January Tar Heel Birthdays
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
Warren Winslow
January 1, 1810 (1810-1862)
33rd Governor of North Carolina
Heather O'Reilly
January 2, 1985 (38)
3x Olympic Gold Medalist, World Cup Champion, 2x NCAA Soccer Champion
Paul Rizzo
January 4, 1928 (1928-2017)
Football, UNC Business School Dean
David Lowry Swain
January 4, 1801 (1801-1868)
26th Governor of North Carolina
John "Hook" Dillon
January 8, 1924 (1924-2004)
2x Basketball All-American (1945-46, 1946-47)
Al Goldstein
January 8, 1936 (1936-1991)
Football; 1958 All-American End
Nat Cartmell
January 13, 1883 (1883-1967)
First UNC Basketball Coach, Olympic Track & Field Medalist (1904, 1908)
Tyler Zeller
January 17, 1990 (33)
Basketball, 2012 ACC Player of the Year
Horace Carter
January 20, 1921 (1921-2009)
Newspaper Publisher, Pulitzer Prize Winner
Lennie Rosenbluth
January 22, 1933 (1933-2022)
1957 National Champion, ACC Basketball POY, Retired #10 UNC Jersey
William Blumberg
January 26, 1998 (25)
NCAA's first 10x Tennis All-American (5 singles, 5 doubles)
Caitlin Van Sickle
January 26, 1990 (33)
3x UNC Field Hockey All-American, NCAA Champion, 2016 Olympian
Ed Stahl
January 29, 1953 (1953-2017)
Basketball