| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Joe L. Allbritton |
Business |
29-Dec-1924 |
|
Well-connected Washington billionaire |
| Dallas Austin |
Music Producer |
29-Dec-1970 |
|
R&B Producer |
| Ashleigh Banfield |
Journalist |
29-Dec-1967 |
|
MSNBC anchor and correspondent |
| Bruce A. Beutler |
Biologist |
29-Dec-1957 |
|
Lipopolysaccharide receptors |
| Alison Brie |
Actor |
29-Dec-1982 |
|
Annie Edison on Community |
| Vera Brittain |
Author |
29-Dec-1893 |
29-Mar-1970 |
Testament of Youth |
| Alan Burns |
Novelist |
29-Dec-1929 |
|
Europe After the Rain |
| Venustiano Carranza |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1859 |
21-May-1920 |
President of Mexico, 1917-20 |
| Pablo Casals |
Cellist |
29-Dec-1876 |
22-Oct-1973 |
Spanish cellist and conductor |
| Patricia Clarkson |
Actor |
29-Dec-1959 |
|
Pieces of April |
| Ronald H. Coase |
Economist |
29-Dec-1910 |
|
Transactions costs and property rights |
| Chip Cravaack |
Politician |
29-Dec-1959 |
|
Congressman, Minnesota 8th |
| Bernard Cribbins |
Actor |
29-Dec-1928 |
|
The Mouse on the Moon |
| Michael Cudlitz |
Actor |
29-Dec-1964 |
|
John Cooper on Southland |
| Ted Danson |
Actor |
29-Dec-1947 |
|
Bartender on Cheers |
| Claire Dodd |
Actor |
29-Dec-1908 |
23-Nov-1973 |
Footlight Parade |
| Jennifer Ehle |
Actor |
29-Dec-1969 |
|
Sunshine |
| Elizabeth |
Royalty |
29-Dec-1709 |
5-Jan-1762 |
Tsarina of Russia, 1741-62 |
| Yvonne Elliman |
Singer |
29-Dec-1951 |
|
If I Can't Have You |
| Theo Epstein |
Baseball |
29-Dec-1973 |
|
General Manager, Chicago Cubs |
| Marianne Faithfull |
Singer/Songwriter |
29-Dec-1946 |
|
Sister Morphine |
| Ed Flanders |
Actor |
29-Dec-1934 |
22-Feb-1995 |
Dr. Westphall on St. Elsewhere |
| Klaus Fuchs |
Spy |
29-Dec-1911 |
28-Jan-1988 |
Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR |
| William Gaddis |
Novelist |
29-Dec-1922 |
16-Dec-1998 |
A Frolic of His Own |
| William Ewart Gladstone |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1809 |
19-May-1898 |
Four times UK Prime Minister |
| Charles Goodyear |
Inventor |
29-Dec-1800 |
1-Jul-1860 |
Invented rubber vulcanization process |
| Jason Gould |
Actor |
29-Dec-1966 |
|
Son of Streisand and Elliott Gould |
| Roman S. Gribbs |
Politician |
29-Dec-1925 |
|
Mayor of Detroit, 1970-74 |
| Joseph F. Guffey |
Politician |
29-Dec-1870 |
6-Mar-1959 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1935-47 |
| Ruth Hall |
Actor |
29-Dec-1910 |
9-Oct-2003 |
Monkey Business |
| Shawn Hatosy |
Actor |
29-Dec-1975 |
|
Nobel Son |
| Thorsten Heins |
Business |
29-Dec-1957 |
|
CEO of Research in Motion |
| Lister Hill |
Politician |
29-Dec-1894 |
21-Dec-1984 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1938-69 |
| Dexter Holland |
Singer |
29-Dec-1965 |
|
The Offspring frontman |
| H. Wayne Huizenga |
Business |
29-Dec-1937 |
|
Waste Management, Blockbuster |
| Josefa Iloilo |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1920 |
6-Feb-2011 |
President of Fiji, 2000-09 |
| Tom Jarriel |
Journalist |
29-Dec-1934 |
|
ABC News correspondent |
