| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Joey Adams |
Comic |
6-Jan-1911 |
2-Dec-1999 |
Borscht Belt comedian |
| Robert O. Anderson |
Business |
13-Apr-1917 |
2-Dec-2007 |
CEO of ARCO, 1966-86 |
| Desi Arnaz |
Actor |
2-Mar-1917 |
2-Dec-1986 |
Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy |
| Elizabeth Berridge |
Novelist |
3-Dec-1919 |
2-Dec-2009 |
Across the Common |
| James Henry Breasted |
Archaeologist |
27-Aug-1865 |
2-Dec-1935 |
A History of Egypt |
| John Brown |
Activist |
9-May-1800 |
2-Dec-1859 |
Led the raid on Harpers Ferry |
| Larry Buchanan |
Film Director |
31-Jan-1923 |
2-Dec-2004 |
Mars Needs Women |
| Eugene Asa Carr |
Military |
20-Mar-1830 |
2-Dec-1910 |
Union Army General |
| Suzanne Cloutier |
Actor |
10-Jul-1923 |
2-Dec-2003 |
Othello |
| Matt Cohen |
Novelist |
30-Dec-1942 |
2-Dec-1999 |
Emotional Arithmetic |
| Aaron Copland |
Composer |
14-Nov-1900 |
2-Dec-1990 |
Fanfare for the Common Man |
| Hernando Cortes |
Explorer |
1485 |
2-Dec-1547 |
Spanish Conquistador, conquered Mexico |
| Bob Cummings |
Actor |
10-Jun-1908 |
2-Dec-1990 |
The Bob Cummings Show |
| Marquis de Sade |
Author |
2-Jun-1740 |
2-Dec-1814 |
120 Days of Sodom |
| Karl Doenitz |
Military |
16-Sep-1891 |
2-Dec-1980 |
U-Boat admiral |
| Eleonora Rossi Drago |
Actor |
23-Sep-1925 |
2-Dec-2007 |
Violent Summer |
| Pablo Escobar |
Criminal |
1-Dec-1949 |
2-Dec-1993 |
Head of the Medellin Cartel |
| Marty Feldman |
Comic |
8-Jul-1933 |
2-Dec-1982 |
Eye-gor in Young Frankenstein |
| Gail Fisher |
Actor |
18-Aug-1935 |
2-Dec-2000 |
Peggy Fair on Mannix |
| Henry Clay Frick |
Business |
19-Dec-1849 |
2-Dec-1919 |
Robber baron, Johnstown flood |
| Romain Gary |
Novelist |
8-May-1914 |
2-Dec-1980 |
Roots of Heaven |
| Jay Gould |
Business |
27-May-1836 |
2-Dec-1892 |
Railroad baron owned Union Pacific |
| Elizabeth Hardwick |
Critic |
27-Jul-1916 |
2-Dec-2007 |
Seduction and Betrayal |
| Ivan Illich |
Philosopher |
4-Sep-1926 |
2-Dec-2002 |
Deschooling Society |
| Maggie Jones |
Actor |
21-Jun-1934 |
2-Dec-2009 |
Coronation Street |
| Philip Larkin |
Poet |
9-Aug-1922 |
2-Dec-1985 |
The Whitsun Weddings |
| Luis Leloir |
Chemist |
6-Sep-1906 |
2-Dec-1987 |
Conversion of carbohydrates |
| Guy Liddell |
Spy |
8-Nov-1892 |
2-Dec-1958 |
British spymaster |
| Gerard Mercator |
Cartographer |
5-Mar-1512 |
2-Dec-1594 |
The Mercator Projection |
| Odetta |
Singer |
31-Dec-1930 |
2-Dec-2008 |
Queen of American Folk Music |
| Philippe II, duc d'Orléans |
Royalty |
2-Aug-1674 |
2-Dec-1723 |
Regent of France, 1715-23 |
| Jane Pierce |
First Lady |
12-Mar-1806 |
2-Dec-1863 |
Wife of US President Franklin Pierce |
| John Ringling |
Business |
31-May-1866 |
2-Dec-1936 |
Ringling Brothers Circus |
| Roxie Roker |
Actor |
28-Aug-1929 |
2-Dec-1995 |
Helen Willis on The Jeffersons |
| Edmond Rostand |
Playwright |
1-Apr-1868 |
2-Dec-1918 |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Sabu |
Actor |
27-Jan-1924 |
2-Dec-1963 |
Jungle Book |
| Ron Santo |
Baseball |
25-Feb-1940 |
2-Dec-2010 |
Third baseman, Chicago Cubs |
| Joe Smith |
Jazz Musician |
28-Jun-1902 |
2-Dec-1937 |
Cool jazz trumpeter |
| Francis Cardinal Spellman |
Religion |
4-May-1889 |
2-Dec-1967 |
Archbishop of New York, 1939-67 |
| Patrick Gordon Walker |
Politician |
7-Apr-1907 |
2-Dec-1980 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1964-66 |
