Elzo Coelho

Brazilian footballer.

Born January 22nd, 1961 (age 65 years) in Machado.

Cédric Lyard

Equestrian.

Born January 22nd, 1972 (age 54 years) in Grenoble.

Dejan Ajdačić

Serbian historian, literary theorist and philologist.

Born January 22nd, 1959 (age 67 years) in Belgrade.

Sergei Polyakov

Sport shooter.

Born January 22nd, 1968 (age 58 years) in Vinnytsia.

Žoržs Tikmers

Latvian rower (born 1957).

Born January 22nd, 1957 (age 69 years) in Iecava.

Yared Bayeh

Ethiopian footballer.

Born January 22nd, 1995 (age 31 years) in Bahir Dar. ^[ref]

Azmeraw Bekele

Ethiopian long-distance runner.

Born January 22nd, 1986 (age 40 years) in Ethiopia.

Robert Lechner

German racing cyclist.

Born January 22nd, 1967 (age 59 years) in Bruckmühl.

Li Ju

Table tennis player.

Born January 22nd, 1976 (age 50 years) in Nantong.

Kalervo Toivonen

Athletics competitor (1913–2006).

Born January 22nd, 1913 in Salo.

Died July 5th, 2006 at 93 years old in Turku.

Ekaterina Anikeeva

Russian water polo player.

Born January 22nd, 1969 (age 57 years) in Moscow.

Marlena Zagoni

Romanian rower.

Born January 22nd, 1951 in Lucieni.

Died July 31st, 2025 at 74 years old ^[ref]

Mitchell Mulhern

Australian cyclist.

Born January 22nd, 1991 (age 35 years) in Brisbane. ^[ref]

Sigfrid Öberg

Ice hockey player (1907–1949).

Born January 22nd, 1907 in Stockholm.

Died April 2nd, 1949 at 42 years old in Stockholm.

Manuel Chorens

Cuban footballer.

Born January 22nd, 1916 (age 110 years) in A Coruña Province.

Robert Hennet

Fencer (1886–1957).

Born January 22nd, 1886 in Schaerbeek.

Died July 2nd, 1957 at 71 years old in Saint-Gilles.

Nikolai Kovsh

Soviet racing cyclist.

Born January 22nd, 1965 (age 61 years) in Moscow.

Altair

Brazilian footballer (1938-2019).

Born January 22nd, 1938 in Niterói.

Died August 9th, 2019 at 81 years old in São Gonçalo (Alzheimer's disease). ^[ref]

Geoffrey Carr

British coxswain.

Born January 22nd, 1886 in Battersea.

Died July 13th, 1969 at 83 years old in London Borough of Ealing.

Luigi Ferrando

Catholic bishop.

Born January 22nd, 1941 (age 85 years) in Agazzano.

Edward Wennerholm

Gymnast (1890-1943).

Born January 22nd, 1890 in Stockholm.

Died March 13th, 1943 at 53 years old in Stockholm.

Harold A. Wilson

British athlete (1885-1932).

Born January 22nd, 1885 in Horncastle.

Died May 17th, 1932 at 47 years old in Durban. ^[ref]

Bertil Ohlson

Swedish decathlete.

Born January 22nd, 1899 in Kristianstad.

Died September 6th, 1970 at 71 years old in Linköping.

Helmut Thaler

Austrian luger.

Born January 22nd, 1940 (age 86 years) in Imst.

Lyudmila Dzhigalova

Soviet sprinter.

Born January 22nd, 1962 (age 64 years) in Kharkiv.