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People on January 1st: birthdates

Paul Thomas Anderson: 1970 (is 41 in 2011, 42 in 2012)
Writer, Director, Boogie Nights, Magnolia
Connor Calabro: 1995 (is 16 in 2011, 17 in 2012)
Celebrity Daughter, Elizabeth Pryor and Thomas's girl
Morris Chestnut: 1969 (is 42 in 2011, 43 in 2012)
TV/Movie Actor, Boyz in the Hood, Out All Night, The Best Man, Ladder 49
Austin Cohen: 1997 (is 14 in 2011, 15 in 2012)
Celebrity Son, Paula Zahn and Richard's son
Gerald Collier: 1963 (is 48 in 2011, 49 in 2012)
Pop Singer
Jon Corzine: 1947 (is 64 in 2011, 65 in 2012)
Governor
Embeth Davidtz: 1966 (is 45 in 2011, 46 in 2012)
Actress
Stephanie Faracy: yr unknown
TV Actress, The Thorn Birds, Goodnight Beantown's Valerie, His & Hers, True Colors' Ellen Freeman
Morgan Fisher: 1950 (is 61 in 2011, 62 in 2012)
Rock & Roll Keyboardist, of Mott The Hopple
Brian Flynn: 1966 (is 45 in 2011, 46 in 2012)
Country Singer, of Flynnville Train
Grandmaster Flash: 1958 (is 53 in 2011, 54 in 2012)
Rap Singer, Radio Disc Jock, Composer/Songwriter, Music Producer, Bandleader, RN:Joseph Saddler; lead of Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel & the Furious Five; some say b. 1957
Sonny Greenwich: 1936 (is 75 in 2011, 76 in 2012)
Jazz Musician, Guitarist, Canadian
Michael Hanson: 1963 (is 48 in 2011, 49 in 2012)
Rock & Roll Drummer, Canadian, of Glass Tiger
Ty Hardin: 1930 (is 81 in 2011, 82 in 2012)
TV/Movie Actor, Reverend, Politician, RN:Orson Whipple Hungerford II; Bronco's Bronco Layne, Riptide 60s; some say b. June 1
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings: 1922 (is 89 in 2011, 90 in 2012)
Senator
LaToya Howlett: yr unknown
Actress, Dangerous Minds' Alvina Edwards (TV)
Rick Hurst: 1946 (is 65 in 2011, 66 in 2012)
Actor, On the Rocks, The Dukes of Hazzard's Deputy Cletus, Amanda's, General Hospital's Ric Lansing; b. Jan 4 acc to SOD?
Famke Janssen: 1964 (is 47 in 2011, 48 in 2012)
Movie Actor, X2: X-Men United, X-Men: The Last Stand
Frank Langella: 1938 (is 73 in 2011, 74 in 2012)
Movie/Stage Actor, b. in Bayonne, N.J.; Dracula, Diary of a Mad Housewife, 12 Chairs, Small Soldiers' Archer (voice), Superman Returns, Starting Out in the Evening
"Country" Joe McDonald: 1942 (is 69 in 2011, 70 in 2012)
Folk Singer, Folk Guitarist, Composer/Songwriter, Bandleader, Country Joe and the Fish lead, The 'F' cheer
Noname Melendez: 2006 (is 5 in 2011, 6 in 2012)
Celebrity Son, Susanna and John's son
Robert Mendez: 1954 (is 57 in 2011, 58 in 2012)
Senator
Don Novello: 1943 (is 68 in 2011, 69 in 2012)
Comedian, Screen/Scriptwriter, TV/Movie Actor, b. in Ashtabula, OH; Saturday Night Live's Father Guido Sarducci, semireg 1977-80, Smothers Bros 1975; aka Lazlo Toth
Christi Paul: 1969 (is 42 in 2011, 43 in 2012)
Newsperson
DeDee Pfeiffer: 1965 (is 46 in 2011, 47 in 2012)
Movie Actress, Michelle's sis; Cybill's Rachel Blanders; AP says b. 1964
Louise Pitre: 1957 (is 54 in 2011, 55 in 2012)
Stage Actress, Canadian
Chris Potter: 1971 (is 40 in 2011, 41 in 2012)
Jazz Musician
Eden Riegel: 1980 (is 31 in 2011, 32 in 2012)
Soap Actress, American Pie, All My Children's Bianca Montgomery
Kady Riklis: 1985 (is 26 in 2011, 27 in 2012)
Celebrity Daughter, Pia Zadora's and Meshulam Riklis's daughter
Steve Ripley: 1950 (is 61 in 2011, 62 in 2012)
Country Singer, of The Tractors
Alexia Robinson: yr unknown
Soap Actress, General Hospital's Meg Lawson, Savannah's Cassie Wheeler, Young and the Restless' Alex Perez; b. Dec 31?
