Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
King Abdullah II |
Royalty |
30-Jan-1962 |
|
King of Jordan |
Peter Agre |
Biologist |
30-Jan-1949 |
|
Water channels of cell membranes |
Lloyd Alexander |
Novelist |
30-Jan-1924 |
17-May-2007 |
The Chronicles of Prydain |
Saul Alinsky |
Activist |
30-Jan-1909 |
12-Jun-1972 |
Rules for Radicals |
Forrest H. Anderson |
Politician |
30-Jan-1913 |
20-Jul-1989 |
Montana governor, committed suicide |
Michael Anderson |
Film Director |
30-Jan-1920 |
|
Logan's Run |
Prince of Asturias |
Royalty |
30-Jan-1968 |
|
Heir to the throne of Spain |
John Baldacci |
Politician |
30-Jan-1955 |
|
Governor of Maine, 2003-11 |
Christian Bale |
Actor |
30-Jan-1974 |
|
The Dark Knight |
Marty Balin |
Musician |
30-Jan-1942 |
|
Lead singer of Jefferson Airplane |
Nathaniel P. Banks |
Politician |
30-Jan-1816 |
1-Sep-1894 |
House Speaker, Governor of Massachusetts |
Carter T. Barron |
Business |
30-Jan-1905 |
16-Nov-1950 |
Washington advocate for the arts |
Gregory Benford |
Novelist |
30-Jan-1941 |
|
Physicist and author of Timescape |
F. H. Bradley |
Philosopher |
30-Jan-1846 |
18-Sep-1924 |
Appearance and Reality |
Richard Brautigan |
Author |
30-Jan-1935 |
14-Oct-1984 |
So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away |
Heidi Brühl |
Actor |
30-Jan-1941 |
8-Jun-1991 |
The Eiger Sanction |
Gelett Burgess |
Cartoonist |
30-Jan-1866 |
17-Sep-1951 |
Has never seen a purple cow |
Samuel Butler |
Scholar |
30-Jan-1774 |
4-Dec-1839 |
Headmaster of Shrewsbury School |
Samuel Byck |
Assassin |
30-Jan-1930 |
22-Feb-1974 |
Unsuccessful Nixon assassin |
Dick Cheney |
Politician |
30-Jan-1941 |
|
US Vice President, 2001-09 |
Phil Collins |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Jan-1951 |
|
Lead singer of Genesis |
Olivia Colman |
Actor |
30-Jan-1974 |
|
Sophie Chapman on Peep Show |
Peter Crouch |
Soccer |
30-Jan-1981 |
|
Liverpool FC, robot dancer |
Meir Dagan |
Spy |
30-Jan-1945 |
|
Chief of the Israeli Mossad, 2002-11 |
Walter Damrosch |
Conductor |
30-Jan-1862 |
22-Dec-1950 |
Conductor, popularizer of music |
Trevor Dunn |
Bassist |
30-Jan-1968 |
|
Mr. Bungle and Trio-Convulsant bassist |
Charles Dutton |
Actor |
30-Jan-1951 |
|
Roc |
Mark Eitzel |
Musician |
30-Jan-1959 |
|
Frontman for American Music Club |
Roy Eldridge |
Jazz Musician |
30-Jan-1911 |
26-Feb-1989 |
Swing-era jazz trumpeter |
Doug Engelbart |
Computer Programmer |
30-Jan-1925 |
|
Pioneer of human-computer interaction |
Floyd H. Flake |
Politician |
30-Jan-1945 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1987-97 |
Jack Germond |
Columnist |
30-Jan-1928 |
|
Fat Man in a Middle Seat |
Grandpa Jones |
Country Musician |
30-Jan-1914 |
19-Feb-1998 |
Old-time banjo picker and Hee-Haw comic |
Tammy Grimes |
Actor |
30-Jan-1934 |
|
The Unsinkable Molly Brown |
Lizzie Grubman |
Business |
30-Jan-1971 |
|
Celebrity publicist and SUV-wielder |
Gene Hackman |
Actor |
30-Jan-1930 |
|
The Conversation |
Jennifer Hale |
Actor |
30-Jan-1972 |
|
Sam on Totally Spies! |
Franz Ritter von Hauer |
Geologist |
30-Jan-1822 |
20-Mar-1899 |
Geological Map of Austro-Hungary |
Shirley Hazzard |
Novelist |
30-Jan-1931 |
|
The Transit of Venus |
Robert Hersant |
Publisher |
30-Jan-1920 |
21-Apr-1996 |
Le Papivore |
Martita Hunt |
Actor |
30-Jan-1899 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Great Expectations |
John Ireland |
Actor |
30-Jan-1914 |
21-Mar-1992 |
All the King's Men |
Tom Izzo |
Basketball |
30-Jan-1955 |
|
Head Coach, Michigan State |
Tom Jenkinson |
Electronic Musician |
30-Jan-1974 |
|
Squarepusher |
Davey Johnson |
Baseball |
30-Jan-1943 |
|
Manager, Washington Nationals |
Islam Karimov |
Head of State |
