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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Roger Allin
Politician
18-Dec-1848 1-Jan-1936 Governor of North Dakota, 1895-97
Ron Asheton
Guitarist
17-Jul-1948 1-Jan-2009 Guitarist for the Stooges
Vincent Auriol
Head of State
27-Aug-1884 1-Jan-1966 President of France, 1947-54
Joachim du Bellay
Poet
c. 1522 1-Jan-1560 French Pléiade poet
Johann Bernoulli
Mathematician
27-Jul-1667 1-Jan-1748 L'Hôpital's rule
Beulah Bondi
Actor
3-May-1888 1-Jan-1981 Make Way for Tomorrow
Chauncey H. Browning, Jr.
Attorney
21-Nov-1934 1-Jan-2010 Attorney General of West Virginia, 1969-85
Victor Buono
Actor
3-Feb-1938 1-Jan-1982 King Tut on Batman
Lord David Cecil
Author
9-Apr-1902 1-Jan-1986 Melbourne
Maurice Chevalier
Actor
12-Sep-1888 1-Jan-1972 Love Me Tonight
Shirley Chisholm
Politician
30-Nov-1924 1-Jan-2005 First black woman elected to US House
Domenico Cimarosa
Composer
17-Dec-1749 1-Jan-1801 Il Matrimonio segreto
June Clayworth
Actor
9-Jun-1912 1-Jan-1993 At Sword's Point
Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton
Naturalist
29-May-1716 1-Jan-1800 French comparative anatomist
Ignatius Donnelly
Author
3-Nov-1831 1-Jan-1901 Atlantis, the Antediluvian World
Joe Foss
Military
17-Apr-1915 1-Jan-2003 WWII ace, Governor of South Dakota
Margot Grahame
Actor
20-Feb-1911 1-Jan-1982 The Informer
Francesco Guardi
Painter
5-Oct-1712 1-Jan-1793 Venetian School Painter, Story of Tobit
Lloyd Haynes
Actor
19-Sep-1934 1-Jan-1987 Pete Dixon on Room 222
Heinrich Hertz
Physicist
22-Feb-1857 1-Jan-1894 Discoverer of electromagnetic radiation
Grace Murray Hopper
Computer Programmer
9-Dec-1906 1-Jan-1992 Computer programming pioneer
Ed Jenkins
Politician
4-Jan-1933 1-Jan-2012 Congressman from Georgia, 1977-93
Robert S. Kerr
Politician
11-Sep-1896 1-Jan-1963 Governor and Senator from Oklahoma
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Chemist
1-Dec-1743 1-Jan-1817 Discovered uranium, zirconium, titanium
Alexis Korner
Musician
19-Apr-1928 1-Jan-1984 Pivotal British blues performer
Louis XII
Royalty
27-Jun-1462 1-Jan-1515 King of France, 1498-1515
Edwin Lutyens
Architect
29-Mar-1869 1-Jan-1944 Laid the plan for New Delhi
Barton MacLane
Actor
25-Dec-1902 1-Jan-1969 Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie
Robert Matsui
Politician
17-Sep-1941 1-Jan-2005 Congressman from California, 1993-2005
Odo
Royalty
c. 860 AD 1-Jan-898 AD King of France 888-898
Tillie Olsen
Author
14-Jan-1913 1-Jan-2007 Tell Me a Riddle
Claiborne Pell
Politician
22-Nov-1918 1-Jan-2009 US Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97
Charles O. Porter
Politician
4-Apr-1919 1-Jan-2006 Congressman from Oregon, 1957-61
Edmund Purdom
Actor
19-Dec-1924 1-Jan-2009 The King's Thief
Cesar Romero
Actor
15-Feb-1907 1-Jan-1994 The Joker on Batman
Willard W. Scott, Jr.
Military
18-Feb-1926 1-Jan-2009 Superintendent of West Point, 1981-86
Frank Soskice
Politician
23-Jul-1902 1-Jan-1979 UK Home Secretary, 1964-65
Margaret Sullavan
Actor
16-May-1911 1-Jan-1960 The Shop Around the Corner
Townes Van Zandt
Singer/Songwriter
7-Mar-1944 1-Jan-1997 For the Sake of the Song
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg
Head of State
29-Nov-1856 1-Jan-1921 German Chancellor 1909-17
Ray Walston
Actor
2-Dec-1914 1-Jan-2001 My Favorite Martian
Eugene Wigner
Physicist
17-Nov-1902 1-Jan-1995 Law of conservation of parity
John S. Wilder
Politician
3-Jun-1921 1-Jan-2010 Lt. Governor of Tennessee, 1971-2007
Darrent Williams
Football
27-Sep-1982 1-Jan-2007 Murdered Denver Broncos cornerback
Hank Williams, Sr.
Country Musician
17-Sep-1923 1-Jan-1953 Take These Chains From My Heart
William Wycherley
Playwright
1640 1-Jan-1716 The Plain Dealer
Meg Wyllie
Actor
15-Feb-1917 1-Jan-2002 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters




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