| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab |
Terrorist |
22-Dec-1986 |
|
Nigerian underwear bomber |
| Marc Allégret |
Film Director |
22-Dec-1900 |
4-Nov-1973 |
Entrée des Artistes |
| Mulk Raj Anand |
Novelist |
22-Dec-1905 |
28-Sep-2004 |
Untouchable |
| Peggy Ashcroft |
Actor |
22-Dec-1907 |
14-Jun-1991 |
A Passage to India |
| Anna Ayala |
Criminal |
22-Dec-1965 |
|
Wendy's chili-finger woman |
| Jean-Michel Basquiat |
Painter |
22-Dec-1960 |
12-Aug-1988 |
NYC graffiti artist |
| Graham Beckel |
Actor |
22-Dec-1949 |
|
Steve Sullivan on Cafe Americain |
| Barbara Billingsley |
Actor |
22-Dec-1915 |
16-Oct-2010 |
June Cleaver on Leave It to Beaver |
| Giovanni Bottesini |
Musician |
22-Dec-1821 |
7-Jul-1889 |
Cristoforo Colombo |
| Pierre Brasseur |
Actor |
22-Dec-1905 |
16-Aug-1972 |
Les Enfants du Paradis |
| Timothy P. Broglio |
Religion |
22-Dec-1951 |
|
Archbishop of US Military Services |
| José A. Cabranes |
Judge |
22-Dec-1940 |
|
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Luther Campbell |
Rapper |
22-Dec-1960 |
|
2 Live Crew, Luke Records founder |
| Steve Carlton |
Baseball |
22-Dec-1944 |
|
Winner of four Cy Young Awards |
| Chris Carmack |
Actor |
22-Dec-1980 |
|
Luke Ward on The O.C. |
| Alan Carney |
Actor |
22-Dec-1909 |
2-May-1973 |
Comedy duo, Brown & Carney |
| G. Harrold Carswell |
Judge |
22-Dec-1919 |
31-Jul-1992 |
Failed US Supreme Court nominee |
| Peggie Castle |
Actor |
22-Dec-1927 |
11-Aug-1973 |
Lily Merrill on Lawman |
| Bainbridge Colby |
Government |
22-Dec-1869 |
11-Apr-1950 |
US Secretary of State, 1920-21 |
| John Crome |
Painter |
22-Dec-1768 |
22-Apr-1821 |
Painter of trees, Norwich School |
| Ted Cruz |
Attorney |
22-Dec-1970 |
|
Solicitor General of Texas, 2003-08 |
| Frankie Darro |
Actor |
22-Dec-1917 |
25-Dec-1976 |
The Phantom Empire |
| Dan Devine |
Football |
22-Dec-1924 |
9-May-2002 |
Packers, NCAA head coach |
| Traci Dinwiddie |
Actor |
22-Dec-1973 |
|
Dead Heist |
| Heather Donahue |
Actor |
22-Dec-1974 |
|
The Blair Witch Project |
| Hector Elizondo |
Actor |
22-Dec-1936 |
|
Dr. Neven Bell on Monk |
| Andrew Fastow |
Business |
22-Dec-1961 |
|
Disgraced CFO of Enron |
| Ralph Fiennes |
Actor |
22-Dec-1962 |
|
The English Patient |
| Patrick J. Fitzgerald |
Government |
22-Dec-1960 |
|
Special Counsel for Plame case |
| Freddie Francis |
Film Director |
22-Dec-1917 |
17-Mar-2007 |
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave |
| Thomas Gaisford |
Scholar |
22-Dec-1779 |
2-Jun-1855 |
English classical scholar |
| Steve Garvey |
Baseball |
22-Dec-1948 |
|
Former LA Dodger |
| Maurice Gibb |
Bassist |
22-Dec-1949 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Bassist and vocalist of Bee Gees |
| Robin Gibb |
Singer |
22-Dec-1949 |
20-May-2012 |
Vocalist for the Bee Gees |
| Walter S. Goodland |
Politician |
22-Dec-1862 |
12-Mar-1947 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1943-47 |
| Jean Hardouin |
Scholar |
22-Dec-1646 |
3-Sep-1729 |
Confused Jesuit scholar |
| Haldan K. Hartline |
Scientist |
22-Dec-1903 |
17-Mar-1983 |
Physiology of the retina |
| Morton Heilig |
Inventor |
22-Dec-1926 |
14-May-1997 |
Early virtual reality pioneer |
| Prentiss Ingraham |
Novelist |
22-Dec-1843 |
16-Aug-1904 |
Dime novelist wrote 600 Old West novels |
| Lady Bird Johnson |
First Lady |
22-Dec-1912 |
11-Jul-2007 |
Wife of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson |
| Frank B. Kellogg |
Government |
22-Dec-1856 |
21-Dec-1937 |