Verne Troyer: 1969 (is 42 in 2011, 43 in 2012)
Actor, Austin Powers movies' Mini-Me; Boston Public occasional actor, regular guest at Hef's mansion parties for the past few years, "Jack of All Trades" Napoleon
Rawley Valverde: 1966 (is 45 in 2011, 46 in 2012)
Soap Actor, PRON:Val-VARE-day; Santa Barbara's Amando Alvarez Gonzales
Holling Gustav Vapor: 1929 (is 82 in 2011, 83 in 2012)
Northern Exposure character
Katie Volding: 1988 (is 23 in 2011, 24 in 2012)
Actress, Ladies Man's Wendy Stiles
Olivia Williams: 1968 (is 43 in 2011, 44 in 2012)
Actress, Rushmore
Frederick Wiseman: 1930 (is 81 in 2011, 82 in 2012)
Talent Agent, Documentary maker
Robert Wiseman: 1930 (is 81 in 2011, 82 in 2012)
Producer/Director, Editor
Ren Woods: 1958 (is 53 in 2011, 54 in 2012)
Actress, Roots' Fanta

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People on January 1st: birth anniversaries

Idi Amin: 1926=d.Aug 16, 2003 (was 77)
Head of State, LN:Dada; Uganda prez; the most amazing man that you ever seen; he's the general, the president, the king of the scene!
Dana Andrews: 1909=d.Dec 17, 1992 (was 83)
TV/Movie Actor, Soap Actor, FN:Carver; Major star of 40s & 50s; Ike, Battle of the Bulge, Laura
Barbara Baxley: 1923?=d.Jun 7, 1990 (was 63)
TV/Movie Actress, All that Glitters, Norma Rae; some say b. Jan 1, 1924, or b. Jan 1, 1927
"Stymie" Jr. Beard: 1925=d.Jan 8, 1981 (was 56)
Movie Actor, Our Gang's Stymie 1930-35; RFN:Matthew
Russ Bender: 1910=d.Aug 16, 1969 (was 59)
Actor, Writer, Amazing Colossal Man, Space Monster
Charles Bickford: 1889=d.Nov 9, 1967 (was 78)
TV/Movie Actor, The Virginian's John Grainger; Johnny Belinda
Edmund Burke: 1729 O.S.=d.Jul 9, 1797 (was 68)
Philosopher, Statesman, Politician, Orator, British, famous Whig (Reflections on the Revolution).; other style says b. Jan 12, 1729 N.S.
Elizabeth Cotton: 1893?=d.????
Blues Singer; some say b. Jan 7, 1892
Xavier Cugat: 1900=d.Oct 27, 1990 (was 90)
Bandleader, Variety Show Host, Violinist, Composer, Spanish, b. in Barcelona; NN:Coogie; Xavier Cugat Show, Latin bandleader; Abbe Laine's, then Charo's hubby; Rhumba Is My Life; wed 5x's
Louisa Drew: 1820=d.Aug 31, 1897 (was 77)
Stage Actor, English, John Drew's wife
Charles Ellet: 1810=d.Jun 21, 1862 (was 52)
Engineer, built the first wire-cable suspension bridge in America.
