Julius Lester (January 27, 1939 – January 18, 2018) was an American writer of books for children and adults and an academic who taught for 32 years (1971–2003) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. [Wikipedia]
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Jules Feiffer (January 26, 1929 – January 17, 2025) was an American cartoonist and author, who at one time was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 for editorial cartooning and, in 2004, Feiffer was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame. [Wikipedia]
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Mia Kirshner (January 25, 1975) is a Canadian actress, writer, and social activist. She is known for television roles as Mandy in 24 (2001–2005), as Jenny Schecter in The L Word (2004–2009), as Amanda Grayson in Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2019) and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2023), and as Isobel Flemming in The Vampire Diaries (2010–2011). [Wikipedia]
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Elliott Abrams (January 24, 1948) is an American politician and lawyer who has served in foreign policy positions for presidents Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump. Abrams is considered to be a neoconservative. [Wikipedia]
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Myron Cope (January 23, 1929 – February 27, 2008), was an American sports journalist, radio personality, and sportscaster. He is best known for being “the voice of the Pittsburgh Steelers”. [Wikipedia]
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Justin Hurwitz (January 22, 1985) is an American film composer and television writer. He is best known for his longtime friendship and collaboration with director Damien Chazelle, scoring each of his films: Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009), Whiplash (2014), La La Land (2016), First Man (2018), and Babylon (2022). [Wikipedia]
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Robby Benson (January 21, 1956) is an American actor, director, and musician. He rose to prominence as a teen idol in the late 1970s, appearing in the films Ode to Billy Joe (1976), One on One (1977) and Ice Castles (1978). [Wikipedia]
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Shelley Berkley (January 20, 1951) is an American businesswoman, politician and attorney who has served as mayor of Las Vegas since 2024. [Wikipedia]
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Logan Lerman (January 19, 1992) is an American actor. He appeared in commercials in the mid-1990s, before starring in the series Jack & Bobby (2004–2005) and the movies The Butterfly Effect (2004) and Hoot (2006). [Wikipedia]
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Max Fried (January 18, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He debuted with the Atlanta Braves in 2017. [Wikipedia]
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Daniel Gilbert (January 17, 1962) is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the co-founder, majority owner, and chairman of Rocket Mortgage, and founder of Rock Ventures. [Wikipedia]
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Efrat Sopher, head of the World Jewish Congress’s International Task Force on Iran and Islamic Extremism, said Iran’s exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi may have the experience and the experience of the team around him, as well as widespread support in Iran, to lead the country which overthrew his father, the Shah, in 1979. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Susan Sontag (January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer and critic. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay “Notes on ‘Camp’ ”, in 1964. [Wikipedia]
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Goodman Ace (January 15, 1899 – March 25, 1982), was an American humorist, radio writer and comedian, television writer, and magazine columnist. [Wikipedia]
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