Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Morton I. Abramowitz |
Diplomat |
20-Jan-1933 |
|
US Ambassador to Turkey, 1989-91 |
Joy Adamson |
Naturalist |
20-Jan-1910 |
3-Jan-1980 |
Born Free |
Buzz Aldrin |
Astronaut |
20-Jan-1930 |
|
Second man on the Moon |
Leon Ames |
Actor |
20-Jan-1902 |
12-Oct-1993 |
Character actor, a SAG founder |
Ray Anthony |
Musician |
20-Jan-1922 |
|
Young Man With a Horn |
Roscoe Ates |
Actor |
20-Jan-1895 |
1-Mar-1962 |
The Champ |
Margaret Avery |
Actor |
20-Jan-1944 |
|
The Color Purple |
Tom Baker |
Actor |
20-Jan-1934 |
|
The Fourth Doctor Who |
Daniel Benzali |
Actor |
20-Jan-1950 |
|
Ted Hoffman on Murder One |
Shelley Berkley |
Politician |
20-Jan-1951 |
|
Congresswoman, Nevada 1st |
Rob Bourdon |
Drummer |
20-Jan-1979 |
|
Linkin Park drummer |
Herbert Bowden |
Politician |
20-Jan-1905 |
30-Apr-1994 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1964-66 |
David Josiah Brewer |
Judge |
20-Jan-1837 |
28-Mar-1910 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1890-1910 |
Joseph Buloff |
Actor |
20-Jan-1899 |
27-Feb-1985 |
Yiddish stage actor |
George Burns |
Comic |
20-Jan-1896 |
9-Mar-1996 |
Oh, God! |
Brett Butler |
Comic |
20-Jan-1958 |
|
Comedian with southern drawl |
Robert Olen Butler |
Author |
20-Jan-1945 |
|
A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain |
Ernesto Cardenal |
Poet |
20-Jan-1925 |
|
Liberation theologist, important Nicaraguan poet |
Rae Carruth |
Football |
20-Jan-1974 |
|
Carolina Panther murdered his girlfriend |
Charles III |
Royalty |
20-Jan-1716 |
14-Dec-1788 |
King of Spain, 1759-88 |
Colin Clive |
Actor |
20-Jan-1900 |
25-Jun-1937 |
Frankenstein |
Finlay Currie |
Actor |
20-Jan-1878 |
9-May-1968 |
Great Expectations |
Stacey Dash |
Actor |
20-Jan-1966 |
|
Dee Davenport on TV's Clueless |
James Denton |
Actor |
20-Jan-1963 |
|
Mike Delfino on Desperate Housewives |
Archie R. Dykes |
Educator |
20-Jan-1931 |
|
Former Chancellor, University of Kansas |
Mischa Elman |
Violinist |
20-Jan-1891 |
5-Apr-1967 |
Ukrainian-American violin prodigy |
Jeffrey E. Epstein |
Business |
20-Jan-1953 |
|
Reclusive money manager |
Federico Fellini |
Film Director |
20-Jan-1920 |
30-Oct-1993 |
La Dolce Vita |
Donald V. Fites |
Business |
20-Jan-1934 |
|
CEO of Caterpillar, 1990-99 |
Sam M. Gibbons |
Politician |
20-Jan-1920 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1963-97 |
Brantley Gilbert |
Country Musician |
20-Jan-1985 |
|
Halfway to Heaven |
David Girard-diCarlo |
Lobbyist |
20-Jan-1943 |
|
Lobbyist, US Ambassador to Austria |
Mark Gottfried |
Basketball |
20-Jan-1964 |
|
Head Coach, Alabama Crimson Tide |
Bill Griffith |
Cartoonist |
20-Jan-1944 |
|
Personal friend of Zippy The Pinhead |
Tommaso Grossi |
Poet |
20-Jan-1791 |
10-Dec-1853 |
The Lombards in the First Crusade |
Armando Guebuza |
Head of State |
20-Jan-1943 |
|
President of Mozambique |
Ozzie Guillen |
Baseball |
20-Jan-1964 |
|
Manager, Miami Marlins |
Nikki Haley |
Politician |
20-Jan-1972 |
|
Governor of South Carolina |
Harris L. Hartz |
Judge |
20-Jan-1947 |
|
10th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Lionel Hebert |
Golf |
20-Jan-1928 |
30-Dec-2000 |
Winner, 1957 PGA Championship |
Carol Heiss |
Figure Skating |
20-Jan-1940 |
|
Figure skater, Gold Medal in 1960 Olympics |
Johannes V. Jensen |
Author |
20-Jan-1873 |
25-Nov-1950 |
The Long Journey |
Arte Johnson |
Comic |
20-Jan-1929 |
|
Veddy interestink |
Anson Jones |
Politician |
20-Jan-1798 |
