| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Jaber III al-Sabah |
Royalty |
29-Jun-1926 |
15-Jan-2006 |
Emir of Kuwait, 1977-2006 |
| Hap Arnold |
Military |
25-Jun-1886 |
15-Jan-1950 |
Commander, US Army Air Corps, WWII |
| Daisy Ashford |
Novelist |
7-Apr-1881 |
15-Jan-1972 |
The Young Visiters |
| Alex Barris |
TV Personality |
16-Sep-1922 |
15-Jan-2004 |
Canadian TV star from the '50s and '60s |
| Les Baxter |
Musician |
14-Mar-1922 |
15-Jan-1996 |
The Mel-Tones |
| Ray Bolger |
Actor |
10-Jan-1904 |
15-Jan-1987 |
The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow |
| Mathew Brady |
Photographer |
15-Jan-1823 |
15-Jan-1896 |
Civil War photographer |
| Sammy Cahn |
Songwriter |
18-Jun-1913 |
15-Jan-1993 |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
| Hortense Calisher |
Novelist |
20-Dec-1911 |
15-Jan-2009 |
In the Absence of Angels |
| Emanuel Celler |
Politician |
6-May-1888 |
15-Jan-1981 |
Congressman from New York, 1923-73 |
| John Dall |
Actor |
26-May-1918 |
15-Jan-1971 |
Rope |
| Josephus Daniels |
Government |
18-May-1862 |
15-Jan-1948 |
Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21 |
| Edward J. Derwinski |
Politician |
15-Sep-1926 |
15-Jan-2012 |
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1989-92 |
| Henri Alexandre Deslandres |
Astronomer |
24-Jul-1853 |
15-Jan-1948 |
Spectroheliograph |
| Edward Everett |
Politician |
11-Apr-1794 |
15-Jan-1865 |
Governor of Massachuetts, 1836-40 |
| Minnesota Fats |
Sports Figure |
19-Jan-1913 |
15-Jan-1996 |
Billiards opponent of Willie Mosconi |
| J. Allen Frear |
Politician |
7-Mar-1903 |
15-Jan-1993 |
US Senator from Delaware, 1949-61 |
| Galba |
Royalty |
24-Dec-3 BC |
15-Jan-69 AD |
Roman Emperor, 68-69 AD |
| Frances Gifford |
Actor |
7-Dec-1919 |
15-Jan-1994 |
Jungle Girl |
| Olivia Goldsmith |
Novelist |
c. 1949 |
15-Jan-2004 |
The First Wives Club |
| Emma Hamilton |
Relative |
1765 |
15-Jan-1815 |
Mistress of Lord Nelson |
| James Hillier |
Physicist |
22-Aug-1915 |
15-Jan-2007 |
Electron microscope |
| Hank Iba |
Basketball |
6-Aug-1904 |
15-Jan-1993 |
Oklahoma A&M Head Coach, 1934-70 |
| Gordon Jackson |
Actor |
19-Dec-1923 |
15-Jan-1990 |
Butler on Upstairs, Downstairs |
| Eliza Johnson |
First Lady |
4-Oct-1810 |
15-Jan-1876 |
Wife of US President Andrew Johnson |
| Martin Kosleck |
Actor |
24-Mar-1904 |
15-Jan-1994 |
German-American character actor |
| Meyer Lansky |
Criminal |
2-Jul-1902 |
15-Jan-1983 |
The brains behind the Mafia's money |
| David E. Lilienthal |
Government |
8-Jul-1899 |
15-Jan-1981 |
TVA Chairman, 1941-46 |
| Rosa Luxemburg |
Activist |
5-Mar-1871 |
15-Jan-1919 |
Co-Founder, Communist Party of Germany |
| Seán MacBride |
Activist |
26-Jan-1904 |
15-Jan-1988 |
Irish revolutionary, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Lincoln MacVeagh |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1890 |
15-Jan-1972 |
Roosevelt's Ambassador to Greece |
| Harry Nilsson |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Jun-1941 |
15-Jan-1994 |
Me and My Arrow |
| Marshall W. Nirenberg |
Scientist |
10-Apr-1927 |
15-Jan-2010 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Bud Post |
unspecified |
5-Apr-1939 |
15-Jan-2006 |
Unhappy lottery millionaire |
| Karl L. Rankin |
Diplomat |
4-Sep-1898 |
15-Jan-1991 |
US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1950-57 |
| Raoul |
Royalty |
? |
15-Jan-936 AD |
King of France 923-36 |
| Brad Renfro |
Actor |
25-Jul-1982 |
15-Jan-2008 |
The Client |
| Elizabeth Short |
Victim |
29-Jul-1924 |
15-Jan-1947 |
The Black Dahlia |
| Hulett C. Smith |
Politician |
21-Oct-1918 |
15-Jan-2012 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1965-69 |
| Jack Teagarden |
Jazz Musician |
20-Aug-1905 |
15-Jan-1964 |
Virtuoso trombonist and jazz bandleader |
| John W. Tyson |
Business |
26-Jul-1905 |
15-Jan-1967 |
Founder of Tyson Foods |
| Ruth Warrick |
Actor |
29-Jun-1915 |
15-Jan-2005 |
Phoebe Tyler on All My Children |