| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Abu Abbas |
Terrorist |
10-Dec-1948 |
9-Mar-2004 |
Masterminded the Achille Lauro hijacking |
| Harold Adamson |
Songwriter |
10-Dec-1906 |
17-Aug-1980 |
Time on My Hands |
| Sergei Averintsev |
Author |
10-Dec-1937 |
21-Feb-2004 |
Myth of the Peoples of the World |
| Rod Blagojevich |
Politician |
10-Dec-1956 |
|
Governor of Illinois, 2003-09 |
| Rob Blake |
Hockey |
10-Dec-1969 |
|
Los Angeles Kings |
| Dan Blocker |
Actor |
10-Dec-1928 |
13-May-1972 |
Hoss on Bonanza |
| John Boozman |
Politician |
10-Dec-1950 |
|
US Senator from Arkansas |
| Kenneth Branagh |
Actor |
10-Dec-1960 |
|
British thespian |
| Lew Brown |
Songwriter |
10-Dec-1893 |
5-Feb-1958 |
Beer Barrel Polka |
| Crazy Cabbie |
Radio Personality |
10-Dec-1968 |
|
Part of the Howard Stern menagerie |
| Ken Campbell |
Actor |
10-Dec-1941 |
31-Aug-2008 |
British experimental theatre |
| Emmanuelle Chriqui |
Actor |
10-Dec-1977 |
|
Sloan on Entourage |
| John Colicos |
Actor |
10-Dec-1928 |
6-Mar-2000 |
Anne of the Thousand Days |
| Arthur D. Collins, Jr. |
Business |
10-Dec-1947 |
|
CEO of Medtronic, 2001-07 |
| Ray Collins |
Actor |
10-Dec-1889 |
11-Jul-1965 |
Lt. Tragg on Perry Mason |
| Kathy Dahlkemper |
Politician |
10-Dec-1957 |
|
Congresswoman from Pennsylvania, 2009-11 |
| Melvil Dewey |
Curator |
10-Dec-1851 |
26-Dec-1931 |
Dewey Decimal System |
| Susan Dey |
Actor |
10-Dec-1952 |
|
The Partridge Family |
| Emily Dickinson |
Poet |
10-Dec-1830 |
15-May-1886 |
Perplexing American poet |
| Michael Clarke Duncan |
Actor |
10-Dec-1957 |
|
The Green Mile |
| Edward Eggleston |
Novelist |
10-Dec-1837 |
4-Sep-1902 |
The Hoosier School-Master |
| Jeffrey Fager |
Film/TV Producer |
10-Dec-1954 |
|
60 Minutes executive producer |
| Fionnula Flanagan |
Actor |
10-Dec-1941 |
|
James Joyce's Women |
| Bobby Flay |
Chef |
10-Dec-1964 |
|
Southwestern cuisine impresario |
| Patrick Flueger |
Actor |
10-Dec-1983 |
|
Shawn Farrell on The 4400 |
| Harry Fowler |
Actor |
10-Dec-1926 |
4-Jan-2012 |
Cpl. Hoskins on The Army Game |
| César Franck |
Composer |
10-Dec-1822 |
8-Nov-1890 |
Symphonic Variations |
| William Lloyd Garrison |
Activist |
10-Dec-1805 |
24-May-1879 |
Anti-slavery editor of the Liberator |
| Greg Giraldo |
Comic |
10-Dec-1965 |
29-Sep-2010 |
Friday Night Stand-Up |
| Rumer Godden |
Author |
10-Dec-1907 |
8-Nov-1998 |
The River |
| Peter Michael Goetz |
Actor |
10-Dec-1941 |
|
Chuck Cavanaugh on The Cavanaughs |
| Thomas P. Gore |
Politician |
10-Dec-1870 |
16-Mar-1949 |
Blind US Senator from Oklahoma |
| Harold Gould |
Actor |
10-Dec-1923 |
11-Sep-2010 |
Martin Morganstern on Rhoda |
| Luis Gutierrez |
Politician |
10-Dec-1953 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 4th |
| Anne Gwynne |
Actor |
10-Dec-1918 |
31-Mar-2003 |
WWII pinup girl, also actress |
| Paul Hardcastle |
Musician |
10-Dec-1957 |
|
19 |
| Thomas Holcroft |
Playwright |
10-Dec-1745 |
23-Mar-1809 |
The Road to Ruin |
| Chet Huntley |
Journalist |
10-Dec-1911 |
20-Mar-1974 |
The Huntley-Brinkley Report |
| Karl Gustav Jacobi |
Mathematician |
10-Dec-1804 |
18-Feb-1851 |
Investigated elliptical functions |
| Jaromil Jires |
Film Director |
10-Dec-1935 |
24-Oct-2001 |
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders |
| Doug Kenney |
Comic |
10-Dec-1946 |
27-Aug-1980 |
National Lampoon cofounder |
| John H. Kinkead |
Politician |
10-Dec-1826 |
15-Aug-1904 |
Governor of Nevada, 1879-83 |
| Tommy Kirk |
Actor |
10-Dec-1941 |
|
The Mickey Mouse Club |
| Carolyn Kizer |
Poet |
10-Dec-1925 |
|
Yin: New Poems |
| Alfred Kreymborg |
Author |
10-Dec-1883 |
Aug-1966 |
Founder of The Glebe |
| Kuniva |
Rapper |
10-Dec-1976 |
|
D-12 |
| James Armistead Lafayette |
Spy |
10-Dec-1748 |
9-Aug-1830 |
American spy during the Revolution |
