January 31 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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January 31 in history

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Birthdays

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Notable

36 BC – Antonia Minor  (d. 38 AD)
      Greek daughter of Mark Antony
877 – Taejo of Goryeo (d. 4 Jul 943)
      King Taejo of Goryeo, 918-943
      founder of the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea
1512 – Henry, King of Portugal (d. 31 Jan 1580)
      King of Portugal and the Algarves, 1578-1580
      cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church from 1545
1543 – Tokugawa Ieyasu  (d. 1 Jun 1616)
      1st Tokugawa shogun, 1603-1605
1550 – Henry I, Duke of Guise (d. 23 Dec 1588)
      Duke of Guise, 1563-1588
1597 – John Francis Regis  (d. 31 Dec 1640)
      French priest and saint
1624 – Arnold Geulincx  (d. 31 Jan 1669)
      Flemish philosopher and academic
1673 – Louis de Montfort  (d. 28 Apr 1716)
      French priest and saint
1686 – Hans Egede  (d. 1758)
      Norwegian missionary and explorer
1752 – Gouverneur Morris  (d. 6 Nov 1816)
      American Founding Father and politician
      U.S. Senator, F. NY, 1800-1803
      signatory to the Constitution of the United States
      signatory to the Articles of Confederation
1759 – François Devienne  (d. 1803)
      French flute player and composer
1784:  Bernard Barton  (d. 19 Feb 1849)
      English Quaker poet and clerk
1797 – Franz Schubert  (d. 19 Nov 1828)
      Austrian pianist and composer
1820 – William B. Washburn  (d. 5 Oct 1887)
      American businessman and politician
      U.S. Senator, R. MS, 1874-1875
      28th Governor of Massachusetts, 1872-1874
      U.S. Representative, R. MA, 1863-1871
1825 – Miska Magyarics  (d. 1883)
      Hungarian-Slovenian poet
1835 – Lunalilo of Hawaii  (d. 3 Feb 1874)
      born William Charles Lunalilo
      King of the Hawaiian Islands, 1873-1874
1854 – David Emmanuel  (d. 1941)
      Romanian mathematician and academic
1857 – George Jackson Churchward, English engineer (d. 1933)
1857:  James Huneker  (d. 9 Feb 1921)
      American art, book, music, and theater critic
1865 – Henri Desgrange, French cyclist and journalist (d. 1940)
1865 – Shastriji Maharaj  (d. 1951)
      Indian spiritual leader, founded BAPS
1868 – Theodore William Richards  (d. 1928)
      American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1872 – Zane Grey  (d. 23 Oct 1939)
      American dentist and author
1881 – Irving Langmuir  (d. 1957)
      American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
1881:  Anna Pavlova  (d. 23 Jan 1931)
      Russian prima ballerina
1882:  Peter Dawson  (d. 27 Sep 1961)
      Australian bass-baritone and songwriter
1884 – Theodor Heuss  (d. 1963)
      German journalist and politician
      1st President of the Federal Republic of Germany
1884 – Nathaniel Moore, American golfer (d. 1910)
1884 – Mammad Amin Rasulzade  (d. 1955)
      Azerbaijani scholar and politician
      1st President of The Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan
1889 – Frank Foster, English cricketer (d. 1958)
1892 – Eddie Cantor  (d. 10 Oct 1964)
      American singer-songwriter, actor, comedian, and dancer
1893:  Dame Freya Madeline Stark  (d. 9 May 1993)
      British explorer and travel writer
1894 – Isham Jones  (d. 1956)
      American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
1896 – Sofya Yanovskaya  (d. 1966)
      Russian mathematician and historian
1902 – Nat Bailey  (d. 1978)
      Canadian businessman; founded White Spot
1902 – Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 12 Dec 1968)
1902 – Alva Myrdal  (d. 1986)
      Swedish sociologist and politician; Nobel Prize laureate
1905 – Diana Napier, English actress (d. 1982)
1905 – John O'Hara  (d. 11 Apr 1970)
      American author, playwright, and screenwriter
1906 – Roosevelt Sykes, American singer and pianist (d. 1983)
1909 – Miron Grindea, Romanian-English journalist (d. 1995)
1911 – Eddie Byrne, Irish actor (d. 1981)
1913 – Don Hutson  (d. 1997)
      American football player and coach
1914 – Carey Loftin, American actor and stuntman (d. 1997)
1914 – Daya Mata, American religious leader (d. 2010)
1914 – Jersey Joe Walcott  (d. 1994)
      American boxer and police officer
1915 – Bobby Hackett  (d. 1976)
      American trumpet player and cornet player
1915 – Alan Lomax  (d. 19 Jul 2002)
      American historian, author, and scholar
1915 – Thomas Merton  (d. 10 Dec 1968)
      American monk and author
1915 – Garry Moore  (d. 28 Nov 1993)
      American comedian and game show host
1917 – Fred Bassetti  (d. 2013)
      American architect, founded Bassetti Architects
1919 – Jackie Robinson  (d. 24 Oct 1972)
      American baseball player and sportscaster
1920 – Stewart Udall  (d. 20 Mar 2010)
      American soldier, lawyer, and politician
      37th U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1961-1969
      U.S. Representative, D. AZ, 1955-1961
1921 – John Agar, American actor (d. 2002)
1921 – Carol Channing, American actress, singer, and dancer
1921 – E. Fay Jones  (d. 2004)
      American architect, designed the Thorncrown Chapel
1921 – Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (d. 7 Oct 1959)
1921 – Bill Pritchett, Australian public servant (d. 2014)
1922 – Joanne Dru, American actress (d. 1996)
1923:  Larry Buchanan  (d. 2 Dec 2004)
      American film director, producer, and writer
1923 – Norman Mailer  (d. 10 Nov 2007)
      American journalist and author
1924:  John Lukacs, American historian
1925 – Benjamin Hooks  (d. 2010)
      American minister, lawyer, and activist
1926 – Tom Alston, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1927 – Norm Prescott  (d. 2005)
      American animator, producer, and composer
      co-founded Filmation Studios
1928 – Eric Ash, German-English engineer and academic
1928 – Chuck Willis, American singer-songwriter (d. 1958)
1928 – Irma Wyman
      American computer scientist and engineer
1929 – Rudolf Mössbauer  (d. 2011)
      German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – Jean Simmons  (d. 22 Jan 2010)
      British-American actress
1930 – Joakim Bonnier, Swedish race car driver (d. 1972)
1930 – Lynn Carlin, American actress
1931 – Ernie Banks  (d. 23 Jan 2015)
      American baseball player and coach
1931 – Christopher Chataway  (d. 2014)
      English runner, journalist, and politician
1932 – Miron Babiak, Polish captain (d. 2013)
1933:  Joseph Daniel Early  (d. 9 Nov 2012)
      U.S. Representative, D. MA, 1975-1993
1933 – Camille Henry  (d. 1997)
      Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1933 – Bernardo Provenzano, Italian mobster
1934 – Ernesto Brambilla
      Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver
1934 – Gene DeWeese, American writer (d. 2012)
1934 – James Franciscus  (d. 1991)
      American actor and producer
1934 – Bob Turner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2005)
1935 – Kenzaburō Ōe
      Japanese author and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1937 – Regimantas Adomaitis, Lithuanian actor
1937 – Andrée Boucher  (d. 2007)
      Canadian educator and politician
      39th Mayor of Quebec City
1937 – Philip Glass, American composer
1937 – Suzanne Pleshette  (d. 29 Jan 2008)
      American actress and singer
1938 – Beatrix of the Netherlands
      Queen of the Netherlands, 1980-2013
1938 – Lynn Carlin, American actress
1938 – James G. Watt
      American lawyer and politician
      43rd U.S. Secretary of the Interior, 1981-1983
1939 – Claude Gauthier
      Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
1940 – Kitch Christie  (d. 1998)
      South African rugby player and coach
1941 – Richard Andrew "Dick" Gephardt
      American lawyer and politician
      U.S. Representative, D. MO, 1977-2005
1941 – Gerald McDermott  (d. 2012)
      American author and illustrator
1941 – Jessica Walter, American actress
1942 – Daniela Bianchi, Italian actress
1942 – Derek Jarman  (d. 1994)
      English director, stage designer, and author
1944 – Connie Booth
      American-English actress and psychotherapist
1944 – John Inverarity, Australian cricketer
1944 – Charlie Musselwhite
      American singer-songwriter and harmonica player
1945 – Rynn Berry, American historian and author (d. 2014)
1945 – Brenda Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond
      English lawyer, judge, and academic
1945 – Joseph Kosuth, American photographer and illustrator
1946 – Sylvia Hitchcock  (d. 2015)
      American model, Miss Universe 1967
1946 – Terry Kath  (d. 1978)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1946:  Dutch Ruppersberger
      American attorney and politician
      U.S. Representative, D. MD, 2003-present
1946 – Glynn Turman, American actor, director, and producer
1947 – Jonathan Banks, American actor
1947 – Nolan Ryan, American baseball player
1947 – Matt Minglewood
      Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1948 – Volkmar Groß, German footballer
1948 – Muneo Suzuki, Japanese politician
1949 – Johan Derksen, Dutch footballer and journalist
1949 – Norris Church Mailer  (d. 2010)
      American model and educator
1949 – Ken Wilber
      American sociologist, philosopher, and author
1950 – Denise Fleming, American author and illustrator
1950 – Alexander Korzhakov, Russian general and bodyguard
1950 – Janice Rebibo  (d. 2015)
      American-Israeli author and poet
1951 – Dave Benton, Aruban-Estonian singer and drummer
1951 – Harry Wayne Casey
      American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1951 – Phil Manzanera
      English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1951 – Won Sei-hoon, South Korean intelligence officer
1952 – Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (d. 1969)
1953 – Ovidiu Lipan, Romanian drummer
1954 – Faoud Bacchus, Guyanese cricketer
1954 – Mark Slavin, Israeli wrestler (d. 1972)
1954 – Adrian Vandenberg, Dutch guitarist
1955 – Virginia Ruzici, Romanian tennis player and manager
1956 – John Lydon, English singer-songwriter
1956 – Stefan Majewski, Polish footballer and coach
1957 – Shirley Babashoff, American swimmer
1957:  André Balazs
      American Hotelier and residential developer
      President and CEO of André Balazs Properties
1958 – Armin Reichel, German footballer and manager
1959 – Anthony LaPaglia
      Australian footballer, actor, and producer
1959:  Laura Lippman, American author
1959 – Kelly Lynch, American model and actress
1959 – Kelly Moore, American race car driver
1959 – Mickey Simmonds
      English keyboard player and songwriter
1960 – George Benjamin, British composer of classical music
1960 – Akbar Ganji, Iranian journalist and author
1960 – Grant Morrison, Scottish author and screenwriter
1960 – Željko Šturanović  (d. 2014)
      Montenegrin politician
      31st Prime Minister of Montenegro
1961 – Elizabeth Barker, Baroness Barker, English politician
1961 – Fatou Bensouda, Gambian lawyer and judge
1961 – Lloyd Cole
      English singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Lloyd Cole and the Commotions)
1961 – Mako Ishino, Japanese singer and actress
1961 – Fatih Kısaparmak, Turkish singer-songwriter
1962:  Alexey Borisovich Miller
      Deputy Chairman of Gazprom
1962 – Bruce McGuire, Australian rugby league player
1963 – John Dye, American actor (d. 2011)
1963 – Madis Eek, Estonian architect
1964 – Sylvie Bernier, Canadian diver
1964 – Jeff Hanneman  (d. 2013)
      American guitarist and songwriter (Slayer)
1964 – Martha MacCallum, American journalist
1964 – Miki Maya, Japanese actress
1964 – Dawn Prince-Hughes
      American anthropologist and ethologist
1964 – Billey Shamrock, Swedish singer-songwriter and actor
1965 – Giorgos Gasparis, Greek basketball player and coach
1965 – Ofra Harnoy, Canadian cellist.
1966 – Umar Alisha, Indian journalist and philanthropist
1966:  Steven Amsterdam, American writer
1966 – Dexter Fletcher, English actor and director
1966 – Jorge González  (d. 2010)
      Argentinian basketball player and wrestler
1966 – JJ Lehto, Finnish race car driver
1967 – Chad Channing, American singer and drummer
1967 – Fat Mike
      American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1967 – Irene Wan, Hong Kong actress
1967 – Michelle Ruff, American voice actress
1967 – Joey Wong, Taiwanese-Hong Kong actress
1968 – Matt King, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Ulrica Messing
      Swedish politician
      2nd Swedish Minister for Infrastructure
1968 – Patrick Stevens, Belgian sprinter
1969:  Bill Huizenga
      American businessman and politician
      U.S. Representtive, R. MI, 2011-present
1970 – Minnie Driver, English singer-songwriter and actress
1971 – Patrick Kielty
      Northern Irish comedian and television host/presenter
1971 – Patricia Velásquez
      Venezuelan model, actress, and producer
1971 – Lee Young-ae, South Korean actress
1973 – Portia de Rossi, Australian-American actress
1974 – Wil Anderson, Australian comedian and radio host
1974:  Anna Silk Cooperton, Canadian actress
1974 – Othella Harrington
      American basketball player and coach
1974 – Ariel Pestano, Cuban baseball player
1975 – Fred Coleman, American football player and coach
1975 – Jackie O, Australian radio and television host
1975 – Preity Zinta, Indian actress
1976 – Traianos Dellas, Greek footballer and manager
1976 – Buddy Rice, American race car driver
1976 – Paul Scheer
      American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1977 – Shingo Katori, Japanese singer and actor
1977 – Jim Kleinsasser, American football player
1977 – Bobby Moynihan, American actor
1977 – Sergei Pareiko, Estonian footballer
1977 – Katherine Shindle, American actress, singer, and dancer
1977 – David Terbrugge, South African cricketer
1977 – Kerry Washington, American actress
1978 – Fabián Caballero, Argentinian footballer and manager
1978 – Brad Rutter
      American game show contestant
      highest winning champion in Jeopardy! history
1978 – Ellen Stagg, American photographer
1978 – Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Douro
1979 – Daniel Tammet, English author and educator
1979 – Emmett J. Scanlan, Irish actor and producer
1980 – James Adomian
      American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1980 – Tiffany Limos, American actress
1981 – Julio Arca, Argentinian footballer
1981 – Amrita Arora, Indian actress
1981 – Justin Timberlake
      American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1982 – Maret Ani, Estonian tennis player
1982 – Yuniesky Betancourt, Cuban baseball player
1982 – Andreas Görlitz, German footballer
1982 – Salvatore Masiello, Italian footballer
1982 – Allan McGregor, Scottish footballer
1982 – Bruno Nogueira, Portuguese comedian and actor
1982 – Elena Paparizou
      Swedish-Greek singer-songwriter (Antique)
1982 – Jānis Sprukts, Latvian ice hockey player
1982 – Yukimi Nagano
      Swedish singer-songwriter (Little Dragon)
1982 – Brad Thompson, American baseball player
1983 – James Sutton, English actor
1983 – Fabio Quagliarella, Italian footballer
1984 – Vernon Davis, American football player
1984 – Josh Johnson, Canadian-American baseball player
1984 – Jeremy Wariner, American runner
1984 – Alessandro Zanni, Italian rugby player
1985 – Adam Federici, Australian footballer
1985:  Tyler Ritter, American actor
1985 – Mario Williams, American football player
1986 – Megan Ellison
      American film producer; founded Annapurna Pictures
1986 – George Elokobi, Cameroonian footballer
1986 – Yves Ma-Kalambay, Belgian footballer
1986 – Pauline Parmentier, French tennis player
1987 – Tyler Hubbard
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Florida Georgia Line)
1987 – Marcus Mumford
      American-English singer-songwriter
1987:  Victor Ortiz, American boxer
1987 – Raúl Richter, German actor
1988 – Justine Ozga, German tennis player
1988 – Brett Pitman, English footballer
1988 – Taijo Teniste, Estonian footballer
1990 – Kota Yabu, Japanese singer and actor
1992 – Tyler Seguin, Canadian ice hockey player
1994 – Kenneth Zohore, Danish footballer
1996 – Joel Courtney, American actor


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1918:  Helen Agusta Miner Dormaier  d. 19 Mar 1999
Hailey Lynn Hyde
Nancy Sanderson
Timmy MacDonald
Teddy  Johnson


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Notable

632 – Máedóc of Ferns, Irish bishop and saint (b. 550)
1216 – Theodore II of Constantinople
1398 – Emperor Sukō of Japan (b. 1334)
1418 – Mircea I of Wallachia (b. 1355)
1435 – Xuande Emperor of China (b. 1398)
1561 – Bairam Khan, Mughalan general (b. 1501)
1561 – Menno Simons, Dutch minister and theologian (b. 1496)
1580 – Henry, King of Portugal (b. 1512)
1606 – Guy Fawkes  (b. 1570)
      English conspirator, leader of the Gunpowder Plot
1606 – Ambrose Rookwood, English conspirator (b. 1578)
1606 – Thomas Wintour, English conspirator (b. 1571)
1615 – Claudio Acquaviva  (b. 1543)
      Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus
1615 – Henry Grey, 6th Earl of Kent, English peer (b. 1541)
1632 – Jost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)
1665 – Johannes Clauberg, German philosopher and theologian (b. 1622)
1686 – Jean Mairet, French playwright (b. 1604)
1720 – Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford  (b. 1654)
      English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1729 – Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)
1736 – Filippo Juvarra  (b. 1678)
      Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Superga
1788 – Charles Edward Stuart  (b. 1720)
      Italian husband of Princess Louise of Stolberg-Gedern
1790 – Thomas Lewis, Irish-American lawyer and surveyor (b. 1718)
1794 – Mariot Arbuthnot  (b. 1711)
      English admiral and politician, 12th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
1811 – Manuel Alberti, Argentinian priest and journalist (b. 1763)
1815 – José Félix Ribas, Venezuelan soldier (b. 1775)
1828 – Alexander Ypsilantis, Greek general (b. 1792)
1836 – John Cheyne, English physician and author (b. 1777)
1844 – Henri Gatien Bertrand, French general (b. 1773)
1856 – 11th Dalai Lama (b. 1838)
1870 – Cilibi Moise, Moldavian-Romanian journalist and author (b. 1812)
1888 – John Bosco  (b. 1815)
      Italian priest and educator, founded the Salesian Society
1892 – Charles Spurgeon, English pastor and author (b. 1834)
1907 – Timothy Eaton, Canadian businessman, founded Eaton's (b. 1834)
1923 – Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (b. 1869)
1933 – John Galsworthy  (b. 1867)
      English author and playwright; Nobel Prize laureate
1942 – Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
1942 – Rolf Wenkhaus, German actor (b. 1917)
1944 – Jean Giraudoux, French novelist and playwright(b. 1882)
1945 – Eddie Slovik, American soldier (b. 1920)
1954 – Edwin Howard Armstrong  (b. 1890)
      American engineer, invented FM radio
1954 – Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
1955 – John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1956 – A. A. Milne  (b. 1882)
      English author, poet, and playwright; wrote Winnie-the-Pooh
1958 – Karl Selter  (b. 1898)
      Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1960 – Auguste Herbin, French cubist and abstract painter (b. 1882)
1961 – Krishna Singh, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)
1966 – Arthur Percival, English general (b. 1887)
1967 – Eddie Tolan, American sprinter (b. 1908)
1969 – Meher Baba, Indian guru and mystic (b. 1894)
1970 – Slim Harpo, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1924)
1971 – Viktor Zhirmunsky, Russian historian and linguist (b. 1891)
1973 – Ragnar Frisch  (b. 1895)
      Norwegian economist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1974 – Samuel Goldwyn  (b. 1882)
      Polish-born American film producer; co-founded Goldwyn Pictures
1974 – Glenn Morris, American decathlete and actor (b. 1912)
1974 – Emil Väre, Finnish wrestler, referee, and coach (b. 1885)
1976 – Ernesto Miranda  (b. 1941)
     , American criminal, inspired the Miranda rights
1976 – Evert Taube, Swedish author and composer (b. 1890)
1985 – Reginald Baker, English film producer (b. 1896)
1987 – Yves Allégret, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
1989 – William Stephenson, Canadian captain and spy (b. 1896)
1990 – Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, German zoologist (b. 1901)
1990 – Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian-American biochemist and academic (b. 1935)
1991 – Kostas Mountakis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1926)
1995 – George Abbott, American director and producer (b. 1887)
1997 – John Joseph Scanlan, Irish-American bishop (b. 1930)
1998 – Leho Laurine, Estonian chess player (b. 1904)
1999 – Shohei Baba  (b. 1938)
      Japanese wrestler; co-founded All Japan Pro Wrestling
1999 – Barış Manço, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
1999 – Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (b. 1929)
2000 – Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (b. 1926)
2001 – Gordon R. Dickson, Canadian-American author (b. 1923)
2002 – Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (b. 1919)
2004 – Eleanor Holm, American swimmer and actress (b. 1913)
2006 – Moira Shearer, Scottish actress and ballerina (b. 1926)
2007 – Kirka, Finnish singer (b. 1950)
2007 – Lee Bergere, American actor (b. 1924)
2007 – Molly Ivins, American journalist and author (b. 1944)
2007 – Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Saudi Arabian businessman (b. 1957)
2007 – Olevi Kull, Estonian ecologist and academic (b. 1955)
2007 – Adelaide Tambo, South African activist and politician (b. 1929)
2008 – Zeltim Odie Peterson, American dog (b. 1997)
2009 – Nagesh, Indian actor (b. 1933)
2011 – Bartolomeu Anania, Romanian bishop and poet (b. 1921)
2011 – Mark Ryan, English guitarist (b. 1959)
2012 – Mani Ram Bagri, Indian politician (b. 1920)
2012 – Anthony Bevilacqua, American cardinal (b. 1923)
2012 – Leslie Carter, American singer-songwriter (b. 1986)
2012 – Tristram Potter Coffin, American author, scholar, and academic (b. 1922)
2012 – Mike Kelley (artist), American artist (b. 1954)
2012 – Dorothea Tanning, American painter and sculptor (b. 1910)
2013 – Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (b. 1923)
2013 – Hassan Habibi  (b. 1937)
      Iranian lawyer and politician; 1st Vice President of Iran
2013 – Caleb Moore, American snowmobile racer (b. 1987)
2013 – Tony Pierce, American baseball player (b. 1946)
2013 – Ingo Swann, American psychic and author (b. 1933)
2013 – Shail Upadhya  (b. 1936 or 1937)
      Nepalese diplomat, United Nations disarmament expert
            and "one of a kind" fashion designer
2014 – Francis M. Fesmire, American cardiologist and physician (b. 1959)
2014 – Anna Gordy Gaye  (b. 1922)
      American songwriter and producer; co-founded Anna Records
2014 – Abdirizak Haji Hussein  (b. 1924)
      Somalian politician; 4th Prime Minister of Somalia
2014 – Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
2014 – Joseph Willcox Jenkins  (b. 1928)
      American composer, conductor, and educator
2014 – Christopher Jones, American actor (b. 1941)
2015 – Tomás Bulat, Argentinian economist, journalist, and academic (b. 1964)
2015 – Vic Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1929)
2015 – William Klinger, Croatian historian and author (b. 1972)
2015 – Udo Lattek, German football coach (b. 1935)
2015 – Lizabeth Scott, American actress (b. 29 Sep 1922)
2015 – Richard von Weizsäcker  (b. 1920)
      German politician; 6th President of Germany

