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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Francis Adams IV
Business
2-May-1910 5-Jan-1999 Former president of Raytheon
Momofuku Ando
Business
5-Mar-1910 5-Jan-2007 Inventor of instant noodle soup
David Bates
Astronomer
18-Nov-1916 5-Jan-1994 Atmospheric and interstellar physics
Griffin Bell
Government
31-Oct-1918 5-Jan-2009 US Attorney General, 1977-79
Sonny Bono
Singer
16-Feb-1935 5-Jan-1998 Moustached half of Sonny and Cher
Max Born
Physicist
11-Dec-1882 5-Jan-1970 Pioneer of quantum mechanics
George Washington Carver
Botanist
c. 1860 5-Jan-1943 Crop rotation and peanut butter
Hans Conried
Actor
15-Apr-1917 5-Jan-1982 Character actor, 1930s to 1970s
Calvin Coolidge
Head of State
4-Jul-1872 5-Jan-1933 30th US President, 1923-29
Catherine de Medici
Royalty
13-Apr-1519 5-Jan-1589 De facto ruler of France, 1547-59
Sally Eilers
Actor
11-Dec-1908 5-Jan-1978 Coroner Creek
Elizabeth
Royalty
29-Dec-1709 5-Jan-1762 Tsarina of Russia, 1741-62
Massimo Girotti
Actor
18-May-1918 5-Jan-2003 Facing Windows
Norman G. Heatley
Scientist
10-Jan-1911 5-Jan-2004 Isolated penicillin
Rogers Hornsby
Baseball
27-Apr-1896 5-Jan-1963 The Raj
Roy Jenkins
Politician
11-Nov-1920 5-Jan-2003 Twice UK Home Secretary
Arthur Kennedy
Actor
17-Feb-1914 5-Jan-1990 The Man from Laramie
Jean Kerr
Author
10-Jul-1922 5-Jan-2003 Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Lincoln Kirstein
Author
4-May-1907 5-Jan-1996 Co-Founder, New York City Ballet
Burton Lane
Composer
2-Feb-1912 5-Jan-1997 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Harvey Lembeck
Actor
15-Apr-1923 5-Jan-1982 Cpl. Barbella on The Phil Silvers Show
Pete Maravich
Basketball
22-Jun-1947 5-Jan-1988 New Orleans Jazz shooter
Tug McGraw
Baseball
30-Aug-1944 5-Jan-2004 Pitcher for Mets, Phillies
Charles Mingus
Jazz Musician
22-Apr-1922 5-Jan-1979 Jazz bassist and legendary composer
Charles Nagel
Government
9-Aug-1849 5-Jan-1940 US Secy. of Commerce & Labor, 1909-13
Tip O'Neill
Politician
9-Dec-1912 5-Jan-1994 Speaker of the House, 1977-87
Merlyn Rees
Politician
18-Dec-1920 5-Jan-2006 UK Home Secretary, 1976-79
Mary Rowlandson
Author
c. 1635 5-Jan-1711 Narrative of the Captivity
Ernest Shackleton
Explorer
15-Feb-1874 5-Jan-1922 Antarctic explorer
Thomas Spalding
Agriculturalist
26-Mar-1774 5-Jan-1851 Congressman from Georgia, 1805-06
Danny Sugerman
Author
11-Oct-1954 5-Jan-2005 Manager/Biographer for The Doors
Harold C. Urey
Chemist
29-Apr-1893 5-Jan-1981 Discovered Deuterium
Francis A. Walker
Economist
2-Jul-1840 5-Jan-1897 The Wages Question
Léon Walras
Economist
16-Dec-1834 5-Jan-1910 Founded the marginalist school of economics


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