Lewis "Lew" Fields: 1867=d.Jul 20, 1941 (was 74)
Comedian, Movie/Stage Actor, Singer, of (Joseph) Weber & Fields; Dorothy's dad
Danny Flores: 1929=d.Sep 19, 2006 (was 77)
Saxophonist, aka:Chuck Rio; tenor sax; of The Champs
E. M. Forster: 1879=d.Jun 7, 1970 (was 91)
Novelist, Gay, English, b. in London; FN:Edward Morgan; A Passage To India, Howard's End, and A Room With A View
William Fox: 1879=d.May 8, 1952 (was 73)
Movie Producer, Hungarian, founder of the Fox Film Corp.
Barry M. Goldwater: 1909=d.May 29, 1998 (was 89)
Senator, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69-)/Pres candidate (R) 1964).
Rocky Graziano: 1922?=d.May 22, 1990 (was 71)
HALL OF FAMER, Boxer, Actor, Panelist, Da Rock; RN:Thomas Rocco Barbella; World Mdlwt champ 40s, Pantotime Quiz; some say b. Dec 31, 1921, or b. Jun 7, 1922
Walter Greaza: 1897=d.Jun 1, 1973 (was 76)
Actor, Soap Actor, Treasury Men in Action's the Chief, Edge of Night's Grandfather Winston Grimsley; pron:Grizz-ay
J. Edgar Hoover: 1895=d.May 2, 1972 (was 77)
Movie Actor, Gay, b. in Washington, D.C.; Cross-dresser?; FN:John; founder and head of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (1924-72) under eight presidents; he cracked down on organized crime in the inter-war years and communist sympathizers in the post-World War II period.
Milton "Bags" Jackson: 1923=d.Oct 9, 1999 (was 76)
Guitarist, Jazz Pianist, Vibraphonist, of Modern Jazz Quartet
Eliot Janeway: 1913=d.Feb 8, 1993 (was 80)
Author, Economist, Financial writer; Economics of Chaos
Stanley Kamel: 1943=d.Apr 8, 2008 (was 65)
TV Actor, 90210's Tony Marchette 1995, General Hospital's Cody McCall
Carole Landis: 1919=d.Jul 5, 1948 (was 29)?
Movie Actress, RN:Frances Lillian Mary Ridste; Topper Returns, One Million B.C.; some say d. Aug 3, 1948 (was 29)
Florence Lawrence: 1890?=d.Dec 28, 1938 (was 52)
Movie Actress, Canadian, NN: The Biograph Girl; the movies' first star; some say b. Jan 2, 1886
Al McKibbon: 1919=d.Jul 29, 2005 (was 86)
Bassist, worked with Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis
Michael David Morrison: 1960=d.Feb 18, 1993 (was 33)
Soap Actor, As the World Turns' Caleb Snyder
Bartolome Esteban Murillo: 1618?=d.Apr 3, 1682
Painter, Spanish; some say b. Jan 1, 1617
Joe Orton: 1933=d.Aug 9, 1967 (was 34)
Actor, Dramatist/Playwright, English
Harold "Kim" Philby: 1912=d.May 11, 1988 (was 76)
Spy, master spy
Prince Lorenzo de' Medici: 1449=d.Apr 9, 1492 (was 43)
Head of State, Poet, Prince, Italian, aka Lorenzo the Magnificent; Floretine ruler
Paul Revere: 1735 O.S.=d.May 10, 1818 (was 83)
Statesman, ComicStrip Cartoonist, Revolutionary, Inventor, Engraver, b. in Boston; Silversmith; Political; New England Patriot; False Teeth, Eye Glasses, Picture Frames, Surgical Tools, warned the colonists "The British Are Coming!"; d. in Boston; other style says b. Jan 12, 1736 N.S.
