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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Omar al-Bashir
Politician
1-Jan-1944   President of Sudan
Pope Alexander VI
Religion
1-Jan-1431 18-Aug-1503 Divided the New World for Portugal, Spain
Richard V. Allen
Government
1-Jan-1936   Reagan National Security Advisor
Dana Andrews
Actor
1-Jan-1909 17-Dec-1992 The Best Years of Our Lives
Dennis Archer
Politician
1-Jan-1942   Mayor of Detroit, 1994-2001
Victor Ashe
Diplomat
1-Jan-1945   US Ambassador to Poland
Barbara Baxley
Actor
1-Jan-1923 7-Jun-1990 Period of Adjustment
Matthew "Stymie" Beard
Actor
1-Jan-1925 8-Jan-1981 Stymie in Our Gang
Maurice Béjart
Choreographer
1-Jan-1927 22-Nov-2007 Innovative ballet choreographer
Charles Bickford
Actor
1-Jan-1891 9-Nov-1967 The Song of Bernadette
Satyendra Nath Bose
Physicist
1-Jan-1894 4-Feb-1974 Bose-Einstein condensates
Lakhdar Brahimi
Government
1-Jan-1934   UN Envoy to Iraq, 2004-05
Rodger Bumpass
Actor
1-Jan-1951   Voice of Squidward Tentacles
Edmund Burke
Philosopher
1-Jan-1729 9-Jul-1797 Reflections on the Revolution in France
Wilhelm Canaris
Military
1-Jan-1887 9-Apr-1945 Nazi spymaster, tried to kill Hitler
Jule Charney
Scientist
1-Jan-1917 16-Jun-1981 Quasi-gesotrophic theory
Morris Chestnut
Actor
1-Jan-1969   Two Can Play That Game
George E. Christian
Government
1-Jan-1927 27-Nov-2002 LBJ's press secretary
Larry Clark
Film Director
1-Jan-1943   Kids
Valentina Cortese
Actor
1-Jan-1925   La Nuit Américaine
Jon Corzine
Politician
1-Jan-1947   Governor of New Jersey, 2006-10
Xavier Cugat
Musician
1-Jan-1900 27-Oct-1990 The Rumba King
Brody Dalle
Musician
1-Jan-1979   The Distillers frontwoman
Basil Dearden
Film Director
1-Jan-1911 23-Mar-1971 Khartoum
Dixon Denham
Explorer
1-Jan-1786 8-May-1828 English explorer of Central Africa
Antoinette Deshoulières
Poet
1-Jan-1638 17-Feb-1694 French poet-socialite
DJ Shadow
Disc Jockey
1-Jan-1973   Favorite DJ savior
Wild Bill Donovan
Government
1-Jan-1883 8-Feb-1959 Founded the OSS
Tom Dugan
Actor
1-Jan-1889 7-Mar-1955 To Be or Not to Be
Maria Edgeworth
Author
1-Jan-1767 22-May-1849 Castle Rackrent
Richard Edson
Actor
1-Jan-1954   Original drummer for Sonic Youth
Bill Emerson
Politician
1-Jan-1938 22-Jun-1996 Congressman from Missouri, 1981-96
Martin Evans
Scientist
1-Jan-1941   Embryonic stem cells
E. M. Forster
Author
1-Jan-1879 7-Jun-1970 Howards End
William Fox
Film/TV Producer
1-Jan-1879 8-May-1952 Founder of 20th Century Fox
Sir James Frazer
Anthropologist
1-Jan-1854 7-May-1941 The Golden Bough
Martin Frost
Politician
1-Jan-1942   Congressman from Texas, 1979-2005
John C. Garand
Inventor
1-Jan-1888 16-Feb-1974 M-1 semiautomatic rifle
James Glassman
Publisher
1-Jan-1947   Roll Call editor
Barry Goldwater
Politician
1-Jan-1909 29-May-1998 US Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87
Carlos Gomez
Actor
1-Jan-1962   Carlos Sanchez on The Glades
Grandmaster Flash
Musician
1-Jan-1958   One of hip-hop's founding fathers
Rocky Graziano
Boxing
1-Jan-1919 22-May-1990 Middleweight boxing champ
Walter Greaza
Actor
1-Jan-1897 1-Jun-1973 The Chief on Treasury Men in Action
Hank Greenberg
Baseball
1-Jan-1911 4-Sep-1986 Two-time American League MVP
Reed Hadley
Actor
1-Jan-1911 11-Dec-1974 Radio star of Red Ryder
Ludovic Halévy
Author
1-Jan-1834 8-May-1908 French vaudevillain author
Ty Hardin
Actor
1-Jan-1930   Bronco
William Harsha, Jr.
