Historical Birthday
02 Jan 1647
Nathaniel Bacon leader of Bacons Rebellion Va (1676)
02 Jan 1713
Marie Dumesnil French actress (Iphignie en Aulide) born in Paris France (d. 1803)
02 Jan 1719
Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat French shipbuilder (d. 1797)
02 Jan 1728
Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso Austrian countdiplomat in Belgium
02 Jan 1752
Philip Freneau poet of American Revolution (The American Village)
02 Jan 1803
Gugliemo Libri [della Somaia] ItalFren mathematicianbook collector
02 Jan 1822
Rudolph J E Clausius German physicist (thermodynamics)
02 Jan 1827
Peter Semenov of Tian Shan Russian explorer (d. 1914)
02 Jan 1830
Henry Kingsley English Australian writer born in Northamptonshire (d. 1876)
02 Jan 1833
Frederick A. Johnson American politician (d. 1893)
02 Jan 1835
Charles Russell Lowell Jr American railroad executive and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1864)
02 Jan 1836
Queen Emma of Hawaii Consort of King Kamehameha IV (d. 1885)
02 Jan 1836
Mendele Moykher Sforim Jewish writer (d. 1917)
02 Jan 1837
Mily Balakirev Russian pianist and composer (Islamej Tamara) born in Nizhny Novgorod Russia (d. 1910)
02 Jan 1842
Amy G C A Bonet-Maury French reformed theologist
02 Jan 1846
Sandor Erkel Hungarian composerson of Ferenc Erkel born in Pest (d. 1900)
02 Jan 1857
Frederick Opper cartoonist (Maud Alphonse & Gaston)
02 Jan 1857
Martha Carey Thomas American educator suffragist linguist and second President of Bryn Mawr College born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 1935)
02 Jan 1860
William C Mills museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds)
02 Jan 1863
Lucia Zarate became lightest known adult human (2.1 kg at 17)
02 Jan 1866
Prof Gilbert Murray Australian classical scholar (d. 1957)
02 Jan 1868
Arthur Gore British tennis player (Wimbledon 1901 08-09) born at Lydhurst England (d. 1928)
02 Jan 1870
Ernst Barlach German writer and artist born in Wedel (d. 1938)
02 Jan 1873
Anton Pannekoek Dutch astronomermarxist theorist (Communist Tactics)
02 Jan 1873
Thrse de Lisieux French Roman-Catholic nun (d. 1897)
02 Jan 1879
Johannes L Jan Walch Dutch literary (Grimaces)
02 Jan 1879
Pieter Tesch Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands)
02 Jan 1884
Jacques Chardonne [Boutelleau] French writer (lEpithalame)
02 Jan 1885
Johannes Ringers Dutch water engineer (dikes)
02 Jan 1886
Moyshe Leyb Halpern GalicanUS poet (In New-York)
02 Jan 1886
Florence Lawrence Canadian actress (Lady Helens Escapade) born in Hamilton Ontario Canada (d. 1938)
02 Jan 1886
Apsley Cherry-Garrard English Antarctic explorer (d. 1959)
02 Jan 1889
Walter Baldwin American actor (The Best Years of Our Lives The Long Long Trailer) born in Lima Ohio (d. 1977)
02 Jan 1892
Seiichiro Kashio Japanese tennis player (d. 1962)
02 Jan 1893
Lillian Leitzel German acrobat and strongwoman (d. 1931)
02 Jan 1894
Robert Nathan American poet novelist (Portrait of Jennie) born in NYC New York
02 Jan 1895
Count Folke Bernadotte Swedish statesman (Red Cross UN)
02 Jan 1896
Dziga Vertiv [Denis A Kaufman] Russian director (Sjagai Soviet)
02 Jan 1896
Sir Lawrence Wackett Australian aircraft engineer (d. 1982)
02 Jan 1899
Alexander Tcherepnin composer born in St Petersburg Russia
02 Jan 1899
Paul-Henri Spaak Belgian premierSecretary-General of NATO (1957-61)
02 Jan 1900
William Haines US actor (Fast Life Little Annie Rooney) born in Staunton Virginia (d. 1973)
02 Jan 1901
Rex OMalley British actor (Camille Zara Midnight Thief) born in London England (d. 1976)
02 Jan 1901
Robert Bob Marshall American forester wilderness activist and co-founder of the Wilderness Society born in NYC New York (d. 1939)
02 Jan 1902
Barry Goldwater American politician (d. 1998)
02 Jan 1903
Anton van Duinkerken [Willem JMA Asselbergs] literary
02 Jan 1904
James Melton Moultrie Ga opera tenor (Ford Festival)
02 Jan 1905
Michael Kemp Tippett English composerconductor (A Child of Our Time) born in London (d. 1998)
02 Jan 1905
Lev Schnirelmann Gomel Russian Empire mathematician (d. 1938)
02 Jan 1908
Ben Grauer American newscaster (Big Story) born in NYC New York
02 Jan 1909
Rene Etiemble French literature historian (Parlez-vous Franglais)
02 Jan 1910
Ulrich Becher German writer and playwright born in Berlin (d. 1990)
02 Jan 1910
Srirangam Srinivasarao [Sri Sri] Telugu Poet born in Visakhapatnam India (d. 1983)
02 Jan 1912
Renato Guttuso Italian painter (Flight from Etna Crucifixion)
02 Jan 1913
Gardner Read composer born in Evanston Illinois
02 Jan 1913
Leon P Teisserenc de Bort French meteorologist
02 Jan 1913
Anna Lee [Joan Boniface Winnifrith] British actress (General Hospital How Green Was My Valley) born in Ightham Kent England (d. 2004)
02 Jan 1918
Willi Graf German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943)
02 Jan 1920
Duke of Devonshire English large landownerart collector
02 Jan 1921
Glen Harmon Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
02 Jan 1922
Jason Evers American actor (Wrangler Channing) born in NYC New York (d. 2005)
02 Jan 1922
Nico Schuyt Dutch composer born in Alkmaar (d. 1992)
02 Jan 1925
William J Crowe Jr Kentucky chairman joint chief of staff
02 Jan 1925
Larry Harmon American entertainer and TV producer (d. 2008)
02 Jan 1926
Howard Caine American actor (Brushfire) born in Nashville Tennessee (d. 1993)
02 Jan 1927
Gino Marchetti NFL defensive end (Dallas Texans Baltimore Colts)
