Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Edward Abbey |
Author |
29-Jan-1927 |
14-Mar-1989 |
Desert Solitaire |
Robert J. Allison, Jr. |
Business |
29-Jan-1939 |
|
CEO of Anadarko Petroleum, 1979-2002 |
Kenneth Allsop |
Critic |
29-Jan-1920 |
23-May-1973 |
London Evening News book critic |
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber |
Composer |
29-Jan-1782 |
12-May-1871 |
La Muette de Portici |
Derek Bailey |
Guitarist |
29-Jan-1932 |
25-Dec-2005 |
Uncompromising guitar improvisationist |
Henry E. Bliss |
Curator |
29-Jan-1870 |
9-Aug-1955 |
Bliss Classification System |
Robert C. Bonner |
Government |
29-Jan-1942 |
|
Commissioner, US Customs Service, 2001-05 |
Linda B. Buck |
Biologist |
29-Jan-1947 |
|
Odorant receptors and olfactory organization |
Jack Burke, Jr. |
Golf |
29-Jan-1923 |
|
Winner, 1956 Masters and PGA Championship |
Edward Burns |
Actor |
29-Jan-1968 |
|
Saving Private Ryan |
William M. Butler |
Politician |
29-Jan-1861 |
29-Mar-1937 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1924-26 |
Gia Carangi |
Model |
29-Jan-1960 |
18-Nov-1986 |
Troubled supermodel, died from AIDS |
Anton J. Carlson |
Biologist |
29-Jan-1875 |
2-Sep-1956 |
The Machinery of the Body |
Sydney Chapman |
Mathematician |
29-Jan-1888 |
16-Jun-1970 |
Geomagnetism |
Paddy Chayefsky |
Playwright |
29-Jan-1923 |
1-Aug-1981 |
Network |
Albert Conti |
Actor |
29-Jan-1887 |
18-Jan-1967 |
American character actor |
Susan Coolidge |
Novelist |
29-Jan-1835 |
9-Apr-1905 |
What Katy Did |
Paul Coverdell |
Politician |
29-Jan-1939 |
18-Jul-2000 |
US Senator from Georgia, 1993-2000 |
Frederick Delius |
Composer |
29-Jan-1862 |
10-Jun-1934 |
Over the Hills and Far Away |
Martine Dennis |
Journalist |
29-Jan-1961 |
|
BBC World presenter |
Allen B. DuMont |
Inventor |
29-Jan-1901 |
14-Nov-1965 |
TV picture tube and TV network |
Paul J. Fannin |
Politician |
29-Jan-1907 |
13-Jan-2002 |
Governor and Senator from Arizona |
W. C. Fields |
Comic |
29-Jan-1880 |
25-Dec-1946 |
The Bank Dick |
John Forsythe |
Actor |
29-Jan-1918 |
1-Apr-2010 |
Blake Carrington on Dynasty |
Albert Gallatin |
Politician |
29-Jan-1761 |
12-Aug-1849 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-14 |
Walter F. George |
Politician |
29-Jan-1878 |
4-Aug-1957 |
US Senator from Georgia, 1922-57 |
Sara Gilbert |
Actor |
29-Jan-1975 |
|
Darlene on Roseanne |
Terry Goddard |
Politician |
29-Jan-1947 |
|
Attorney General of Arizona |
Heather Graham |
Actor |
29-Jan-1970 |
|
Rollergirl in Boogie Nights |
Germaine Greer |
Activist |
29-Jan-1939 |
|
Feminism Diva |
Noel Harrison |
Actor |
29-Jan-1934 |
|
The Best of Enemies |
Justin Hartley |
Actor |
29-Jan-1977 |
|
Fox Crane on Passions |
Dominik Hasek |
Hockey |
29-Jan-1965 |
|
Detroit Red Wings |
Christian Herter, Jr. |
Government |
29-Jan-1919 |
16-Sep-2007 |
First Chairman, New York Urban Coalition |
Monica Horan |
Actor |
29-Jan-1963 |
|
Everybody Loves Raymond |
John Callcott Horsley |
Painter |
29-Jan-1817 |
18-Oct-1903 |
Designed first Christmas card |
Sam Jaeger |
Actor |
29-Jan-1977 |
|
Joel Graham on Parenthood |
Thomas Jane |
Actor |
29-Jan-1969 |
|
The Sweetest Thing |
Ann Jillian |
Actor |
29-Jan-1951 |
|
Ellis Island |
Eddie Jordan |
Basketball |
29-Jan-1955 |
|
Retired NBA guard and coach |
Andrew Keegan |
Actor |
29-Jan-1979 |
|
Camp Nowhere |
Robert B. King |
Judge |
29-Jan-1940 |
|
4th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Terry Kinney |
Actor |
