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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Sherman Adams
Government
8-Jan-1899 27-Oct-1986 Eisenhower's Chief of Staff
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Painter
8-Jan-1836 25-Jun-1912 Classicist painter
Peter Arno
Cartoonist
8-Jan-1904 22-Feb-1968 The New Yorker
Emily Greene Balch
Activist
8-Jan-1867 9-Jan-1961 Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient
Rod Barnes
Basketball
8-Jan-1966   Georgia State Head Coach
Charlie Bass
Politician
8-Jan-1952   Congressman, New Hampshire 2nd
Shirley Bassey
Singer
8-Jan-1937   Goldfinger
Amber Benson
Actor
8-Jan-1977   Tara Maclay on Buffy
Nicholas Biddle
Business
8-Jan-1786 27-Feb-1844 Second Bank of the United States
Albert Bierstadt
Painter
8-Jan-1830 18-Feb-1902 Western landscape painter
Walther Bothe
Physicist
8-Jan-1891 8-Feb-1957 Coincidence method
David Bowie
Singer/Songwriter
8-Jan-1947   Ziggy Stardust
David F. Bradford
Economist
8-Jan-1939 22-Feb-2005 Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93
Scott A. Brister
Judge
8-Jan-1955   Justice, Texas Supreme Court
Terry Brooks
Author
8-Jan-1944   The Shannara series
Hans von Bülow
Conductor
8-Jan-1830 12-Feb-1894 German conductor, proponent of Wagner
Walter S. Carpenter, Jr.
Business
8-Jan-1888 1976 President of DuPont, 1940-48
Graham Chapman
Comic
8-Jan-1941 4-Oct-1989 Monty Python's King Arthur
DJ Clue
Disc Jockey
8-Jan-1975   Mixtape DJ and Desert Storm label founder
Wilkie Collins
Novelist
8-Jan-1824 23-Dec-1889 The Moonstone
Genevieve Cortese
Actor
8-Jan-1981   Kris Furillo on Wildfire
Richard Cromwell
Actor
8-Jan-1920 11-Oct-1960 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
John Curtin
Head of State
8-Jan-1885 5-Jul-1945 Prime Minister of Australia, 1941-45
Walter Diemer
Business
8-Jan-1905 8-Jan-1998 Invented bubble gum
Ami Dolenz
Actor
8-Jan-1969   She's Out of Control
Frank Doubleday
Business
8-Jan-1862 30-Jan-1934 Publisher
Frank W. Dyson
Astronomer
8-Jan-1868 25-May-1939 Six pips on the BBC
Bob Eubanks
Game Show Host
8-Jan-1938   The Newlywed Game
Jose Ferrer
Actor
8-Jan-1909 26-Jan-1992 The Caine Mutiny
Michelle Forbes
Actor
8-Jan-1965   Dr. Julianna Cox on Homicide
wiL Francis
Singer
8-Jan-1982   Lead singer of Aiden
Joan Freeman
Actor
8-Jan-1942   Panic in Year Zero!
Sid Ganis
Film/TV Producer
8-Jan-1940   Paramount, Columbia Pictures Executive
David Gates
Novelist
8-Jan-1947   Jernigan
Jason Giambi
Baseball
8-Jan-1971   Big-league slugger who admitted using steroids
Bill Gordon
Astronomer
8-Jan-1918 16-Feb-2010 Designed Arecibo radio telescope
Slade Gorton
Politician
8-Jan-1928   US Senator from Washington, 1981-2001
Bill Graham
Business
8-Jan-1931 25-Oct-1991 Rock & roll promoter
Harriet Sansom Harris
Actor
8-Jan-1955   Thoroughly Modern Millie
William Hartnell
Actor
8-Jan-1908 23-Apr-1975 The First Doctor Who
Stephen Hawking
Physicist
8-Jan-1942   Wheelchair-bound physicist
H. Robert Heller
Economist
8-Jan-1940   Federal Reserve Governor, 1986-89
Dennis R. Hendrix
Business
8-Jan-1940   Chairman of PanEnergy, 1990-97
Gaby Hoffmann
Actor
8-Jan-1982   Field of Dreams
Patrick J. Hurley
Military
8-Jan-1883 30-Jul-1963 US Secretary of War, 1929-33
Saeed Jaffrey
Actor
8-Jan-1929   My Beautiful Laundrette
Storm Jameson
Novelist
8-Jan-1891 1986 The Pot Boils
R. Kelly
Musician
8-Jan-1967   Trapped In The Closet
Roy Kinnear
Actor
8-Jan-1934 20-Sep-1988 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Willard M. Kiplinger
