| 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 |
| 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 |
| Edward Burns |
Actor |
29-Jan-1968 |
|
Saving Private Ryan |
| Gia Carangi |
Model |
29-Jan-1960 |
18-Nov-1986 |
Supermodel junkie, died of AIDS |
| Anton J. Carlson |
Biologist |
29-Jan-1875 |
2-Sep-1956 |
The Machinery of the Body |
| Paddy Chayefsky |
Playwright |
29-Jan-1923 |
1-Aug-1981 |
Network |
| 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 |
|
Blake Carrington on Dynasty |
| Albert Gallatin |
Politician |
29-Jan-1761 |
12-Aug-1849 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1801-14 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Thomas Jane |
Actor |
29-Jan-1969 |
|
The Sweetest Thing |
| Ann Jillian |
Actor |
29-Jan-1951 |
|
Ellis Island |
| Eddie Jordan |
Basketball |
29-Jan-1955 |
|
Head Coach, Washington Wizards |
| Andrew Keegan |
Actor |
29-Jan-1979 |
|
Camp Nowhere |
| Terry Kinney |
Actor |
29-Jan-1954 |
|
Tim McManus on Oz |
| 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 |
Swimmer/Diver |
29-Jan-1960 |
|
Olympic diver won four gold medals |
| Irlene Mandrell |
Country Musician |
29-Jan-1957 |
|
One of 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 |
| 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 |
| Heidi Mueller |
Actor |
29-Jan-1982 |
|
Passions |
| Barnett Newman |
Painter |
29-Jan-1905 |
3-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 |
| 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 |
| Tom Selleck |
Actor |
29-Jan-1945 |
|
Magnum, P.I. |
| Emory C. Swank |
Diplomat |
29-Jan-1922 |
|
US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1970-73 |
| Emanuel Swedenborg |
Philosopher |
29-Jan-1688 |
29-Mar-1772 |
Swedish scientist turned Christian mystic |
| 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 |
| José Luis de Villalonga |
Actor |
29-Jan-1920 |
30-Aug-2007 |
Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| Oprah Winfrey |
Talk Show Host |
29-Jan-1954 |
|
The Oprah Winfrey Show |