29-Jan-1954 |
|
Tim McManus on Oz |
Adam Lambert |
Singer |
29-Jan-1982 |
|
American Idol |
Benjamin J. Lambert III |
Politician |
29-Jan-1937 |
|
Virginia State Senate |
Bettye LaVette |
Singer |
29-Jan-1946 |
|
Soul/funk vocalist |
Leadbelly |
Guitarist |
29-Jan-1885 |
6-Dec-1949 |
Goodnight Irene |
Claudine Longet |
Musician |
29-Jan-1942 |
|
TV actress got 30 days for murder |
Greg Louganis |
Diver |
29-Jan-1960 |
|
Olympic diver, four gold medals |
Irlene Mandrell |
Country Musician |
29-Jan-1957 |
|
The Mandrell Sisters |
Alan Marshal |
Actor |
29-Jan-1909 |
13-Jul-1961 |
Night Must Fall |
Victor Mature |
Actor |
29-Jan-1913 |
4-Aug-1999 |
Samson and Delilah |
Archie Mayo |
Film Director |
29-Jan-1891 |
4-Dec-1968 |
The Adventures of Marco Polo |
Megan McArdle |
Blogger |
29-Jan-1973 |
|
Atlantic Monthly blogger |
William McKinley |
Head of State |
29-Jan-1843 |
14-Sep-1901 |
25th US President, 1897-1901 |
L. Jacques Ménard |
Business |
29-Jan-1946 |
|
Chairman, BMO Nesbitt Burns |
Leslie A. Miller |
Politician |
29-Jan-1886 |
29-Sep-1970 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1933-39 |
Friedrich Mohs |
Geologist |
29-Jan-1773 |
29-Sep-1839 |
Mohs Scale of Mineral Hardness |
Heidi Mueller |
Actor |
29-Jan-1982 |
|
Passions |
Barnett Newman |
Painter |
29-Jan-1905 |
4-Jul-1970 |
Abstract expressionist |
Luigi Nono |
Composer |
29-Jan-1924 |
8-May-1990 |
Il Canto Sospeso |
Judy Norton-Taylor |
Actor |
29-Jan-1958 |
|
The Waltons |
Soon-Tek Oh |
Actor |
29-Jan-1943 |
|
Frequently on M*A*S*H |
Sir James Outram |
Military |
29-Jan-1803 |
11-Mar-1863 |
Hero of the Indian Mutiny |
Kelly Packard |
Actor |
29-Jan-1975 |
|
April Giminski on Baywatch |
Thomas Paine |
Activist |
29-Jan-1737 |
8-Jun-1809 |
Common Sense |
John Raitt |
Actor |
29-Jan-1917 |
20-Feb-2005 |
Broadway actor |
Tommy Ramone |
Drummer |
29-Jan-1952 |
|
Original drummer for The Ramones |
Jason James Richter |
Actor |
29-Jan-1980 |
|
Free Willy |
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. |
Business |
29-Jan-1874 |
11-May-1960 |
Built Rockefeller Center |
Romain Rolland |
Novelist |
29-Jan-1866 |
30-Dec-1944 |
Jean-Christophe |
Romário |
Soccer |
29-Jan-1966 |
|
Football's 2nd highest scorer |
Katharine Ross |
Actor |
29-Jan-1940 |
|
Elaine Robinson in The Graduate |
Paul Ryan |
Politician |
29-Jan-1970 |
|
Congressman, Wisconsin 1st |
Abdus Salam |
Physicist |
29-Jan-1926 |
21-Nov-1996 |
Electroweak Theory |
Cristina Saralegui |
TV Personality |
29-Jan-1948 |
|
The Hispanic Oprah |
Kathryn Leigh Scott |
Actor |
29-Jan-1945 |
|
Maggie Evans on Dark Shadows |
Tom Selleck |
Actor |
29-Jan-1945 |
|
Magnum, P.I. |
Emory C. Swank |
Diplomat |
29-Jan-1922 |
3-Jun-2010 |
US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1970-73 |
Emanuel Swedenborg |
Philosopher |
29-Jan-1688 |
29-Mar-1772 |
Swedish scientist turned Christian mystic |
E. P. Taylor |
Business |
29-Jan-1901 |
14-May-1989 |
Brewer, Thoroughbred horse breeder |
Lee Terry |
Politician |
29-Jan-1962 |
|
Congressman, Nebraska 2nd |
J. G. Thirlwell |
Musician |
29-Jan-1960 |
|
Foetus |
Nicholas Turturro |
Actor |
29-Jan-1962 |
|
Detective Martinez on NYPD Blue |
Lew Urry |
Chemist |
29-Jan-1927 |
19-Oct-2004 |
Inventor of alkaline battery |
José Luis de Villalonga |
Actor |
29-Jan-1920 |
30-Aug-2007 |
Breakfast at Tiffany's |
Charlie Wilson |
Singer |
29-Jan-1953 |
|
R&B singer, The Gap Band |
Oprah Winfrey |
Talk Show Host |
29-Jan-1954 |
|
The Oprah Winfrey Show |