LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Walter Abish	Author	24-Dec-1931		Alphabetical Africa
Ilham Aliyev	Head of State	24-Dec-1961		President of Azerbaijan
Matthew Arnold	Poet	24-Dec-1822	15-Apr-1888	Culture and Anarchy
Diedrich Bader	Actor	24-Dec-1966		The Drew Carey Show
Max Baer	Judge	24-Dec-1947		Justice, Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Jill Bennett	Actor	24-Dec-1931	4-Oct-1990	The Sheltering Sky
Harry Brittain	Journalist	24-Dec-1873	9-Jul-1974	Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society
Christopher Buckley	Novelist	24-Dec-1952		Thank You for Smoking
Lorne Calvert	Politician	24-Dec-1954		Premier of Saskatchewan
Kit Carson	Explorer	24-Dec-1809	23-May-1868	Frontiersman and Indian agent
James Hadley Chase	Novelist	24-Dec-1906	6-Feb-1985	No Orchids for Miss Blandish
Ruth Chatterton	Actor	24-Dec-1893	24-Nov-1961	Madame X
Mary Higgins Clark	Novelist	24-Dec-1929		A Stranger is Watching
John Cardinal Cody	Religion	24-Dec-1907	25-Apr-1982	Archbishop of Chicago, 1965-82
Joseph Cornell	Sculptor	24-Dec-1903	29-Dec-1972	Exponent of Assemblage
Mike Curb	Politician	24-Dec-1944		Lt. Governor of California, 1979-83
Michael Curtiz	Film Director	24-Dec-1886	10-Apr-1962	Casablanca
Silas Deane	Diplomat	24-Dec-1737	23-Sep-1789	First accredited US diplomat
Bill Dudley	Football	24-Dec-1921		NFL Hall of Famer
Galba	Royalty	24-Dec-3 BC	15-Jan-69 AD	Roman Emperor, 68-69 AD
Ava Gardner	Actor	24-Dec-1922	25-Jan-1990	The Barefoot Contessa
Clarence Gilyard	Actor	24-Dec-1955		Conrad McMasters on Matlock
Tarja Halonen	Head of State	24-Dec-1943		President of Finland
Carol Haney	Dancer	24-Dec-1924	10-May-1964	The Pajama Game
Johnny Isakson	Politician	24-Dec-1944		US Senator from Georgia
Juan Ramón Jiménez	Poet	24-Dec-1881	29-May-1958	Pastorales
King John Lackland	Royalty	24-Dec-1166	18-Oct-1216	Signed the Magna Carta, then reneged
James A. Johnson	Business	24-Dec-1943		CEO of Fannie Mae, 1991-98
James Prescott Joule	Physicist	24-Dec-1818	11-Oct-1889	English physicist, Joule's Law
Louis Jouvet	Actor	24-Dec-1887	16-Aug-1951	The Strange Adventures of Doctor Molyneaux
Joseph M. Juran	Scientist	24-Dec-1904	28-Feb-2008	The Pareto Principle
Mauricio Kagel	Composer	24-Dec-1931	18-Sep-2008	Absurdist composer
Anil Kapoor	Actor	24-Dec-1959		Taal
Hamid Karzai	Head of State	24-Dec-1957		President of Afghanistan
Volker Kriegel	Jazz Musician	24-Dec-1943	15-Jun-2003	"Father of jazz-rock"
James T. Laney	Educator	24-Dec-1927		President of Emory University, 1977-93
Fritz Leiber	Author	24-Dec-1910	5-Sep-1992	Ship of Shadows
Lemmy	Singer	24-Dec-1945		Bassist for Motorhead
Ricky Martin	Musician	24-Dec-1971		She Bangs
Stjepan Mesic	Head of State	24-Dec-1934		President of Croatia
Nicholas Meyer	Film Director	24-Dec-1945		Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
Stephenie Meyer	Novelist	24-Dec-1973		Author of Twilight series
Max Miedinger	Typographer	24-Dec-1910	8-Mar-1980	Designed the Helvetica typeface
Ed Miliband	Politician	24-Dec-1969		British MP, Doncaster North
Mark Millar	Cartoonist	24-Dec-1969		The Ultimates, Ultimate X-Men writer
Randy Neugebauer	Politician	24-Dec-1949		Congressman, Texas 19th
Charles Ng	Criminal	24-Dec-1960		On death row in California
Amaury Nolasco	Actor	24-Dec-1970		Fernando Sucre on Prison Break
Barbara J. Pariente	Judge	24-Dec-1948		Justice, Florida Supreme Court
William Paterson	Judge	24-Dec-1745	9-Sep-1806	US Supreme Court Justice, 1793-1806
Walter Pincus	Journalist	24-Dec-1932		Washington Post reporter with CIA ties
David T. Prosser, Jr.	Judge	24-Dec-1942		Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court
Charles Redman	Diplomat	24-Dec-1943		US Ambassador to Germany, 1994-96
Michael E. Ryan	Military	24-Dec-1941		USAF Chief of Staff, 1997-2001
Robert Schwartzman	Singer	24-Dec-1982		Lead vocalist of Rooney
Ryan Seacrest	Game Show Host	24-Dec-1974		Host of American Idol
Jeff Sessions	Politician	24-Dec-1946		US Senator from Alabama
Gene Sperling	Economist	24-Dec-1958		Chief Economic Advisor, 1996-2000
I. F. Stone	Journalist	24-Dec-1907	17-Jul-1989	I. F. Stone's Weekly
Mark Valley	Actor	24-Dec-1964		Brad Chase on Boston Legal
William S. Vare	Politician	24-Dec-1867	7-Aug-1934	Philadelphia political boss
Peter Jon de Vos	Diplomat	24-Dec-1938	9-Jun-2008	US Ambassador to Costa Rica, 1994-97
William Warburton	Religion	24-Dec-1698	7-Jun-1779	Divine Legation
Jay Wright	Basketball	24-Dec-1961		Villanova Head Coach
Delbert W. Yocam	Business	24-Dec-1943		CEO of Borland, 1996-99

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