| Dorothy Lamour |
Actor |
10-Dec-1914 |
22-Sep-1996 |
My Favorite Brunette |
| Greg Laurie |
Religion |
10-Dec-1952 |
|
Harvest Christian Fellowship |
| Horace Liveright |
Publisher |
10-Dec-1886 |
24-Sep-1933 |
Publisher of the Modern Library series |
| Adolf Loos |
Architect |
10-Dec-1870 |
8-Aug-1933 |
Ornament and Crime |
| Gloria Loring |
Singer |
10-Dec-1946 |
|
Friends and Lovers |
| Ada Lovelace |
Mathematician |
10-Dec-1815 |
27-Nov-1852 |
Programmed the (theoretical) difference engine |
| George MacDonald |
Author |
10-Dec-1824 |
18-Sep-1905 |
At the Back of the North Wind |
| Mako |
Actor |
10-Dec-1933 |
21-Jul-2006 |
Akiro "The Wizard" in the Conan series |
| Vito Marcantonio |
Politician |
10-Dec-1902 |
9-Aug-1954 |
American Labor Party |
| J Mascis |
Musician |
10-Dec-1965 |
|
Frontman for Dinosaur Jr. |
| Una Merkel |
Actor |
10-Dec-1903 |
2-Jan-1986 |
Summer and Smoke |
| Olivier Messiaen |
Composer |
10-Dec-1908 |
27-Apr-1992 |
Turangalîla-Symphonie |
| Eddie Miller |
Country Musician |
10-Dec-1919 |
11-Apr-1977 |
Release Me |
| Brian Molko |
Musician |
10-Dec-1972 |
|
Frontman of Placebo |
| Thomas A. Murphy |
Business |
10-Dec-1915 |
18-Jan-2006 |
CEO of General Motors, 1974-80 |
| Otto Neurath |
Sociologist |
10-Dec-1882 |
22-Dec-1945 |
Vienna Circle positivist |
| George Newbern |
Actor |
10-Dec-1964 |
|
Justice League |
| Brian Nichols |
Criminal |
10-Dec-1971 |
|
Allegedly killed judge, deputy during escape |
| Agnes Nixon |
Film/TV Producer |
10-Dec-1927 |
|
Daytime soap operas |
| Vivienne Osborne |
Actor |
10-Dec-1896 |
10-Jun-1961 |
The Dark Horse |
| Hermes Pan |
Choreographer |
10-Dec-1909 |
19-Sep-1990 |
Choreographer for Astaire and Rogers |
| Nia Peeples |
Actor |
10-Dec-1961 |
|
Walker, Texas Ranger |
| Summer Phoenix |
Actor |
10-Dec-1978 |
|
The Laramie Project |
| Arnold Pinnock |
Actor |
10-Dec-1967 |
|
George Ryder on The Listener |
| Raven-Symoné |
Actor |
10-Dec-1985 |
|
That's So Raven |
| Prem Rawat |
Religion |
10-Dec-1957 |
|
Guru Maharaj Ji |
| Tommy Rettig |
Actor |
10-Dec-1941 |
15-Feb-1996 |
Jeff Miller in Lassie |
| Sharon Percy Rockefeller |
Business |
10-Dec-1944 |
|
CEO of WETA Public Broadcasting |
| John D. Ryan |
Military |
10-Dec-1915 |
27-Oct-1983 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1969-73 |
| Nelly Sachs |
Poet |
10-Dec-1891 |
12-May-1970 |
O the Chimneys |
| Carmine De Sapio |
Government |
10-Dec-1908 |
27-Jul-2004 |
The Last Boss of Tammany Hall |
| Michael Schoeffling |
Actor |
10-Dec-1960 |
|
Jake Ryan in Sixteen Candles |
| Austin Scott |
Politician |
10-Dec-1969 |
|
Congressman, Georgia 8th |
| Ivan G. Seidenberg |
Business |
10-Dec-1946 |
|
Chairman and CEO of Verizon |
| Jorge Semprún |
Novelist |
10-Dec-1923 |
7-Jun-2011 |
Screenplay for Z |
| Jouett Shouse |
Politician |
10-Dec-1879 |
2-Jun-1968 |
Congressman from Kansas, 1915-19 |
| Tara Subkoff |
Actor |
10-Dec-1972 |
|
Imitation of Christ fashion line |
| Howard M. Temin |
Scientist |
10-Dec-1934 |
9-Feb-1994 |
Tumor viruses and host genetics |
| Gerald Thomas |
Film Director |
10-Dec-1920 |
9-Nov-1993 |
Carry On... |
| Christine S. Vertefeuille |
Judge |
10-Dec-1950 |
|
Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court |
| Andrei Vyshinsky |
Government |
10-Dec-1883 |
22-Nov-1954 |
Soviet Prosecutor General during the Great Purge |
| Meg White |
Drummer |
10-Dec-1974 |
|
Drummer for The White Stripes |
| Pete Williams |
Politician |
10-Dec-1919 |
17-Nov-2001 |
US Senator snagged in ABSCAM |
| Teddy Wilson |
Actor |
10-Dec-1943 |
21-Jul-1991 |
Earl Chambers on That's My Mama |
| James Wolcott |
Journalist |
10-Dec-1952 |
|
Vanity Fair cultural critic |
| Clayton K. Yeutter |
Government |
10-Dec-1930 |
|
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1989-91 |