Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |