| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Toni Cade Bambara |
Novelist |
25-Mar-1939 |
9-Dec-1995 |
Gorilla, My Love |
| Karl Barth |
Religion |
10-May-1886 |
9-Dec-1968 |
Church Dogmatics |
| Vivian Blaine |
Actor |
21-Nov-1921 |
9-Dec-1995 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Joseph Bramah |
Inventor |
13-Apr-1748 |
9-Dec-1814 |
Inventor of the hydraulic press |
| Ralph Bunche |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1904 |
9-Dec-1971 |
UN Mediator in Palestine 1948 |
| Thomas François Burgers |
Head of State |
15-Apr-1834 |
9-Dec-1881 |
President of Transvaal Republic |
| Pope Clement IX |
Religion |
28-Jan-1600 |
9-Dec-1669 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1667-69 |
| Ezra Cornell |
Business |
11-Jan-1807 |
9-Dec-1874 |
Founder of Cornell University |
| Wrong Way Corrigan |
Aviator |
22-Jan-1907 |
9-Dec-1995 |
Flew transatlantic route "by accident" |
| Laird Cregar |
Actor |
28-Jul-1916 |
9-Dec-1944 |
The Lodger |
| Gustaf Dalén |
Inventor |
30-Nov-1869 |
9-Dec-1937 |
Automatic sun valve |
| Vincent Gardenia |
Actor |
7-Jan-1922 |
9-Dec-1992 |
Cher's father in Moonstruck |
| João Batista de Almeida Garrett |
Playwright |
4-Feb-1799 |
9-Dec-1854 |
Frei Luís da Sousa |
| Mary Hansen |
Musician |
1-Nov-1966 |
9-Dec-2002 |
Stereolab multi-instrumentalist |
| Leon Jaworski |
Government |
19-Sep-1905 |
9-Dec-1982 |
Watergate special prosecutor |
| Mary Leakey |
Anthropologist |
6-Feb-1913 |
9-Dec-1996 |
Discovered Proconsul |
| Perry Miller |
Historian |
25-Feb-1905 |
9-Dec-1963 |
The New England Mind |
| Louella Parsons |
Columnist |
6-Aug-1881 |
9-Dec-1972 |
Hollywood queen of gossip |
| Pope Pius IV |
Religion |
31-Mar-1499 |
9-Dec-1565 |
Roman Catholic Pope 1560-65 |
| Branch Rickey |
Baseball |
20-Dec-1881 |
9-Dec-1965 |
Longtime Baseball GM |
| Ted Shackley |
Government |
16-Jul-1927 |
9-Dec-2002 |
The CIA's Blond Ghost |
| Fulton J. Sheen |
Religion |
8-May-1895 |
9-Dec-1979 |
America's first televangelist |
| Sigismund |
Royalty |
15-Feb-1368 |
9-Dec-1437 |
Holy Roman Emperor, 1433-37 |
| Paul Simon |
Politician |
29-Nov-1928 |
9-Dec-2003 |
US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate |
| Edith Sitwell |
Poet |
7-Sep-1887 |
9-Dec-1964 |
Façade |
| Ezra Solomon |
Economist |
1920 |
9-Dec-2002 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1971-73 |
| Walter Stoessel |
Diplomat |
24-Jan-1920 |
9-Dec-1986 |
Ambassador to the USSR, Germany, Poland |
| Anthony Van Dyck |
Painter |
22-Mar-1599 |
9-Dec-1641 |
Flemish portraitist and English court painter |
| William A. Wellman |
Film Director |
29-Feb-1896 |
9-Dec-1975 |
The High and the Mighty |