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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Birdman of Alcatraz
Criminal
28-Jan-1890 22-Nov-1963 Subject of Burt Lancaster movie
Alan Alda
Actor
28-Jan-1936   Capt. Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H
Anna
Royalty
28-Jan-1693 17-Oct-1740 Tsarina of Russia, 1730-40
John Banner
Actor
28-Jan-1910 28-Jan-1973 Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes
Lou Barletta
Politician
28-Jan-1956   Congressman, Pennsylvania 11th
John Beck
Actor
28-Jan-1943   Mark Graison on Dallas
Barbi Benton
Model
28-Jan-1950   Hee-Haw regular, 1971-76
Nabih Berri
Politician
28-Jan-1938   Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament
Brian Bilbray
Politician
28-Jan-1951   Congressman, California 50th
Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.
Politician
28-Jan-1932   Congressman from Virginia, 1981-2001
Peter Blute
Politician
28-Jan-1956   Congressman from Massachusetts, 1993-97
Mary Boland
Actor
28-Jan-1880 23-Jun-1965 Ruggles of Red Gap
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
Doctor
28-Jan-1608 31-Dec-1679 De motu animalium
George S. Boutwell
Politician
28-Jan-1818 27-Feb-1905 Senator, Governor, US Treasury Secretary
Lynda Boyd
Actor
28-Jan-1965   Rose Miller on Republic of Doyle
Robert F. Brachtenbach
Judge
28-Jan-1931 2-May-2008 Justice, WA Supreme Court, 1972-94
R. Nicholas Burns
Government
28-Jan-1956   Under Secy of State for Political Affairs, 2005-08
Chris Carter
Electronic Musician
28-Jan-1953   Throbbing Gristle, Chris and Cosey
Nick Carter
Singer
28-Jan-1980   The Backstreet Boys
Pope Clement IX
Religion
28-Jan-1600 9-Dec-1669 Roman Catholic Pope, 1667-69
Keith Hamilton Cobb
Actor
28-Jan-1962   Tyr Anasazi on Andromeda
Robert L. Cochran
Politician
28-Jan-1886 23-Feb-1963 Governor of Nebraska, 1935-41
J. Cole
Rapper
28-Jan-1985   Cole World: The Sideline Story
Colette
Novelist
28-Jan-1873 3-Aug-1954 Gigi
Frank Darabont
Film Director
28-Jan-1959   The Shawshank Redemption
Thomas J. Downey
Politician
28-Jan-1949   Congressman from New York, 1975-93
Jessica Ennis
Track and Field
28-Jan-1986   Heptathlete
Joey Fatone
Singer
28-Jan-1977   Baritone of *NSYNC
Glenn W. Ferguson
Educator
28-Jan-1929 20-Dec-2007 University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Suzanne Flon
Actor
28-Jan-1918 15-Jun-2005 One Deadly Summer
Justin Fox
Author
28-Jan-1964   The Myth of the Rational Market
Fredi Gonzalez
Baseball
28-Jan-1964   Manager, Atlanta Braves
Carlos Slim Helu
Business
28-Jan-1940   World's richest man, 2010
King Henry VII
Royalty
28-Jan-1457 21-Apr-1509 King of England, 1485-1509
Johannes Hevelius
Astronomer
28-Jan-1611 28-Jan-1687 Selenographia
Robert W. Holley
Scientist
28-Jan-1922 11-Feb-1993 RNA's role in protein synthesis
Susan Howard
Actor
28-Jan-1944   Donna Krebbs on Dallas
Robert S. Ingersoll
Diplomat
28-Jan-1914 22-Aug-2010 CEO of Borg-Warner, 1958-72
Marthe Keller
Actor
28-Jan-1945   Fedora
Hermann Kesten
Novelist
28-Jan-1900 1996 I, the King
Vinod Khosla
Business
28-Jan-1955   Venture capitalist
Harley Jane Kozak
Actor
28-Jan-1957   All I Want for Christmas
Frank Launder
Film Director
28-Jan-1906 23-Feb-1997 The Belles of St. Trinian's
Edward M. Liddy
Business
28-Jan-1946   Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
David Lodge
Novelist
28-Jan-1935   How Far Can You Go?
