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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Julius Axelrod
Chemist
30-May-1912 29-Dec-2004 Research of neurotransmitters
Thomas Becket
Religion
c. 1118 29-Dec-1170 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1162-70
Joseph Cornell
Sculptor
24-Dec-1903 29-Dec-1972 Exponent of Assemblage
Axel Corti
Film Director
7-May-1933 29-Dec-1993 Where To and Back trilogy
Jacques-Louis David
Painter
30-Aug-1748 29-Dec-1825 French Neoclassical painter
John Davis
Explorer
c. 1550 29-Dec-1605 Discovered Falkland Islands
Leslie Dwyer
Actor
28-Aug-1906 29-Dec-1986 Mr Partridge in Hi-de-Hi!
Hugh J. Gallen
Politician
30-Jul-1924 29-Dec-1982 Governor of New Hampshire, 1979-82
Tim Hardin
Singer/Songwriter
23-Dec-1941 29-Dec-1980 If I Were a Carpenter
John Marshall Harlan
Judge
20-May-1899 29-Dec-1971 US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71
F. Edward Hebert
Politician
12-Oct-1901 29-Dec-1979 Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-77
Fletcher Henderson
Jazz Musician
18-Dec-1897 29-Dec-1952 Pioneering swing and jazz bandleader
Earl Hindman
Actor
20-Oct-1943 29-Dec-2003 Elusive neighbor on Home Improvement
Freddie Hubbard
Jazz Musician
7-Apr-1938 29-Dec-2008 Hard-bop jazz trumpet soloist
Tullio Levi-Civita
Mathematician
29-Mar-1873 29-Dec-1941 Explored tensor calculus and PDE's
David Levine
Cartoonist
20-Dec-1926 29-Dec-2009 Caricaturist, New York Review of Books
Harold Macmillan
Head of State
10-Feb-1894 29-Dec-1986 UK Prime Minister, 1957-63
Thomas Malthus
Economist
13-Feb-1766 29-Dec-1834 Essay on the Principle of Population
Don Marquis
Journalist
29-Jul-1878 29-Dec-1937 archy and mehitabel
Wilhelm Maybach
Engineer
9-Feb-1846 29-Dec-1929 Designed the Mercedes
Kelly Miller
Sociologist
23-Jul-1863 29-Dec-1939 Out of the House of Bondage
William Osler
Doctor
12-Jul-1849 29-Dec-1919 Father of psychosomatic medicine
Rainer Maria Rilke
Poet
04-Dec-1875 29-Dec-1926 Duino Elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus
Leo Robin
Songwriter
6-Apr-1900 29-Dec-1984 Thanks For The Memory
Christina Rossetti
Poet
5-Dec-1830 29-Dec-1894 Goblin Market and Other Poems
William Sheluck, Jr.
Business
c. 1941 29-Dec-2007 CEO of Nationar, 1983-93
Carl Spitteler
Poet
24-Apr-1845 29-Dec-1924 The Olympic Spring
Thomas Sydenham
Doctor
13-Sep-1624 29-Dec-1689 The English Hippocrates
Brook Taylor
Mathematician
18-Aug-1685 29-Dec-1731 Calculus of Finite Differences
Thomas B. Welch
Business
31-Dec-1825 29-Dec-1903 Grape juice magnate
Paul Whiteman
Musician
28-Mar-1890 29-Dec-1967 The King of Jazz


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