| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Mehmet Ali Agca |
Assassin |
9-Jan-1958 |
|
In 1981, shot Pope John Paul II |
| Isaac Backus |
Religion |
9-Jan-1724 |
20-Nov-1806 |
An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty |
| Joan Baez |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jan-1941 |
|
Diamonds and Rust |
| Vilma Bánky |
Actor |
9-Jan-1898 |
18-Mar-1991 |
The Hungarian Rhapsody |
| Marvin R. Baxter |
Judge |
9-Jan-1940 |
|
Justice, California Supreme Court |
| Simone de Beauvoir |
Activist |
9-Jan-1908 |
14-Apr-1986 |
The Second Sex |
| Marek Belka |
Head of State |
9-Jan-1952 |
|
Prime Minister of Poland, 2004-05 |
| Angela Bettis |
Actor |
9-Jan-1973 |
|
May |
| Hayyim Nahman Bialik |
Poet |
9-Jan-1873 |
4-Jul-1934 |
Foremost Hebrew poet |
| Rudolf Bing |
Business |
9-Jan-1902 |
2-Sep-1997 |
Manager of the NY Metropolitan Opera, 1950-72 |
| Frank Biondi |
Business |
9-Jan-1945 |
|
Former CEO, Viacom, Universal Studios |
| Erich Bloch |
Business |
9-Jan-1925 |
|
Director of NSF, 1984-90 |
| Jimmy Boyd |
Singer |
9-Jan-1939 |
7-Mar-2009 |
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus |
| Karl Brandt |
Economist |
9-Jan-1899 |
8-Jul-1975 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1958-61 |
| George Buchanan |
Novelist |
9-Jan-1904 |
1989 |
Entanglement |
| Algis Budrys |
Author |
9-Jan-1931 |
9-Jun-2008 |
Rogue Moon |
| K Callan |
Actor |
9-Jan-1942 |
|
Martha Kent on Lois & Clark |
| Karel Capek |
Author |
9-Jan-1890 |
25-Dec-1938 |
R.U.R. |
| Michael E. Capuano |
Politician |
9-Jan-1952 |
|
Congressman, Massachusetts 8th |
| Robert P. Casey |
Politician |
9-Jan-1932 |
30-May-2000 |
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1987-95 |
| Kenny Clarke |
Drummer |
9-Jan-1914 |
26-Jan-1985 |
Droppin' Bombs |
| J. P. Coleman |
Politician |
9-Jan-1914 |
28-Sep-1991 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1956-60 |
| Steven M. Colloton |
Judge |
9-Jan-1963 |
|
8th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Pat Conway |
Actor |
9-Jan-1931 |
24-Apr-1981 |
Tombstone Territory |
| Robert-François Damiens |
Assassin |
9-Jan-1715 |
28-Mar-1757 |
Attacked Louis XV of France |
| Richard K. Davidson |
Business |
9-Jan-1942 |
|
CEO of Union Pacific, 1991-2006 |
| James L. Dennis |
Judge |
9-Jan-1936 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Bob Denver |
Actor |
9-Jan-1935 |
2-Sep-2005 |
Gilligan on Gilligan's Island |
| John W. Dick |
Business |
9-Jan-1938 |
|
Chairman of Hooper Industries, 1984-2007 |
| Nina Dobrev |
Actor |
9-Jan-1989 |
|
Elena Gilbert on The Vampire Diaries |
| John Doman |
Actor |
9-Jan-1945 |
|
Ad exec turned prolific character actor |
| MF Doom |
Rapper |
9-Jan-1971 |
|
Rapper of many masks |
| Dick Enberg |
Sports Journalist |
9-Jan-1935 |
|
Sportscaster |
| Eric Erlandson |
Guitarist |
9-Jan-1963 |
|
Guitarist for Hole |
| Lara Fabian |
Singer |
9-Jan-1970 |
|
Belgian-Canadian singer, Carpe diem |
| Gracie Fields |
Singer |
9-Jan-1898 |
27-Sep-1979 |
Sally in Our Alley |
| Thomas C. Foley |
Business |
9-Jan-1952 |
|
US Ambassador to Ireland, 2006-09 |
| Brian Friel |
Playwright |
9-Jan-1929 |
|
Dancing at Lughnasa |
| Robert Garcia |
Politician |
9-Jan-1933 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1978-90 |
| Crystal Gayle |
Country Musician |
9-Jan-1951 |
|
Country music star with hair to her ankles |
| Fernand St. Germain |
Politician |
9-Jan-1928 |
|
Congressman from Rhode Island, 1961-89 |
| Wendy Gramm |
Business |
9-Jan-1945 |
|
Phil Gramm's wife, ex-Enron board member |
| Bill Graves |
Politician |
9-Jan-1953 |
|
Governor of Kansas, 1995-2003 |
| Dwight H. Green |
Politician |
9-Jan-1897 |
20-Feb-1958 |
Governor of Illinois, 1941-49 |
