| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Martin Agronsky |
Journalist |
12-Jan-1915 |
25-Jul-1999 |
Agronsky & Co. |
| Kirstie Alley |
Actor |
12-Jan-1951 |
|
Rebecca from Cheers |
| Rolando Alphonso |
Musician |
12-Jan-1931 |
20-Nov-1998 |
Horn player, Ska/Reggae pioneer |
| Ann Althouse |
Blogger |
12-Jan-1951 |
|
Political blogger, legal scholar |
| Christiane Amanpour |
Journalist |
12-Jan-1958 |
|
Host of ABC's This Week |
| Amerie |
Singer |
12-Jan-1980 |
|
Why Don't We Fall in Love |
| Rasmus B. Anderson |
Scholar |
12-Jan-1846 |
2-Mar-1936 |
America Not Discovered by Columbus |
| Stephen H. Anderson |
Judge |
12-Jan-1932 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-2001 |
| Anthony Andrews |
Actor |
12-Jan-1948 |
|
Brideshead Revisited |
| Frank Annunzio |
Politician |
12-Jan-1915 |
8-Apr-2001 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1965-93 |
| Gemma Arterton |
Actor |
12-Jan-1986 |
|
Quantum of Solace |
| Michael Aspel |
TV Personality |
12-Jan-1933 |
|
Antiques Roadshow host |
| Long John Baldry |
Singer |
12-Jan-1941 |
21-Jul-2005 |
British blues singer, Blues Incorporated |
| Blixa Bargeld |
Guitarist |
12-Jan-1959 |
|
Einstürzende Neubauten |
| Jeff Bezos |
Business |
12-Jan-1964 |
|
Founder of Amazon |
| P. W. Botha |
Head of State |
12-Jan-1916 |
31-Oct-2006 |
President of South Africa, 1984-89 |
| Ruth Brown |
Singer |
12-Jan-1928 |
17-Nov-2006 |
Miss Rhythm |
| Melanie C |
Singer |
12-Jan-1974 |
|
Sporty Spice |
| Casey Cagle |
Politician |
12-Jan-1966 |
|
Lt. Governor of Georgia |
| Jay Cocks |
Screenwriter |
12-Jan-1944 |
|
Screenwriter, Gangs of New York |
| John P. Cole, Jr. |
Attorney |
12-Jan-1930 |
|
Telecommunications attorney |
| E. J. H. Corner |
Botanist |
12-Jan-1906 |
14-Sep-1996 |
Durian theory |
| Tom Dempsey |
Football |
12-Jan-1947 |
|
Retired NFL Placekicker |
| Bernardine Dohrn |
Activist |
12-Jan-1942 |
|
Weather Underground leader |
| Jürgen Dormann |
Business |
12-Jan-1940 |
|
Chairman of ABB |
| Marie Dubois |
Actor |
12-Jan-1937 |
|
La Menace |
| George Duke |
Jazz Musician |
12-Jan-1946 |
|
Jazz/Funk keyboardist |
| James C. Early |
Activist |
12-Jan-1947 |
|
Smithsonian Institution |
| Max Eastman |
Author |
12-Jan-1883 |
25-Mar-1969 |
Socialist writer, later embraced McCarthyism |
| Shirley Eaton |
Actor |
12-Jan-1937 |
|
Goldfinger |
| George Evans |
Politician |
12-Jan-1797 |
6-Apr-1867 |
US Senator from Maine, 1841-47 |
| James Farmer |
Activist |
12-Jan-1920 |
9-Jul-1999 |
Co-Founder, CORE |
| Morton Feldman |
Composer |
12-Jan-1926 |
3-Sep-1987 |
Coptic Light |
| Murphy J. Foster |
Politician |
12-Jan-1849 |
12-Jun-1921 |
Governor and Senator from Louisiana |
| Joe Frazier |
Boxing |
12-Jan-1944 |
7-Nov-2011 |
Smokin' Joe |
| François Girard |
Film Director |
12-Jan-1963 |
|
The Red Violin |
