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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Morton I. Abramowitz
Diplomat
20-Jan-1933   US Ambassador to Turkey, 1989-91
Joy Adamson
Naturalist
20-Jan-1910 3-Jan-1980 Born Free
Buzz Aldrin
Astronaut
20-Jan-1930   Second man on the Moon
Leon Ames
Actor
20-Jan-1902 12-Oct-1993 Character actor, a SAG founder
Ray Anthony
Musician
20-Jan-1922   Young Man With a Horn
Roscoe Ates
Actor
20-Jan-1895 1-Mar-1962 The Champ
Margaret Avery
Actor
20-Jan-1944   The Color Purple
Tom Baker
Actor
20-Jan-1934   The Fourth Doctor Who
Daniel Benzali
Actor
20-Jan-1950   Ted Hoffman on Murder One
Shelley Berkley
Politician
20-Jan-1951   Congresswoman, Nevada 1st
Rob Bourdon
Drummer
20-Jan-1979   Linkin Park drummer
Herbert Bowden
Politician
20-Jan-1905 30-Apr-1994 Leader, House of Commons, 1964-66
David Josiah Brewer
Judge
20-Jan-1837 28-Mar-1910 US Supreme Court Justice, 1890-1910
Joseph Buloff
Actor
20-Jan-1899 27-Feb-1985 Yiddish stage actor
George Burns
Comic
20-Jan-1896 9-Mar-1996 Oh, God!
Brett Butler
Comic
20-Jan-1958   Comedian with southern drawl
Robert Olen Butler
Author
20-Jan-1945   A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain
Ernesto Cardenal
Poet
20-Jan-1925   Liberation theologist, important Nicaraguan poet
Rae Carruth
Football
20-Jan-1974   Carolina Panther murdered his girlfriend
Charles III
Royalty
20-Jan-1716 14-Dec-1788 King of Spain, 1759-88
Colin Clive
Actor
20-Jan-1900 25-Jun-1937 Frankenstein
Finlay Currie
Actor
20-Jan-1878 9-May-1968 Great Expectations
Stacey Dash
Actor
20-Jan-1966   Dee Davenport on TV's Clueless
James Denton
Actor
20-Jan-1963   Mike Delfino on Desperate Housewives
Archie R. Dykes
Educator
20-Jan-1931   Former Chancellor, University of Kansas
Mischa Elman
Violinist
20-Jan-1891 5-Apr-1967 Ukrainian-American violin prodigy
Jeffrey E. Epstein
Business
20-Jan-1953   Reclusive money manager
Federico Fellini
Film Director
20-Jan-1920 30-Oct-1993 La Dolce Vita
Donald V. Fites
Business
20-Jan-1934   CEO of Caterpillar, 1990-99
Sam M. Gibbons
Politician
20-Jan-1920   Congressman from Florida, 1963-97
Brantley Gilbert
Country Musician
20-Jan-1985   Halfway to Heaven
David Girard-diCarlo
Lobbyist
20-Jan-1943   Lobbyist, US Ambassador to Austria
Mark Gottfried
Basketball
20-Jan-1964   Head Coach, Alabama Crimson Tide
Bill Griffith
Cartoonist
20-Jan-1944   Personal friend of Zippy The Pinhead
Tommaso Grossi
Poet
20-Jan-1791 10-Dec-1853 The Lombards in the First Crusade
Armando Guebuza
Head of State
20-Jan-1943   President of Mozambique
Ozzie Guillen
Baseball
20-Jan-1964   Manager, Miami Marlins
Nikki Haley
Politician
20-Jan-1972   Governor of South Carolina
Harris L. Hartz
Judge
20-Jan-1947   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Lionel Hebert
Golf
20-Jan-1928 30-Dec-2000 Winner, 1957 PGA Championship
Carol Heiss
Figure Skating
20-Jan-1940   Figure skater, Gold Medal in 1960 Olympics
Johannes V. Jensen
Author
20-Jan-1873 25-Nov-1950 The Long Journey
Arte Johnson
Comic
20-Jan-1929   Veddy interestink
Anson Jones
Politician
