January 12 1588 John Winthrop, colonial governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Edwardston, England; died 1649)
1628 Charles Perrault, fairy tale writer (Paris, France; died 170
1729 Edmund Burke, orator, politician, and philosopher (Dublin, Ireland; died 1797)
1737 John Hancock, patriot/statesman and 1st signer of the Declaration of Independence (Braintree, MA; died 179
1856 John Singer Sargent, portrait painter (Florence, Italy; died 1925)
1876 Jack London, author (San Francisco, CA; died 1916)
1910 Luise Rainer, actress (Vienna, Austria)
1920 James Farmer, civil rights leader (Marshall, TX; died 1999)
1926 Ray Price, country singer (Perryville, T
1944 Joe Frazier, champion boxer (Beaufort, SC)
1948 Anthony Andrews, actor (London, England)
1951 Kirstie Alley, actress (Wichita, KS)
1951 Rush Limbaugh, radio personality (Cape Girardeau, MO)
1954 Howard Stern, radio/TV personality (New York, NY)
1960 Dominique Wilkins, basketball player (Paris, France)