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 |