| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| John Couch Adams |
Astronomer |
5-Jun-1819 |
21-Jan-1892 |
Discovered planet Neptune |
| Augustus I |
Royalty |
31-Jul-1526 |
21-Jan-1586 |
Elector of Saxony, 1553-86 |
| Claude G. Bowers |
Diplomat |
20-Nov-1878 |
21-Jan-1958 |
The Tragic Era |
| Charles Brown |
Musician |
13-Sep-1922 |
21-Jan-1999 |
Merry Christmas Baby |
| Roman Cieslewicz |
Artist |
13-Jan-1930 |
21-Jan-1996 |
Polish poster artist |
| Joseph Sill Clark |
Politician |
21-Oct-1901 |
21-Jan-1990 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1956-69 |
| Cecil B. DeMille |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1881 |
21-Jan-1959 |
Pioneering film director |
| John Dowland |
Composer |
c. 1562 |
21-Jan-1626 |
Lachrimae |
| Evan Griffith Galbraith |
Business |
2-Jul-1928 |
21-Jan-2008 |
US Ambassador to France, 1981-85 |
| George Goethals |
Architect |
29-Jun-1858 |
21-Jan-1928 |
Creator of the Panama Canal |
| Camillo Golgi |
Scientist |
7-Jul-1843 |
21-Jan-1926 |
Structure of the nervous system |
| Charles E. Goodell |
Politician |
16-Mar-1926 |
21-Jan-1987 |
US Senator from New York, 1968-71 |
| Franz Grillparzer |
Playwright |
15-Jan-1791 |
21-Jan-1872 |
Der Traum, ein Leben |
| Alex Groza |
Basketball |
7-Oct-1926 |
21-Jan-1995 |
Caught in point shaving scandal |
| Henry Hallam |
Historian |
9-Jul-1777 |
21-Jan-1859 |
View of the Middle Ages |
| Allyn Joslyn |
Actor |
21-Jul-1901 |
21-Jan-1981 |
Only Angels Have Wings |
| Peggy Lee |
Singer |
26-May-1920 |
21-Jan-2001 |
Is That All There Is? |
| Lenin |
Head of State |
4-May-1870 |
21-Jan-1924 |
Revolutionary leader of Soviet Union |
| Jack Lord |
Actor |
30-Dec-1922 |
21-Jan-1998 |
McGarrett on Hawaii 5-O |
| Louis XVI |
Royalty |
23-Aug-1754 |
21-Jan-1793 |
King of France, 1774-91 |
| John A. Love |
Politician |
29-Nov-1916 |
21-Jan-2002 |
Governor of Colorado, 1963-73 |
| Leo Lowenthal |
Sociologist |
3-Nov-1900 |
21-Jan-1993 |
Literature and the Image of Man |
| Bernard de Mandeville |
Author |
Nov-1670 |
21-Jan-1733 |
The Fable of the Bees |
| George Orwell |
Author |
25-Jun-1903 |
21-Jan-1950 |
Author of 1984 and Animal Farm |
| Colonel Tom Parker |
Business |
26-Jun-1909 |
21-Jan-1997 |
Elvis Presley's manager |
| Kenneth Parnell |
Criminal |
26-Sep-1932 |
21-Jan-2008 |
Kidnapped Steven Stayner |
| Pope Paschal II |
Religion |
? |
21-Jan-1118 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1099-1118 |
| Yordan Radichkov |
Author |
24-Oct-1929 |
21-Jan-2004 |
Bulgarian writer |
| Ibrahim Rugova |
Government |
2-Dec-1944 |
21-Jan-2006 |
President of Kosovo |
| Richard B. Russell |
Politician |
2-Nov-1897 |
21-Jan-1971 |
US Senator from Georgia, 1933-71 |
| Joseph Schildkraut |
Actor |
22-Mar-1896 |
21-Jan-1964 |
The Life of Emile Zola |
| Ann Sheridan |
Actor |
21-Feb-1915 |
21-Jan-1967 |
Torrid Zone |
| Lytton Strachey |
Author |
1-Mar-1880 |
21-Jan-1932 |
Eminent Victorians |
| Susan Strasberg |
Actor |
22-May-1938 |
21-Jan-1999 |
Picnic |
| Carl Switzer |
Actor |
7-Aug-1927 |
21-Jan-1959 |
Alfalfa in Our Gang |
| Jackie Wilson |
Singer |
9-Jun-1934 |
21-Jan-1984 |
Lonely Teardrops |