January 19

Birthdays

  • 1095
    St Wulfstan, bishop of Worcester--ended sale of slaves at Bristol
  • 1736
    James Watt, made steam engine workable (or 1753)
  • 1749
    Isaiah Thomas, American printer and editor and publisher and historian
  • 1798
    Auguste Comte, philosopher and founder of sociology & Positivism
  • 1807
    Robert E Lee, Confederate gen
  • 1809
    Edgar Allen Poe, author (The Pit & the Pendulum)
  • 1813
    Sir Henry Bessemer, engineer-inventor
  • 1839
    Paul Cezanne, painter
  • 1859
    Alice Eastwood
  • 1906
    Lanny Ross, singer
  • 1917
    John Raitt, singer
  • 1922
    Guy Madison, Actor (Computer Wizard and Jet over the Atlantic)
  • 1923
    Jean Stapleton, Actress (Damn Yankees and Klute) in NYC
  • 1926
    Fritz Weaver, Actor (Day of the Dolphin and Demon Seed)
  • 1932
    Joe Schmidt, NFL linebacker (Detroit)
  • 1935
    Tippi Hedren, in Minnesota (The Birds)
  • 1943
    Janis Joplin, in Port Arthur Texas
  • 1944
    Shelly Fabraes, in Santa Monica
  • 1946
    Dolly Parton, country singer and bra buster in Tennessee
  • 1947
    Ann Compton, TV news reporter
  • 1951
    Linda Hayden
  • 1953
    Desi Arnez Jr, Actor
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