List of Famous people born on January 21st

Eric Himpton Holder Jr. is an American lawyer who served as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States from 2009 to 2015. Holder, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama, was the first African American to hold the position of U.S. Attorney General.

Edita Malovčić, known by her stage name Madita, is an Austrian singer and actress of Bosnian descent. Her father is Bosnian folk singer Kemal Malovčić. Madita's music ranges from synthpop to R&B to jazz.

Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill was an English comedian, actor, singer and writer, best remembered for his television programme The Benny Hill Show, an amalgam of slapstick, burlesque, and double entendre in a format that included live comedy and filmed segments, with Hill at the focus of almost every segment.

Jason William Mizell, better known by his stage name Jam Master Jay, was an American musician and DJ. He was the DJ of the influential hip hop group Run-D.M.C. During the 1980s, Run-D.M.C. became one of the biggest hip hop groups and are credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music.

Rachael Rebecca Bland was a Welsh journalist and a presenter with BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC North West Tonight. She was known for her podcast, You, Me and the Big C which was broadcast while she was ill with breast cancer, and in which she discussed issues and treatment of the disease. In the final months of her life she wrote a memoir, For Freddie, which was published posthumously early the following year.

Zhang Shuai is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 23, achieved on 14 November 2016, and a highest doubles ranking of 9, reached on 20 May 2019. Zhang has won 24 singles titles: 20 on the ITF Circuit, two on the WTA Tour – both at the Guangzhou International Women's Open – and two on tournaments of the WTA 125K series. In doubles, she has won 17 titles, including the 2019 Australian Open, partnered with Samantha Stosur.

Captain Eric Melrose "Winkle" Brown, CBE, DSC, AFC, Hon FRAeS, RN was a Scottish Royal Navy officer and test pilot who flew 487 types of aircraft, more than anyone else in history.

Robby Benson is an American actor, singer, composer, teacher and filmmaker. He rose to prominence as a teen idol in the late 1970s, appearing in the sports films One on One (1977) and Ice Castles (1978). He subsequently garnered more fame for portraying the voice of Beast in the Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast (1991) and its numerous sequels and spin-offs. He later forged a career in directing television, including six episodes of the sitcom Friends.

Jake Daniel Elliott is an American football placekicker for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Memphis. He was part of the Eagles' Super Bowl LII championship team against the New England Patriots.

Rodion Rafailovich Nakhapetov is a Soviet-American-Russian actor, film director and screenwriter. He received the People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985). Asteroid 256697 Nahapetov, discovered by Russian amateur astronomer Timur Krjačko in 2008, was named in his honour. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 June 2011.