| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Walter S. Adams |
Astronomer |
20-Dec-1876 |
11-May-1956 |
Long-time director of Mt Wilson Observatory |
| Jenny Agutter |
Actor |
20-Dec-1952 |
|
Jessica 6 in Logan's Run |
| Michael Badalucco |
Actor |
20-Dec-1954 |
|
Jimmy Berluti on The Practice |
| Nicole de Boer |
Actor |
20-Dec-1970 |
|
Lt. Dax on Star Trek: DS9 |
| David Bohm |
Physicist |
20-Dec-1917 |
29-Oct-1992 |
Particle physicist |
| Billy Bragg |
Musician |
20-Dec-1957 |
|
Sexuality |
| Henry Brown |
Politician |
20-Dec-1935 |
|
Congressman, South Carolina 1st |
| Ferdinand Buisson |
Activist |
20-Dec-1841 |
16-Feb-1932 |
French pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Robin Bush |
Relative |
20-Dec-1949 |
11-Oct-1953 |
George W. Bush sister, died at age four |
| Harry F. Byrd, Jr. |
Politician |
20-Dec-1914 |
|
US Senator from Virginia, 1965-83 |
| Hortense Calisher |
Novelist |
20-Dec-1911 |
|
In the Absence of Angels |
| Charlie Callas |
Comic |
20-Dec-1924 |
|
Malcolm Argos on Switch |
| Jean Carnahan |
Politician |
20-Dec-1933 |
|
US Senator from Missouri, 2001-02 |
| Jack Christiansen |
Football |
20-Dec-1928 |
29-Jun-1986 |
NFL Hall of Famer, coach |
| Sandra Cisneros |
Author |
20-Dec-1954 |
|
The House on Mango Street |
| Andrei Codrescu |
Author |
20-Dec-1946 |
|
Exquisite Corpse |
| Cecil Cooper |
Baseball |
20-Dec-1949 |
|
Manager, Houston Astros |
| Peter Criss |
Drummer |
20-Dec-1945 |
|
One of the original KISS quartet |
| James R. Curtiss |
Attorney |
20-Dec-1953 |
|
Nuclear lobbyist, Winston & Strawn |
| Albert Dekker |
Actor |
20-Dec-1905 |
5-May-1968 |
The Wild Bunch |
| Irene Dunne |
Actor |
20-Dec-1898 |
4-Sep-1990 |
Penny Serenade |
| Harvey Firestone |
Business |
20-Dec-1868 |
7-Feb-1938 |
Rubber tire baron |
| Uri Geller |
Paranormal |
20-Dec-1946 |
|
Thinks he has us snowed |
| Terry George |
Film Director |
20-Dec-1952 |
|
Hotel Rwanda |
| Gordon Getty |
Business |
20-Dec-1934 |
|
Heir to the Getty Oil fortune |
| James Goodby |
Diplomat |
20-Dec-1929 |
|
US Ambassador to Finland, 1980-81 |
| Joel Gretsch |
Actor |
20-Dec-1963 |
|
Tom Baldwin on The 4400 |
| Jaroslav Heyrovsky |
Chemist |
20-Dec-1890 |
27-Mar-1967 |
Polarography |
| George Roy Hill |
Film Director |
20-Dec-1921 |
27-Dec-2002 |
Slaughterhouse Five |
| Jonah Hill |
Actor |
20-Dec-1983 |
|
Superbad |
| John Hillerman |
Actor |
20-Dec-1932 |
|
Higgins on Magnum, P.I. |
| Sidney Hook |
Philosopher |
20-Dec-1902 |
12-Jul-1989 |
Pragmatist |
| Geoffrey Howe |
Politician |
20-Dec-1926 |
|
UK Foreign Secretary, 1983-89 |
| JoJo |
Singer |
20-Dec-1990 |
|
Leave (Get Out) |
| Cynthia D. Kinser |
Judge |
20-Dec-1951 |
|
Justice, Virginia Supreme Court |
| Max Lerner |
Sociologist |
20-Dec-1902 |
5-Jun-1992 |
Ideas Are Weapons |
| Robert Menzies |
Head of State |
20-Dec-1894 |
15-May-1978 |
Twice Prime Minister of Australia |
| Dennis Morgan |
Actor |
20-Dec-1908 |
7-Sep-1994 |
My Wild Irish Rose |
| Alan Parsons |
Musician |
20-Dec-1948 |
|
Studio engineer and Project leader |
| Sonny Perdue |
Politician |
20-Dec-1946 |
|
Governor of Georgia |
| Jerry Perenchio |
Business |
20-Dec-1930 |
|
Univision billionaire |
| Mala Powers |
Actor |
20-Dec-1931 |
11-Jun-2007 |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Jean Racine |
Playwright |
20-Dec-1639 |
21-Apr-1699 |
Phèdre |
| Ann Richards |
Actor |
20-Dec-1917 |
24-Aug-2006 |
Sorry, Wrong Number |
| Branch Rickey |
Baseball |
20-Dec-1881 |
9-Dec-1965 |
Longtime Baseball GM |
| Chris Robinson |
Musician |
20-Dec-1966 |
|
Lead singer, The Black Crowes |
| Bo Ryan |
Basketball |
20-Dec-1947 |
|
Head Coach, UW-Madison |
| Kim Young Sam |
Head of State |
20-Dec-1927 |
|
President of South Korea, 1993-98 |
| John D. Scanlan |
Diplomat |
20-Dec-1927 |
|
US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1985-89 |
| Giuliana Sgrena |
Activist |
20-Dec-1948 |
|
Marxist journalist, kidnapped in Iraq |
| Joey Silvera |
Pornstar |
20-Dec-1951 |
|
Anal Hounds and Bitches |
| Ike Skelton |
Politician |
20-Dec-1931 |
|
Congressman, Missouri 4th |
| John J. Sparkman |
Politician |
20-Dec-1899 |
16-Nov-1985 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1946-79 |
| John Spencer |
Actor |
20-Dec-1946 |
16-Dec-2005 |
Leo McGarry on The West Wing |
| Tom Tancredo |
Politician |
20-Dec-1945 |
|
Congressman, Colorado 6th |
| Angel Tompkins |
Actor |
20-Dec-1943 |
|
I Love My Wife |
| Audrey Totter |
Actor |
20-Dec-1918 |
|
The Unsuspected |
| Jean-Claude Trichet |
Business |
20-Dec-1942 |
|
President, European Central Bank |
| Gloria Tristani |
Government |
20-Dec-1953 |
|
FCC Commissioner, 1997-2001 |
| Mike Watt |
Musician |
20-Dec-1957 |
|
fIREHOSE, Minutemen |
| William Julius Wilson |
Sociologist |
20-Dec-1935 |
|
The Declining Significance of Race |
| Dick Wolf |
Film/TV Producer |
20-Dec-1946 |
|
Producer of Law and Order |
| David Wright |
Baseball |
20-Dec-1982 |
|
3rd Base, New York Mets |
