Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In January - 27

1834  Dmitri mendeleev: Chemist (discovered periodic table of the elements)   

1834  Robert sanford foster: Bvt major general (union volunteers)   

1836  Leopold von sacher-masoch: Austrian writer (masochism)   

1841  Arkhip kuindzhi: Russian painter   

1848  Togo heihachiro: Japanese admiral   

1850  Samuel gompers: Dutch/us 1st president (american federation of labor)   

1850  Edward j. smith: English captain of the titanic   

1851  Rafael obligado: Argentina, writer (santos vega)   

1858  Neel [cornelia h] doff: Dutch/french/belgian painter's model/writer   

1859  Wilhelm ii: Potsdam, german emperor (1888-1918)   

1867  Claude antoine terrasse: Composer   

1868  Cato engelen-sewing: Dutch soprano prima donna (dutch opera)   

1869  Will marion cook: Composer   

1872  Learned hand: Albany ny, chief judge (us court of appeals)   

1882  Giuseppe prezzolini: Italy, writer (la voce, la cultura italiano)   

1885  Jerome kern: Nyc, broadway composer (showboat, roberta)   

1885  Eduard künneke: German composer   

1885  Maeda seison: Japanese painter   

1887  Carl blegen: Minneapolis, archaeologist (excavator at troy, pylos)   

1889  Balthasar van der pol: Physicist (comparison of van der pol)   

1891  Ilja ehrenburg: Writer   

1892  Mitya stillman: Composer   

1893  Soong ching-ling: Chinese wife of sun yat-sen   

1894  Fritz pollard: Early black nfl star (1920-26)   

1895  Claudio carneyro: Composer   

1895  Joseph rosenstock: Cracow poland, conductor (nippon phil orch 1936-41)   

1895  Harry ruby: American composer   

1899  Granville english: Composer   

1900  Hyman g rickover: Us admiral (father of modern nuclear navy)   

1901  Art rooney: Nfl team owner (pittsburgh steelers)   

1901  Willy fritsch: German actor (spies, women in the moon)   

1903  John eccles: British physiologist/neurologist   

1903  Otto p. weyland: American military figure   

1905  Howard mcnear: La calif, actor (floyd-andy griffith show, jetsons)   

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0098  Marius cocceius nerva: Emperor of rome (96-98),   

0661  Death of ali: The final sunni rashidun and first shia imam.(b. 599 or 600)   

0672  Vitalianus: Pope (657-72)/saint,   

0847  Sergius ii: Pope (844-47),   

1164  Abraham ibn ezra: Poet/philosopher,   

1490  Ashikaga yoshimasa: Japanese shogun (b. 1435)   

1540  Angela merici: Italian monk/monastery,   

1565  Robrecht de berghes: Prince-bishop of liege (1557-64),