| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Norman H. Bangerter |
Politician |
4-Jan-1933 |
|
Governor of Utah, 1985-93 |
| Sorrell Booke |
Actor |
4-Jan-1930 |
11-Feb-1994 |
Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard |
| Andy Borowitz |
Comic |
4-Jan-1958 |
|
The Borowitz Report |
| Louis Braille |
Inventor |
4-Jan-1809 |
6-Jan-1852 |
Reading system for the blind |
| William R. Brody |
Educator |
4-Jan-1944 |
|
President, Salk Institute |
| Grace Bumbry |
Singer |
4-Jan-1937 |
|
Operatic mezzo-soprano, then soprano |
| Cruz Bustamante |
Politician |
4-Jan-1953 |
|
California Lieutenant Governor, 1999-2007 |
| Dyan Cannon |
Actor |
4-Jan-1937 |
|
Heaven Can Wait |
| Patrick Cassidy |
Actor |
4-Jan-1962 |
|
Son of Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones |
| Lauro F. Cavazos |
Government |
4-Jan-1927 |
|
US Secretary of Education, 1988-90 |
| Eugene Chadbourne |
Musician |
4-Jan-1951 |
|
Avant-garde guitarist, banjoist |
| Alexander Chancellor |
Editor |
4-Jan-1940 |
|
Editor of The Spectator, 1975-84 |
| William Colby |
Spy |
4-Jan-1920 |
27-Apr-1996 |
CIA Director, 1973-75 |
| Arthur Conley |
Musician |
4-Jan-1946 |
17-Nov-2003 |
Sweet Soul Music |
| George P. Cosmatos |
Film Director |
4-Jan-1941 |
19-Apr-2005 |
Tombstone |
| Lee Curreri |
Actor |
4-Jan-1961 |
|
Bruno Martelli on Fame |
| Chris Cutler |
Drummer |
4-Jan-1947 |
|
Henry Cow |
| Dominique Vivant, Baron Denon |
Artist |
4-Jan-1747 |
27-Apr-1825 |
Napoleonic archaeologist |
| Paul G. Desmarais |
Business |
4-Jan-1927 |
|
CEO, Power Corporation of Canada, 1968-96 |
| Everett Dirksen |
Politician |
4-Jan-1896 |
7-Sep-1969 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1951-69 |
| Lurita Alexis Doan |
Government |
4-Jan-1958 |
|
General Services Administration |
| Joel Dorius |
Educator |
4-Jan-1919 |
14-Feb-2006 |
Professor fired for gay porn arrest |
| Dave Foley |
Actor |
4-Jan-1963 |
|
The Kids in the Hall |
| Matt Frewer |
Actor |
4-Jan-1958 |
|
Max Headroom |
| Michael Fumento |
Author |
4-Jan-1960 |
|
Conservative science writer |
| Slim Gaillard |
Jazz Musician |
4-Jan-1916 |
26-Feb-1991 |
Cee-ment mixer, put-ti put-ti |
| Beth Gibbons |
Singer |
4-Jan-1965 |
|
Trippy Portishead singer |
| Carter Glass |
Politician |
4-Jan-1858 |
28-May-1946 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1920-46 |
| William J. Goebel |
Politician |
4-Jan-1856 |
3-Feb-1900 |
Kentucky Governor, assassinated |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin |
Historian |
4-Jan-1943 |
|
Team of Rivals |
| Leroy Grumman |
Business |
4-Jan-1895 |
4-Oct-1982 |
Co-Founder, Grumman Aircraft |
| Robin Guthrie |
Guitarist |
4-Jan-1962 |
|
Guitarist for Cocteau Twins |
| Tom Helmore |
Actor |
4-Jan-1904 |
12-Sep-1995 |
Vertigo |
| Trey Hillman |
Baseball |
4-Jan-1963 |
|
Manager, Kansas City Royals |
| Sterling Holloway |
Actor |
4-Jan-1905 |
22-Nov-1992 |
Voice of Winnie the Pooh |
| Jeph Howard |
Bassist |
4-Jan-1979 |
|
Bassist for The Used |
| Jerry J. Jasinowski |
Business |
4-Jan-1939 |
|
National Association of Manufacturers |
| Ed Jenkins |
Politician |
4-Jan-1933 |
1-Jan-2012 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1977-93 |
| Dot Jones |
Actor |
4-Jan-1964 |
|
Shannon Beiste on Glee |
| Jill Marie Jones |
Actor |
4-Jan-1975 |
|
Toni Childs on Girlfriends |
| Brian D. Josephson |
Physicist |
4-Jan-1940 |
|
Discovered the Josephson Effect |
| Edwin S. Kneedler |
Attorney |
4-Jan-1946 |
|
Acting US Solicitor General, 2009 |
| Till Lindemann |
