Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |