| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Henry Carter Adams |
Economist |
31-Dec-1851 |
11-Aug-1921 |
Public Debts |
| Rick Aguilera |
Baseball |
31-Dec-1961 |
|
Former MLB Pitcher, Minnesota Twins |
| Rex Allen |
Actor |
31-Dec-1920 |
17-Dec-1999 |
The Arizona Cowboy |
| Elizabeth Arden |
Business |
31-Dec-1878 |
18-Oct-1966 |
Founder, Elizabeth Arden Co. |
| Jane Badler |
Actor |
31-Dec-1953 |
|
Diana on V |
| Paula Barbieri |
Model |
31-Dec-1966 |
|
O.J.'s ex-gf, Michael Bolton's ex-gf |
| Pat Brady |
Actor |
31-Dec-1914 |
27-Feb-1972 |
The Roy Rogers Show |
| William Bridgeman |
Politician |
31-Dec-1864 |
14-Aug-1935 |
UK Home Secretary, 1922-24 |
| Bob Bryar |
Drummer |
31-Dec-1979 |
|
Ex-Drummer for My Chemical Romance |
| Edward Bunker |
Author |
31-Dec-1933 |
19-Jul-2005 |
Animal Factory |
| Gottfried August Bürger |
Poet |
31-Dec-1747 |
8-Jun-1794 |
Lenore |
| Tommy Byrne |
Baseball |
31-Dec-1919 |
20-Dec-2007 |
MLB pitcher, Mayor of Wake Forest |
| Pope Callistus III |
Religion |
31-Dec-1378 |
6-Aug-1458 |
Posthumously vindicated Joan of Arc |
| Peter Camejo |
Activist |
31-Dec-1939 |
13-Sep-2008 |
Persistent Green Party candidate |
| Barbara Carrera |
Actor |
31-Dec-1951 |
|
Bond girl, Never Say Never Again |
| Rosalind Cash |
Actor |
31-Dec-1938 |
31-Oct-1995 |
The Omega Man |
| Tim Considine |
Actor |
31-Dec-1940 |
|
My Three Sons |
| Charles Cornwallis |
Military |
31-Dec-1738 |
5-Oct-1805 |
Surrendered at Yorktown |
| Joe Dallesandro |
Actor |
31-Dec-1948 |
|
Took a walk on the wild side |
| John H. Dalton |
Military |
31-Dec-1941 |
|
US Secretary of the Navy, 1993-98 |
| John Denver |
Country Musician |
31-Dec-1943 |
12-Oct-1997 |
Rocky Mountain High |
| Don Diamont |
Actor |
31-Dec-1962 |
|
The Young and the Restless |
| Julie Doucet |
Cartoonist |
31-Dec-1965 |
|
Dirty Plotte |
| Gabby Douglas |
Gymnastics |
31-Dec-1995 |
|
Olympic gymnast |
| Jaime Escalante |
Educator |
31-Dec-1930 |
30-Mar-2010 |
Celebrated high school calculus teacher |
| James Thomas Fields |
Editor |
31-Dec-1817 |
24-Apr-1881 |
Editor of the Atlantic Monthly |
| Jeff Flake |
Politician |
31-Dec-1962 |
|
Congressman, Arizona 6th |
| Peter Galbraith |
Diplomat |
31-Dec-1950 |
|
The End of Iraq |
| Amy Jacques Garvey |
Activist |
31-Dec-1885 |
25-Jul-1973 |
Pan-African black nationalist |
| Archie M. Gubbrud |
Politician |
31-Dec-1910 |
26-Apr-1987 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1961-65 |
| Taylor Hackford |
Film Director |
31-Dec-1944 |
|
An Officer and a Gentleman |
| Theresa Harris |
Actor |
31-Dec-1906 |
8-Oct-1985 |
Baby Face |
| Avram Hershko |
Scientist |
31-Dec-1937 |
|
Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
| Anthony Hopkins |
Actor |
31-Dec-1937 |
|
Hannibal Lecter |
| Hendrik S. Houthakker |
Economist |
31-Dec-1924 |
15-Apr-2008 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71 |
| Scott Ian |
Guitarist |
31-Dec-1963 |
|
Guitarist for Anthrax |
| John N. Irwin II |
Diplomat |
31-Dec-1913 |
28-Feb-2000 |
US Deputy Secretary of State, 1970-73 |
| Don James |
Football |
31-Dec-1932 |
|
Huskies Head Coach, 1975-92 |
| Joanna Johnson |
Film/TV Producer |
31-Dec-1961 |
|
Creator of Hope & Faith |
| Roy Lee Johnson |
Musician |
31-Dec-1938 |
|
R&B guitarist and songwriter |
| Ronald Kessler |
Journalist |
31-Dec-1943 |
|
Inside the CIA |
| Val Kilmer |
Actor |
31-Dec-1959 |
|
Real Genius |
| Ben Kingsley |
Actor |
31-Dec-1943 |
|
Gandhi |
| Phill Kline |
Politician |
31-Dec-1959 |
|
Kansas State Attorney General |
| Charles Lederer |
Screenwriter |
31-Dec-1911 |
5-Mar-1976 |
His Girl Friday |
| Frederick Leighton |
Painter |
