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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Thomas L. Ambro
Judge
27-Dec-1949   3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
John Amos
Actor
27-Dec-1939   James Evans on Good Times
Moshe Arens
Politician
27-Dec-1925   Likud Minister
Anne L. Armstrong
Government
27-Dec-1927 30-Jul-2008 US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77
Sig Arno
Actor
27-Dec-1895 17-Aug-1975 The Palm Beach Story
Charles Band
Film/TV Producer
27-Dec-1951   Trancers
Mackenzie Bowell
Head of State
27-Dec-1824 10-Dec-1917 Prime Minister of Canada, 1894-96
Terry Bozzio
Drummer
27-Dec-1950   Drummer for Missing Persons
Tom Bradley
Politician
27-Dec-1917 29-Sep-1998 Mayor of Los Angeles, 1973-93
Louis Bromfield
Author
27-Dec-1896 18-Mar-1956 Early Autumn
Tabatha Cash
Pornstar
27-Dec-1973   Gangbang Girl #9, Lesbomania #2
George Cayley
Inventor
27-Dec-1773 8-Dec-1854 Father of aeronautics
Chyna
Wrestling
27-Dec-1969   Former pro wrestler
Barbara Crampton
Actor
27-Dec-1962   The Young and the Restless
Wilson Cruz
Actor
27-Dec-1973   Rickie Vasquez on My So-Called Life
Maryam d'Abo
Actor
27-Dec-1960   The Living Daylights
Gerard Depardieu
Actor
27-Dec-1948   Cyrano de Bergerac
Marlene Dietrich
Actor
27-Dec-1901 6-May-1992 The Blue Angel
James Clement Dunn
Diplomat
27-Dec-1890 1979 Career US Ambassador
Louis L. Emmerson
Politician
27-Dec-1863 4-Feb-1941 Governor of Illinois, 1929-33
Tovah Feldshuh
Actor
27-Dec-1952   Kissing Jessica Stein
Mark Few
Basketball
27-Dec-1962   Head Coach, Gonzaga University
Bob Flanagan
Performance Artist
27-Dec-1952 4-Jan-1996 Supermasochist
Edsel B. Ford II
Business
27-Dec-1948   VP, Ford Motors
Jeff Fortenberry
Politician
27-Dec-1960   Congressman, Nebraska 1st
Bill Goldberg
Wrestling
27-Dec-1966   Pro wrestler
Ian Gomez
Actor
27-Dec-1964   The Drew Carey Show
Meg Greenfield
Journalist
27-Dec-1930 13-May-1999 The Washington Post
Sydney Greenstreet
Actor
27-Dec-1879 18-Jan-1954 Kaspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon
Robert Greig
Actor
27-Dec-1879 27-Jun-1958 Sullivan's Travels
Savannah Guthrie
Journalist
27-Dec-1971   NBC News Chief Legal Analyst
Irene Handl
Actor
27-Dec-1901 29-Nov-1987 Matronly British character actor
Jay Hill
Politician
27-Dec-1952   Canadian MP, Prince George/Peace River
Sam Hinds
Head of State
27-Dec-1943   Prime Minister of Guyana
Karen Hughes
Government
27-Dec-1956   Counselor to George W. Bush
Edward L. Jackson
Politician
27-Dec-1873 18-Nov-1954 Governor of Indiana, 1925-29
Lisa Jakub
Actor
27-Dec-1978   Rambling Rose
Bunk Johnson
Jazz Musician
27-Dec-1889 7-Jul-1949 New Orleans jazz trumpeter
William Johnson
Judge
27-Dec-1771 11-Aug-1834 US Supreme Court Justice, 1804-34
Mick Jones
Musician
27-Dec-1944   Foreigner
Steve Jones
Golf
27-Dec-1958   Winner, 1996 US Open
Arthur Kent
Journalist
27-Dec-1953   Persian Gulf War reporter
Johannes Kepler
Astronomer
27-Dec-1571 15-Nov-1630 Laws of Planetary Motion
Salman Khan
Actor
27-Dec-1965   Top Bollywood megastar
David Knopfler
