| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John G. Avildsen |
Film Director |
21-Dec-1935 |
|
Rocky |
| Mily Balakirev |
Composer |
21-Dec-1836 |
16-May-1910 |
Russian nationalist composer |
| Heinrich Böll |
Novelist |
21-Dec-1917 |
16-Jul-1985 |
The Train Was On Time |
| Ira S. Bowen |
Astronomer |
21-Dec-1898 |
6-Feb-1973 |
Debunked nebulium |
| Laura Dewey Bridgman |
Oddity |
21-Dec-1829 |
24-May-1889 |
Blind deaf mute |
| Robert Brown |
Botanist |
21-Dec-1773 |
10-Jun-1858 |
Brownian motion |
| Dave Coulier |
Actor |
21-Dec-1959 |
|
Joey Gladstone on Full House |
| Charlie Cox |
Actor |
21-Dec-1982 |
|
Stardust |
| Julie Delpy |
Actor |
21-Dec-1969 |
|
Europa Europa |
| Andy Dick |
Comic |
21-Dec-1965 |
|
Matthew from NewsRadio |
| Benjamin Disraeli |
Head of State |
21-Dec-1804 |
19-Apr-1881 |
UK Prime Minister, 1874-80 |
| Phil Donahue |
Talk Show Host |
21-Dec-1935 |
|
The Phil Donahue Show |
| Thomas Enders |
Business |
21-Dec-1958 |
|
CEO of EADS |
| Chris Evert |
Tennis |
21-Dec-1954 |
|
The Ice Maiden |
| Jane Fonda |
Actor |
21-Dec-1937 |
|
Prominent Vietnam War protester |
| Matthew Fox |
Religion |
21-Dec-1940 |
|
Creation Spirituality |
| Stephen Friedman |
Business |
21-Dec-1937 |
|
Former Partner, Goldman Sachs |
| Rich Galen |
Pundit |
21-Dec-1946 |
|
Republican hack-turned-pundit |
| Josh Gibson |
Baseball |
21-Dec-1911 |
20-Jan-1947 |
Negro Leagues hall of fame hitter |
| Govinda |
Actor |
21-Dec-1958 |
|
Haseena Maan Jaayegi |
| Walter Hagen |
Golf |
21-Dec-1892 |
5-Oct-1969 |
Won 11 major championships |
| Susan Hammer |
Politician |
21-Dec-1938 |
|
Mayor of San Jose, 1991-98 |
| Edward Hoagland |
Essayist |
21-Dec-1932 |
|
The Courage of Turtles |
| Samuel L. Jackson |
Actor |
21-Dec-1948 |
|
Pulp Fiction |
| Hu Jintao |
Head of State |
21-Dec-1942 |
|
President of China |
| Florence Griffith Joyner |
Track and Field |
21-Dec-1959 |
21-Sep-1998 |
Olympic sprinter |
| Jane Kaczmarek |
Actor |
21-Dec-1955 |
|
Pleasantville |
| Jeffrey Katzenberg |
Business |
21-Dec-1950 |
|
Produced Shrek |
| Peter Kropotkin |
Anarchist |
21-Dec-1842 |
8-Feb-1921 |
Libertarian anarchist revolutionary |
| Paul Kurtz |
Philosopher |
21-Dec-1925 |
|
The pope of unbelievers |
| Wen Ho Lee |
Victim |
21-Dec-1939 |
|
Allegedly spied for China |
| Zoe Lofgren |
Politician |
21-Dec-1947 |
|
Congresswoman, California 16th |
| Jan Lukasiewicz |
Mathematician |
21-Dec-1878 |
13-Feb-1956 |
Invented Reverse Polish Notation |
| Masaccio |
Painter |
21-Dec-1401 |
1428 |
Frescoes of the Brancacci Chapel |
| John W. McCormack |
Politician |
21-Dec-1891 |
22-Nov-1980 |
Speaker of the House, 1962-70 |
| Mike McCurry |
Government |
21-Dec-1954 |
|
White House Press Secretary 1994-98 |
| Josh Mostel |
Actor |
21-Dec-1946 |
|
Jesus Christ Superstar |
| Hermann J. Muller |
Scientist |
21-Dec-1890 |
5-Apr-1967 |
Genetic effects of radiation |
| Jack Nance |
Actor |
21-Dec-1943 |
30-Dec-1996 |
Eraserhead |
| Ed Nelson |
Actor |
21-Dec-1928 |
|
Dr. Michael Rossi on Peyton Place |
| Jack Noseworthy |
Actor |
21-Dec-1969 |
|
Idle Hands |
| Joe Paterno |
Football |
21-Dec-1926 |
|
Coach at Penn State |
| Anthony Powell |
Novelist |
21-Dec-1905 |
28-Mar-2000 |
A Dance to the Music of Time |
| Donald Regan |
Government |
21-Dec-1918 |
10-Jun-2003 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1981-85 |
| Barbara Roberts |
Politician |
21-Dec-1936 |
|
Governor of Oregon, 1991-95 |
| Ray Romano |
Comic |
21-Dec-1957 |
|
Everybody Loves Raymond |
| Sergio Rubini |
Actor |
21-Dec-1959 |
|
Nirvana |
| Mikhail Saakashvili |
Head of State |
21-Dec-1967 |
|
President of Georgia |
| Edward Speleers |
Actor |
21-Dec-1987 |
|
Eragon |
| Kiefer Sutherland |
Actor |
21-Dec-1966 |
|
24 |
| Archibald Campbell Tait |
Religion |
21-Dec-1811 |
3-Dec-1882 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1868-82 |
| W. J. Usery |
Government |
21-Dec-1923 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 1976-77 |
| Mike Vitar |
Actor |
21-Dec-1978 |
|
The Sandlot |
| Kurt Waldheim |
Government |
21-Dec-1918 |
14-Jun-2007 |
UN Secretary General, 1972-82 |
| Karrie Webb |
Golf |
21-Dec-1974 |
|
Winner of 7 majors |
| Rebecca West |
Author |
21-Dec-1892 |
15-Mar-1983 |
Reporter on the Nuremburg Trials |
| Carl Wilson |
Musician |
21-Dec-1946 |
6-Feb-1998 |
Beach Boy |
| Paul Winchell |
Actor |
21-Dec-1922 |
24-Jun-2005 |
Ventriloquist and inventor |
| Sewall Wright |
Biologist |
21-Dec-1889 |
3-Mar-1988 |
Mathematics of evolution |
| Zev Yaroslavsky |
Politician |
21-Dec-1948 |
|
Los Angeles Board of Supervisors |
| Frank Zappa |
Composer |
21-Dec-1940 |
4-Dec-1993 |
Joe's Garage |
