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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Art Acord
Actor
17-Apr-1890 4-Jan-1931 Cowboy actor
Ira Allen
Military
21-Apr-1751 4-Jan-1814 Founder of the University of Vermont
Lew Allen, Jr.
Military
30-Sep-1925 4-Jan-2010 Director of the NSA, 1973-77
John Anderson
Politician
8-Jul-1882 4-Jan-1958 Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1943-45
Henri Bergson
Philosopher
18-Oct-1859 4-Jan-1941 L'Évolution Créatrice
Les Brown
Musician
14-Mar-1912 4-Jan-2001 Les Brown and his Band of Renown
Albert Camus
Novelist
7-Nov-1913 4-Jan-1960 French author and Nobel laureate
Charles, duc d'Orléans
Poet
24-Nov-1394 4-Jan-1465 Medieval French courtly poet
Iron Eyes Cody
Actor
3-Apr-1904 4-Jan-1999 Keep America Beautiful
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers
Sculptor
12-Mar-1789 4-Jan-1856 Sculpted pediment of the Panthéon
Guy Davenport
Author
23-Nov-1927 4-Jan-2005 Thasos and Ohio
John William Draper
Chemist
5-May-1811 4-Jan-1882 Radiant energy and portrait photography
Edward the Confessor
Royalty
c. 1004 4-Jan-1066 King of England, 1042-66
T. S. Eliot
Poet
26-Sep-1888 4-Jan-1965 Author of "The Waste Land"
Tom Fears
Football
3-Dec-1922 4-Jan-2000 NFL Hall of Fame Wide Receiver
Bob Flanagan
Performance Artist
27-Dec-1952 4-Jan-1996 Supermasochist
Harry Fowler
Actor
10-Dec-1926 4-Jan-2012 Cpl. Hoskins on The Army Game
T. R. Fraser
Scientist
5-Feb-1841 4-Jan-1920 Made poison and venom into medicine
Stephen Hales
Scientist
7-Sep-1677 4-Jan-1761 Statical Essays
Robert Heilbroner
Economist
24-Mar-1919 4-Jan-2005 The Worldly Philosophers
Harry Helmsley
Business
4-Mar-1909 4-Jan-1997 Hotel magnate
Christopher Isherwood
Author
26-Aug-1904 4-Jan-1986 The Berlin Stories
Hans Heinrich Lammers
Government
27-May-1879 4-Jan-1962 Chief of the Reich Chancellery
Phil Lynott
Singer/Songwriter
20-Aug-1949 4-Jan-1986 Founder of Thin Lizzy
Eduardo Mata
Conductor
5-Sep-1942 4-Jan-1995 Music Director, Dallas Symphony, 1977-93
Moses Mendelssohn
Philosopher
26-Sep-1729 4-Jan-1786 Brilliant German-Jewish philosopher
Rudolph Minkowski
Astronomer
28-May-1895 4-Jan-1976 Galaxies in collision
S. Weir Mitchell
Novelist
15-Feb-1829 4-Jan-1914 The Case of George Dedlow
Erwin Schrödinger
Physicist
12-Aug-1887 4-Jan-1961 Schrödinger's wave equation
John Walter Scott
Stamp Collector
2-Nov-1845 4-Jan-1919 Father of American Philately
Otis Skinner
Actor
28-Jun-1858 4-Jan-1942 American stage actor
John Toland
Historian
29-Jun-1912 4-Jan-2004 The Rising Sun
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Business
27-May-1794 4-Jan-1877 Robber baron, richest man in the United States
Georg von Hertling
Head of State
31-Aug-1843 4-Jan-1919 German Chancellor 1917-18


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