02 Jan 1928
Harry Hyams English immovable goods owner (Center Point)
02 Jan 1928
Vaughn Beals CEO (Harley Davidson motorcycle) born in Cambridge Massachusetts
02 Jan 1930
Julius La Rosa American singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air) born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2016)
02 Jan 1932
Dabney Coleman (That Girl Mary Hartman Buffalo Bill) born in Austin Texas
02 Jan 1938
John Considine actor (Reginald Love-Another World)
02 Jan 1938
Ian Brady [Ian Duncan Stewart] British serial killer (Moors Murders) born in Glasgow (d. 2017)
02 Jan 1939
Jim Bakker American televangelist (Assemblies of God The PTL Club) and convicted fraud born in Muskegon Michigan
02 Jan 1940
S. R. S. Varadhan Indian-American mathematician
02 Jan 1942
Hugh Shelton 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
02 Jan 1943
Bar Mano Turkish singer and television producer (d. 1999)
02 Jan 1944
Prince Norodom Ranariddh Cambodian politician
02 Jan 1946
Richard Cole American tour manager (Led Zeppelin)
02 Jan 1947
Aleksandr Tikhonova USSR biathalon relay (Olympic gold 1968 72 76 80)
02 Jan 1947
Calvin Hill NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
02 Jan 1947
Lanny Bassham American rifle-3 position (Olympic gold 1976)
02 Jan 1948
Kerry Minnear Dorset English rocker (Gentle Giant)
02 Jan 1949
Chick Churchill Wales keyboardist (Ten Years After-Im Going Home)
02 Jan 1949
Christopher Durang playwrightactor (Sister Mary) born in Montclair New Jersey
02 Jan 1951
Nadia Cassini [Gianna Lou Muller] Woodstock NY model (Oui)
02 Jan 1952
Man-Tat Ng Hong Kong actor (The Final Combat) born in Xiamen China
02 Jan 1952
Ricky Van Shelton American country singer (Wild-Eyed Dream) born in Danville Virginia
02 Jan 1952
Wendy Phillips American actress (Executive Suite Promised Land) born in Brooklyn New York
02 Jan 1952
Graeme Strachan Australian rock singer (Skyhooks) (d. 2001)
02 Jan 1954
Ludmila Borozna USSR volleyball player (Olympic gold 1972)
02 Jan 1954
Cynthia Sikes US actress (Flamingo Road St Elsewhere) born in Coffeyville Kansas
02 Jan 1954
Dawn Silva American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein P-Funk)
02 Jan 1957
Joanna Pacula Tomszowaubelski Poland actress (Gorky Park Kiss)
02 Jan 1959
Kirti Azad cricketer (Indian off-spin all-rounder in 7 Tests 1981-83)
02 Jan 1960
Raman Lamba Indian cricketer (opening batsman 1986-87)
02 Jan 1963
David Cone baseball pitcher (NY MetsTor Blue JaysNY Yankees) born in Kansas City Missouri
02 Jan 1963
Edgar Martinez American baseball 1st baseman (Seattle Mariners) born in NYC New York
02 Jan 1972
Jeff Jackson American baseball outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies)
02 Jan 1972
Mattias Norstrom Mora SWE NHL defenseman (Team Sweden LA Kings)
02 Jan 1973
Chris Woodruff tennis star (1993 NCAA Division I) born in Knoxville Tennessee
02 Jan 1973
Fredric Ford WLAF CB (Scotland Claymores)NFL cornerback (Eagles)
02 Jan 1974
Juha Lind NHL forward (Team Finland Olympic bronze 1998 Dallas)
02 Jan 1975
Chris Cheney Australian musician (The Living End)
02 Jan 1964
Pernell Whitaker American boxer (Olympic gold 1984 4-weight world champion) born in Norfolk Virginia
02 Jan 1964
Rumesh Ratnayake cricketer (Sri Lankan pacer in 23 Tests 1983-92)
02 Jan 1965
Greg Swindell pitcher (Houston Astros Cleveland Indians) born in Fort Worth Texas
02 Jan 1965
Russ Courtnall Duncan NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks)
02 Jan 1967
Tia Carrere [Althea Janairo] American actress (Waynes World True Lies) born in Honolulu Hawaii
02 Jan 1967
Harlon Barnett NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings)
02 Jan 1967
Francois Pienaar Vereeniging Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province) South African rugby player and captain of the Springboks
02 Jan 1968
Cuba Gooding Jr actor (Boyz N the Hood Glaadiator Few Good Men)
02 Jan 1968
Scott Mitchell NFL quarterback (Detroit Lions)
02 Jan 1969
Rick Tabaracci NHL goalie (Calgary Flames) born in Toronto Ontario
02 Jan 1969
Robert Svehla Martin Cze NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers Slovakia)
02 Jan 1969
Stephen Davies Aust field hockey forwardvice capt (Olympic silver 1992 96)
02 Jan 1970
Anthony Stuart cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler hat trick 1997)
02 Jan 1970
Glenn Cadrez NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
02 Jan 1970
Royce Clayton infielder (SF Giants St Louis Cardinals) born in Burbank California
02 Jan 1971
Aamer Nazir cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1993- )
02 Jan 1971
Aaron Williams NBA center (Seattle Supersonics)
02 Jan 1971
Horace Copeland NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs)
02 Jan 1855
Frank Hadow British tennis player (Wimbledon 1878 first exponent of the lob) born in London England (d. 1946)
02 Jan 1870
Tex Rickard American boxing promoter and entrepreneur (founder NHL New York Rangers builder third incarnation of Madison Square Garden NYC) born in Kansas City Missouri (d. 1929)
02 Jan 1886
Moyshe Leyb Halpern GalicanAmerican poet (In New-York)
02 Jan 1900
William Haines American actor (Fast Life Little Annie Rooney) born in Staunton Virginia (d. 1973)
02 Jan 1920
Andrew Cavendish Duke of Devonshire English aristocrat (Chatsworth) politician married Deborah Mitford born in London England (d. 2004)
02 Jan 1921
Glen Harmon Canadian ice hockey defenceman (Stanley Cup 1944 46 NHL All Star 1949 50 Montreal Canadiens) born in Holland Manitoba (d. 2007)
