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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David Addington
Government
22-Jan-1957   Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff
Steven Adler
Drummer
22-Jan-1965   Former Guns N' Roses drummer
Joshua W. Alexander
Politician
22-Jan-1852 27-Feb-1936 US Commerce Secretary, 1919-21
André-Marie Ampère
Physicist
22-Jan-1775 10-Jun-1836 Explored electromagnetism
Sigurd Anderson
Politician
22-Jan-1904 21-Dec-1990 Governor of South Dakota, 1951-55
Francis Bacon
Philosopher
22-Jan-1561 9-Apr-1626 Novum Organum
George Balanchine
Dancer
22-Jan-1904 30-Apr-1983 Choreographer co-founded NYC Ballet
Ross R. Barnett
Politician
22-Jan-1898 6-Nov-1987 Governor of Mississippi, 1960-64
Birch Bayh
Politician
22-Jan-1928   US Senator from Indiana, 1963-81
Melissa Bean
Politician
22-Jan-1962   Congresswoman from Illinois, 2005-11
Larry Birkhead
Relative
22-Jan-1973   Impregnated Anna Nicole Smith
Bill Bixby
Actor
22-Jan-1934 21-Nov-1993 David Banner on The Incredible Hulk
Linda Blair
Actor
22-Jan-1959   Head spins in Exorcist
Mike Bossy
Hockey
22-Jan-1957   NY Islanders, Hall of Famer
Robert S. Brookings
Business
22-Jan-1850 15-Nov-1932 Brookings Institution
Catherine Wolfe Bruce
Philanthropist
22-Jan-1816 13-Mar-1900 Underwriter of astronomy
Neil Bush
Relative
22-Jan-1955   Silverado Savings & Loan
Lord Byron
Poet
22-Jan-1788 19-Apr-1824 English romantic poet
Seymour Cassel
Actor
22-Jan-1935   Faces
Steve Chabot
Politician
22-Jan-1953   Congressman, Ohio 1st
Constance Collier
Actor
22-Jan-1878 25-Apr-1955 Stage Door
Sam Cooke
Singer
22-Jan-1931 11-Dec-1964 Soul and R&B singer
Wrong Way Corrigan
Aviator
22-Jan-1907 9-Dec-1995 Flew transatlantic route "by accident"
Robert Cotton
Scholar
22-Jan-1571 6-May-1631 Cottonian Library
Rick Crawford
Politician
22-Jan-1966   Congressman, Arkansas 1st
Lou Creekmur
Football
22-Jan-1927 5-Jul-2009 Detroit Lions, Hall of Famer
Michael Cristofer
Playwright
22-Jan-1945   The Shadow Box
Olivia d'Abo
Actor
22-Jan-1969   Point of No Return
Tamra Davis
Film Director
22-Jan-1962   Billy Madison
Lee Dixon
Actor
22-Jan-1914 8-Jan-1953 Ready, Willing and Able
Pete du Pont
Politician
22-Jan-1935   Governor of Delaware, 1977-85
Nicola Duffett
Actor
22-Jan-1963   EastEnders, Family Affairs
Jim Edgar
Politician
22-Jan-1946   Governor of Illinois, 1991-99
Willa Ford
Singer/Songwriter
22-Jan-1981   I Wanna Be Bad
Pierre Gassendi
Physicist
22-Jan-1592 24-Oct-1655 Exercitationes
Balthazar Getty
Actor
22-Jan-1975   Lord of the Flies
Clayton Greene, Jr.
Judge
22-Jan-1951   Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals
D. W. Griffith
Film Director
22-Jan-1875 21-Jul-1948 The Birth of a Nation
Edward Stephen Harkness
Philanthropist
22-Jan-1874 29-Jan-1940 Philanthropist
Alan J. Heeger
Physicist
22-Jan-1936   Metallic polymers
Jim Hoagland
Journalist
22-Jan-1940   The Washington Post
John Hurt
Actor
22-Jan-1940   Alien
Michael Hutchence
Musician
22-Jan-1960 22-Nov-1997 INXS
Tsar Ivan III
Royalty
22-Jan-1440 27-Oct-1505 Tsar of Russia, 1462-1505
Jim Jarmusch
Film Director
22-Jan-1953   Permanent Vacation
DJ Jazzy Jeff
Disc Jockey
22-Jan-1965   DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
J. J. Johnson
Jazz Musician
22-Jan-1924 4-Feb-2001 Jazz trombonist
Daniel Johnston
Singer/Songwriter
22-Jan-1961   Hi How Are You?