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January 30 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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Birthdays

VIP

1882 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt  (d. 12 Apr 1945)
      American lawyer and politician
      32nd President of the United States, 1933-1945

      44th Governor of New York,1929-1932

      Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-1920

1941 – Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney

      American politician

      46th Vice President of the United States, 2001-2009

      17th United States Secretary of Defense, 1989-1993

      U.S. Representative, R. WY, 1979-1989

      7th White House Chief of Staff, 1975-1977

Notable

58 BC – Livia, Roman wife of Augustus (d. 29)
133 – Didius Julianus (d. 1 Jun 193)

      20th Emperor of the Roman Empire, Mar-Jun 193

1563 – Franciscus Gomarus  (d. 1641)

      Dutch theologian and academic

1615 – Thomas Rolfe, American son of Pocahontas (d. c. 1675)

1628:  George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham  (d. 16 Apr 1687)

      20th Baron de Ros of Helmsley

      English statesman and poet

1661 – Charles Rollin, French historian and educator (d. 1741)

1697 – Johann Joachim Quantz  (d. 1773)

      German flute player and composer

1703 – François Bigot, French politician (d. 1778)

1720 – Charles De Geer  (d. 1778)

      Swedish entomologist and archaeologist

1754 – John Lansing, Jr.  (d. 1829)

      American lawyer and politician

1775 – Walter Savage Landor  (d. 17 Sep 1864)

      English poet and author

1781 – Adelbert von Chamisso  (d. 1838)

      German botanist and poet

1816 – Nathaniel P. Banks  (d. 1 Sep 1894)

      American general and politician

      24th Governor of Massachusetts

1822 – Franz Ritter von Hauer  (d. 1899)

      Austrian geologist and curator

1832 – Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain (d. 2 Feb 1897)

      Duchess of Montpensier, 1846-1897

1841 – Félix Faure  (d. 1899)

      French politician, 7th President of France

1844 – Richard Theodore Greener  (d.1922)

      American diplomat and attorney

1846: Francis Herbert (F.H.) Bradley  (d. 18 Sep 1924)

      British idealist philosopher

1846 – Ángela de la Cruz Guerrero y González  (d. 2 Mar 1932)

      Spanish nun and saint

      foundress of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross

1852 – Ion Luca Caragiale  (d. 1912)

      Romanian playwright and poet

1859 – Tony Mullane  (d. 1944)

      Irish-American baseball player and manager

1861 – Charles Martin Loeffler  (d. 1935)

      French-American violinist and composer

1862 – Walter Damrosch  (d. 1950)

      German-American conductor and composer

1864 – James Mitchel  (d. 1921)

      Irish-American hammer thrower

1866 – Gelett Burgess  (d. 1951)

      American author, poet, and critic

1875 – Walter Middelberg, Dutch rower (d. 1944)

1878 – Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (d. 1940)

1883 – Peeter Süda, Estonian organist and composer (d. 1920)

1889 – Jaishankar Prasad, Indian poet and playwright (d. 1937)

1890 – Bruno Kastner  (d. 1932)

      German actor, producer, and screenwriter

1894 – Boris III of Bulgaria  (d. 28 Aug 1943)

      Tsar of Bulgaria, 1918-1943

1899 – Max Theiler  (d. 1972)

      South African-American virologist and academic

      Nobel Prize laureate

1901 – Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (d. 1959)

1902 – Nikolaus Pevsner  (d. 1983)

      German-English historian and scholar

1909: Saul Alinsky  (d. 12 Jun 1972)

      American community organizer and writer

1910 – Chidambaram Subramaniam  (d. 2000)

      Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence

1911 – Roy Eldridge, American trumpet player (d. 1989)

1912 – Werner Hartmann  (d. 1988)

      German physicist and academic

1912 – Francis Schaeffer  (d. 15 May 1984)

      American pastor and theologian

1912 – Barbara W. Tuchman  (d. 1989)

      American historian and author

1913 – Alfrēds Riekstiņš  (d. 1952)

      Latvian military officer and freedom fighter

1913 – Amrita Sher-Gil, Hungarian-Indian painter (d. 1941)

1913 – Percy Thrower  (d. 1988)

      English gardener and television host

1914 – Luc-Marie Bayle  (d. 2000)

      French commander and painter

1914 – John Ireland  (d. 21 Mar 1992)

      Canadian-American actor and director

1914 – David Wayne  (d. 9 Feb 1995)

      American actor and singer

1915 – Joachim Peiper, German SS officer (d. 1976)

1915 – John Profumo  (d. 2006)

      English soldier and politician

      Secretary of State for War

1917 – Paul Frère  (d. 2008)

      Belgian race car driver and journalist

1918 – David Opatoshu  (d. 1996)

      American actor and screenwriter

1919 – Nikolay Glazkov, Russian actor and poet (d. 1979)

1919 – Fred Korematsu, American activist (d. 2005)

1920 – Michael Anderson, English director and producer

1920 – Carwood Lipton, American lieutenant (d. 2001)

1920 – Delbert Mann, American director and producer (d. 2007)

1922 – Dick Martin  (d. 24 May 2008)

      American comedian, actor, and director

1923 – Marianne Ferber  (d. 2013)

      Czech-American economist and author

1924 – Lloyd Alexander, American soldier and author (d. 2007)

1924 – Satya Narayan (S. N.) Goenka  (d. 2013)

      Burmese-Indian teacher of Vipassanā meditation

1925 – Douglas Engelbart  (d. 2013)

      American computer scientist; invented the computer mouse

1925 – Dorothy Malone, American actress

1927 – Ahmed Abdul-Malik  (d. 1993)

      American bassist and oud player

1927 – Olof Palme  (d. 1986)

      Swedish captain and politician

      26th Prime Minister of Sweden

1928:  Jack Germond  (d. 14 Aug 2013)

      American journalist, author, and pundit

1928:  Mitch Leigh  (d. 16 Mar 2014)

      American musical theatre composer and theatrical producer

      best known for the musical Man of La Mancha

1928 – Harold Prince, American director and producer

1929:  Isamu Akasaki, Japanese scientist

1929 – Lois Hole  (d. 2005)

      Canadian politician, author, businesswoman, academician,

            and professional gardener

1929 – Hugh Tayfield, South African cricketer (d. 1994)

1929 – Lucille Teasdale-Corti  (d. 1996)

      Canadian-Italian physician and humanitarian

1930 – Samuel Byck, American criminal (d. 1974)

1930 – Gene Hackman, American actor and author

1930 – Jānis Krūmiņš, Latvian basketball player (d. 1994)

1930 – Magnus Malan  (d. 2011)

      South African general and politician

      South African Minister of Defence

1931 – John Crosbie

      Canadian lawyer and politician

      34th Canadian Minister of Justice

1931 – Shirley Hazzard, Australian author

1932 – Knock Yokoyama  (d. 2007)

      Japanese comedian and politician

1934 – Tammy Grimes, American actress, singer and dancer

1935 – Richard Brautigan, American author and poet (d. 1984)

1935 – Elsa Martinelli, Italian model and actress

1936 – Horst Jankowski  (d. 1998)

      German pianist and composer

1937 – Vanessa Redgrave

      English actress, singer, and producer

1937 – Boris Spassky, Russian chess grandmaster

1938 – Islam Karimov

      Uzbek politician; 1st President of Uzbekistan

1939:  Frank Wolf

      American politician

      U.S. Representative, 1981-2015

1940 – Mitch Murray, English songwriter and producer

1941 – Gregory Benford, American astrophysicist and author

1941 – Tineke Lagerberg, Dutch swimmer

1942 – Marty Balin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1943 – Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager

1944 – Lynn Harrell, American cellist and academic

1944 – Colin Rimer, English lawyer and judge

1944 – Gad Tsobari, Israeli wrestler

1945:  Andy Barrie, American-born Canadian radio personality

1945 – Michael Dorris, American author and scholar (d. 1997)

1945 – Boots Anson-Roa, Filipino actress

1946 – John Bird, English publisher; founded The Big Issue

1947 – Les Barker, English poet and author

1947 – Małgorzata Braunek, Polish actress (d. 2014)

1947 – Steve Marriott  (d. 1991)

      English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

1948 – Nick Broomfield, English director and producer

1948 – Paul Magee

      Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer

1948 – Miles Reid, English mathematician and academic

1949 – Peter Agre

      American physician and biologist; Nobel Prize laureate

1949 – Jaak Salumets, Estonian basketball player and coach

1950 – Susan Gottesman, American microbiologist

1950 – Jack Newton, Australian golfer

1950 – Ahmed Tijani Ben Omar

      Ghanaian-American scholar and theologian

1950 – Leili Pärnpuu, Estonian chess player

1950 – Trinidad Silva, American actor (d. 1988)

1951 – Phil Collins

      English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

      (Genesis, Brand X, and Flaming Youth)

1951 – Charles S. Dutton, American actor and director

1951:  Tim Sample, American humorist

1951 – Bobby Stokes, English footballer (d. 1995)

1952 – Doug Falconer, Canadian football player and producer

1953 – Fred Hembeck, American author and illustrator

1953:  Steven Zaillian

      American screenwriter, director, film editor, and producer

      founder of Film Rites

      wrote screenplay for Schindler's List

1955 – John Baldacci

      American politician, 73rd Governor of Maine

1955 – Tom Izzo, American basketball player and coach

1955 – Curtis Strange, American golfer and sportscaster

1955 – Mychal Thompson

      Bahamian basketball player and sportscaster

1956 – Jeremy Gittins, English actor

1956 – Darko Rundek

      Croatian-French singer-songwriter and actor

1956 – Keiichi Tsuchiya

      Japanese race car driver and radio host

1957 – Polly Horvath, American-Canadian author

1957 – Payne Stewart, American golfer (d. 25 Oct 1999)

1958 – Brett Butler, American actress and producer

1958 – Sayuri Ishikawa, Japanese singer

1959 – Cynthia Carter, Welsh journalist, author, and academic

1959 – Mark Eitzel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1959 – Steve Folkes, Australian rugby league player and coach

1959 – Jody Watley, American singer-songwriter and producer

1960 – Gerald Finley, Canadian opera singer

1960 – Tony O'Dell, American actor

1961 – Dexter Scott King, American actor and activist

1962 – Abdullah II of Jordan

      King of Jordan, 1999-present

1963 – Daphne Ashbrook, American actress

1963 – Tina Malone, English actress, director, and producer

1964 – Otis Smith

      American basketball player, coach, and manager

1965 – Julie McCullough, American model and actress

1965 – Kevin Moore, Australian rugby league player and coach

1966 – Neal Chase, American educator

1966 – Danielle Goyette, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1967:  Norbert Leo Butz, American actor and singer

1967 – Jay Gordon, American singer-songwriter and producer

1968 – Trevor Dunn, American bass player and songwriter

1968 – Tony Maudsley, English actor

1968 – Felipe VI of Spain

      King of Spain, 2014-present

1969 – Carolyn Kepcher, American businesswoman

1971 – Darren Boyd, English actor and screenwriter

1971 – Kimo von Oelhoffen, American football player

1972 – Lupillo Rivera, Mexican-American singer-songwriter

1972 – Chris Simon, Canadian ice hockey player

1972 – Zoren Legaspi, Filipino actor

1973 – Jalen Rose, American basketball player and sportscaster

1974 – Christian Bale, Welsh-American actor

1974 – Olivia Colman, English actress and singer

1974 – Jemima Khan, English journalist and activist

1974 – Alvin Elchico, Filipino journalist

1975 – Dark Ozz, Mexican wrestler

1975 – Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer

1975 – Yumi Yoshimura

      Japanese singer and actress (Puffy AmiYumi)

1976 – Andy Milonakis

      American actor and rapper (Three Loco)

1977 – Dan Hinote, American ice hockey player and coach

1977 – Tom Malchow, American swimmer

1977 – Deltha O'Neal, American football player

1978 – Carmen Küng, Swiss curler

1978 – John Patterson, American baseball player

1979 – Trevor Gillies, Canadian ice hockey player

1979 – Tarmo Jallai, Estonian hurdler

1979 – Jaak Urmet, Estonian author and poet

1980 – João Soares de Almeida Neto, Brazilian footballer

1980 – Leilani Dowding, English model and actress

1980 – Josh Kelley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1980 – Georgios Vakouftsis, Greek footballer

1980 – Wilmer Valderrama, American actor and producer

1981 – Jonathan Bender, American basketball player

1981 – Dimitar Berbatov, Bulgarian footballer

1981 – Peter Crouch, English footballer

1981 – Mathias Lauda, Austrian race car driver

1982 – Jorge Cantú, Mexican baseball player

1982 – DeSagana Diop, Senegalese basketball player

1982 – Mark Nwokeji, English footballer

1982 – Hidenori Tokuyama, Japanese actor and singer

1983 – Ben Maher, English horse rider

1983 – Rockstar Spud, English wrestler

1984 – Jeremy Hermida, American baseball player

1984 – Kotoshōgiku Kazuhiro, Japanese Sumo wrestler

1984 – Midori Kuzuoka, Japanese model

1984 – Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi (bka Kid Cudi)

      American rapper, producer, and actor

1985 – Torrey Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player

1985 – Yuuri Morishita, Japanese model

1985 – Richie Porte, Australian cyclist

1985 – Trae Williams, American football player

1986 – Nick Evans, American baseball player

1986 – Asami Shimoda, Japanese voice actress and singer

1987 – Ben Cutting, Australian cricketer

1987 – Lance Franklin, Australian footballer

1987 – Phil Lester, English radio host and blogger

1987 – Becky Lynch, Irish wrestler

1987 – Renato Santos, Brazilian footballer

1987 – Arda Turan, Turkish footballer

1988 – Maksim Krychanov, Russian footballer

1988 – Rob Pinkston, American actor and director

1989 – Tomás Mejías, Spanish footballer

1989 – Baek Sung-hyun, South Korean actor

1989 – Khaleed Leon "Khleo" Thomas

      American actor and rapper

1990 – Joe Colborne, Canadian ice hockey player

1990 – Eiza González, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress

1990 – Nils Miatke, German footballer

1990 – Luca Sbisa, Swiss ice hockey player

1990 – Jake Thomas, American actor

1990 – Fille Cainglet, Filipino volleyball player

1990 – Andrew McCullough, Australian rugby league player

1990 – Mitchell Starc, Australian cricketer

1991 – Stefan Elliott, Canadian ice hockey player

1995 – Danielle Campbell, American actress

1995 – Misaki Iwasa, Japanese singer

1995 – Viktoria Komova, Russian gymnast

1995 – Thia Megia, American singer

1995 – Víctor Sánchez, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 2015)

2005 – Prince Hashem bin Al-Abdullah of Jordan

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Jean Smith
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Deaths

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Notable

680 – Balthild, Frankish queen (b. 626)
1030 – William V, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 969)
1181 – Emperor Takakura of Japan (b. 1161)
1240 – Pelagio Galvani, Leonese cardinal (b. 1165)
1314 – Nicholas III of Saint Omer
1384 – Louis II, Count of Flanders (b. 1330)
1574 – Damião de Góis, Portuguese historian and philosopher (b. 1502)
1606 – Everard Digby, English conspirator (b. 1578)
1649 – Charles I of England (b. 1600)
1730 – Peter II of Russia (b. 1715)
1836 – Betsy Ross, American seamstress, designed the American Flag (b. 1752)
1849 – Jonathan Alder, American farmer (b. 1773)
1858 – Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Dutch zoologist and ornithologist (b. 1778)
1867 – Emperor Kōmei of Japan (b. 1831)
1869 – William Carleton, Irish author (b. 1794)
1881 – Arthur O'Shaughnessy, English poet and herpetologist (b. 1844)
1889 – Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (b. 1858)
1926 – Barbara La Marr, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1896)
1928 – Johannes Fibiger  (b. 1867)
      Danish physician and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1929 – La Goulue, French model and dancer (b. 1866)
1934 – Frank Nelson Doubleday  (b. 1862)
      American publisher; founded the Doubleday Publishing Company
1937 – Alfred Grütter, Swiss target shooter (b. 1860)
1947 – Frederick Blackman, British plant physiologist (b. 1866)
1948 – Arthur Coningham, Australian air marshal (b. 1895)
1948 – Mahatma Gandhi, Indian lawyer, philosopher, and activist (b. 1869)
1948 – Orville Wright  (b. 1871)
      American pilot and engineer; co-founded the Wright Company
1951 – Ferdinand Porsche  (b. 1875)
      Austrian-German engineer and businessman; founded Porsche
1958 – Jean Crotti, Swiss painter (b. 1878)
1958 – Ernst Heinkel  (b. 1888)
      German engineer and businessman; founded the Heinkel Aircraft Company
1962 – Manuel de Abreu, Brazilian physician and engineer (b. 1894)
1963 – Francis Poulenc, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)
1966 – Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (b. 1912)
1968 – Makhanlal Chaturvedi, Indian poet, playwright, and journalist (b. 1889)
1974 – Olav Roots, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1910)
1969 – Dominique Pire, Belgian friar; Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)
1980 – Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1918)
1982 – Lightnin' Hopkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1912)
1984 – Luke Kelly, Irish singer and banjo player (The Dubliners) (b. 1940)
1984 – Lee McCall, South African criminal (b. 1950)
1987 – Harold Loeffelmacher, American singer and bandleader (b. 1905)
1989 – Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (b. 1936)
1991 – John Bardeen  (b. 1908)
      American physicist and engineer; Nobel Prize laureate
1991 – Clifton C. Edom, American photographer and educator (b. 1907)
1991 – John McIntire, American actor (b. 1907)
1994 – Pierre Boulle, French author (b. 1912)
1995 – Gerald Durrell  (b. 1925)
      Indian-English zookeeper, author, and television host
1998 – Richard Cassilly, American tenor and actor (b. 1927)
1999 – Huntz Hall, American actor and singer (b. 1919)
1999 – Ed Herlihy, American journalist and actor (b. 1909)
2001 – Jean-Pierre Aumont, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1911)
2001 – Johnnie Johnson, English air marshal and pilot (b. 1915)
2001 – Joseph Ransohoff, American surgeon and educator (b. 1915)
2005 – Martyn Bennett, Canadian-Scottish violinist (b. 1971)
2005 – Wes Wehmiller, American bass player (b. 1971)
2006 – Coretta Scott King, American author and activist (b. 1927)
2006 – Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright (b. 1950)
2007 – Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor (b. 1934)
2007 – Sidney Sheldon, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
2008 – Marcial Maciel  (b. 1920)
      Mexican priest, founded the Legion of Christ and Regnum Christi
2009 – H. Guy Hunt  (b. 1933)
      American soldier, pastor, and politician; 49th Governor of Alabama
2009 – Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer (b. 1932)
2009 – Neiliezhü Üsou, Indian preacher and theologian (b. 1941)
2010 – Fadil Ferati, Kosovar accountant and politician (b. 1960)
2011 – John Barry, English composer and conductor (b. 1933)
2011 – Charles Nolan, American fashion designer (b. 1957)
2012 – Abdelhamid Mehri, Algerian soldier and politician (b. 1926)
2012 – Doeschka Meijsing, Dutch author (b. 1947)
2013 – Gamal al-Banna, Egyptian author and scholar (b. 1920)
2013 – Patty Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (b. 1918)
2013 – George Witt, American baseball player and coach (b. 1931)
2014 – Jean Babilée, French dancer and choreographer (b. 1923)
2014 – Stefan Bałuk, Polish general (b. 1914)
2014 – William Motzing, American composer and conductor (b. 1937)
2014 – Arthur Rankin, Jr., American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
2015 – Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (b. 1923)
2015 - Kenji Goto, Japanese freelance journalist (b. 1967)
2015 – Ülo Kaevats, Estonian academic, philosopher, and politician (b. 1947)
2015 – Geraldine McEwan, English actress (b. 1932)
2015 – Gerrit Voorting, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
2015 – Zhelyu Zhelev  (b. 1935)
      Bulgarian philosopher and politician; 2nd President of Bulgaria


