| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Mortimer J. Adler |
Philosopher |
28-Dec-1902 |
28-Jun-2001 |
How to Read a Book |
| John F. Akers |
Business |
28-Dec-1934 |
|
CEO of IBM, 1986-93 |
| David Allen |
Author |
28-Dec-1945 |
|
Getting Things Done |
| James B. Allen |
Politician |
28-Dec-1912 |
1-Jun-1978 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1969-78 |
| Philip Anschutz |
Business |
28-Dec-1939 |
|
Qwest billionaire |
| David Archuleta |
Singer |
28-Dec-1990 |
|
American Idol |
| Cliff Arquette |
Actor |
28-Dec-1905 |
23-Sep-1974 |
Charlie Weaver |
| Lew Ayres |
Actor |
28-Dec-1908 |
30-Dec-1996 |
All Quiet on the Western Front |
| Spencer Bachus |
Politician |
28-Dec-1947 |
|
Congressman, Alabama 6th |
| Taylor Ball |
Actor |
28-Dec-1987 |
|
Brian Miller on Still Standing |
| Mike Beebe |
Politician |
28-Dec-1946 |
|
Governor of Arkansas |
| Perry Belmont |
Politician |
28-Dec-1851 |
25-May-1947 |
Congressman from New York, 1881-88 |
| James Blake |
Tennis |
28-Dec-1979 |
|
2nd place, 2006 Tennis Masters Cup |
| Ray Bourque |
Hockey |
28-Dec-1960 |
|
NHL Hall of Famer |
| Lee Bowman |
Actor |
28-Dec-1914 |
25-Dec-1979 |
Smash-Up |
| John W. Brown |
Politician |
28-Dec-1913 |
29-Oct-1993 |
Governor of Ohio, 1957 |
| John Y. Brown, Jr. |
Politician |
28-Dec-1933 |
|
Governor of Kentucky, 1979-83 |
| Dorsey Burnette |
Musician |
28-Dec-1932 |
19-Aug-1979 |
The Rock 'n Roll Trio |
| Alex Chilton |
Singer/Songwriter |
28-Dec-1950 |
17-Mar-2010 |
Big Star |
| Samuel C. Collins |
Chemist |
28-Dec-1898 |
19-Jun-1984 |
Collins-type cryocooler |
| Thomas Dekker |
Actor |
28-Dec-1987 |
|
Adam Conant on The Secret Circle |
| Ivan Desny |
Actor |
28-Dec-1922 |
13-Apr-2002 |
Pan-European character actor |
| Charles Dingle |
Actor |
28-Dec-1887 |
19-Jan-1956 |
The Little Foxes |
| Andrew Duggan |
Actor |
28-Dec-1923 |
15-May-1988 |
Bourbon Street Beat |
| Arthur Eddington |
Astronomer |
28-Dec-1882 |
22-Nov-1944 |
Eddington luminosity |
| Thomas Ewing |
Politician |
28-Dec-1789 |
26-Oct-1871 |
Ohio Senator, cabinet official |
| Vanessa Ferlito |
Actor |
28-Dec-1980 |
|
Det. Aiden Burn on CSI: NY |
| James Foley |
Film Director |
28-Dec-1953 |
|
Glengarry Glen Ross |
| Carl Remigius Fresenius |
Chemist |
28-Dec-1818 |
11-Jun-1897 |
Anleitung zur qualitativen chemischen Analyse |
| Beau Garrett |
Actor |
28-Dec-1982 |
|
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior |
| Malcolm Gets |
Actor |
28-Dec-1964 |
|
Caroline in the City |
| S. Malcolm Gillis |
Educator |
28-Dec-1940 |
|
President of Rice University, 1993-2004 |
| Goldie |
Electronic Musician |
28-Dec-1965 |
|
King of Jungle |
| Bill Gradison |
Politician |
28-Dec-1928 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1975-93 |
| Hubert Green |
Golf |
28-Dec-1946 |
|
Winner of 2 Majors |
| Shawn Harrison |
Actor |
28-Dec-1973 |
|
Waldo Faldo on Family Matters |
| Max Hastings |
Journalist |
28-Dec-1945 |
|
Editor of the Daily Telegraph, 1986-95 |
| Fay Hauser |
Actor |
28-Dec-1948 |
|
Roots: The Next Generations |
| Trip Hawkins |
Business |
28-Dec-1953 |
|
Founder of Electronic Arts |
| Ed Healey |
Football |
28-Dec-1894 |
9-Dec-1978 |
Hall of Fame Tackle, Chicago Bears |
| Fred Heineman |
Politician |
28-Dec-1929 |
20-Mar-2010 |
Congressman from North Carolina, 1995-97 |
| Elaine Hendrix |
Actor |
28-Dec-1970 |
|
The Parent Trap |
| Earl Hines |
Jazz Musician |
28-Dec-1903 |
22-Apr-1983 |
Everything Depends on You |
| Lou Jacobi |
Actor |
28-Dec-1913 |
23-Oct-2009 |
Avalon |
| Young Jessie |
Musician |
28-Dec-1936 |
|
Hit, Git & Split |
| Tim Johnson |
Politician |
28-Dec-1946 |
|
US Senator from South Dakota |
| Martin Kaymer |
Golf |
28-Dec-1984 |
|
Winner, 2010 PGA Championship |
