January 7: author/anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston (1891), singer Kenny Loggins (1948), actor David Caruso (1956), The Today Show's Katie Couric (1957), actor and avid comic collector Nicolas Cage (1957) and One on One's Robert Ri'chard (1983)

January 8: comedian/actor Soupy Sales (1926), The King, Elvis Presley (1935), world renowned chef Wolfgang Puck (1949), former child actress and frontwoman for indie rock group, Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis (1977), My Life Without Me's Sarah Polley (1979) and former child actress Gaby Hoffman (1982)

January 9: actor Richard Halliburton (1900), country singer Crystal Gayle (1951), Spider-Man's J.K. Simmons (1955), actress Joely Richardson (1965), musician Dave Matthews (1967) and Backstreet Boy AJ McLean (1978)

January 10: jazz great Max Roach (1925), Disney heir Roy Disney (1930), novelist Olive Higgins Prouty (1882), singer Jim Croce (1943), Rat Pack progeny, Frank Sinatra Jr. (1944), singer Rod Stewart (1945), boxer/endorsement impresario George Foreman (1949) and singer Shawn Colvin (1956)

January 11: Cry the Beloved Country author Alan Paton (1903), country singer Naomi Judd (1946), actor Stanley Tucci (1960), actress/comedienne Kim Coles (1966), songstress Mary J. Blige (1971), Something's Gotta Give's Amanda Peet (1972)

January 12: author Jack London (1876), actor and father of John, Tex Ritter (1905), William Lee Golden (1939), pugilist Joe Frazier (1944), Kirstie Alley (1955), actor Oliver Platt (1960) and horror film director Rob Zombie (1966)

January 13: philanthropist and novelist Horatio Alger (1832), Seinfeld's Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961), actress Penelope Ann Miller (1964), actor and 80s heartthrob Patrick Dempsey (1966) and recently christened heartthrob Orlando Bloom a.k.a. Legolas (1977)

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