- Jan 1 Caleb Wyatt, American motocross rider (Winter X Games Moto X Best Trick gold, 2005; first to perform successful backflip), born in Medford, Oregon
- Jan 2 Danilo Di Luca, Italian road cyclist (Giro d'Italia 2007), born in Spoltore, Italy
- Jan 3 Angelos Basinas, Greek soccer defensive midfielder (100 caps, European Championship 2004; Panathinaikos, Mallorca), born in Chalkida, Greece
- Jan 4 Benoît Joachim, Luxembourg cyclist, born in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
- Jan 4 Ted Lilly, American baseball player, born in Torrance, California
- Jan 5 Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer, born in La Algaba, Spain
- Jan 5 Ivan Tomić, Serbian football manager, born in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
- Jan 6 Richard Zednik, Slovak NHL forward (Team Slovakia, Wash), born in Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia
- Jan 7 Alfonso Soriano, Dominican baseball player, born in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
- Jan 7 Éric Gagné, Canadian baseball pitcher (NL Cy Young Award 2003), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Jan 8 Carl Pavano, American baseball player, born in New Britain, Connecticut
- Jan 9 Radek Bonk, Czech NHL center (Ottawa Senators, Team Czech), born in Krnov, Czech Republic
- Jan 9 Todd Grisham, American sportscaster (DAZN, Glory kickboxing, ESPN, WWE, UFC), born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Jan 10 Adam Kennedy, American MLB second baseman (Los Angeles Dodgers, Anaheim Angels), born in Riverside, California
- Jan 11 Efthimios Rentzias, Greek basketball player, born in Trikala, Greece
- Jan 15 Corey Chavous, American football player, born in Aiken, South Carolina
- Jan 16 Viktor Maslov, Russian racing driver, born in Surgut, RSFSR, Soviet Union
- Jan 19 Tarso Marques, Brazilian racing driver, born in Paraná, Brazil
- Jan 22 James Dearth, American football player, born in Fort Ord National Monument, California
- Jan 23 Byron Hanspard, American NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons), born in Dallas, Texas
- Jan 24 Cindy Pieters, Belgian cyclist, born in Veurne, Belgium
- Jan 24 Shae-Lynn Bourne, Canadian pairs skater (Bourne & Kraatz, 1994 World Champs-4th), born in Chatham-Kent, Ontario
- Jan 27 Ahn Jung-Hwan, Korean football player
- Jan 27 Rhett Warrener, Shaunavon, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
- Jan 28 Mark Madsen, American basketball forward (NBA C'ship 2001, 02 LA Lakers) and coach (Uni of California Berkeley), born in Walnut Creek, California
- Jan 28 Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
- Jan 31 Buddy Rice, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500 2004, 24 Hours of Daytona 2009), born in Phoenix, Arizona
- Jan 31 Traianos Dellas, Greek football player, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
About January 1976
How Old? 48 years old
Generation: Generation X
Leap Year: Yes
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