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DEC 06      INDEX      DEC 08

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January 29 in history

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Birthdays

VIP

1843 – William McKinley  (d. 14 Sep 1901)
      American soldier, lawyer, and politician
      25th President of the United States, 1897-1901
      39th Governor of Ohio, 1892-1896
      U.S. Representative, R. OH, 1877-1891


Notable

1584 – Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange  (d. 14 Mar 1647)
      Prince of Orange, 1625-1647
1632 – Johann Georg Graevius  (d. 1703)
      German scholar and critic
1688 – Emanuel Swedenborg  (d. 29 Mar 1772)
      Swedish-English astronomer, philosopher, and theologian
1703 – Carlmann Kolb, German priest and composer (d. 1765)
1711 – Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (d. 1788)
1715 – Georg Christoph Wagenseil
      Austrian organist and composer (d. 1777)
1717 – Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst  (d. 1797)
      English field marshal and politician
      19th Governor General of Canada
1718 – Paul Rabaut, French pastor (d. 1794)
1737 – Thomas Paine  (d. 8 Jun 1809)
      English-American author, activist, and theorist
1749 – Christian VII of Denmark  (d. 13 Mar 1808)
      King of Denmark-Norway and Duke of Schleswig
            and Holstein, 1766-1808
1754 – Moses Cleaveland  (d. 1806)
      American general, lawyer, and politician,
      founded Cleveland, Ohio
1756 – Henry Lee III  (d. 1818)
      nickname "Light-Horse Harry"
      American general and politician
      father of Confederate general Robert E. Lee
      9th Governor of Virginia, 1791-1794
      U.S. Representative, F. VA, 1799-1801
1761 – Albert Gallatin  (d. 12 Aug 1849)
      Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician
      4th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1849)
1782 – Daniel Auber, French composer (d. 1871)
1801 – Johannes Bernardus van Bree  (d. 1857)
      Dutch violinist, composer, and conductor
1801 – Horatia Nelson  (d. 1881)
      English daughter of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
1805:  Eugénie de Guérin, French writer  (d. 31 May 1848)
1810 – Ernst Kummer  (d. 1893)
      Polish-German mathematician and academic
1846 – Karol Olszewski  (d. 1915)
      Polish chemist, mathematician, and physicist
1850:  Lawrence Hargrave  (d. 6 Jul 1915)
      Australian engineer, explorer, astronomer, inventor
            and aeronautical pioneer
1852 – Frederic Hymen Cowen, British composer (d. 1935)
1858 – Henry Ward Ranger, American artist (d. 1916)
1860 – Anton Chekhov  (d. 14 Jul 1904)
      Russian physician and author
1862 – Frederick Delius, English composer (d. 1934)
1866 – Julio Peris Brell, Spanish painter (d. 1944)
1866 – Romain Rolland  (d. 1944)
      French historian, author, and playwright
      Nobel Prize laureate
1867 – Vicente Blasco Ibáñez  (d. 1928)
      Spanish journalist and author
1870 – Süleyman Nazif, Ottoman Turkish poet (d. 1927)
1874 – John D. Rockefeller, Jr.  (d. 11 May 1960)
      American businessman and philanthropist
1876 – Havergal Brian, English composer (d. 1972)
1877 – Georges Catroux  (d. 1969)
      French general and diplomat
1880 – W. C. Fields  (d. 25 Dec 1946)
      American actor, comedian, singer, and screenwriter
1884 – Juhan Aavik  (d. 1982)
      Estonian-Swedish composer and conductor
1884 – Douglass Cadwallader, American golfer (d. 1971)
1888 – Sydney Chapman  (d. 1970)
      English mathematician and geophysicist
1891 – Elizaveta Gerdt  (d. 1975)
      Russian ballerina and educator
1891 – R. Norris Williams  (d. 1968)
     Swiss-American tennis player and banker
1895 – Muna Lee, American poet and author (d. 1965)
1901:  Lillian Ruth (LeVesconte) Dickson  (d. 14 Jan 1982)
      Canadian Presbyterian missionary
1901 – Allen B. DuMont  (d. 1965)
      American engineer and broadcaster
      founded the DuMont Television Network
1901 – E. P. Taylor  (d. 1989)
      Canadian businessman and horse breeder
1905 – Barnett Newman  (d. 1970)
      American painter and etcher
1906 – Joe Primeau  (d. 1989)
      Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1910 – Colin Middleton, Irish painter and poet (d. 1983)
1911 – Peter von Siemens, German businessman (d. 1986)
1912:  Martha Griffiths  (d. 22 Apr 2003)
      American lawyer, judge, and politician
      59th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan, 1983-1991
      U.S. Representative, D. MI, 1955-1974
1913 – Victor Mature  (d. 4 Aug 1999)
      American actor and singer
1913 – Daniel Taradash  (d. 2003)
      American director and screenwriter
1913 – Peter von Zahn  (d. 2001)
      German journalist and author
1915 – John Serry, Sr.  (d. 2003)
      American accordion player and composer
1917 – John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
1918 – John Forsythe, American actor (d. 1 Apr 2010)
1920 – José Luis de Vilallonga
      Spanish actor and author (d. 2007)
1922 – Gerda Steinhoff  (d. 1946)
      German concentration camp guard
1923 – Paddy Chayefsky  (d. 1981)
      American author and screenwriter
1923 – Ivo Robić, Croatian singer-songwriter (d. 2000)
1924 – Luigi Nono, Italian composer (d. 1990)
1925 – Tofiq Bahramov  (d. 1993)
      Azerbaijani footballer and referee
1925 – Raúl Corrales Forno, Cuban photographer (d. 2006)
1925 – Robert W. McCollum  (d. 2010)
      American virologist and epidemiologist
1926 – Franco Cerri, Italian guitarist
1926 – Abdus Salam  (d. 1996)
      Pakistani-English physicist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1927 – Edward Abbey  (d. 14 Mar 1989)
      American environmentalist and author
1928 – Lee Shau-kee
      Hong Kong businessman
      founded Henderson Land Development
1929 – Elio Petri, Italian director and screenwriter (d. 1982)
1929 – Ed Shaughnessy  (d. 2013)
      American drummer (The Tonight Show Band)
1929 – Joseph Kruskal  (d. 2010)
      American mathematician and computer scientist
1929 – Puggy Pearson, American poker player (d. 2006)
1930:  Derek Bailey, English guitarist  (d. 25 Dec 2005)
1930 – Christopher Collier, American historian and author
1931 – Richard Bakalyan, Armenian-American actor (d. 2015)
1931 – Leslie Bricusse, English playwright and composer
1931 – Ferenc Mádl  (d. 2011)
      Hungarian academic and politician
      2nd President of Hungary
1932 – Tommy Taylor, English footballer (d. 1958)
1933 – Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (d. 2004)
1933 – Hugo Herrestrup, Danish actor (d. 2009)
1934 – Noel Harrison  (d. 2013)
      English singer, actor, and skier
1934 – Branko Miljković, Serbian poet (d. 1961)
1936 – James Jamerson  (d. 1983)
      American bass player (The Funk Brothers)
1936 – Veturi Sundararama Murthy  (d. 2010)
      Indian poet and songwriter
1937 – Hassan Habibi  (d. 2013)
      Iranian lawyer and politician; 1st Vice President of Iran
1937:  Charley Reese  (d. 21 May 2013)
      American journalist and syndicated columnist
1938 – Shuji Tsurumi, Japanese gymnast
1939 – Germaine Greer, Australian journalist and author
1940 – Katharine Ross, American actress and author
1940 – Kunimitsu Takahashi
      Japanese motorcycle racer and race car driver
1941 – Robin Morgan
      American actress, journalist, and author
1942 – Claudine Longet
      French-American singer, actress, and dancer
1943 – Désiré Letort, French cyclist (d. 2012)
1943 – Molly Meldrum
      Australian journalist, critic, and producer
1943 – Pat Quinn  (d. 2014)
      Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1944 – Andrew Loog Oldham
      English record producer and manager
1944 – Patrick Lipton Robinson, Jamaican judge
1944 – Pauline van der Wildt, Dutch swimmer
1945 – Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
      Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
1945 – Jim Nicholson, Irish farmer and politician
1945 – Tom Selleck
      American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Bettye LaVette, American singer-songwriter
1947 – Linda B. Buck
      American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1947 – Marián Varga, Slovak organist and composer
1948 – Raymond Keene, English chess player and author
1948 – Pat Kenny, Irish radio and television host
1948 – Cristina Saralegui, Cuban-American talk show host
1948 – Marc Singer, Canadian-American actor
1949 – Evgeny Lovchev, Russian footballer and manager
1949 – Tommy Ramone  (d. 2014)
      Hungarian-American drummer and producer
1950:  Tom Brown, Jr.
      American naturalist, tracker, survivalist, and author
1950 – Ann Jillian, American actress and singer
1950 – Jody Scheckter
      South African race car driver and sportscaster
1950 – Miklós Vámos, Hungarian talk show host and author
1951 – Fereydoon Forooghi, Iranian singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1951 – Andy Roberts, Caribbean cricketer
1952 – Tim Healy, English actor and singer
1953 – Peter Baumann
      German keyboard player and songwriter (Tangerine Dream)
1953 – Caesar Cervin, American soccer player and coach
1953 – Dennis Delaney, American actor and playwright
1953 – Paul Fusco, American puppeteer and voice actor
1953 – Hwang Woo-suk
      South Korean veterinarian and academic
1953 – Ronnie Moore, English footballer and manager
1953 – Grażyna Szmacińska, Polish chess players
1953 – Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (d. 1995)
1953 – Charlie Wilson
      American singer-songwriter and producer
1954 – Christian Bjelland IV
      Norwegian businessman and art collector
1954 – Yukinobu Hoshino, Japanese illustrator
1954 – Terry Kinney, American actor and director
1954 – Doug Risebrough
      Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1954 – Oprah Winfrey
      American talk show host, actress, media entrepreneur,
            and producer; founded Harpo Productions
1955 – Eddie Jordan, American basketball player and coach
1955 – Femi Pedro, Nigerian banker and politician
1956 – Jan Jakub Kolski
      Polish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
1956 – Anton Otulakowski, English footballer
1957 – Julie Mellor, English politician
1957 – Grażyna Miller, Italian journalist and poet
1957 – Ron Franscell, American journalist and author
1958 – Glen Cochrane, Canadian ice hockey player and scout
1958 – Judy Norton Taylor, American actress and director
1958 – Linda Smith, English comedian and actress (d. 2006)
1959 – Mike Foligno, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959 – Michael Sloane
      American actor, director, and screenwriter
1959 – Nick Xenophon, Australian lawyer and politician
1960 – Matthew Ashford
      American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1960 – Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986)
1960 – Sean Kerly
      English field hockey player and sportscaster
1960 – Cho-Liang Lin, Taiwanese American violinist
1960 – Greg Louganis, American diver and author
1960 – Steve Sax, American baseball player and sportscaster
1960 – J. G. Thirlwell
      Australian-English singer-songwriter and producer
1961 – Mike Aldrete, American baseball player and coach
1961 – Petra Thümer, German swimmer and photographer
1962 – Taija Rae, American porn actress
1962 – Nicholas Turturro
      American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1963:  Ismail Haniyeh
      Palestinian National Authority politician (Hamas)
1963 – Hardcore Holly, American wrestler and trainer
1963 – Monica Horan, American actress
1963 – Octave Octavian Teodorescu
      Romanian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1964 – Roddy Frame, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Andre Reed, American football player and sportscaster
1964 – Anna Ryder Richardson
      Welsh interior designer and television host
1965:  David Agus, American physician and author
1965 – Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player
1965 – Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis player and coach
1966 – Keith Dublin, English footballer
1966 – Romário de Souza Faria (bka Romário)
      Brazilian footballer, manager, and politician
1967 – Stacey King
      American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
1967 – Cyril Suk, Czech-American tennis player
1968 – Edward Burns, American actor, director, and producer
1968 – Susi Erdmann, German luger and bobsledder
1968 – Sora Jung, South Korean actress
1969 – Hideto Takarai (bka Hyde)
      Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor
1970 – Heather Graham
      American actress, singer, and producer
1970 – Jörg Hoffmann, German swimmer
1970 – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
      Indian target shooter and politician
1970 – Paul Ryan, American economist and politician
1970 – Mohammed Yusuf  (d. 2009)
      Nigerian militant leader, founded Boko Haram
1971:  Clare Balding OBE
      British broadcaster, journalist and author
1972 – Engin Günaydın, Turkish actor and screenwriter
1973 – Jason Schmidt, American baseball player
1975 – Sara Gilbert
      American actress, producer, and talk show host
1976 – Karsten Kroon, Dutch cyclist
1977 – Justin Hartley, American actor
1977:  Sam Jaeger, American actor and screenwriter
1978 – Rob Bironas, American football player (d. 2014)
1978 – Martin Schmitt, German ski jumper
1979 – Marvin Agustin, Filipino actor and singer
1979 – Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player
1979 – Andrew Keegan, American actor and producer
1979 – Andreas Thorstensson, Swedish businessman
1980 – Yael Bar Zohar, Israeli model and actress
1980 – Ingimundur Ingimundarson, Icelandic handball player
1980 – Ivan Klasnić, Croatian footballer
1980 – Jason James Richter, American actor and producer
1981 – Ryūji Aoki, Japanese impressionist and singer
1981 – Rui En, Singaporean singer and actress
1981 – Jonny Lang, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1981 – Darío Lopilato, Argentinian actor
1981 – Vladimir Gojković, Montenegrin water polo player
1981 – Álex Ubago, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Wallis Bird, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Adam Lambert, American singer-songwriter and actor
1982 – Heidi Mueller, American actress
1982 – Riff Raff, American rapper
1983 – Biagio Pagano, Italian footballer
1983 – Nedžad Sinanović, Bosnian basketball player
1984 – Natalie du Toit, South African swimmer
1984 – Nuno Morais, Portuguese footballer
1984 – Safee Sali, Malaysian footballer
1985 – Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player
1985 – Isabel Lucas, Australian model and actress
1985:  Jessica Marais, South African-Australian actress
1985 – Martynas Mažeika, Lithuanian basketball player
1985 – Athina Onassis Roussel, French horse rider
1986 – Drew Tyler Bell, American actor and dancer
1986:  Devin Kelley, American actress
1986 – Sotaro Yasuda (bka Sotaro)
      Japanese-American actor and model
1986 – Simon Vukčević, Montenegrin footballer
1987 – José Abreu, Cuban baseball player
1987 – Matthew Wilson, English race car driver
1988 – Tatyana Chernova, Russian heptathlete
1988 – Stephanie Gilmore, Australian surfer
1988 – Masaki Kaji, Japanese actor and singer
1988 – Shaleum Logan, English footballer
1988 – Aydın Yılmaz, Turkish footballer
1988 – Margarita Žernosekova, Estonian footballer
1989 – Kevin Shattenkirk, American ice hockey player
1993 – Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portuguese tennis player
1993 – Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, Japanese singer and model
1994 – Lucas Hufnagel, German footballer
1994 – Ayane Sakura, Japanese voice actress
1996 – Nora Foss al-Jabri, Iraqi-Norwegian singer
1996 – Juho Lammikko, Finnish ice hockey player
1998 – Mion Mukaichi, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48)