Singer |
4-Jan-1963 |
|
Rammstein frontman |
| Patty Loveless |
Country Musician |
4-Jan-1957 |
|
"New traditionalist" country singer |
| Johnny Lujack |
Football |
4-Jan-1925 |
|
Winner, 1947 Heisman Trophy |
| Benjamin Lundy |
Activist |
4-Jan-1789 |
22-Aug-1839 |
The Genius of Universal Emancipation |
| Ann Magnuson |
Actor |
4-Jan-1956 |
|
Film actress, Bongwater vocalist |
| Charlie Manuel |
Baseball |
4-Jan-1944 |
|
Manager, Philadelphia Phillies |
| John McCone |
Government |
4-Jan-1902 |
14-Feb-1991 |
CIA Director, 1961-65 |
| John McLaughlin |
Jazz Musician |
4-Jan-1942 |
|
Influential jazz/fusion guitarist |
| Joseph Morgan |
Business |
4-Jan-1780 |
23-Jul-1847 |
Patriarch of the Morgan family of millionaires |
| Diana E. Murphy |
Judge |
4-Jan-1934 |
|
8th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Isaac Newton |
Physicist |
4-Jan-1643 |
31-Mar-1727 |
Father of the clockwork universe |
| Thomas T. Noguchi |
Doctor |
4-Jan-1927 |
|
Coroner to the Stars |
| Julia Ormond |
Actor |
4-Jan-1965 |
|
Sabrina |
| Joseph P. Overton |
Activist |
4-Jan-1960 |
30-Jun-2003 |
The Overton Window |
| Robert Parrish |
Film Director |
4-Jan-1916 |
4-Dec-1995 |
Casino Royale |
| Floyd Patterson |
Boxing |
4-Jan-1935 |
11-May-2006 |
Heavyweight champion at age 21 |
| Giovanni Battista Pergolesi |
Composer |
4-Jan-1710 |
16-Mar-1736 |
La Serva Padrona |
| John Bennett Perry |
Actor |
4-Jan-1941 |
|
Fools Rush In |
| Sir Isaac Pitman |
Inventor |
4-Jan-1813 |
12-Jan-1897 |
Stenographic Soundhand |
| Steve Poizner |
Government |
4-Jan-1957 |
|
California Insurance Commissioner |
| Maureen Reagan |
Relative |
4-Jan-1941 |
8-Aug-2001 |
Daughter of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman |
| Willem P. Roelandts |
Business |
4-Jan-1945 |
|
CEO of Xilinx, 1996-2008 |
| Darlie Routier |
Criminal |
4-Jan-1970 |
|
Death row babykiller with size EE breast implants |
| Barbara Rush |
Actor |
4-Jan-1927 |
|
The Young Philadelphians |
| Benjamin Rush |
Politician |
4-Jan-1746 |
19-Apr-1813 |
Signed Declaration of Independence |
| Carlos Saura |
Film Director |
4-Jan-1932 |
|
Cria Cuervos |
| Richard R. Schrock |
Chemist |
4-Jan-1945 |
|
Metathesis |
| Rudolf Schuster |
Head of State |
4-Jan-1934 |
|
President of Slovak Republic |
| David Shoenberg |
Physicist |
4-Jan-1911 |
10-Mar-2004 |
Physicist at Cambridge |
| Don Shula |
Football |
4-Jan-1930 |
|
Miami Dolphins coach |
| Peter Steele |
Musician |
4-Jan-1962 |
14-Apr-2010 |
Frontman for Type O Negative |
| Michael Stipe |
Musician |
4-Jan-1960 |
|
Lead singer of R.E.M. |
| Bernard Sumner |
Musician |
4-Jan-1956 |
|
New Order |
| Charles Thone |
Politician |
4-Jan-1924 |
|
Governor of Nebraska, 1979-83 |
| David Toms |
Golf |
4-Jan-1967 |
|
Winner, 2001 PGA Championship |
| James Ussher |
Religion |
4-Jan-1581 |
20-Mar-1656 |
Old Testament chronologist |
| Vanity |
Singer |
4-Jan-1959 |
|
Lingerie-clad Prince protégé |
| Gianni Vattimo |
Philosopher |
4-Jan-1936 |
|
Postmodern philosopher |
| Edward Walker |
TV Personality |
4-Jan-1964 |
|
Interior decorator on Trading Spaces |
| Mike White |
Football |
4-Jan-1936 |
|
Fighting Illini Head Coach, 1980-87 |
| Rob Wilson |
Politician |
4-Jan-1965 |
|
British MP, Reading East |
| April Winchell |
Actor |
4-Jan-1960 |
|
Voice of Clarabelle Cow |
| Edwin E. Witte |
Economist |
4-Jan-1887 |
20-May-1960 |
Father of Social Security |
| Gao Xingjian |
Author |
4-Jan-1940 |
|
Chinese expatriate, novelist |
| Charlyne Yi |
Comic |
4-Jan-1986 |
|
Dr. Park on House |