Matthew Robinson: 1937=d.Aug 5, 2002 (was 65)
Actor, Screen/Scriptwriter, Sesame Street actor 1969-71, wrote for Sanford And Son and The Cosby Show; Holly's and Matt's father
Betsy Ross: 1752=d.Jan 30, 1836 (was 84)
Revolutionary, Inventor, b. in Philadelphia; Flagmaker (1776); RN:Elizabeth Griscom; Legend has it that she sewed the first stars and stripes flag of the United States for George Washington during the Revolution.
Bob Russell: 1908=d.Jan 24, 1998 (was 90)
Game Show Host, Name That Tune co-creator and Miss America TV Extravaganza
J. D. Salinger: 1919=d.Jan 27, 2010 (was 91)
Novelist, RFMN:Jerome David; Catcher in the Rye
Alfred Stieglitz: 1864=d.Jul 13, 1946 (was 82)
Photographer, Editor, father of modern photography.
Albert Taylor: 1879?=d.Dec 11, 1961
Physicist, Engineer, Developed Radar; some say b. Jan 1, 1874
Ernest Tidyman: 1928=d.1994
Novelist, Screen/Scriptwriter, French Connection
"Mad" Anthony Wayne: 1745?=d.Dec 15, 1796
Revolutionary, General; some say b. Jul 11, 1745
Johnny Young: 1917?=d.Apr 18, 1974 (was 56)
Blues Guitarist, Singer, Radio Disc Jock, Harmonicaist, Mandolin; some say b. Jan 1, 1918

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People on January 1st: death anniversaries

Johann Christian Bach: 1782 (was 46)/b.Sep 5, 1735
Composer, German, NN:The English Bach; Johann Sebastian's son; He composed operas in the Italian style but also played organ like his dad.
Leonard Bacon: 1954 (was 66)/b.May 26, 1887
Poet
Alfred Ely Beach: 1896 (was 69)/b.Sep 1, 1826
Publisher, Inventor, Scientific American his "Scientific American" performed signal service in stimulating 19th-century technological innovations, and Beach himself invented a tunnelling shield and the pneumatic tube, among other devices.
Johann I Bernoulli: 1748/b.Jul 27, 1667 O.S.
Mathematician, Swiss, RFN:Jean; investigated the then new mathematical calculus, which he applied to the measurement of curves, to differential equations, and to mechanical problems.; other style says b. Aug 6, 1667 N.S.
Victor Buono: 1982 (was 43)/b.Feb 3, 1938
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Apple Valley, CA; FN:Charles; Backstairs at the White House's Pres Taft, Man from Atlantis's Mr. Schubert, Batman's King Tutankhamen, Taxi's Rev Jim's dad
Maurice Chevalier: 1972 (was 83)/b.Sep 12, 1888
Movie Actor, Singer, French, trade mark: straw hat and cane; actor, "Gigi", "Thank heaven for little girls".
Shirley Chisholm: 2005 (was 80)/b.Nov 30, 1924
Congressperson, Author, 1st black woman elected to House of Rep's.
Ian Fleming: 1969 (was 80)/b.Sep 10, 1888
Movie Actor, Australian, Dr. Watson in films; NOT the James Bond creator
Ted Hawkins: 1995 (was 58)/b.Oct 28, 1936
Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Blues Performer, Folk Performer
Heinrich Hertz: 1894 (was 36)/b.Feb 22, 1857
Physicist, German, the first to broadcast and receive radio waves
Edward Holyoke: 1769 (was 79)/b.Jun 25, 1689
Educator, 10th president of Harvard College, who liberalized and strengthened its academic program.
