| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Louis Aragon |
Poet |
3-Oct-1897 |
24-Dec-1982 |
Communistic French poet |
| Joel Barlow |
Poet |
25-Mar-1754 |
24-Dec-1812 |
The Hasty Pudding |
| Burt Baskin |
Business |
17-Dec-1913 |
24-Dec-1967 |
Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins |
| Alban Berg |
Composer |
9-Feb-1885 |
24-Dec-1935 |
Violin Concerto |
| Bill Bowerman |
Fitness Guru |
19-Feb-1911 |
24-Dec-1999 |
Track coach, Co-Founder of Nike |
| Rossano Brazzi |
Actor |
18-Sep-1916 |
24-Dec-1994 |
South Pacific |
| Frances Buss |
Educator |
16-Aug-1827 |
24-Dec-1894 |
Girls' school reformer |
| Vasco da Gama |
Explorer |
c. 1469 |
24-Dec-1524 |
Portuguese explorer, conqueror, privateer |
| Joop den Uyl |
Head of State |
9-Aug-1919 |
24-Dec-1987 |
Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1973-77 |
| Leonard K. Firestone |
Business |
10-Jun-1907 |
24-Dec-1996 |
US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974-77 |
| Edmund Goulding |
Film Director |
20-Mar-1891 |
24-Dec-1959 |
Grand Hotel |
| Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane |
Author |
27-May-1862 |
24-Dec-1937 |
Descartes: His Life and Times |
| Johannes Heesters |
Actor |
5-Dec-1903 |
24-Dec-2011 |
Dutch/German film actor |
| Ian Hendry |
Actor |
13-Jan-1931 |
24-Dec-1984 |
Get Carter |
| Bernard Herrmann |
Composer |
29-Jun-1911 |
24-Dec-1975 |
Scored Psycho, Citizen Kane |
| Johns Hopkins |
Philanthropist |
19-May-1795 |
24-Dec-1873 |
Johns Hopkins University and Hospital |
| Samuel P. Huntington |
Author |
18-Apr-1927 |
24-Dec-2008 |
The Clash of Civilizations |
| Theophilus Van Kannel |
Inventor |
1841 |
24-Dec-1919 |
Revolving door |
| Herman Keiser |
Golf |
7-Oct-1914 |
24-Dec-2003 |
Winner, 1946 Masters Tournament |
| James Komack |
Actor |
3-Aug-1924 |
24-Dec-1997 |
Norman Tinker on The Courtship of Eddie's Father |
| Peter Lawford |
Actor |
7-Sep-1923 |
24-Dec-1984 |
Rat Pack member |
| Tilly Losch |
Dancer |
15-Nov-1903 |
24-Dec-1975 |
Ballet dancer, sometimes actress |
| Daniel Manning |
Government |
16-May-1831 |
24-Dec-1887 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87 |
| Toshirô Mifune |
Actor |
1-Apr-1920 |
24-Dec-1997 |
Yojimbo |
| Dutch Morial |
Politician |
9-Oct-1929 |
24-Dec-1989 |
Mayor of New Orleans, 1978-86 |
| John Muir |
Activist |
21-Apr-1838 |
24-Dec-1914 |
Patron saint of Yosemite National Park |
| Johnny Oates |
Baseball |
21-Jan-1946 |
24-Dec-2004 |
Former Orioles and Rangers manager |
| John Osborne |
Playwright |
12-Dec-1929 |
24-Dec-1994 |
Look Back in Anger |
| Norman Vincent Peale |
Religion |
31-May-1898 |
24-Dec-1993 |
The Power of Positive Thinking |
| Oscar Peterson |
Jazz Musician |
15-Aug-1925 |
24-Dec-2007 |
Maharajah of the keyboard |
| Harold Pinter |
Playwright |
10-Oct-1930 |
24-Dec-2008 |
The Birthday Party |
| Edwin M. Stanton |
Politician |
19-Dec-1814 |
24-Dec-1869 |
Secretary of War during the Civil War |
| Frank Stanton |
Business |
20-Mar-1908 |
24-Dec-2006 |
President of CBS, 1946-73 |
| Norma Talmadge |
Actor |
26-May-1893 |
24-Dec-1957 |
Du Barry, Woman of Passion |
| William Makepeace Thackeray |
Novelist |
18-Jul-1811 |
24-Dec-1863 |
Vanity Fair |
| Charles Tufts |
Business |
17-Jul-1781 |
24-Dec-1876 |
Founder of Tufts University |
| Tristan Tzara |
Poet |
16-Apr-1896 |
24-Dec-1963 |
Founded the Dada movement |
| Michael Vale |
TV Personality |
28-Jun-1922 |
24-Dec-2005 |
Time to make the donuts |
| Linus Yale, Jr. |
Inventor |
14-Apr-1821 |
24-Dec-1868 |
Pin tumbler locks |
| C. C. Young |
Politician |
28-Apr-1869 |
24-Dec-1947 |
Governor of California, 1927-31 |
