| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Lord Acton |
Historian |
10-Jan-1834 |
19-Jun-1902 |
British historian |
| Ethan Allen |
Military |
10-Jan-1739 |
12-Feb-1789 |
Fighter with the Green Mountain Boys |
| Trini Alvarado |
Actor |
10-Jan-1967 |
|
Little Women |
| Stephen E. Ambrose |
Author |
10-Jan-1936 |
13-Oct-2002 |
Band of Brothers |
| James A. Baker |
Attorney |
10-Jan-1857 |
2-Aug-1941 |
Baker Botts |
| Richard A. Bartle |
Computer Programmer |
10-Jan-1960 |
|
MUD |
| Pat Benatar |
Singer |
10-Jan-1953 |
|
Love is a Battlefield |
| Sune K. Bergström |
Scientist |
10-Jan-1916 |
15-Aug-2004 |
Prostaglandins |
| Frederick M. Bernthal |
Administrator |
10-Jan-1943 |
|
President, Universities Research Association |
| Jeremiah S. Black |
Attorney |
10-Jan-1810 |
19-Aug-1883 |
US Attorney General, 1857-60 |
| Roy Blunt |
Politician |
10-Jan-1950 |
|
US Senator from Missouri |
| Ray Bolger |
Actor |
10-Jan-1904 |
15-Jan-1987 |
The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow |
| Leonard Boswell |
Politician |
10-Jan-1934 |
|
Congressman, Iowa 3rd |
| Francis X. Bushman |
Actor |
10-Jan-1883 |
23-Aug-1966 |
Ben-Hur |
| Harry P. Cain |
Politician |
10-Jan-1906 |
3-Mar-1979 |
US Senator from Washington, 1946-53 |
| Lois Capps |
Politician |
10-Jan-1938 |
|
Congresswoman, California 23rd |
| Big Sid Catlett |
Jazz Musician |
10-Jan-1910 |
25-Mar-1951 |
Jazz/swing drummer |
| Eddie Cheever |
Auto Racing |
10-Jan-1958 |
|
Winner, 1998 Indianapolis 500 |
| Arthur Chung |
Head of State |
10-Jan-1918 |
23-Jun-2008 |
President of Guyana, 1970-80 |
| Jemaine Clement |
Musician |
10-Jan-1974 |
|
Flight of the Conchords |
| Shawn Colvin |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Jan-1956 |
|
Sunny Came Home |
| Frederick G. Cottrell |
Inventor |
10-Jan-1877 |
16-Nov-1948 |
Smokestack filters to fight pollution |
| Brian Cowen |
Head of State |
10-Jan-1960 |
|
Prime Minister of Ireland, 2008-11 |
| Daniel Crane |
Politician |
10-Jan-1936 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1979-85 |
| Jim Croce |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Jan-1943 |
20-Sep-1973 |
Time in a Bottle |
| Kemal Derviş |
Government |
10-Jan-1949 |
|
Head of the UNDP |
| Roy E. Disney |
Business |
10-Jan-1930 |
16-Dec-2009 |
Walt Disney's nephew |
| Aynsley Dunbar |
Drummer |
10-Jan-1946 |
|
Prolific drummer, ex-Zappa, Bowie, Journey |
| Scott English |
Songwriter |
10-Jan-1943 |
|
70's pop songwriter, Brandy |
| Donald Fagen |
Musician |
10-Jan-1948 |
|
Keyboards and vocals for Steely Dan |
| George Foreman |
Boxing |
10-Jan-1949 |
|
Champ knocks out the fat |
| Walter S. Gifford |
Business |
10-Jan-1885 |
7-May-1966 |
President of AT&T, 1925-48 |
| Al Goldstein |
Business |
10-Jan-1936 |
|
Founder of Screw magazine |
| Teresa Graves |
Actor |
10-Jan-1948 |
10-Oct-2002 |
Laugh-In |
| Bob Hamilton |
Golf |
10-Jan-1916 |
6-Dec-1990 |
Winner, 1944 PGA Championship |
| Evan Handler |
Actor |
10-Jan-1961 |
|
Taps, Ransom |
| Norman G. Heatley |
Scientist |
10-Jan-1911 |
5-Jan-2004 |
Isolated penicillin |
| Paul Henreid |
Actor |
10-Jan-1908 |
29-Mar-1992 |
Casablanca |
| Barbara Hepworth |
Sculptor |
10-Jan-1903 |
20-May-1975 |
British abstract sculptor |
| Douglas Hickox |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1929 |
25-Jul-1988 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Walter Hill |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1942 |
|
48 Hrs. |
| David Horowitz |
Activist |
10-Jan-1939 |
|
Conservative activist |
| Thomas Penfield Jackson |
Judge |
10-Jan-1937 |
|
Federal district court judge |
| Frank James |
Criminal |
10-Jan-1843 |
18-Feb-1915 |
Bank robber, with James Gang |
| Robinson Jeffers |
Poet |
10-Jan-1887 |
20-Jan-1962 |
Tamar and Other Poems |
| Louis A. Johnson |
Government |
10-Jan-1891 |
24-Apr-1966 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1949-50 |
| Janet Jones |
Actor |
10-Jan-1961 |
|
Wife of Wayne Gretzky |
| Donald E. Knuth |