02 Jan 1926
Gino Marchetti Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (Pro Bowl x 11) born in Smithers West Virginia (d. 2019)
02 Jan 1928
Dan Rostenkowski American politician (Rep-D-Il 1959-94) convicted of mail fraud born in Chicago Illinois (2010)
02 Jan 1928
Oskar Rabin Russian painter and dissident during Soviet era born in Moscow Soviet Union (d. 2018)
02 Jan 1947
Aleksandr Tikhonov Russian biathlete (Olympic gold biathlon relay 1968 72 76 80) born in Uyskoye Chelyabinsk Russia
02 Jan 1947
Calvin Hill American NFL running back (Pro Bowl 1969 7274 All-Pro 1969 73 Super Bowl 1971 Dallas Cowboys) born in Baltimore Maryland
02 Jan 1947
Lanny Bassham American sports shooter (Olympic gold small-bore rifle 3 positions 1976 silver 1972) born in Comanche Texas
02 Jan 1954
Lyudmila Borozna Russian volleyball player (Olympic gold 1972) born in Saint Petersburg Russia
02 Jan 1954
Cynthia Sikes American actress (Flamingo Road St Elsewhere) born in Coffeyville Kansas
02 Jan 1959
Kirti Azad Indian cricket all-rounder (7 Tests 25 ODIs) and politician born in Darbhanga India
02 Jan 1961
Craig James American NFL running back and sports commentator (Pro Bowl 1985 New England Patriots ABC ESPN) born in Jacksonville Texas
02 Jan 1963
David Cone American baseball pitcher (perfect game 1999 AL Cy Young Award 1994 5 MLB All-Star World Series 1992 96 982000) born in Kansas City Missouri
02 Jan 1963
Edgar Martnez American Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman and DH (7 MLB All-Star 5 Silver Slugger Award AL batting champion 1992 95 Seattle Mariners) born in NYC New York
02 Jan 1964
Pernell Whitaker American boxer (Olympic gold 1984 4-division world champion) born in Norfolk Virginia (d. 2019)
02 Jan 1964
Rumesh Ratnayake Sri Lankan cricket fast bowler (23 Tests 73 wickets 70 ODIs) born in Colombo Sri Lanka
02 Jan 1965
Greg Swindell American baseball pitcher (World Series 2001 MLB All Star 1989 Houston Astros Cleveland Indians Arizona Diamondbacks) born in Fort Worth Texas
02 Jan 1967
Francois Pienaar South African rugby union flanker and captain (29 caps Rugby World Cup 1995 Transvaal Saracens) born in Vereeniging South Africa
02 Jan 1968
Scott Mitchell American NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins Detroit Lions Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals ) born in Salt Lake City Utah
02 Jan 1968
Anky van Grunsven Dutch equestrian rider (Olympic gold dressage 2000 04 08 World Cship gold 1994 2006) born in Erp Netherlands
02 Jan 1969
Rbert vehla Slovak NHL defenceman (Florida Panthers 573 games Slovakia 44 games) born in Martin Slovakia
02 Jan 1969
Glen Johnson Jamaican boxer (IBF IBO and Ring magazine light heavyweight titles 2004-05) born in Clarendon Parish Jamaica
02 Jan 1969
William Fox-Pitt MBE English equestrian (Olympic silver team 2004 12 bronze 2008 World Equestrian Games gold team 2010) born in London England
02 Jan 1970
Anthony Stuart Australian cricket fast bowler and coach (3 ODIs 8 wickets 13.62 hat trick 1997) born in Newcastle Australia
02 Jan 1970
Glenn Cadrez American NFL linebacker (Super Bowl 1997 98 Denver Broncos) born in El Centro California
02 Jan 1970
Royce Clayton American baseball shortstop (MLB All Star 1997 SF Giants St Louis Cardinals) and actor (The Rookie Moneyball) born in Burbank California
02 Jan 1971
Aamer Nazir Pakistani cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 20 wickets 9 ODIs) born in Lahore Punjab Pakistan
02 Jan 1972
Mattias Norstrm Swedish ice hockey defenceman (LA Kings captain 2001-07 World Cship gold Sweden 1998) born in Stockholm Sweden
02 Jan 1973
Chris Woodruff American tennis player and coach (Indian Wells 1999 semi-finals coach University of Tennessee) born in Knoxville Tennessee
02 Jan 1974
Ludmila Formanov Czech athlete (World Cship gold 800m 1999) born in slav Czech Republic
02 Jan 1974
Tom epka Czech soccer defender (46 caps Sparta Prague Fiorentina West Ham United) born in Slavin Czech Republic
02 Jan 1975
Reuben Thorne New Zealand rugby union flanker and captain (50 caps captain 2002-03 Canterbury Crusaders) born in Christchurch New Zealand
02 Jan 1976
Danilo Di Luca Italian road cyclist (Giro dItalia 2007) born in Spoltore Italy
02 Jan 1977
Brian Boucher American ice hockey goaltender (NHL modern record for the longest shutout streak 33201 2003-04) and broadcaster (NBCSN NBC) born in Woonsocket Rhode Island
02 Jan 1978
Devin Doherty actor (Jimmy Clayton-Swans Crossing)
02 Jan 1978
Toyoguchi Megumi Japanese seiyuu (voice actress)
02 Jan 1978
Karina Smirnoff Ukrainian-American ballroom dancer and TV personality (Dancing with the Stars) born in Kharkiv Ukraine
02 Jan 1980
Mac Danzig American mixed martial artist (The Ultimate Fighter 6 lightweight 2007) born in Cleveland Ohio
02 Jan 1981
Maxi Rodrguez soccer midfielder (57 caps Atltico Madrid Newells Old Boys) born in Rosario Argentina
02 Jan 1982
Athanasia Tsoumeleka Greek race walker (Olympic gold 20k 2004) born in Preveza Greece
02 Jan 1732
Frantiek Franz Xaver Brixi Czech classical composer and kapellmeister born in Prague (d. 1771)
02 Jan 1803
Gugliemo Libri [della Somaia] ItalFren mathematicianbook collector
02 Jan 1807
Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki Polish composer born in Studzianka West Galicia (now Poland) (d. 1852)
02 Jan 1809
Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns German composer voice teacher and musicologist born in Berlin Germany (d. 1888)
02 Jan 1846
Sandor Erkel Hungarian composer and son of Ferenc Erkel born in Pest (d. 1900)
02 Jan 1884
Jacques Chardonne [Boutelleau] French writer (lEpithalame)
02 Jan 1896
Dziga Vertiv [Denis A Kaufman] Russian director (Sjagai Soviet)
02 Jan 1896
Ernst-Lothar von Knorr German composer and music educator born in Eitorf Germany (d 1973)
02 Jan 1901
Torsten Ralf Swedish operatic tenor (Daphne - Apollo) born in Malm Sweden (d. 1954)
02 Jan 1903
Anton van Duinkerken [Willem JMA Asselbergs] literary
02 Jan 1904
James Melton American pop (1920-30s) and operatic tenor (Metropolitan Opera 1942-50) born in Moultrie Georgia (d. 1961)
02 Jan 1932
Harchand Singh Longowai [Sant Ji] Indian Sikh leader and President of the Akali Dal during the Punjab insurgency of the 1980s British India (d. 1985) [1]
02 Jan 1949
Michael Chick Churchill British blues-rock keyboardist (Ten Years After - Im Going Home) born in Ilkeston Derbyshire England
02 Jan 1950
David Shifrin American classical clarinetist born in Queens New York
02 Jan 1951
Nadia Cassini [Gianna Lou Muller] model (Oui) born in Woodstock New York
02 Jan 1957
Lynne Cox American long-distance open-water swimmer known for easing Cold War tensions by swimming from the US to the Soviet Union in 1987 born in Boston Massachusetts
02 Jan 1958
Vladimir Ovchinnikov Russian concert pianist (Tchaikovsky Prize 1982 Leeds 1987) born in Belebey Bashkir ASSR (now Bashkortostan)
02 Jan 1964
Christopher John Gray English Anglican priest who was murdered in front of his own vicarage born in Portsmouth England (d. 1996) [1] [2]
02 Jan 1968
Scott Mitchell American NFL quarterback (Miami Dolphins Detroit Lions Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals) born in Salt Lake City Utah
02 Jan 1970
Robert Fertitta American operatic countertenor born in New York City
02 Jan 1970
Sanda Ladoi Romanian pop singer (I Admit) born in Trgu Mure Transylvania Romania.
02 Jan 1972
Christopher Lennertz American television film and video game composer born in Methuen Massachusetts
02 Jan 1975
Chris Cheney Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Living End - The Second Solution) born in Melbourne Australia
02 Jan 1975
Doug Robb American singer (Hoobastank - The Reason) born in Agoura Hills California
02 Jan 1983
Kate Bosworth American actress (Superman Returns) born in Los Angeles California
02 Jan 1861
Helen Herron Taft American First lady (1909-13) as wife of President William Howard Taft planted Washingtons cherry trees born in Cincinnati Ohio (d. 1943)
02 Jan 1879
Sydney Baynes British conductor arranger band leader and composer (Destiny Waltz Endure to Conquer) born in Sudbury England (d. 1938)
02 Jan 1894
Robert Nathan American poet and novelist (Portrait of Jennie) born in NYC New York (d. 1985)
02 Jan 1901
Rex OMalley British actor (Camille Zara Midnight Thief) born in London England (d. 1976)
02 Jan 1907
Edward Albert Radice British economist born in London England (d. 1996)
02 Jan 1912
Barbara Pentland Canadian concert pianist and composer born in Winnipeg Manitoba (d. 2000)
02 Jan 1915
Nick Fatool American jazz and session drummer born in Millbury Massachusetts (d. 2000)
02 Jan 1928
Alberto Zedda Italian opera conductor and musicologist born in Milan Italy (d. 2017)
02 Jan 1931
Frank Marocco American jazz and classical accordionist arranger and composer born in Joliet Illinois (d. 2012)
02 Jan 1932
Dabney Coleman ((Mary Hartman Mary Hartman - Mayor Jeeter Buffalo Bill Boardwalk Empire) born in Austin Texas
02 Jan 1936
Paul Freeman American conductor and composer (Chicago Sinfonietta 1987 -2011 Czech National Symphony 1996-2007) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 2015)
02 Jan 1944
Pter Etvs Hungarian composer conductor and teacher (Chinese Opera) born in Szkelyudvarhely Transylvania Hungary (now Romania)
02 Jan 1945
Slobodan Praljak Bosnian Croat general & war criminal born in apljina Independent State of Croatia (d. 2017)
02 Jan 1951
Nadia Cassini [Gianna Lou Muller] American model (Oui) born in Woodstock New York
02 Jan 1952
(Graeme) Shirley Strachan Australian singer (Skyhooks - Ego Is Not A Dirty WordJukebox in Siberia) TV host (Shirls Neighbourhood) and carpenter (Our House) born in Malvern Victoria Australia) (d. 2001)
02 Jan 1961
Orrett Rhoden Jamaican concert pianist born in Kingston Jamaica
02 Jan 1963
David Cone American baseball pitcher (perfect game 1999 AL Cy Young Award 1994 5 MLB All-Star World Series 1992 Toronto Blue Jays 1996 1998 1999 2000 NY Yankees) born in Kansas City Missouri
02 Jan 1970
Eric Whitacre American Grammy Award-winning choral conductor and composer (Lux Aurumque Deep Field) born in Reno Nevada
02 Jan 1971
Taye Diggs American actor (How Stella Got Her Groove Back The Best Man) born in Newark New Jersey
02 Jan 1977
Brian Boucher American NHL hockey goaltender 1999-2013 (Philadelphia Flyers Phoenix Coyotes and 5 other teams NHL modern record for longest shutout streak 33201 2003-04) and broadcaster born in Woonsocket Rhode Island
02 Jan 1642
Mehmed IV Turkish Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1648-87) born in Topkap Palace Constantinople (d. 1693)
02 Jan 1647
Nathaniel Bacon British-born American colonist (leader of 1676 Bacons Rebellion Virginia) born in Suffolk England (d. 1676)
02 Jan 1699
Osman III sultan of Turkey (1754-57) born in Edirne Palace Edirne (d. 1757)
