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January 20, 1990 Joanna Noelle Levesque, American Musician January 20, 1978 Michael East, American Athlete January 20, 1977 Paul "Goggo" Adams, cricketer, lefty very unorthodox bowler for South Africa January 20, 1974 Calvin Harrison, Orlando Florida, 200m/400m runner January 20, 1974 Rae Carruth, wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers January 20, 1973 Eddie Kennison, wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams January 20, 1973 Jalen Rose, NBA guard for the Denver Nuggets January 20, 1972 Alcides Catanho, NFL outside linebacker for the New England Patriots January 20, 1971 Alan Young, NFL defensive end for the New York Jets January 20, 1971 Andrei Skabelka, NHL forward, Belarus, 1998 Olympics January 20, 1971 Johnny Mitchell, NFL tight end for the New York Jets January 20, 1971 Karin Smith, Miss Minnesota USA 1996 January 20, 1971 Snoop Dogg, American Musician January 20, 1971 Angelica Bridges, American Actress January 20, 1970 Anita St. Rose, Miss Universe-Great Britain 1996 January 20, 1970 Dennis Hulshof, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles January 20, 1970 Deon Figures, cornerback for the Jacksonville Jaguars January 20, 1970 Marvin Benard, Bluefields Nicaragua, outfielder for the San Francisco Giants January 20, 1970 Rob Gaudreau, Lincoln, NHL center, Ottawa Senators January 20, 1970 Ron Carpenter, NFL/WLAF safety, New York Jets, Amsterdam Admirals January 20, 1970 Skeet Ulrich, actor, Scream January 20, 1970 Terry Kirby, NFL running back, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers January 20, 1970 Thomas "Tom" Murray, Buffalo, New York, rower 1996 Olympics January 20, 1970 Michelle Malkin, American Writer January 20, 1969 Andre Romal Cason, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 100m runner January 20, 1969 Melissa Rivers, New York City, TV hostess, MTV, CBS Morning News January 20, 1969 Tia Marie Zorne, Las Vegas Nevada, Miss Nevada-America 1991 January 20, 1968 Junior Murray, cricketer, WI keeper, no relation to Derryck or David January 20, 1968 Nick Anderson, NBA guard and forward, Orlando Magic January 20, 1967 Joe Pasquale, rocker, Prey January 20, 1967 Mark Stepnoski, NFL center, Houston/Tennessee Oilers January 20, 1967 Stacey Dash, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Dionne-Clueless January 20, 1966 Bert Weidner, NFL guard for the Miami Dolphins January 20, 1966 Chris Morris, NBA forward, Utah Jazz January 20, 1966 Rich Gannon, NFL quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs January 20, 1966 Tracii Guns, rock guitarist, LA Guns-It's Over Now January 20, 1965 Brad Brink, U.S. baseball pitcher, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies January 20, 1965 Michael Diamond, American Musician January 20, 1964 Ozzie Guillen, Oculare del Tuy Venezuela, shortstop, Chicago White Sox January 20, 1964 Roger Smith, Freeport Bahamas, tennis doubles player January 20, 1964 Ron Harper, NBA guard, Chicago Bulls January 20, 1964 Victoria Sellers, born in London, England, actress, Crime Zone, Warlords January 20, 1964 Fareed Zakaria, American Journalist January 20, 1963 Scott Fisher, born in San Jose, California, Australian basketball forward 1996 Olympics January 20, 1963 James Denton, American Actor January 20, 1961 Ian Rush, Welsh Athlete January 20, 1960 Peter G. Fitzgerald, American Politician January 20, 1959 Lea Antonoplis, West Covina Cat, tennis star January 20, 1958 Lorenzo Lamas, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Lance-Falcon Crest, California Fever January 20, 1957 Leonard C Clements, Cherry Point, North Carolina, PGA golfer, 1994 Bob Hope-2nd January 20, 1957 