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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Mortimer J. Adler
Philosopher
28-Dec-1902 28-Jun-2001 How to Read a Book
John F. Akers
Business
28-Dec-1934   CEO of IBM, 1986-93
David Allen
Author
28-Dec-1945   Getting Things Done
James B. Allen
Politician
28-Dec-1912 1-Jun-1978 US Senator from Alabama, 1969-78
Philip Anschutz
Business
28-Dec-1939   Qwest billionaire
David Archuleta
Singer
28-Dec-1990   American Idol
Cliff Arquette
Actor
28-Dec-1905 23-Sep-1974 Charlie Weaver
Lew Ayres
Actor
28-Dec-1908 30-Dec-1996 All Quiet on the Western Front
Spencer Bachus
Politician
28-Dec-1947   Congressman, Alabama 6th
Taylor Ball
Actor
28-Dec-1987   Brian Miller on Still Standing
Mike Beebe
Politician
28-Dec-1946   Governor of Arkansas
Perry Belmont
Politician
28-Dec-1851 25-May-1947 Congressman from New York, 1881-88
James Blake
Tennis
28-Dec-1979   2nd place, 2006 Tennis Masters Cup
Ray Bourque
Hockey
28-Dec-1960   NHL Hall of Famer
Lee Bowman
Actor
28-Dec-1914 25-Dec-1979 Smash-Up
John W. Brown
Politician
28-Dec-1913 29-Oct-1993 Governor of Ohio, 1957
John Y. Brown, Jr.
Politician
28-Dec-1933   Governor of Kentucky, 1979-83
Dorsey Burnette
Musician
28-Dec-1932 19-Aug-1979 The Rock 'n Roll Trio
Alex Chilton
Singer/Songwriter
28-Dec-1950 17-Mar-2010 Big Star
Samuel C. Collins
Chemist
28-Dec-1898 19-Jun-1984 Collins-type cryocooler
Thomas Dekker
Actor
28-Dec-1987   Adam Conant on The Secret Circle
Ivan Desny
Actor
28-Dec-1922 13-Apr-2002 Pan-European character actor
Charles Dingle
Actor
28-Dec-1887 19-Jan-1956 The Little Foxes
Andrew Duggan
Actor
28-Dec-1923 15-May-1988 Bourbon Street Beat
Arthur Eddington
Astronomer
28-Dec-1882 22-Nov-1944 Eddington luminosity
Thomas Ewing
Politician
28-Dec-1789 26-Oct-1871 Ohio Senator, cabinet official
Vanessa Ferlito
Actor
28-Dec-1980   Det. Aiden Burn on CSI: NY
James Foley
Film Director
28-Dec-1953   Glengarry Glen Ross
Carl Remigius Fresenius
Chemist
28-Dec-1818 11-Jun-1897 Anleitung zur qualitativen chemischen Analyse
Beau Garrett
Actor
28-Dec-1982   Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Malcolm Gets
Actor
28-Dec-1964   Caroline in the City
S. Malcolm Gillis
Educator
28-Dec-1940   President of Rice University, 1993-2004
Goldie
Electronic Musician
28-Dec-1965   King of Jungle
Bill Gradison
Politician
28-Dec-1928   Congressman from Ohio, 1975-93
Hubert Green
Golf
28-Dec-1946   Winner of 2 Majors
Shawn Harrison
Actor
28-Dec-1973   Waldo Faldo on Family Matters
Max Hastings
Journalist
28-Dec-1945   Editor of the Daily Telegraph, 1986-95
Fay Hauser
Actor
28-Dec-1948   Roots: The Next Generations
Trip Hawkins
Business
28-Dec-1953   Founder of Electronic Arts
Ed Healey
Football
28-Dec-1894 9-Dec-1978 Hall of Fame Tackle, Chicago Bears
Fred Heineman
Politician
28-Dec-1929 20-Mar-2010 Congressman from North Carolina, 1995-97
Elaine Hendrix
Actor
28-Dec-1970   The Parent Trap
Earl Hines
Jazz Musician
28-Dec-1903 22-Apr-1983 Everything Depends on You
Lou Jacobi
Actor
28-Dec-1913 23-Oct-2009 Avalon
Young Jessie
Musician
28-Dec-1936   Hit, Git & Split
Tim Johnson
Politician
28-Dec-1946   US Senator from South Dakota
Martin Kaymer
Golf
28-Dec-1984   Winner, 2010 PGA Championship
Nigel Kennedy
