| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Banner |
Actor |
28-Jan-1910 |
28-Jan-1973 |
Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes |
| Thomas Bodley |
Scholar |
2-Mar-1545 |
28-Jan-1613 |
Bodleian Library |
| Joseph Brodsky |
Poet |
24-May-1940 |
28-Jan-1996 |
"Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate |
| Bryher |
Novelist |
2-Sep-1894 |
28-Jan-1983 |
The Fourteenth of October |
| Lloyd Bucher |
Military |
1-Sep-1927 |
28-Jan-2004 |
Commander of USS Pueblo |
| William Burke |
Criminal |
1792 |
28-Jan-1829 |
Cheap cadavers for science |
| Jim Capaldi |
Drummer |
24-Apr-1944 |
28-Jan-2005 |
Drummer/Songwriter for Traffic |
| Charlemagne |
Royalty |
c. 747 AD |
28-Jan-814 AD |
Holy Roman Emperor |
| Morris Raphael Cohen |
Philosopher |
25-Jul-1880 |
28-Jan-1947 |
Reason and Nature |
| Mihály Csokonai Vitéz |
Poet |
17-Nov-1733 |
28-Jan-1805 |
Dorottya |
| Shelby M. Cullom |
Politician |
22-Nov-1829 |
28-Jan-1914 |
Governor and Senator from Illinois |
| Ferenc Deák |
Politician |
17-Oct-1803 |
28-Jan-1876 |
Architected Austria-Hungary union |
| Fyodor Dostoevsky |
Novelist |
30-Oct-1821 |
28-Jan-1881 |
Crime and Punishment |
| Sir Francis Drake |
Explorer |
c. 1540 |
28-Jan-1596 |
Defeated Spanish Armada |
| Robert Drinan |
Politician |
15-Nov-1920 |
28-Jan-2007 |
Jesuit priest, Massachusetts Congressman |
| Joseph S. Farland |
Diplomat |
11-Aug-1914 |
28-Jan-2007 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1972-73 |
| John Farrow |
Screenwriter |
10-Feb-1904 |
28-Jan-1963 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Frank Forde |
Head of State |
18-Jul-1890 |
28-Jan-1983 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1945 |
| Stephen Clark Foster |
Politician |
1820 |
28-Jan-1898 |
Thrice Mayor of Los Angeles |
| Klaus Fuchs |
Spy |
29-Dec-1911 |
28-Jan-1988 |
Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR |
| Rikki Fulton |
Comic |
15-Apr-1924 |
28-Jan-2004 |
Scotland's beloved comedian |
| Billy Fury |
Musician |
17-Apr-1941 |
28-Jan-1983 |
The Sound of Fury |
| George Gissing |
Novelist |
22-Nov-1857 |
28-Jan-1903 |
New Grub Street |
| Red Grange |
Football |
13-Jun-1903 |
28-Jan-1991 |
The Galloping Ghost |
| King Henry VIII |
Royalty |
28-Jun-1491 |
28-Jan-1547 |
King of England, 1509-47 |
| Josephine Herbst |
Novelist |
5-Mar-1892 |
28-Jan-1969 |
Pity Is Not Enough |
| Johannes Hevelius |
Astronomer |
28-Jan-1611 |
28-Jan-1687 |
Selenographia |
| Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch |
Football |
17-Jun-1923 |
28-Jan-2004 |
LA Rams halfback 1949-57 |
| Ludvig Holberg |
Author |
3-Dec-1684 |
28-Jan-1754 |
Founder of Danish literature |
| Zora Neale Hurston |
Novelist |
7-Jan-1891 |
28-Jan-1960 |
Their Eyes Were Watching God |
| Robert D. Joffe |
Attorney |
26-May-1943 |
28-Jan-2010 |
Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore |
| Erle C. Kenton |
Film Director |
1-Aug-1896 |
28-Jan-1980 |
House of Frankenstein |
| William Levitt |
Business |
11-Feb-1907 |
28-Jan-1994 |
Creator of Levittown |
| Astrid Lindgren |
Author |
14-Nov-1907 |
28-Jan-2002 |
Pippi Longstocking |
| Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim |
Politician |
4-Jun-1867 |
28-Jan-1951 |
President of Finland, 1944-46 |
| Christa McAuliffe |
Astronaut |
2-Sep-1948 |
28-Jan-1986 |
First teacher in space |
| Burt Mustin |
Actor |
8-Feb-1884 |
28-Jan-1977 |
Character actor, 1950s to 1970s |
| Pope Paul V |
Religion |
17-Sep-1552 |
28-Jan-1621 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1605-21 |
| Jean Piccard |
Aviator |
28-Jan-1884 |
28-Jan-1963 |
Extreme balloonist |
| Billy Powell |
Musician |
3-Jun-1952 |
28-Jan-2009 |
Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist |
| William H. Prescott |
Historian |
4-May-1796 |
28-Jan-1859 |
The Conquest of Mexico |
| Judith Resnik |
Astronaut |
5-Apr-1949 |
28-Jan-1986 |
Challenger astronaut |
| Geoffrey Rippon |
Politician |
28-May-1924 |
28-Jan-1997 |
Former MP, Hexham |
| George Saintsbury |
Critic |
23-Oct-1845 |
28-Jan-1933 |
A History of Criticism |
| James Scullin |
Head of State |
18-Sep-1876 |
28-Jan-1953 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1929-32 |
| Jerry Siegel |
Author |
17-Oct-1914 |
28-Jan-1996 |
Creator of Superman |
| Hal Smith |
Actor |
24-Aug-1916 |
28-Jan-1994 |
Prolific voice actor |
| Larry Smith |
Football |
12-Sep-1939 |
28-Jan-2008 |
Missouri Head Coach, 1994-2000 |
| Adalbert Stifter |
Author |
23-Oct-1805 |
28-Jan-1868 |
Studien |
| John Philp Thompson |
Business |
2-Nov-1925 |
28-Jan-2003 |
CEO of 7-Eleven (Southland Corp.) |
| Donald B. Tresidder |
Educator |
7-Apr-1894 |
28-Jan-1948 |
President of Stanford University, 1943-48 |
| Jacques Villeret |
Actor |
6-Feb-1951 |
28-Jan-2005 |
The Dinner Game |
| Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward |
Novelist |
31-Aug-1844 |
28-Jan-1911 |
The Story of Avis |
| Wendell Wyatt |
Politician |
15-Jun-1917 |
28-Jan-2009 |
Congressman from Oregon, 1964-75 |
| William Butler Yeats |
Poet |
13-Jun-1865 |
28-Jan-1939 |
The Land of Heart's Desire |