Family



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Eddie Green
Kerry Fuller
Phyllis Mason
Sophie Matthewson

Other




Anniversaries

Coulee City


Notable

Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward  (1958)

Deaths

VIP



Notable

702 – Princess Ōku, Japanese princess (b. 661)
1119 – Pope Gelasius II (b. 1060)
1342 – Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)
1597 – Elias Ammerbach, German organist and composer (b. 1530)
1608 – Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557)
1647 – Francis Meres, English author (b. 1565)
1678 – Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese missionary and author (b. 1593)
1706 – Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
1737 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney  (b. 1666)
      Scottish-English field marshal and politician; Colonial Governor of Virginia
1743 – André-Hercule de Fleury, French cardinal (b. 1653)
1763 – Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
1820 – George III of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
1829 – Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras, French politician (b. 1755)
1829 – István Pauli, Hungarian-Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1760)
1870 – Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1797)
1871 – Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (b. 1786)
1888 – Edward Lear, English author, poet, and illustrator (b. 1812)
1899 – Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (b. 1839)
1906 – Christian IX of Denmark (b. 1818)
1928 – Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Scottish field marshal (b. 1861)
1933 – Sara Teasdale, American poet (b. 1884)
1934 – Fritz Haber  (b. 1868)
      Polish-German chemist and engineer; Nobel Prize laureate
1941 – Ioannis Metaxas  (b. 1871)
      Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece
1944 – William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
1946 – Harry Hopkins  (b. 1890)
      American politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce
1948 – Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
1950 – Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
1951 – Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
1956 – H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
1959 – Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
1961 – John F. O'Ryan, American general, lawyer, and politician (b. 1874)
1962 – Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
1963 – Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
1964 – Alan Ladd, American actor and producer (b. 1913)
1966 – Pierre Mercure, Canadian bassoon player and composer (b. 1927)
1969 – Allen Welsh Dulles  (b. 1893)
      American banker, lawyer, and diplomat; 5th Director of Central Intelligence
1970 – B. H. Liddell Hart  (b. 1895)
      French-English soldier, historian, and journalist
1975 – Orestis Makris, Greek actor and tenor (b. 1898)
1977 – Buster Nupen, South African cricketer and lawyer (b. 1902)
1977 – Freddie Prinze, American comedian and actor (b. 1954)
1980 – Jimmy Durante, American actor, singer, and pianist (b. 1893)
1986 – Leif Erickson, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
1987 – Emvin Cremona, Maltese artist (b. 1919)
1989 – Halina Konopacka, Polish discus thrower and poet (b. 1900)
1991 – Yasushi Inoue, Japanese author and poet (b. 1907)
1992 – Willie Dixon, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1915)
1993 – Adetokunbo Ademola  (b. 1906)
      Nigerian lawyer and jurist, 2nd Chief Justice of Nigeria
1994 – Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (b. 1967)
1999 – Lili St. Cyr, American model and dancer (b. 1918)
2002 – Harold Russell, Canadian-American soldier and actor (b. 1914)
2003 – Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (b. 1911)
2004 – Janet Frame, New Zealand author and poet (b. 1924)
2004 – M. M. Kaye, Indian-English author and playwright (b. 1908)
2005 – Ephraim Kishon, Israeli author, screenwriter, and director (b. 1924)
2006 – Nam June Paik, Korean-American artist (b. 1932)
2007 – Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, Iraqi cult leader (b. 1970)
2008 – Raymond Jacobs  (b. 1925)
      American marine, member of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
2008 – Bengt Lindström, Swedish painter and sculptor (b. 1925)
2008 – Margaret Truman, American singer and author (b. 1924)
2009 – Hélio Gracie, Brazilian martial artist (b. 1913)
2009 – John Martyn, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
2011 – Milton Babbitt, American composer, educator, and theorist (b. 1916)
2012 – Ranjit Singh Dyal  (b. 1928)
      Indian general and politician; 10th Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
2012 – Oscar Luigi Scalfaro  (b. 1918)
      Italian lawyer and politician, 9th President of Italy
2012 – Camilla Williams, American soprano and educator (b. 1919)
2013 – Said al-Muragha, Palestinian colonel (b. 1927)
2013 – Frank Hahn, German-English economist and academic (b. 1925)
2013 – Anselm Hollo, Finnish-American poet and academic (b. 1934)
2013 – Butch Morris, American cornet player, composer, and conductor (b. 1947)
2014 – François Cavanna, French journalist and author (b. 1923)
2014 – Lars Andreas Larssen, Norwegian actor (b. 1935)
2015 – Taeko Kono, Japanese author and critic (b. 1926)
2015 – Colleen McCullough  (b. 1 Jun 1937)
      Australian neuroscientist, author (The Thorn Birds) and academic
2015 – Rodney Marvin "Rod" McKuen  (b. 29 Apr 1933)
      American singer-songwriter and poet
2015 – Kel Nagle, Australian golfer (b. 1920)
2015 – Alexander Vraciu, American commander and pilot (b. 1918)


