LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Toni Cade Bambara	Novelist	25-Mar-1939	9-Dec-1995	Gorilla, My Love
Gene Barry	Actor	14-Jun-1919	9-Dec-2009	The War of the Worlds
Karl Barth	Religion	10-May-1886	9-Dec-1968	Church Dogmatics
Vivian Blaine	Actor	21-Nov-1921	9-Dec-1995	Guys and Dolls
Joseph Bramah	Inventor	13-Apr-1748	9-Dec-1814	Inventor of the hydraulic press
Ralph Bunche	Diplomat	4-Aug-1904	9-Dec-1971	UN Mediator in Palestine 1948
Thomas François Burgers	Head of State	15-Apr-1834	9-Dec-1881	President of Transvaal Republic
Lord Clarendon	Government	18-Feb-1609	9-Dec-1674	The Clarendon Code
Pope Clement IX	Religion	28-Jan-1600	9-Dec-1669	Roman Catholic Pope, 1667-69
Ezra Cornell	Business	11-Jan-1807	9-Dec-1874	Founder of Cornell University
Wrong Way Corrigan	Aviator	22-Jan-1907	9-Dec-1995	Flew transatlantic route "by accident"
Laird Cregar	Actor	28-Jul-1916	9-Dec-1944	The Lodger
Gustaf Dalén	Inventor	30-Nov-1869	9-Dec-1937	Automatic sun valve
John E. du Pont	Criminal	22-Nov-1938	9-Dec-2010	Lunatic, murdered wrestler David Schultz
Vincent Gardenia	Actor	7-Jan-1922	9-Dec-1992	Cher's father in Moonstruck
João Batista de Almeida Garrett	Playwright	4-Feb-1799	9-Dec-1854	Frei Luís da Sousa
Mary Hansen	Musician	1-Nov-1966	9-Dec-2002	Stereolab multi-instrumentalist
Ed Healey	Football	28-Dec-1894	9-Dec-1978	Hall of Fame Tackle, Chicago Bears
Leon Jaworski	Government	19-Sep-1905	9-Dec-1982	Watergate special prosecutor
Mary Leakey	Anthropologist	6-Feb-1913	9-Dec-1996	Discovered Proconsul
Mike Mazurki	Actor	25-Dec-1907	9-Dec-1990	Murder, My Sweet
Perry Miller	Historian	25-Feb-1905	9-Dec-1963	The New England Mind
Archie Moore	Boxing	13-Dec-1913	9-Dec-1998	The Old Mongoose
Rodrigo Carazo Odio	Head of State	27-Dec-1926	9-Dec-2009	President of Costa Rica, 1978-82
Louella Parsons	Columnist	6-Aug-1881	9-Dec-1972	Hollywood queen of gossip
William N. Patman	Politician	26-Mar-1927	9-Dec-2008	Congressman from Texas, 1981-85
Mahlon Pitney	Judge	5-Feb-1858	9-Dec-1924	US Supreme Court Justice, 1912-22
Pope Pius IV	Religion	31-Mar-1499	9-Dec-1565	Roman Catholic Pope 1560-65
Branch Rickey	Baseball	20-Dec-1881	9-Dec-1965	Longtime Baseball GM
Ted Shackley	Government	16-Jul-1927	9-Dec-2002	The CIA's Blond Ghost
Robert Sheckley	Author	16-Jul-1928	9-Dec-2005	Science fiction genius
Fulton J. Sheen	Religion	8-May-1895	9-Dec-1979	America's first televangelist
Sigismund	Royalty	15-Feb-1368	9-Dec-1437	Holy Roman Emperor, 1433-37
Paul Simon	Politician	29-Nov-1928	9-Dec-2003	US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate
Edith Sitwell	Poet	7-Sep-1887	9-Dec-1964	Façade
Ezra Solomon	Economist	20-Mar-1920	9-Dec-2002	Council of Economic Advisers, 1971-73
R. G. Springsteen	Film Director	8-Sep-1904	9-Dec-1989	Taggart
Walter Stoessel	Diplomat	24-Jan-1920	9-Dec-1986	Ambassador to the USSR, Germany, Poland
Anthony Van Dyck	Painter	22-Mar-1599	9-Dec-1641	Flemish portraitist and English court painter
William A. Wellman	Film Director	29-Feb-1896	9-Dec-1975	The High and the Mighty

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