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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Samuel Hopkins Adams
Journalist
26-Jan-1871 15-Nov-1958 The Great American Fraud
Bob Bain
Musician
26-Jan-1924   Rockin' Rollin' Strollin'
Anita Baker
Singer
26-Jan-1958   Giving You the Best That I Got
John Barron
Journalist
26-Jan-1930 24-Feb-2005 Soviet espionage expert
Xavier Becerra
Politician
26-Jan-1958   Congressman, California 31st
Derek Bond
Actor
26-Jan-1919 15-Oct-2006 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Chris Boykin
TV Personality
26-Jan-1972   Rob & Big
Cameron Bright
Actor
26-Jan-1993   Ultraviolet
Howard W. Cannon
Politician
26-Jan-1912 5-Mar-2002 US Senator from Nevada, 1959-83
Vince Carter
Basketball
26-Jan-1977   Dallas Mavericks dunker
Nicolae Ceausescu
Head of State
26-Jan-1918 25-Dec-1989 Dictator of Romania
John Bates Clark
Economist
26-Jan-1847 21-Mar-1938 Philosophy of Wealth
Henry Cotton
Golf
26-Jan-1907 22-Dec-1987 Won the British Open three times
Zara Cully
Actor
26-Jan-1892 28-Feb-1978 Mother Jefferson on The Jeffersons
Harry M. Daugherty
Government
26-Jan-1860 12-Oct-1941 US Attorney General, 1921-24
Jeffrey Davidow
Diplomat
26-Jan-1944   US Ambassador to Mexico, 1998-2001
Angela Davis
Activist
26-Jan-1944   Black Panther, teacher, professor
Mark Dayton
Politician
26-Jan-1947   Governor of Minnesota
Heinrich Anton de Bary
Botanist
26-Jan-1831 19-Jan-1888 Founder of modern mycology
Ellen DeGeneres
Comic
26-Jan-1958   Ellen
Patrick Dewaere
Actor
26-Jan-1947 16-Jul-1982 Les valseuses
Mary Mapes Dodge
Editor
26-Jan-1831 21-Aug-1905 Editor of St. Nicholas, 1873-1905
George Douglas
Novelist
26-Jan-1869 28-Aug-1902 The House With the Green Shutters
Jacqueline du Pré
Cellist
26-Jan-1945 19-Oct-1987 Cellist
Jill Esmond
Actor
26-Jan-1908 28-Jul-1990 The Skin Game
Philip Jose Farmer
Author
26-Jan-1918 25-Feb-2009 Riverworld saga
Jules Feiffer
Cartoonist
26-Jan-1929   Can't draw but writes like a master
Kirk Franklin
Singer
26-Jan-1970   The Nu Nation Project
Scott Glenn
Actor
26-Jan-1941   The Silence of the Lambs
Julia Grant
First Lady
26-Jan-1826 14-Dec-1902 Wife of US President Ulysses Grant
Dorian Gregory
Actor
26-Jan-1971   Darryl Morris on Charmed
Wayne Gretzky
Hockey
26-Jan-1961   The Great One
Jörg Haider
Politician
26-Jan-1950 11-Oct-2008 Austrian extreme rightist
Christopher Hampton
Playwright
26-Jan-1946   Dangerous Liaisons
Claude-Adrien Helvétius
Philosopher
26-Jan-1715 26-Dec-1771 De l'Esprit
John D. Hickerson
Diplomat
26-Jan-1898 18-Jan-1989 US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1959-61
William Hopper
Actor
26-Jan-1915 6-Mar-1970 Paul Drake on Perry Mason
Henry Jaglom
Film Director
26-Jan-1941   Déjà Vu
Vic Janowicz
Football
26-Jan-1930 27-Feb-1996 Winner, 1950 Heisman Trophy
Anne Jeffreys
Actor
26-Jan-1923   Marion Kerby on Topper
Paul Johansson
Actor
26-Jan-1964   Dan Scott on One Tree Hill
Daryn Kagan
Journalist
26-Jan-1963   CNN Live Today
Ancel Keys
Scientist
26-Jan-1904 20-Nov-2004 Nutritionist, created the K ration
Polykarp Kusch
Physicist
26-Jan-1911 20-Mar-1993 Magnetic moment of the electron
Charles Lane
Actor
26-Jan-1905 9-Jul-2007 Grumpy character actor
Mimi Leder
Film Director
26-Jan-1952   Deep Impact
Joan Leslie
Actor
26-Jan-1925   Yankee Doodle Dandy
Frank O. Lowden
Politician
26-Jan-1861 20-Mar-1943 Governor of Illinois, 1917-21
Douglas MacArthur
Military
26-Jan-1880 5-Apr-1964 General of the Army
Seán MacBride
Activist
26-Jan-1904 15-Jan-1988 Irish revolutionary, Nobel Prize recipient
Andrew Marton
Film Director
26-Jan-1904 7-Jan-1992 Directed chariot race in Ben-Hur
Christopher Massey
Actor
26-Jan-1990   Michael Barret on Zoey 101
Kevin McCarthy
Politician
26-Jan-1965   Congressman, California 22nd
James W. McCord, Jr.
