LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Greeley Abbot	Astronomer	31-May-1872	17-Dec-1973	Solar energy
Eddie Acuff	Actor	3-Jun-1903	17-Dec-1956	Mr. Beasley in Blondie
Rex Allen	Actor	31-Dec-1920	17-Dec-1999	The Arizona Cowboy
Jack Anderson	Columnist	19-Oct-1922	17-Dec-2005	Uncovered CIA plot to kill Fidel Castro
Dana Andrews	Actor	1-Jan-1909	17-Dec-1992	The Best Years of Our Lives
Sammy Baugh	Football	17-Mar-1914	17-Dec-2008	Redskins QB and charter Hall of Famer
Captain Beefheart	Singer	15-Jan-1941	17-Dec-2010	and His Magic Band
John Blatnik	Politician	17-Aug-1911	17-Dec-1991	Congressman from Minnesota, 1947-75
Simón Bolívar	Military	24-Jul-1783	17-Dec-1830	El Libertador
John G. Brady	Politician	25-May-1848	17-Dec-1918	Territorial Governor of Alaska 1897-1906
George Brayton	Inventor	3-Oct-1830	17-Dec-1892	Brayton cycle engine
Wally Butts	Football	7-Feb-1905	17-Dec-1973	UGA Head Coach, 1939-60
Irving Caesar	Songwriter	4-Jul-1895	17-Dec-1996	Tea for Two
Colin Clark	Film/TV Producer	9-Oct-1932	17-Dec-2002	My Week with Marilyn
George N. Craig	Politician	6-Aug-1909	17-Dec-1992	Governor of Indiana, 1953-57
William Barker Cushing	Military	4-Nov-1842	17-Dec-1874	Civil War naval hero
Chris Farley	Comic	15-Feb-1964	17-Dec-1997	Saturday Night Live
Homer S. Ferguson	Politician	25-Feb-1889	17-Dec-1982	US Senator from Michigan, 1943-55
Otto Graham	Football	6-Dec-1921	17-Dec-2003	NFL Hall of Famer
Alaina Reed Hall	Actor	10-Nov-1946	17-Dec-2009	Sesame Street
James Hazeldine	Actor	4-Apr-1947	17-Dec-2002	Mike "Bayleaf" Wilson on London's Burning
Victor Francis Hess	Physicist	24-Jun-1883	17-Dec-1964	Proved cosmic origin of radiation
Harold Holt	Head of State	5-Aug-1908	17-Dec-1967	Prime Minister of Australia, 1966-67
Jerry Hopper	Film Director	29-Jul-1907	17-Dec-1988	The Private War of Major Benson
Kim Jong Il	Head of State	16-Feb-1941	17-Dec-2011	Dictator of North Korea, 1994-2011
Hastings Ismay	Military	21-Jun-1887	17-Dec-1965	Churchill's chief military assistant
Andrew Jacobs, Sr.	Politician	22-Feb-1906	17-Dec-1992	Congressman from Indiana, 1949-51
Jennifer Jones	Actor	2-Mar-1919	17-Dec-2009	The Song of Bernadette
Lord Kelvin	Physicist	26-Jun-1824	17-Dec-1907	Illustrated 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Leopold II	Royalty	9-Apr-1835	17-Dec-1909	King of Belgium, 1865-1909
Marie Louise	Royalty	12-Dec-1791	17-Dec-1847	Empress of France
Hank Luisetti	Basketball	16-Jun-1916	17-Dec-2002	Invented one-handed shot
Janet Margolin	Actor	25-Jul-1943	17-Dec-1993	Take the Money and Run
Edward B. Marks	Songwriter	28-Nov-1865	17-Dec-1945	My Mother Was a Lady
Thomas Mitchell	Actor	11-Jul-1892	17-Dec-1962	Gerald O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
Lewis Henry Morgan	Anthropologist	21-Nov-1818	17-Dec-1881	Ancient Society
Dan O'Bannon	Screenwriter	30-Sep-1946	17-Dec-2009	Alien, Total Recall
Lizette Woodworth Reese	Poet	9-Jan-1856	17-Dec-1935	A Handful of Lavendar
Lina Romay	Actor	16-Jan-1919	17-Dec-2010	Adventure
Dorothy L. Sayers	Novelist	13-Jun-1893	17-Dec-1957	Lord Peter Wimsey detective novels
Noble Sissle	Composer	10-Jul-1889	17-Dec-1975	Shuffle Along
Lewis C. Solmon	Economist	17-Jul-1942	17-Dec-2007	Education reformer
Albert C. Wedemeyer	Military	9-Jul-1897	17-Dec-1989	Victory Program
C. Vann Woodward	Historian	13-Nov-1908	17-Dec-1999	The Strange Career of Jim Crow
Marguerite Yourcenar	Novelist	8-Jun-1903	17-Dec-1987	Mémoires d'Hadrien

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