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Day History: January-19

Famous Birthdays
398- Pulcheria -Byzantine empress and saint (d. 453)
1544- Francis II of France -(d. 1560)
1676- John Weldon (musician)|John Weldon -English organist and composer (d. 1736)
1721- Jean-Philippe Baratier -German scholar (d. 1740)
1736- James Watt -Scottish engineer (d. 1819)
1737- Giuseppe Millico -Italian soprano, composer, and educator (d. 1802)
1739- Joseph Bonomi the Elder -Italian architect, designed Longford Hall and Barrells Hall (d. 1808)
1752- James Morris III -American soldier (d. 1820)
1757- Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf -(d. 1831)
1788- Pavel Kiselyov -Russian general and politician (d. 1874)
1790- Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom -Swedish poet (d. 1855)
1798- Auguste Comte -French philosopher (d. 1857)
1807- Robert E. Lee -American general (d. 1870)
1808- Lysander Spooner -American philosopher (d. 1887)
1809- Edgar Allan Poe -American author and poet (d. 1849)
1813- Henry Bessemer -English engineer and businessman (d. 1898)
1832- Ferdinand Laub -Czech violinist and composer (d. 1875)
1833- Alfred Clebsch -German mathematician (d. 1872)
1839- Paul Cézanne -French painter (d. 1906)
1848- John Fitzwilliam Stairs -Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1904)
1848- Matthew Webb -English swimmer and diver (d. 1883)
1851- Jacobus Kapteyn -Dutch astronomer (d. 1922)
1863- Werner Sombart -German sociologist (d. 1941)
1871- Dame Gruev -Bulgarian educator and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1906)
1874- Hitachiyama Taniemon -Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna (d. 1922)
1876- Wakashima Gonshirō -Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna (d. 1943)
1876- Dragotin Kette -Slovenian poet (d. 1899)
1878- Herbert Chapman -English footballer and manager (d. 1934)
1879- Boris Savinkov -Russian soldier and author (d. 1925)
1887- Alexander Woollcott -American actor, playwright, and critic (d. 1943)
1889- Sophie Taeuber-Arp -Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1943)
1892- Ólafur Thors -Icelandic politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1964)
1893- Magda Tagliaferro -Brazilian pianist (d. 1986)
1905- Stanley Hawes -English-Australian director and producer (d. 1991)
1908- Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh -Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
1909- Hans Hotter -German opera singer (d. 2003)
1911- Choor Singh -Singaporean judge (d. 2009)
1912- Leonid Kantorovich -Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
1913- Rex Ingamells -Australian poet (d. 1955)
1914- Bob Gerard -English race car driver (d. 1990)
1917- John Raitt -American actor and singer (d. 2005)
1918- John H. Johnson -American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (d. 2005)
1920- Bernard Dunstan -English painter and educator
1920- Javier Pérez de Cuéllar -Peruvian diplomat, 5th Secretary-General of the United Nations
1921- Patricia Highsmith -American author (d. 1995)
1922- Guy Madison -American actor (d. 1996)
1923- Jean Stapleton -American actress and singer (d. 2013)
1923- Markus Wolf -German spy (d. 2006)
1924- Nicholas Colasanto -American actor (d. 1985)
1924- Jean-François Revel -French author (d. 2006)
1925- Nina Bawden -English author (d. 2012)
1926- George Ives (actor)|George Ives -American actor (d. 2013)
1926- Jim Line -American basketball player (d. 2013)
1926- Hans Massaquoi -German-American journalist and author (d. 2013)
1926- Fritz Weaver -American actor
1930- Tippi Hedren -American actress
1931- Robert MacNeil -Canadian-American journalist and author
1932- Russ Hamilton (singer)|Russ Hamilton -English singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
1932- Richard Lester -American-English director, producer, and screenwriter
1933- George Coyne -American priest, astronomer, and theologian
1934- Lloyd Robertson -Canadian journalist
1935- Soumitra Chatterjee -Indian actor
1935- Johnny O'Keefe -Australian singer-songwriter (d. 1978)
1936- Ziaur Rahman -Bangladeshi politician, 7th President of Bangladesh (d. 1981)
1936- Willie "Big Eyes" Smith -American singer, harmonica player, and drummer (d. 2011)
1937- Fred J. Lincoln -American porn actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1937- John Lions -Australian computer scientist (d. 1998)
