LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Julius Axelrod	Chemist	30-May-1912	29-Dec-2004	Research of neurotransmitters
Thomas Becket	Religion	c. 1118	29-Dec-1170	Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162-70
Joseph Cornell	Sculptor	24-Dec-1903	29-Dec-1972	Exponent of Assemblage
Axel Corti	Film Director	7-May-1933	29-Dec-1993	Where To and Back trilogy
Jacques-Louis David	Painter	30-Aug-1748	29-Dec-1825	French Neoclassical painter
John Davis	Explorer	c. 1550	29-Dec-1605	Discovered Falkland Islands
Leslie Dwyer	Actor	28-Aug-1906	29-Dec-1986	Mr Partridge in Hi-de-Hi!
Hugh J. Gallen	Politician	30-Jul-1924	29-Dec-1982	Governor of New Hampshire, 1979-82
Tim Hardin	Singer/Songwriter	23-Dec-1941	29-Dec-1980	If I Were a Carpenter
John Marshall Harlan	Judge	20-May-1899	29-Dec-1971	US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71
F. Edward Hebert	Politician	12-Oct-1901	29-Dec-1979	Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-77
Fletcher Henderson	Jazz Musician	18-Dec-1897	29-Dec-1952	Pioneering swing and jazz bandleader
Earl Hindman	Actor	20-Oct-1943	29-Dec-2003	Elusive neighbor on Home Improvement
Freddie Hubbard	Jazz Musician	7-Apr-1938	29-Dec-2008	Hard-bop jazz trumpet soloist
Tullio Levi-Civita	Mathematician	29-Mar-1873	29-Dec-1941	Explored tensor calculus and PDE's
David Levine	Cartoonist	20-Dec-1926	29-Dec-2009	Caricaturist, New York Review of Books
Harold Macmillan	Head of State	10-Feb-1894	29-Dec-1986	UK Prime Minister, 1957-63
Thomas Malthus	Economist	13-Feb-1766	29-Dec-1834	Essay on the Principle of Population
Don Marquis	Journalist	29-Jul-1878	29-Dec-1937	archy and mehitabel
Wilhelm Maybach	Engineer	9-Feb-1846	29-Dec-1929	Designed the Mercedes
Kelly Miller	Sociologist	23-Jul-1863	29-Dec-1939	Out of the House of Bondage
William Osler	Doctor	12-Jul-1849	29-Dec-1919	Father of psychosomatic medicine
Rainer Maria Rilke	Poet	04-Dec-1875	29-Dec-1926	Duino Elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus
Leo Robin	Songwriter	6-Apr-1900	29-Dec-1984	Thanks For The Memory
Christina Rossetti	Poet	5-Dec-1830	29-Dec-1894	Goblin Market and Other Poems
William Sheluck, Jr.	Business	c. 1941	29-Dec-2007	CEO of Nationar, 1983-93
Carl Spitteler	Poet	24-Apr-1845	29-Dec-1924	The Olympic Spring
Thomas Sydenham	Doctor	13-Sep-1624	29-Dec-1689	The English Hippocrates
Brook Taylor	Mathematician	18-Aug-1685	29-Dec-1731	Calculus of Finite Differences
Thomas B. Welch	Business	31-Dec-1825	29-Dec-1903	Grape juice magnate
Paul Whiteman	Musician	28-Mar-1890	29-Dec-1967	The King of Jazz

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