| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Don Ameche |
Actor |
31-May-1904 |
6-Dec-1993 |
Trading Places |
| Frances Bavier |
Actor |
14-Dec-1902 |
6-Dec-1989 |
Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show |
| William Bligh |
Military |
9-Sep-1754 |
6-Dec-1817 |
Captain of the Bounty |
| J. Edward Bromberg |
Actor |
25-Dec-1903 |
6-Dec-1951 |
The Mark of Zorro |
| Pope Clement VI |
Religion |
1291 |
6-Dec-1352 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1342-52 |
| Russell H. Conwell |
Educator |
15-Feb-1843 |
6-Dec-1925 |
Founder, Temple University |
| Myers Y. Cooper |
Politician |
25-Nov-1873 |
6-Dec-1958 |
Governor of Ohio, 1929-31 |
| Jefferson Davis |
Head of State |
3-Jun-1808 |
6-Dec-1889 |
President of the Confederacy |
| Sammy Fain |
Composer |
17-Jun-1902 |
6-Dec-1989 |
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing |
| Frantz Fanon |
Psychiatrist |
20-Jul-1925 |
6-Dec-1961 |
Black Skin, White Masks |
| William H. Gleysteen |
Politician |
8-May-1926 |
6-Dec-2002 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1978-81 |
| Dobie Gray |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Jul-1940 |
6-Dec-2011 |
Drift Away |
| Bob Hamilton |
Golf |
10-Jan-1916 |
6-Dec-1990 |
Winner, 1944 PGA Championship |
| Percy Herbert |
Actor |
31-Jul-1920 |
6-Dec-1992 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| William Hoste |
Military |
26-Aug-1780 |
6-Dec-1828 |
British naval captain |
| Werner Klemperer |
Actor |
22-Mar-1920 |
6-Dec-2000 |
Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes |
| Leadbelly |
Guitarist |
29-Jan-1885 |
6-Dec-1949 |
Goodnight Irene |
| James Thomas Lynn |
Government |
27-Feb-1927 |
6-Dec-2010 |
US HUD Secretary, 1973-75 |
| Charles McClendon |
Football |
17-Oct-1923 |
6-Dec-2001 |
LSU Head Coach, 1962-79 |
| Janet Munro |
Actor |
28-Sep-1934 |
6-Dec-1972 |
Swiss Family Robinson |
| Timothy Patrick Murphy |
Actor |
3-Nov-1959 |
6-Dec-1988 |
Dallas |
| Roy Orbison |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Apr-1936 |
6-Dec-1988 |
Pretty Woman |
| Paolo Paruta |
Historian |
14-May-1540 |
6-Dec-1598 |
Official historian of Venice |
| Wolfgang Paul |
Physicist |
10-Aug-1913 |
6-Dec-1993 |
Co-Inventor of the ion trap |
| John Payne |
Actor |
23-May-1912 |
6-Dec-1989 |
Kansas City Confidential |
| Tunku Abdul Rahman |
Head of State |
8-Feb-1903 |
6-Dec-1990 |
First Prime Minister of Malaysia, 1957-70 |
| James Reston |
Journalist |
3-Nov-1909 |
6-Dec-1995 |
The New York Times |
| Harold W. Ross |
Publisher |
6-Nov-1892 |
6-Dec-1951 |
Founder of The New Yorker |
| Nicholas Rowe |
Playwright |
20-Jun-1674 |
6-Dec-1718 |
Editor of William Shakespeare |
| Pete Rozelle |
Football |
1-Mar-1926 |
6-Dec-1996 |
Commissioner of the NFL, 1960-89 |
| Amos Rusie |
Baseball |
30-May-1871 |
6-Dec-1942 |
The Hoosier Thunderbolt |
| Béla Schick |
Doctor |
16-Jul-1877 |
6-Dec-1967 |
Schick test for diphtheria |
| Alex Schoenbaum |
Business |
8-Aug-1915 |
6-Dec-1996 |
Founder, Shoney's |
| Werner von Siemens |
Business |
13-Dec-1816 |
6-Dec-1892 |
Founder of Siemens AG |
| Izler Solomon |
Conductor |
11-Jan-1910 |
6-Dec-1987 |
Director, Indianapolis Symphony, 1956-76 |
| Richard Stone |
Economist |
30-Aug-1913 |
6-Dec-1991 |
National Income and Expenditure |
| Burr Tillstrom |
Performance Artist |
13-Oct-1917 |
6-Dec-1985 |
Puppeteer, Kukla, Fran and Ollie |
| Anthony Trollope |
Novelist |
24-Apr-1815 |
6-Dec-1882 |
Barchester Towers |
| Sunny von Bulow |
Victim |
1-Sep-1932 |
6-Dec-2008 |
Heiress in a coma for 28 years |
| Honus Wagner |
Baseball |
24-Feb-1874 |
6-Dec-1955 |
Pittsburgh shortstop on valuable baseball card |
| Hank Worden |
Actor |
23-Jul-1901 |
6-Dec-1992 |
The Searchers |