1937- Giovanna Marini -Italian singer-songwriter
1937- Appadurai Muttulingam -Sri Lankan accountant and author
1939- Phil Everly -American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Everly Brothers) (d. 2014)
1940- Paolo Borsellino -Italian judge (d. 1992)
1940- Mike Reid (actor)|Mike Reid -English comedian, actor, and author (d. 2007)
1941- Tony Anholt -Singaporean-English actor (d. 2002)
1941- Colin Gunton -English theologian (d. 2003)
1941- Pat Patterson (wrestler)|Pat Patterson -Canadian wrestler
1942- Michael Crawford -English actor and singer
1942- Thom Mayne -American architect, designed the San Francisco Federal Building and Phare Tower
1942- Paul-Eerik Rummo -Estonian poet and politician
1943- Petchara Chaowarat -Thai actress
1943- Larry Clark -American director, producer, and screenwriter
1943- Janis Joplin -American singer-songwriter (Big Brother and the Holding Company) (d. 1970)
1944- Shelley Fabares -American actress
1944- Laurie London -English singer
1944- Peter Lynch -American businessman
1944- Dan Reeves -American football player and coach
1945- Trevor Williams (musician)|Trevor Williams -English singer-songwriter and bass player (Audience (band)|Audience and The Nashville Teens)
1946- Julian Barnes -English author
1946- Dolly Parton -American singer-songwriter and actress
1947- Frank Aarebrot -Norwegian political scientist and academic
1947- Christine Allsopp -English priest
1947- Ann Compton -American journalist
1947- Paula Deen -American chef and author
1947- Rod Evans -English singer-songwriter (Deep Purple and Captain Beyond)
1947- Patricia Hodgson -English broadcaster
1947- Elena Nathanael -Greek actress (d. 2008)
1948- Amanda Holden (writer)|Amanda Holden -English playwright and composer
1948- Frank McKenna -Canadian politician and diplomat, 27th Premier of New Brunswick
1948- Mal Reilly -English rugby player and coach
1949- Arend Langenberg -Dutch voice actor and radio host (d. 2012)
1949- Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer -English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Power Station (band)|Power Station) (d. 2003)
1949- Lindsay Roy -Scottish educator and politician
1949- Andrew Samuels -English psychologist and academic
1949- Dennis Taylor -Irish snooker player
1950- Sébastien Dhavernas -Canadian actor
1950- Jon Matlack -American baseball player
1950- Grant Nordman -American-Canadian politician
1950- David Tredinnick (politician)|David Tredinnick -English politician
1951- Graham James (bishop)|Graham James -English bishop
1951- Arthur Taxier -American actor
1953- Desi Arnaz, Jr. -American actor
1953- Linda Hayden -English actress
1953- Richard Legendre -Canadian tennis player and politician
1954- Katey Sagal -American actress
1954- Cindy Sherman -American photographer
1954- Katharina Thalbach -German actress and director
1955- Tony Mansfield -English singer-songwriter and producer (New Musik)
1955- Simon Rattle -English conductor
1955- Paul Rodriguez -Mexican-American comedian and actor
1956- Carman (singer)|Carman -American singer-songwriter, actor, and television host
1957- Ottis Anderson -American football player
1957- Kenneth McClintock -Puerto Rican politician, 13th President of the Senate of Puerto Rico
1958- Thomas Kinkade -American painter (d. 2012)
1959- Jeff Pilson -American bass player, songwriter, and actor (Dokken, Dio (band)|Dio, and Foreigner (band)|Foreigner)
1961- William Ragsdale -American actor
1961- Wayne Hemingway -English fashion designer, co-founded Red or Dead
1962- Hans Daams -Dutch cyclist
1962- Chris Sabo -American baseball player
1962- Jeff Van Gundy -American basketball player and coach
1963- Michael Adams (basketball)|Michael Adams -American basketball player
1963- Martin Bashir -English journalist
1963- John Bercow -English politician and Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons
1963- Caron Wheeler -English singer-songwriter (Soul II Soul)
1963- Luís Martins (footballer born 1963)|Luís Martins -Portuguese footballer, coach, and manager
1964- Janine Antoni -Bahamian sculptor and photographer
1964- Ricardo Arjona -Guatemalan singer-songwriter and basketball player
1966- Floris Jan Bovelander -Dutch field hockey player
1966- Sylvain Côté -Canadian ice hockey player
1966- Stefan Edberg -Swedish tennis player
1966- Lena Philipsson -Swedish singer