Margaret Spellings, American Public Servant January 20, 1956 Bill Maher, comedian, Politically Incorrect January 20, 1956 John McNally, Naha Okinawa, U.S. rapid fire pistol, Oly-84, 88, 92, 96 January 20, 1956 John Phillips Naber, Evanston, Illinois, swimmer, Olympic-4 gold/silver-76 January 20, 1956 Danny Boyle, English Director January 20, 1955 Joe Doherty, Ireland, IRA activist, jailed in U.S. January 20, 1955 Michael Anthony, rock bassist/singer, Van Halen-Pretty Woman January 20, 1954 Sandra Cisneros, American Author January 20, 1952 Ian Hill, bass guitarist, Judas Priest-Breakin the Law January 20, 1952 Paul Stanley, [Eisen], rock guitarist, KISS-Beth January 20, 1951 Magomed Omarovich Tolboyev, Russian cosmonaut January 20, 1951 Shelley Berkley, American Politician January 20, 1950 Henk Batenburgh, cabaret performer/singer, Waaldrecht January 20, 1950 Chris Cannon, American Politician January 20, 1949 Ivana Trump, former wife of Donald January 20, 1949 Kieron Walsh, academic January 20, 1949 Goran Persson, Swedish Politician January 20, 1949 Jeff Dowd, American Actor January 20, 1948 Anatoly Shcharansky, Soviet human rights activist January 20, 1948 Jerry Ross, Indiana, Lt Col USAF/astronaut, STS 61B, 27, 37, 55, 74,sk:88 January 20, 1948 Melvyn John Pritchard, England, rocker, Barclay James Harvest January 20, 1948 Giuliana Sgrena, Italian Journalist January 20, 1948 Natan Sharansky, Russian Writer January 20, 1948 Alan Parsons, British Musician January 20, 1947 George Grantham, rocker, Poco-Crazy Eyes January 20, 1947 Malcolm McLaren, founded rock group, Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen January 20, 1947 Ronald Townson, rock singer, 5th Dimension-We Can Fly January 20, 1946 David Lynch, born in Missoula, Montana, actor and director, Dune, Eraserhead January 20, 1946 Lewis Grizzard, American Writer January 20, 1946 Dick Wolf, American Producer January 20, 1945 Eric Stewart, rock guitarist, 10cc-I'm Not in Love January 20, 1945 Peter Beckwith, English real estate developer/multi-millionaire January 20, 1945 Tom Tancredo, American Politician January 20, 1944 Eddie Shah, English publisher, Today, Post January 20, 1944 Isao Okano, Japan, middleweight judo 1964 Olympic gold January 20, 1944 Lieven Soete, Dutch publicist, Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact January 20, 1943 Roeland HG "Roel" van Duyn, Dutch Provo politician January 20, 1942 Slim Whitman, yoddler/country singer, Home on the Range January 20, 1940 Carol Heiss Jenkins, New York City, figure skater, Oly-gold/silver-56, 60 January 20, 1940 Jorge Peixinho, composer January 20, 1939 Murle Breer, LPGA golfer January 20, 1939 Nalin Chandra Wickramasinghe, Indian astronomer January 20, 1939 Kim Weston, American Musician January 20, 1937 Dorothy Provine, Deadwood, South Dakota, actress, Good Neighbor Sam, Darn Cat January 20, 1936 Eldred G Maduro, minister, Netherland Antilles January 20, 1934 Tom Baker, actor, Angels Die Hard, Vault of Horror January 20, 1934 R. 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Apple, Jr., American Journalist January 20, 1934 Gordon Getty, American Businessman January 20, 1933 Ron Townson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, rock vocalist, 5th Dimension-Up Up and Away January 20, 1931 Sawako Ariyoshi, Japanese writer, Compound Pollution, Doctor's Wife January 20, 1931 Thomas Roy Garrett, museum curator January 20, 1930 Buzz Aldrin, Montclair, New Jersey, USAF/astro, Gem 12, Ap 11 January 20, 1929 Arte Johnson, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, Laugh-in, Don't Call Me Charlie January 20, 1928 Martin Landau, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Mission Impossible, Tucker, Space 