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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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




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