| Hermann Goering |
Military |
12-Jan-1893 |
15-Oct-1946 |
Founder of the Gestapo |
| Edward J. Gurney |
Politician |
12-Jan-1914 |
14-May-1996 |
US Senator from Florida, 1969-74 |
| Matthias Habich |
Actor |
12-Jan-1940 |
|
Enemy at the Gates |
| Ron Harper |
Actor |
12-Jan-1936 |
|
Garrison's Gorillas |
| Rachael Harris |
Actor |
12-Jan-1968 |
|
Notes from the Underbelly |
| Mary Harron |
Film Director |
12-Jan-1953 |
|
American Psycho |
| W. H. Helmerich III |
Business |
12-Jan-1923 |
|
Chairman of Helmerich & Payne |
| Jan Baptist van Helmont |
Chemist |
12-Jan-1580 |
30-Dec-1644 |
Recognized discrete gases |
| Walter Hendl |
Conductor |
12-Jan-1917 |
10-Apr-2007 |
Music Director, Dallas Symphony, 1949-58 |
| Robert T. Herres |
Military |
12-Jan-1932 |
24-Jul-2008 |
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1987-90 |
| Lloyd A. Karmeier |
Judge |
12-Jan-1940 |
|
Justice, Illinois Supreme Court |
| Patsy Kelly |
Actor |
12-Jan-1910 |
24-Sep-1981 |
Freaky Friday |
| Vendela Kirsebom |
Model |
12-Jan-1967 |
|
1993 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue |
| Amazing Kreskin |
Magician |
12-Jan-1935 |
|
Frequent guest mentallist on the Tonight Show |
| Émile Lahoud |
Head of State |
12-Jan-1936 |
|
President of Lebanon, 1998-2007 |
| John Lasseter |
Film Director |
12-Jan-1957 |
|
Toy Story |
| Andrew Lawrence |
Actor |
12-Jan-1988 |
|
Brotherly Love |
| Sheila Jackson Lee |
Politician |
12-Jan-1950 |
|
Congresswoman, Texas 18th |
| Étienne Lenoir |
Inventor |
12-Jan-1822 |
4-Aug-1900 |
Internal-combustion engine |
| Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz |
Poet |
12-Jan-1751 |
24-May-1792 |
Sturm und Drang movement |
| Emmanuel Levinas |
Philosopher |
12-Jan-1906 |
25-Dec-1995 |
Totality and Infinity |
| Joe E. Lewis |
Comic |
12-Jan-1902 |
4-Jun-1971 |
It's post time! |
| Jimmy John Liautaud |
Business |
12-Jan-1964 |
|
Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches |
| Rush Limbaugh |
Radio Personality |
12-Jan-1951 |
|
Conservative talk show host |
| Jack London |
Novelist |
12-Jan-1876 |
22-Nov-1916 |
Call of the Wild |
| Pixie Lott |
Singer |
12-Jan-1991 |
|
Mama Do |
| Katherine MacGregor |
Actor |
12-Jan-1925 |
|
Little House on the Prairie |
| Maharishi Mahesh Yogi |
Religion |
12-Jan-1917 |
5-Feb-2008 |
Transcendental meditation guru |
| Zayn Malik |
Singer |
12-Jan-1993 |
|
One Direction |
| Olivier Martinez |
Actor |
12-Jan-1966 |
|
Before Night Falls |
| Bob McEwen |
Politician |
12-Jan-1950 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1981-93 |
| Heather Mills |
Activist |
12-Jan-1968 |
|
Ex-wife of Paul McCartney |
| Richard Moll |
Actor |
12-Jan-1943 |
|
Bull from Night Court |
| Ferenc Molnár |
Playwright |
12-Jan-1878 |
1-Apr-1952 |
The Paul Street Boys |
| Walter Mosley |
Author |
12-Jan-1952 |
|
Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins mysteries |
| Paul H. Müller |
Scientist |
12-Jan-1899 |
12-Oct-1965 |
Synthesized DDT |
| Haruki Murakami |
Novelist |
12-Jan-1949 |
|
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle |
| Gustav Otto |
Business |
12-Jan-1883 |
28-Feb-1926 |
Founder of BMW and Flottweg AG |
| Charles Perrault |
Author |
12-Jan-1628 |
16-May-1703 |
Tales of Mother Goose |
| Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi |
Educator |
12-Jan-1746 |
17-Feb-1827 |
Swiss educational reformer |
| Oliver Platt |
Actor |
12-Jan-1960 |
|
Bartlet's lawyer on The West Wing |
| Ray Price |
Country Musician |
12-Jan-1926 |
|
The Cherokee Cowboy |
| Samuel Lowell Price |
Business |
12-Jan-1821 |
19-May-1887 |
The Price of Price Waterhouse Coopers |
| Raekwon |
Musician |
12-Jan-1968 |
|
Wu-Tang Clan and solo rapper |
| Luise Rainer |
Actor |
12-Jan-1910 |
|
German film actress |
| José de Ribera |
Painter |
12-Jan-1588 |
2-Sep-1652 |
Spanish-Neapolitan painter |
| Tex Ritter |
Country Musician |
12-Jan-1905 |
2-Jan-1974 |
You Two-Timed Me Once Too Often |
| Naya Rivera |
Actor |
12-Jan-1987 |
|
Santana Lopez on Glee |
| Zack de la Rocha |
Musician |
12-Jan-1970 |
|
Rage Against the Machine |
| Alfred Rosenberg |
Politician |
12-Jan-1893 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Nazi Minister for Occupied Territories |
| Will Rothhaar |
Actor |
12-Jan-1987 |
|
Mickey Kleinman on Listen Up |
| John Singer Sargent |
Painter |
12-Jan-1856 |
15-Apr-1925 |
American portraitist |
| Ricky Van Shelton |
Country Musician |
12-Jan-1952 |
|
Popular 80s country singer |
| Milton Sills |
Actor |
12-Jan-1882 |
15-Sep-1930 |
The Sea Hawk |
| Howard Stern |
Radio Personality |
12-Jan-1954 |
|
The King of All Media |
| Ray Teal |
Actor |
12-Jan-1902 |
2-Apr-1976 |
Sheriff Roy Coffee on Bonanza |
| Peter B. Teeley |
Diplomat |
12-Jan-1940 |
|
US Ambassador to Canada, 1992-93 |
| Karen Thurman |
Politician |
12-Jan-1951 |
|
Congresswoman from Florida, 1993-2003 |
| Francis Henry Underwood |
Author |
12-Jan-1825 |
7-Aug-1894 |
Quabbin: The Story of a Small Town |
| Wayne Wang |
Film Director |
12-Jan-1949 |
|
The Joy Luck Club |
| Ali Wentworth |
Actor |
12-Jan-1965 |
|
Elizabeth Goode on Head Case |
| Bob West |
Actor |
12-Jan-1959 |
|
Voice of Barney the Purple Dinosaur |
| Dominique Wilkins |
Basketball |
12-Jan-1960 |
|
NBA Hall of Famer |
| Dontrelle Willis |
Baseball |
12-Jan-1982 |
|
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher |
| John Winthrop |
Politician |
12-Jan-1588 |
26-Mar-1649 |
Governor of Massachusetts Colony |
| Glenn Yarbrough |
Singer |
12-Jan-1930 |
|
Lead singer, The Limeliters |
| Edward J. Zander |
Business |
12-Jan-1947 |
|
CEO of Motorola, 2004-07 |
| Rob Zombie |
Singer |
12-Jan-1965 |
|
Gravel-voiced White Zombie singer |
