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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Norman H. Bangerter
Politician
4-Jan-1933   Governor of Utah, 1985-93
Sorrell Booke
Actor
4-Jan-1930 11-Feb-1994 Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard
Andy Borowitz
Comic
4-Jan-1958   The Borowitz Report
Louis Braille
Inventor
4-Jan-1809 6-Jan-1852 Reading system for the blind
William R. Brody
Educator
4-Jan-1944   President, Salk Institute
Grace Bumbry
Singer
4-Jan-1937   Operatic mezzo-soprano, then soprano
Cruz Bustamante
Politician
4-Jan-1953   California Lieutenant Governor, 1999-2007
Dyan Cannon
Actor
4-Jan-1937   Heaven Can Wait
Patrick Cassidy
Actor
4-Jan-1962   Son of Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones
Lauro F. Cavazos
Government
4-Jan-1927   US Secretary of Education, 1988-90
Eugene Chadbourne
Musician
4-Jan-1951   Avant-garde guitarist, banjoist
Alexander Chancellor
Editor
4-Jan-1940   Editor of The Spectator, 1975-84
William Colby
Spy
4-Jan-1920 27-Apr-1996 CIA Director, 1973-75
Arthur Conley
Musician
4-Jan-1946 17-Nov-2003 Sweet Soul Music
George P. Cosmatos
Film Director
4-Jan-1941 19-Apr-2005 Tombstone
Lee Curreri
Actor
4-Jan-1961   Bruno Martelli on Fame
Chris Cutler
Drummer
4-Jan-1947   Henry Cow
Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon
Artist
4-Jan-1747 27-Apr-1825 Napoleonic archaeologist
Paul G. Desmarais
Business
4-Jan-1927   CEO, Power Corporation of Canada, 1968-96
Everett Dirksen
Politician
4-Jan-1896 7-Sep-1969 US Senator from Illinois, 1951-69
Lurita Alexis Doan
Government
4-Jan-1958   General Services Administration
Joel Dorius
Educator
4-Jan-1919 14-Feb-2006 Professor fired for gay porn arrest
Dave Foley
Actor
4-Jan-1963   The Kids in the Hall
Matt Frewer
Actor
4-Jan-1958   Max Headroom
Michael Fumento
Author
4-Jan-1960   Conservative science writer
Slim Gaillard
Jazz Musician
4-Jan-1916 26-Feb-1991 Cee-ment mixer, put-ti put-ti
Beth Gibbons
Singer
4-Jan-1965   Trippy Portishead singer
Carter Glass
Politician
4-Jan-1858 28-May-1946 US Senator from Virginia, 1920-46
William J. Goebel
Politician
4-Jan-1856 3-Feb-1900 Kentucky Governor, assassinated
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Historian
4-Jan-1943   Team of Rivals
Leroy Grumman
Business
4-Jan-1895 4-Oct-1982 Co-Founder, Grumman Aircraft
Robin Guthrie
Guitarist
4-Jan-1962   Guitarist for Cocteau Twins
Tom Helmore
Actor
4-Jan-1904 12-Sep-1995 Vertigo
Trey Hillman
Baseball
4-Jan-1963   Manager, Kansas City Royals
Sterling Holloway
Actor
4-Jan-1905 22-Nov-1992 Voice of Winnie the Pooh
Jeph Howard
Bassist
4-Jan-1979   Bassist for The Used
Jerry J. Jasinowski
Business
4-Jan-1939   National Association of Manufacturers
Ed Jenkins
Politician
4-Jan-1933 1-Jan-2012 Congressman from Georgia, 1977-93
Dot Jones
Actor
4-Jan-1964   Shannon Beiste on Glee
Jill Marie Jones
Actor
4-Jan-1975   Toni Childs on Girlfriends
Brian D. Josephson
Physicist
4-Jan-1940   Discovered the Josephson Effect
Edwin S. Kneedler
Attorney
4-Jan-1946   Acting US Solicitor General, 2009
Till Lindemann
Singer
4-Jan-1963   Rammstein frontman
