| Jan 15, 1875 – Tom Burke; First Olympic Gold Medalist at 100m and 400m in 1896 |
| Jan 15, 1949 – Duncan MacDonald; 1976 Olympian, 13:19.4 broke Pre's AR, 3-time Honolulu Marathon Champ |
| Jan 15, 1949 – Ian Stewart, 1972 Olympic 5,000m Bronze, 1975 World XC Champ |
| Jan 15, 1972 – Mark Carroll; 1995 NCAA Indoor 5,000m champ, 2000/04 Irish Olympian |
| Jan 16, 1902 – Eric Liddell, 1924 Olympic Gold 400m; 'Chariots of Fire' subject |
| Jan 16, 1972 – Salah Hissou, 1999 World Champ 10,000m; 1996 Olympic Bronze 10k |
| Jan 17, 1968 – Svetlana Masterkova, female World Record mile 4:12.56 |
| Jan 18, 1884 – John Eisele, 1908 Olympic Bronze 3,200m steeple and Silver 3-mile team race |
| Jan 18, 1993 – Courtney Frerichs, 2017 World Championships Silver Medal 3,000m steeplechase |
| Jan 23, 1923 – Horace Ashenfelter; 1952 Olympic Gold 3,000m steeplechase, WR 8:45.4 |
| Jan 25, 1951 – Steve Prefontaine; 1972 Olympian 5, 000m; U.S. Records 2 miles to 10,000m |
| Jan 25, 1974 – Russia’s Lidiya Grigoryeva; Marathon Champ; Chicago 2006, Boston 2007 |
| Jan 25, 1979 - Gabe Jennings; 2000 Olympian 1,500 meters |
| Jan 26, 1917 – Louis Zamperini; 1936 Olympian; 1938/39 NCAA Mile Champ; WWII POW; ‘Unbroken’ |
| Jan 26, 1959 – Wanda Panfil, Marathon Champ; World 1991; Bos 91; Lon 88; NYC 90 |
| Jan 27, 1887 – Christopher Vose, Member of five British World X-C Championship teams |
| Jan 28, 1913 – Bob Clark, 1936 Olympic Silver Decathlon; 1934/35 AAU Decathlon Champ |
| Jan 28, 1932 – Parry O’Brien, Shot Put Olympic Gold 1952/56, Silver 1960; 17 AAU titles; 17 WRs |
| Jan 28, 1955 – Matt Centrowitz, Sr., 1976 Olympian; 4-time U.S 5,000m Champ 1979-82 |
| Jan 30, 1927 – Keizo Yamada; 1953 Boston Marathon Champ; 1952 Olympian |
| Jan 31, 1984 – Jeremy Wariner; 8 Olympic/ World Gold Medals 400m and 4x400m relay |