Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Charles E. Adair |
Business |
26-Dec-1947 |
|
Partner, Cordova Ventures |
Steve Allen |
Talk Show Host |
26-Dec-1921 |
30-Oct-2000 |
The Tonight Show |
Norman Angell |
Economist |
26-Dec-1872 |
7-Oct-1967 |
The Great Illusion |
Bill Ayers |
Activist |
26-Dec-1944 |
|
Weather Underground |
Charles Babbage |
Mathematician |
26-Dec-1791 |
18-Oct-1871 |
Inventor of the Difference Engine |
Evan Bayh |
Politician |
26-Dec-1955 |
|
US Senator from Indiana, 1999-2011 |
Beth Behrs |
Actor |
26-Dec-1985 |
|
Caroline Channing on 2 Broke Girls |
Andy Biersack |
Singer |
26-Dec-1990 |
|
Lead singer, Black Veil Brides |
Clint Bolick |
Activist |
26-Dec-1957 |
|
Libertarian school choice activist |
Dion Boucicault |
Playwright |
26-Dec-1820 |
18-Sep-1890 |
The Corsican Brothers |
Earle Brown |
Composer |
26-Dec-1926 |
2-Jul-2002 |
Developed open-form scores |
Frank Broyles |
Football |
26-Dec-1924 |
|
Arkansas Head Coach, 1958-76 |
Eli Cohen |
Spy |
26-Dec-1924 |
18-May-1965 |
Israel's greatest spy |
James T. Conway |
Military |
26-Dec-1947 |
|
34th USMC Commandant, 2006-10 |
John Conway |
Mathematician |
26-Dec-1937 |
|
Game of Life |
Elisha Cook, Jr. |
Actor |
26-Dec-1903 |
18-May-1995 |
The Maltese Falcon |
Candy Crowley |
Journalist |
26-Dec-1948 |
|
CNN senior political correspondent |
Nadia Dajani |
Actor |
26-Dec-1965 |
|
Amanda Moyer on Ned and Stacey |
Chris Daughtry |
Singer |
26-Dec-1979 |
|
American Idol |
Glenn Davis |
Football |
26-Dec-1924 |
9-Mar-2005 |
Winner, 1946 Heisman Trophy |
Gray Davis |
Politician |
26-Dec-1942 |
|
Governor of California, 1999-2003 |
George Dewey |
Military |
26-Dec-1837 |
16-Jan-1917 |
Sank the Spanish fleet at Manila |
Kitty Dukakis |
First Lady |
26-Dec-1936 |
|
Wife of Michael Dukakis |
Gnassingbe Eyadema |
Head of State |
26-Dec-1937 |
5-Feb-2005 |
Dictator of Togo, 1967-2005 |
Leonel Fernández |
Head of State |
26-Dec-1953 |
|
President of the Dominican Republic |
Carlton Fisk |
Baseball |
26-Dec-1947 |
|
Catcher for 2,226 games |
Alan S. Frumin |
Government |
26-Dec-1946 |
|
US Senate Parliamentarian |
José Horacio Gómez |
Religion |
26-Dec-1951 |
|
Catholic Archbishop of Los Angeles |
Albert Gore, Sr. |
Politician |
26-Dec-1907 |
5-Dec-1998 |
US Senator from Tennessee, 1953-71 |
Thomas Gray |
Poet |
26-Dec-1716 |
30-Jul-1771 |
An Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard |
Derick Heathcoat-Amory |
Politician |
26-Dec-1899 |
20-Jan-1981 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1958-60 |
José Ramos Horta |
Politician |
26-Dec-1949 |
|
President of East Timor, Nobel laureate |
Toomas Hendrik Ilves |
Head of State |
26-Dec-1953 |
|
President of Estonia |
Alan King |
Comic |
26-Dec-1927 |
9-May-2004 |
Jewish comic and Friars Club fixture |
Jane Lapotaire |
Actor |
26-Dec-1944 |
|
English character actress |
Reichen Lehmkuhl |
TV Personality |
26-Dec-1973 |
|
The Amazing Race |
Jared Leto |
Actor |
26-Dec-1971 |
|
Harry in Requiem for a Dream |
Elliott H. Levitas |
Politician |
26-Dec-1930 |
|
Congressman from Georgia, 1975-85 |
John Lynch |
Actor |
26-Dec-1961 |
|
Cal |
Khalid bin Mahfouz |
Business |
26-Dec-1949 |
16-Aug-2009 |
Billionaire Saudi banker |
Mao |
Head of State |
26-Dec-1893 |
9-Sep-1976 |
Great Leap Forward! |
Lynn Martin |
Politician |
26-Dec-1939 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 1991-93 |
Elton Mayo |
Psychologist |
26-Dec-1880 |
7-Sep-1949 |
Student of Industrial Civilization |
Richard L. McCormick |
Educator |
26-Dec-1947 |
|
President, Rutgers University |
Henry Miller |
Novelist |
26-Dec-1891 |
7-Jun-1980 |
Tropic of Cancer |
Donald Moffat |
Actor |
26-Dec-1930 |
|
British-American character actor |
Jarl Mohn |
Business |
26-Dec-1951 |
|
Founder of E! Television Networks |
Temuera Morrison |
Actor |
26-Dec-1960 |
|
Jango Fett |
Friedrich Myconius |
Religion |
26-Dec-1490 |
7-Apr-1546 |
German Lutheran theologian |
Richard L. Neuberger |
Politician |
26-Dec-1912 |
9-Mar-1960 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1955-60 |
Edward C. Prescott |
Economist |
26-Dec-1940 |
|
Dynamic macroeconomics |
Denis Quilley |
Actor |
26-Dec-1927 |
5-Oct-2003 |
Privates on Parade |
Tony Rosato |
Comic |
26-Dec-1954 |
|
Second City |
Fred Schepisi |
Film Director |
26-Dec-1939 |
|
Six Degrees of Separation |
David Sedaris |
Author |
26-Dec-1956 |
|
Contributor to This American Life |
Eden Sher |
Actor |
26-Dec-1991 |
|
Sue Heck on The Middle |
Ozzie Smith |
Baseball |
26-Dec-1954 |
|
Hall of Fame shortstop |
Vladimir Sokoloff |
Actor |
26-Dec-1889 |
15-Feb-1962 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
Phil Spector |
Music Producer |
26-Dec-1940 |
|
Creator of the Wall of Sound |
Caroll Spinney |
TV Personality |
26-Dec-1933 |
|
Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch |
William D. Stephens |
Politician |
26-Dec-1859 |
25-Apr-1944 |
Governor of California, 1917-23 |
Larry E. Temple |
Attorney |
26-Dec-1935 |
|
President, LBJ Foundation |
David R. Thompson |
Judge |
26-Dec-1930 |
19-Feb-2011 |
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-2011 |
Jean Toomer |
Author |
26-Dec-1894 |
30-Mar-1967 |
Cane |
Lars Ulrich |
Drummer |
26-Dec-1963 |
|
Drummer for Metallica |
John M. Walker, Jr. |
Judge |
26-Dec-1940 |
|
2nd Circuit Appeals Court, 1992-2006 |
John Walsh |
TV Personality |
26-Dec-1945 |
|
America's Most Wanted |
Tahnee Welch |
Actor |
26-Dec-1961 |
|
Raquel's daughter |
Richard Widmark |
Actor |
26-Dec-1914 |
24-Mar-2008 |
Kiss of Death |
Rose Mary Woods |
Government |
26-Dec-1917 |
22-Jan-2005 |
Blamed for 18.5 minute Watergate tape erasure |
Bill Yeoman |
Football |
26-Dec-1927 |
|
Houston Head Coach, 1962-86 |