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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Banner
Actor
28-Jan-1910 28-Jan-1973 Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes
Thomas Bodley
Scholar
2-Mar-1545 28-Jan-1613 Bodleian Library
Joseph Brodsky
Poet
24-May-1940 28-Jan-1996 "Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate
Bryher
Novelist
2-Sep-1894 28-Jan-1983 The Fourteenth of October
Lloyd Bucher
Military
1-Sep-1927 28-Jan-2004 Commander of USS Pueblo
William Burke
Criminal
1792 28-Jan-1829 Cheap cadavers for science
Jim Capaldi
Drummer
24-Apr-1944 28-Jan-2005 Drummer/Songwriter for Traffic
Charlemagne
Royalty
c. 747 AD 28-Jan-814 AD Holy Roman Emperor
Morris Raphael Cohen
Philosopher
25-Jul-1880 28-Jan-1947 Reason and Nature
Mihály Csokonai Vitéz
Poet
17-Nov-1733 28-Jan-1805 Dorottya
Shelby M. Cullom
Politician
22-Nov-1829 28-Jan-1914 Governor and Senator from Illinois
Ferenc Deák
Politician
17-Oct-1803 28-Jan-1876 Architected Austria-Hungary union
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novelist
30-Oct-1821 28-Jan-1881 Crime and Punishment
Sir Francis Drake
Explorer
c. 1540 28-Jan-1596 Defeated Spanish Armada
Robert Drinan
Politician
15-Nov-1920 28-Jan-2007 Jesuit priest, Massachusetts Congressman
Joseph S. Farland
Diplomat
11-Aug-1914 28-Jan-2007 US Ambassador to Iran, 1972-73
John Farrow
Screenwriter
10-Feb-1904 28-Jan-1963 Around the World in Eighty Days
Frank Forde
Head of State
18-Jul-1890 28-Jan-1983 Prime Minister of Australia, 1945
Stephen Clark Foster
Politician
1820 28-Jan-1898 Thrice Mayor of Los Angeles
Klaus Fuchs
Spy
29-Dec-1911 28-Jan-1988 Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR
Rikki Fulton
Comic
15-Apr-1924 28-Jan-2004 Scotland's beloved comedian
Billy Fury
Musician
17-Apr-1941 28-Jan-1983 The Sound of Fury
George Gissing
Novelist
22-Nov-1857 28-Jan-1903 New Grub Street
Red Grange
Football
13-Jun-1903 28-Jan-1991 The Galloping Ghost
King Henry VIII
Royalty
28-Jun-1491 28-Jan-1547 King of England, 1509-47
Josephine Herbst
Novelist
5-Mar-1892 28-Jan-1969 Pity Is Not Enough
Johannes Hevelius
Astronomer
28-Jan-1611 28-Jan-1687 Selenographia
Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch
Football
17-Jun-1923 28-Jan-2004 LA Rams halfback 1949-57
Ludvig Holberg
Author
3-Dec-1684 28-Jan-1754 Founder of Danish literature
Zora Neale Hurston
Novelist
7-Jan-1891 28-Jan-1960 Their Eyes Were Watching God
Robert D. Joffe
Attorney
26-May-1943 28-Jan-2010 Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Erle C. Kenton
Film Director
1-Aug-1896 28-Jan-1980 House of Frankenstein
William Levitt
Business
11-Feb-1907 28-Jan-1994 Creator of Levittown
Astrid Lindgren
Author
14-Nov-1907 28-Jan-2002 Pippi Longstocking
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Politician
4-Jun-1867 28-Jan-1951 President of Finland, 1944-46
Christa McAuliffe
Astronaut
2-Sep-1948 28-Jan-1986 First teacher in space
Burt Mustin
Actor
8-Feb-1884 28-Jan-1977 Character actor, 1950s to 1970s
Pope Paul V
Religion
17-Sep-1552 28-Jan-1621 Roman Catholic Pope, 1605-21
Jean Piccard
Aviator
28-Jan-1884 28-Jan-1963 Extreme balloonist
Billy Powell
Musician
3-Jun-1952 28-Jan-2009 Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist
William H. Prescott
Historian
4-May-1796 28-Jan-1859 The Conquest of Mexico
Judith Resnik
Astronaut
5-Apr-1949 28-Jan-1986 Challenger astronaut
Geoffrey Rippon
Politician
28-May-1924 28-Jan-1997 Former MP, Hexham
George Saintsbury
Critic
23-Oct-1845 28-Jan-1933 A History of Criticism
James Scullin
Head of State
18-Sep-1876 28-Jan-1953 Prime Minister of Australia, 1929-32
Jerry Siegel
Author
17-Oct-1914 28-Jan-1996 Creator of Superman
Hal Smith
Actor
24-Aug-1916 28-Jan-1994 Prolific voice actor
Larry Smith
Football
12-Sep-1939 28-Jan-2008 Missouri Head Coach, 1994-2000
Adalbert Stifter
Author
23-Oct-1805 28-Jan-1868 Studien
John Philp Thompson
Business
2-Nov-1925 28-Jan-2003 CEO of 7-Eleven (Southland Corp.)
Donald B. Tresidder
Educator
7-Apr-1894 28-Jan-1948 President of Stanford University, 1943-48
Jacques Villeret
Actor
6-Feb-1951 28-Jan-2005 The Dinner Game
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Novelist
31-Aug-1844 28-Jan-1911 The Story of Avis
Wendell Wyatt
Politician
15-Jun-1917 28-Jan-2009 Congressman from Oregon, 1964-75
William Butler Yeats
Poet
13-Jun-1865 28-Jan-1939 The Land of Heart's Desire


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