| Pope Gregory XV |
Religion |
9-Jan-1554 |
8-Jul-1623 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1621-23 |
| Ulu Grosbard |
Film Director |
9-Jan-1929 |
19-Mar-2012 |
The Subject Was Roses |
| Haddaway |
Singer |
9-Jan-1965 |
|
What Is Love |
| Johannes Holtfreter |
Zoologist |
9-Jan-1901 |
13-Nov-1992 |
Chemotaxis |
| David Johansen |
Musician |
9-Jan-1950 |
|
Buster Poindexter, New York Dolls |
| Michiko Kakutani |
Critic |
9-Jan-1955 |
|
Quirky New York Times book critic |
| H. Gobind Khorana |
Scientist |
9-Jan-1922 |
9-Nov-2011 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Judith Krantz |
Novelist |
9-Jan-1928 |
|
Scruples |
| Fernando Lamas |
Actor |
9-Jan-1915 |
8-Oct-1982 |
The Lost World |
| Phil Lewis |
Singer |
9-Jan-1957 |
|
Lead singer, LA Guns |
| Anita Louise |
Actor |
9-Jan-1915 |
25-Apr-1970 |
The Little Princess |
| Kim Mathers |
Relative |
9-Jan-1975 |
|
Eminem's two-time ex-wife |
| Dave Matthews |
Musician |
9-Jan-1967 |
|
The Dave Matthews Band |
| A. J. McLean |
Musician |
9-Jan-1978 |
|
The Backstreet Boys |
| Merrill A. McPeak |
Military |
9-Jan-1936 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1990-94 |
| Rigoberta Menchú Tum |
Activist |
9-Jan-1959 |
|
Political activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| William Meredith |
Poet |
9-Jan-1919 |
30-May-2007 |
Partial Accounts |
| Kate Middleton |
Relative |
9-Jan-1982 |
|
Wife of Prince William |
| Vic Mizzy |
Composer |
9-Jan-1916 |
17-Oct-2009 |
Addams Family theme |
| Joseph F. Murphy, Jr. |
Judge |
9-Jan-1944 |
|
Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals |
| Maurine Brown Neuberger |
Politician |
9-Jan-1907 |
22-Feb-2000 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1960-67 |
| Richard M. Nixon |
Head of State |
9-Jan-1913 |
22-Apr-1994 |
37th US President, 1969-74 |
| Paolo Nutini |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jan-1987 |
|
These Streets |
| Chad Ochocinco |
Football |
9-Jan-1978 |
|
NFL wide receiver |
| Mollie Orshansky |
Economist |
9-Jan-1915 |
18-Dec-2006 |
Orshansky Index |
| Jimmy Page |
Guitarist |
9-Jan-1944 |
|
Led Zeppelin Guitarist |
| Sergei Parajanov |
Film Director |
9-Jan-1924 |
21-Jul-1990 |
The Color of Pomegranate |
| Dorothea Puente |
Criminal |
9-Jan-1929 |
27-Mar-2011 |
Black Widow of Sacramento |
| Armand de Rancé |
Religion |
9-Jan-1626 |
27-Oct-1700 |
Trappist Movement |
| Lizette Woodworth Reese |
Poet |
9-Jan-1856 |
17-Dec-1935 |
A Handful of Lavendar |
| Joely Richardson |
Actor |
9-Jan-1965 |
|
Julia McNamara on Nip/Tuck |
| George Rieveschl |
Chemist |
9-Jan-1916 |
27-Sep-2007 |
Discovered Benadryl |
| J. K. Simmons |
Actor |
9-Jan-1955 |
|
J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man |
| J. R. Simplot |
Business |
9-Jan-1909 |
25-May-2008 |
Fabulously wealthy Idaho potato farmer |
| Bart Starr |
Football |
9-Jan-1934 |
|
Green Bay Packers QB, 1956-71 |
| Imelda Staunton |
Actor |
9-Jan-1956 |
|
Vera Drake |
| Lee Van Cleef |
Actor |
9-Jan-1925 |
16-Dec-1989 |
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly |
| E. Norman Veasey |
Judge |
9-Jan-1933 |
|
Delaware Chief Justice, 1992-2004 |
| Thomas Warton |
Poet |
9-Jan-1728 |
21-May-1790 |
English Poet Laureate, 1785-90 |
| John Watson |
Psychologist |
9-Jan-1878 |
25-Sep-1958 |
Founder of Behaviorism |
| Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney |
Business |
9-Jan-1875 |
18-Apr-1942 |
Whitney Museum of American Art |
| Iwasaki Yataro |
Business |
9-Jan-1835 |
7-Feb-1885 |
Founder of the Mitsubishi companies |
| Susannah York |
Actor |
9-Jan-1941 |
14-Jan-2011 |
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
| Chic Young |
Cartoonist |
9-Jan-1901 |
14-Mar-1973 |
Creator of Blondie |
