LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Johnny Ace	Singer/Songwriter	9-Jun-1929	25-Dec-1954	R&B star, shot himself
Pope Adrian I	Religion	?	25-Dec-795 AD	Roman Catholic Pope, 772-95
Phil Alvarado	Boxing	18-Jan-1919	25-Dec-2003	Greatest amateur boxer ever
Leona Anderson	Actor	3-Apr-1885	25-Dec-1973	House on Haunted Hill
Pierre Auger	Physicist	14-May-1899	25-Dec-1993	Auger effect
Warren R. Austin	Politician	12-Nov-1877	25-Dec-1962	US Senator from Vermont, 1931-46
Derek Bailey	Guitarist	29-Jan-1932	25-Dec-2005	Uncompromising guitar improvisationist
Newton D. Baker	Politician	3-Dec-1871	25-Dec-1937	US Secretary of War, 1916-21
Benny Binion	Business	20-Nov-1904	25-Dec-1989	Founder, World Series of Poker
Joan Blondell	Actor	30-Aug-1906	25-Dec-1979	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Curt Bois	Actor	5-Apr-1901	25-Dec-1991	Pickpocket in Casablanca
Lee Bowman	Actor	28-Dec-1914	25-Dec-1979	Smash-Up
Owen Brewster	Politician	22-Feb-1888	25-Dec-1961	Governor and Senator from Maine
James Brown	Singer	3-May-1933	25-Dec-2006	Godfather of Soul
Karel Capek	Author	9-Jan-1890	25-Dec-1938	R.U.R.
Nicolae Ceausescu	Head of State	26-Jan-1918	25-Dec-1989	Dictator of Romania
Charlie Chaplin	Actor	16-Apr-1889	25-Dec-1977	Silent film comedian
Vic Chesnutt	Singer/Songwriter	12-Nov-1964	25-Dec-2009	Wheelchair-bound folk singer
Frankie Darro	Actor	22-Dec-1917	25-Dec-1976	The Phantom Empire
Samuel de Champlain	Explorer	1567	25-Dec-1635	Namesake of Lake Champlain
Dietrich Eckart	Playwright	23-Mar-1868	25-Dec-1923	Nazi intellectual, Hitler's best friend
W. C. Fields	Comic	29-Jan-1880	25-Dec-1946	The Bank Dick
Eugen Goldstein	Physicist	5-Sep-1850	25-Dec-1930	Cathode rays
Sir Matthew Hale	Judge	1-Nov-1609	25-Dec-1676	Lord Chief Justice of England
Ismet Inonu	Head of State	25-Sep-1884	25-Dec-1973	President, Prime Minister of Turkey
Eartha Kitt	Singer	17-Jan-1927	25-Dec-2008	Catwoman
Emmanuel Levinas	Philosopher	12-Jan-1906	25-Dec-1995	Totality and Infinity
Ralph Linton	Anthropologist	27-Feb-1893	25-Dec-1953	The Study of Man
Otto Loewi	Scientist	3-Jun-1873	25-Dec-1961	Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter
Billy Martin	Baseball	16-May-1928	25-Dec-1989	NY Yankees manager, fired 5 times
Dean Martin	Singer	7-Jun-1917	25-Dec-1995	Member of Rat Pack
Nicholas Mavroules	Politician	1-Nov-1929	25-Dec-2003	Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-93
Joan Miró	Painter	20-Apr-1893	25-Dec-1983	The most surrealist of them all
Harry Myers	Actor	5-Sep-1882	25-Dec-1938	City Lights
Birgit Nilsson	Singer	17-May-1918	25-Dec-2005	Swedish operatic, Wagnerian soprano
Nicola Paone	Business	5-Oct-1915	25-Dec-2003	Restaurateur, Italian Troubadour
Richard Paul	Actor	6-Jun-1940	25-Dec-1998	Born to play Jerry Falwell
Carlos Andres Perez	Head of State	27-Oct-1922	25-Dec-2010	Twice President of Venezuela, impeached
Denver Pyle	Actor	11-May-1920	25-Dec-1997	Jesse Duke on Dukes of Hazzard
Willard Van Orman Quine	Philosopher	25-Jun-1908	25-Dec-2000	Two Dogmas of Empiricism
Ann Savage	Actor	19-Feb-1921	25-Dec-2008	Detour
Lee Shubert	Theatre Producer	25-Mar-1871	25-Dec-1953	Broke the Erlanger theater syndicate
Nicolas Slonimsky	Musicologist	27-Apr-1894	25-Dec-1995	Preeminent musicologist
Charles W. Socarides	Activist	24-Jan-1922	25-Dec-2005	Deprogrammer of homosexuals
Harry Steenbock	Biologist	16-Aug-1886	25-Dec-1967	Cured rickets with synthesized Vitamin D
Karel Stepanek	Actor	29-Oct-1899	25-Dec-1980	Czech-English actor, played Germans

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