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Other

January 28 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

____________

January 28 in history

____________

Birthdays

VIP

1457 – Henry VII of England (d. 21 Apr 1509)
      King of England, 1485-1509
1784 – George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen  (d. 1860)
      Scottish politician, diplomat, and landowner
      Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1852-1855
1822 – Alexander Mackenzie  (d. 17 Apr 1892)
      Scottish-Canadian soldier, journalist, and politician
      2nd Prime Minister of Canada

1955 – Nicolas Sarkozy
      French lawyer and politician
      23rd President of France, 2007-2012

Notable

1312 – Joan II of Navarre (d. 6 Oct 1349)
      Queen of Navarre, 1328-1349
1540 – Ludolph van Ceulen  (d. 1610)
      German-Dutch mathematician and academic
1578 – Cornelius Haga, Dutch diplomat (d. 1654)
1582 – John Barclay  (d. 1621)
      French-Scottish poet and author
1600 – Pope Clement IX (d. 9 Dec 1669)
      238th Pope of Rome, 1667-1669
1608 – Giovanni Alfonso Borelli  (d. 1679)
      Italian physiologist and physicist
1611 – Johannes Hevelius  (d. 1687)
      Polish astronomer and politician
1622 – Adrien Auzout  (d. 1691)
      French astronomer and instrument maker
1693 – Gregor Werner, Austrian composer (d. 1766)
1701 – Charles Marie de La Condamine  (d. 1774)
      French mathematician and geographer
1706 – John Baskerville  (d. 1775)
      English printer and typographer
1712 – Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761)
1717 – Mustafa III  (d. 21 Jan 1774)
      Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, 1757-1774
1719 – Johann Elias Schlegel  (d. 1749)
      German poet and critic
1719 – Christian Felix Weiße  (d. 1802)
      German writer and pedagogue
1755 – Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring  (d. 1830)
      Polish-German physician, anthropologist, and paleontologist
1797 – Charles Gray Round  (d. 1867)
      English barrister and politician
1818 – George S. Boutwell  (d. 1905)
      American lawyer and politician
      28th United States Secretary of the Treasury
1833 – Charles George Gordon  (d. 1885)
      English general and politician
1841 – Henry Morton Stanley  (d. 10 May 1904)
      Welsh-American explorer and journalist
1843 – Mihkel Veske, Estonian poet and linguist (d. 1890)
1853 – José Martí  (d. 1895)
      Cuban journalist, poet, and theorist
1853 – Vladimir Solovyov  (d. 1900)
      Russian philosopher, poet, and critic
1857 – William Seward Burroughs I  (d. 14 Sep 1898)
      American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation
1858 – Tannatt William Edgeworth David  (d. 1934)
      Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer
1861 – Julián Felipe, Filipino composer and educator (d. 1944)
1863 – Ernest William Christmas  (d. 1918)
      Australian-American painter
1864 – Charles Williams Nash  (d. 6 Jun 1948)
      American businessman, founded Nash Motors
1864 – Herbert Akroyd Stuart  (d. 1927)
      English engineer, invented the Hot bulb engine
            and Hornsby-Akroyd oil engine
1865 – Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian author and politician (d. 1928)
1865 – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg  (d. 1952)
      Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician
      1st President of Finland
1873 – Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette  (d. 3 August 1954)
      French novelist, mime, actress, and journalist
1875 – Julián Carrillo  (d. 1965)
      Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor
1878 – Walter Kollo, German composer (d. 1940)
1881:  Ruby M. Ayres, British romance novelist  (d. 14 Nov 1955)
1884 – Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (d. 1962)
1885 – Vahan Terian, Armenian poet and activist (d. 1920)
1886 – Marthe Bibesco  (d. 1973)
      Romanian-French author and poet  (d. 1976)
1886 – Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic
1887 – Arthur Rubinstein  (d. 20 Dec 1982)

      Polish-American pianist

1890 – Robert Stroud, American ornithologist (d. 1963)

1892 – Ernst Lubitsch  (d. 1947)

      German-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1897 – Valentin Kataev, Russian author and playwright (d. 1986)

1899 – Elias Simojoki, Finnish priest and activist (d. 1940)

1900 – Alice Neel, American painter (d. 1984)

1903 – Aleksander Kamiński  (d. 1978)

      Polish author and educator

1904 – Canuplin, Filipino magician and actor (d. 1979)

1908 – Paul Misraki  (d. 1998)

      Turkish-French composer and historian

1909 – John Thomson, Scottish footballer (d. 1931)

1910 – John Banner, Austrian actor (d. 28 Jan 1973)

1910 – Arnold Moss, American actor (d. 1989)

1911 – Johan van Hulst, Dutch academic and politician

1912 – Jackson Pollock, American painter (d. 11 Aug 1956)

