain, Trinidad (d. 2016)
About January 1921
How Old? 103 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation
Leap Year: No
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