January 1
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Art and culture
Births
- 1431 - Pope Alexander VI (d. 1503)
- 1854 - Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist (d. 1941)
- 1864 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (d. 1946)
- 1879 - E. M. Forster, English novelist (d. 1970)
- 1900 - Xavier Cugat, Spanish musician (d. 1990)
- 1919 - J. D. Salinger, American novelist
- 1927 - Maurice Béjart, French choreographer
- 1933 - Joe Orton, English writer (d. 1967)
- 1942 - Country Joe McDonald, American musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
- 1950 - Morgan Fisher, English musician (Mott the Hoople)
- 1958 - Grandmaster Flash, Barbados-born musician
Deaths
- 1958 - Edward Weston, American photographer (b. 1886)
Notes
- 1431 - John Latham (February 23 1921 – January 1 2006, born in Zambia) was a conceptual artist
- 1431 - Enrico Sabbatini Sabbatini (b. January 1, 1932; d. November 25, 1998) was an Italian-born costume designer and production designer
- 1431 - Frederick Wiseman (born January 1 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA) is an American documentary filmmaker best known for his 1967 Titicut Follies.
- 1431 - History of erotic photography In the United States, all portraits from prior to January 1, 1923, have passed into the public domain.
- 1431 - Teruo Ishii (January 1, 1924 - August 12, 2005) was a Japanese film director
- 1431 - Hendrick Goltzius (1558 - January 1, 1617), Dutch printmaker, draftsman, and painter, was born at Millebrecht, in the duchy of Julich.
- 1431 - Carole Landis (January 1, 1919 – July 5, 1948), born Frances Lillian Mary Ridste, was an American film actress.
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