| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Alvin Ailey |
Dancer |
5-Jan-1931 |
1-Dec-1989 |
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater |
| Tsar Alexander I |
Royalty |
23-Dec-1777 |
1-Dec-1825 |
Tsar of Russia, 1801-25 |
| David Ben-Gurion |
Head of State |
16-Oct-1886 |
1-Dec-1973 |
First Prime Minister of Israel |
| Paul Benedict |
Actor |
17-Dec-1938 |
1-Dec-2008 |
Harry Bentley on The Jeffersons |
| Prince Bernhard |
Royalty |
29-Jun-1911 |
1-Dec-2004 |
Prince of the Netherlands |
| Adriaan Blaauw |
Astronomer |
12-Apr-1914 |
1-Dec-2010 |
Evolving galaxies |
| Edmund Campion |
Religion |
24-Jan-1540 |
1-Dec-1581 |
Jesuit martyr, hanged at Tyburn |
| Jack Colvin |
Actor |
13-Oct-1934 |
1-Dec-2005 |
Jack McGee on The Incredible Hulk |
| Aleister Crowley |
Religion |
12-Oct-1875 |
1-Dec-1947 |
Wickedest man in the world |
| Vincent d'Indy |
Composer |
27-Mar-1851 |
1-Dec-1931 |
Symphonie Cévenole |
| George Everest |
Explorer |
4-Jul-1790 |
1-Dec-1866 |
Namesake of Mt. Everest |
| Fritz Fischer |
Historian |
5-Mar-1908 |
1-Dec-1999 |
Blamed Germany for World War I |
| Nellie Fox |
Baseball |
25-Dec-1927 |
1-Dec-1975 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Lorenzo Ghiberti |
Sculptor |
c. 1378 |
1-Dec-1455 |
Cast the Florence Baptistery doors |
| Hugo Haas |
Actor |
18-Feb-1901 |
1-Dec-1968 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| J. B. S. Haldane |
Biologist |
5-Nov-1892 |
1-Dec-1964 |
Haldane's principle |
| G. H. Hardy |
Mathematician |
7-Feb-1877 |
1-Dec-1947 |
A Mathematician's Apology |
| André van Hasselt |
Poet |
5-Jan-1806 |
1-Dec-1874 |
Quatre Incarnations du Christ |
| King Henry I |
Royalty |
c. 1068 |
1-Dec-1135 |
King of England, 1100-35 |
| Punch Imlach |
Hockey |
15-Mar-1918 |
1-Dec-1987 |
NHL Coach, Hall of Famer |
| Clark Kerr |
Educator |
17-May-1911 |
1-Dec-2003 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1952-58 |
| Bobby Layne |
Football |
19-Dec-1926 |
1-Dec-1986 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Raymond F. Lederer |
Politician |
19-May-1938 |
1-Dec-2008 |
Congressman snagged in ABSCAM |
| Pope Leo X |
Religion |
11-Dec-1475 |
1-Dec-1521 |
Excommunicated Martin Luther |
| Alfred Thayer Mahan |
Author |
27-Sep-1840 |
1-Dec-1914 |
The Influence of Sea Power upon History |
| Margaret of Austria |
Royalty |
10-Jan-1480 |
1-Dec-1530 |
Duchess of Savoy, Dutch Regent |
| Richard Mayr |
Singer |
18-Nov-1877 |
1-Dec-1935 |
Operatic bass |
| Bill McKinney |
Actor |
12-Sep-1931 |
1-Dec-2011 |
Deliverance |
| Leon Mirsky |
Mathematician |
19-Dec-1918 |
1-Dec-1983 |
Transversal Theory |
| Joseph C. O'Mahoney |
Politician |
5-Nov-1884 |
1-Dec-1962 |
US Senator from Wyoming, 1934-61 |
| Endicott Peabody |
Politician |
15-Feb-1920 |
1-Dec-1997 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1963-65 |
| George J. Stigler |
Economist |
17-Jan-1911 |
1-Dec-1991 |
Economic Theory of Regulation |
| Alan Sues |
Actor |
7-Mar-1926 |
1-Dec-2011 |
Laugh-In |
| Mona Van Duyn |
Poet |
9-May-1921 |
1-Dec-2004 |
To See, To Take |
| Oliver Wolcott |
Politician |
1-Dec-1726 |
1-Dec-1797 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1796-97 |
| Christa Wolf |
Novelist |
18-Mar-1929 |
1-Dec-2011 |
Divided Heaven |
| Eric Woolfson |
Musician |
18-Mar-1945 |
1-Dec-2009 |
Former Alan Parsons Project collaborator |
| Stephen M. Young |
Politician |
4-May-1889 |
1-Dec-1984 |
US Senator from Ohio, 1959-71 |
