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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Emperor Akihito
Royalty
23-Dec-1933   Emperor of Japan
Tsar Alexander I
Royalty
23-Dec-1777 1-Dec-1825 Tsar of Russia, 1801-25
Chet Baker
Jazz Musician
23-Dec-1929 13-May-1988 Jazz trumpeter, The Chet Baker Quartet
Richard C. Barkley
Diplomat
23-Dec-1932   US Ambassador to East Germany, 1988-90
Adrian Belew
Guitarist
23-Dec-1949   Guitarist for King Crimson
Pierre Bérégovoy
Head of State
23-Dec-1925 1-May-1993 Prime Minister of France, 1992-93
Eric Blore
Actor
23-Dec-1887 2-Mar-1959 Sullivan's Travels
Robert Bly
Poet
23-Dec-1926   Iron John: A Book About Men
Carla Bruni
First Lady
23-Dec-1967   First Lady of France
Bay Buchanan
Government
23-Dec-1948   US Treasurer, 1981-83
Michael Burgess
Politician
23-Dec-1950   Congressman, Texas 26th
Julien Carette
Actor
23-Dec-1897 20-Jul-1966 The Grand Illusion
Jean-François Champollion
Historian
23-Dec-1790 4-Mar-1832 Deciphered the Rosetta Stone
Wesley Clark
Military
23-Dec-1944   Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000
John Cromwell
Film Director
23-Dec-1887 26-Sep-1979 The Prisoner of Zenda
David Davis
Politician
23-Dec-1948   MP for Haltemprice and Howden
C. Diddy
Performance Artist
23-Dec-1971   World Air Guitar Champion, 2003
Carol Ann Duffy
Poet
23-Dec-1955   Mean Time
James Buchanan Duke
Business
23-Dec-1856 10-Oct-1925 American Tobacco Company
Raymond E. Feist
Novelist
23-Dec-1945   Riftwar Saga
Frederic Forrest
Actor
23-Dec-1936   Apocalypse Now
Tillie Fowler
Politician
23-Dec-1942 2-Mar-2005 Congresswoman from Florida
Julia S. Gibbons
Judge
23-Dec-1950   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Ward Greene
Novelist
23-Dec-1892 22-Jan-1956 Lady and the Tramp
James Gregory
Actor
23-Dec-1911 16-Sep-2002 Inspector Lugar on Barney Miller
Harry Guardino
Actor
23-Dec-1925 17-Jul-1995 Houseboat
Raj L. Gupta
Business
23-Dec-1945   CEO of Rohm and Haas
Corey Haim
Actor
23-Dec-1971 10-Mar-2010 The Lost Boys
Jack Ham
Football
23-Dec-1948   Linebacker, NFL Hall of Famer
Tim Hardin
Singer/Songwriter
23-Dec-1941 29-Dec-1980 If I Were a Carpenter
Elizabeth Hartman
Actor
23-Dec-1943 10-Jun-1987 A Patch of Blue
Paul Hornung
Football
23-Dec-1935   Green Bay Packer, Heisman winner
Roger Jepsen
Politician
23-Dec-1928   US Senator from Iowa, 1979-85
Niels K. Jerne
Scientist
23-Dec-1911 7-Oct-1994 Immune theory (anti-antibody)
Robert E. Kahn
Scientist
23-Dec-1938   Co-Inventor, Internet's TCP-IP protocol
Yousuf Karsh
Photographer
23-Dec-1908 13-Jul-2002 Portrait photographer
Jorma Kaukonen
Guitarist
23-Dec-1940   Jefferson Airplane
Johnny Kidd
Musician
23-Dec-1939 7-Oct-1966 Shakin' All Over
Albert Kingsbury
Engineer
23-Dec-1863 28-Jul-1943 Kingsbury thrust bearing
Bill Kristol
Columnist
23-Dec-1952   Editor of The Weekly Standard
Bob Kurland
Basketball
23-Dec-1924   First 7 ft. tall basketball star
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Author
23-Dec-1896 23-Jul-1957 Il gattopardo
Jeff Landry
Politician
23-Dec-1970   Congressman, Louisiana 3rd
Richard Lepsius
Historian
23-Dec-1810 10-Jul-1884 German Egyptologist
David Loebsack