Politician
1-Jan-1921 12-Oct-2010 Congressman from Ohio, 1961-81
Jimmy Hart
Wrestling
1-Jan-1944   The Mouth of the South
Fritz Hollings
Politician
1-Jan-1922   US Senator from South Carolina, 1967-2005
J. Edgar Hoover
Government
1-Jan-1895 2-May-1972 Director of the FBI, 1924-72
James C. Hormel
Diplomat
1-Jan-1933   US Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1999-2001
Al Hunt
Journalist
1-Jan-1942   Wall Street Journal editor
Rick Hurst
Actor
1-Jan-1946   Cletus Hogg on Dukes
Milt Jackson
Jazz Musician
1-Jan-1923 9-Oct-1999 Vibrophonist, The Modern Jazz Quartet
Gary Johnson
Politician
1-Jan-1953   Governor of New Mexico, 1995-2003
Stanley Kamel
Actor
1-Jan-1943 8-Apr-2008 Dr. Kroger on Monk
Leon Isaac Kennedy
Disc Jockey
1-Jan-1949   Too Sweet
Noor Inayat Khan
Spy
1-Jan-1914 13-Sep-1944 British spy, children's author, captured by Nazis
Tony Knowles
Politician
1-Jan-1943   Governor of Alaska, 1994-2002
Frank Knox
Politician
1-Jan-1874 28-Apr-1944 US Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44
Christine Lagarde
Politician
1-Jan-1956   Managing Director, IMF
Carole Landis
Actor
1-Jan-1919 5-Jul-1948 A Scandal in Paris
Frank Langella
Actor
1-Jan-1938   Dracula and Dave
Paul Lawrie
Golf
1-Jan-1969   Winner, 1999 British Open
Jacques Le Goff
Historian
1-Jan-1924   Historian of the Middle Ages
Kate Levering
Actor
1-Jan-1979   Kim Kaswell on Drop Dead Diva
A. Lawrence Lowell
Educator
1-Jan-1856 6-Jan-1943 President, Harvard University, 1909-33
Duane Martin
Actor
1-Jan-1970   All of Us
Catherine McCormack
Actor
1-Jan-1972   A Sound of Thunder
Country Joe McDonald
Musician
1-Jan-1942   Country Joe and the Fish
Lorenzo de Medici
Government
1-Jan-1449 8-Apr-1492 Ruler of Florence, patron of the arts
Deepa Mehta
Film Director
1-Jan-1950   Elements Trilogy
Bob Menendez
Politician
1-Jan-1954   US Senator from New Jersey
Michèle Mercier
Actor
1-Jan-1939   Angélique, Marquise des Anges
Annie Moore
unspecified
1-Jan-1877 1924 First arrival at Ellis Island
Colin Morgan
Actor
1-Jan-1986   Merlin
Charles T. Munger
Business
1-Jan-1924   Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Don Novello
Comic
1-Jan-1943   Comic priest Father Guido Sarducci
Sophie Okonedo
Actor
1-Jan-1969   Hotel Rwanda
Clifford Olson
Criminal
1-Jan-1940 30-Sep-2011 Killed 11 youths in British Columbia
Joe Orton
Playwright
1-Jan-1933 9-Aug-1967 Prick Up Your Ears
Ouida
Novelist
1-Jan-1839 25-Jan-1908 Under Two Flags
Ron Perelman
Business
1-Jan-1943   Billionaire, owns 60% of Revlon
Dedee Pfeiffer
Actor
1-Jan-1964   The Sky Is Falling
Kim Philby
Spy
1-Jan-1912 11-May-1988 One of the Cambridge Five in MI6
Katharine Philips
Poet
1-Jan-1631 22-Jun-1664 Letters of Orinda to Poliarchus
Charles-Bernard Renouvier
Philosopher
1-Jan-1815 1-Sep-1903 Neocritical idealist
Paul Revere
Military
1-Jan-1735 10-May-1818 One if by land, two if by sea...
Willard Robertson
Actor
1-Jan-1886 5-Apr-1948 Remember the Night
Betsy Ross
Business
1-Jan-1752 30-Jan-1836 Legendary American flagmaker
Manuel Roxas
Head of State
1-Jan-1892 15-Apr-1948 5th President of the Philippines
Richard Roxburgh
Actor
1-Jan-1962   Doing Time for Patsy Cline
Zelda Rubinstein
Actor
1-Jan-1933 27-Jan-2010 Tangina in Poltergeist
J. D. Salinger
Novelist
1-Jan-1919 27-Jan-2010 The Catcher in the Rye
Terri Sewell
Politician
1-Jan-1965   Congresswoman, Alabama 7th
James D. Sinegal
Business
1-Jan-1936   CEO of Costco
Alexander Smallens
Conductor
1-Jan-1889 24-Nov-1972 Russian-born American conductor
Vernon L. Smith
Economist
1-Jan-1927   Experimental economics
Fred Sommers
Philosopher
1-Jan-1923   The Logic of Natural Language
Fredro Starr
Rapper
1-Jan-1970   Onyx
Shelby Steele
Activist
1-Jan-1946   The Content of Our Character
Alfred Stieglitz
Photographer
1-Jan-1864 13-Jul-1946 Photo-Secessionist
Chiune Sugihara
Diplomat
1-Jan-1900 31-Jul-1986 Helped Jews escape Lithuania
John Sullivan
Politician
1-Jan-1965   Congressman, Oklahoma 1st
Tank
Singer
1-Jan-1976   Force of Nature
Derrick Thomas
Football
1-Jan-1967 8-Feb-2000 Hall of Fame Linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs
Verne Troyer
Actor
1-Jan-1969   Mini-Me
Ari Up
Singer
1-Jan-1962 20-Oct-2010 The Slits
Doak Walker
Football
1-Jan-1927 27-Sep-1998 Detroit Lions, Hall of Famer
Anthony Wayne
Military
1-Jan-1745 15-Dec-1796 Revolutionary War general
Frederick Wiseman
Film Director
1-Jan-1930   Titicut Follies
Mark Zachares
Government
1-Jan-1958   Abramoff confederate
Huldrych Zwingli
Religion
1-Jan-1484 11-Oct-1531 Swiss-Protestant Reformation


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