| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Stella Adler |
Actor |
10-Feb-1901 |
21-Dec-1992 |
Theater actress, Group Theater |
| Sigurd Anderson |
Politician |
22-Jan-1904 |
21-Dec-1990 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1951-55 |
| Alexander T. Augusta |
Doctor |
8-Mar-1825 |
21-Dec-1890 |
First black battlefield surgeon |
| Giovanni Boccaccio |
Author |
1313 |
21-Dec-1375 |
Decameron |
| Rod Cameron |
Actor |
7-Dec-1910 |
21-Dec-1983 |
The Bounty Killer |
| Hattie Wyatt Caraway |
Politician |
1-Feb-1878 |
21-Dec-1950 |
First female elected to US Senate |
| Marc Connelly |
Playwright |
13-Dec-1890 |
21-Dec-1980 |
The Green Pastures |
| William Davison |
Government |
c. 1541 |
21-Dec-1608 |
Secretary to Queen Elizabeth I |
| Patrick H. Drewry |
Politician |
24-May-1875 |
21-Dec-1947 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1920-47 |
| Stuart Erwin |
Actor |
14-Feb-1903 |
21-Dec-1967 |
The Stu Erwin Show |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Author |
24-Sep-1896 |
21-Dec-1940 |
The Great Gatsby |
| William J. Green, Jr. |
Politician |
5-Mar-1910 |
21-Dec-1963 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1949-63 |
| Myron Healey |
Actor |
8-Jun-1923 |
21-Dec-2005 |
Prolific actor in Westerns |
| Ted Healy |
Actor |
1-Oct-1896 |
21-Dec-1937 |
Creator of The Three Stooges |
| Kenneth J. Hendricks |
Business |
8-Sep-1941 |
21-Dec-2007 |
Billionaire, ABC Supply |
| Lister Hill |
Politician |
29-Dec-1894 |
21-Dec-1984 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1938-69 |
| Hincmar |
Religion |
c. 805 AD |
21-Dec-882 AD |
Archbishop of Reims |
| Kelly Johnson |
Engineer |
27-Feb-1910 |
21-Dec-1990 |
Lockheed Skunk Works plane designer |
| Frank B. Kellogg |
Government |
22-Dec-1856 |
21-Dec-1937 |
US Secretary of State, 1925-29 |
| Albert King |
Guitarist |
25-Apr-1923 |
21-Dec-1992 |
Blues electric guitarist |
| Hans Koller |
Musician |
12-Feb-1921 |
21-Dec-2003 |
Austrian saxophone prodigy |
| Edwin G. Krebs |
Scientist |
6-Jun-1918 |
21-Dec-2009 |
Protein phosphorylation |
| Munro Leaf |
Author |
4-Dec-1905 |
21-Dec-1976 |
The Story of Ferdinand |
| Rowland V. Lee |
Film Director |
6-Sep-1891 |
21-Dec-1975 |
Son of Frankenstein |
| Richard Long |
Actor |
17-Dec-1927 |
21-Dec-1974 |
Jarrod Barkley on The Big Valley |
| Margaret of Angoulême |
Royalty |
11-Apr-1492 |
21-Dec-1549 |
Consort of Henry II of Navarre |
| Lambdin P. Milligan |
Criminal |
24-Mar-1812 |
21-Dec-1899 |
Ex Parte Milligan |
| Nathan Milstein |
Violinist |
31-Dec-1904 |
21-Dec-1992 |
Virtuoso violinist, interpreter of Bach |
| Ralph Nelson |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1916 |
21-Dec-1987 |
Father Goose |
| Robert Paige |
Actor |
2-Dec-1910 |
21-Dec-1987 |
Son of Dracula |
| James Parkinson |
Doctor |
11-Apr-1755 |
21-Dec-1824 |
Essay on the Shaking Palsy |
| George S. Patton |
Military |
11-Nov-1885 |
21-Dec-1945 |
American WWII Army commander |
| P. B. S. Pinchback |
Government |
10-May-1837 |
21-Dec-1921 |
First African-American US Governor |
| Samuel Rubin |
Business |
1901 |
21-Dec-1978 |
Founder of Fabergé Cosmetics |
| Dean Rusk |
Government |
9-Feb-1909 |
21-Dec-1994 |
US Secretary of State, 1961-69 |
| Dick Schaap |
Journalist |
27-Sep-1934 |
21-Dec-2001 |
Flashing Before My Eyes |
| Bob Steele |
Actor |
23-Jan-1907 |
21-Dec-1988 |
Trooper Duffy on F Troop |
| Eugene Talmadge |
Politician |
23-Sep-1884 |
21-Dec-1946 |
Twice Governor of Georgia |
| Lewis Terman |
Psychologist |
15-Jan-1877 |
21-Dec-1956 |
Intelligence tests |
| Nikolaas Tinbergen |
Zoologist |
15-Apr-1907 |
21-Dec-1988 |
Grand Master of Ethology |
| Carl Van Vechten |
Novelist |
17-Jun-1880 |
21-Dec-1964 |
Patron of the Harlem Renaissance |
| H. B. Warner |
Actor |
26-Oct-1875 |
21-Dec-1958 |
The King of Kings |