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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ross Bagdasarian
Musician
27-Jan-1919 16-Jun-1972 Progenitor of Alvin and the Chipmunks
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Dancer
27-Jan-1948   Kirov ballet dancer defected to USA
Richard Bentley
Critic
27-Jan-1662 14-Jul-1742 Reformed classical scholarship
Bobby Bland
Singer
27-Jan-1930   Turn on Your Lovelight
H. A. Boucher
Politician
27-Jan-1921 19-Jun-2009 Lt. Governor of Alaska, 1970-74
Joe Bob Briggs
Critic
27-Jan-1953   B-movie film reviewer
Lewis Carroll
Author
27-Jan-1832 14-Jan-1898 Alice in Wonderland
Helen Chenoweth-Hage
Politician
27-Jan-1938 2-Oct-2006 Congresswoman from Idaho, 1995-2001
Tony Clement
Politician
27-Jan-1961   Canadian Minister of Health
Mairead Corrigan
Activist
27-Jan-1944   Nobel Prize recipient
Michael Craig
Actor
27-Jan-1928   Capt. John Anderson on Triangle
Edith Cresson
Head of State
27-Jan-1934   Prime Minister of France, 1991-92
James Cromwell
Actor
27-Jan-1940   Babe, L.A. Confidential
Alan Cumming
Actor
27-Jan-1965   Nightcrawler in X-Men
Bobby Deol
Actor
27-Jan-1967   Gupt: The Hidden Truth
Buddy DeSylva
Songwriter
27-Jan-1895 11-Jul-1950 DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson
Troy Donahue
Actor
27-Jan-1936 2-Sep-2001 A Summer Place
John Eccles
Scientist
27-Jan-1903 2-May-1997 Membrane potential of nerves
Mohamed al-Fayed
Business
27-Jan-1933   Owner of Harrod's, father of Dodi al-Fayed
Ronald R. Fogleman
Military
27-Jan-1942   USAF Chief of Staff, 1994-97
Bridget Fonda
Actor
27-Jan-1964   Single White Female
Marc Forster
Film Director
27-Jan-1969   Quantum of Solace
Samuel Gompers
Labor Leader
27-Jan-1850 13-Dec-1924 First President of the AFL
Learned Hand
Judge
27-Jan-1872 18-Aug-1961 Influential American justice
William L. Hanley, Jr.
Business
27-Jan-1940   Lexington Management Group
Skitch Henderson
Conductor
27-Jan-1918 1-Nov-2005 Original Tonight Show bandleader
Roger W. Heyns
Educator
27-Jan-1918 11-Sep-1995 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1965-71
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim
Historian
27-Jan-1701 2-Sep-1790 Febronius
Jozef Israëls
Painter
27-Jan-1824 12-Aug-1911 Dutch scene painter
Lil' Jon
Rapper
27-Jan-1971   The King of Crunk
John Percival Jones
Politician
27-Jan-1829 12-Nov-1912 US Senator from Nevada, 1873-1903
Jerome Kern
Composer
27-Jan-1885 12-Nov-1945 Show Boat
Alfred Kohlberg
Business
27-Jan-1887 7-Apr-1960 The China Lobby Man
Édouard Lalo
Composer
27-Jan-1823 22-Apr-1892 Le Roi d'Ys
Jack Lee
Film Director
27-Jan-1913 15-Oct-2002 The Wooden Horse
Tony Martinez
Actor
27-Jan-1920 16-Sep-2002 Pepino on The Real McCoy's
Nick Mason
Drummer
27-Jan-1945   Drummer for Pink Floyd
Sheila McCarthy
Actor
27-Jan-1956   Sarah Cunningham on Little Mosque
Howard McNear
Actor
27-Jan-1905 3-Jan-1969 Floyd the Barber
John Mica
Politician
27-Jan-1943   Congressman, Florida 7th
Frank Miller
Author
27-Jan-1957   The Dark Knight Returns
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Composer
27-Jan-1756 5-Dec-1791 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Marilyn Musgrave
Politician
27-Jan-1949   Congresswoman from Colorado, 2003-09
Arne Naess
Philosopher
27-Jan-1912 12-Jan-2009 Ecological philosopher
Hassan Nemazee
Business
27-Jan-1950   Nemazee Capital Corporation
Sean O'Keefe
Administrator
27-Jan-1956   NASA Administrator, 2001-05
Keith Olbermann
Pundit
27-Jan-1959   Countdown
Patton Oswalt
Comic
27-Jan-1969   Mr. Show, King of Queens
Radhabinod Pal
Judge
27-Jan-1886 10-Jan-1967 Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
Samuel Palmer
Painter
27-Jan-1805 24-May-1881 English landscape painter
William J. Patterson
Business
27-Jan-1962 24-Sep-2010 SPO Partners & Co.
Mike Patton
Singer
27-Jan-1968   Faith No More and Mr. Bungle frontman
Rosamund Pike
Actor
27-Jan-1979   Die Another Day
Fritz Pollard
Football
27-Jan-1894 11-May-1986 First black coach in the NFL
Donna Reed
Actor
27-Jan-1921 14-Jan-1986 The Donna Reed Show
Mordecai Richler
Novelist
27-Jan-1931 3-Jul-2001 The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Hyman Rickover
Military
27-Jan-1900 8-Jul-1986 Built the nuclear navy
John G. Roberts, Jr.
Judge
27-Jan-1955   US Chief Justice
Mimi Rogers
Actor
27-Jan-1956   Someone To Watch Over Me
Art Rooney
Football
27-Jan-1901 25-Aug-1988 Pittsburgh Steelers owner
Harry Ruby
Songwriter
27-Jan-1895 23-Feb-1974 Who's Sorry Now?
Sabu
Actor
27-Jan-1924 2-Dec-1963 Jungle Book
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Novelist
27-Jan-1836 9-Mar-1895 Venus in Furs
Marat Safin
Tennis
27-Jan-1980   Winner of 2 Grand Slam titles
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling
Philosopher
27-Jan-1775 20-Aug-1854 Naturphilosophie
Ed Schultz
Radio Personality
27-Jan-1954   Talk radio host
Charles E. Scripps
Business
27-Jan-1920 3-Feb-2007 E. W. Scripps scion
M. Rust Sharp
Attorney
27-Jan-1941   Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young
Marc Singer
Actor
27-Jan-1948   Beastmaster
Edward Smith
Victim
27-Jan-1850 15-Apr-1912 Captain of the RMS Titanic
G. E. Smith
Guitarist
27-Jan-1952   And the Saturday Night Live band
Zack Space
Politician
27-Jan-1961   Congressman from Ohio, 2007-11
David Friedrich Strauss
Religion
27-Jan-1808 8-Feb-1874 Leben Jesu
Susanna Thompson
Actor
27-Jan-1958   Karen Sammler on Once and Again
Ingrid Thulin
Actor
27-Jan-1926 7-Jan-2004 Swedish actress starred in 9 Ingmar Bergman films
Samuel C. C. Ting
Physicist
27-Jan-1936   Co-Discoverer of J/psi meson
Tamlyn Tomita
Actor
27-Jan-1966   The Burning Zone
Esteban Torres
Politician
27-Jan-1930   Congressman from California, 1983-99
Tricky
Rapper
27-Jan-1968   Trip-hop rapper
Eric Wedge
Baseball
27-Jan-1968   Seattle Mariners manager
Kaiser Wilhelm
Head of State
27-Jan-1859 4-Jun-1941 Last of the German emperors
John Witherspoon
Comic
27-Jan-1942   Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!
Steve Wynn
Business
27-Jan-1942   Las Vegas billionaire




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