| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Charles Francis Adams IV |
Business |
2-May-1910 |
5-Jan-1999 |
Former president of Raytheon |
| Momofuku Ando |
Business |
5-Mar-1910 |
5-Jan-2007 |
Inventor of instant noodle soup |
| David Bates |
Astronomer |
18-Nov-1916 |
5-Jan-1994 |
Atmospheric and interstellar physics |
| Griffin Bell |
Government |
31-Oct-1918 |
5-Jan-2009 |
US Attorney General, 1977-79 |
| Sonny Bono |
Singer |
16-Feb-1935 |
5-Jan-1998 |
Moustached half of Sonny and Cher |
| Max Born |
Physicist |
11-Dec-1882 |
5-Jan-1970 |
Pioneer of quantum mechanics |
| George Washington Carver |
Botanist |
c. 1860 |
5-Jan-1943 |
Crop rotation and peanut butter |
| Hans Conried |
Actor |
15-Apr-1917 |
5-Jan-1982 |
Character actor, 1930s to 1970s |
| Calvin Coolidge |
Head of State |
4-Jul-1872 |
5-Jan-1933 |
30th US President, 1923-29 |
| Catherine de Medici |
Royalty |
13-Apr-1519 |
5-Jan-1589 |
De facto ruler of France, 1547-59 |
| Sally Eilers |
Actor |
11-Dec-1908 |
5-Jan-1978 |
Coroner Creek |
| Elizabeth |
Royalty |
29-Dec-1709 |
5-Jan-1762 |
Tsarina of Russia, 1741-62 |
| Massimo Girotti |
Actor |
18-May-1918 |
5-Jan-2003 |
Facing Windows |
| Norman G. Heatley |
Scientist |
10-Jan-1911 |
5-Jan-2004 |
Isolated penicillin |
| Rogers Hornsby |
Baseball |
27-Apr-1896 |
5-Jan-1963 |
The Raj |
| Roy Jenkins |
Politician |
11-Nov-1920 |
5-Jan-2003 |
Twice UK Home Secretary |
| Arthur Kennedy |
Actor |
17-Feb-1914 |
5-Jan-1990 |
The Man from Laramie |
| Jean Kerr |
Author |
10-Jul-1922 |
5-Jan-2003 |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies |
| Lincoln Kirstein |
Author |
4-May-1907 |
5-Jan-1996 |
Co-Founder, New York City Ballet |
| Burton Lane |
Composer |
2-Feb-1912 |
5-Jan-1997 |
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
| Harvey Lembeck |
Actor |
15-Apr-1923 |
5-Jan-1982 |
Cpl. Barbella on The Phil Silvers Show |
| Pete Maravich |
Basketball |
22-Jun-1947 |
5-Jan-1988 |
New Orleans Jazz shooter |
| Tug McGraw |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1944 |
5-Jan-2004 |
Pitcher for Mets, Phillies |
| Charles Mingus |
Jazz Musician |
22-Apr-1922 |
5-Jan-1979 |
Jazz bassist and legendary composer |
| Charles Nagel |
Government |
9-Aug-1849 |
5-Jan-1940 |
US Secy. of Commerce & Labor, 1909-13 |
| Tip O'Neill |
Politician |
9-Dec-1912 |
5-Jan-1994 |
Speaker of the House, 1977-87 |
| Merlyn Rees |
Politician |
18-Dec-1920 |
5-Jan-2006 |
UK Home Secretary, 1976-79 |
| Mary Rowlandson |
Author |
c. 1635 |
5-Jan-1711 |
Narrative of the Captivity |
| Ernest Shackleton |
Explorer |
15-Feb-1874 |
5-Jan-1922 |
Antarctic explorer |
| Thomas Spalding |
Agriculturalist |
26-Mar-1774 |
5-Jan-1851 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1805-06 |
| Danny Sugerman |
Author |
11-Oct-1954 |
5-Jan-2005 |
Manager/Biographer for The Doors |
| Harold C. Urey |
Chemist |
29-Apr-1893 |
5-Jan-1981 |
Discovered Deuterium |
| Francis A. Walker |
Economist |
2-Jul-1840 |
5-Jan-1897 |
The Wages Question |
| Léon Walras |
Economist |
16-Dec-1834 |
5-Jan-1910 |
Founded the marginalist school of economics |