| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Talk 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 |
