Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In January - 31

1835  William charles lunalilo: Monarch of hawaii   

1836  Henryk szulc: Composer   

1857  George jackson churchward: Great western railway chief mechanical engineer   

1863  F henri berz: French existensialist philosopher (revue the synthesis)   

1865  Henri desgrange: Founder of the tour-de-france   

1865  Shastriji maharaj: Indian spiritual leader   

1866  Emil strauss: Germany, writer (naked man)   

1866  Henry forster: Cricketer (oxford blue 1887-89, later aust gov-general)   

1868  Theodore william richards: Chemist (atomic weights, nobel-1914)   

1869  Henry graaf carton de wiart: Belgian literary/premier (1920-21)   

1872  Zane grey: American west novelist (riders of the purple sage)   

1877  Max ettlinger: German philosopher   

1878  Willem j m van eysinga: Dutch international law jurist   

1881  Irving langmuir: Inventor (tungsten filament lamp/nobel 1932)   

1881  Joseph a cushman: Us, palaentologist   

1882  Anna pavlova: St petersburg russia, ballerina/choreographer   

1882  Josephus rh van schaik: Dutch lawyer/vice-premier   

1884  Nicholas joy: Paris france, actor (boss lady)   

1884  Theodor heuss: 1st president of germany (bundespräsident)   

1886  Alfonso lopez: Colombia, statesman (pres un security council-1948)   

1889  F r foster: Cricketer (330 runs & 45 wickets for england)   

1890  Adolf bach: German language/sociologist (deutsche namenkunde)   

1891  Max drischner: Composer   

1892  Eddie cantor: Nyc, comedian (eddie cantor comedy theater)   

1893  Freya stark: English explorist/author   

1894  Percy helton: Ny, actor (jail busters, harbor of missing men)   

1894  Isham jones: American musician   

1896  Sofya yanovskaya: Russian mathematician   

1901  Blaz arnic: Composer   

1901  Marie luise kaschnitz: Writer   

1902  Alva myrdal: Uppsala sweden, diplomat (nobel peace prize-1982)   

1902  Jean c m picart le doux: France, carpet designer   

1902  Julian h steward: Us anthropologist/professor   

1903  Gardner cowles: Iowa, publisher/founder (look magazine)   

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0743  Muhammad al-baqir: Shia imam (b. 676)   

1435  Xuande: Emperor of china (b. 1398)   

1561  Menno simonsz: Dutch priest/vicar (foundation book),   

1580  Hendrik: Portuguese cardinal/epilepticus/regent (1578-80),   

1606  Guy fawkes: Convicted in the "gunpowder plot", executed at 35   

1615  Claudio aquaviva: Italian jesuit (b. 1543)   

1632  Joost bürgi: Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (b. 1552)   

1665  Johannes clauberg: German theologian and philosopher (b. 1622)