| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| E. Ross Adair |
Politician |
14-Dec-1907 |
5-May-1983 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1951-71 |
| Sandy Adams |
Politician |
14-Dec-1956 |
|
Congresswoman, Florida 24th |
| Morey Amsterdam |
Actor |
14-Dec-1908 |
27-Oct-1996 |
The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| Lewis Arquette |
Actor |
14-Dec-1935 |
10-Feb-2001 |
Arquette patriarch |
| Lester Bangs |
Critic |
14-Dec-1948 |
30-Apr-1982 |
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung |
| Nikolay G. Basov |
Physicist |
14-Dec-1922 |
1-Jul-2001 |
Invention of the maser and laser |
| Frances Bavier |
Actor |
14-Dec-1902 |
6-Dec-1989 |
Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show |
| Craig Biggio |
Baseball |
14-Dec-1965 |
|
Houston Astros |
| Jane Birkin |
Actor |
14-Dec-1946 |
|
Sang on Je t'aime ... moi non plus |
| Tammy Blanchard |
Actor |
14-Dec-1976 |
|
Played Gypsy Rose Lee |
| Leon Botstein |
Educator |
14-Dec-1946 |
|
President of Bard College |
| Tycho Brahe |
Astronomer |
14-Dec-1546 |
24-Oct-1601 |
Copper-nosed Danish astronomer |
| Stewart Brand |
Business |
14-Dec-1938 |
|
Founder, Whole Earth Catalog |
| Bill Buckner |
Baseball |
14-Dec-1949 |
|
Haunted by game 6 of the 1986 World Series |
| Arsenio Martinez Campos |
Head of State |
14-Dec-1831 |
23-Sep-1900 |
Spanish Governor of Cuba |
| Charles John Canning |
Government |
14-Dec-1812 |
17-Jun-1862 |
Governor-General of India |
| Karl Carstens |
Head of State |
14-Dec-1914 |
30-May-1992 |
President of Germany, 1979-84 |
| Leland Chapman |
TV Personality |
14-Dec-1976 |
|
Dog the Bounty Hunter's son |
| Thomas Cochrane |
Military |
14-Dec-1775 |
31-Oct-1860 |
Rear Admiral, invented the smoke screen |
| James Comey |
Government |
14-Dec-1960 |
|
Deputy US Attorney General, 2003-05 |
| Erastus Corning |
Business |
14-Dec-1794 |
9-Apr-1872 |
Railroad baron, Ironmonger, Congressman |
| Stanley Crouch |
Columnist |
14-Dec-1945 |
|
Jazz critic |
| Dan Dailey |
Actor |
14-Dec-1913 |
16-Oct-1978 |
When My Baby Smiles at Me |
| Ernie Davis |
Football |
14-Dec-1939 |
18-May-1963 |
Winner, 1961 Heisman Trophy |
| Jay Dickey |
Politician |
14-Dec-1939 |
|
Congressman from Arkansas, 1993-2001 |
| James Doolittle |
Aviator |
14-Dec-1896 |
27-Sep-1993 |
Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942 |
| Patty Duke |
Actor |
14-Dec-1946 |
|
The Patty Duke Show |
| Paul Éluard |
Poet |
14-Dec-1895 |
18-Nov-1952 |
La Capitale de la Douleur |
| Stefan Eriksson |
Business |
14-Dec-1961 |
|
Gizmondo exec, crashed Ferrari |
| Don Franklin |
Actor |
14-Dec-1960 |
|
Cmdr. Jonathan Ford on Seaquest DSV |
| George Furth |
Playwright |
14-Dec-1932 |
11-Aug-2008 |
Company |
| Nadine Garner |
Actor |
14-Dec-1970 |
|
Jennifer Mapplethorpe on City Homicide |
| King George VI |
Royalty |
14-Dec-1895 |
6-Feb-1952 |
King of England, 1936-1952 |
| Cynthia Gibb |
Actor |
14-Dec-1963 |
|
Youngblood |
| James Grauerholz |
Author |
14-Dec-1953 |
|
William S. Burrough's assistant |
| Ethel Browne Harvey |
Zoologist |
14-Dec-1885 |
2-Sep-1965 |
Embryology of sea urchins |
| Glenda Hatchett |
TV Personality |
14-Dec-1951 |
|
Judge Hatchett |
| Nan Hayworth |
Politician |
14-Dec-1959 |
|
Congresswoman, New York 19th |
| Don Hewitt |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Dec-1922 |
19-Aug-2009 |
60 Minutes creator |
| Vanessa Anne Hudgens |
Actor |
14-Dec-1988 |
|
High School Musical |
| William L. Hungate |
Politician |
14-Dec-1922 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1964-77 |
| Laura Ingalls |
Aviator |
14-Dec-1893 |
10-Jan-1967 |
Aviatrix and Nazi sympathizer |
| Frankie J |
Singer |
14-Dec-1980 |
|
Don't Wanna Try |
| Shirley Jackson |
Novelist |
14-Dec-1916 |
8-Aug-1965 |
The Lottery |
| Héctor Jiménez |
Actor |
14-Dec-1973 |
|
Nacho Libre |
| Spike Jones |
Musician |
14-Dec-1911 |
1-May-1965 |
Cocktails for Two |
| Jeremy Paul Kagan |
Film Director |
14-Dec-1945 |
|
The Journey of Natty Gann |
| Raj Kapoor |
Actor |
14-Dec-1924 |
2-Jun-1988 |
Top 20th Century Hindi megastar |
| Elyse Knox |
Actor |
14-Dec-1917 |
16-Feb-2012 |
The Mummy's Tomb |
| John Mercer Langston |
Politician |
14-Dec-1829 |
15-Nov-1897 |
First black Congressman elected from Virginia |
| R. Fred Lewis |
Judge |
14-Dec-1947 |
|
Florida Chief Justice |
| John Lurie |
Musician |
14-Dec-1952 |
|
Fishing with John, Lounge Lizard |
| Ginger Lynn |
Pornstar |
14-Dec-1962 |
|
Come Hither Cum Ginger |
| Alex J. Mandl |
Business |
14-Dec-1943 |
|
President and COO of AT&T, 1994-96 |
| Kevin J. Martin |
Government |
14-Dec-1966 |
|
FCC Chairman, 2005-09 |
| Natascha McElhone |
Actor |
14-Dec-1971 |
|
The Truman Show |
| Robert E. McNair |
Politician |
14-Dec-1923 |
17-Nov-2007 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1965-71 |
| Sophie Monk |
Singer |
14-Dec-1979 |
|
Calendar Girl |
| Laurence Naismith |
Actor |
14-Dec-1908 |
5-Jun-1992 |
The Amazing Mr. Blunden |
| Nostradamus |
Paranormal |
14-Dec-1503 |
1-Jul-1566 |
Notoriously ambiguous prophet |
| Beth Orton |
Singer/Songwriter |
14-Dec-1970 |
|
Folk singer/songwriter |
| Michael Ovitz |
Business |
14-Dec-1946 |
|
President of Disney, 1995-97 |
| Michael Owen |
Soccer |
14-Dec-1979 |
|
Soccer great |
| Paul |
Royalty |
14-Dec-1901 |
6-Mar-1964 |
King of Greece, 1947-64 |
| Mark Pauline |
Performance Artist |
14-Dec-1953 |
|
Survival Research Labs |
| Victor Pinchuk |
Business |
14-Dec-1960 |
|
Billionaire, Interpipe Corporation |
| Ted Raimi |
Actor |
14-Dec-1965 |
|
Joxer on Xena, Warrior Princess |
| Lillian Randolph |
Actor |
14-Dec-1898 |
12-Sep-1980 |
Birdie on The Great Gildersleeve |
| Marge Redmond |
Actor |
14-Dec-1930 |
|
Sister Jacqueline on The Flying Nun |
| Lee Remick |
Actor |
14-Dec-1935 |
2-Jul-1991 |
Days of Wine and Roses |
| Karl Renner |
Head of State |
14-Dec-1870 |
31-Dec-1950 |
President of Austria, 1945-50 |
| Charlie Rich |
Country Musician |
14-Dec-1932 |
25-Jul-1995 |
The Silver Fox |
| Rick Rifle |
TV Personality |
14-Dec-1968 |
|
Interior decorator on Trading Spaces |
| Dilma Rousseff |
Head of State |
14-Dec-1947 |
|
President of Brazil |
| Grant Sawyer |
Politician |
14-Dec-1918 |
19-Feb-1996 |
Governor of Nevada, 1959-67 |
| Thomas G. Saylor |
Judge |
14-Dec-1946 |
|
Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
| Janette Scott |
Actor |
14-Dec-1938 |
|
The Day of the Triffids |
| Charles Seeger |
Musicologist |
14-Dec-1886 |
7-Feb-1979 |
American musicologist |
| Margaret Chase Smith |
Politician |
14-Dec-1897 |
29-May-1995 |
US Senator from Maine, 1949-73 |
| Stan Smith |
Tennis |
14-Dec-1946 |
|
Winner of 7 major tournaments |
| KaDee Strickland |
Actor |
14-Dec-1975 |
|
Dr. Charlotte King on Private Practice |
| James Sutorius |
Actor |
14-Dec-1944 |
|
Gordon Wales on Dynasty |
| Edward Tatum |
Scientist |
14-Dec-1909 |
7-Nov-1975 |
One gene, one enzyme theory |
| June Taylor |
Dancer |
14-Dec-1917 |
17-May-2004 |
June Taylor Dancers choreographer |
| Tia Texada |
Actor |
14-Dec-1971 |
|
Sgt. Maritza Cruz on Third Watch |
| Helle Thorning-Schmidt |
Head of State |
14-Dec-1966 |
|
Prime Minister of Denmark |
| Charley Trippi |
Football |
14-Dec-1922 |
|
NFL Hall of Fame QB/HB, Chicago Cardinals |
| Dee Wallace-Stone |
Actor |
14-Dec-1948 |
|
E.T.: The Extraterrestrial |
| Cliff Williams |
Bassist |
14-Dec-1949 |
|
Bassist for AC/DC |
| Hal Williams |
Actor |
14-Dec-1938 |
|
Lester Jenkins on 227 |
