| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Pope Agatho |
Religion |
c. 577 AD |
10-Jan-681 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 678-81 |
| Michael Aldridge |
Actor |
9-Sep-1920 |
10-Jan-1994 |
Seymour on Last of the Summer Wine |
| Lyman Beecher |
Religion |
12-Oct-1775 |
10-Jan-1863 |
American Presbyterian preacher |
| Berengar of Tours |
Religion |
c. 999 AD |
10-Jan-1088 |
Early anti-transubstantiation theologian |
| Jacob Bigelow |
Botanist |
27-Feb-1787 |
10-Jan-1879 |
American Medical Botany |
| Richard Boone |
Actor |
18-Jun-1917 |
10-Jan-1981 |
Have Gun, Will Travel |
| Edward Boscawen |
Military |
19-Aug-1711 |
10-Jan-1761 |
British admiral, Seven Years' War |
| Buffalo Bill |
Performance Artist |
26-Feb-1846 |
10-Jan-1917 |
Wild West showman |
| Coco Chanel |
Fashion Designer |
19-Aug-1883 |
10-Jan-1971 |
Chanel No. 5 |
| Samuel Colt |
Inventor |
19-Jul-1814 |
10-Jan-1862 |
Invented the revolver |
| C. Douglas Dillon |
Government |
21-Aug-1909 |
10-Jan-2003 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1961-65 |
| John Dye |
Actor |
31-Jan-1963 |
10-Jan-2011 |
Andrew on Touched by an Angel |
| Frederick B. Fancher |
Politician |
2-Apr-1852 |
10-Jan-1944 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1899-1901 |
| Robben W. Fleming |
Educator |
18-Dec-1916 |
10-Jan-2010 |
President, University of Michigan, 1968-78 |
| Jean-Leon Gerome |
Painter |
11-May-1824 |
10-Jan-1904 |
French Orientalist painter and sculptor |
| Vince Gibson |
Football |
27-Mar-1933 |
10-Jan-2012 |
Former NCAA coach |
| Cookie Gilchrist |
Football |
25-May-1935 |
10-Jan-2011 |
AFL Hall-of-Famer |
| Pope Gregory X |
Religion |
c. 1210 |
10-Jan-1276 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1271-76 |
| Dashiell Hammett |
Author |
27-May-1894 |
10-Jan-1961 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Laura Ingalls |
Aviator |
14-Dec-1893 |
10-Jan-1967 |
Aviatrix and Nazi sympathizer |
| John I Tzimisces |
Royalty |
925 AD |
10-Jan-976 AD |
Byzantine Emperor, 969-76 AD |
| William Laud |
Religion |
7-Oct-1573 |
10-Jan-1645 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45 |
| John Ledyard |
Explorer |
1751 |
10-Jan-1789 |
Explored Hawaii with Captain James Cook |
| Adrien-Marie Legendre |
Mathematician |
18-Sep-1752 |
10-Jan-1833 |
Traité des Fonctions Elliptiques |
| Sheldon Leonard |
Actor |
22-Feb-1907 |
10-Jan-1997 |
Nick the Bartender |
| Sinclair Lewis |
Novelist |
7-Feb-1885 |
10-Jan-1951 |
Arrowsmith and Elmer Gantry |
| Edward H. Linde |
Business |
c. 1940 |
10-Jan-2010 |
CEO of Boston Properties, 1997-2010 |
| Carolus Linnaeus |
Botanist |
23-May-1707 |
10-Jan-1778 |
Created a taxonomy of the species |
| Sir Hudson Lowe |
Military |
28-Jul-1769 |
10-Jan-1844 |
Governor of St. Helena over Napoleon |
| Paul Lynde |
Comic |
13-Jun-1926 |
10-Jan-1982 |
Hollywood Square |
| Jacques Marin |
Actor |
9-Sep-1919 |
10-Jan-2001 |
Charade |
| George Meany |
Labor Leader |
16-Aug-1894 |
10-Jan-1980 |
AFL-CIO President, 1955-79 |
| Gabriela Mistral |
Poet |
7-Apr-1889 |
10-Jan-1957 |
Desolación |
| Brian Moore |
Novelist |
25-Aug-1921 |
10-Jan-1999 |
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne |
| Lot M. Morrill |
Politician |
3-May-1813 |
10-Jan-1883 |
Governor and Senator from Maine |
| Samuel Mudd |
Doctor |
20-Dec-1833 |
10-Jan-1883 |
Physician who treated Lincoln's assassin |
| Charles Olson |
Poet |
27-Dec-1910 |
10-Jan-1970 |
The Maximus Poems |
| Radhabinod Pal |
Judge |
27-Jan-1886 |
10-Jan-1967 |
Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal |
| Isabel Paterson |
Author |
22-Jan-1886 |
10-Jan-1961 |
The God of the Machine |
| Joe Penner |
Radio Personality |
11-Nov-1904 |
10-Jan-1941 |
Wanna buy a duck? |
| Carlo Ponti |
Film/TV Producer |
11-Dec-1910 |
10-Jan-2007 |
Doctor Zhivago |
| Ernest Poole |
Novelist |
23-Jan-1880 |
10-Jan-1950 |
His Family |
| Emelian Pugachev |
Anarchist |
1740 |
10-Jan-1775 |
Bloody insurrectionist in southern Russia, 1773-74 |
| Alexandra Ripley |
Author |
8-Jan-1934 |
10-Jan-2004 |
Scarlett |
| John G. Schmitz |
Politician |
12-Aug-1930 |
10-Jan-2001 |
Congressman from California, 1970-73 |
| Jaroslav Seifert |
Poet |
23-Sep-1901 |
10-Jan-1986 |
The Nightingale Sings Out of Tune |
| Basil Sydney |
Actor |
23-Apr-1894 |
10-Jan-1968 |
English stage actor |
| Jameson Thomas |
Actor |
24-Mar-1888 |
10-Jan-1939 |
British stage, minor Hollywood actor |
| Alexander R. Todd |
Chemist |
2-Oct-1907 |
10-Jan-1997 |
Nuclaic acid, nucleotides |
| Harry Von Tilzer |
Songwriter |
8-Jul-1872 |
10-Jan-1946 |
Just Like The Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad |
| Ruth Graves Wakefield |
Chef |
17-Jun-1903 |
10-Jan-1977 |
Accidental inventor of chocolate chip cookies |
| Margaret Whiting |
Singer |
22-Jul-1924 |
10-Jan-2011 |
That Old Black Magic |
| Albert Wohlstetter |
Author |
19-Dec-1913 |
10-Jan-1997 |
Nuclear strategist |
| Howlin' Wolf |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Jun-1910 |
10-Jan-1976 |
Blues guitarist |
