| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Léonie Adams |
Poet |
9-Dec-1899 |
27-Jun-1988 |
Those Not Elect |
| Kurt Angle |
Wrestling |
9-Dec-1968 |
|
Olympic medalist, WWE wrestler |
| Joan Armatrading |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Dec-1950 |
|
Eclectic folk performer |
| Reiko Aylesworth |
Actor |
9-Dec-1972 |
|
Michelle Dessler on 24 |
| Geoff Barrow |
Electronic Musician |
9-Dec-1971 |
|
Portishead |
| Joshua Bell |
Violinist |
9-Dec-1967 |
|
Violin virtuoso |
| Gioconda Belli |
Novelist |
9-Dec-1948 |
|
La Mujer Habitada |
| Claude-Louis Berthollet |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1748 |
6-Nov-1822 |
Essai de statique chimique |
| Clarence Birdseye |
Scientist |
9-Dec-1886 |
7-Oct-1956 |
Frozen and dried food, wrapped in cellophane |
| Willie Bosket |
Criminal |
9-Dec-1962 |
|
Inspiration for the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978 |
| Beau Bridges |
Actor |
9-Dec-1941 |
|
The Fabulous Baker Boys |
| Ashleigh Brilliant |
Cartoonist |
9-Dec-1933 |
|
Creator of Pot-Shots |
| Paddy Bush |
Musician |
09-Dec-1952 |
|
Multi-instrumentalist for sister Kate Bush |
| Dick Butkus |
Football |
9-Dec-1942 |
|
Middle linebacker, Chicago Bears |
| Rab Butler |
Politician |
9-Dec-1902 |
8-Mar-1982 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1963-64 |
| Donald Byrd |
Jazz Musician |
9-Dec-1932 |
|
Hard bop trumpeter |
| Milt Campbell |
Track and Field |
9-Dec-1933 |
|
Olympic decathlete |
| Mario Cantone |
Comic |
9-Dec-1959 |
|
Laugh Whore |
| John Cassavetes |
Actor |
9-Dec-1929 |
3-Feb-1989 |
Rosemary's Baby |
| Carlo Azeglio Ciampi |
Head of State |
9-Dec-1920 |
|
President of Italy, 1999-2006 |
| Broderick Crawford |
Actor |
9-Dec-1911 |
26-Apr-1986 |
All the King's Men |
| Rick Danko |
Musician |
9-Dec-1943 |
10-Dec-1999 |
The Band |
| Tom Daschle |
Politician |
9-Dec-1947 |
|
US Senator from South Dakota, 1987-2005 |
| Judi Dench |
Actor |
9-Dec-1934 |
|
Mrs. Brown |
| Michael Dorn |
Actor |
9-Dec-1952 |
|
Worf on Star Trek: TNG |
| Kirk Douglas |
Actor |
9-Dec-1916 |
|
Spartacus |
| Morton Downey, Jr. |
Talk Show Host |
9-Dec-1933 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Mort the Mouth |
| Jakob Dylan |
Musician |
9-Dec-1969 |
|
Head Wallflower and Bob Dylan's son |
| Alexander Eckstein |
Economist |
9-Dec-1915 |
4-Dec-1976 |
Sinologist, China's Economic Revolution |
| Ben Erdreich |
Politician |
9-Dec-1938 |
|
Congressman from Alabama, 1983-93 |
| Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. |
Actor |
9-Dec-1909 |
7-May-2000 |
Sinbad the Sailor |
| Mary Fallin |
Politician |
9-Dec-1954 |
|
Congresswoman, Oklahoma 5th |
| Marye Anne Fox |
Educator |
9-Dec-1947 |
|
Chancellor, UC San Diego |
| Redd Foxx |
Comic |
9-Dec-1922 |
11-Oct-1991 |
Foul-mouthed comedian, Sanford and Son |
| Sonia Gandhi |
Politician |
9-Dec-1946 |
|
Declined Prime Minister-ship of India |
| Kirsten Gillibrand |
Politician |
9-Dec-1966 |
|
Congresswoman, New York 20th |
| Hermione Gingold |
Actor |
9-Dec-1897 |
24-May-1987 |
Madame Alvarez in Gigi |
| Gustav Adolph the Great |
Royalty |
9-Dec-1594 |
6-Nov-1632 |
King of Sweden 1611-32 |
| Fritz Haber |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1868 |
29-Jan-1934 |
Synthesized ammonia |
| Margaret Hamilton |
Actor |
9-Dec-1902 |
16-May-1985 |
Wicked Witch of the West |
| Joel Chandler Harris |
Novelist |
9-Dec-1848 |
