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 (39)
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 (34)
Basketball, 2012 ACC Player of the Year
Julius Peppers
January 18, 1980 (44)
Football, Basketball, Pro Football Hall of Fame
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 (26)
NCAA's first 10x Tennis All-American (5 singles, 5 doubles)
Caitlin Van Sickle
January 26, 1990 (34)
3x UNC Field Hockey All-American, NCAA Champion, 2016 Olympian
Ed Stahl
January 29, 1953 (1953-2017)
Basketball