Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Léonie Adams |
Poet |
9-Dec-1899 |
27-Jun-1988 |
Those Not Elect |
Kurt Angle |
Wrestling |
9-Dec-1968 |
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Olympic medalist, WWE wrestler |
Joan Armatrading |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Dec-1950 |
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Eclectic folk performer |
Reiko Aylesworth |
Actor |
9-Dec-1972 |
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Michelle Dessler on 24 |
Geoff Barrow |
Electronic Musician |
9-Dec-1971 |
|
Portishead |
Joshua Bell |
Violinist |
9-Dec-1967 |
|
Violin virtuoso |
Gioconda Belli |
Novelist |
9-Dec-1948 |
|
La Mujer Habitada |
Claude-Louis Berthollet |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1748 |
6-Nov-1822 |
Essai de statique chimique |
Clarence Birdseye |
Scientist |
9-Dec-1886 |
7-Oct-1956 |
Frozen and dried food, wrapped in cellophane |
Willie Bosket |
Criminal |
9-Dec-1962 |
|
Inspiration for the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978 |
Beau Bridges |
Actor |
9-Dec-1941 |
|
The Fabulous Baker Boys |
Ashleigh Brilliant |
Cartoonist |
9-Dec-1933 |
|
Creator of Pot-Shots |
Phil Bryant |
Politician |
9-Dec-1954 |
|
Governor of Mississippi |
Paddy Bush |
Musician |
09-Dec-1952 |
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Multi-instrumentalist for sister Kate Bush |
Dick Butkus |
Football |
9-Dec-1942 |
|
Middle linebacker, Chicago Bears |
Rab Butler |
Politician |
9-Dec-1902 |
8-Mar-1982 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1963-64 |
Donald Byrd |
Jazz Musician |
9-Dec-1932 |
|
Hard bop trumpeter |
Milt Campbell |
Track and Field |
9-Dec-1933 |
|
Olympic decathlete |
Mario Cantone |
Comic |
9-Dec-1959 |
|
Laugh Whore |
John Cassavetes |
Actor |
9-Dec-1929 |
3-Feb-1989 |
Rosemary's Baby |
Henry S. Caulfield |
Politician |
9-Dec-1873 |
11-May-1966 |
Governor of Missouri, 1929-33 |
Berton Churchill |
Actor |
9-Dec-1876 |
10-Oct-1940 |
Heroes for Sale |
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi |
Head of State |
9-Dec-1920 |
|
President of Italy, 1999-2006 |
Broderick Crawford |
Actor |
9-Dec-1911 |
26-Apr-1986 |
All the King's Men |
Rick Danko |
Singer |
9-Dec-1943 |
10-Dec-1999 |
The Band |
Tom Daschle |
Politician |
9-Dec-1947 |
|
US Senator from South Dakota, 1987-2005 |
Judi Dench |
Actor |
9-Dec-1934 |
|
Mrs. Brown |
Kara DioGuardi |
Songwriter |
9-Dec-1970 |
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Former judge, American Idol |
Michael Dorn |
Actor |
9-Dec-1952 |
|
Worf on Star Trek: TNG |
Kirk Douglas |
Actor |
9-Dec-1916 |
|
Spartacus |
Morton Downey, Jr. |
Talk Show Host |
9-Dec-1933 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Mort the Mouth |
Jakob Dylan |
Musician |
9-Dec-1969 |
|
Head Wallflower and Bob Dylan's son |
Alexander Eckstein |
Economist |
9-Dec-1915 |
4-Dec-1976 |
Sinologist, China's Economic Revolution |
Ben Erdreich |
Politician |
9-Dec-1938 |
|
Congressman from Alabama, 1983-93 |
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. |
Actor |
9-Dec-1909 |
7-May-2000 |
Sinbad the Sailor |
Mary Fallin |
Politician |
9-Dec-1954 |
|
Governor of Oklahoma |
Marye Anne Fox |
Educator |
9-Dec-1947 |
|
Chancellor, UC San Diego |
Redd Foxx |
Comic |
9-Dec-1922 |
11-Oct-1991 |
Foul-mouthed comedian, Sanford and Son |
Howard Freeman |
Actor |
9-Dec-1899 |
11-Dec-1967 |
Theatre and character actor |
Sonia Gandhi |
Politician |
9-Dec-1946 |
|
Declined Prime Minister-ship of India |
Gastón Gaudio |
Tennis |
9-Dec-1978 |
|
Winner, 2004 French Open |
Kirsten Gillibrand |
Politician |
9-Dec-1966 |
|
US Senator from New York |
Hermione Gingold |
Actor |
9-Dec-1897 |
24-May-1987 |
Madame Alvarez in Gigi |
Raja Gosnell |
Film Director |
9-Dec-1958 |
|
Never Been Kissed |
Gustav Adolph the Great |
Royalty |
9-Dec-1594 |
6-Nov-1632 |
King of Sweden 1611-32 |
Fritz Haber |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1868 |
29-Jan-1934 |
Synthesized ammonia, chemical warfare |
Margaret Hamilton |
Actor |
9-Dec-1902 |
16-May-1985 |
Wicked Witch of the West |
Thomas W. Hardwick |
Politician |
9-Dec-1872 |
31-Jan-1944 |
Senator and Governor from Georgia |
Joel Chandler Harris |
Novelist |
9-Dec-1848 |
