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January 1, 1981 Jamelia, English Musician January 1, 1975 Becky Kellar, ice hockey defenseman, Canada, 1998 Olympics January 1, 1975 Chris Anstey, NBA center, Dallas Mavericks January 1, 1975 Bo Bice, American Musician January 1, 1974 Johnie Church, NFL defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks January 1, 1973 Clyde Wijnhard, soccer player, Ajax, RKC January 1, 1973 Fang Li, Hunan China, tennis star, 1991 Futures-Bilbao-ESP January 1, 1973 Justin Armour, NFL wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills January 1, 1973 Mercury Hayes, wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons January 1, 1973 Saffron Burrows, English Actress January 1, 1972 Barron Miles, NFL def back for the Pittsburgh Steelers/WLAF corner, Frankfurt January 1, 1972 Ivan Droppa, hockey defenseman, Team Slovakia 1998 January 1, 1972 Catherine McCormack, English Actress January 1, 1971 Beno Bryant, WLAF running back for the Amsterdam Admirals January 1, 1971 Bobby Holik, Jihlava Cze, NHL left wing, New Jersey Devils, Team Czech Rep January 1, 1971 Bridget Pettis, WNBA guard, Phoenix Mercury January 1, 1971 Kevin Lee, NFL wide receiver for the New England Patriots January 1, 1971 Kevin Mitchell, NFL linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers January 1, 1971 Emily Mortimer, British Actress January 1, 1971 Toni Collette, Australian Actress January 1, 1970 Brian Morton, Wollongong Australia, canoeist 1996 Olympics January 1, 1970 Tom Sier, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen January 1, 1970 Vadim Glovatskiy, hockey defenseman, Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998 January 1, 1969 Morris Chestnut, actor, Boyz N the Hood January 1, 1969 Reemt Pyka, Bremerhaven GER, hockey forward, Team Germany January 1, 1968 John de Visser, soccer player, South Carolina Heerenveen January 1, 1968 Sandy Beasley, Richmond BC, softball outfielder 1996 Olympics January 1, 1967 Andy Heck, NFL tackle, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears January 1, 1967 Derrick Thomas, NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs January 1, 1966 Mika Nieminen, Tampere FIN, hockey forward, Team Finland, Oly-br-1998 January 1, 1966 Rawley Valberde, Oceanside California, actor, Amado-Santa Barbara January 1, 1966 Mary Hansen, Australian Musician January 1, 1966 Sarah Zettel, American Author January 1, 1965 Andrew O Valmon, born in Brooklyn, New York, 400m runner January 1, 1965 Harry Galbreath, NFL guard for the Green Bay Packers January 1, 1965 Mark Dewey, U.S. baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates January 1, 1965 Cindy Margolis, American Model January 1, 1964 DeDee Pfeiffer, actress, Cybill January 1, 1963 Glenn Trimble, cricketer, son of Sam Two ODI's for Australia 1986 January 1, 1963 Lance Smith, NFL guard for the New York Giants January 1, 1963 Laura Ingraham, American Celebrity January 1, 1962 Ravshanbek Aliyev, Kirgiz, cosmonaut January 1, 1962 Richard Roxburgh, Australian Actor January 1, 1961 Irv Eatman, NFL tackle for the Houston Oilers January 1, 1961 Marcia Cross, actress, Melrose Place January 1, 1961 Jeremy Northam, English Actor January 1, 1960 Michael David Morrison, actor, Caleb Snyder-As the World Turns January 1, 1960 Carol Alt, American Model January 1, 1959 Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghanistan, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-6 January 1, 1959 Candace Bushnell, American Writer January 1, 1958 Grandmaster Flash, [Joseph Saddler], New York City, rocker, Message January 1, 1958 Ren Woods, born in Portland, Oregon, actress, Fanta-Roots January 1, 1958 Charlie Kaufman, American Screenwriter January 1, 1957 Luis Guzman, Actor January 1, 1956 Anatoli Borisovich Polonsky, Russia, Lt-colonel/cosmonaut January 1, 1956 Sergei Vasiliyevich Avdeyev, Russian cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-15, SK:TM-28 January 1, 1955 Michael James Sullivan, born in Gary, Indiana, PGA golfer, 1980 Southern Open January 1, 1954 Fr David, Paris, France, rocker January 1, 1954 Robert Menendez, American Politician January 1, 1953 Alpha Blondy, [Seydou Kone], Ivory coast, reggae singer, Jerusalem January 1, 1953 Kevin Hangon, composer January 1, 1953 Rochelle S Abramson, violinist January 1, 1951 Frans Kellendonk, author, Ruin, The Good for Nothing