This Week's Birthdays - Week of January 2

January 2, 1972 – Britt Hagedorn, German model and talk show host.

January 3, 1949 – Sylvia Marie Likens was an American murder victim from Indiana.

January 4, 1643 – Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and natural philosopher (d. 1727)

January 5, 1762 – Constanze Mozart (née Weber), the wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

January 6, 1878 – Carl Sandburg, an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry.

January 7, 1864 – Philip Jaisohn (Seo Jae-pil), a noted champion for Korea’s independence, and the first Korean to become a naturalized citizen of the United States.

January 8, 1935 – Elvis Aaron Presley, one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century.