| Nigel Kennedy |
Violinist |
28-Dec-1956 |
|
British 'punk' violinist |
| Gayle King |
TV Personality |
28-Dec-1954 |
|
Former WFSB-TV anchor |
| Hildegard Knef |
Actor |
28-Dec-1925 |
1-Feb-2002 |
The Murderers Are Among Us |
| Mario Kreutzberger |
Game Show Host |
28-Dec-1940 |
|
Don Francisco on Sábado Gigante |
| Stan Lee |
Cartoonist |
28-Dec-1922 |
|
Created Spider-Man and The Hulk |
| John Legend |
Musician |
28-Dec-1978 |
|
Get Lifted |
| Joe Manganiello |
Actor |
28-Dec-1976 |
|
Alcide Herveaux on True Blood |
| Michael E. Mann |
Physicist |
28-Dec-1965 |
|
Climate change scientist |
| Margaret of Parma |
Royalty |
28-Dec-1522 |
18-Jan-1586 |
Regent of the Netherlands, 1559-67 |
| James McDermott |
Politician |
28-Dec-1936 |
|
Congressman, Washington 7th |
| Chad McQueen |
Actor |
28-Dec-1960 |
|
Red Line |
| Seth Meyers |
Actor |
28-Dec-1973 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Sienna Miller |
Actor |
28-Dec-1981 |
|
Ex-fiancée of Jude Law |
| Martin Milner |
Actor |
28-Dec-1931 |
|
LAPD officer Pete Malloy on Adam-12 |
| Billy Mitchell |
Military |
28-Dec-1879 |
19-Feb-1936 |
Proponent of air power |
| Kary Mullis |
Chemist |
28-Dec-1944 |
|
Nutball 1993 Nobel laureate |
| F. W. Murnau |
Film Director |
28-Dec-1888 |
11-Mar-1931 |
Nosferatu, Sunrise |
| Charles Neville |
Musician |
28-Dec-1938 |
|
One of the Neville Brothers |
| Nichelle Nichols |
Actor |
28-Dec-1932 |
|
Lt. Uhura on Star Trek |
| Milton Obote |
Head of State |
28-Dec-1924 |
10-Oct-2005 |
Two-time President of Uganda |
| Johnny Otis |
Musician |
28-Dec-1921 |
17-Jan-2012 |
Harlem Nocturne |
| Charles Portis |
Author |
28-Dec-1933 |
|
True Grit |
| Manuel Puig |
Novelist |
28-Dec-1932 |
22-Jul-1990 |
Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| Patrick Rafter |
Tennis |
28-Dec-1972 |
|
Twice winner of the US Open |
| Noomi Rapace |
Actor |
28-Dec-1979 |
|
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
| Mackenzie Rosman |
Actor |
28-Dec-1989 |
|
Ruthie Camden on 7th Heaven |
| Wayne Sales |
Business |
28-Dec-1949 |
|
CEO of Canadian Tire, 2000-06 |
| Giuseppe Sarti |
Composer |
28-Dec-1729 |
28-Jul-1802 |
I Due Litiganti |
| Terry Sawchuk |
Hockey |
28-Dec-1929 |
31-May-1970 |
Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer |
| Maarten Schmidt |
Astronomer |
28-Dec-1929 |
|
Co-Discoverer of quasars |
| Roger Sessions |
Composer |
28-Dec-1896 |
16-Mar-1985 |
Concerto for Orchestra |
| Maggie Smith |
Actor |
28-Dec-1934 |
|
Prof. McGonagall in Harry Potter |
| Pops Staples |
Guitarist |
28-Dec-1915 |
19-Dec-2000 |
Blues guitarist |
| Ratan N. Tata |
Business |
28-Dec-1937 |
|
Chairman of Tata Group |
| James D. Theberge |
Diplomat |
28-Dec-1930 |
20-Jan-1988 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1982-85 |
| Linus Torvalds |
Computer Programmer |
28-Dec-1969 |
|
Created the kernel for the GNU/Linux OS |
| Frances Fragos Townsend |
Government |
28-Dec-1961 |
|
White House Homeland Security Advisor 2004-08 |
| Margaret Tutwiler |
Diplomat |
28-Dec-1950 |
|
US Ambassador to Morocco, 2001-03 |
| John von Neumann |
Mathematician |
28-Dec-1903 |
8-Feb-1957 |
Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory |
| Doug Walgren |
Politician |
28-Dec-1940 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1977-91 |
| Chris Ware |
Cartoonist |
28-Dec-1967 |
|
The ACME Novelty Library |
| Denzel Washington |
Actor |
28-Dec-1954 |
|
Training Day |
| Frank B. Willis |
Politician |
28-Dec-1871 |
30-Mar-1928 |
Governor and Senator from Ohio |
| Woodrow Wilson |
Head of State |
28-Dec-1856 |
3-Feb-1924 |
28th US President, 1913-21 |
| Edgar Winter |
Musician |
28-Dec-1946 |
|
Albino rock star |
| Liu Xiaobo |
Activist |
28-Dec-1955 |
|
Chinese human rights activist |
