| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Sherman Adams |
Government |
8-Jan-1899 |
27-Oct-1986 |
Eisenhower's Chief of Staff |
| Lawrence Alma-Tadema |
Painter |
8-Jan-1836 |
25-Jun-1912 |
Classicist painter |
| Emily Greene Balch |
Activist |
8-Jan-1867 |
9-Jan-1961 |
Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Rod Barnes |
Basketball |
8-Jan-1966 |
|
Georgia State Head Coach |
| Charlie Bass |
Politician |
8-Jan-1952 |
|
Congressman from New Hampshire, 1995-2007 |
| Shirley Bassey |
Singer |
8-Jan-1937 |
|
Singer of James Bond title song Goldfinger |
| Amber Benson |
Actor |
8-Jan-1977 |
|
Tara Maclay on Buffy |
| Nicholas Biddle |
Business |
8-Jan-1786 |
27-Feb-1844 |
Second Bank of the United States |
| Walther Bothe |
Physicist |
8-Jan-1891 |
8-Feb-1957 |
Pioneer of nuclear spectroscopy |
| David Bowie |
Musician |
8-Jan-1947 |
|
Ziggy Stardust |
| David F. Bradford |
Economist |
8-Jan-1939 |
22-Feb-2005 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93 |
| Scott A. Brister |
Judge |
8-Jan-1955 |
|
Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| Terry Brooks |
Author |
8-Jan-1944 |
|
The Shannara series |
| Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. |
Business |
8-Jan-1888 |
1976 |
President of DuPont, 1940-48 |
| Graham Chapman |
Comic |
8-Jan-1941 |
4-Oct-1989 |
Monty Python's King Arthur |
| DJ Clue |
Disc Jockey |
8-Jan-1975 |
|
Mixtape DJ and Desert Storm label founder |
| Wilkie Collins |
Novelist |
8-Jan-1824 |
23-Dec-1889 |
The Moonstone |
| John Curtin |
Head of State |
8-Jan-1885 |
5-Jul-1945 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1941-45 |
| Walter Diemer |
Business |
8-Jan-1905 |
8-Jan-1998 |
Invented bubble gum |
| Ami Dolenz |
Actor |
8-Jan-1969 |
|
She's Out of Control |
| Frank Doubleday |
Business |
8-Jan-1862 |
30-Jan-1934 |
Publisher |
| Frank W. Dyson |
Astronomer |
8-Jan-1868 |
25-May-1939 |
Six pips on the BBC |
| Bob Eubanks |
Game Show Host |
8-Jan-1938 |
|
The Newlywed Game |
| Jose Ferrer |
Actor |
8-Jan-1909 |
26-Jan-1992 |
The Caine Mutiny |
| Michelle Forbes |
Actor |
8-Jan-1965 |
|
Dr. Julianna Cox on Homicide |
| wiL Francis |
Singer |
8-Jan-1982 |
|
Lead singer of Aiden |
| David Gates |
Novelist |
8-Jan-1947 |
|
Jernigan |
| Jason Giambi |
Baseball |
8-Jan-1971 |
|
Yankee admitted to using steroids |
| Slade Gorton |
Politician |
8-Jan-1928 |
|
US Senator from Washington, 1981-2001 |
| Bill Graham |
Business |
8-Jan-1931 |
25-Oct-1991 |
60s rock promoter |
| William Hartnell |
Actor |
8-Jan-1908 |
23-Apr-1975 |
The First Doctor Who |
| Stephen Hawking |
Physicist |
8-Jan-1942 |
|
Wheelchair-bound physicist |
| Gaby Hoffmann |
Actor |
8-Jan-1982 |
|
Field of Dreams |
| Patrick J. Hurley |
Military |
8-Jan-1883 |
30-Jul-1963 |
US Secretary of War, 1929-33 |
| Storm Jameson |
Novelist |
8-Jan-1891 |
1986 |
The Pot Boils |
| R. Kelly |
Musician |
8-Jan-1967 |
|
Trapped In The Closet |
| Roy Kinnear |
Actor |
8-Jan-1934 |
20-Sep-1988 |
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory |
| Junichiro Koizumi |
Head of State |
8-Jan-1942 |
|
Prime Minister of Japan, 2001-06 |
| Robby Krieger |
Guitarist |
8-Jan-1946 |
|
Guitarist for The Doors |
