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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Luther Adler
Actor
4-May-1903 8-Dec-1984 Broadway actor
George Boole
Mathematician
2-Nov-1815 8-Dec-1864 Inventor of Boolean Algebra
David Brudnoy
Radio Personality
5-Jun-1940 8-Dec-2004 Boston talk radio host
Robert Cantwell
Novelist
31-Jan-1908 8-Dec-1978 Laugh and Lie Down
Bud Carson
Football
28-Apr-1931 8-Dec-2005 Pittsburgh Steelers DC, 1972-77
George Cayley
Inventor
27-Dec-1773 8-Dec-1854 Father of aeronautics
George Washington Collins
Politician
5-Mar-1925 8-Dec-1972 Congressman from Illinois, 1970-72
Benjamin Constant
Politician
25-Oct-1767 8-Dec-1830 French political thinker
Dimebag Darrell
Guitarist
20-Aug-1966 8-Dec-2004 Lead guitarist for Pantera
Sir John Davies
Poet
16-Apr-1569 8-Dec-1626 Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing
Deane C. Davis
Politician
7-Nov-1900 8-Dec-1990 Governor of Vermont, 1969-73
Thomas De Quincey
Author
15-Aug-1785 8-Dec-1859 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
William Dieterle
Film Director
15-Jul-1893 8-Dec-1972 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Julian C. Dixon
Politician
8-Aug-1934 8-Dec-2000 Congressman from California, 1979-2000
Ernst Engel
Economist
26-Mar-1821 8-Dec-1896 Engel's Law
Gladys George
Actor
13-Sep-1900 8-Dec-1954 Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
James Hoban
Architect
c. 1758 8-Dec-1831 Architect of the White House
Keith Holyoake
Head of State
11-Feb-1904 8-Dec-1983 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1960-72
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Musician
25-Jan-1927 8-Dec-1994 The Girl from Ipanema
Albert Kahn
Architect
21-Mar-1869 8-Dec-1942 Detroit architect, factory designer
Henry Laurens
Politician
24-Feb-1724 8-Dec-1792 Captured negotiating treaty with Holland
John Lennon
Musician
9-Oct-1940 8-Dec-1980 Beatle
Robert Mathews
Criminal
16-Jan-1953 8-Dec-1984 White supremacist died in shootout with FBI
Golda Meir
Head of State
3-May-1898 8-Dec-1978 Fourth Prime Minister of Israel
Oscar II
Royalty
21-Jan-1829 8-Dec-1907 King of Sweden and Norway
Slim Pickens
Actor
29-Jun-1919 8-Dec-1983 Tough cowboy actor
Robert Prosky
Actor
13-Dec-1930 8-Dec-2008 Pat Chase on Veronica's Closet
Martin Ritt
Film Director
2-Mar-1914 8-Dec-1990 The Long Hot Summer
Marty Robbins
Country Musician
26-Sep-1925 8-Dec-1982 El Paso
Howard E. Rollins, Jr.
Actor
17-Oct-1950 8-Dec-1996 A Soldier's Story
Anne Seymour
Actor
11-Sep-1909 8-Dec-1988 Character actress
William Shawn
Journalist
31-Aug-1907 8-Dec-1992 Editor of The New Yorker, 1952-87
Tris Speaker
Baseball
4-Apr-1888 8-Dec-1958 Exceptional centerfielder
Herbert Spencer
Philosopher
27-Apr-1820 8-Dec-1903 Synthetic Philosophy
Gerard Terborch
Painter
1617 8-Dec-1681 Dutch subject painter
Giangiorgio Trissino
Scholar
8-Jul-1478 8-Dec-1550 Sofonisba
William Henry Vanderbilt
Business
8-May-1821 8-Dec-1885 Wealthy son of Cornelius Vanderbilt


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