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Vladimir Gennadiyevich Chagin (Russian: Владимир Геннадьевич Чагин IPA: [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr gʲɪˈnadʲɪɪvɪt͡ɕ ˈt͡ɕagʲɪn]; born 5 January 1970) is a Russian rally raid driver.

Burton Melvin Cross (November 15 1902 in Gardiner Maine – October 22 1998 in Augusta Maine) was a Maine Republican politician. Cross was Maine’s 61st and 63rd Governor.In 1933 Cross […]

Edward Galen Ed Givens Jr (January 5 1930 – June 6 1967) was an United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. Selected by NASA in 1966 as a […]

Collin Clark Peterson (born June 29 1944) is the U.S. Representative for Minnesota’s 7th congressional district serving since 1991 and the ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee. He is […]

John Burke (February 25 1859 – May 14 1937) was an American lawyer jurist and political leader from North Dakota. He was the tenth Governor of North Dakota.

Eriko Watanabe (渡辺 えり子 Watanabe Eriko born 5 January 1955 in Yamagata Yamagata Prefecture Japan) is a Japanese actress. In 2007 she changed her stage name to Eri Watanabe. She […]

Robert Neill (born 5 January 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Sydney and St Kilda in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the 1990s. Originally from […]

John Whitcome Reynolds Jr. (April 4 1921 – January 6 2002) was an American politician and federal judge. A Democrat he served as the 36th Governor of Wisconsin.

Frederick Stephen Fred Upton (born April 23 1953) is the U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 6th congressional district serving since 1987. He is a member of the Republican Party and Chairman […]

Joseph Scofield Ammerman (July 14 1924 – October 14 1993) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Joseph Ammerman was born in Curwensville PA. He served […]

William Joseph Coyne (August 24 1936 – November 3 2013) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Coyne was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He graduated […]

Lynn Fitch (born October 5 1961) is 54th State Treasurer of Mississippi. She was sworn in on January 5 2012. She has the distinction of being the first Republican woman […]

Paul Newman (born February 8 1954) is a member of the Arizona Corporation Commission. He was a three-term Arizona state representative representing Santa Cruz Greenlee Cochise and Graham counties in […]

Miklós Zrínyi or Nikola Zrinski (Hungarian: Zrínyi Miklós Croatian: Nikola Zrinski; 5 January 1620 – 18 November 1664) was a Croatian and Hungarian military leader statesman and poet. He was […]

Edgar Robert Spencer Sr. (January 5 1929 – April 3 2014) was an American modified and stock car racing driver. Father of Jimmy Spencer and grandfather of Ed Spencer III […]

Vugar Mursal Alakbarov (Azerbaijani: Vüqar Mursal Ələkbərov born 5 January 1981) is an Azerbaijani boxer.He was born in Mingachevir. He competed in the middleweight class (-75 kg) at the 2000 […]

John Tracy Morrison (December 25 1860 – December 20 1915) was the sixth Governor of Idaho from 1903 until 1905.

Ñāṇavīra Thera (born Harold Edward Musson; 5 January 1920 – 5 July 1965) was an English Theravāda Buddhist monk ordained in 1950 in Sri Lanka. He is known as the […]

Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy (born January 5 1987 in Nîmes France) is a French professional tennis player. Dasnières de Veigy competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour both in singles […]

Willie Mack (born Willie McClinton Jr. January 5 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his work with California-based promotion Pro Wrestling Guerrilla National Wrestling Alliance […]