LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Luther Adler	Actor	4-May-1903	8-Dec-1984	Broadway actor
George Boole	Mathematician	2-Nov-1815	8-Dec-1864	Inventor of Boolean Algebra
David Brudnoy	Radio Personality	5-Jun-1940	8-Dec-2004	Boston talk radio host
Robert Cantwell	Novelist	31-Jan-1908	8-Dec-1978	Laugh and Lie Down
Bud Carson	Football	28-Apr-1931	8-Dec-2005	Pittsburgh Steelers DC, 1972-77
George Cayley	Inventor	27-Dec-1773	8-Dec-1854	Father of aeronautics
George Washington Collins	Politician	5-Mar-1925	8-Dec-1972	Congressman from Illinois, 1970-72
Benjamin Constant	Politician	25-Oct-1767	8-Dec-1830	French political thinker
Dimebag Darrell	Guitarist	20-Aug-1966	8-Dec-2004	Lead guitarist for Pantera
Sir John Davies	Poet	16-Apr-1569	8-Dec-1626	Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing
Deane C. Davis	Politician	7-Nov-1900	8-Dec-1990	Governor of Vermont, 1969-73
Thomas De Quincey	Author	15-Aug-1785	8-Dec-1859	Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
William Dieterle	Film Director	15-Jul-1893	8-Dec-1972	The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Julian C. Dixon	Politician	8-Aug-1934	8-Dec-2000	Congressman from California, 1979-2000
Ernst Engel	Economist	26-Mar-1821	8-Dec-1896	Engel's Law
Gladys George	Actor	13-Sep-1900	8-Dec-1954	Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
James Hoban	Architect	c. 1758	8-Dec-1831	Architect of the White House
Keith Holyoake	Head of State	11-Feb-1904	8-Dec-1983	Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1960-72
Antonio Carlos Jobim	Musician	25-Jan-1927	8-Dec-1994	The Girl from Ipanema
Albert Kahn	Architect	21-Mar-1869	8-Dec-1942	Detroit architect, factory designer
Henry Laurens	Politician	24-Feb-1724	8-Dec-1792	Captured negotiating treaty with Holland
John Lennon	Musician	9-Oct-1940	8-Dec-1980	Beatle
Robert Mathews	Criminal	16-Jan-1953	8-Dec-1984	White supremacist died in shootout with FBI
Golda Meir	Head of State	3-May-1898	8-Dec-1978	Fourth Prime Minister of Israel
Oscar II	Royalty	21-Jan-1829	8-Dec-1907	King of Sweden and Norway
Slim Pickens	Actor	29-Jun-1919	8-Dec-1983	Tough cowboy actor
Robert Prosky	Actor	13-Dec-1930	8-Dec-2008	Pat Chase on Veronica's Closet
Martin Ritt	Film Director	2-Mar-1914	8-Dec-1990	The Long Hot Summer
Marty Robbins	Country Musician	26-Sep-1925	8-Dec-1982	El Paso
Howard E. Rollins, Jr.	Actor	17-Oct-1950	8-Dec-1996	A Soldier's Story
Anne Seymour	Actor	11-Sep-1909	8-Dec-1988	Character actress
William Shawn	Journalist	31-Aug-1907	8-Dec-1992	Editor of The New Yorker, 1952-87
Tris Speaker	Baseball	4-Apr-1888	8-Dec-1958	Exceptional centerfielder
Herbert Spencer	Philosopher	27-Apr-1820	8-Dec-1903	Synthetic Philosophy
Gerard Terborch	Painter	1617	8-Dec-1681	Dutch subject painter
Giangiorgio Trissino	Scholar	8-Jul-1478	8-Dec-1550	Sofonisba
William Henry Vanderbilt	Business	8-May-1821	8-Dec-1885	Wealthy son of Cornelius Vanderbilt

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