20-Jan-1798 9-Jan-1858 President of Texas, committed suicide
Piet Joubert
Military
20-Jan-1831 27-Mar-1900 Afrikaaner general, Boer War
DeForest Kelley
Actor
20-Jan-1920 11-Jun-1999 Dr. McCoy on Star Trek
Kerri Kenney
Actor
20-Jan-1970   Reno 911!, The State
Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Head of State
20-Jan-1915 27-Oct-2006 President of Pakistan, 1988-93
Patrick Kroupa
Author
20-Jan-1968   Lord Digital of LOD, Mindvox
Frank Kush
Football
20-Jan-1929   ASU Head Coach, 1958-79
Lorenzo Lamas
Actor
20-Jan-1958   Renegade
David M. Lee
Physicist
20-Jan-1931   Superfluidity of helium-3
Richard Henry Lee
Politician
20-Jan-1732 19-Jun-1794 Author of the 10th Amendment
David Lynch
Film Director
20-Jan-1946   Blue Velvet
Bill Maher
Talk Show Host
20-Jan-1956   Politically Incorrect
Edwin McCain
Singer/Songwriter
20-Jan-1970   I'll Be
Rentaro Mikuni
Actor
20-Jan-1923   Kwaidan
Julia Morgan
Architect
20-Jan-1872 2-Feb-1957 Designed Hearst Castle
Sebastian Münster
Cartographer
20-Jan-1488 23-May-1552 Cosmographia Universalis
John Naber
Swimmer
20-Jan-1956   Four Olympic Gold Medals in 1976
Patricia Neal
Actor
20-Jan-1926 8-Aug-2010 The Day the Earth Stood Still
Alex Nicol
Actor
20-Jan-1916 29-Jul-2001 The Man from Laramie
Marian P. Opala
Judge
20-Jan-1921 11-Oct-2010 Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1978-2010
Göran Persson
Head of State
20-Jan-1949   Prime Minister of Sweden, 1996-2006
Evan Peters
Actor
20-Jan-1987   Tate Langdon on American Horror Story
Walter Piston
Composer
20-Jan-1894 12-Nov-1976 Symphony No. 3
Thomas G. Pownall
Business
20-Jan-1922 24-Jun-2005 CEO of Martin-Marietta, 1982-88
Dorothy Provine
Actor
20-Jan-1937 25-Apr-2010 The Roaring 20's
?uestlove
Drummer
20-Jan-1971   Drummer for The Roots
Melissa Rivers
TV Personality
20-Jan-1968   Daughter of Joan Rivers
R. A. Salvatore
Author
20-Jan-1959   Created the dark elf Drizzt
Lil' Scrappy
Rapper
20-Jan-1984   Head Bussa
Cleon Skousen
Activist
20-Jan-1913 9-Jan-2006 The Naked Communist
Paul Stanley
Musician
20-Jan-1952   Lead singer for Kiss
Graham Stark
Actor
20-Jan-1922   The Return of the Pink Panther
Eric Stewart
Musician
20-Jan-1945   Former 10cc frontman
David Tudor
Pianist
20-Jan-1926 13-Aug-1996 Avant-garde concert pianist
Skeet Ulrich
Actor
20-Jan-1970   Nobody's Baby
Michael Ussery
Diplomat
20-Jan-1951   US Ambassador to Morocco, 1989-92
Norma Varden
Actor
20-Jan-1898 19-Jan-1989 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Frank B. Weeks
Politician
20-Jan-1854 2-Oct-1935 Governor of Connecticut, 1909-11
Roy Welensky
Head of State
20-Jan-1907 5-Dec-1991 Rhodesian Prime Minister, 1956-63
Slim Whitman
Country Musician
20-Jan-1924   Western singer, balladeer and yodeler
Nathaniel Parker Willis
Journalist
20-Jan-1806 20-Jan-1867 Pencillings by the Way
Rainn Wilson
Actor
20-Jan-1966   Dwight on The Office
Will Wright
Computer Programmer
20-Jan-1960   Created SimCity, The Sims
Will Young
Singer
20-Jan-1979   UK Pop Idol winner
Fareed Zakaria
Journalist
20-Jan-1965   Time columnist


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