31-Dec-1830 |
25-Jan-1896 |
Classical Victorian English painter |
| Gong Li |
Actor |
31-Dec-1965 |
|
2046 |
| Michael E. Marks |
Business |
31-Dec-1950 |
|
CEO of Flextronics, 1994-2006 |
| George C. Marshall |
Military |
31-Dec-1880 |
16-Oct-1959 |
US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45 |
| Tim Matheson |
Actor |
31-Dec-1947 |
|
Otter in Animal House |
| Henri Matisse |
Painter |
31-Dec-1869 |
3-Nov-1954 |
Free, expressive French painter |
| Michael McDonald |
Comic |
31-Dec-1964 |
|
MADtv |
| Hugh McElhenny |
Football |
31-Dec-1928 |
|
NFL Hall of Fame Running Back |
| Joey McIntyre |
Singer |
31-Dec-1972 |
|
New Kids on the Block |
| George Gordon Meade |
Military |
31-Dec-1815 |
6-Nov-1872 |
Accomplished Union Army general |
| Sarah Miles |
Actor |
31-Dec-1941 |
|
Hope and Glory |
| Nathan Milstein |
Violinist |
31-Dec-1904 |
21-Dec-1992 |
Virtuoso violinist, interpreter of Bach |
| Kenneth A. Minihan |
Government |
31-Dec-1943 |
|
NSA Director, 1996-99 |
| John Allen Muhammad |
Criminal |
31-Dec-1960 |
10-Nov-2009 |
Beltway sniper |
| Pola Negri |
Actor |
31-Dec-1894 |
1-Aug-1987 |
Sultry silent film diva |
| Bebe Neuwirth |
Actor |
31-Dec-1958 |
|
Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane on Cheers |
| Fitz-James O'Brien |
Author |
31-Dec-1828 |
6-Apr-1862 |
The Diamond Lens |
| Odetta |
Singer |
31-Dec-1930 |
2-Dec-2008 |
Queen of American Folk Music |
| Charles Ogletree |
Attorney |
31-Dec-1952 |
|
Law professor |
| Ismail Pasha |
Royalty |
31-Dec-1830 |
2-Mar-1895 |
Khedive of Egypt, 1863-79 |
| Pete Quaife |
Bassist |
31-Dec-1943 |
24-Jun-2010 |
Former bassplayer of The Kinks |
| Ernest Raymond |
Novelist |
31-Dec-1888 |
14-May-1974 |
Tell England |
| Lance Reddick |
Actor |
31-Dec-1969 |
|
Desmond Mobay on Oz |
| Stanley Reed |
Judge |
31-Dec-1884 |
2-Apr-1980 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1938-57 |
| James Remar |
Actor |
31-Dec-1953 |
|
The Warriors |
| Adam Rifkin |
Film Director |
31-Dec-1966 |
|
Detroit Rock City |
| Jason Robards, Sr. |
Actor |
31-Dec-1892 |
4-Apr-1963 |
Bedlam |
| Hal Rogers |
Politician |
31-Dec-1937 |
|
Congressman, Kentucky 5th |
| Roy Rowland |
Film Director |
31-Dec-1910 |
29-Jun-1995 |
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes |
| Eric Schneiderman |
Government |
31-Dec-1954 |
|
Attorney General of New York |
| Heath Shuler |
Politician |
31-Dec-1971 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 11th |
| Robert B. Silvers |
Editor |
31-Dec-1929 |
|
The New York Review of Books |
| Nicholas Sparks |
Novelist |
31-Dec-1965 |
|
The Notebook |
| Jule Styne |
Songwriter |
31-Dec-1905 |
20-Sep-1994 |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
| Donna Summer |
Singer |
31-Dec-1948 |
17-May-2012 |
Hot Stuff |
| Andy Summers |
Guitarist |
31-Dec-1942 |
|
Guitarist for The Police |
| George Thorogood |
Musician |
31-Dec-1950 |
|
Bad to the Bone |
| Andreas Vesalius |
Doctor |
31-Dec-1514 |
Jun-1564 |
De Humani Corporis Fabrica |
| Paolo Villaggio |
Actor |
31-Dec-1932 |
|
White Collar Blues |
| Diane von Furstenberg |
Fashion Designer |
31-Dec-1946 |
|
Fashion designer |
| Thomas B. Welch |
Business |
31-Dec-1825 |
29-Dec-1903 |
Grape juice magnate |
| Vernon Wells |
Actor |
31-Dec-1945 |
|
Capt. Bennett in Commando |
| Chandra West |
Actor |
31-Dec-1970 |
|
White Noise |
| Paul Westerberg |
Musician |
31-Dec-1960 |
|
The Replacements |
| Simon Wiesenthal |
Activist |
31-Dec-1908 |
20-Sep-2005 |
Nazi hunter |
| Rhys Williams |
Actor |
31-Dec-1897 |
28-May-1969 |
The Bells of St. Mary's |
| Connie Willis |
Author |
31-Dec-1945 |
|
Doomsday Book, Lincoln's Dreams |