Patty Loveless
Country Musician
4-Jan-1957   "New traditionalist" country singer
Johnny Lujack
Football
4-Jan-1925   Winner, 1947 Heisman Trophy
Benjamin Lundy
Activist
4-Jan-1789 22-Aug-1839 The Genius of Universal Emancipation
Ann Magnuson
Actor
4-Jan-1956   Film actress, Bongwater vocalist
Charlie Manuel
Baseball
4-Jan-1944   Manager, Philadelphia Phillies
John McCone
Government
4-Jan-1902 14-Feb-1991 CIA Director, 1961-65
John McLaughlin
Jazz Musician
4-Jan-1942   Influential jazz/fusion guitarist
Joseph Morgan
Business
4-Jan-1780 23-Jul-1847 Patriarch of the Morgan family of millionaires
Diana E. Murphy
Judge
4-Jan-1934   8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Isaac Newton
Physicist
4-Jan-1643 31-Mar-1727 Father of the clockwork universe
Thomas T. Noguchi
Doctor
4-Jan-1927   Coroner to the Stars
Julia Ormond
Actor
4-Jan-1965   Sabrina
Joseph P. Overton
Activist
4-Jan-1960 30-Jun-2003 The Overton Window
Robert Parrish
Film Director
4-Jan-1916 4-Dec-1995 Casino Royale
Floyd Patterson
Boxing
4-Jan-1935 11-May-2006 Heavyweight champion at age 21
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Composer
4-Jan-1710 16-Mar-1736 La Serva Padrona
John Bennett Perry
Actor
4-Jan-1941   Fools Rush In
Sir Isaac Pitman
Inventor
4-Jan-1813 12-Jan-1897 Stenographic Soundhand
Steve Poizner
Government
4-Jan-1957   California Insurance Commissioner
Maureen Reagan
Relative
4-Jan-1941 8-Aug-2001 Daughter of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman
Willem P. Roelandts
Business
4-Jan-1945   CEO of Xilinx, 1996-2008
Darlie Routier
Criminal
4-Jan-1970   Death row babykiller with size EE breast implants
Barbara Rush
Actor
4-Jan-1927   The Young Philadelphians
Benjamin Rush
Politician
4-Jan-1746 19-Apr-1813 Signed Declaration of Independence
Carlos Saura
Film Director
4-Jan-1932   Cria Cuervos
Richard R. Schrock
Chemist
4-Jan-1945   Metathesis
Rudolf Schuster
Head of State
4-Jan-1934   President of Slovak Republic
David Shoenberg
Physicist
4-Jan-1911 10-Mar-2004 Physicist at Cambridge
Don Shula
Football
4-Jan-1930   Miami Dolphins coach
Peter Steele
Musician
4-Jan-1962 14-Apr-2010 Frontman for Type O Negative
Michael Stipe
Musician
4-Jan-1960   Lead singer of R.E.M.
Bernard Sumner
Musician
4-Jan-1956   New Order
Charles Thone
Politician
4-Jan-1924   Governor of Nebraska, 1979-83
David Toms
Golf
4-Jan-1967   Winner, 2001 PGA Championship
James Ussher
Religion
4-Jan-1581 20-Mar-1656 Old Testament chronologist
Vanity
Singer
4-Jan-1959   Lingerie-clad Prince protégé
Gianni Vattimo
Philosopher
4-Jan-1936   Postmodern philosopher
Edward Walker
TV Personality
4-Jan-1964   Interior decorator on Trading Spaces
Mike White
Football
4-Jan-1936   Fighting Illini Head Coach, 1980-87
Rob Wilson
Politician
4-Jan-1965   British MP, Reading East
April Winchell
Actor
4-Jan-1960   Voice of Clarabelle Cow
Edwin E. Witte
Economist
4-Jan-1887 20-May-1960 Father of Social Security
Gao Xingjian
Author
4-Jan-1940   Chinese expatriate, novelist
Charlyne Yi
Comic
4-Jan-1986   Dr. Park on House


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