Politician
23-Dec-1952   Congressman, Iowa 2nd
Susan Lucci
Actor
23-Dec-1946   Erica Kane on All My Children
Holly Madison
TV Personality
23-Dec-1978   The Girls Next Door
Shelley Malil
Actor
23-Dec-1964   Actor, incarcerated for attempted murder
Burns Mantle
Critic
23-Dec-1873 9-Feb-1948 New York Daily News drama critic
Sophie Masloff
Politician
23-Dec-1917   Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1988-94
Peter Medak
Film Director
23-Dec-1937   Romeo Is Bleeding
Edwin T. Meredith
Government
23-Dec-1876 17-Jun-1928 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1920-21
John S. Monagan
Politician
23-Dec-1911 23-Oct-2005 Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-73
Harriet Monroe
Poet
23-Dec-1860 26-Sep-1936 Founder of Poetry magazine
Nick Moran
Actor
23-Dec-1969   Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Actor
23-Dec-1921   Lt. Ed Ryker on The Rookies
Anthony Phillips
Guitarist
23-Dec-1951   Original guitarist for Genesis
Donald Ray Pollock
Author
23-Dec-1954   The Devil All The Time
Noel Purcell
Actor
23-Dec-1900 3-Mar-1985 The Rising of the Moon
Kane Richmond
Actor
23-Dec-1906 22-Mar-1973 American character actor
Dino Risi
Film Director
23-Dec-1916 7-Jun-2008 The Easy Life
James Roosevelt
Politician
23-Dec-1907 13-Aug-1991 Congressman from California, 1955-65
Bobby Ross
Football
23-Dec-1936   Retired college, NFL football coach
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Critic
23-Dec-1804 13-Oct-1869 Portraits contemporains
Robert J. Samuelson
Columnist
23-Dec-1945   Newsweek columnist
Ronnie Schell
Actor
23-Dec-1931   Duke Slater on Gomer Pyle, USMC
Helmut Schmidt
Head of State
23-Dec-1918   Chancellor of Germany, 1974-82
Peter W. Schramm
Activist
23-Dec-1946   Executive Director, Ashbrook Center
Joan Severance
Actor
23-Dec-1958   Dangerous Indiscretion
Harry Shearer
Comic
23-Dec-1943   Almost half the voices on The Simpsons
Joseph Smith
Religion
23-Dec-1805 27-Jun-1844 Founded the Mormon faith
James Stacy
Actor
23-Dec-1936   Lancer
Rick Stansbury
Basketball
23-Dec-1959   Head Coach, Mississippi State
Avraham Stern
Military
23-Dec-1907 12-Feb-1942 Founder of Lohamei Herut Israel
James Stockdale
Military
23-Dec-1923 5-Jul-2005 H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President
Judy Strangis
Actor
23-Dec-1949   Dyna Girl
Oscar S. Straus
Diplomat
23-Dec-1850 3-May-1926 Thrice Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
Diane S. Sykes
Judge
23-Dec-1957   7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Donna Tartt
Novelist
23-Dec-1963   The Secret History
Brian Teacher
Tennis
23-Dec-1954   Winner, 1980 Australian Open
Stephen Timoshenko
Engineer
23-Dec-1878 29-May-1972 Mechanical engineering professor at Stanford
Eddie Vedder
Singer
23-Dec-1964   Lead singer, Pearl Jam
Romo Vincent
Actor
23-Dec-1908 16-Jan-1989 American comic character actor
Robert S. Walker
Politician
23-Dec-1942   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1977-97
Estella Warren
Model
23-Dec-1970   Synchronized swimmer turned model
Dick Weber
Bowling
23-Dec-1929 13-Feb-2005 Professional bowler


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