1967- Javier Cámara -Spanish actor
1968- Whitfield Crane -American singer-songwriter (Ugly Kid Joe, Medication (band)|Medication, Another Animal, and Life of Agony)
1969- Edwidge Danticat -Haitian-American author
1969- Luc Longley -Australian basketball player
1969- Predrag Mijatović -Montenegrin footballer and manager
1969- Junior Seau -American football player (d. 2012)
1969- Casey Sherman -American author
1969- Steve Staunton -Irish footballer
1970- Tim Foster -English rower
1970- Steffen Freund -German footballer and manager
1970- Kathleen Smet -Belgian triathlete
1970- Udo Suzuki -Japanese comedian and singer (UltraCats)
1971- Shawn Wayans -American actor
1971- John Wozniak -American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Marcy Playground)
1972- Angham -Egyptian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1972- Joana Benedek -Mexican actress
1972- Drea de Matteo -American actress
1972- Jon Fisher -American businessman and author
1972- Elena Kaliská -Slovak canoe racer
1972- R-Truth -American wrestler
1972- Troy Wilson (Australian rules footballer)|Troy Wilson -Australian footballer and race car driver
1971- Sergei Zjukin -Estonian chess player
1973- Antero Manninen -Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
1973- Yevgeny Sadovyi -Russian swimmer
1973- Aaron Yonda -American comedian, actor, and director
1974- Dainius Adomaitis -Lithuanian basketball player
1974- Frank Caliendo -American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1974- Ian Laperrière -Canadian ice hockey player
1974- Jaime Moreno -Bolivian footballer
1975- Noah Georgeson -American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1975- Zdeňka Málková -Czech tennis player
1976- Natale Gonnella -Italian footballer
1976- Tarso Marques -Brazilian race car driver
1977- Cocco -Japanese singer-songwriter
1977- Nicole (Chilean singer)|Nicole -Chilean singer-songwriter
1977- Benjamin Ayres -Canadian actor
1977- Margus Maiste -Estonian architect
1977- Lauren Etame Mayer -Cameroonian footballer
1979- Svetlana Khorkina -Russian gymnast
1979- Josu Sarriegi -Spanish footballer
1979- Wiley (rapper)|Wiley -English rapper and producer (Roll Deep)
1980- Jenson Button -English race car driver
1980- Pasha Kovalev -Russian-American dancer
1980- Luke Macfarlane -Canadian-American actor and singer
1980- Arvydas Macijauskas -Lithuanian basketball player
1981- Asier del Horno -Spanish footballer
1981- Lucho González -Argentinian footballer
1981- Dimosthenis Manousakis -Greek footballer
1981- Andrus Mitt -Estonian football and beach soccer player
1981- Jaanus Nõmmsalu -Estonian volleyball player
1981- Kerby Raymundo -Filipino basketball player
1981- Bitsie Tulloch -American actress
1982- Angela Chang -Taiwanese singer and actress
1982- Mike Komisarek -American ice hockey player
1982- Jodie Sweetin -American actress
1983- Hikaru Utada -American-Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
1984- Fabio Catacchini -Italian footballer
1984- Karun Chandhok -Indian race car driver
1984- Jimmy Kebe -Malian footballer
1984- Thomas Vanek -Austrian ice hockey player
1985- Jake Allen (American football)|Jake Allen -American football player
1985- Pascal Behrenbruch -German decathlete
1985- Benny Feilhaber -American soccer player
1985- Esteban Guerrieri -Argentinian race car driver
1985- Rika Ishikawa -Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume, Dream Morning Musume, Ongaku Gatas, v-u-den, and Hangry & Angry)
1985- Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Nikulin -Russian footballer
1986- Loren Galler-Rabinowitz -American ice dancer
1986- Claudio Marchisio -Italian footballer
1986- Oleksandr Miroshnychenko -Ukrainian footballer
1986- Moussa Sow -Senegalese footballer
1987- Edgar Manucharyan -Armenian footballer
1987- Angus Monfries -Australian footballer
1988- JaVale McGee -American basketball player
1988- Yusuke Yamamoto -Japanese actor
1990- Tatiana Búa -Argentine tennis player
1991- Corinna Harrer -German runner
1991- Petra Martić -Croatian tennis player
1991- Erin Sanders -American actress
1992- Shawn Johnson -American gymnast
1992- Logan Lerman -American actor
1992- Mac Miller -American rapper, producer, and actor
1993- Gus Lewis -American-English actor
1993- Erick Torres Padilla -Mexican footballer
1994- Matthias Ginter -German footballer
2006- JB Agustin -Filipino actor