1999 January 20, 1928 Peter Donat, Kentville Nova Scotia, Flamingo Road, Different Story January 20, 1928 William Berger, Austria, actress, Adventure of Hercules January 20, 1927 Geoffrey WT Atkins, British World Champion racket player, 1954-72 January 20, 1927 Olivier Strebelle, Belgian sculptor/ceramist January 20, 1926 David Eugene Tudor, Philadelphia Penn, composer January 20, 1926 Michael Higgins, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, 1918, Wanda, Black Stallion January 20, 1926 Patricia Neal, born in Packard, Kentucky, actress, Hud, Subject Was Roses January 20, 1926 Robert L Van Citters, cardiology/advisory panelist/UW dean January 20, 1925 E Cardenal, writer January 20, 1925 Edwin Gordon, New York City, VOA correspondant January 20, 1925 Eugen Gomringer, writer January 20, 1925 George Connol, NFL Hall-of-Famer January 20, 1925 Theodore Hall, American Criminal January 20, 1924 Yvonne Loriod, Houilles France, pianist January 20, 1922 Lord James Hanson, English industrialist/House of Lords, Conservative January 20, 1922 Ray Anthony, Penn, orch leader, Ray Anthony Show, Peter Gunn Theme January 20, 1921 Bernt Engelmann, Germany, writer January 20, 1920 DeForest Kelley, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Dr. McCoy-Star Trek January 20, 1920 Federico Fellini, born in Rimini, Italy, dir, 8, Satyricon, La Dolce Vita January 20, 1920 Peter Clemoes, anglo-Saxon scholar January 20, 1920 Richard John Copeland Atkinson, archaeologist January 20, 1920 Sam M Gibbons, Rep-D-FL, 1963- January 20, 1919 Alex Nicol, Ossining, New York, actor, Man From Laramie, Air Cadet January 20, 1919 Royalton Kisch, British conductor January 20, 1919 Stepan Lucky, composer January 20, 1916 Jopie [Johan A] Pengel, premier of Suriname, 1963-69 January 20, 1916 Walter Bartley, biochemist January 20, 1916 Morrie Schwartz, American Educator January 20, 1915 C. 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Ceram, [Kurt W Marek], German/US writer, March of Archaeology January 20, 1915 Joe Hitchcock, darts player, leader of St. Dunstan's Four January 20, 1914 Wensley Pithey, Cape Town South Africa, actor, Winston Churchill-Ike January 20, 1912 Christopher Casson, Irish actor, Zardoz, Educating Rita January 20, 1910 Abram Hill, director/playwright/founder, American Negro Theater January 20, 1910 Ennio Porrino, composer January 20, 1910 Joy Adamson, naturalist/author, Born Free January 20, 1910 Lauritz Lauritzen, German politician January 20, 1910 Nina Verchinina, dancer choreographer/teacher January 20, 1908 Ian Peebles, cricketer, Scottish leg-spinner, England 1927-31 January 20, 1908 Paula Wessely, Austrian actress/producer, Masquerade January 20, 1908 Wilfred Conwell Bain, composer January 20, 1907 Roy Welensky, Premier, Rhodesia/Nyasaland 1956-63 January 20, 1904 Alexandra Danilova, Peterhof Russia, ballerina, Turning Point January 20, 1904 Renato Caccioppoli, Italian mathematician/grandson of Bakunin January 20, 1904 Theodore Brameld, author/educator, Use of Explosive Ideas January 20, 1904 Tommy Douglas, Canadian Clergyman January 20, 1903 Leon Ames, Portland Indiana, actor, Mr Ed, Father of the Bride January 20, 1903 Sybil Marion Rosenfeld, theatre historian January 20, 1901 Nazim Hikmet, Turkish Poet January 20, 1900 Boris Semyonovich Shekhter, composer January 20, 1900 Doris Deane, WI, entertainer January 20, 1899 Alexander Tcherepnin, composer January 20, 1899 Kenjiro Takayanagi, VP, JVC January 20, 1898 Colin Clive, [Greig], St. Malo France, actor, Bride of Frankenstein January 20, 1897 Mae Busch, Australian/US actress, Cowboy Socialist January 20, 1896 Elmer R Diktonius, Finnish musicologist/author, Janne Kubik January 20, 1896 