Grace Murray Hopper: 1992 (was 85)/b.Dec 9, 1906
Inventor, Mathematician, Military Leader, NN:1st Lady of Software; COBOL computer language inventor
King Louis XII Of France: 1515 (was 52)/b.Jun 27, 1462
King, reigned 1498-1515
Martin Klaproth: 1817 (was 73)/b.Dec 1, 1743
Chemist, German, b. Wernigerode, Brandenburg; d. Berlin; German chemist who discovered uranium (1789), zirconium (1789), and cerium (1803). He described them as distinct elements, though he did not obtain them in the pure metallic state.
Alexis Korner: 1984 (was 55)/b.Apr 19, 1928
Bandleader, Announcer, Songwriter, Blues Singer, Blues Guitarist, Pianist, Mandolin, French, Bouzoukiist; almost a father figure for many British musicians
Barton MacLane: 1969 (was 66)/b.Dec 25, 1902
TV/Movie Actor, The Outlaws, I Dream of Jeannie's Gen. Martin Peterson
Arthur Middleton: 1787 (was 44)/b.Jun 26, 1742
Revolutionary, Declaration of Independence signer
Jane Morgan: 1972 (was 91)/b.Dec 6, 1880
Actress, Our Miss Brooks' Mrs. Margaret Davis
Moon Mullican: 1967 (was 57)/b.Mar 29, 1909
Country Singer, Pianist, Bandleader, Boogie-Woogie style; FN:Aubrey; NN:King of the Hillbilly Piano Players; some say b. Mar 27
Brigit Nilsson: 2006 (was 87)/b.May 17, 1918
Opera Soprano, Swedish, b. in West Karup; some say b. 1923
Tillie Olsen: 2007 (was 94)/b.Jan 14, 1912
Writer, author of "Tell Me a Riddle"
Claiborne Pell: 2009 (was 90)/b.Nov 22, 1918
Senator
Edmund Purdom: 2009 (was 84)/b.Dec 19, 1924
Actor, English
Buck Ram: 1991 (was 82)/b.Dec 18, 1908
Songwriter, Music Producer, I'll Be Home For Christmas; managed The Penguins & The Platters
Buck Ram: 1991 (was 83)/b.Nov 21, 1907
HALL OF FAMER, Pop Singer, Manager; Writer; RFN:Samuel; of The Platters
Del Reeves: 2007 (was 74)/b.Jul 14, 1932
Country Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Multi-instrumentalist, some say b. 1933 or b. 1934?
Joan Rice: 1997 (was 66)/b.Feb 3, 1930
Actress
Cesar Romero: 1994 (was 86)/b.Feb 15, 1907
TV/Movie Actor, b. in New York City; Hollywood's 30-40s Latin lover; Passport to Danger's Steve McQuinn, Falcon Crest's Peter Stavros, Batman's The Joker, The Thin Man's gigolo
Catya Sassoon: 2002 (was 33)/b.Sep, 1968
Actress, Ping Pong Player, Silencers; Vidal's daughter
Jess Stacy: 1995 (was 90)/b.Aug 11, 1904
Jazz Pianist, Bandleader
Margaret Brooke Sullivan: 1960 (was 48)/b.May 16, 1911
Movie/Stage Actress, Henry Fonda's ex-wife; some say 1896
Townes Van Zandt: 1997 (was 52)/b.Mar 7, 1944
Singer, Songwriter, belived to be b. Mar 7, not June 7
Ray Walston: 2001 (was 86)/b.Nov 2, 1914
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Director, b. in New Orleans, LA; The Front Page, South Pacific, Me & Juliet, Damn Yankees, My Favorite Martian's Uncle Martin, Silver Spoons' Harry Summers, Picket Fences' Judge Henry Bone
Edward Weston: 1958 (was 71)/b.Mar 24, 1886
Photographer
Eugene Paul Wigner: 1995 (was 92)/b.Nov 17, 1902
Mathematician, Physicist, Hungarian, played a prominent role in the development of the atomic bomb and nuclear energy
Hank Sr. Williams: 1953 (was 29)/b.Sep 17, 1923
HALL OF FAMER, Country Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, Actor, RFN:Hiram King

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