Government
26-Jan-1924   Led the Watergate burglary
James S. McDonald
Business
26-Jan-1953 12-Sep-2009 CEO of Rockefeller & Co.
Dick McGuire
Basketball
26-Jan-1926 3-Feb-2010 NBA Hall-of-Famer, New York Knicks
John Merritt
Football
26-Jan-1926 13-Dec-1983 Tennessee Football Coach, 1963-83
May Miller
Playwright
26-Jan-1899 8-Feb-1995 The Bog Guide
Akio Morita
Business
26-Jan-1921 3-Oct-1999 Co-Founder of Sony
Jose Mourinho
Soccer
26-Jan-1963   Real Madrid FC Coach
Leo F. Mullin
Business
26-Jan-1943   CEO of Delta Airlines, 1997-2004
Mary Murphy
Actor
26-Jan-1931 4-May-2011 The Wild One
Scott Murphy
Politician
26-Jan-1970   Congressman from New York, 2009-11
Col Needham
Encyclopaedist
26-Jan-1967   IMDB founder
Paul Newman
Actor
26-Jan-1925 26-Sep-2008 Salad dressing magnate
George T. Oliver
Politician
26-Jan-1848 22-Jan-1919 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1909-17
John Barton Payne
Government
26-Jan-1855 24-Jan-1935 Red Cross Chairman, 1921-35
Richard Portnow
Actor
26-Jan-1947   Hal Melvoin on The Sopranos
Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Head of State
26-Jan-1953   Secretary General of NATO
William K. Reilly
Business
26-Jan-1940   EPA Administrator, 1989-93
Denise Rich
Socialite
26-Jan-1944   Marc Rich's ex-wife
Andrew Ridgeley
Musician
26-Jan-1963   Wham!
Jeremy Rifkin
Activist
26-Jan-1945   Foundation on Economic Trends
Sara Rue
Actor
26-Jan-1979   Less Than Perfect
Jeff Sagansky
Business
26-Jan-1952   President, CBS Entertainment, 1990-94
Jerry Sandusky
Football
26-Jan-1944   Penn State Coach, convicted molester
Edward Sapir
Anthropologist
26-Jan-1884 4-Feb-1939 Anthropological linguist
Ryan Schreiber
Journalist
26-Jan-1976   Founder, Pitchfork
Vito Scotti
Actor
26-Jan-1918 5-Jun-1996 Character actor, 1950s to 1990s
George Shiras, Jr.
Judge
26-Jan-1832 2-Aug-1924 US Supreme Court Justice, 1892-1903
Ronnie Shows
Politician
26-Jan-1947   Congressman from Mississippi, 1999-2003
Albio Sires
Politician
26-Jan-1951   Congressman, New Jersey 13th
Gene Siskel
Critic
26-Jan-1946 20-Feb-1999 Siskel and Ebert
Gene Snyder
Politician
26-Jan-1928 16-Feb-2007 Congressman from Kentucky, 1967-87
Kelly Stables
Actor
26-Jan-1978   Eden on The Exes
David Strathairn
Actor
26-Jan-1949   Passion Fish
Annette Strauss
Politician
26-Jan-1924 14-Dec-1998 Mayor of Dallas 1987-91
Eugène Sue
Novelist
26-Jan-1804 3-Aug-1857 Roman-feuilleton novelist
Deanell Reece Tacha
Judge
26-Jan-1946   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Maria von Trapp
Singer
26-Jan-1905 28-Mar-1987 The Sound of Music
Bob Uecker
Baseball
26-Jan-1935   Mr. Baseball
Roger Vadim
Film Director
26-Jan-1928 11-Feb-2000 Barbarella
Eddie Van Halen
Guitarist
26-Jan-1955   Guitarist for Van Halen
Jimmy Van Heusen
Composer
26-Jan-1913 7-Feb-1990 Call Me Irresponsible
C. William Verity
Government
26-Jan-1917 3-Jan-2007 US Secretary of Commerce, 1987-89
Hays T. Watkins, Jr.
Business
26-Jan-1926   CEO of CSX, 1980-89
Lucinda Williams
Musician
26-Jan-1953   Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
Jack Youngblood
Football
26-Jan-1950   NFL Hall of Fame Defensive End




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