LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Harry Beaumont	Film Director	10-Feb-1888	22-Dec-1966	The Broadway Melody
Samuel Beckett	Playwright	13-May-1906	22-Dec-1989	Waiting for Godot
Maximilien de Béthune	Aristocrat	13-Dec-1560	22-Dec-1641	Duc de Sully, confidant of Henri IV
Franz Boas	Anthropologist	9-Jul-1858	22-Dec-1942	Father of American Anthropology
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini	Religion	15-Jul-1850	22-Dec-1917	Missionaries of the Sacred Heart
Lansana Conté	Head of State	c. 1934	22-Dec-2008	President of Guinea, 1984-2008
Henry Cotton	Golf	26-Jan-1907	22-Dec-1987	Won the British Open three times
Walter Damrosch	Conductor	30-Jan-1862	22-Dec-1950	Conductor, popularizer of music
Don DeFore	Actor	25-Aug-1913	22-Dec-1993	Mr. B. on Hazel
George Eliot	Novelist	22-Nov-1819	22-Dec-1880	Silas Marner
Gilda Gray	Dancer	24-Oct-1901	22-Dec-1959	The Shimmy Queen
Arvid Harnack	Spy	24-May-1901	22-Dec-1942	Hanged by the Nazis for espionage
Charles K. Harris	Songwriter	1-May-1865	22-Dec-1930	After The Ball
Desmond Hoyte	Head of State	9-Mar-1929	22-Dec-2002	President of Guyana, 1985-92
Rachel Jackson	First Lady	Jun-1767	22-Dec-1828	Wife of US President Andrew Jackson
Robert Keith	Actor	10-Feb-1896	22-Dec-1966	Guys and Dolls
Harry Langdon	Actor	15-Jun-1884	22-Dec-1944	The Strong Man
Georg Luger	Inventor	6-Mar-1849	22-Dec-1923	Invented the Luger pistol
Alexander Mackendrick	Film Director	8-Sep-1912	22-Dec-1993	The Sweet Smell of Success
Connie McCready	Politician	21-Aug-1921	22-Dec-2000	Mayor of Portland Oregon, 1979-81
Butterfly McQueen	Actor	7-Jan-1911	22-Dec-1995	Gone with the Wind
James Edward Meade	Economist	23-Jun-1907	22-Dec-1995	Theory of International Economic Policy
Dwight L. Moody	Religion	5-Feb-1837	22-Dec-1899	Revivalist, founder Northfield Mt. Hermon
Jose Maria Morelos	Military	30-Sep-1765	22-Dec-1815	Mexico's war for independence
Otto Neurath	Sociologist	10-Dec-1882	22-Dec-1945	Vienna Circle positivist
Beatrix Potter	Artist	28-Jul-1866	22-Dec-1943	Peter Rabbit
Philip Rahv	Critic	10-Mar-1908	22-Dec-1973	Co-Founder, Partisan Review
Daniel R. Raichel	Scientist	1935	22-Dec-2006	Acoustics expert
Ma Rainey	Singer	26-Apr-1886	22-Dec-1939	The mother of the blues
Théodore Rousseau	Painter	15-Apr-1812	22-Dec-1867	French landscape painter
Josef von Sternberg	Film Director	29-May-1894	22-Dec-1969	The Last Command
Joe Strummer	Musician	21-Aug-1952	22-Dec-2002	Lead singer of The Clash
Alice Terry	Actor	24-Jul-1899	22-Dec-1987	Scaramouche
Michelle Thomas	Actor	23-Sep-1969	22-Dec-1998	Myra on Family Matters
Wallace Thurman	Author	16-Aug-1902	22-Dec-1934	The Blacker the Berry
Kenneth Tobey	Actor	23-Mar-1917	22-Dec-2002	Chuck Martin on Whirlybirds
Marvin Wachman	Educator	24-Mar-1917	22-Dec-2007	Temple University President, 1973-83
Henry Watterson	Journalist	16-Feb-1840	22-Dec-1921	Founder of Louisville Courier-Journal
Nathanael West	Author	17-Oct-1903	22-Dec-1940	The Day of the Locust
Thomas D. White	Military	6-Aug-1901	22-Dec-1965	USAF Chief of Staff, 1957-61
William Hyde Wollaston	Chemist	6-Aug-1766	22-Dec-1828	Discovered palladium, rhodium
Gridley Wright	Religion	19-Jan-1934	22-Dec-1979	Shiva Lila cult founder
Darryl F. Zanuck	Film/TV Producer	5-Sep-1902	22-Dec-1979	Ran 20th Century Fox, 1935-71

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