January 1, 1951 Jaco Pastorius, rocker January 1, 1950 Morgan Fisher, rock keyboardist, British Lions January 1, 1950 Svetlana Georgievna Beregovkina, Russia, cosmonaut January 1, 1950 Yevgeni Vladimirovich Saley, cosmonaut January 1, 1950 Robert B. Laughlin, American Physicist January 1, 1949 Nikolai Tikhonovich Moskalenko, Russia, cosmonaut January 1, 1949 Peter Dormer, arts writer January 1, 1948 Lynn Abbey, American Author January 1, 1947 Alexei Ivanovich Bobrov, Russia, cosmonaut January 1, 1947 Gary "BB" Coleman, blues vocal/guitarist/producer January 1, 1947 Peter Lankhorst, Dutch MP, PPR January 1, 1947 Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov, Rus cosmonaut, Soyuz T-8, TM-4, STS 63 January 1, 1947 Jon Corzine, American Politician January 1, 1946 Manfred Stengl, Austria, 2 man lugist 1960 Olympics gold January 1, 1945 Jacques Ickx, Belgium, Le Mans auto race, 6-time winner January 1, 1945 Jacky Ickx, Belgian Celebrity January 1, 1944 Charlie Davis, cricketer, WI batsman in 15 Tests 1968-73 January 1, 1944 Rafik Hariri, Lebanese Statesman January 1, 1943 Jerilyn Britz, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, LPGA golfer, 1979 U.S. Women's Open January 1, 1942 Country Joe McDonald, California, rock guitarist and vocalist, & the Fish January 1, 1942 Don Novello, [Father Guido Sarducci], Ashtabula, Ohio, comedian, SNL January 1, 1942 Gennadi Vassilyevich Sarafanov, U.S.S.R., cosmonaut, Soyuz 15 January 1, 1942 George Couroupos, composer January 1, 1942 Martin Frost, Rep-D-TX, 1971- January 1, 1942 John Spratt, American Politician January 1, 1942 Al Hunt, American Journalist January 1, 1940 Frank Langella, Bayonne, New Jersey, actor, Dracula, Diary of a Mad Housewife January 1, 1940 Jack Kiefer, Columbia, Pennsylvania, PGA golfer, 1994 Ralphs Senior Classic January 1, 1940 Laszlo Sary, composer January 1, 1940 Richard Henry Orton, composer January 1, 1938 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard, Queen of Netherlands, 1980- January 1, 1938 Bill Emerson, Rep-R-MO, 1981- January 1, 1936 Eve Queler, New York City, conductor January 1, 1936 Willye B White, U.S. jumper, Olympics-silver-1956 January 1, 1935 Harold Martina, Netherland Antilles, pianist/conductor January 1, 1935 Valentin Nikolaevich N Benderov, Russia, cosmonaut January 1, 1934 Lakhdar Brahimi, Public Servant January 1, 1933 Anders Bo Leif Linde, composer January 1, 1933 James A. Abrahamson, USAF/astronaut January 1, 1933 Joe Orton, England, actor/dramatist, Prick Up Your Ears January 1, 1933 James Wolfensohn, Australian Businessman January 1, 1933 Alex Campbell, Canadian Politician January 1, 1932 Arnfried G D P, Dutch manufacturer, breadcrumbs, /drugs dealer January 1, 1932 Francis Arinze, Nigerian Clergyman January 1, 1932 John Searle, American Philosopher January 1, 1931 Carel Brons, composer January 1, 1931 Siddig El Nigoumi, ceramicist January 1, 1931 Jimmy Lyons, American Musician January 1, 1930 Gaafar Muhammad Nimeiry, premier/president, Sudan January 1, 1930 Werner Heiden, composer January 1, 1930 Frederick Wiseman, American Director January 1, 1929 Holling Gustav Vapor, character on Northern Exposure January 1, 1928 Ernest R Tidyman, Ohio, novelist/screenwriter, French Connection January 1, 1928 Khan Mohammad, cricketer, Paki fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests January 1, 1928 Zhu Rongji, Chinese Statesman January 1, 1927 Barbara Baxley, Stockton California, actress, Norma Rae, Countdown January 1, 1927 Juliusz Luciuk, composer January 1, 1927 Maurice Bejart, France, ballet choreographer, Rite of Spring January 1, 1927 Yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer January 1, 1927 Vernon L. Smith, American Economist January 1, 1926 Claire Polin [Schaff], composer flautist/musicologist January 1, 1925 George Conner, NFL tackle, linebacker for the Chicago Bears January 1, 1925 Valentina Cortesa, Milan Italy, actress, Kidnap Syndicate January 1, 1923 Chalmers Goodlin, U.S. test pilot, XS-1 January 1, 1923 Milton Jackson, U.S., vibraphonist, Milt of Bags January 1, 1922 Ernest F. Hollings, Sen-D-SC, 1966- January 1, 1922 Burke Marshall, American Lawyer January 1, 1922 Fritz Hollings, American Politician January 1, 1921 Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Algerian/French cross country, Oly-gold-1956 January 1, 1920 Elisabeth Andersen, [Anna de Bruyn], Dutch