3-Jul-1908 |
Uncle Remus |
Bill Hartack |
Jockey |
9-Dec-1932 |
26-Nov-2007 |
Five-time Kentucky Derby winner |
Robert Hawke |
Head of State |
9-Dec-1929 |
|
Prime Minister of Australia, 1983-91 |
Imogen Heap |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Dec-1977 |
|
Speak for Yourself |
Simon Helberg |
Actor |
9-Dec-1980 |
|
Howard Wolowitz on The Big Bang Theory |
Buck Henry |
Comic |
9-Dec-1930 |
|
Frequent SNL host |
Pierre Henry |
Composer |
9-Dec-1927 |
|
Electronic music pioneer |
Grace Murray Hopper |
Computer Programmer |
9-Dec-1906 |
1-Jan-1992 |
Computer programming pioneer |
Felicity Huffman |
Actor |
9-Dec-1962 |
|
Desperate Housewives |
Frank M. Hull |
Judge |
9-Dec-1948 |
|
11th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Toby Huss |
Actor |
9-Dec-1966 |
|
Carnivale, King of the Hill |
Waris Hussein |
Film Director |
9-Dec-1938 |
|
Melody |
Neil Innes |
Musician |
9-Dec-1944 |
|
The Rutles |
Deacon Jones |
Football |
9-Dec-1938 |
|
NFL's Secretary of Defense |
Emmett Kelly |
Performance Artist |
9-Dec-1898 |
28-Mar-1979 |
Weary Willy, circus clown |
Henry W. Kendall |
Physicist |
9-Dec-1926 |
15-Feb-1999 |
Verified existence of quarks |
Jonathan King |
Musician |
9-Dec-1944 |
|
Pop producer, discovered Genesis |
Tom Kite |
Golf |
9-Dec-1949 |
|
Winner, 1992 US Open |
Goodwin Knight |
Politician |
9-Dec-1896 |
22-May-1970 |
Governor of California, 1953-59 |
Joe Lando |
Actor |
9-Dec-1961 |
|
Byron Sully on Dr. Quinn |
William Lipscomb |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1919 |
14-Apr-2011 |
Chemical bonding |
Robert Livingston |
Actor |
9-Dec-1904 |
7-Mar-1988 |
The Lone Ranger Rides Again |
John Malkovich |
Actor |
9-Dec-1953 |
|
Subject of Being John Malkovich |
Dina Merrill |
Actor |
9-Dec-1925 |
|
EF Hutton heiress and actress |
Jesse Metcalfe |
Actor |
9-Dec-1978 |
|
Desperate Housewives |
John Milton |
Poet |
9-Dec-1608 |
8-Nov-1674 |
Paradise Lost |
Orville Moody |
Golf |
9-Dec-1933 |
8-Aug-2008 |
Winner, 1969 US Open |
Terry Moran |
Journalist |
9-Dec-1959 |
|
ABC White House Correspondent |
Joseph Needham |
Historian |
9-Dec-1900 |
24-Mar-1995 |
Science and Civilization in China |
Michael Nouri |
Actor |
9-Dec-1945 |
|
Flashdance |
Bob O'Connor |
Politician |
9-Dec-1944 |
1-Sep-2006 |
Mayor of Pittsburgh, 2006 |
Tip O'Neill |
Politician |
9-Dec-1912 |
5-Jan-1994 |
Speaker of the House, 1977-87 |
Pete Olson |
Politician |
9-Dec-1962 |
|
Congressman, Texas 22nd |
Donny Osmond |
Musician |
9-Dec-1957 |
|
Donny and Marie Show |
Steve Owens |
Football |
9-Dec-1947 |
|
Winner, 1969 Heisman Trophy |
Leon C. Phillips |
Politician |
9-Dec-1890 |
27-Mar-1958 |
Governor of Oklahoma, 1939-43 |
James Rainwater |
Physicist |
9-Dec-1917 |
31-May-1986 |
Determined shapes of nuclei |
Don Michael Randel |
Educator |
9-Dec-1940 |
|
President, University of Chicago, 2000-06 |
Francis Rawdon-Hastings |
Government |
9-Dec-1754 |
28-Nov-1826 |
Governor-General of India |
Joyce Redman |
Actor |
9-Dec-1915 |
10-May-2012 |
Tom Jones |
Frances Reid |
Actor |
9-Dec-1913 |
3-Feb-2010 |
Alice Horton on Days of Our Lives |
William Reynolds |
Actor |
9-Dec-1931 |
|
The F.B.I. |
Ciro Rodriguez |
Politician |
9-Dec-1946 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1997-2005 and 2007-11 |
Carl Wilhelm Scheele |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1742 |
21-May-1786 |
Discovered oxygen, chlorine, manganese |
Allison Smith |
Actor |
9-Dec-1969 |
|
Kate & Allie |
Bertrand H. Snell |
Politician |
9-Dec-1870 |
2-Feb-1958 |
Congressman from New York, 1915-39 |
Sebastian Spence |
Actor |
9-Dec-1969 |
|
Cade Foster on First Wave |
Anna Diggs Taylor |
Judge |
9-Dec-1932 |
|
Federal judge |
Tre Cool |
Drummer |
9-Dec-1972 |
|
Drummer for Green Day |
Dalton Trumbo |
Author |
9-Dec-1905 |
10-Sep-1976 |
Johnny Got His Gun |
Jim Turnesa |
Golf |
9-Dec-1912 |
27-Aug-1971 |
Winner, 1952 PGA Championship |
Dick Van Patten |
Actor |
9-Dec-1928 |
|
Dad on Eight is Enough |
Louie Welch |
Politician |
9-Dec-1918 |
27-Jan-2008 |
Mayor of Houston, 1964-73 |
William Whiston |
Religion |
9-Dec-1667 |
22-Aug-1752 |
Apostolical Constitutions |
Johann Winckelmann |
Archaeologist |
9-Dec-1717 |
8-Jun-1768 |
Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums |