LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Glenn M. Anderson	Politician	21-Feb-1913	13-Dec-1994	Congressman from California, 1969-93
Walt Anderson	Business	26-Nov-1880	13-Dec-1963	Co-Founder of White Castle
Heather Angel	Actor	9-Feb-1909	13-Dec-1986	Lifeboat
Ellis Arnall	Politician	20-Mar-1907	13-Dec-1992	Governor of Georgia, 1943-47
Robert D. Blue	Politician	24-Sep-1898	13-Dec-1989	Governor of Iowa, 1945-49
B. Gratz Brown	Politician	28-May-1826	13-Dec-1885	Governor and Senator from Missouri
Anthony Collins	Philosopher	21-Jun-1676	13-Dec-1729	A Discourse on Freethinking
Leora Dana	Actor	1-Apr-1923	13-Dec-1983	Some Came Running
Donatello	Sculptor	1386	13-Dec-1466	Italian Renaissance sculptor
Konrad von Gesner	Botanist	26-Mar-1516	13-Dec-1565	Historia animalium
Samuel Gompers	Labor Leader	27-Jan-1850	13-Dec-1924	First President of the AFL
Henry Green	Novelist	29-Oct-1905	13-Dec-1973	Loving
Victor Grignard	Chemist	6-May-1871	13-Dec-1935	Grignard Reaction
Jon Hall	Actor	23-Feb-1915	13-Dec-1979	The Hurricane
L. P. Hartley	Novelist	30-Dec-1895	13-Dec-1972	The Boat
Friedrich Hebbel	Playwright	18-Mar-1813	13-Dec-1863	Die Niebelungen Trilogie
Richard C. Holbrooke	Diplomat	24-Apr-1941	13-Dec-2010	US Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan
Lamar Hunt	Football	2-Aug-1932	13-Dec-2006	Founder of the American Football League
Samuel Johnson	Lexicographer	18-Sep-1709	13-Dec-1784	A Dictionary of the English Language
Wassily Kandinsky	Artist	16-Dec-1866	13-Dec-1944	Abstractionist and theorist
Victor de Laprade	Poet	13-Jan-1812	13-Dec-1883	Les Muses d'État
Keith Larsen	Actor	17-Jun-1924	13-Dec-2006	Northwest Passage
Marta Linden	Actor	24-Oct-1903	13-Dec-1990	A Yank at Eton
Margaret Livingston	Actor	25-Nov-1900	13-Dec-1984	Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Moses Maimonides	Religion	30-Mar-1135	13-Dec-1204	Codified Jewish law
Alice Marble	Tennis	28-Sep-1913	13-Dec-1990	Winner of 18 Grand Slam titles
John Merritt	Football	26-Jan-1926	13-Dec-1983	Tennessee Football Coach, 1963-83
Egas Moniz	Scientist	29-Nov-1874	13-Dec-1955	Pre-frontal lobotomy and cerebral arteriography
Grandma Moses	Painter	7-Sep-1860	13-Dec-1961	Painter began at age 77
Alexander Muirhead	Physicist	26-May-1848	13-Dec-1920	Submarine cable telegraphy
Samuel Nelson	Judge	10-Nov-1792	13-Dec-1873	US Supreme Court Justice, 1845-72
William F. Nichols	Politician	16-Oct-1918	13-Dec-1988	Congressman from Alabama, 1967-88
Fernando Poe, Jr.	Politician	20-Aug-1939	13-Dec-2004	Filipino actor turned presidential candidate
Fritz Pregl	Chemist	3-Sep-1869	13-Dec-1930	Microanalysis of organic compounds
Mary Renault	Novelist	4-Sep-1905	13-Dec-1983	The Last of the Wine
William V. Roth, Jr.	Politician	22-Jul-1921	13-Dec-2003	US Senator from Delaware, 1971-2001
Paul Samuelson	Economist	15-May-1915	13-Dec-2009	Theory of revealed preference
Chuck Schuldiner	Musician	13-May-1967	13-Dec-2001	Death metal pioneer
Lawrence B. Sperry	Inventor	22-Dec-1892	13-Dec-1923	Invented the autopilot
Raymond A. Spruance	Military	3-Jul-1886	13-Dec-1969	US Navy Admiral during WWII
Niccolò Tartaglia	Mathematician	1499	13-Dec-1557	Inaugurated science of Ballistics
Trithemius	Religion	1-Feb-1462	13-Dec-1516	Polygraphia
Lupe Velez	Actor	18-Jul-1908	13-Dec-1944	The Mexican Spitfire
Thomas A. Watson	Engineer	18-Jan-1854	13-Dec-1934	Assistant to Alexander Graham Bell
Tookie Williams	Criminal	29-Dec-1953	13-Dec-2005	Co-Founder, West Side Crips
Frances Wright	Activist	6-Sep-1795	13-Dec-1852	Utopian abolitionist

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