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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gamal Abdel-Nasser
Head of State
15-Jan-1918 28-Sep-1970 President of Egypt, 1956-70
Arthur Glenn Andrews
Politician
15-Jan-1909 25-Sep-2008 Congressman from Alabama, 1965-67
William Beaudine
Film Director
15-Jan-1892 18-Mar-1970 Billy the Kid versus Dracula
Margaret Beckett
Government
15-Jan-1943   UK Foreign Secretary, 2006-07
Captain Beefheart
Singer
15-Jan-1941 17-Dec-2010 and His Magic Band
Max Beesley
Actor
15-Jan-1971   Glitter
Patricia Blair
Actor
15-Jan-1931   Rebecca on Daniel Boone
Mathew Brady
Photographer
15-Jan-1823 15-Jan-1896 Civil War photographer
Drew Brees
Football
15-Jan-1979   New Orleans Saints QB
Thierry Breton
Business
15-Jan-1955   CEO of France Telecom, 2002-05
Lloyd Bridges
Actor
15-Jan-1913 10-Mar-1998 Airplane!
Glen Browder
Politician
15-Jan-1943   Congressman from Alabama, 1989-97
Bonnie Burnard
Novelist
15-Jan-1945   A Good House
Margherita Buy
Actor
15-Jan-1962   Not of This World
Eddie Cahill
Actor
15-Jan-1978   Det. Don Flack on CSI: NY
Ray Chapman
Baseball
15-Jan-1891 17-Aug-1920 Fatally hit by pitch
Frank Conroy
Author
15-Jan-1936 6-Apr-2005 Stop-Time
Ivor Cutler
Poet
15-Jan-1923 3-Mar-2006 Glasgow Dreamer
Bob Davies
Basketball
15-Jan-1920 22-Apr-1990 Rochester Royals, Hall of Famer
Ron Davies
Singer/Songwriter
15-Jan-1946 30-Oct-2003 Southern singer/songwriter
Howie Day
Singer/Songwriter
15-Jan-1981   Stop All the World Now
Paul A. Dever
Politician
15-Jan-1903 11-Apr-1958 Governor of Massachusetts, 1949-53
Mathias Döpfner
Business
15-Jan-1963   CEO of Axel Springer AG
Young Dro
Rapper
15-Jan-1979   Best Thang Smokin'
Kenny Easley
Football
15-Jan-1959   Seattle Seahawks
Stuart Eizenstat
Diplomat
15-Jan-1943   US Ambassador to the EU, 1993-96
Mihai Eminescu
Poet
15-Jan-1850 15-Jun-1889 The greatest Romanian poet
Charles L. Evans
Economist
15-Jan-1958   President and CEO, Chicago Fed
Forest J. Farmer
Business
15-Jan-1941   Trillium Teamologies
Vince Foster
Attorney
15-Jan-1945 20-Jul-1993 Deputy White House Counsel for Clinton
Ernest J. Gaines
Novelist
15-Jan-1933   A Lesson Before Dying
Albert W. Gilchrist
Politician
15-Jan-1858 15-May-1926 Governor of Florida, 1909-13
Franz Grillparzer
Playwright
15-Jan-1791 21-Jan-1872 Der Traum, ein Leben
Andreas Gursky
Photographer
15-Jan-1955   99 Cent II Diptychon
Kent Hovind
Religion
15-Jan-1953   Creation Science evangelist
Rex Ingram
Film Director
15-Jan-1892 21-Jul-1950 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Adam Jones
Guitarist
15-Jan-1965   Lead guitarist for Tool
Curtis Kamman
Diplomat
15-Jan-1939   US Ambassador to Colombia, 1997-2000
Kelly Kelly
Wrestling
15-Jan-1987   Youngest WWE Diva
Martin Luther King
Activist
15-Jan-1929 4-Apr-1968 Pacifist civil rights activist
Regina King
Actor
15-Jan-1971   Jerry Maguire
Gene Krupa
Drummer
15-Jan-1909 16-Oct-1973 Pioneering drummer
Melvin J. Lasky
Journalist
15-Jan-1920 19-May-2004 Editor of journal Encounter
