| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Amy Acker |
Actor |
5-Dec-1976 |
|
Fred on Angel |
| Bhumibol Adulyadej |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1927 |
|
King of Thailand |
| Rodney Alexander |
Politician |
5-Dec-1946 |
|
Congressman, Louisiana 5th |
| Gary Allan |
Country Musician |
5-Dec-1967 |
|
Smoke Rings in the Dark |
| Ross Bagley |
Actor |
5-Dec-1988 |
|
Nicky Banks on Fresh Prince |
| Karl Blake |
Musician |
5-Dec-1956 |
|
Imp of the perverse |
| Morgan Brittany |
Actor |
5-Dec-1951 |
|
Katherine Wentworth on Dallas |
| James Lee Burke |
Novelist |
5-Dec-1936 |
|
Dave Robicheaux series |
| J. J. Cale |
Songwriter |
5-Dec-1938 |
|
Wrote Cocaine and After Midnight |
| José Carreras |
Singer |
5-Dec-1946 |
|
The third tenor |
| Margaret Cho |
Comic |
5-Dec-1968 |
|
Loud-mouthed standup comic |
| Carl Cori |
Scientist |
5-Dec-1896 |
20-Oct-1984 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| George Armstrong Custer |
Military |
5-Dec-1839 |
25-Jun-1876 |
Battle of the Little Big Horn |
| Joan Didion |
Author |
5-Dec-1934 |
|
Slouching Toward Bethlehem |
| Walt Disney |
Business |
5-Dec-1901 |
15-Dec-1966 |
Founder of Disney empire |
| Arnold Gingrich |
Journalist |
5-Dec-1903 |
9-Jul-1976 |
Founder of Esquire magazine |
| Sheldon Glashow |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1932 |
|
Electroweak Theory |
| Bruce Golding |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1947 |
|
Prime Minister of Jamaica |
| William F. Goodling |
Politician |
5-Dec-1927 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1975-2001 |
| Shalom Harlow |
Model |
5-Dec-1973 |
|
Face of Chanel's Coco fragrance |
| Margaret Hayes |
Actor |
5-Dec-1916 |
26-Jan-1977 |
Blackboard Jungle |
| Johannes Heesters |
Actor |
5-Dec-1903 |
|
Dutch/German film actor |
| Werner Heisenberg |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1901 |
1-Feb-1976 |
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle |
| Stuart Heisler |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1896 |
21-Aug-1979 |
The Glass Key |
| Nunnally Johnson |
Screenwriter |
5-Dec-1897 |
25-Mar-1977 |
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit |
| Odette Joyeux |
Actor |
5-Dec-1914 |
26-Aug-2000 |
La Ronde |
| Pope Julius II |
Religion |
5-Dec-1443 |
21-Feb-1513 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1503-13 |
| Moshe Katsav |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1945 |
|
President of Israel |
| Jeroen Krabbé |
Actor |
5-Dec-1944 |
|
The Discovery of Heaven |
| Fritz Lang |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1890 |
2-Aug-1976 |
Metropolis |
| Jim Leavitt |
Football |
5-Dec-1956 |
|
Head Coach, U. of South Florida |
| Jim Messina |
Musician |
5-Dec-1947 |
|
Loggins and Messina |
| Art Monk |
Football |
5-Dec-1957 |
|
Former Washington Redskins WR |
| Alvy Moore |
Actor |
5-Dec-1921 |
4-May-1997 |
Hank Kimball on Green Acres |
| Grace Moore |
Singer |
5-Dec-1898 |
26-Jan-1947 |
One Night of Love |
| Frankie Muñiz |
Actor |
5-Dec-1985 |
|
Malcolm in the Middle |
| Nivek Ogre |
Musician |
5-Dec-1962 |
|
Vocals, Spooky Horn for Skinny Puppy |
| Jessica Paré |
Actor |
5-Dec-1982 |
|
Lost and Delirious |
| Józef Pilsudski |
Military |
5-Dec-1867 |
12-May-1935 |
Military dictator of Poland, 1926-36 |
| Jim Plunkett |
Football |
5-Dec-1947 |
|
Superbowl MVP |
| Cecil Powell |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1903 |
9-Aug-1969 |
Discovered the pi-meson |
| Otto Preminger |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1906 |
23-Apr-1986 |
Laura, Anatomy of a Murder |
| Emeric Pressburger |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1902 |
5-Feb-1988 |
Black Narcissus |
| Lynne Ramsay |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1969 |
|
Morvern Cellar |
| Little Richard |
Musician |
5-Dec-1932 |
|
Tutti Frutti |
| Christina Rossetti |
Poet |
5-Dec-1830 |
29-Dec-1894 |
Goblin Market and Other Poems |
| Thomas J. Rusk |
Politician |
5-Dec-1803 |
29-Jul-1857 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Johnny Rzeznik |
Musician |
5-Dec-1965 |
|
Goo Goo Dolls frontman |
| Gershom Scholem |
Historian |
5-Dec-1897 |
21-Feb-1982 |
Revolutionized the study of Kabbalah |
| Arnold Sommerfeld |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1868 |
26-Apr-1951 |
Fine-structure constant |
| Anastasio Somoza |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1925 |
17-Sep-1980 |
Dictator of Nicaragua |
| Nick Stahl |
Actor |
5-Dec-1979 |
|
Carnivàle |
| Monteagle Stearns |
Diplomat |
5-Dec-1924 |
|
US Ambassador to Greece, 1981-85 |
| Strom Thurmond |
Politician |
5-Dec-1902 |
26-Jun-2003 |
Racist senator/closet miscegenator |
| Jim Tressel |
Football |
5-Dec-1952 |
|
Head Coach, Ohio State |
| Calvin Trillin |
Comic |
5-Dec-1935 |
|
Humorist |
| Martin Van Buren |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1782 |
24-Jul-1862 |
8th US President, 1837-41 |
| Marion Zioncheck |
Politician |
5-Dec-1901 |
7-Aug-1936 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