| Lewis Lapham |
Editor |
8-Jan-1935 |
|
Editor Emeritus, Harper's |
| Jenny Lewis |
Actor |
8-Jan-1976 |
|
Katie Monahan on Brooklyn Bridge |
| James Longstreet |
Military |
8-Jan-1821 |
2-Jan-1904 |
Confederate Army General |
| Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers |
Magician |
8-Jan-1854 |
20-Nov-1918 |
Founder of The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn |
| Scott M. Matheson |
Politician |
8-Jan-1929 |
7-Oct-1990 |
Governor of Utah, 1977-85 |
| Kerwin Mathews |
Actor |
8-Jan-1926 |
5-Jul-2007 |
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad |
| John McTiernan |
Film Director |
8-Jan-1951 |
|
The Hunt for Red October |
| Josh Meyers |
Actor |
8-Jan-1976 |
|
MADtv |
| Richard M. Miles |
Diplomat |
8-Jan-1937 |
|
Former US Ambassador to Georgia, Bulgaria |
| Yvette Mimieux |
Actor |
8-Jan-1942 |
|
Where the Boys Are |
| Ron Moody |
Actor |
8-Jan-1924 |
|
Fagin in Oliver Twist |
| Matt Moore |
Actor |
8-Jan-1888 |
20-Jan-1960 |
Irish-American character actor |
| John G. Neihardt |
Poet |
8-Jan-1881 |
3-Nov-1973 |
A Cycle of the West |
| Charles Osgood |
Journalist |
8-Jan-1933 |
|
CBS News Sunday Morning |
| Sean Paul |
Disc Jockey |
8-Jan-1973 |
|
DJ and Jamaican Dancehall star |
| Conrad Pellicanus |
Religion |
8-Jan-1478 |
6-Apr-1556 |
Zwinglian theologian |
| Maria Pitillo |
Actor |
8-Jan-1966 |
|
Tina Calcatera on Providence |
| Sarah Polley |
Actor |
8-Jan-1979 |
|
Road to Avonlea |
| Richard Pombo |
Politician |
8-Jan-1961 |
|
Congressman, California 11th |
| Elvis Presley |
Singer |
8-Jan-1935 |
16-Aug-1977 |
Rock and roll icon |
| Wolfgang Puck |
Chef |
8-Jan-1949 |
|
Spago restaurant |
| Mel Reynolds |
Politician |
8-Jan-1952 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1993-95 |
| Alexandra Ripley |
Author |
8-Jan-1934 |
10-Jan-2004 |
Wrote Scarlett |
| John Selden Roane |
Politician |
8-Jan-1817 |
8-Apr-1867 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1849-52 |
| Carl Rogers |
Psychologist |
8-Jan-1902 |
4-Feb-1987 |
Non-directive theory of psychology |
| Soupy Sales |
Comic |
8-Jan-1926 |
|
Pie thrower |
| Anatoliy Serdyukov |
Government |
8-Jan-1962 |
|
Russian Defense Minister |
| Henrik Shipstead |
Politician |
8-Jan-1881 |
26-Jun-1960 |
US Senator from Minnesota, 1923-47 |
| Larry Storch |
Actor |
8-Jan-1923 |
|
Corporal Agarn on F Troop |
| Bob Taft |
Politician |
8-Jan-1942 |
|
Governor of Ohio, 1999-2007 |
| Peter Taylor |
Author |
8-Jan-1917 |
2-Nov-1994 |
A Summons to Memphis |
| Sigismond Thalberg |
Pianist |
8-Jan-1812 |
27-Apr-1871 |
Virtuoso pianist |
| Boris Vallejo |
Painter |
8-Jan-1941 |
|
Fantasy artist |
| Sander Vanocur |
Journalist |
8-Jan-1928 |
|
ABC and NBC correspondent |
| Alfred Russel Wallace |
Naturalist |
8-Jan-1823 |
7-Nov-1913 |
Co-Discovered Theory of Evolution |
| Lawrence E. Walsh |
Government |
8-Jan-1912 |
|
Independent Prosecutor for Iran-Contra |
| Gouverneur Kemble Warren |
Military |
8-Jan-1830 |
8-Aug-1882 |
Union Army General |
| Joseph Weizenbaum |
Computer Programmer |
8-Jan-1923 |
5-Mar-2008 |
ELIZA |
| Xzibit |
Rapper |
8-Jan-1974 |
|
Pimp My Ride |
| Dona D. Young |
Business |
8-Jan-1954 |
|
CEO of Phoenix Companies |