1915 – Nien Cheng, Chinese-American author (d. 2009)
1918 – Trevor Skeet  (d. 2004)
      New Zealand-English lawyer and politician
1919 – Gabby Gabreski, American colonel and pilot (d. 2002)
1922 – Anna Gordy Gaye  (d. 2014)
      American businesswoman, composer and songwriter
1922 – Robert W. Holley  (d. 1993)
      American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1924 – Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (d. 1976)
1925:  John Ronald Dennis  (d. 31 Dec 2014) obituary
      Australian born American dancer and actor
1925 – Raja Ramanna, Indian physicist and politician (d. 2004)
1927 – Eşref Kolçak, Turkish actor
1927 – Per Oscarsson  (d. 2010)
      Swedish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1927 – Ronnie Scott  (d. 1996)
      English saxophonist (The Jazz Couriers)
1927 – Hiroshi Teshigahara  (d. 2001)
      Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
1929 – Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (d. 2014)
1929 – Claes Oldenburg
      Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator
1929 – Nikolai Parshin  (d. 2012)
      Russian footballer and manager
1930 – Jasraj, Indian singer
1930 – Kurt Biedenkopf
      German academic and politician
      54th President of the German Bundesrat
1930 – Roy Clarke, English soldier and screenwriter
1930 – Ruth Cohen, American actress (d. 2008)
1934 – Juan Manuel Bordeu  (d. 1990)
      Argentinian race car driver
1934 – Mitr Chaibancha, Thai actor and producer (d. 1970)
1935:  Sue Hubbell, American author
1935 – David Lodge, English author and critic
1935 – Nicholas Pryor, American actor
1936 – Alan Alda (born Alphonso Joseph D’Abruzzo)
      American actor, director, and screenwriter
1936 – Ismail Kadare, Albanian author and poet
1937 – Karel Čáslavský  (d. 2013)
      Czech historian and television host
1937:  Ken Hill  (d. 23 Jan 1995)
      English playwright and theatre director
1938 – Tomas Lindahl
      Swedish-English biologist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1938 – Leonid Zhabotinsky, Ukrainian weightlifter (d. 2016)
1939 – John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1940 – Carlos Slim
      Mexican businessman, founded Grupo Carso
1941 – Joel Crothers, American actor (d. 1985)
1941 – King Tubby  (d. 1989)
       Jamaican DJ, producer, and engineer
1942 – Sjoukje Dijkstra, Dutch figure skater
1943 – John Beck, American actor
1943 – Paul Henderson, Canadian ice hockey player and minister
1944 – Bobby Ball, English comedian, actor, and singer
1944 – Tim Heald, English journalist and author
1944 – Susan Howard, American actress and screenwriter
1944 – Rosalía Mera  (d. 2013)
      Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara
1944 – John Tavener, English composer (d. 2013)
1945 – Maxwell Fuller, Australian chess player (d. 2013)
1945 – Karen Lynn Gorney, American actress and singer
1945 – Marthe Keller, Swiss actress and director
1945 – John Perkins, American author and activist
1945 – Robert Wyatt, English singer-songwriter and drummer
1947 – Jeanne Shaheen
      American educator and politician
      78th Governor of New Hampshire
1948 – Bob Moses, American drummer
1948 – Mikhail Baryshnikov
      Russian dancer, choreographer, and actor
1948 – Charles Taylor
      Liberian politician; 22nd President of Liberia
1948:  Bennie Thompson
      U.S. Representative, D. MS, 1993-present
1949 – Gregg Popovich, American basketball player and coach
1950 – Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini king
1950 – Barbi Benton, American model, actress, and singer
1950 – David C. Hilmers
      American colonel, physician, and astronaut
1950 – Naila Kabeer
      Bangladeshi-English economist and academic
1951 – Brian Bilbray, American politician
1951 – Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut
1952 – Richard Glatzer  (d. 2015)
      American director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Tomokazu Miura, Japanese actor (RC Succession)
1953 – Colin Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1954 – Peter Lampe, German theologian and historian
1954 – Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1954 – Kaneto Shiozawa, Japanese voice actor (d. 2000)
1954 – Rick Warren, American pastor and author
1955 – Vinod Khosla
      Indian-American businessman
      co-founded Sun Microsystems
1956:  Lou Barletta
      U.S. Representative, R. PA, 2011-present
1956 – Richard Danielpour, American composer
1957 – Kent Kessler, American bassist
1957 – Mark Napier
      Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1957 – Nick Price, South African-Zimbabwean golfer
1957 – Frank Skinner, English comedian, actor, and author
1959 – Frank Darabont, American director and producer
1960:  John Galliano
      Gibraltar-born British fashion designer
1960 – Loren Legarda, Filipino journalist and politician
1961 – Arnaldur Indriðason, Icelandic author
1961:  Rosemary Mahoney, American writer
1962 – Keith Hamilton Cobb, American actor
1962:  Patrice Motsepe
      South African mining magnate
      founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals
1962 – Sam Phillips (born Leslie Ann Phillips)
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1963:  Jane Jensen (born Jane Elizabeth Smith)
      American video game designer
1963 – Dan Spitz, American guitarist
1964 – Jürgen Teller, German-English photographer
1965 – Lynda Boyd, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer
1966 – Seiji Mizushima, Japanese director and producer
1967 – Jan Lamb, Chinese singer and actor
1967:  Pastor Marvin Louis Sapp
      American Gospel music singer-songwriter
      founder and senior pastor of Lighthouse Full Life Center
            Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan
1968 – Rakim, American rapper (Eric B. & Rakim)
1968 – Sarah McLachlan
      Canadian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1968 – DJ Muggs
      American DJ and producer (Cypress Hill and The 7A3)
1969 – Kathryn Morris, American actress
1969 – Mo Rocca, American comedian and television journalist
1969 – Linda Sánchez, American lawyer and politician
1971 – Anthony Hamilton
      American singer-songwriter and producer
1972 – Léon van Bon, Dutch cyclist
1973:  Carrie Vaughn, American author
1974 – Tony Delk, American basketball player and coach
1974 – Ramsey Nasr, Dutch author and poet
1974:  Ty Olsson, Canadian actor
1974 – Magglio Ordóñez
      Venezuelan baseball player and politician
1975 – Shark Boy, American wrestler
1975 – Tanya Chua
      Singaporean singer-songwriter and producer
1975 – Terri Conn, American actress
1975 – Hiroshi Kamiya, Japanese voice actor and singer
1975 – Pedro Pinto, Portuguese-American journalist
1975 – Junior Spivey, American baseball player and coach
1976 – Lee Ingleby, English actor
1976 – Emiko Kado, Japanese wrestler (d. 1999)
1976 – Mark Madsen, American basketball player
1976 – Rick Ross, American rapper and producer
1976 – Miltiadis Sapanis, Greek footballer
1976 – Sireli Bobo, Professional Rugby Union player
1977 – Matt DeVries, American guitarist
1977 – Joseph Anthony "Joey" Fatone, Jr.
      American singer, dancer, and actor (*NSYNC)
1977 – Takuma Sato, Japanese race car driver
1978 – Sheamus, Irish wrestler and actor
1978 – Gianluigi Buffon, Italian footballer
1978 – Jamie Carragher, English footballer and sportscaster
1978 – Papa Bouba Diop, Senegalese footballer
1979 – Ali Boulala, Swedish skateboarder
1980 – Nick Carter
      American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor
      (Backstreet Boys)
1980 – Yasuhito Endō, Japanese footballer
1980 – Michael Hastings  (d. 18 Jun 2013)
      American journalist and author
1980 – Jesse James Hollywood, American murderer
1981 – Gen Hoshino
      Japanese singer-songwriter, lyricist, actor, and voice actor
1981 – Elijah Wood, American actor and producer
1982:  Camila Alves
      Brazilian-American model and designer
1984 – Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
1985 – Daniel Carcillo, Canadian ice hockey player
1985 – Jermaine Lamarr Cole (bka J. Cole)
      American rapper and producer
1985 – Lauris Dārziņš, Latvian ice hockey player
1985:  Tom Hopper, English actor
1985 – Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
1985 – Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer
1986 – Jessica Ennis-Hill, English heptathlete and hurdler
1986 – Shruti Haasan, Indian actress and singer
1986 – Nathan Outteridge, Australian sailor
1986 – Antonis Petropoulos, Greek footballer
1986 – Blake Riley, American porn actor
1986 – Asad Shafiq, Pakistani cricketer
1988 – Kiernan Jarryd Forbes (bka AKA)
      South African hip hop musician and record producer
1988 – Paul Henry, English footballer
1988 – Seiya Sanada, Japanese wrestler
1989 – Siem de Jong, Dutch footballer
1989 – Ronny Philp, Romanian-German footballer
1990 – Kalifa Faifai Loa, New Zealand rugby player
1990 – Zhang Kailin, Chinese tennis player
1991 – Carl Klingberg, Swedish ice hockey player
1991 – Calum Worthy
      Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
1992 – Sergio Araujo, Argentinian footballer
1992 – Andrei Savchenko, Russian footballer
1993 – Richmond Boakye, Ghanaian footballer
1993 – Will Poulter, English actor
1998 – Ariel Winter, American actress and singer


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Notable

592 – Guntram, French king (b. 532)
814 – Charlemagne, Roman emperor (b. 742)
1061 – Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1031)
1271 – Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (b. 1247)
1443 – Robert le Maçon, French diplomat (b. 1365)
1547 – Henry VIII of England (b. 1491)
1613 – Thomas Bodley  (b. 1545)
      English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library
1621 – Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
1672 – Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
1681 – Richard Allestree, English priest and academic (b. 1619)
1687 – Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611)
1697 – Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, English general and politician (b. 1645)
1754 – Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684)
1802 – Joseph Wall  (b. 1737)
      Irish born British Army officer and Lieutenant Governor of Gorée
1832 – Augustin Daniel Belliard, French general (b. 1769)
1859 – F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich  (b. 1782)
      English politician; Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1864 – Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (b. 1799)
1903 – Augusta Holmès, French pianist and composer (b. 1847)
1912 – Gustave de Molinari, Belgian economist and theorist (b. 1819)
1918 – John McCrae, Canadian soldier, physician, and author (b. 1872)
1921 – Mustafa Suphi, Turkish journalist and politician (b. 1883)
1930 – Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano (b. 1878)
1935 – Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
1937 – Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
1938 – Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
1939 – W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright; Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
1942 – Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)
1945 – Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant (b. 1924)
1947 – Reynaldo Hahn  (b. 1875)
      Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic
1948 – Hans Aumeier, German SS officer (b. 1906)
1948 – Therese Brandl, German concentration camp guard (b. 1902)
1948 – Arthur Liebehenschel, German SS officer (b. 1901)
1949 – Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (b. 1908)
1950 – Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1883)
1953 – James Scullin
 Australian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
1953 – Neyzen Tevfik, Turkish philosopher and poet (b. 1879)
1959 – Walter Beall, American baseball player (b. 1899)
1960 – Zora Neale Hurston, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1891)
1962 – Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor (b. 1884)
1963 – Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (b. 1884)
1965 – Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
1965 – Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)
1967 – Ruut Tarmo, Estonian actor and director (b. 1896)
1968 – Aleksander Maaker, Estonian bagpipe player (b. 1890)
1971 – Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
1973 – John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910)
1975 – Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (b. 1887)
1976 – Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924)
1978 – Ward Moore, American author (b. 1903)
1979 – Eileen Shanahan, Irish poet (b. 1901)
1983 – Frank Forde  (b. 1890)
      Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia
1983 – Billy Fury, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1940)
1986 – crew of Space Shuttle Challenger:
      – Gregory Jarvis, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1944)
      – Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (b. 1948)
      – Ronald McNair, American physicist and astronaut (b. 1950)
      – Ellison Onizuka, American engineer and astronaut (b. 1946)
      – Judith Resnik, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1949)
      – Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)
      – Michael J. Smith, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1945)
1988 – Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and politician (b. 1911)
1989 – Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (b. 1938)
1993 – Helen Sawyer Hogg, Canadian astronomer (b. 1905)
1994 – Hal Smith, American actor and singer (b. 1916)
1996 – Joseph Brodsky  (b. 1940)
      Russian-American poet and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
1996 – Burne Hogarth, American cartoonist and author (b. 1911)
1996 – Jerry Siegel  (b. 1914)
       American author and illustrator; co-created Superman
1998 – Shotaro Ishinomori, Japanese author and illustrator (b. 1938)
1999 – Valery Gavrilin, Russian composer (b. 1939)
2001 – Ranko Marinković, Croatian novelist and playwright (b. 1913)
2002 – Gustaaf Deloor, Belgian cyclist and soldier (b. 1913)
2002 – Astrid Lindgren, Swedish author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
2002 – Ayşe Nur Zarakolu, Turkish author and activist (b. 1946)
2004 – Joe Viterelli, American actor (b. 1937)
2005 – Jim Capaldi, English singer-songwriter and drummer (b. 1944)
2005 – Karen Lancaume, French porn actress (b. 1973)
2005 – Jacques Villeret, French actor (b. 1951)
2006 – Yitzhak Kaduri, Iraqi-Israeli rabbi
2006 – Henry McGee, English actor and singer (b. 1929)
2007 – Carlo Clerici, Swiss cyclist (b. 1929)
2007 – Robert Drinan, American priest, lawyer, and politician (b. 1920)
2007 – Beatrice Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer (b. 1978)
2007 – Teala Loring, American actress (b. 1922)
2007 – Yelena Romanova, Russian runner (b. 1963)
2007 – Karel Svoboda, Czech composer (b. 1938)
2008 – Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens (b. 1939)
2009 – Billy Powell  (b. 1952)
      American keyboard player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
2012 – Keriman Halis Ece  (b. 1913)
      Turkish pianist and model; Miss Universe 1932
2012 – Roman Juszkiewicz, Polish astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1952)
2014 – Gudo Wafu Nishijima, Japanese priest and educator (b. 1919)
2014 – Jorge Obeid  (b. 1947)
      Argentinian engineer and politician; Governor of Santa Fe
2015 – Suraj Abdurrahman, Nigerian general, architect, and engineer (b. 1954)
2015 – Yves Chauvin, French chemist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)


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