actress, Yerma, Titania January 1, 1920 Roger Peacock, writer January 1, 1919 Bernard Drukker, Dutch organist/pianist/orch leader, Devil's Wheel January 1, 1919 Carole Landis, Fairchild WI, actress, One Million BC, Topper Returns January 1, 1919 J. D. Salinger, American Novelist, Catcher in the Rye January 1, 1918 Willy den Ouden, Dutch swimmer, WR 100m, 1:04.06 January 1, 1916 Earl Wrightson, born in Baltimore, Maryland, singer, Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue January 1, 1915 Francois Bondy, writer January 1, 1915 Lewis Bingham Keeble, town planner January 1, 1915 Jerome Bruner, American Psychologist January 1, 1913 Eliot Janeway, financial writer, Economics of Chaos January 1, 1912 Kim Philby, British spy/Soviet mole January 1, 1912 Victor Reuther, Wheeling, West Virginia, labor leader January 1, 1911 Hank Greenberg, Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman, Detroit Tiger January 1, 1911 Walt Alston, American Athlete January 1, 1910 Russ Bender, actor and writer, Amazing Colossal Man, Space Monster January 1, 1909 Barry Goldwater, Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69-, President candidate, R, 1964 January 1, 1909 D. D. Hindlekar, cricketer, Indian batsman and wicket-keeper 1936-46 January 1, 1909 Dana Andrews, Collins Mississippi, actor, Battle of the Bulge, Laura January 1, 1908 Kinue Hitoma, Japan, 800m runner, Oly-silver-1928 January 1, 1907 Erich Schmid, composer January 1, 1906 Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater, Olympic-bronze-1932 January 1, 1905 Melvin Price, Rep-D-IL, 1945- January 1, 1902 Buster Nupen, cricketer, 1-eyed South African quick, great on matting January 1, 1902 Dimiter Nenov, composer January 1, 1901 Christine WI Wittewaall van Stoetwegen, Dutch MP, CDD January 1, 1900 Hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer, DAF January 1, 1900 William Haines, Staunton, Virginia, actor, Fast Life, Little Annie Rooney January 1, 1900 Xavier Cugat, born in Barcelona, Spain, bandleader, married Abbe Lane, Charo January 1, 1899 Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa, composer January 1, 1899 Lev V Kuleshov, Russian director/theorist, Po Zakonu January 1, 1899 Raymond Loucheur, composer January 1, 1898 George van Derton, Belgian January 1, 1898 George van Derton, Belgian racer, won 500 race January 1, 1898 Viktor Ullmann, opera composer, Der Kaiser von Atlantis January 1, 1897 Walter Greaza, St. Paul, Minnesota, actor, Martin Kane Private Eye January 1, 1896 Maurice Jacobson, composer January 1, 1896 Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japans actor and director, Jujiro, Jigoku-mon January 1, 1896 Yitzhak Edel, composer January 1, 1895 Nathaniel Shilkret, New York City, conductor January 1, 1895 J. Edgar Hoover, American Public Servant January 1, 1892 Artur Rodzinski, Spalato, Dalmatia, Poland, conductor/composer January 1, 1892 Manuel Roxas y Acuna, 1st president Philippines January 1, 1892 Miklos Radnai, composer January 1, 1891 Frank Pettingell, Liverpool England, actor, Gaslight, Goose Steps Out January 1, 1890 Florence Lawrence, Hamilton Ont, silent screen actress, Confidence January 1, 1889 Alexander Smallens, St. Petersburg, Russia, conductor January 1, 1889 Charles Bickford, Cambridge Massachusetts, actor, John-The Virginian January 1, 1889 Tadeusz Jarecki, composer January 1, 1889 Tom Dugan, Dublin Ireland, actor, Circus Clown, Drag, Skyway January 1, 1887 Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral/head German military intelligence January 1, 1885 Roland Diggle, composer January 1, 1885 Charles Seymour, American Historian January 1, 1883 Federigo Tozzi, Italian writer/journalist, La Torre, Tre Croci January 1, 1883 [Hei]ko E Arnoldi, Dutch actor, 3 Drops of Water, /theater director January 1, 1882 W C Wendelaar, mayor of Alkmaar, 1919-34, /Dutch MP, VVD January 1, 1881 Carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author, Heleen, Eva January 1, 1880 Edie Martin, born in London, England, actress, Titfield Thunderbolt January 1, 1880 Shalom Asch, Poland, yiddish writer, Motke Ganev January 1, 1879 Edward M Forster, England, novelist, Howards End, Passage to India January 1, 1879 Emile Argand, Swiss geologist, Dekbladen Theory January 1, 1879 Ernest Jones, British psychoanalyst, Life and Work of Sigmund Freud January 1, 1879 William Fox, U.S. film pioneer, Nickelodeon