James Roderick Lilley
Diplomat
15-Jan-1928 12-Nov-2009 US Ambassador to China, 1989-91
Joanne Linville
Actor
15-Jan-1928   Gable and Lombard
Lisa Lisa
Singer
15-Jan-1967   Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
Chad Lowe
Actor
15-Jan-1968   Jesse McKenna on Life Goes On
Andrea Martin
Comic
15-Jan-1947   SCTV cast member, 1976-81
Wilhelm Marx
Head of State
15-Jan-1863 5-Aug-1946 German Chancellor 1923-25, 1926-28
Shane McMahon
Wrestling
15-Jan-1970   EVP Global Media of WWE
Michael J. Melloy
Judge
15-Jan-1948   8th Circuit Court of Appeals
Molière
Playwright
15-Jan-1622 17-Feb-1673 Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope
John Naisbitt
Author
15-Jan-1929   Megatrends
James Nesbitt
Actor
15-Jan-1965   Adam Williams on Cold Feet
Ivor Novello
Composer
15-Jan-1893 6-Mar-1951 Keep the Home Fires Burning
Margaret O'Brien
Actor
15-Jan-1937   Meet Me in St. Louis
John Cardinal O'Connor
Religion
15-Jan-1920 3-May-2000 Archbishop of New York, 1984-2000
Aristotle Onassis
Business
15-Jan-1906 15-Mar-1975 Greek shipping tycoon
Mary Pierce
Tennis
15-Jan-1975   Winner of 4 Grand Slam titles
Pitbull
Rapper
15-Jan-1981   M.I.A.M.I.
Linda Robinson
Journalist
15-Jan-1960   US News and World Report
Julian Sands
Actor
15-Jan-1958   Warlock
Elmore Y. Sarles
Politician
15-Jan-1859 14-Feb-1929 Governor of North Dakota, 1905-07
Maria Schell
Actor
15-Jan-1926 26-Apr-2005 The Heart of the Matter
Bruce Schneier
Computer Programmer
15-Jan-1964   Applied Cryptography
Fred C. Schwarz
Activist
15-Jan-1913 24-Jan-2009 Christian Anti-Communist Crusade
Michael Seater
Actor
15-Jan-1987   Life with Derek
Robert Silverberg
Novelist
15-Jan-1935   Nightwings
Skrillex
Electronic Musician
15-Jan-1988   Bangarang
Nathan Söderblom
Religion
15-Jan-1866 12-Jul-1931 Archbishop of Sweden
Frederick Arthur Stanley
Government
15-Jan-1841 14-Jun-1908 Hockey's Stanley Cup
Scott Stanzel
Government
15-Jan-1973   Deputy White House Press Secretary
Kobe Tai
Pornstar
15-Jan-1972   Hawaiian Blast
Edward Teller
Physicist
15-Jan-1908 9-Sep-2003 Father of the Hydrogen Bomb
Lewis Terman
Psychologist
15-Jan-1877 21-Dec-1956 Intelligence tests
Torin Thatcher
Actor
15-Jan-1905 4-Mar-1981 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Ernest Thesiger
Actor
15-Jan-1879 14-Jan-1961 Dr. Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein
Frank Thornton
Actor
15-Jan-1921   Are You Being Served?
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Historian
15-Jan-1914 26-Jan-2003 Historian fooled by fake Hitler diaries
Mario Van Peebles
Actor
15-Jan-1957   Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
Ronnie Van Zant
Musician
15-Jan-1948 20-Oct-1977 Frontman of Lynyrd Skynyrd
Artturi Virtanen
Chemist
15-Jan-1895 11-Nov-1973 AIV method of fodder preservation
Y. E. Yang
Golf
15-Jan-1972   Winner, 2009 PGA Championship
Cole Younger
Criminal
15-Jan-1844 21-Mar-1916 The brains of the James-Younger Gang




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