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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
King Abdullah II
Royalty
30-Jan-1962   King of Jordan
Peter Agre
Biologist
30-Jan-1949   Water channels of cell membranes
Lloyd Alexander
Novelist
30-Jan-1924 17-May-2007 The Chronicles of Prydain
Saul Alinsky
Activist
30-Jan-1909 12-Jun-1972 Rules for Radicals
Forrest H. Anderson
Politician
30-Jan-1913 20-Jul-1989 Montana governor, committed suicide
Michael Anderson
Film Director
30-Jan-1920   Logan's Run
Prince of Asturias
Royalty
30-Jan-1968   Heir to the throne of Spain
John Baldacci
Politician
30-Jan-1955   Governor of Maine, 2003-11
Christian Bale
Actor
30-Jan-1974   The Dark Knight
Marty Balin
Musician
30-Jan-1942   Lead singer of Jefferson Airplane
Nathaniel P. Banks
Politician
30-Jan-1816 1-Sep-1894 House Speaker, Governor of Massachusetts
Carter T. Barron
Business
30-Jan-1905 16-Nov-1950 Washington advocate for the arts
Gregory Benford
Novelist
30-Jan-1941   Physicist and author of Timescape
F. H. Bradley
Philosopher
30-Jan-1846 18-Sep-1924 Appearance and Reality
Richard Brautigan
Author
30-Jan-1935 14-Oct-1984 So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away
Heidi Brühl
Actor
30-Jan-1941 8-Jun-1991 The Eiger Sanction
Gelett Burgess
Cartoonist
30-Jan-1866 17-Sep-1951 Has never seen a purple cow
Samuel Butler
Scholar
30-Jan-1774 4-Dec-1839 Headmaster of Shrewsbury School
Samuel Byck
Assassin
30-Jan-1930 22-Feb-1974 Unsuccessful Nixon assassin
Dick Cheney
Politician
30-Jan-1941   US Vice President, 2001-09
Phil Collins
Singer/Songwriter
30-Jan-1951   Lead singer of Genesis
Olivia Colman
Actor
30-Jan-1974   Sophie Chapman on Peep Show
Peter Crouch
Soccer
30-Jan-1981   Liverpool FC, robot dancer
Meir Dagan
Spy
30-Jan-1945   Chief of the Israeli Mossad, 2002-11
Walter Damrosch
Conductor
30-Jan-1862 22-Dec-1950 Conductor, popularizer of music
Trevor Dunn
Bassist
30-Jan-1968   Mr. Bungle and Trio-Convulsant bassist
Charles Dutton
Actor
30-Jan-1951   Roc
Mark Eitzel
Musician
30-Jan-1959   Frontman for American Music Club
Roy Eldridge
Jazz Musician
30-Jan-1911 26-Feb-1989 Swing-era jazz trumpeter
Doug Engelbart
Computer Programmer
30-Jan-1925   Pioneer of human-computer interaction
Floyd H. Flake
Politician
30-Jan-1945   Congressman from New York, 1987-97
Jack Germond
Columnist
30-Jan-1928   Fat Man in a Middle Seat
Grandpa Jones
Country Musician
30-Jan-1914 19-Feb-1998 Old-time banjo picker and Hee-Haw comic
Tammy Grimes
Actor
30-Jan-1934   The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Lizzie Grubman
Business
30-Jan-1971   Celebrity publicist and SUV-wielder
Gene Hackman
Actor
30-Jan-1930   The Conversation
Jennifer Hale
Actor
30-Jan-1972   Sam on Totally Spies!
Franz Ritter von Hauer
Geologist
30-Jan-1822 20-Mar-1899 Geological Map of Austro-Hungary
Shirley Hazzard
Novelist
30-Jan-1931   The Transit of Venus
Robert Hersant
Publisher
30-Jan-1920 21-Apr-1996 Le Papivore
Martita Hunt
Actor
30-Jan-1899 13-Jun-1969 Great Expectations
John Ireland
Actor
30-Jan-1914 21-Mar-1992 All the King's Men
Tom Izzo
Basketball
30-Jan-1955   Head Coach, Michigan State
Tom Jenkinson
Electronic Musician
30-Jan-1974   Squarepusher
Davey Johnson
Baseball
30-Jan-1943   Manager, Washington Nationals
Islam Karimov
Head of State
30-Jan-1938   President of Uzbekistan
Rodd Keith
Musician
30-Jan-1937 15-Dec-1974 Legendary Song-Poem Composer
Kid Cudi
Rapper
30-Jan-1984   Man on the Moon
Carolyn D. King
Judge
30-Jan-1938   5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Fred Korematsu
Activist
30-Jan-1919 30-Mar-2005 Opposed internment camps
Mary Kay Letourneau
Criminal
30-Jan-1962   America's Favorite Sex Offender
Livia Drusilla
Royalty
30-Jan-58 BC 29 AD Roman Empress and intriguer
Dorothy Malone
Actor
30-Jan-1925   Written on the Wind
Delbert Mann
Film Director
30-Jan-1920 11-Nov-2007 That Touch of Mink
Hugh Marlowe
Actor
30-Jan-1911 2-May-1982 Jim Matthews on Another World
Steve Marriott
Guitarist
30-Jan-1947 20-Apr-1991 The Small Faces, Humble Pie
Dick Martin
Comic
30-Jan-1922 24-May-2008 Laugh-In
Thomas McCarthy
Actor
30-Jan-1966   The Station Agent
John G. McCoy
Business
30-Jan-1913 4-Apr-2010 CEO of Bank One, 1958-84
Julie McCullough
Actor
30-Jan-1965   Playboy centerfold, actress
Thomas J. Meskill
Politician
30-Jan-1928 29-Oct-2007 Governor of Connecticut, 1971-75
Dolores Michaels
Actor
30-Jan-1933 25-Sep-2001 Warlock
Andy Milonakis
Actor
30-Jan-1976   The Andy Milonakis Show
Frank O'Bannon
Politician
30-Jan-1930 13-Sep-2003 Governor of Indiana, 1997-2003
David Opatoshu
Actor
30-Jan-1918 30-Apr-1996 Raid on Entebbe
Olof Palme
Head of State
30-Jan-1927 28-Feb-1986 Swedish Prime Minister, assassinated
Harold Prince
Theatre Producer
30-Jan-1928   Broadway musical producer, 21 Tony awards
John Profumo
Politician
30-Jan-1915 10-Mar-2006 Resigned House of Commons over an affair
Vanessa Redgrave
Actor
30-Jan-1937   Julia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Head of State
30-Jan-1882 12-Apr-1945 US President during WWII
Louis Rukeyser
Talk Show Host
30-Jan-1933 2-May-2006 Host of PBS's Wall $treet Week
Emilio Segrè
Physicist
30-Jan-1905 22-Apr-1989 Co-Discoverer of the antiproton
Arif Shakeel
Business
30-Jan-1955   CEO of Western Digital, 2005-07
Boris Spassky
Chess Player
30-Jan-1937   Grandmaster defeated by Bobby Fischer
Norman H. Stahl
Judge
30-Jan-1931   1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1992-2001
Payne Stewart
Golf
30-Jan-1957 25-Oct-1999 Winner of the US Open, 1982 and 1999
Curtis Strange
Golf
30-Jan-1955   Winner of the US Open, 1988 and 1989
Edwin Vose Sumner
Military
30-Jan-1797 21-Mar-1863 Union Army General
Lionel Tate
Criminal
30-Jan-1987   Florida's wrestling death teen
Max Theiler
Scientist
30-Jan-1899 11-Aug-1972 Yellow fever vaccination
Jake Thomas
Actor
30-Jan-1990   Matt on Lizzie McGuire
Khleo Thomas
Actor
30-Jan-1989   Roll Bounce
Keiichi Tsuchiya
Auto Racing
30-Jan-1956   The Drift King
Barbara Tuchman
Historian
30-Jan-1912 6-Feb-1989 A Distant Mirror
Wilmer Valderrama
Actor
30-Jan-1980   Fez on That 70's Show
Jody Watley
Singer/Songwriter
30-Jan-1959   Hasta la vista, baby
David Wayne
Actor
30-Jan-1914 9-Feb-1995 The Andromeda Strain
David R. Whitwam
Business
30-Jan-1942   CEO of Whirlpool, 1987-2004
Margaret Bush Wilson
Activist
30-Jan-1919 11-Aug-2009 NAACP Chairman, 1975-83
Frank Wolf
Politician
30-Jan-1939   Congressman, Virginia 10th
Steven Zaillian
Screenwriter
30-Jan-1953   Schindler's List




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