January 1, 1879 Edward M. Forster, English Novelist January 1, 1879 E. M. Forster, English Novelist January 1, 1878 Edwin Franko Goldman, composer January 1, 1878 Francois Ambrosiny, French dancer/choreograph, L'oiseau enchante January 1, 1876 Johan C Altorf, sculptor, October 3rd monument January 1, 1876 Anna de Noailles, Romanian Writer January 1, 1875 Charles Rist, French economist January 1, 1875 N F Druce, cricketer, 5 Tests for England vs. Australia 1897-98 January 1, 1874 Hugo Leichtentritt, composer January 1, 1874 Frank Knox, American Public Servant January 1, 1873 Mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist, The Flies, The Bosses January 1, 1869 Louis EJM de la Vallee-Poussin, Belgian indologist January 1, 1867 Charles Edward Montague, English author/critic, Fiery Particles January 1, 1867 Lew Fields, comedian, of Weber and Fields January 1, 1865 Giuseppe Ferrata, composer January 1, 1864 Alfred Stieglitz, U.S. photographer/art dealer, Camera Work January 1, 1863 Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer, To Chicago and Back January 1, 1863 Pierre de Coubertin, France, baron, revived Olympic games January 1, 1862 Snitz Edwards, Hungary, actor, College, Phantom of the Opera January 1, 1857 John Joly, Irish Scientist January 1, 1854 James Frazer, Britain, anthropologist/author, The Golden Bough January 1, 1854 James G. Frazer, Scottish Scientist January 1, 1853 Hans Koessler, composer January 1, 1846 Nikola Pasic, Serbian nationalist/premier, 1891..1926 January 1, 1843 Nikolay Nikolayevich Lodizhensky, composer January 1, 1838 William Hugh Young, Brig General Confederate Army, died in 1901 January 1, 1835 Charles Bowen, English Judge January 1, 1834 Ludovic Halevy, French Author January 1, 1831 William Joseph Westbrook, composer January 1, 1827 William Lewis "Old Tige" Cabell, Brig General Confederate Army January 1, 1819 Arthur Hugh Clough, poet, friend of Matthew Arnold January 1, 1819 George Foster Shepley, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1878 January 1, 1817 Martin H Klaproth, Germany, chemist January 1, 1815 Charles Renouvier, French philosopher, neocriticism January 1, 1809 John Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, Silver Fleet January 1, 1803 Richard Henry Horne, English Poet January 1, 1800 Sydney Nelson, composer January 1, 1800 Vaclav Horak, composer January 1, 1793 Francis Bond Head, Canadian Statesman January 1, 1792 Henrik A. Bjerregaard, Norwegian writer/poet, Sonner af Norge January 1, 1784 William Beale, composer January 1, 1777 Micah Hawkins, composer January 1, 1767 Maria Edgeworth, Irish Novelist January 1, 1764 John Kinker, Dutch linguist/philosopher/poet, Minderjarige Zangster January 1, 1752 Elizabeth Griscom, Betsy, Ross, flag maker January 1, 1752 Betsy Ross, American Celebrity January 1, 1748 Giovanni Furno, composer January 1, 1745 "Mad" Anthony Wayne, general January 1, 1745 Anthony Wayne, American Soldier January 1, 1735 Paul Revere, silversmith/US patriot, British are coming January 1, 1734 John F E Acton, cruel premier of Naples January 1, 1729 Edmund Burke, British author, Philosophy and Inquiry January 1, 1723 Christian Friedrich Gregor, composer January 1, 1714 Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet, The Seas January 1, 1709 Johann H H Butz, German/Dutch organ builder January 1, 1697 Johann Pfeiffer, composer January 1, 1652 Johann Krieger, composer January 1, 1638 Antoinette du Ligier de la Guard Deshoulieres, French poet/playwright January 1, 1636 Nicolas Boileau, French Poet January 1, 1628 Christoph Bernhard, German composer January 1, 1622 Isaac Sweers, Dutch Admiral/general/Civil rights activist January 1, 1618 Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spain, Baroque artist [baptized] January 1, 1614 John Wilkins, English Clergyman January 1, 1520 Franciscus Balduinus, [Francois Baudouin], lawyer January 1, 1504 Caspar Cruciger, German church reformer January 1, 1481 Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant reformer January 1, 1467 Sigismund I, the old, king of Poland January 1, 1449 Lorenzo de'Medici, [The Magnificent] of Florence January 1, 1431 Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia], Spanish/Italian pope, 1492-1503 January 1, 1387 Charles, The Angry One, king of Navarra, 1349-87 January 1, 379 Basilius, the Great, of Caesarea, holyman, Moralia |