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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Lou Adler
Business
13-Dec-1933   Dunhill and Ode Records
John Anderson
Country Musician
13-Dec-1954   Country music traditionalist
Philip W. Anderson
Physicist
13-Dec-1923   Solid state physics
Roy L. Austin
Diplomat
13-Dec-1939   US Ambassador to Trinidad
Ben Bernanke
Economist
13-Dec-1953   Federal Reserve Chairman
Maximilien de Béthune
Aristocrat
13-Dec-1560 22-Dec-1641 Duc de Sully, confidant of Henri IV
Alan Bullock
Historian
13-Dec-1914 2-Feb-2004 Historian of Hitler, Stalin
Steve Buscemi
Actor
13-Dec-1957   Reservoir Dogs
Jebby Bush
Relative
13-Dec-1983   Son of Jeb Bush
Herman Cain
Business
13-Dec-1945   Godfather's Pizza
Darlene Cates
Actor
13-Dec-1947   Bulbous mother, What's Eating Gilbert Grape
Marc Connelly
Playwright
13-Dec-1890 21-Dec-1980 The Green Pastures
Rusty Cundieff
Actor
13-Dec-1960   Fear of a Black Hat, TV Nation
Jim Davidson
Comic
13-Dec-1953   Stand Up Jim Davidson
John Davidson
Talk Show Host
13-Dec-1941   That's Incredible!
Morris Day
Musician
13-Dec-1957   Frontman for The Time
Tom DeLonge
Musician
13-Dec-1975   Blink-182, Angels and Airwaves
Larry Doby
Baseball
13-Dec-1923 18-Jun-2003 First African-American in AL
Cameron Dye
Actor
13-Dec-1959   Joy of Sex
Erik XIV
Royalty
13-Dec-1533 26-Feb-1577 King of Sweden, 1560-68
Anna Eshoo
Politician
13-Dec-1942   Congresswoman, California 14th
Sergei Fedorov
Hockey
13-Dec-1969   Columbus Blue Jackets
Franklin M. Fisher
Economist
13-Dec-1934   Economist at MIT
Norman Foster
Film Director
13-Dec-1900 7-Jul-1976 Journey Into Fear
Jamie Foxx
Comic
13-Dec-1967   Ray
Mad Frankie Fraser
Criminal
13-Dec-1923   Notorious British bank robber
Kathy Garver
Actor
13-Dec-1945   Cissy on Family Affair
J. Steven Griles
Government
13-Dec-1947   Deputy Interior Secretary
Trygve Haavelmo
Economist
13-Dec-1911 28-Jul-1999 Economic forecasting
John Hart
Actor
13-Dec-1917 20-Sep-2009 Replaced Clayton Moore as TV's Lone Ranger
Jim Haslam
Business
13-Dec-1930   Pilot Corporation
Van Heflin
Actor
13-Dec-1910 23-Jul-1971 Till the Clouds Roll By
Heinrich Heine
Poet
13-Dec-1797 17-Feb-1856 Buch der Lieder
Henri IV
Royalty
13-Dec-1553 14-May-1610 King of France, 1589-1610
James Holmes
Criminal Defendant
13-Dec-1987   2012 Aurora theater shooting
Joseph Howe
Government
13-Dec-1804 1-Jun-1873 Premier of Nova Scotia, 1860-63
Ferguson Jenkins
Baseball
13-Dec-1942   Winner, 1971 Cy Young Award
Lynn-Holly Johnson
Figure Skating
13-Dec-1958   Ice Castles
Curd Jürgens
Actor
13-Dec-1915 18-Jun-1982 The Spy Who Loved Me
Amy Lee
Singer
13-Dec-1981   Evanescence
Hwang Jang Lee
Actor
13-Dec-1944   Drunken Master
Mary Todd Lincoln
First Lady
13-Dec-1818 16-Jul-1882 Wife of US President Abraham Lincoln
Robert Lindsay
Actor
13-Dec-1949   Citizen Smith
Danny Lohner
Bassist
13-Dec-1970   Bassist for Nine Inch Nails
Ross Macdonald
Novelist
13-Dec-1915 11-Jul-1983 Creator of P.I. Lew Archer