Violinist
28-Dec-1956   British 'punk' violinist
Gayle King
TV Personality
28-Dec-1954   Former WFSB-TV anchor
Hildegard Knef
Actor
28-Dec-1925 1-Feb-2002 The Murderers Are Among Us
Mario Kreutzberger
Game Show Host
28-Dec-1940   Don Francisco on Sábado Gigante
Stan Lee
Cartoonist
28-Dec-1922   Created Spider-Man and The Hulk
John Legend
Musician
28-Dec-1978   Get Lifted
Joe Manganiello
Actor
28-Dec-1976   Alcide Herveaux on True Blood
Michael E. Mann
Physicist
28-Dec-1965   Climate change scientist
Margaret of Parma
Royalty
28-Dec-1522 18-Jan-1586 Regent of the Netherlands, 1559-67
James McDermott
Politician
28-Dec-1936   Congressman, Washington 7th
Chad McQueen
Actor
28-Dec-1960   Red Line
Seth Meyers
Actor
28-Dec-1973   Saturday Night Live
Sienna Miller
Actor
28-Dec-1981   Ex-fiancée of Jude Law
Martin Milner
Actor
28-Dec-1931   LAPD officer Pete Malloy on Adam-12
Billy Mitchell
Military
28-Dec-1879 19-Feb-1936 Proponent of air power
Kary Mullis
Chemist
28-Dec-1944   Nutball 1993 Nobel laureate
F. W. Murnau
Film Director
28-Dec-1888 11-Mar-1931 Nosferatu, Sunrise
Charles Neville
Musician
28-Dec-1938   One of the Neville Brothers
Nichelle Nichols
Actor
28-Dec-1932   Lt. Uhura on Star Trek
Milton Obote
Head of State
28-Dec-1924 10-Oct-2005 Two-time President of Uganda
Johnny Otis
Musician
28-Dec-1921 17-Jan-2012 Harlem Nocturne
Charles Portis
Author
28-Dec-1933   True Grit
Manuel Puig
Novelist
28-Dec-1932 22-Jul-1990 Kiss of the Spider Woman
Patrick Rafter
Tennis
28-Dec-1972   Twice winner of the US Open
Noomi Rapace
Actor
28-Dec-1979   The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Mackenzie Rosman
Actor
28-Dec-1989   Ruthie Camden on 7th Heaven
Wayne Sales
Business
28-Dec-1949   CEO of Canadian Tire, 2000-06
Giuseppe Sarti
Composer
28-Dec-1729 28-Jul-1802 I Due Litiganti
Terry Sawchuk
Hockey
28-Dec-1929 31-May-1970 Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer
Maarten Schmidt
Astronomer
28-Dec-1929   Co-Discoverer of quasars
Roger Sessions
Composer
28-Dec-1896 16-Mar-1985 Concerto for Orchestra
Maggie Smith
Actor
28-Dec-1934   Prof. McGonagall in Harry Potter
Pops Staples
Guitarist
28-Dec-1915 19-Dec-2000 Blues guitarist
Ratan N. Tata
Business
28-Dec-1937   Chairman of Tata Group
James D. Theberge
Diplomat
28-Dec-1930 20-Jan-1988 US Ambassador to Chile, 1982-85
Linus Torvalds
Computer Programmer
28-Dec-1969   Created the kernel for the GNU/Linux OS
Frances Fragos Townsend
Government
28-Dec-1961   White House Homeland Security Advisor 2004-08
Margaret Tutwiler
Diplomat
28-Dec-1950   US Ambassador to Morocco, 2001-03
John von Neumann
Mathematician
28-Dec-1903 8-Feb-1957 Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory
Doug Walgren
Politician
28-Dec-1940   Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1977-91
Chris Ware
Cartoonist
28-Dec-1967   The ACME Novelty Library
Denzel Washington
Actor
28-Dec-1954   Training Day
Frank B. Willis
Politician
28-Dec-1871 30-Mar-1928 Governor and Senator from Ohio
Woodrow Wilson
Head of State
28-Dec-1856 3-Feb-1924 28th US President, 1913-21
Edgar Winter
Musician
28-Dec-1946   Albino rock star
Liu Xiaobo
Activist
28-Dec-1955   Chinese human rights activist


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