George Burns, New York City, actor/comedian, Oh God January 20, 1896 Rolfe Sedan, New York City, actor, Mailman-George Burns Show January 20, 1895 Eva A. Jessye, U.S. singer/actress/songwriter, Hallelujah January 20, 1894 Harold L Gray, creator, Little Orphan Annie January 20, 1894 Walter Hamor Piston, Rockland Maine, composer, Incredible Flutis January 20, 1894 Walter Piston, American Composer January 20, 1893 Kaj Birket-Smith, Danish etnologist/anthropologist, Eskimos January 20, 1892 Roscoe Ates, Grange Mississippi, actor, Dep Roscoe-Marshal of Gunsight Pass January 20, 1891 Mischa Elman, Talnoye Ukraine, U.S. violinist January 20, 1889 Edwin Powell Hubble, American Scientist January 20, 1888 Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist, Rock Island Line January 20, 1884 A[braham P] Merritt, U.S., sci-fi author, Moon Pool, Creep Shadow! January 20, 1883 Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces January 20, 1879 Ramana Maharshi, Indian Philosopher January 20, 1878 Finlay Currie, Scotland, actor, Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Avengers January 20, 1877 Ruth St. Denis, Newark, New Jersey, ballerina, Dances of the 5 Senses January 20, 1873 Charles A. Ellwood, U.S., sociologist/psychologist January 20, 1873 Johannes V Jensen, Denmark, novelist/poet, Energy Storage, Nobel 1944 January 20, 1873 Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish Author January 20, 1872 Julia Morgan, American Architect January 20, 1871 Arthur Guiterman, American Comedian January 20, 1870 Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu, composer January 20, 1868 Wilhelm Schafer, German writer, Ein Totschlager January 20, 1866 Richard Le Gallienne, English writer, Maker of Gainborg January 20, 1865 Friedrich A H von Waldeck, brother of queen Emma/last ruler of Waldeck January 20, 1860 Dan Leno, English Comedian January 20, 1855 Amedee-Ernest Chausson, composer January 20, 1847 W R Pettiford, Founder, Alabama Penny Savings Bank January 20, 1844 Johan Peter Selmer, composer January 20, 1843 Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat, Madrid, Constantinople, London January 20, 1831 Pieter J Joubert, general, South Africa January 20, 1820 Anne Jemima Clough, England, promoted higher education for women January 20, 1814 David Wilmot, American Activist January 20, 1813 Jacon Gartner Lauman, Bvt Mjr General Union volunteers, died in 1867 January 20, 1812 Ralph Pomeroy Buckland, Bvt Mjr Gen Union volunteers, died in 1892 January 20, 1809 Sebastian de Iradier, Spanish composer, La Paloma January 20, 1806 Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder, American Monthly Mag January 20, 1806 Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Author January 20, 1804 Eugene Sue, French Novelist January 20, 1798 Anson Jones, American Public Servant January 20, 1782 Johan B J F S, archduke of Austria January 20, 1763 Theobald Wolfe Tone, Irish patriot January 20, 1762 Jerome-Joseph de Momigny, composer January 20, 1761 Giovanni Domenico Perotti, composer January 20, 1743 Pascal Boyer, composer January 20, 1732 Richard H Lee, U.S. farmer, signed Declaration of Independence January 20, 1732 Richard Henry Lee, American Politician January 20, 1716 Carlos III, king of Naples/Spain, 1759-88, Pompei/Jesuits January 20, 1716 Jean-Jacques Barthelemy, French historical writer, Greek Antiquity January 20, 1703 Joseph-Hector Fiocco, composer January 20, 1681 Francesco Bartolomeo Conti, composer January 20, 1654 Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet January 20, 1622 Susanna van Baerle, Dutch poet/wife of Geeraert Burns January 20, 1586 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer, Fontana d'Israel |