| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Claude Akins |
Actor |
25-May-1926 |
27-Jan-1994 |
Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo |
| André the Giant |
Wrestling |
19-May-1946 |
27-Jan-1993 |
Professional wrestler with Giantism |
| Tige Andrews |
Actor |
19-Mar-1920 |
27-Jan-2007 |
Capt. Greer on The Mod Squad |
| Jacobo Arbenz |
Head of State |
14-Sep-1913 |
27-Jan-1971 |
President of Guatemala, 1951-54 |
| John James Audubon |
Naturalist |
26-Apr-1785 |
27-Jan-1851 |
Illustrated Birds of America |
| Isaac Babel |
Author |
1-Jul-1894 |
27-Jan-1940 |
Soviet master of short stories |
| Walter Baldwin |
Actor |
2-Jan-1889 |
27-Jan-1977 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
| Andrew Bell |
Educator |
27-Mar-1753 |
27-Jan-1832 |
Madras system of education |
| Georges Bidault |
Head of State |
5-Oct-1899 |
27-Jan-1983 |
French President, PM, and Foreign Minister |
| James G. Blaine |
Politician |
31-Jan-1830 |
27-Jan-1893 |
Twice US Secretary of State |
| Nellie Bly |
Journalist |
5-May-1864 |
27-Jan-1922 |
Ten Days in a Mad-House |
| Scott C. Bone |
Politician |
15-Feb-1860 |
27-Jan-1936 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1921-25 |
| Preston S. Brooks |
Politician |
5-Aug-1819 |
27-Jan-1857 |
Beat Charles Sumner with a cane |
| C. Norman Brunsdale |
Politician |
9-Jul-1891 |
27-Jan-1978 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1951-57 |
| Charlie Callas |
Comic |
20-Dec-1924 |
27-Jan-2011 |
Malcolm Argos on Switch |
| William L. Eagleton, Jr. |
Diplomat |
17-Aug-1926 |
27-Jan-2011 |
US Ambassador to Syria, 1984-88 |
| Johann Gottlieb Fichte |
Philosopher |
19-May-1762 |
27-Jan-1814 |
Critique of Revelation |
| Louis de Funès |
Actor |
31-Jul-1914 |
27-Jan-1983 |
La Grande vadrouille |
| John Gibson |
Sculptor |
19-Jun-1790 |
27-Jan-1866 |
English neoclassical sculptor |
| Gus Grissom |
Astronaut |
3-Apr-1926 |
27-Jan-1967 |
Second American in space |
| Gordon Hinckley |
Religion |
23-Jun-1910 |
27-Jan-2008 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1995-2008 |
| Mike Holovak |
Football |
19-Sep-1919 |
27-Jan-2008 |
NFL Head Coach, General Manager |
| Oskar Homolka |
Actor |
12-Aug-1898 |
27-Jan-1978 |
Sabotage |
| Samuel Hood |
Military |
12-Dec-1724 |
27-Jan-1816 |
British Admiral |
| Mahalia Jackson |
Singer |
26-Oct-1911 |
27-Jan-1972 |
Queen of Gospel Music |
| Betty Lou Keim |
Actor |
27-Sep-1938 |
27-Jan-2010 |
Fran McCord on The Deputy |
| David Maxwell Fyfe |
Politician |
29-May-1900 |
27-Jan-1967 |
UK Home Secretary, 1951-54 |
| Norman Z. McLeod |
Film Director |
20-Sep-1898 |
27-Jan-1964 |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
| Nerva |
Royalty |
8-Nov-30 AD |
27-Jan-98 AD |
Roman Emperor, 96-98 AD |
| Jack Paar |
Talk Show Host |
1-May-1918 |
27-Jan-2004 |
Second host of the Tonight Show |
| Lilli Palmer |
Actor |
24-May-1914 |
27-Jan-1986 |
The Four Poster |
| Johannes Rau |
Head of State |
16-Jan-1931 |
27-Jan-2006 |
President of Germany, 1999-2004 |
| Zelda Rubinstein |
Actor |
1-Jan-1933 |
27-Jan-2010 |
Tangina in Poltergeist |
| J. D. Salinger |
Novelist |
1-Jan-1919 |
27-Jan-2010 |
The Catcher in the Rye |
| Pope Sergius II |
Religion |
? |
27-Jan-847 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 844-47 |
| Richard X. Slattery |
Actor |
26-Jun-1925 |
27-Jan-1997 |
Capt. Buckner on C.P.O. Sharkey |
| Carl W. Strom |
Diplomat |
22-Dec-1899 |
27-Jan-1969 |
US Ambassador to Bolivia, 1959-61 |
| Suharto |
Head of State |
8-Jun-1921 |
27-Jan-2008 |
President of Indonesia, 1967-98 |
| Sir William Temple |
Diplomat |
25-Apr-1628 |
27-Jan-1699 |
British Ambassador to Netherlands |
| John Updike |
Novelist |
18-Mar-1932 |
27-Jan-2009 |
Rabbit, Run |
| Fausto Veranzio |
Engineer |
1551 |
27-Jan-1617 |
Tested Da Vinci's parachute |
| Giuseppe Verdi |
Composer |
9-Oct-1813 |
27-Jan-1901 |
La Traviata |
| Louie Welch |
Politician |
9-Dec-1918 |
27-Jan-2008 |
Mayor of Houston, 1964-73 |
| Ed White |
Astronaut |
14-Nov-1930 |
27-Jan-1967 |
First American to walk in space |
| Kevin H. White |
Politician |
25-Sep-1929 |
27-Jan-2012 |
Mayor of Boston, 1968-84 |
| Charles Winninger |
Actor |
26-May-1884 |
27-Jan-1969 |
Show Boat |
| Ralph Yarborough |
Politician |
8-Jun-1903 |
27-Jan-1996 |
US Senator from Texas, 1957-71 |
| Howard Zinn |
Historian |
24-Aug-1922 |
27-Jan-2010 |
A People's History of the United States |