US Secretary of State, 1925-29 |
| André Kostelanetz |
Conductor |
22-Dec-1901 |
13-Jan-1980 |
André Kostelanetz Presents |
| Janet Langhart |
First Lady |
22-Dec-1941 |
|
Ex-First Lady of the Pentagon |
| Charles de Lint |
Author |
22-Dec-1951 |
|
The Onion Girl |
| Jean-Étienne Liotard |
Painter |
22-Dec-1702 |
12-Jun-1789 |
Swiss portrait painter |
| Bill Lipinski |
Politician |
22-Dec-1937 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1983-2005 |
| Connie Mack |
Baseball |
22-Dec-1862 |
8-Feb-1956 |
Manager of the Philadelphia Athletics |
| Fred Malek |
Government |
22-Dec-1936 |
|
Thayer Capital Partners |
| Frank Merriam |
Politician |
22-Dec-1865 |
25-Apr-1955 |
Governor of California, 1934-39 |
| Dina Meyer |
Actor |
22-Dec-1968 |
|
Starship Troopers |
| Brooke Nevin |
Actor |
22-Dec-1982 |
|
Julianne Simms on Breakout Kings |
| James Edward Oglethorpe |
Government |
22-Dec-1696 |
1-Jul-1785 |
Founder of Georgia colony |
| Abel Pacheco |
Head of State |
22-Dec-1933 |
|
President of Costa Rica, 2002-06 |
| Vanessa Paradis |
Actor |
22-Dec-1972 |
|
La Fille sur le Pont |
| Solomon Passy |
Government |
22-Dec-1956 |
|
Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Steve Pence |
Politician |
22-Dec-1953 |
|
Lt. Governor of Kentucky, 2003-07 |
| Susan Powter |
Fitness Guru |
22-Dec-1957 |
|
Stop the Insanity! fitness guru |
| Giacomo Puccini |
Composer |
22-Dec-1858 |
29-Nov-1924 |
Madame Butterfly |
| Joe Pyne |
TV Personality |
22-Dec-1925 |
23-Mar-1970 |
Father of attack TV |
| Srinivasa Ramanujan |
Mathematician |
22-Dec-1887 |
26-Apr-1920 |
Self-educated mathematician |
| Gene Rayburn |
Game Show Host |
22-Dec-1917 |
29-Nov-1999 |
Host of Match Game |
| Opie Read |
Author |
22-Dec-1852 |
2-Nov-1939 |
Jucklins |
| Grote Reber |
Astronomer |
22-Dec-1911 |
20-Dec-2002 |
First radio astronomer |
| B. Carroll Reece |
Politician |
22-Dec-1889 |
19-Mar-1961 |
Congressman from Tennessee |
| Kenneth Rexroth |
Poet |
22-Dec-1905 |
6-Jun-1982 |
Disenchanted beat poet |
| Edwin Arlington Robinson |
Poet |
22-Dec-1869 |
6-Apr-1935 |
The Man Against the Sky |
| Ruth Roman |
Actor |
22-Dec-1922 |
9-Sep-1999 |
Champion |
| Diane Sawyer |
Journalist |
22-Dec-1945 |
|
Good Morning America |
| Jordin Sparks |
Singer |
22-Dec-1989 |
|
Winner, 6th season American Idol |
| Lawrence B. Sperry |
Inventor |
22-Dec-1892 |
13-Dec-1923 |
Invented the autopilot |
| Bern Nadette Stanis |
Actor |
22-Dec-1953 |
|
Thelma on Good Times |
| Carl W. Strom |
Diplomat |
22-Dec-1899 |
27-Jan-1969 |
US Ambassador to Bolivia, 1959-61 |
| Lynne Thigpen |
Actor |
22-Dec-1948 |
12-Mar-2003 |
Godspell |
| Mia Tyler |
Model |
22-Dec-1978 |
|
Model/daughter of Steven Tyler |
| Edgard Varèse |
Composer |
22-Dec-1883 |
8-Nov-1965 |
Poème électronique |
| William A. Vinson |
Judge |
22-Dec-1874 |
26-Oct-1951 |
Vinson & Elkins |
| Minor Watson |
Actor |
22-Dec-1889 |
28-Jul-1965 |
Guadalcanal Diary |
| T. K. Wetherell |
Politician |
22-Dec-1945 |
|
President, Florida State University |
| Richard H. Whiteley |
Politician |
22-Dec-1830 |
26-Sep-1890 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1870-76 |
| Fred M. Wilcox |
Film Director |
22-Dec-1907 |
23-Sep-1964 |
Forbidden Planet |
| Paul Wolfowitz |
Government |
22-Dec-1943 |
|
President of the World Bank, 2005-07 |
| Levi Woodbury |
Politician |
22-Dec-1789 |
4-Sep-1851 |
NH Senator, Governor, US Supreme Court |
| Jim Wright |
Politician |
22-Dec-1922 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1955-89 |