02 Jan 1728
Louis di Belgioioso Austrian count diplomat and field marshal under the Habsburgs born in Belgioioso (d. 1801)
02 Jan 1752
Philip Freneau poet of American Revolution (The American Village) born in New York city (d. 1832)
02 Jan 1803
Gugliemo Libri [della Somaia] Italian mathematician and book collector (stole 30000 books) born in Florence (d. 1869)
02 Jan 1822
Rudolf Clausius German physicist (one of the founders of the study of thermodynamics) born in Kslin Prussia (d. 1888)
02 Jan 1831
Justin Winsor American librarian (Boston Public Library 1866-78 Harvard 1878-97) founder of American Library Association and writer born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1897)
02 Jan 1842
Amy Gaston Bonet-Maury French reformed theologist born in Paris (d. 1919)
02 Jan 1857
Frederick Burr Opper American pioneering cartoonist (Happy Hooligan Alphonse & Gaston) born in Madison Ohio (d. 1937)
02 Jan 1860
William Corless Mills American museum curator (excavated Ohio Indian mounds) born in Pyrmont Ohio. (d. 1928)
02 Jan 1863
Lucia Zarate Mexican entertainer (lightest known adult human - 2.1 kg at 17) born in Veracruz Mexico (d. 1890)
02 Jan 1873
Anton Pannekoek Dutch astronomermarxist theorist (Communist Tactics) born in Vaassen Netherlands (d. 1960)
02 Jan 1879
Johannes L Jan Walch Dutch literary figure (Grimaces) (d. 1946)
02 Jan 1879
Pieter Tesch Dutch geologist (Pedestal of Nederlands) (d. 1961)
02 Jan 1880
Louis Charles Breguet French aviation pioneer (founded the Compagnie des messageries arienne which became Air France) born in Paris (d. 1955)
02 Jan 1884
Jacques Chardonne [Boutelleau] French writer (lEpithalame) born in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire France (d. 1968)
02 Jan 1885
Jos Mndez Cuban Baseball HOF pitcher (NgL World Series 19243 NgL NL pennants Kansas City Monarchs) born in Crdenas Cuba (d. 1928)
02 Jan 1886
Moyshe Leyb Halpern Galican-American Yiddish poet (In New-York) born in Zlotshev Galicia (d. 1932)
02 Jan 1892
Lura Anson American silent film actress born in Nebraska (d. 1968)
02 Jan 1895
Greve Folke Bernadotte Swedish statesman (Red Cross UN) born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1948)
02 Jan 1896
Dziga Vertov [Denis Kaufman] Russian director and film theorist (Man with a Movie Camera Sjagai Soviet) born in Biaystok Russian Empire (d. 1954)
02 Jan 1896
Ernst-Lothar von Knorr German composer and music educator born in Eitorf Germany (d. 1973)
02 Jan 1899
Paul-Henri Spaak Belgian politician (Prime Minister of Belgium Secretary-General of NATO 1957-61) born in Schaerbeek Belgium (d. 1972)
02 Jan 1903
Anton van Duinkerken [Willem Jan Marie Anton Asselbergs] Dutch poet and academic born in Bergen op Zoom Netherlands (d. 1968)
02 Jan 1903
Kane Tanaka Japanese centenarian (worlds 2nd oldest recorded person) born in Wajiro Village Japan (d. 2022)
02 Jan 1904
Walter Heitler German physicist quantum field theorist philosopher and writer (Man and Science) born in Karlsruhe German Empire (d. 1981)
02 Jan 1905
Michael Kemp Tippett British conductor and composer (A Child of Our Time) born in London (d. 1998)
02 Jan 1907
Salvador Ley Guatemalan pianist composer and educator (National Conservatory Westchester Conservatory) born in Guatemala City Guatemala (d. 1985)
02 Jan 1908
Ben Grauer American newscaster (Big Story) born in NYC New York (d. 1977)
02 Jan 1908
Jnis eptis Latvian pianist conductor and composer born in Beverna Latvia (d. 1989)
02 Jan 1909
Ren tiemble French scholar novelist and translator (work on Rimbaud) born in Mayenne France (d. 2002)
02 Jan 1912
Andr Amellr French double bassist (Paris Opra 1937-53) conductor composer and educator (cole Nationale de Musique - Dijon 1953-81) born in Arnaville France (d. 1990)
02 Jan 1913
Ernest Sidey British air marshal (General of RAF Medical Services Honorary Surgeon to the Queen) born in Alyth Scotland (d. 2002)
02 Jan 1913
Gardner Read American composer (Quiet Music for Strings Dance of the Locomotives) and pedagogue (Boston University 1948-78) born in Evanston Illinois (d. 2005)
02 Jan 1913
Juanita Jackson Mitchell American lawyer (1st African American to practice law in Maryland NAACP) born in Hot Springs Arkansas (d. 1992)
02 Jan 1915
John Hope Franklin American historian (From Slavery to Freedom 1995 Presidential Medal of Freedom) born in Rentiesville Oklahoma (d. 2009)
02 Jan 1917
Vera Zorina [Eva Hartwig] German-Norwegian ballet dancer born in Berlin Germany (d. 2003)
02 Jan 1925
Andrzej Nikodemovich Ukrainian-Polish organist pianist composer and teacher born in Lviv Ukraine (d. 2017)
02 Jan 1928
Dan Rostenkowski American politician (Rep-D-Il 1959-94) convicted of mail fraud born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2010)
02 Jan 1928
Tiberiu Olah Romanian-Hungarian composer teacher and musicologist born in Batar Romania (d. 2002)
02 Jan 1931
Frank Marocco American jazz pop classical and session accordionist arranger and composer born in Joliet Illinois (d. 2012)
02 Jan 1931
Robin Marlar English cricket spin bowler (Cambridge University CC Sussex CCC) and journalist (The Sunday Times The Story of Cricket) born in Eastbourne England (d. 2022)
02 Jan 1947
Jack Hanna American zookeeper and TV personality (Good Morning America David Letterman) born in Knoxville Tennessee
02 Jan 1954
Cynthia Sikes American actress (Flamingo Road St Elsewhere) born in Coffeyville Kansas
02 Jan 1954
Dawn Silva American funk and R&B singer (Sly & The Family Stone Parliament-Funkadelic The Brides of Funkenstein - Disco To Go) born in Sacramento California
02 Jan 1954
Glen Goins American funk guitarist and singer (Parliament-Funkadelic - Fantasy Is Reality) born in Plainfield New Jersey (d. 1978)
02 Jan 1954
Henry Bonilla American politician (US House of Representatives (R) from Texas 1993-2007) born in San Antonio Texas
02 Jan 1954
John Barlow Jarvis American Grammy Award-winning songwriter (Love Can Build A Bridge) touring and session pianist (Vince Gill James Taylor) and recording artist born in Pasadena California
02 Jan 1954
Lyudmila Borozna Russian volleyball player (Olympic gold USSR 1972) born in Saint Petersburg Russia
02 Jan 1963
Edgar Martnez American Baseball HOF third baseman and DH (7 MLB All-Star 5 Silver Slugger Award AL batting champion 1992 95 Seattle Mariners) born in NYC New York
02 Jan 1963
Wu Man Chinese-American pipa (lute-like instrument) player and composer (Silk Road Ensemble) born in Hangzhou Zhejiang China
02 Jan 1971
Rene Elise Goldsberry American actress and singer (Hamilton) born in San Jose California
02 Jan 1975
Chris Cheney Australian rockabilly guitarist songwriter and vocalist (The Living End - One Said to the Other White Noise The Wrights - Evie) record producer and studio owner born in Melbourne Australia born in Melbourne Australia
02 Jan 1975
Dax Shepard American actor (Parenthood (TV series) CHiPS (movie)) born in Highland Township Michigan
02 Jan 1732
Frantiek Franz Xaver Brixi Czech classical composer and kapellmeister born in Prague Kingdom of Bohemia (now Czech Republic) (d. 1771)
02 Jan 1752
Philip Freneau American poet of the American Revolution (The American Village) born in New York City (d. 1832)
02 Jan 1803
Gugliemo Libri [della Somaia] Italian mathematician and book collector (stole 30000 books) born in Florence Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1869)
02 Jan 1809
Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns German composer voice teacher and musicologist born in Berlin Kingdom of Prussia (now Germany) (d. 1888)
02 Jan 1873
Moisei Uritsky Russian Bolshevik revolutionary (leader of Petrogradse Cheka) born in Cherkasy Kiev Governorate (d. 1918)
02 Jan 1879
Sydney Baynes British conductor arranger bandleader and composer (Destiny Waltz Endure to Conquer) born in Sudbury England (d. 1938)
02 Jan 1885
Jos Mndez Cuban Baseball HOF pitcher (NgL World Series 1924 3 NgL NL pennants Kansas City Monarchs) born in Crdenas Cuba (d. 1928)
02 Jan 1886
Florence Lawrence [Bridgwood] Canadian stage and silent screen actress (Confidence Lady Helens Escapade) born in Hamilton Ontario (d. 1938)
02 Jan 1896
Dziga Vertov [Denis Kaufman] Russian director and film theorist (Man with a Movie Camera Sjagai Soviet) born in Biaystok Russian Empire (d. 1954)
02 Jan 1905
Michael Tippett British conductor and composer (A Child of Our Time) born in London (d. 1998)
02 Jan 1920
Peter Harrison Swan English-Australian WWII bomber pilot and stockbroker born in London England (d. 1995)
02 Jan 1925
William J. Crowe Kentucky American admiral and ambassador Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff (1985-89) born in La Grange Kentucky (d. 2007)
02 Jan 1928
Daisaku Ikeda Japanese Buddhist leader (Soka Gakkai) born in Tokyo Japan (d. 2023) [1]
02 Jan 1928
Gerhard Amanshauser Austrian writer (Schlo mit spten Gsten) born in Salzburg Austria (d. 2006)
02 Jan 1928
Vaughn Beals American CEO (Harley Davidson. 1981-96) born in Cambridge Massachusetts (d. 2018)
02 Jan 1929
Allen Sapp Canadian Cree artist born at Red Pheasant Reserve Saskatchewan (d. 2015) [1]
02 Jan 1932
Harchand Singh Longowai [Sant Ji] Indian Sikh leader and President of the Akali Dal during the Punjab insurgency of the 1980s born in Gidariani Sangrur British India (d. 1985) [1]
02 Jan 1933
Seiichi Morimura Japanese mystery novelist (The Devils Gluttony) born in Saitama Japan (d. 2023)
02 Jan 1943
Bar Mano Turkish rock guitarist singer-songwriter (Kurtalan Ekspres - Arkadam Eek (My Friend the Donkey) and television producer (From 7 to 77) born in skdar Istanbul Turkey (d. 1999)
02 Jan 1952
(Graeme) Shirley Strachan Australian singer (Skyhooks - Ego Is Not A Dirty Word Jukebox in Siberia) TV host (Shirls Neighbourhood) and carpenter (Our House) born in Malvern Victoria Australia (d. 2001)
02 Jan 1960
Bernard Fowler American session and touring rock and R&B vocalist (Rolling Stones Tackhead Steven Seagal) and songwriter born in NYC
02 Jan 1961
Todd Haynes American director screenwriter and producer (Safe Mildred Pierce) born in Los Angeles California
02 Jan 1971
Aamer Nazir Pakistani cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 20 wickets 9 ODIs Lahore CC) born in Lahore Punjab Pakistan
02 Jan 1971
James Havens American-Japanese radio navigator (DJ) and singer-songwriter born in Yokosuka Japan
02 Jan 1973
Chris Woodruff American tennis player (Canada Masters 1997) and coach (University of Tennessee) born in Knoxville Tennessee
02 Jan 1732
Frantiek Franz Xaver Brixi Czech classical composer and kapellmeister born in Prague Kingdom of Bohemia (d. 1771)
02 Jan 1777
Christian Daniel Rauch German sculptor (Frederick II of Prussia equestrian statue) born in Arolsen Holy Roman Empire (d. 1857)
02 Jan 1796
Jan Gelinde van Blom Dutch Frisian notary poet and folksong writer born in Harlingen Batavian Republic (d. 1871)
02 Jan 1807
Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki Polish composer born in Studzianka West Galicia (now Poland) (d. 1852)
02 Jan 1809
Friedrich Wilhelm Jahns German composer voice teacher and musicologist born in Berlin Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1888)
02 Jan 1836
Mendele Moykher Sforim [Sholem Abramovich] Lithuanian-Jewish writer (Dos Vinshfingeril (The Wishing Ring)) born in Kapyl Minsk Governorate. Russian Empire (d. 1917)
02 Jan 1884
Jacques Chardonne [Boutelleau] French writer (lEpithalame) born in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire France (d. 1968)
02 Jan 1894
Robert Nathan American poet and novelist (Portrait of Jennie) born in New York City (d. 1985)
02 Jan 1895
Folke Bernadotte Swedish diplomat (Red Cross UN mediator for Palestine) born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1948)
02 Jan 1897
Jimmy Nervo [James Holloway] British comedian (Nervo and Knox) and actor (Frozen Limits) born in Dalston England (d. 1975)
02 Jan 1901
Robert Bob Marshall American forester wilderness activist and co-founder of the Wilderness Society born in New York City (d. 1939)
02 Jan 1905
Michael Tippett British conductor and composer (A Child of Our Time) born in London England (d. 1998)
02 Jan 1908
Ben Grauer American newscaster (Big Story) born in New York City (d. 1977)
02 Jan 1922
Jason Evers American actor (Wrangler Channing) born in New York City (d. 2005)
02 Jan 1922
Nico Schuyt Dutch composer born in Alkmaar Netherlands (d. 1992)
02 Jan 1925
Larry Harmon American entertainer and TV producer (Bozo the Clown) born in Toledo Ohio (d. 2008)
02 Jan 1927
David Herbert English publisher (The Herbert Press) born in London (d. 1996) [1]
02 Jan 1927
Yuri Grigorovich Soviet Russian dancer artistic director and choreographer born in Leningrad Russia
02 Jan 1928
Avie Bennett Canadian real estate developer publishing magnate and philanthropist born in Toronto Ontario (d. 2017)
02 Jan 1928
Harry Hyams British real estate developer (Centre Point - London) born in Hendon Middlesex England (d. 2015)
02 Jan 1936
Paul Freeman American conductor and composer (Chicago Sinfonietta 1987-2011 Czech National Symphony 1996-2007) born in Richmond Virginia (d. 2015)
02 Jan 1937
Imerio Massignan Italian road cyclist (Tour de France Mountains classification 1960 61) born in Altavilla Vicentina Italy (d. 2024)
02 Jan 1938
David Bailey British fashion and portraiture photographer(Vogue Alice Cooper Billion Dollar Babies album cover art) and director born in Leytonstone Essex England
02 Jan 1940
Pat Fischer American football cornerback (First-team All-Pro 1964 69 Pro Bowl 1964 65 69 St. Louis Cardinals Washington Redskins) born in St. Edward Nebraska (d. 2024)
02 Jan 1942
Hugh Shelton American US Army General (15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1997-2001) born in Tarboro North Carolina
02 Jan 1944
Pter Etvs Hungarian composer (Chinese Opera) conductor contemporary music advocate and teacher born in Szkelyudvarhely Transylvania Hungary (now Odorheiu Secuiesc Romania) (d. 2024)
02 Jan 1945
Slobodan Praljak Bosnian Croat general and war criminal born in apljina Independent State of Croatia (d. 2017)
02 Jan 1947
Calvin Hill American football running back (4 x Pro Bowl First Team All-Pro 1969 73 Super Bowl VI Dallas Cowboys) born in Baltimore Maryland
02 Jan 1960
Bernard Fowler American session and touring rock and R&B vocalist (Rolling Stones Tackhead Steven Seagal) and songwriter born in New York City
02 Jan 1963
Edgar Martnez American Baseball HOF third baseman and DH (7 MLB All-Star 5 Silver Slugger Award AL batting champion 1992 95 Seattle Mariners) born in New York City
02 Jan 1968
Scott Mitchell American football quarterback (Miami Dolphins Detroit Lions Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals) born in Salt Lake City Utah
02 Jan 1969
Karl-Heinz Grasser Austrian politician born in Klagenfurt am Wrthersee Austria
02 Jan 1969
William Fox-Pitt English equestrian (Olympic silver team 2004 12 bronze 2008 World Equestrian Games gold team 2010) born in London England
02 Jan 1972
Christopher Lennertz American television film and video game composer born in Methuen Massachusetts
02 Jan 1719
Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat French shipbuilder and merchant of the port of Bordeaux born in Bayonne France (d. 1797)
02 Jan 1807
Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki Polish composer born in Studzianka West Galicia (d. 1852)
02 Jan 1827
Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky Russian explorer geographer and statistician (manager of the Russian Geographical Society) born in Russia (d. 1914)
02 Jan 1833
Frederick A. Johnson American politician banker and US Representative from New York born in Fort Edward New York (d. 1893)
02 Jan 1836
Queen Emma of Hawaii Consort of King Kamehameha IV (1856-63) born in Honolulu Kingdom of Hawaii (d. 1885)
02 Jan 1846
Sandor Erkel Hungarian composer and son of Ferenc Erkel born in Pest Hungary (d. 1900)
02 Jan 1858
Billy Mosforth English soccer winger (9 caps First player to play for both Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United) born in Sheffield England (d. 1929)
02 Jan 1866
Gilbert Murray Australian professor and scholar of Ancient Greece born in Sydney Australia (d. 1957)
02 Jan 1873
Therese of Lisieux French Roman-Catholic nun made a saint in 1925 born in Lisieux France (d. 1897) [1]
02 Jan 1877
