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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Daniel I. Arnon
Biologist
14-Nov-1910 20-Dec-1994 Photophosphorylation
Samuel Blanc
Inventor
13-Feb-1883 20-Dec-1964 Founder of Roto-Rooter
Matteo Maria Boiardo
Poet
c. 1434 20-Dec-1494 Orlando Innamorato
Max Brod
Novelist
27-May-1884 20-Dec-1968 The Redemption of Tycho Brahe
Foster Brooks
Comic
11-May-1912 20-Dec-2001 Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Tommy Byrne
Baseball
31-Dec-1919 20-Dec-2007 MLB pitcher, Mayor of Wake Forest
Walter Chiari
Actor
2-Mar-1924 20-Dec-1991 Bellissima
Richard J. Daley
Politician
15-May-1902 20-Dec-1976 Mayor of Chicago, 1955-76
Bobby Darin
Singer
14-May-1936 20-Dec-1973 Mack the Knife
W. Edwards Deming
Mathematician
14-Oct-1900 20-Dec-1993 Quality Control guru
Roy O. Disney
Business
24-Jun-1893 20-Dec-1971 Walt Disney's brother
James H. Duff
Politician
21-Jan-1883 20-Dec-1969 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1947-51
Glenn W. Ferguson
Educator
28-Jan-1929 20-Dec-2007 University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Riccardo Freda
Film Director
24-Feb-1909 20-Dec-1999 I Vampiri
Henry Harland
Novelist
1-Mar-1861 20-Dec-1905 The Cardinal's Snuff-box
Moss Hart
Playwright
24-Oct-1904 20-Dec-1961 You Can't Take It With You
Gabby Hartnett
Baseball
20-Dec-1900 20-Dec-1972 Chicago Cubs catcher, Hall-of-Famer
Irene Hervey
Actor
11-Jul-1909 20-Dec-1998 Destry Rides Again
James Hilton
Novelist
9-Sep-1900 20-Dec-1954 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Alan L. Hodgkin
Scientist
5-Feb-1914 20-Dec-1998 Electrical impulses in nerves
Samuel Hopkins
Religion
17-Sep-1721 20-Dec-1803 Hopkinsian, opponent of slavery
Steve Landesberg
Actor
23-Nov-1945 20-Dec-2010 Dietrich on Barney Miller
Denise Levertov
Poet
24-Oct-1923 20-Dec-1997 With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads
William Lundigan
Actor
12-Jun-1914 20-Dec-1975 Men Into Space
James R. Mann
Politician
27-Apr-1920 20-Dec-2010 Congressman from South Carolina, 1969-79
Stanley Milgram
Psychologist
15-Aug-1933 20-Dec-1984 Milgram Experiment
Robert Mulligan
Film Director
23-Aug-1925 20-Dec-2008 To Kill a Mockingbird
Brittany Murphy
Actor
10-Nov-1977 20-Dec-2009 Clueless
Peter Norbeck
Politician
20-Aug-1870 20-Dec-1936 US Senator from South Dakota, 1921-36
Earle Page
Head of State
8-Aug-1880 20-Dec-1961 Prime Minister of Australia, 1939
Sir James Paget
Doctor
11-Jan-1814 20-Dec-1899 Father of modern pathology
Ambroise Paré
Doctor
1510 20-Dec-1590 Prominent 16th c. French surgeon
Irving Rapper
Film Director
16-Jan-1898 20-Dec-1999 Now, Voyager
Grote Reber
Astronomer
22-Dec-1911 20-Dec-2002 First radio astronomer
Elisabeth Risdon
Actor
26-Apr-1887 20-Dec-1958 The Roaring Twenties
Max Robinson
Journalist
1-May-1939 20-Dec-1988 Co-Anchor of World News Tonight
Karl F. Rolvaag
Politician
18-Jul-1913 20-Dec-1990 Governor of Minnesota, 1963-67
Artur Rubinstein
Pianist
28-Jan-1887 20-Dec-1982 Polish-American piano virtuoso
Sacagawea
Explorer
c. 1787 20-Dec-1812 Lewis and Clark expedition translator
Carl Sagan
Astronomer
9-Nov-1934 20-Dec-1996 Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos
Léopold Senghor
Head of State
9-Oct-1906 20-Dec-2001 President of Senegal, 1960-80
Madge Sinclair
Actor
28-Apr-1938 20-Dec-1995 Nurse Shoop on Trapper John
C. Aubrey Smith
Actor
21-Jul-1863 20-Dec-1948 The Four Feathers
Hank Snow
Country Musician
9-May-1914 20-Dec-1999 I'm Moving On
Arnold Stang
Actor
28-Sep-1918 20-Dec-2009 Bespectacled character actor
John Steinbeck
Novelist
27-Feb-1902 20-Dec-1968 The Grapes of Wrath
Vitellius
Royalty
24-Sep-15 AD 20-Dec-69 AD Roman Emperor, 69 AD
John Vivyan
Actor
31-May-1915 20-Dec-1983 Mr. Lucky
Ned Washington
Songwriter
15-Aug-1901 20-Dec-1976 When You Wish Upon a Star


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