9-Jan-1858 |
President of Texas, committed suicide |
Piet Joubert |
Military |
20-Jan-1831 |
27-Mar-1900 |
Afrikaaner general, Boer War |
DeForest Kelley |
Actor |
20-Jan-1920 |
11-Jun-1999 |
Dr. McCoy on Star Trek |
Kerri Kenney |
Actor |
20-Jan-1970 |
|
Reno 911!, The State |
Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
Head of State |
20-Jan-1915 |
27-Oct-2006 |
President of Pakistan, 1988-93 |
Patrick Kroupa |
Author |
20-Jan-1968 |
|
Lord Digital of LOD, Mindvox |
Frank Kush |
Football |
20-Jan-1929 |
|
ASU Head Coach, 1958-79 |
Lorenzo Lamas |
Actor |
20-Jan-1958 |
|
Renegade |
David M. Lee |
Physicist |
20-Jan-1931 |
|
Superfluidity of helium-3 |
Richard Henry Lee |
Politician |
20-Jan-1732 |
19-Jun-1794 |
Author of the 10th Amendment |
David Lynch |
Film Director |
20-Jan-1946 |
|
Blue Velvet |
Bill Maher |
Talk Show Host |
20-Jan-1956 |
|
Politically Incorrect |
Edwin McCain |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-Jan-1970 |
|
I'll Be |
Rentaro Mikuni |
Actor |
20-Jan-1923 |
|
Kwaidan |
Julia Morgan |
Architect |
20-Jan-1872 |
2-Feb-1957 |
Designed Hearst Castle |
Sebastian Münster |
Cartographer |
20-Jan-1488 |
23-May-1552 |
Cosmographia Universalis |
John Naber |
Swimmer |
20-Jan-1956 |
|
Four Olympic Gold Medals in 1976 |
Patricia Neal |
Actor |
20-Jan-1926 |
8-Aug-2010 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
Alex Nicol |
Actor |
20-Jan-1916 |
29-Jul-2001 |
The Man from Laramie |
Marian P. Opala |
Judge |
20-Jan-1921 |
11-Oct-2010 |
Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1978-2010 |
Göran Persson |
Head of State |
20-Jan-1949 |
|
Prime Minister of Sweden, 1996-2006 |
Evan Peters |
Actor |
20-Jan-1987 |
|
Tate Langdon on American Horror Story |
Walter Piston |
Composer |
20-Jan-1894 |
12-Nov-1976 |
Symphony No. 3 |
Thomas G. Pownall |
Business |
20-Jan-1922 |
24-Jun-2005 |
CEO of Martin-Marietta, 1982-88 |
Dorothy Provine |
Actor |
20-Jan-1937 |
25-Apr-2010 |
The Roaring 20's |
?uestlove |
Drummer |
20-Jan-1971 |
|
Drummer for The Roots |
Melissa Rivers |
TV Personality |
20-Jan-1968 |
|
Daughter of Joan Rivers |
R. A. Salvatore |
Author |
20-Jan-1959 |
|
Created the dark elf Drizzt |
Lil' Scrappy |
Rapper |
20-Jan-1984 |
|
Head Bussa |
Cleon Skousen |
Activist |
20-Jan-1913 |
9-Jan-2006 |
The Naked Communist |
Paul Stanley |
Musician |
20-Jan-1952 |
|
Lead singer for Kiss |
Graham Stark |
Actor |
20-Jan-1922 |
|
The Return of the Pink Panther |
Eric Stewart |
Musician |
20-Jan-1945 |
|
Former 10cc frontman |
David Tudor |
Pianist |
20-Jan-1926 |
13-Aug-1996 |
Avant-garde concert pianist |
Skeet Ulrich |
Actor |
20-Jan-1970 |
|
Nobody's Baby |
Michael Ussery |
Diplomat |
20-Jan-1951 |
|
US Ambassador to Morocco, 1989-92 |
Norma Varden |
Actor |
20-Jan-1898 |
19-Jan-1989 |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
Frank B. Weeks |
Politician |
20-Jan-1854 |
2-Oct-1935 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1909-11 |
Roy Welensky |
Head of State |
20-Jan-1907 |
5-Dec-1991 |
Rhodesian Prime Minister, 1956-63 |
Slim Whitman |
Country Musician |
20-Jan-1924 |
|
Western singer, balladeer and yodeler |
Nathaniel Parker Willis |
Journalist |
20-Jan-1806 |
20-Jan-1867 |
Pencillings by the Way |
Rainn Wilson |
Actor |
20-Jan-1966 |
|
Dwight on The Office |
Will Wright |
Computer Programmer |
20-Jan-1960 |
|
Created SimCity, The Sims |
Will Young |
Singer |
20-Jan-1979 |
|
UK Pop Idol winner |
Fareed Zakaria |
Journalist |
20-Jan-1965 |
|
Time columnist |