| Bill Jenkins |
Politician |
29-Dec-1936 |
|
Congressman, Tennessee 1st |
| Andrew Johnson |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1808 |
31-Jul-1875 |
17th US President, 1865-68 |
| Rajesh Khanna |
Actor |
29-Dec-1942 |
18-Jul-2012 |
Anand |
| Jude Law |
Actor |
29-Dec-1972 |
|
Gattaca |
| Jane Levy |
Actor |
29-Dec-1989 |
|
Tessa Altman on Suburgatory |
| Viveca Lindfors |
Actor |
29-Dec-1920 |
25-Oct-1995 |
Night Unto Night |
| LaToya London |
Singer |
29-Dec-1978 |
|
American Idol finalist |
| Diego Luna |
Actor |
29-Dec-1979 |
|
Y tu Mamá También |
| Charles Macintosh |
Chemist |
29-Dec-1766 |
25-Jul-1843 |
Invented the raincoat |
| Joseph Maher |
Actor |
29-Dec-1933 |
17-Jul-1998 |
Chancellor Willoughby on Goode Behavior |
| George E. Marshall |
Film Director |
29-Dec-1891 |
17-Feb-1975 |
Destry Rides Again |
| Danny R. McBride |
Actor |
29-Dec-1976 |
|
Eastbound & Down |
| Paul W. McCracken |
Economist |
29-Dec-1915 |
3-Aug-2012 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71 |
| Dylan Minnette |
Actor |
29-Dec-1996 |
|
Clay Norman on Saving Grace |
| Katherine Moennig |
Actor |
29-Dec-1977 |
|
The L Word |
| Mary Tyler Moore |
Actor |
29-Dec-1936 |
|
The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| John Newton |
Actor |
29-Dec-1965 |
|
Tony Pagano on The Untouchables |
| Ray Nitschke |
Football |
29-Dec-1936 |
8-Mar-1998 |
Green Bay Packer, Hall of Famer |
| Sean Payton |
Football |
29-Dec-1963 |
|
Head Coach, New Orleans Saints |
| Mekhi Phifer |
Actor |
29-Dec-1974 |
|
Dr. Greg Pratt on E.R. |
| Albert Pike |
Military |
29-Dec-1809 |
2-Apr-1891 |
Confederate general, Freemason |
| Pimp C |
Rapper |
29-Dec-1973 |
4-Dec-2007 |
Half of UGK |
| Laffit Pincay |
Jockey |
29-Dec-1946 |
|
Winningest jockey of all time |
| Johann Christian Poggendorff |
Physicist |
29-Dec-1796 |
24-Jan-1877 |
Annalen der Physik und Chemie |
| Jon Polito |
Actor |
29-Dec-1950 |
|
Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing |
| Paula Poundstone |
Comic |
29-Dec-1959 |
|
Asexual comic |
| Cozy Powell |
Drummer |
29-Dec-1947 |
5-Apr-1998 |
Drummer, Emerson Lake and Powell |
| Patsy Ramsey |
Relative |
29-Dec-1956 |
24-Jun-2006 |
JonBenét's mother |
| Alan Rusbridger |
Editor |
29-Dec-1953 |
|
Editor of The Guardian |
| John Spellman |
Politician |
29-Dec-1926 |
|
Governor of Washington, 1981-85 |
| Barbara Steele |
Actor |
29-Dec-1937 |
|
Black Sunday |
| Inga Swenson |
Actor |
29-Dec-1932 |
|
Kraus on Benson |
| Lionel Tertis |
Violist |
29-Dec-1876 |
22-Feb-1975 |
First prominent violist |
| Paul S. Trible, Jr. |
Politician |
29-Dec-1946 |
|
US Senator from Virginia, 1983-89 |
| Leonor Varela |
Actor |
29-Dec-1972 |
|
Innocent Voices |
| Jon Voight |
Actor |
29-Dec-1938 |
|
Midnight Cowboy |
| Andy Wachowski |
Film Director |
29-Dec-1967 |
|
The Matrix |
| Pierre Watkin |
Actor |
29-Dec-1887 |
3-Feb-1960 |
Adventures of Superman |
| Robert C. Weaver |
Government |
29-Dec-1907 |
17-Jul-1997 |
US HUD Secretary, 1966-68 |
| Tookie Williams |
Criminal |
29-Dec-1953 |
13-Dec-2005 |
Co-Founder, West Side Crips |
