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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joe L. Allbritton
Business
29-Dec-1924   Well-connected Washington billionaire
Dallas Austin
Music Producer
29-Dec-1970   R&B Producer
Ashleigh Banfield
Journalist
29-Dec-1967   MSNBC anchor and correspondent
Bruce A. Beutler
Biologist
29-Dec-1957   Lipopolysaccharide receptors
Alison Brie
Actor
29-Dec-1982   Annie Edison on Community
Vera Brittain
Author
29-Dec-1893 29-Mar-1970 Testament of Youth
Alan Burns
Novelist
29-Dec-1929   Europe After the Rain
Venustiano Carranza
Head of State
29-Dec-1859 21-May-1920 President of Mexico, 1917-20
Pablo Casals
Cellist
29-Dec-1876 22-Oct-1973 Spanish cellist and conductor
Patricia Clarkson
Actor
29-Dec-1959   Pieces of April
Ronald H. Coase
Economist
29-Dec-1910   Transactions costs and property rights
Chip Cravaack
Politician
29-Dec-1959   Congressman, Minnesota 8th
Bernard Cribbins
Actor
29-Dec-1928   The Mouse on the Moon
Michael Cudlitz
Actor
29-Dec-1964   John Cooper on Southland
Ted Danson
Actor
29-Dec-1947   Bartender on Cheers
Claire Dodd
Actor
29-Dec-1908 23-Nov-1973 Footlight Parade
Jennifer Ehle
Actor
29-Dec-1969   Sunshine
Elizabeth
Royalty
29-Dec-1709 5-Jan-1762 Tsarina of Russia, 1741-62
Yvonne Elliman
Singer
29-Dec-1951   If I Can't Have You
Theo Epstein
Baseball
29-Dec-1973   General Manager, Chicago Cubs
Marianne Faithfull
Singer/Songwriter
29-Dec-1946   Sister Morphine
Ed Flanders
Actor
29-Dec-1934 22-Feb-1995 Dr. Westphall on St. Elsewhere
Klaus Fuchs
Spy
29-Dec-1911 28-Jan-1988 Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR
William Gaddis
Novelist
29-Dec-1922 16-Dec-1998 A Frolic of His Own
William Ewart Gladstone
Head of State
29-Dec-1809 19-May-1898 Four times UK Prime Minister
Charles Goodyear
Inventor
29-Dec-1800 1-Jul-1860 Invented rubber vulcanization process
Jason Gould
Actor
29-Dec-1966   Son of Streisand and Elliott Gould
Roman S. Gribbs
Politician
29-Dec-1925   Mayor of Detroit, 1970-74
Joseph F. Guffey
Politician
29-Dec-1870 6-Mar-1959 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1935-47
Ruth Hall
Actor
29-Dec-1910 9-Oct-2003 Monkey Business
Shawn Hatosy
Actor
29-Dec-1975   Nobel Son
Thorsten Heins
Business
29-Dec-1957   CEO of Research in Motion
Lister Hill
Politician
29-Dec-1894 21-Dec-1984 US Senator from Alabama, 1938-69
Dexter Holland
Singer
29-Dec-1965   The Offspring frontman
H. Wayne Huizenga
Business
29-Dec-1937   Waste Management, Blockbuster
Josefa Iloilo
Head of State
29-Dec-1920 6-Feb-2011 President of Fiji, 2000-09
Tom Jarriel
Journalist
29-Dec-1934   ABC News correspondent
Bill Jenkins
Politician
29-Dec-1936   Congressman, Tennessee 1st
Andrew Johnson
Head of State
29-Dec-1808 31-Jul-1875 17th US President, 1865-68
Rajesh Khanna
Actor
29-Dec-1942 18-Jul-2012 Anand
Jude Law
Actor
29-Dec-1972   Gattaca
Jane Levy
Actor
29-Dec-1989   Tessa Altman on Suburgatory
Viveca Lindfors
Actor
29-Dec-1920 25-Oct-1995 Night Unto Night
LaToya London
Singer
29-Dec-1978   American Idol finalist
Diego Luna
Actor
29-Dec-1979   Y tu Mamá También
Charles Macintosh
Chemist
29-Dec-1766 25-Jul-1843 Invented the raincoat
Joseph Maher
Actor
29-Dec-1933 17-Jul-1998 Chancellor Willoughby on Goode Behavior
George E. Marshall
Film Director
29-Dec-1891 17-Feb-1975 Destry Rides Again
Danny R. McBride
Actor
29-Dec-1976   Eastbound & Down
Paul W. McCracken
Economist
29-Dec-1915 3-Aug-2012 Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71
Dylan Minnette
Actor
29-Dec-1996   Clay Norman on Saving Grace
Katherine Moennig
Actor
29-Dec-1977   The L Word
Mary Tyler Moore
Actor
29-Dec-1936   The Mary Tyler Moore Show
John Newton
Actor
29-Dec-1965   Tony Pagano on The Untouchables
Ray Nitschke
Football
29-Dec-1936 8-Mar-1998 Green Bay Packer, Hall of Famer
Sean Payton
Football
29-Dec-1963   Head Coach, New Orleans Saints
Mekhi Phifer
Actor
29-Dec-1974   Dr. Greg Pratt on E.R.
Albert Pike
Military
29-Dec-1809 2-Apr-1891 Confederate general, Freemason
Pimp C
Rapper
29-Dec-1973 4-Dec-2007 Half of UGK
Laffit Pincay
Jockey
29-Dec-1946   Winningest jockey of all time
Johann Christian Poggendorff
Physicist
29-Dec-1796 24-Jan-1877 Annalen der Physik und Chemie
Jon Polito
Actor
29-Dec-1950   Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing
Paula Poundstone
Comic
29-Dec-1959   Asexual comic
Cozy Powell
Drummer
29-Dec-1947 5-Apr-1998 Drummer, Emerson Lake and Powell
Patsy Ramsey
Relative
29-Dec-1956 24-Jun-2006 JonBenét's mother
Alan Rusbridger
Editor
29-Dec-1953   Editor of The Guardian
John Spellman
Politician
29-Dec-1926   Governor of Washington, 1981-85
Barbara Steele
Actor
29-Dec-1937   Black Sunday
Inga Swenson
Actor
29-Dec-1932   Kraus on Benson
Lionel Tertis
Violist
29-Dec-1876 22-Feb-1975 First prominent violist
Paul S. Trible, Jr.
Politician
29-Dec-1946   US Senator from Virginia, 1983-89
Leonor Varela
Actor
29-Dec-1972   Innocent Voices
Jon Voight
Actor
29-Dec-1938   Midnight Cowboy
Andy Wachowski
Film Director
29-Dec-1967   The Matrix
Pierre Watkin
Actor
29-Dec-1887 3-Feb-1960 Adventures of Superman
Robert C. Weaver
Government
29-Dec-1907 17-Jul-1997 US HUD Secretary, 1966-68
Tookie Williams
Criminal
29-Dec-1953 13-Dec-2005 Co-Founder, West Side Crips


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