Musician
27-Dec-1952   Dire Straits, brother of Mark Knopfler
Alexander Gordon Laing
Explorer
27-Dec-1793 26-Sep-1826 Explorer killed returning from Timbuktu
Eva LaRue
Actor
27-Dec-1966   All My Children
Larissa Latynina
Gymnastics
27-Dec-1934   Soviet gymnast, 18 Olympic medals
Oscar Levant
Pianist
27-Dec-1906 14-Aug-1972 Panelist, Information Please
Robert Lipshutz
Government
27-Dec-1921 6-Nov-2010 White House Counsel, 1977-79
David C. Litt
Diplomat
27-Dec-1949   US Ambassador to the UAE, 1995-98
Dave Marr
Golf
27-Dec-1933 5-Oct-1997 Winner, 1965 PGA Championship
William Masters
Scientist
27-Dec-1915 16-Feb-2001 Human Sexual Response
John T. McCarthy
Diplomat
27-Dec-1939   US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1991-94
James A. McClure
Politician
27-Dec-1924 26-Feb-2011 US Senator from Idaho, 1973-91
James M. Mead
Politician
27-Dec-1885 15-Mar-1964 US Senator from New York, 1938-47
Thomas Menino
Politician
27-Dec-1942   Mayor of Boston
Scotty Moore
Guitarist
27-Dec-1931   Elvis Presley's first guitarist
Heather O'Rourke
Actor
27-Dec-1975 1-Feb-1988 Carol Anne in Poltergeist
Rodrigo Carazo Odio
Head of State
27-Dec-1926 9-Dec-2009 President of Costa Rica, 1978-82
Masi Oka
Actor
27-Dec-1974   Hiro Nakamura on Heroes
Barbara Olson
TV Personality
27-Dec-1955 11-Sep-2001 Conservative TV pundit
Charles Olson
Poet
27-Dec-1910 10-Jan-1970 The Maximus Poems
Carson Palmer
Football
27-Dec-1980   Oakland Raiders QB
Louis Pasteur
Chemist
27-Dec-1822 28-Sep-1895 Discovered process of pasteurization
John Phillips
Educator
27-Dec-1719 21-Apr-1795 Founder of Phillips Exeter Academy
Michel Piccoli
Actor
27-Dec-1925   La Belle Noiseuse
Pope Pius VI
Religion
27-Dec-1717 29-Aug-1799 Roman Catholic Pope, 1775-99
Theresa Randle
Actor
27-Dec-1964   Girl 6
Emilie de Ravin
Actor
27-Dec-1981   Claire on Lost
Nolan Richardson
Basketball
27-Dec-1941   Arkansas Head Coach, 1985-2002
Cokie Roberts
Journalist
27-Dec-1943   ABC's This Week
John Edward Robinson
Criminal
27-Dec-1943   Serial killer incarcerated in Kansas
Guy Rolfe
Actor
27-Dec-1911 19-Oct-2003 Mr. Sardonicus
Charles H. Russell
Politician
27-Dec-1903 13-Sep-1989 Governor of Nevada, 1951-59
Hal Saunders
Government
27-Dec-1930   Asst. Secy. of State for the Near East, 1978-81
Bill Self
Basketball
27-Dec-1962   Head Coach, University of Kansas
Wilfrid Sheed
Author
27-Dec-1930 19-Jan-2011 Office Politics
Aaron Stanford
Actor
27-Dec-1976   Pyro in X-Men
William E. Timmons, Sr.
Government
27-Dec-1930   Washington lobbyist
Andre Tippett
Football
27-Dec-1959   New England Patriots, Hall of Famer
Sarah Vowell
Radio Personality
27-Dec-1969   This American Life
Joe Walsh
Politician
27-Dec-1961   Congressman, Illinois 8th
George Whitefield
Religion
27-Dec-1714 30-Sep-1770 Evangelist, early Methodist
Hayley Williams
Singer
27-Dec-1988   Lead vocals, Paramore
Youth
Musician
27-Dec-1960   Techno producer, Killing Joke
Ernesto Zedillo
Head of State
27-Dec-1951   President of Mexico, 1994-2000




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