| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Leon Abbett |
Politician |
8-Oct-1836 |
4-Dec-1894 |
Twice Governor of New Jersey |
| Forrest J. Ackerman |
Author |
24-Nov-1916 |
4-Dec-2008 |
Mr. Science Fiction |
| Hannah Arendt |
Philosopher |
14-Oct-1906 |
4-Dec-1975 |
Origins of Totalitarianism |
| Maurice Barrès |
Novelist |
19-Aug-1862 |
4-Dec-1923 |
Cult of the Self |
| David Beaty |
Novelist |
28-Mar-1919 |
4-Dec-1999 |
Cone of Silence |
| Edward Binns |
Actor |
12-Sep-1916 |
4-Dec-1990 |
12 Angry Men |
| Rose Bird |
Judge |
2-Nov-1936 |
4-Dec-1999 |
California Chief Justice, 1977-87 |
| Errol Brathwaite |
Novelist |
3-Apr-1924 |
4-Dec-2005 |
An Affair of Men |
| Benjamin Britten |
Composer |
22-Nov-1913 |
4-Dec-1976 |
Billy Budd |
| Henry Burghersh |
Government |
1292 |
4-Dec-1340 |
Chancellor of England, 1328-30 |
| Samuel Butler |
Scholar |
30-Jan-1774 |
4-Dec-1839 |
Headmaster of Shrewsbury School |
| Bert T. Combs |
Politician |
13-Aug-1911 |
4-Dec-1991 |
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63 |
| Charles Dow |
Journalist |
5-Nov-1851 |
4-Dec-1902 |
Dow of Dow Jones |
| Patricia Dunn |
Business |
27-Mar-1953 |
4-Dec-2011 |
Hewlett Packard chair, 2005-06 |
| Alexander Eckstein |
Economist |
9-Dec-1915 |
4-Dec-1976 |
Sinologist, China's Economic Revolution |
| R. C. Edwards |
Educator |
25-Mar-1914 |
4-Dec-2008 |
President of Clemson University, 1958-79 |
| André Eglevsky |
Dancer |
21-Dec-1917 |
4-Dec-1977 |
Preeminent ballet dancer |
| Elihu Embree |
Activist |
11-Nov-1782 |
4-Dec-1820 |
Abolitionist and lifelong slaveholder |
| Carl Esmond |
Actor |
14-Jun-1902 |
4-Dec-2004 |
Ministry of Fear |
| Patricia Lynch Ewell |
Diplomat |
20-Apr-1926 |
4-Dec-2011 |
US Ambassador to Madagascar, 1986-89 |
| Alfred C. Fuller |
Business |
13-Jan-1885 |
4-Dec-1973 |
Founder of Fuller Brush Company |
| Luigi Galvani |
Doctor |
9-Sep-1737 |
4-Dec-1798 |
Explored bioelectical phenomena |
| John Gay |
Poet |
30-Jun-1685 |
4-Dec-1732 |
The Beggar's Opera |
| Stefan George |
Poet |
12-Jul-1868 |
4-Dec-1933 |
Algabal |
| Samuel Goudsmit |
Physicist |
11-Jul-1902 |
4-Dec-1978 |
Conceived idea of Quantum Spin |
| Robert Hamer |
Film Director |
31-Mar-1911 |
4-Dec-1963 |
Kind Hearts and Coronets |
| Fred Hampton, Sr. |
Activist |
30-Aug-1948 |
4-Dec-1969 |
Black Panther leader assassinated by police |
| Thomas Hobbes |
Philosopher |
5-Apr-1588 |
4-Dec-1679 |
Leviathan |
| Karen Horney |
Psychologist |
16-Sep-1885 |
4-Dec-1952 |
Disputed Freud's concept of "penis envy" |
| Leila Hyams |
Actor |
1-May-1905 |
4-Dec-1977 |
Freaks |
| John of Damascus |
Religion |
c. 676 AD |
4-Dec-749 AD |
Early scholastic church father |
| Pope John XXII |
Religion |
1249 |
4-Dec-1334 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1316-34 |
| Omar Khayyam |
Mathematician |
18-May-1048 |
4-Dec-1131 |
Rubaiyat |
| Bert Lahr |
Actor |
13-Aug-1895 |
4-Dec-1967 |
Lion in The Wizard of Oz |
| Charles MacVeagh |
Attorney |
6-Jun-1860 |
4-Dec-1931 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1925-28 |
| Rouben Mamoulian |
Film Director |
8-Oct-1897 |
4-Dec-1987 |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| Archie Mayo |
Film Director |
29-Jan-1891 |
4-Dec-1968 |
The Adventures of Marco Polo |
| Thomas H. Morgan |
Scientist |
25-Sep-1866 |
4-Dec-1945 |
Fruit fly chromosomes and heredity |
| Michael O'Shea |
Actor |
17-Mar-1906 |
4-Dec-1973 |
It's a Great Life |
| Camillo Olivetti |
Business |
13-Aug-1868 |
4-Dec-1943 |
Founder of Olivetti SpA |
| Robert Parrish |
Film Director |
4-Jan-1916 |
4-Dec-1995 |
Casino Royale |
| Pimp C |
Rapper |
29-Dec-1973 |
4-Dec-2007 |
Half of UGK |
| David M. Ransom |
Diplomat |
c. 1938 |
4-Dec-2003 |
US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1994-97 |
| Cardinal Richelieu |
Religion |
9-Sep-1585 |
4-Dec-1642 |
King of France's chief advisor, 1624-42 |
| Charles Richet |
Scientist |
26-Aug-1850 |
4-Dec-1935 |
Studied anaphylaxis and ectoplasm |
| Pedro Salinas |
Poet |
27-Nov-1891 |
4-Dec-1951 |
Generation of '27 |
| William A. Steiger |
Politician |
15-May-1938 |
4-Dec-1978 |
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1967-78 |
| May Swenson |
Poet |
28-May-1913 |
4-Dec-1989 |
Another Animal |
| Richard Vernon |
Actor |
7-Mar-1925 |
4-Dec-1997 |
Oldenshaw on The Man in Room 17 |
| Stella Walsh |
Track and Field |
3-Apr-1911 |
4-Dec-1980 |
Olympic sprinter found to be actually male |
| Frank Zappa |
Composer |
21-Dec-1940 |
4-Dec-1993 |
Joe's Garage |