Computer Programmer |
10-Jan-1938 |
|
The Art of Computer Programming |
| Bernard Lee |
Actor |
10-Jan-1908 |
16-Jan-1981 |
James Bond's M |
| Keith Lehrer |
Philosopher |
10-Jan-1936 |
|
Metamind |
| Philip Levine |
Poet |
10-Jan-1928 |
|
What Work Is |
| Linda Lovelace |
Pornstar |
10-Jan-1949 |
22-Apr-2002 |
Pornstar turned anti-porn activist |
| Frank Mahovlich |
Hockey |
10-Jan-1938 |
|
NHL Hall of Famer, Canadian Senator |
| Dumas Malone |
Historian |
10-Jan-1892 |
27-Dec-1986 |
Jefferson and His Time |
| Margaret of Austria |
Royalty |
10-Jan-1480 |
1-Dec-1530 |
Duchess of Savoy, Dutch Regent |
| William Martini |
Politician |
10-Jan-1947 |
|
Congressman from New Jersey, 1995-97 |
| Jean Martinon |
Conductor |
10-Jan-1910 |
1-Mar-1976 |
Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1963-68 |
| David Maysles |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1932 |
3-Jan-1987 |
Documentary filmmaker |
| Willie McCovey |
Baseball |
10-Jan-1938 |
|
521 homers, 18 grand slams |
| Harold W. McGraw, Jr. |
Business |
10-Jan-1918 |
24-Mar-2010 |
Chairman of McGraw-Hill, 1968-88 |
| Scott McKenzie |
Singer |
10-Jan-1939 |
18-Aug-2012 |
San Francisco |
| John J. McMackin, Jr. |
Business |
10-Jan-1952 |
|
Partner, Williams & Jensen |
| Lyle Menendez |
Criminal |
10-Jan-1968 |
|
Killed parents with brother Erik |
| Sherrill Milnes |
Singer |
10-Jan-1935 |
|
Operatic baritone, Metropolitan Opera |
| Sal Mineo |
Actor |
10-Jan-1939 |
12-Feb-1976 |
Dies in Rebel Without A Cause |
| Michel Ney |
Military |
10-Jan-1769 |
7-Dec-1815 |
Napoleonic General |
| John J. O'Connor III |
Relative |
10-Jan-1930 |
11-Nov-2009 |
Sandra Day O'Connor's husband |
| Maggie Peterson |
Actor |
10-Jan-1941 |
|
Charlene Darling on Andy Griffith |
| Lee Philips |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1927 |
3-Mar-1999 |
TV movie director |
| Olive Higgins Prouty |
Novelist |
10-Jan-1882 |
24-Mar-1974 |
Stella Dallas |
| Mark Pryor |
Politician |
10-Jan-1963 |
|
US Senator from Arkansas |
| Bobby Rahal |
Auto Racing |
10-Jan-1953 |
|
Formula 1 and Indy car racer |
| Johnnie Ray |
Musician |
10-Jan-1927 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Cry/The Little White Cloud That Cried |
| Max Roach |
Jazz Musician |
10-Jan-1924 |
16-Aug-2007 |
Enduring jazz drummer |
| Sir Charles G. D. Roberts |
Poet |
10-Jan-1860 |
26-Nov-1943 |
Earth's Enigmas |
| Hrithik Roshan |
Actor |
10-Jan-1974 |
|
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai |
| William Sanderson |
Actor |
10-Jan-1944 |
|
J.F. Sebastian in Blade Runner |
| Bill Sarpalius |
Politician |
10-Jan-1948 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1989-95 |
| Michael Schenker |
Musician |
10-Jan-1955 |
|
Michael Schenker Group |
| Jacob Schiff |
Business |
10-Jan-1847 |
25-Sep-1920 |
New York banker |
| Sarah Shahi |
Actor |
10-Jan-1980 |
|
Cheerleader turned actress |
| Bill Shuster |
Politician |
10-Jan-1961 |
|
Congressman, Pennsylvania 9th |
| Frank Sinatra, Jr. |
Singer |
10-Jan-1944 |
|
Son of Frank |
| Reed Smoot |
Politician |
10-Jan-1862 |
9-Feb-1941 |
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act |
| Nicolaus Steno |
Geologist |
10-Jan-1631 |
25-Nov-1686 |
De solido intra solidum |
| Rod Stewart |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Jan-1945 |
|
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? |
| John M. Toups |
Business |
10-Jan-1926 |
|
Planning Research Corporation |
| Charles Trowbridge |
Actor |
10-Jan-1882 |
30-Oct-1967 |
The Great Lie |
| Chris Van Hollen |
Politician |
10-Jan-1959 |
|
Congressman, Maryland 8th |
| Vaughn Ververs |
Journalist |
10-Jan-1969 |
|
Editor of The Hotline 2002-05 |
| Gunther von Hagens |
Artist |
10-Jan-1945 |
|
Popularized cadaver art |
| Greg Walden |
Politician |
10-Jan-1957 |
|
Congressman, Oregon 2nd |
| Howard B. Wentz, Jr. |
Business |
10-Jan-1930 |
|
CEO of Amstar Company, 1983-89 |
| Robert Woodrow Wilson |
Astronomer |
10-Jan-1936 |
|
Detected primordial radiation |