Wendie Malick
Actor
13-Dec-1950   Judith on Dream On
Myra McDaniel
Attorney
13-Dec-1932 25-Feb-2010 Texas Secretary of State, 1984-87
Carey McWilliams
Journalist
13-Dec-1905 27-Jun-1980 Editor of The Nation, 1955-75
Justus Menius
Religion
13-Dec-1499 11-Aug-1558 Lutheran theologian in Thuringinia
Jean-Marie Messier
Business
13-Dec-1956   CEO of Vivendi, 1996-2000
Archie Moore
Boxing
13-Dec-1913 9-Dec-1998 The Old Mongoose
James Murdoch
Business
13-Dec-1972   Rupert Murdoch's heir-apparent
Tatsuya Nakadai
Actor
13-Dec-1932   The Sword of Doom
Ted Nugent
Musician
13-Dec-1948   Rock star, bowhunting enthusiast
Geneviève Page
Actor
13-Dec-1927   Belle de Jour
Larry Parks
Actor
13-Dec-1914 13-Apr-1975 Named names before HUAC
Talcott Parsons
Sociologist
13-Dec-1902 8-May-1979 The Structure of Social Action
Kenneth Patchen
Poet
13-Dec-1911 8-Jan-1972 Journal of Albion Moonlight
Drew Pearson
Journalist
13-Dec-1897 1-Sep-1969 Washington Merry-Go-Round
Bo Pelini
Football
13-Dec-1967   Head Coach, Nebraska Cornhuskers
Kaysone Phomvihane
Head of State
13-Dec-1920 21-Nov-1992 Prime Minister of Laos, 1975-91
Brian Pitman
Business
13-Dec-1931 11-Mar-2010 CEO of Lloyds TSB
Christopher Plummer
Actor
13-Dec-1929   A Beautiful Mind
Robert Prosky
Actor
13-Dec-1930 8-Dec-2008 Pat Chase on Veronica's Closet
Robin W. Renwick
Diplomat
13-Dec-1937   UK Ambassador to the US, 1991-95
J. Patrick Rooney
Business
13-Dec-1927 15-Sep-2008 Golden Rule Insurance
Lillian Roth
Actor
13-Dec-1910 12-May-1980 I'll Cry Tomorrow
Rex Ryan
Football
13-Dec-1962   Head Coach, New York Jets
George Shultz
Government
13-Dec-1920   US Secretary of State, 1982-89
Werner von Siemens
Business
13-Dec-1816 6-Dec-1892 Founder of Siemens AG
Pope Sixtus V
Religion
13-Dec-1521 27-Aug-1590 Roman Catholic Pope, 1585-90
Ambrose Spencer
Politician
13-Dec-1765 13-Mar-1848 Congressman and Judge from New York
Mark Stevens
Actor
13-Dec-1916 15-Sep-1994 The Snake Pit
Taylor Swift
Country Musician
13-Dec-1989   Country music sensation
Jack Tramiel
Business
13-Dec-1928 8-Apr-2012 Commodore Business Machines
Laurens van der Post
Author
13-Dec-1906 15-Dec-1996 The Lost World of the Kalahari
Dick Van Dyke
Actor
13-Dec-1925   The Dick Van Dyke Show
Tom Verlaine
Guitarist
13-Dec-1949   Frontman for Television
Thomas Vilsack
Politician
13-Dec-1950   US Secretary of Agriculture
Bill Vukovich
Auto Racing
13-Dec-1918 30-May-1955 Winner, 1953 and 1954 Indianapolis 500
Johnny Whitaker
Actor
13-Dec-1959   Jody on Family Affair
James Wright
Poet
13-Dec-1927 25-Mar-1980 The Branch Will Not Break
Magdalena Wrobel
Model
13-Dec-1975   Wonderbra model
Alvin York
Military
13-Dec-1887 2-Sep-1964 Highly decorated WWI veteran
Kneeland C. Youngblood
Business
13-Dec-1955   Pharos Capital Group
Richard D. Zanuck
Film/TV Producer
13-Dec-1934 13-Jul-2012 Driving Miss Daisy
Gary Zimmerman
Football
13-Dec-1961   NFL Hall of Famer




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