Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Birdman of Alcatraz |
Criminal |
28-Jan-1890 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Subject of Burt Lancaster movie |
Alan Alda |
Actor |
28-Jan-1936 |
|
Capt. Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H |
Anna |
Royalty |
28-Jan-1693 |
17-Oct-1740 |
Tsarina of Russia, 1730-40 |
John Banner |
Actor |
28-Jan-1910 |
28-Jan-1973 |
Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes |
Lou Barletta |
Politician |
28-Jan-1956 |
|
Congressman, Pennsylvania 11th |
John Beck |
Actor |
28-Jan-1943 |
|
Mark Graison on Dallas |
Barbi Benton |
Model |
28-Jan-1950 |
|
Hee-Haw regular, 1971-76 |
Nabih Berri |
Politician |
28-Jan-1938 |
|
Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament |
Brian Bilbray |
Politician |
28-Jan-1951 |
|
Congressman, California 50th |
Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. |
Politician |
28-Jan-1932 |
|
Congressman from Virginia, 1981-2001 |
Peter Blute |
Politician |
28-Jan-1956 |
|
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1993-97 |
Mary Boland |
Actor |
28-Jan-1880 |
23-Jun-1965 |
Ruggles of Red Gap |
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli |
Doctor |
28-Jan-1608 |
31-Dec-1679 |
De motu animalium |
George S. Boutwell |
Politician |
28-Jan-1818 |
27-Feb-1905 |
Senator, Governor, US Treasury Secretary |
Lynda Boyd |
Actor |
28-Jan-1965 |
|
Rose Miller on Republic of Doyle |
Robert F. Brachtenbach |
Judge |
28-Jan-1931 |
2-May-2008 |
Justice, WA Supreme Court, 1972-94 |
R. Nicholas Burns |
Government |
28-Jan-1956 |
|
Under Secy of State for Political Affairs, 2005-08 |
Chris Carter |
Electronic Musician |
28-Jan-1953 |
|
Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosey |
Nick Carter |
Singer |
28-Jan-1980 |
|
The Backstreet Boys |
Pope Clement IX |
Religion |
28-Jan-1600 |
9-Dec-1669 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1667-69 |
Keith Hamilton Cobb |
Actor |
28-Jan-1962 |
|
Tyr Anasazi on Andromeda |
Robert L. Cochran |
Politician |
28-Jan-1886 |
23-Feb-1963 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1935-41 |
J. Cole |
Rapper |
28-Jan-1985 |
|
Cole World: The Sideline Story |
Colette |
Novelist |
28-Jan-1873 |
3-Aug-1954 |
Gigi |
Frank Darabont |
Film Director |
28-Jan-1959 |
|
The Shawshank Redemption |
Thomas J. Downey |
Politician |
28-Jan-1949 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1975-93 |
Jessica Ennis |
Track and Field |
28-Jan-1986 |
|
Heptathlete |
Joey Fatone |
Singer |
28-Jan-1977 |
|
Baritone of *NSYNC |
Glenn W. Ferguson |
Educator |
28-Jan-1929 |
20-Dec-2007 |
University president, Ambassador to Kenya |
Suzanne Flon |
Actor |
28-Jan-1918 |
15-Jun-2005 |
One Deadly Summer |
Justin Fox |
Author |
28-Jan-1964 |
|
The Myth of the Rational Market |
Fredi Gonzalez |
Baseball |
28-Jan-1964 |
|
Manager, Atlanta Braves |
Carlos Slim Helu |
Business |
28-Jan-1940 |
|
World's richest man, 2010 |
King Henry VII |
Royalty |
28-Jan-1457 |
21-Apr-1509 |
King of England, 1485-1509 |
Johannes Hevelius |
Astronomer |
28-Jan-1611 |
28-Jan-1687 |
Selenographia |
Robert W. Holley |
Scientist |
28-Jan-1922 |
11-Feb-1993 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
Susan Howard |
Actor |
28-Jan-1944 |
|
Donna Krebbs on Dallas |
Robert S. Ingersoll |
Diplomat |
28-Jan-1914 |
22-Aug-2010 |
CEO of Borg-Warner, 1958-72 |
Marthe Keller |
Actor |
28-Jan-1945 |
|
Fedora |
Hermann Kesten |
Novelist |
28-Jan-1900 |
1996 |
I, the King |
Vinod Khosla |
Business |
28-Jan-1955 |
|
Venture capitalist |