Journalist
8-Jan-1891 6-Aug-1967 Kiplinger Washington Editors
Junichiro Koizumi
Head of State
8-Jan-1942   Prime Minister of Japan, 2001-06
Robby Krieger
Guitarist
8-Jan-1946   Guitarist for The Doors
Lewis Lapham
Editor
8-Jan-1935   Editor Emeritus, Harper's
Jenny Lewis
Actor
8-Jan-1976   Katie Monahan on Brooklyn Bridge
James Longstreet
Military
8-Jan-1821 2-Jan-1904 Confederate Army General
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
Magician
8-Jan-1854 20-Nov-1918 Founder of The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn
Scott M. Matheson
Politician
8-Jan-1929 7-Oct-1990 Governor of Utah, 1977-85
Kerwin Mathews
Actor
8-Jan-1926 5-Jul-2007 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
John McTiernan
Film Director
8-Jan-1951   The Hunt for Red October
Josh Meyers
Actor
8-Jan-1976   MADtv
Richard M. Miles
Diplomat
8-Jan-1937   Former US Ambassador to Georgia, Bulgaria
Yvette Mimieux
Actor
8-Jan-1942   Where the Boys Are
Ron Moody
Actor
8-Jan-1924   Fagin in Oliver Twist
Matt Moore
Actor
8-Jan-1888 20-Jan-1960 Irish-American character actor
John G. Neihardt
Poet
8-Jan-1881 3-Nov-1973 A Cycle of the West
Kojo Nnamdi
Radio Personality
8-Jan-1945   The Politics Hour
Charles Osgood
Journalist
8-Jan-1933   CBS News Sunday Morning
Sean Paul
Disc Jockey
8-Jan-1973   DJ and Jamaican Dancehall star
Conrad Pellicanus
Religion
8-Jan-1478 6-Apr-1556 Zwinglian theologian
Maria Pitillo
Actor
8-Jan-1966   Tina Calcatera on Providence
Sarah Polley
Actor
8-Jan-1979   Road to Avonlea
Richard Pombo
Politician
8-Jan-1961   Congressman from California, 1993-2007
Elvis Presley
Singer
8-Jan-1935 16-Aug-1977 Rock and roll icon
Wolfgang Puck
Chef
8-Jan-1949   Spago restaurant
Mel Reynolds
Politician
8-Jan-1952   Congressman from Illinois, 1993-95
Sam Riley
Actor
8-Jan-1980   Control
Alexandra Ripley
Author
8-Jan-1934 10-Jan-2004 Scarlett
John Selden Roane
Politician
8-Jan-1817 8-Apr-1867 Governor of Arkansas, 1849-52
Carl Rogers
Psychologist
8-Jan-1902 4-Feb-1987 Non-directive theory of psychology
Soupy Sales
Comic
8-Jan-1926 22-Oct-2009 Inveterate pie thrower
Anatoliy Serdyukov
Government
8-Jan-1962   Russian Defense Minister
Henrik Shipstead
Politician
8-Jan-1881 26-Jun-1960 US Senator from Minnesota, 1923-47
John C. Spencer
Politician
8-Jan-1788 18-May-1855 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1843-44
Larry Storch
Actor
8-Jan-1923   Corporal Agarn on F Troop
Bob Taft
Politician
8-Jan-1942   Governor of Ohio, 1999-2007
Peter Taylor
Author
8-Jan-1917 2-Nov-1994 A Summons to Memphis
Sigismond Thalberg
Pianist
8-Jan-1812 27-Apr-1871 Virtuoso pianist
Kim Jong Un
Head of State
8-Jan-1984   Great Successor
Boris Vallejo
Painter
8-Jan-1941   Fantasy artist
Sander Vanocur
Journalist
8-Jan-1928   ABC and NBC correspondent
Alfred Russel Wallace
Naturalist
8-Jan-1823 7-Nov-1913 Co-Discovered Theory of Evolution
Lawrence E. Walsh
Government
8-Jan-1912   Independent Prosecutor for Iran-Contra
Laurie Walters
Actor
8-Jan-1947   Joannie Bradford on Eight Is Enough
Gouverneur Kemble Warren
Military
8-Jan-1830 8-Aug-1882 Union Army General
Joseph Weizenbaum
Computer Programmer
8-Jan-1923 5-Mar-2008 ELIZA
Douglas Wilmer
Actor
8-Jan-1920   Sherlock Holmes
May Wynn
Actor
8-Jan-1928   The Caine Mutiny
Xzibit
Rapper
8-Jan-1974   Pimp My Ride
Kevin Yoder
Politician
8-Jan-1976   Congressman, Kansas 3rd
Dona D. Young
Business
8-Jan-1954   CEO of Phoenix Companies


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