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Died on January 2nd
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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| George Biddell Airy |
Astronomer |
27-Jul-1801 |
2-Jan-1892 |
British Astronomer Royal |
| Ross Alexander |
Actor |
27-Jul-1907 |
2-Jan-1937 |
Captain Blood |
| R. H. Barlow |
Author |
18-May-1918 |
2-Jan-1951 |
Literary executor of H. P. Lovecraft |
| Johann Jakob Bodmer |
Author |
19-Jul-1698 |
2-Jan-1783 |
Von dem Wunderbaren in der Poesie |
| George Henry Boker |
Playwright |
6-Oct-1823 |
2-Jan-1890 |
Francesca da Rimini |
| Arthur Bryant |
Historian |
18-Feb-1899 |
2-Jan-1985 |
Biographer of Samuel Pepys |
| Jack Carson |
Actor |
27-Oct-1910 |
2-Jan-1963 |
Two Guys From Milwaukee |
| Caleb Cushing |
Politician |
17-Jan-1800 |
2-Jan-1879 |
US Attorney General, 1853-57 |
| Teri Diver |
Pornstar |
6-Sep-1971 |
2-Jan-2001 |
What's Up, Tiger Pussy? |
| Lee S. Dreyfus |
Politician |
20-Jun-1926 |
2-Jan-2008 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1979-83 |
| Virginia Field |
Actor |
4-Nov-1917 |
2-Jan-1992 |
Waterloo Bridge |
| Anne Francis |
Actor |
16-Sep-1930 |
2-Jan-2011 |
Forbidden Planet |
| Frank Kelly Freas |
Artist |
22-Aug-1922 |
2-Jan-2005 |
Illustrator of science fiction and fantasy |
| Erroll Garner |
Jazz Musician |
15-Jun-1921 |
2-Jan-1977 |
Misty |
| Melchiorre Gioja |
Economist |
20-Sep-1767 |
2-Jan-1829 |
Filosofia della Statistica |
| Alan Hale, Jr. |
Actor |
8-Mar-1921 |
2-Jan-1990 |
The Skipper on Gilligan's Island |
| Edmond Jabès |
Poet |
6-Apr-1912 |
2-Jan-1991 |
The Book of Resemblances |
| Nancy Kelly |
Actor |
25-Mar-1921 |
2-Jan-1995 |
The Bad Seed |
| E. V. Knox |
Editor |
10-May-1881 |
2-Jan-1971 |
Editor of Punch, 1932-49 |
| Teddy Kollek |
Politician |
27-May-1911 |
2-Jan-2007 |
Mayor of Jerusalem, 1965-93 |
| Joseph Rucker Lamar |
Judge |
15-Oct-1857 |
2-Jan-1916 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1911-16 |
| Johann Kaspar Lavater |
Paranormal |
11-Nov-1741 |
2-Jan-1801 |
Essays on Physiognomy |
| Ginette Leclerc |
Actor |
9-Feb-1912 |
2-Jan-1992 |
Le Corbeau |
| James Longstreet |
Military |
8-Jan-1821 |
2-Jan-1904 |
Confederate Army General |
| Una Merkel |
Actor |
10-Dec-1903 |
2-Jan-1986 |
Summer and Smoke |
| Patrick O'Brian |
Novelist |
12-Dec-1914 |
2-Jan-2000 |
The Aubreyad series |
| Armand Peugeot |
Business |
26-Mar-1849 |
2-Jan-1915 |
Built the first Peugeot automobiles |
| Pete Postlethwaite |
Actor |
16-Feb-1946 |
2-Jan-2011 |
In the Name of the Father |
| Dick Powell |
Actor |
14-Nov-1904 |
2-Jan-1963 |
The Bad and the Beautiful |
| William R. Ratchford |
Politician |
24-May-1934 |
2-Jan-2011 |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1979-85 |
| Dixy Lee Ray |
Politician |
3-Sep-1914 |
2-Jan-1994 |
Governor of Washington, 1977-81 |
| Tex Ritter |
Country Musician |
12-Jan-1905 |
2-Jan-1974 |
You Two-Timed Me Once Too Often |
| William P. Rogers |
Government |
23-Jun-1913 |
2-Jan-2001 |
US Secretary of State, 1969-73 |
| Margot Stevenson |
Actor |
8-Feb-1912 |
2-Jan-2011 |
Margo Lane on The Shadow |
| Edward Tylor |
Anthropologist |
2-Oct-1832 |
2-Jan-1917 |
Founder of cultural anthropology |
| Vladimir Ussachevsky |
Composer |
3-Nov-1911 |
2-Jan-1990 |
Tape music composer |
| Bill Veeck |
Baseball |
9-Feb-1914 |
2-Jan-1986 |
Chicago White Sox owner |
| John Wojtowicz |
Criminal |
9-Mar-1945 |
2-Jan-2006 |
Bank robber inspired Dog Day Afternoon |
| Elmo R. Zumwalt |
Military |
29-Nov-1920 |
2-Jan-2000 |
US Chief of Naval Operations, 1970-74 |
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