30-Jan-1938 |
|
President of Uzbekistan |
Rodd Keith |
Musician |
30-Jan-1937 |
15-Dec-1974 |
Legendary Song-Poem Composer |
Kid Cudi |
Rapper |
30-Jan-1984 |
|
Man on the Moon |
Carolyn D. King |
Judge |
30-Jan-1938 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Fred Korematsu |
Activist |
30-Jan-1919 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Opposed internment camps |
Mary Kay Letourneau |
Criminal |
30-Jan-1962 |
|
America's Favorite Sex Offender |
Livia Drusilla |
Royalty |
30-Jan-58 BC |
29 AD |
Roman Empress and intriguer |
Dorothy Malone |
Actor |
30-Jan-1925 |
|
Written on the Wind |
Delbert Mann |
Film Director |
30-Jan-1920 |
11-Nov-2007 |
That Touch of Mink |
Hugh Marlowe |
Actor |
30-Jan-1911 |
2-May-1982 |
Jim Matthews on Another World |
Steve Marriott |
Guitarist |
30-Jan-1947 |
20-Apr-1991 |
The Small Faces, Humble Pie |
Dick Martin |
Comic |
30-Jan-1922 |
24-May-2008 |
Laugh-In |
Thomas McCarthy |
Actor |
30-Jan-1966 |
|
The Station Agent |
John G. McCoy |
Business |
30-Jan-1913 |
4-Apr-2010 |
CEO of Bank One, 1958-84 |
Julie McCullough |
Actor |
30-Jan-1965 |
|
Playboy centerfold, actress |
Thomas J. Meskill |
Politician |
30-Jan-1928 |
29-Oct-2007 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1971-75 |
Dolores Michaels |
Actor |
30-Jan-1933 |
25-Sep-2001 |
Warlock |
Andy Milonakis |
Actor |
30-Jan-1976 |
|
The Andy Milonakis Show |
Frank O'Bannon |
Politician |
30-Jan-1930 |
13-Sep-2003 |
Governor of Indiana, 1997-2003 |
David Opatoshu |
Actor |
30-Jan-1918 |
30-Apr-1996 |
Raid on Entebbe |
Olof Palme |
Head of State |
30-Jan-1927 |
28-Feb-1986 |
Swedish Prime Minister, assassinated |
Harold Prince |
Theatre Producer |
30-Jan-1928 |
|
Broadway musical producer, 21 Tony awards |
John Profumo |
Politician |
30-Jan-1915 |
10-Mar-2006 |
Resigned House of Commons over an affair |
Vanessa Redgrave |
Actor |
30-Jan-1937 |
|
Julia |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Head of State |
30-Jan-1882 |
12-Apr-1945 |
US President during WWII |
Louis Rukeyser |
Talk Show Host |
30-Jan-1933 |
2-May-2006 |
Host of PBS's Wall $treet Week |
Emilio Segrè |
Physicist |
30-Jan-1905 |
22-Apr-1989 |
Co-Discoverer of the antiproton |
Arif Shakeel |
Business |
30-Jan-1955 |
|
CEO of Western Digital, 2005-07 |
Boris Spassky |
Chess Player |
30-Jan-1937 |
|
Grandmaster defeated by Bobby Fischer |
Norman H. Stahl |
Judge |
30-Jan-1931 |
|
1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1992-2001 |
Payne Stewart |
Golf |
30-Jan-1957 |
25-Oct-1999 |
Winner of the US Open, 1982 and 1999 |
Curtis Strange |
Golf |
30-Jan-1955 |
|
Winner of the US Open, 1988 and 1989 |
Edwin Vose Sumner |
Military |
30-Jan-1797 |
21-Mar-1863 |
Union Army General |
Lionel Tate |
Criminal |
30-Jan-1987 |
|
Florida's wrestling death teen |
Max Theiler |
Scientist |
30-Jan-1899 |
11-Aug-1972 |
Yellow fever vaccination |
Jake Thomas |
Actor |
30-Jan-1990 |
|
Matt on Lizzie McGuire |
Khleo Thomas |
Actor |
30-Jan-1989 |
|
Roll Bounce |
Keiichi Tsuchiya |
Auto Racing |
30-Jan-1956 |
|
The Drift King |
Barbara Tuchman |
Historian |
30-Jan-1912 |
6-Feb-1989 |
A Distant Mirror |
Wilmer Valderrama |
Actor |
30-Jan-1980 |
|
Fez on That 70's Show |
Jody Watley |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Jan-1959 |
|
Hasta la vista, baby |
David Wayne |
Actor |
30-Jan-1914 |
9-Feb-1995 |
The Andromeda Strain |
David R. Whitwam |
Business |
30-Jan-1942 |
|
CEO of Whirlpool, 1987-2004 |
Margaret Bush Wilson |
Activist |
30-Jan-1919 |
11-Aug-2009 |
NAACP Chairman, 1975-83 |
Frank Wolf |
Politician |
30-Jan-1939 |
|
Congressman, Virginia 10th |
Steven Zaillian |
Screenwriter |
30-Jan-1953 |
|
Schindler's List |