Graham Kerr
Chef
22-Jan-1934   The Galloping Gourmet
Leon H. Keyserling
Economist
22-Jan-1908 9-Aug-1987 Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-53
Theodore Kosloff
Dancer
22-Jan-1882 22-Nov-1956 Why Change Your Wife?
Bruno Kreisky
Head of State
22-Jan-1911 29-Jul-1990 Chancellor of Austria, 1970-83
Irving Kristol
Columnist
22-Jan-1920 18-Sep-2009 Influential neocon
Lev Landau
Physicist
22-Jan-1908 1-Apr-1968 Superfluidity of helium
Diane Lane
Actor
22-Jan-1965   A Walk on the Moon
Piper Laurie
Actor
22-Jan-1932   Catherine Packard in Twin Peaks
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Playwright
22-Jan-1729 15-Feb-1781 Laokoon
Gabriel Macht
Actor
22-Jan-1972   Behind Enemy Lines
Chris Masterson
Actor
22-Jan-1980   Francis on Malcolm in the Middle
William D. McElroy
Biologist
22-Jan-1917 17-Feb-1999 Bioluminescence
Malcolm McLaren
Business
22-Jan-1946 8-Apr-2010 Sex Pistols manager
Phil Miller
Guitarist
22-Jan-1949   National Health guitarist
Beverley Mitchell
Actor
22-Jan-1981   Lucy Camden on 7th Heaven
Howard Moss
Poet
22-Jan-1922 16-Sep-1987 Finding Them Lost
Robert D. Nesen
Diplomat
22-Jan-1918 14-Nov-2005 US Ambassador to Australia, 1981-85
Anne Northup
Politician
22-Jan-1948   Congresswoman from Kentucky, 1997-2007
Greg Oden
Basketball
22-Jan-1988   Portland Trail Blazers
Alfredo Palacio
Head of State
22-Jan-1939   President of Ecuador, 2005-07
Isabel Paterson
Author
22-Jan-1886 10-Jan-1961 The God of the Machine
Joe Perry
Football
22-Jan-1927 25-Apr-2011 49ers fullback, Hall-of-Famer
Steve Perry
Singer
22-Jan-1949   Lead vocalist for Journey
Francis Picabia
Painter
22-Jan-1879 30-Nov-1953 Cubist, Dadaist
Rosa Ponselle
Singer
22-Jan-1897 25-May-1981 Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera
Samuel J. Popeil
Inventor
22-Jan-1915 17-Jul-1984 Veg-O-Matic
Nyree Dawn Porter
Actor
22-Jan-1936 10-Apr-2001 The Forsyte Saga
Sinclair Ross
Novelist
22-Jan-1908 29-Feb-1996 As For Me and My House
Telly Savalas
Actor
22-Jan-1922 22-Jan-1994 Kojak
Jim Saxton
Politician
22-Jan-1943   Congressman, New Jersey 3rd
Hjalmar Schacht
Government
22-Jan-1877 3-Jun-1970 Reich Minister of Economics
Eric Schaeffer
Film Director
22-Jan-1962   If Lucy Fell
George Seifert
Football
22-Jan-1940   49ers Head Coach, 1989-96
John Wesley Shipp
Actor
22-Jan-1956   Mitch Leery on Dawson's Creek
Nick Simmons
Relative
22-Jan-1989   Son of Gene Simmons
Daniel Smith
Relative
22-Jan-1986 10-Sep-2006 Son of Anna Nicole Smith
Jeff Smith
Chef
22-Jan-1939 7-Jul-2004 Former TV chef, alleged child molester
Ann Sothern
Actor
22-Jan-1909 15-Mar-2001 Private Secretary
August Strindberg
Playwright
22-Jan-1849 14-May-1912 Röda Rummet
U Thant
Diplomat
22-Jan-1909 25-Nov-1974 UN Secretary General, 1961-71
Richard Upjohn
Architect
22-Jan-1802 16-Aug-1878 Gothic revivalist, Trinity Church
Conrad Veidt
Actor
22-Jan-1893 3-Apr-1943 Maj. Strasser in Casablanca
Fred Vinson
Judge
22-Jan-1890 8-Sep-1953 US Chief Justice, 1946-53
Joseph Wambaugh
Novelist
22-Jan-1937   The Onion Field
William Warfield
Singer
22-Jan-1920 25-Aug-2002 Porgy and Bess
Eberhard Weber
Bassist
22-Jan-1940   Accomplished German bassist and composer
Charles White
Football
22-Jan-1958   Winner, 1979 Heisman Trophy




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