Anniversaries 3 January
Birth
![Marcus Tullius Cicero photo]()
Roman philosopher and statesman
-106–-43 BC
![Pietro Metastasio photo]()
Italian poet and librettist (born 3 January 1698, died 12 A…
1698–1782
![Nguyễn Du photo]()
Vietnamese poet
1765–1820
![Louis Poinsot photo]()
French mathematician and physicist
1777–1859
![Douglas William Jerrold photo]()
English dramatist and writer
1803–1857
![Richard Franck photo]()
German composer
1858–1938
![Ralph Vary Chamberlin photo]()
American biologist (1879-1967)
1879–1967
![Clement Attlee photo]()
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1883–1967
![E. Stanley Jones photo]()
Methodist missionary and theologian
1884–1973
![John Gould Fletcher photo]()
American writer
1886–1950
![August Macke photo]()
German painter of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter
1887–1914
![James Bridie photo]()
Scottish playwright, screenwriter and surgeon
1888–1951
![Herbert Morrison photo]()
British Labour politician
1888–1965
![Osip Mandelstam photo]()
Russian poet and essayist
1891–1938
![John Ronald Reuel Tolkien photo]()
British philologist and author, creator of classic fantasy …
1892–1973
![Eric Voegelin photo]()
American philosopher
1901–1985
![Victor Borge photo]()
Danish and US-American comedian and musician
1909–2000
![Jack Levine photo]()
American artist
1915–2010
![Paul E. Meehl photo]()
American psychologist
1920–2003
![Gordon Moore photo]()
American businessman, co-founder of Intel and author of the…
1929
![Sergio Leone photo]()
Italian film director, screenwriter and producer
1929–1989
![Jaswant Singh photo]()
Indian politician and retired army officer
1938–2020
![Bobby Hull photo]()
Canadian ice hockey player
1939
![Vincent Siew photo]()
Taiwanese politician
1939
![Thelma Schoonmaker photo]()
American film editor
1940
![Marta Moreno Vega photo]()
Author, professor, arts administrator, expert in Yoruba cul…
1942
![Raewyn Connell photo]()
Australian sociologist
1944
![Stephen Stills photo]()
American multi-instrumentalist and singer/songwriter
1945
![Beth Anderson photo]()
American neo-romantic composer
1950
![Jim Ross photo]()
American professional wrestling commentator, professional w…
1952
![Mel Gibson photo]()
American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
1956
![Michael Schumacher photo]()
German racing driver
1969
![Dan Harmon photo]()
American writer and performer
1973
![Linh Nga photo]()
American-Vietnamese film director, film producer, actress, …
1982
![Alex D. Linz photo]()
American actor, filmmaker
1989
![Victoria Duffield photo]()
Canadian actor, singer and dancer
1995
![Greta Thunberg photo]()
Swedish climate change activist
2003
![Kyle Rittenhouse photo]()
former suspect in the killing of two protesters in Kenosha,…
2003
Death
![George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle photo]()
English soldier and politician
1608–1670
![Julius Hare photo]()
British theologian
1795–1855
![Cora L. V. Scott photo]()
American spiritualist, writer
1840–1923
![Joseph Joffre photo]()
French general who served as Commander-in-Chief of French f…
1852–1931
![Edgar Cayce photo]()
Purported clairvoyant healer and psychic
1877–1945
![Jaroslav Hašek photo]()
Czech humorist, satirist, writer and anarchist
1883–1923
![Edwin Muir photo]()
British poet, novelist and translator
1887–1959
![Conrad Hilton photo]()
American hotelier
1887–1979
![William Joyce photo]()
British fascist and propaganda broadcaster
1906–1946
![Carroll Quigley photo]()
American historian
1910–1977
![Will Eisner photo]()
American cartoonist
1917–2005
![Shikaripura Ranganatha Rao photo]()
Indian archaeologist
1922–2013
![Mary Daly photo]()
American radical feminist philosopher and theologian
1928–2010
![Terence Ranger photo]()
British historian
1929–2015
![George Goodman photo]()
American author and economics commentator
1930–2014
![John O'Donohue photo]()
Irish writer, priest and philosopher
1956–2008
![Qasem Soleimani photo]()
Iranian senior military officer
1957–2020
