LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Philip Danforth Armour	Business	16-May-1832	6-Jan-1901	Founder of Armour & Co.
Louis Braille	Inventor	4-Jan-1809	6-Jan-1852	Reading system for the blind
Fanny Burney	Novelist	13-Jun-1752	6-Jan-1840	Camilla
Emma Calvé	Singer	15-Aug-1858	6-Jan-1942	Operatic soprano, Carmen
Georg Cantor	Mathematician	3-Mar-1845	6-Jan-1918	Founder of set theory
Ian Charleson	Actor	11-Aug-1949	6-Jan-1990	Chariots of Fire
Pavel A. Cherenkov	Physicist	15-Jul-1904	6-Jan-1990	Cherenkov radiation
Richard Henry Dana	Author	1-Aug-1815	6-Jan-1882	Two Years Before the Mast
John Dennis	Critic	1657	6-Jan-1734	The Usefulness of the Stage
William J. Dyess	Diplomat	1-Aug-1929	6-Jan-1996	US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1982-83
Johann Augustus Eberhard	Philosopher	31-Aug-1739	6-Jan-1809	Neue Apologie des Socrates
Jim Fisk	Business	1-Apr-1834	6-Jan-1872	Business partner of Jay Gould
Victor Fleming	Film Director	23-Feb-1883	6-Jan-1949	Gone With the Wind
Philip Henslowe	Business	c. 1550	6-Jan-1616	Elizabethan theatrical manager
A. Lawrence Lowell	Educator	1-Jan-1856	6-Jan-1943	President, Harvard University, 1909-33
John D. MacArthur	Philanthropist	6-Mar-1897	6-Jan-1978	Philanthropist, MacArthur Foundation
Niall MacGinnis	Actor	29-Mar-1913	6-Jan-1977	49th Parallel
Noel Madison	Actor	30-Apr-1897	6-Jan-1975	American character actor
Don Martin	Artist	18-May-1931	6-Jan-2000	Mad Magazine artist
Gregor Mendel	Scientist	22-Jul-1822	6-Jan-1884	Discovered the laws of inheritance
Burt Munro	Engineer	25-Mar-1899	6-Jan-1978	Subject of biopic The World's Fastest Indian
Rudolf Nureyev	Dancer	17-Mar-1938	6-Jan-1993	Defected to France from Kirov Ballet
Bernard van Orley	Painter	1492	6-Jan-1542	Flemish Renaissance painter
Vladimir de Pachmann	Pianist	27-Jul-1848	6-Jan-1933	Histrionic Russian pianist, known for Chopin
Baldassarre Peruzzi	Architect	7-Mar-1481	6-Jan-1536	Sienese architect, quadratura painter
Wesley Powell	Politician	13-Oct-1915	6-Jan-1981	Governor of New Hampshire, 1959-63
Lou Rawls	Singer	1-Dec-1935	6-Jan-2006	Silky-voiced jazz/soul singer
John W. Reynolds	Politician	4-Apr-1921	6-Jan-2002	Governor of Wisconsin, 1963-65
Theodore Roosevelt	Head of State	27-Oct-1858	6-Jan-1919	26th US President, 1901-09
Julius Rosenwald	Business	12-Aug-1862	6-Jan-1932	Sears executive and Good Samaritan
Charlotte von Stein	Author	25-Dec-1742	6-Jan-1827	Friend of Goethe and Schiller
Slim Summerville	Actor	10-Jul-1892	6-Jan-1949	The Front Page
Ida M. Tarbell	Journalist	5-Nov-1857	6-Jan-1944	History of the Standard Oil Company
Hugh Thompson	Military	15-Apr-1943	6-Jan-2006	Stopped the My Lai massacre
Frank Tuttle	Film Director	6-Aug-1892	6-Jan-1963	This Gun for Hire
Don Tyson	Business	21-Apr-1930	6-Jan-2011	Tyson Foods
James E. Van Zandt	Politician	18-Dec-1898	6-Jan-1986	Congressman from Pennsylvania
Robert Welch	Activist	1-Dec-1899	6-Jan-1985	Founder, John Birch Society
Stark Young	Critic	11-Oct-1881	6-Jan-1963	So Red the Rose

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