Ernst Lubitsch
Film Director
28-Jan-1892 30-Nov-1947 To Be or Not To Be
Alexander Mackenzie
Head of State
28-Jan-1822 17-Apr-1892 Prime Minister of Canada, 1873-78
José Martí
Activist
28-Jan-1853 19-May-1895 Cuban hero
Suehiro Maruo
Artist
28-Jan-1956   Planet of the Jap
Sarah McLachlan
Musician
28-Jan-1968   Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Mike Moore
Head of State
28-Jan-1949   Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1990
Kathryn Morris
Actor
28-Jan-1969   Lilly Rush on Cold Case
DJ Muggs
Disc Jockey
28-Jan-1968   Cypress Hill
Tom Neal
Actor
28-Jan-1914 7-Aug-1972 Detour
Parry O'Brien
Track and Field
28-Jan-1932 21-Apr-2007 Revolutionized the shot put
Claes Oldenburg
Sculptor
28-Jan-1929   Pop-Art sculptor
John Perkins
Activist
28-Jan-1945   Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Sam Phillips
Musician
28-Jan-1962   Martinis and Bikinis
Auguste Piccard
Physicist
28-Jan-1884 24-Mar-1962 First man in the stratosphere
Jean Piccard
Aviator
28-Jan-1884 28-Jan-1963 Extreme balloonist
Jackson Pollock
Painter
28-Jan-1912 11-Aug-1956 Abstract expressionist
Gregg Popovich
Basketball
28-Jan-1949   Head Coach, San Antonio Spurs
Nick Price
Golf
28-Jan-1957   Winner of 3 Majors
Rakim
Rapper
28-Jan-1968   Eric B and Rakim
Randi Rhodes
Radio Personality
28-Jan-1959   Liberal talk show host
Mo Rocca
Comic
28-Jan-1969   Senior correspondent, The Daily Show
Rick Ross
Rapper
28-Jan-1976   Port of Miami
Artur Rubinstein
Pianist
28-Jan-1887 20-Dec-1982 Polish-American piano virtuoso
Linda Sánchez
Politician
28-Jan-1969   Congresswoman, California 39th
Marvin Sapp
Singer
28-Jan-1967   Gospel singer, Nothing Else Matters
Nicolas Sarkozy
Politician
28-Jan-1955   President of France, 2007-12
Jeanne Shaheen
Politician
28-Jan-1947   US Senator from New Hampshire
Dennis W. Shedd
Judge
28-Jan-1953   4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Luther Simjian
Inventor
28-Jan-1905 23-Oct-1997 Invented automated teller machine
Henry Morton Stanley
Explorer
28-Jan-1841 10-May-1904 Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
Alfred Stevens
Sculptor
28-Jan-1818 1-May-1875 Monument to Wellington
Charles Taylor
Head of State
28-Jan-1948   Former Liberian president, war criminal
Bennie Thompson
Politician
28-Jan-1948   Congressman, Mississippi 2nd
Peter G. Torkildsen
Politician
28-Jan-1958   Congressman from Massachusetts, 1993-97
Rick Warren
Religion
28-Jan-1954   The Purpose-Driven Life
James Craig Watson
Astronomer
28-Jan-1838 23-Nov-1880 Claimed to discover the planet Vulcan
Ariel Winter
Actor
28-Jan-1998   Alex Dunphy on Modern Family
Louis Wolfson
Business
28-Jan-1912 30-Dec-2007 Business criminal, horse breeder
Elijah Wood
Actor
28-Jan-1981   Frodo Baggins in Lord of the Rings
Robert Wyatt
Musician
28-Jan-1945   Songcraftsman and outstanding beard farmer




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