3-Jul-1908 |
Uncle Remus |
| Bill Hartack |
Jockey |
9-Dec-1932 |
26-Nov-2007 |
Five-time Kentucky Derby winner |
| Robert Hawke |
Head of State |
9-Dec-1929 |
|
Prime Minister of Australia, 1983-91 |
| Imogen Heap |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Dec-1977 |
|
Speak for Yourself |
| Buck Henry |
Comic |
9-Dec-1930 |
|
Frequent SNL host |
| Pierre Henry |
Composer |
9-Dec-1927 |
|
Electronic music pioneer |
| Grace Murray Hopper |
Computer Programmer |
9-Dec-1906 |
1-Jan-1992 |
Invented the COBOL compiler |
| Felicity Huffman |
Actor |
9-Dec-1962 |
|
Desperate Housewives |
| Toby Huss |
Actor |
9-Dec-1966 |
|
Carnivale, King of the Hill |
| Neil Innes |
Musician |
9-Dec-1944 |
|
The Rutles |
| Deacon Jones |
Football |
9-Dec-1938 |
|
NFL's Secretary of Defense |
| Henry W. Kendall |
Physicist |
9-Dec-1926 |
15-Feb-1999 |
Verified existence of quarks |
| Jonathan King |
Musician |
9-Dec-1944 |
|
Pop producer, discovered Genesis |
| Goodwin Knight |
Politician |
9-Dec-1896 |
22-May-1970 |
Governor of California, 1953-59 |
| Joe Lando |
Actor |
9-Dec-1961 |
|
Byron Sully on Dr. Quinn |
| William Lipscomb |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1919 |
|
Investigated boron compounds |
| Robert Livingston |
Actor |
9-Dec-1904 |
7-Mar-1988 |
The Lone Ranger Rides Again |
| John Malkovich |
Actor |
9-Dec-1953 |
|
Subject of Being John Malkovich |
| Dina Merrill |
Actor |
9-Dec-1925 |
|
EF Hutton heiress and actress |
| Jesse Metcalfe |
Actor |
9-Dec-1978 |
|
Desperate Housewives |
| John Milton |
Poet |
9-Dec-1608 |
8-Nov-1674 |
Paradise Lost |
| Joseph Needham |
Historian |
9-Dec-1900 |
24-Mar-1995 |
Science and Civilization in China |
| Michael Nouri |
Actor |
9-Dec-1945 |
|
Flashdance |
| Tip O'Neill |
Politician |
9-Dec-1912 |
5-Jan-1994 |
Speaker of the House, 1977-87 |
| Donny Osmond |
Musician |
9-Dec-1957 |
|
Donny and Marie Show |
| Steve Owens |
Football |
9-Dec-1947 |
|
Winner, 1969 Heisman Trophy |
| James Rainwater |
Physicist |
9-Dec-1917 |
31-May-1986 |
Determined shapes of nuclei |
| Don Michael Randel |
Educator |
9-Dec-1940 |
|
President, University of Chicago, 2000-06 |
| Francis Rawdon-Hastings |
Government |
9-Dec-1754 |
28-Nov-1826 |
Governor-General of India |
| Frances Reid |
Actor |
9-Dec-1913 |
|
Alice Horton on Days of Our Lives |
| William Reynolds |
Actor |
9-Dec-1931 |
|
The F.B.I. |
| Ciro Rodriguez |
Politician |
9-Dec-1946 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1999-2003 |
| Carl Wilhelm Scheele |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1742 |
21-May-1786 |
Discovered oxygen, chlorine, manganese |
| Allison Smith |
Actor |
9-Dec-1969 |
|
Kate & Allie |
| Bertrand H. Snell |
Politician |
9-Dec-1870 |
2-Feb-1958 |
Congressman from New York, 1915-39 |
| Sebastian Spence |
Actor |
9-Dec-1969 |
|
Cade Foster on First Wave |
| Anna Diggs Taylor |
Judge |
9-Dec-1932 |
|
Federal judge |
| Tre Cool |
Drummer |
9-Dec-1972 |
|
Drummer for Green Day |
| Dalton Trumbo |
Author |
9-Dec-1905 |
10-Sep-1976 |
Johnny Got His Gun |
| Dick Van Patten |
Actor |
9-Dec-1928 |
|
Dad on Eight is Enough |
| Louie Welch |
Politician |
9-Dec-1918 |
27-Jan-2008 |
Mayor of Houston, 1964-73 |
| William Whiston |
Religion |
9-Dec-1667 |
22-Aug-1752 |
Apostolical Constitutions |
| Johann Winckelmann |
Archaeologist |
9-Dec-1717 |
8-Jun-1768 |
Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums |
