LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Louis Aragon	Poet	3-Oct-1897	24-Dec-1982	Communistic French poet
Joel Barlow	Poet	25-Mar-1754	24-Dec-1812	The Hasty Pudding
Burt Baskin	Business	17-Dec-1913	24-Dec-1967	Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins
Alban Berg	Composer	9-Feb-1885	24-Dec-1935	Violin Concerto
Bill Bowerman	Fitness Guru	19-Feb-1911	24-Dec-1999	Track coach, Co-Founder of Nike
Rossano Brazzi	Actor	18-Sep-1916	24-Dec-1994	South Pacific
Frances Buss	Educator	16-Aug-1827	24-Dec-1894	Girls' school reformer
Vasco da Gama	Explorer	c. 1469	24-Dec-1524	Portuguese explorer, conqueror, privateer
Joop den Uyl	Head of State	9-Aug-1919	24-Dec-1987	Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1973-77
Leonard K. Firestone	Business	10-Jun-1907	24-Dec-1996	US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974-77
Edmund Goulding	Film Director	20-Mar-1891	24-Dec-1959	Grand Hotel
Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane	Author	27-May-1862	24-Dec-1937	Descartes: His Life and Times
Johannes Heesters	Actor	5-Dec-1903	24-Dec-2011	Dutch/German film actor
Ian Hendry	Actor	13-Jan-1931	24-Dec-1984	Get Carter
Bernard Herrmann	Composer	29-Jun-1911	24-Dec-1975	Scored Psycho, Citizen Kane
Johns Hopkins	Philanthropist	19-May-1795	24-Dec-1873	Johns Hopkins University and Hospital
Samuel P. Huntington	Author	18-Apr-1927	24-Dec-2008	The Clash of Civilizations
Theophilus Van Kannel	Inventor	1841	24-Dec-1919	Revolving door
Herman Keiser	Golf	7-Oct-1914	24-Dec-2003	Winner, 1946 Masters Tournament
James Komack	Actor	3-Aug-1924	24-Dec-1997	Norman Tinker on The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Peter Lawford	Actor	7-Sep-1923	24-Dec-1984	Rat Pack member
Tilly Losch	Dancer	15-Nov-1903	24-Dec-1975	Ballet dancer, sometimes actress
Daniel Manning	Government	16-May-1831	24-Dec-1887	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1885-87
Toshirô Mifune	Actor	1-Apr-1920	24-Dec-1997	Yojimbo
Dutch Morial	Politician	9-Oct-1929	24-Dec-1989	Mayor of New Orleans, 1978-86
John Muir	Activist	21-Apr-1838	24-Dec-1914	Patron saint of Yosemite National Park
Johnny Oates	Baseball	21-Jan-1946	24-Dec-2004	Former Orioles and Rangers manager
John Osborne	Playwright	12-Dec-1929	24-Dec-1994	Look Back in Anger
Norman Vincent Peale	Religion	31-May-1898	24-Dec-1993	The Power of Positive Thinking
Oscar Peterson	Jazz Musician	15-Aug-1925	24-Dec-2007	Maharajah of the keyboard
Harold Pinter	Playwright	10-Oct-1930	24-Dec-2008	The Birthday Party
Edwin M. Stanton	Politician	19-Dec-1814	24-Dec-1869	Secretary of War during the Civil War
Frank Stanton	Business	20-Mar-1908	24-Dec-2006	President of CBS, 1946-73
Norma Talmadge	Actor	26-May-1893	24-Dec-1957	Du Barry, Woman of Passion
William Makepeace Thackeray	Novelist	18-Jul-1811	24-Dec-1863	Vanity Fair
Charles Tufts	Business	17-Jul-1781	24-Dec-1876	Founder of Tufts University
Tristan Tzara	Poet	16-Apr-1896	24-Dec-1963	Founded the Dada movement
Michael Vale	TV Personality	28-Jun-1922	24-Dec-2005	Time to make the donuts
Linus Yale, Jr.	Inventor	14-Apr-1821	24-Dec-1868	Pin tumbler locks
C. C. Young	Politician	28-Apr-1869	24-Dec-1947	Governor of California, 1927-31

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