Famous people born in January - page 17

Thomas Willis was a famous English physician who is best known for his discovery of ‘Circle of Willlis’

Peter Mark Roget was an English physician and philologist who is most celebrated for 'Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases'.

Henry Stanley was a Anglo-American journalist and explorer who played a significant role in the exploration of central Africa

Richard II was the King of England from 1377 to 1399

Thomas Newcomen was a British inventor who developed the world’s first steam engine

John Colet was an English theologian who was a major promoter of Renaissance humanism during the late 15th and early 16th century

Alan Alda is an award winning American actor, director, screenwriter and author

Henry Bessemer was a renowned English inventor who discovered the Bessemer process of steel-making

General Charles Gordon was a British soldier and administrator, who rose to prominence for defending Khartoum from the Mahdists

Al Capone was a notorious American gangster