Slava Raskaj Croatian painter known for her watercolors (Water Lilies 1898) born in Ozalj Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1906)
02 Jan 1879
Jan [Johannes Lodewijk] Walch Dutch literary figure (Grimaces New Handbook of Literary History) born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1946) [1]
02 Jan 1879
Pieter Tesch Dutch geologist known for making a new geological map of the Netherlands born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1961)
02 Jan 1886
Apsley Cherry-Garrard British Antarctic explorer and survivor of the Terra Nova Expedition (The Worst Journey in the World) born in Bedford England (d. 1959)
02 Jan 1886
Billy Zulch South African cricket batsman (16 Tests 2 x 100 HS 150 Transvaal) born in Lydenburg Transvaal (d. 1924)
02 Jan 1893
Lillian Leitzel [Leopoldina Alitza Pelikan] German acrobat and strongwoman born in Breslau Germany (d. 1931)
02 Jan 1895
Edith B. Jackson American pediatrician and child psychiatrist known for her work on rooming-in born in Colorado Springs (d. 1977)
02 Jan 1896
Lawrence Wackett Australian aircraft engineer and general manager of the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation (1936-60) born in Townsville Australia (d. 1982)
02 Jan 1902
Dan Keating Irish former president of the Republican Sinn Fin Irelands oldest man and last surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence at the time of his death born in Castlemaine Ireland (d. 2007)
02 Jan 1903
Kane Tanaka oldest Japanese supercentenarian and 2nd oldest person in the world (119 years 107 days) born in Wajiro Village Japan (d. 2022)
02 Jan 1905
Lev Schnirelmann Soviet-Russian mathematician (number theory topology and differential geometry) born in Gomel Belarus Russian Empire (d. 1938)
02 Jan 1918
Joan Merrill American pop vocalist (There Will Never Be Another You) born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 1992)
02 Jan 1918
Willi Graf German anti-Nazi activist and member of the White Rose resistance group born in Kuchenheim Germany (d. 1943)
02 Jan 1927
Yuri Grigorovich Soviet Russian dancer artistic director and choreographer born in Leningrad Russia (d. 2025) [1]
02 Jan 1928
Tiberiu Olah Romanian-Hungarian composer teacher and musicologist born in Batar Romania (d. 2002)
02 Jan 1928
Vaughn Beals American CEO (Harley Davidson 1981-96) born in Cambridge Massachusetts (d. 2018)
02 Jan 1930
Julius La Rosa American singer (fired by Arthur Godfrey on the air) born in Brooklyn New York City (d. 2016)
02 Jan 1931
Toshiki Kaifu Prime Minister of Japan (1989-91) born in Nagoya Japan (d. 2022)
02 Jan 1933
Ed Casey Australian politician and leader of the Labor Party in Queensland (1978-82) born in Mackay Australia (d. 2006)
02 Jan 1935
John Considine American actor (Reginald Love in Another World) born in Los Angeles California
02 Jan 1937
Marianne McDonald American philanthropist and scholar of Greek and Irish texts born in Chicago
02 Jan 1938
Hans Herbjrnsrud Norwegian author of short stories (VitnerWitnesses BlinddraThe Blind Door) born in Heddal Norway (d. 2023) [1] [2]
02 Jan 1939
Nina Kuscsik American long-distance runner and officially the first woman to win the Boston Marathon born in Brooklyn New York (d. 2025) [1]
02 Jan 1940
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan Indian-American mathematician (probability theory) born in Madras British India
02 Jan 1942
Dennis Hastert American politician 51st and longest-serving Republican Speaker of the House (1999-2007) and one of the highest-ranking politicians sentenced to prison born in Aurora Illinois
02 Jan 1944
Mats Liljefors Swedish violinist and conductor (Stockholm Ensemble) born in Rnninge Sweden
02 Jan 1944
Prince Norodom Ranariddh Cambodian politician (President of National Assembly 1998-2206 First Prime Minister 1993-97) born in Phnom Penh Cambodia French Indochina (d. 2021)
02 Jan 1948
Kerry Minnear English rock musician (Gentle Giant) born in Shaftesbury Dorset England
02 Jan 1949
Christopher Durang American playwright (Sister Mary Ignatius Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike) born in Montclair New Jersey (d. 2024)
02 Jan 1950
David Shifrin American classical clarinetist born in Queens New York City
02 Jan 1951
Alexander Pogrebinsky Soviet-born American realist painter and artist born in Kyiv Ukraine
02 Jan 1954
Steve Benson American editorial cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize recipient (1993) born in Sacramento California (d. 2025)
02 Jan 1955
Agathonas Iakovidis Greek folk-rebetiko singer guitarist and bouzouki player (Alcohol Is Free) born in Evangelismos Greece (d. 2020)
02 Jan 1956
Lynda Barry American cartoonist and author (Ernie Pooks Comeek The Good Times are Killing Me) born in Richland Center Wisconsin [1] [2]
02 Jan 1957
Joanna Pacula Polish-American actress (Gorky Park Kiss) born in Tomaszw Lubelski Poland
02 Jan 1960
Naoki Urasawa Japanese manga artist and author various works sold over 140 million copies worldwide born in Fuch Japan
02 Jan 1961
(Zoran) Kiki Lesendri Serbian new wave rock singer-songwriter guitarist (Piloti - Zaboravljeni) and television personality (X Factor Adria 2013-15) born in Belgrade Yugoslavia
02 Jan 1961
Todd Haynes American director screenwriter and producer (Safe Mildred Pierce) born in Los Angeles California
02 Jan 1967
James Marshall American actor (A Few Good Men Twin Peaks) born in Queens New York
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