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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Hardie Albright
Actor
16-Dec-1903 7-Dec-1975 Angel on My Shoulder
Benny Andersson
Musician
16-Dec-1946   ABBA
Jane Austen
Author
16-Dec-1775 18-Jul-1817 Pride and Prejudice
Donovan Bailey
Track and Field
16-Dec-1967   Canadian sprinter, Gold Medal in 1996
Edward Barnard
Astronomer
16-Dec-1857 16-Feb-1923 Self-taught scientist
Christopher Biggins
Actor
16-Dec-1948   Lukewarm
Steven Bochco
Film/TV Producer
16-Dec-1943   Cop Rock
Artur Bodanzky
Conductor
16-Dec-1877 23-Nov-1939 Opera Conductor at the NY Met, 1915-39
Benjamin Bratt
Actor
16-Dec-1963   Hunk from Law & Order
Claude S. Brinegar
Business
16-Dec-1926 13-Mar-2009 US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75
Carol M. Browner
Government
16-Dec-1955   Clinton's EPA Administrator
Howard G. Buffett
Relative
16-Dec-1954   Son of Warren Buffett
Joyce Bulifant
Actor
16-Dec-1937   Match Game panelist
Don Carcieri
Politician
16-Dec-1942   Governor of Rhode Island, 2003-11
Catherine of Aragon
Royalty
16-Dec-1485 7-Jan-1536 First wife of King Henry VIII
David Caute
Author
16-Dec-1936   Comrade Jacob
Arthur C. Clarke
Novelist
16-Dec-1917 19-Mar-2008 2001: A Space Odyssey
Claudia Cohen
Columnist
16-Dec-1950 15-Jun-2007 Gossip columnist
Robert J. Cornell
Politician
16-Dec-1919 10-May-2009 Congressman from Wisconsin, 1975-79
Daniel Cosgrove
Actor
16-Dec-1970   Matt Durning on Beverly Hills 90210
Noel Coward
Playwright
16-Dec-1899 26-Mar-1973 Design for Living
Ben Cross
Actor
16-Dec-1947   Chariots of Fire
Morris Dees
Activist
16-Dec-1936   Bankrupted the Klan
Maruschka Detmers
Actor
16-Dec-1962   Prénom Carmen
Patti Deutsch
Actor
16-Dec-1945   Laugh-In
Philip K. Dick
Novelist
16-Dec-1928 2-Mar-1982 Blade Runner
Norm Dicks
Politician
16-Dec-1940   Congressman, Washington 6th
William Duncan
Actor
16-Dec-1879 8-Feb-1961 Silent film actor
Mark Emmert
Educator
16-Dec-1952   President, University of Washington
Susan Estrich
Pundit
16-Dec-1952   Fox News liberal
Billy Gibbons
Guitarist
16-Dec-1949   ZZ Top
Jim Gibbons
Politician
16-Dec-1944   Governor of Nevada, 2007-11
Judith Giuliani
Relative
16-Dec-1954   Wife of Rudy Giuliani
Emmanuel Goldstein
Journalist
16-Dec-1959   2600: The Hacker Quarterly
Bill Hicks
Comic
16-Dec-1961 26-Feb-1994 Visionary comedian, met untimely death
Hallee Hirsh
Actor
16-Dec-1987   Daley on Flight 29 Down
Trevor Immelman
Golf
16-Dec-1979   Winner of 2008 Masters Tournament
Catherine Jacob
Actor
16-Dec-1956   Life Is a Long Quiet River
John E. Jacob
Business
16-Dec-1934   President of Urban League, 1982-94
Theo James
Actor
16-Dec-1984   Jed Harper on Bedlam
Wassily Kandinsky
Artist
16-Dec-1866 13-Dec-1944 Abstractionist and theorist
Barbara Kent
Actor
16-Dec-1907 13-Oct-2011 Flesh and the Devil
Zoltán Kodály
Composer
16-Dec-1882 6-Mar-1967 Psalmus Hungaricus
Alison LaPlaca
Actor
16-Dec-1959   Linda Phillips on Duet
Alexander Lebedev
Business
16-Dec-1959   Russian oligarch, ex-KGB
Leopold I
Royalty
16-Dec-1790 10-Dec-1865 First King of the Belgians
Max Linder
Actor
16-Dec-1883 31-Oct-1925 Seven Years Bad Luck
James Mangold
Film Director
16-Dec-1963   Walk the Line
James McCracken
Singer
16-Dec-1926 30-Apr-1988 Operatic tenor, Otello
Margaret Mead
Anthropologist
16-Dec-1901 15-Nov-1978 Coming of Age in Samoa
Dick Murphy
Politician
16-Dec-1942   Mayor of San Diego, 2000-05
Peter R. Orszag
Government
16-Dec-1968   Beltway economist
Miranda Otto
Actor
16-Dec-1967   Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings
Buddy Parker
Football
16-Dec-1913 22-Mar-1982 Steelers Head Coach, 1957-64
William "The Refrigerator" Perry
Football
16-Dec-1962   Chicago Bears defensive tackle
Anna Popplewell
Actor
16-Dec-1988   Chronicles of Narnia
V. S. Pritchett
Author
16-Dec-1900 20-Mar-1997 Midnight Oil
Pat Quinn
Politician
16-Dec-1948   Governor of Illinois
Johnnie B. Rawlinson
Judge
16-Dec-1952   9th Circuit Court of Appeals
René Redzepi
Chef
16-Dec-1977   Noma, Copenhagen
Eugene C. Renzi
Military
16-Dec-1933 9-Feb-2008 Army Maj. Gen., ManTech VP
Krysten Ritter
Actor
16-Dec-1981   Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
Sam Robards
Actor
16-Dec-1961   Get a Life
Edward Ruscha
Painter
16-Dec-1937   Twenty-six Gasoline Stations
George Santayana
Philosopher
16-Dec-1863 26-Sep-1952 The Realms of Being
Jonathan Scarfe
Actor
16-Dec-1975   Charlie Sagansky on Raising the Bar
George Schaefer
Film Director
16-Dec-1920 10-Sep-1997 The Bunker
Anthony J. Scirica
Judge
16-Dec-1940   3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
John Selden
Scholar
16-Dec-1584 30-Nov-1654 English orientalist and jurist
Alfred C. Sikes
Government
16-Dec-1939   FCC Chairman, 1989-93
Melanie Sloan
Activist
16-Dec-1965   Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Lesley Stahl
Journalist
16-Dec-1941   60 Minutes
Vladimir Tatlin
Sculptor
16-Dec-1885 31-May-1953 Monument to the Third International
Jon Tenney
Actor
16-Dec-1961   Brooklyn South
Liv Ullmann
Actor
16-Dec-1938   The Passion of Anna
Robert Urich
Actor
16-Dec-1946 16-Apr-2002 Dan Tanna on Vega$
Paul Vogt
Actor
16-Dec-1964   MADtv
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
Military
16-Dec-1742 12-Sep-1819 Defeated Napoleon at Waterloo
Léon Walras
Economist
16-Dec-1834 5-Jan-1910 Founded the marginalist school of economics
Gina Wild
Pornstar
16-Dec-1970   German pornstar
Bill Young
Politician
16-Dec-1930   Congressman, Florida 10th


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