Harley Jane Kozak |
Actor |
28-Jan-1957 |
|
All I Want for Christmas |
Frank Launder |
Film Director |
28-Jan-1906 |
23-Feb-1997 |
The Belles of St. Trinian's |
Edward M. Liddy |
Business |
28-Jan-1946 |
|
Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice |
David Lodge |
Novelist |
28-Jan-1935 |
|
How Far Can You Go? |
Ernst Lubitsch |
Film Director |
28-Jan-1892 |
30-Nov-1947 |
To Be or Not To Be |
Alexander Mackenzie |
Head of State |
28-Jan-1822 |
17-Apr-1892 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1873-78 |
José Martí |
Activist |
28-Jan-1853 |
19-May-1895 |
Cuban hero |
Suehiro Maruo |
Artist |
28-Jan-1956 |
|
Planet of the Jap |
Sarah McLachlan |
Musician |
28-Jan-1968 |
|
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy |
Mike Moore |
Head of State |
28-Jan-1949 |
|
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1990 |
Kathryn Morris |
Actor |
28-Jan-1969 |
|
Lilly Rush on Cold Case |
DJ Muggs |
Disc Jockey |
28-Jan-1968 |
|
Cypress Hill |
Tom Neal |
Actor |
28-Jan-1914 |
7-Aug-1972 |
Detour |
Parry O'Brien |
Track and Field |
28-Jan-1932 |
21-Apr-2007 |
Revolutionized the shot put |
Claes Oldenburg |
Sculptor |
28-Jan-1929 |
|
Pop-Art sculptor |
John Perkins |
Activist |
28-Jan-1945 |
|
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man |
Sam Phillips |
Musician |
28-Jan-1962 |
|
Martinis and Bikinis |
Auguste Piccard |
Physicist |
28-Jan-1884 |
24-Mar-1962 |
First man in the stratosphere |
Jean Piccard |
Aviator |
28-Jan-1884 |
28-Jan-1963 |
Extreme balloonist |
Jackson Pollock |
Painter |
28-Jan-1912 |
11-Aug-1956 |
Abstract expressionist |
Gregg Popovich |
Basketball |
28-Jan-1949 |
|
Head Coach, San Antonio Spurs |
Nick Price |
Golf |
28-Jan-1957 |
|
Winner of 3 Majors |
Rakim |
Rapper |
28-Jan-1968 |
|
Eric B and Rakim |
Randi Rhodes |
Radio Personality |
28-Jan-1959 |
|
Liberal talk show host |
Mo Rocca |
Comic |
28-Jan-1969 |
|
Senior correspondent, The Daily Show |
Rick Ross |
Rapper |
28-Jan-1976 |
|
Port of Miami |
Artur Rubinstein |
Pianist |
28-Jan-1887 |
20-Dec-1982 |
Polish-American piano virtuoso |
Linda Sánchez |
Politician |
28-Jan-1969 |
|
Congresswoman, California 39th |
Marvin Sapp |
Singer |
28-Jan-1967 |
|
Gospel singer, Nothing Else Matters |
Nicolas Sarkozy |
Politician |
28-Jan-1955 |
|
President of France, 2007-12 |
Jeanne Shaheen |
Politician |
28-Jan-1947 |
|
US Senator from New Hampshire |
Dennis W. Shedd |
Judge |
28-Jan-1953 |
|
4th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Luther Simjian |
Inventor |
28-Jan-1905 |
23-Oct-1997 |
Invented automated teller machine |
Henry Morton Stanley |
Explorer |
28-Jan-1841 |
10-May-1904 |
Dr. Livingstone, I presume? |
Alfred Stevens |
Sculptor |
28-Jan-1818 |
1-May-1875 |
Monument to Wellington |
Charles Taylor |
Head of State |
28-Jan-1948 |
|
Former Liberian president, war criminal |
Bennie Thompson |
Politician |
28-Jan-1948 |
|
Congressman, Mississippi 2nd |
Peter G. Torkildsen |
Politician |
28-Jan-1958 |
|
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1993-97 |
Rick Warren |
Religion |
28-Jan-1954 |
|
The Purpose-Driven Life |
James Craig Watson |
Astronomer |
28-Jan-1838 |
23-Nov-1880 |
Claimed to discover the planet Vulcan |
Ariel Winter |
Actor |
28-Jan-1998 |
|
Alex Dunphy on Modern Family |
Louis Wolfson |
Business |
28-Jan-1912 |
30-Dec-2007 |
Business criminal, horse breeder |
Elijah Wood |
Actor |
28-Jan-1981 |
|
Frodo Baggins in Lord of the Rings |
Robert Wyatt |
Musician |
28-Jan-1945 |
|
Songcraftsman and outstanding beard farmer |