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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alexandra of Denmark
Royalty
1-Dec-1844 20-Nov-1925 Queen Alexandra, Consort of Edward VII
Woody Allen
Film Director
1-Dec-1935   Annie Hall
Walter Alston
Baseball
1-Dec-1911 1-Oct-1984 Longtime Manager, Brooklyn/LA Dodgers
Carol Alt
Model
1-Dec-1960   Supermodels in the Rainforest
Pierre Arditi
Actor
1-Dec-1944   Mélo
Obba Babatundé
Actor
1-Dec-1951   Principal Green on Dawson's Creek
Red Badgro
Football
1-Dec-1902 13-Jul-1998 NFL Hall of Famer
George Bowering
Novelist
1-Dec-1938   Sticks and Stones
W. A. Boyle
Labor Leader
1-Dec-1904 31-May-1985 UMW President, 1963-72
Ellis O. Briggs
Diplomat
1-Dec-1899 Jun-1976 US Ambassador to South Korea, 1952-55
Golden Brooks
Actor
1-Dec-1970   Maya Wilkes on Girlfriends
Lane Bryant
Fashion Designer
1-Dec-1879 26-Sep-1951 Plus-size designer
Candace Bushnell
Journalist
1-Dec-1958   Columnist, Sex and the City
Jefferson Caffery
Diplomat
1-Dec-1886 13-Apr-1974 US Ambassador to Egypt, France, Brazil, Cuba
Nestor Carbonell
Actor
1-Dec-1967   Luis Rivera on Suddenly Susan
Walter L. Carpeneti
Judge
1-Dec-1945   Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
Anne Cox Chambers
Business
1-Dec-1919   Billionaire, former US Ambassador to Belgium
Bruce Chapman
Government
1-Dec-1940   Founder of the Discovery Institute
Larry Charles
Screenwriter
1-Dec-1956   Seinfeld writer, also directed Borat
George Creel
Journalist
1-Dec-1876 2-Oct-1953 Head of the Committee on Public Information
John Crowley
Author
1-Dec-1942   Little, Big
Peter Cullen
Actor
1-Dec-1944   Voice of Optimus Prime
Brad Delson
Guitarist
1-Dec-1977   Guitarist for Linkin Park
John Densmore
Drummer
1-Dec-1944   Drummer for The Doors
Adrian W. DeWind
Attorney
1-Dec-1913 7-Aug-2009 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Frank Graves Dickey
Educator
1-Dec-1917 7-Aug-2009 President, University of Kentucky, 1956-63
Melinda Doolittle
Singer
1-Dec-1977   American Idol
David Doyle
Actor
1-Dec-1929 26-Feb-1997 Bosley on Charlie's Angels
Pablo Escobar
Criminal
1-Dec-1949 2-Dec-1993 Head of the Medellin Cartel
Jared Fogle
Meme
1-Dec-1977   Lost 245 lbs eating only fast food
Erle Chennault Galbraith
Relative
1-Dec-1922 11-Jan-2004 Widow of Al Jolson
Bruce J. Graham
Architect
1-Dec-1925 6-Mar-2010 Architect of the Sears Tower
Michael W. Hagee
Military
1-Dec-1944   33rd USMC Commandant, 2003-06
Annette Haven
Pornstar
1-Dec-1954   Coming of Angels, Autobiography of a Flea
Ray Henderson
Songwriter
1-Dec-1896 31-Dec-1970 The Best Things in Life Are Free
William Temple Hornaday
Activist
1-Dec-1854 6-Mar-1937 Defender of the American bison
Bob Irwin
Relative
1-Dec-2003   Infant son of Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin
DeSean Jackson
Football
1-Dec-1986   Philadelphia Eagles WR
Jonathan Katz
Comic
1-Dec-1946   Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
Chemist
1-Dec-1743 1-Jan-1817 Discovered uranium, zirconium, titanium
Matthew Laborteaux
Actor
1-Dec-1966   Little House on the Prairie
Robert P. Lamont
Politician
1-Dec-1867 20-Feb-1948 US Commerce Secretary, 1929-32
Bernard Lintot
Publisher
1-Dec-1675 3-Feb-1736 18th century English publisher
Louis VI
Royalty
1-Dec-1081 1-Aug-1137 King of France, 1108-37
Abby Mann
Screenwriter
1-Dec-1927 25-Mar-2008 Judgment at Nuremberg
Mary Martin
Actor
1-Dec-1913 3-Nov-1990 Peter Pan
Allyn Ann McLerie
Actor
1-Dec-1926   They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Armin Meiwes
Criminal
1-Dec-1961   German cannibal
John Merivale
Actor
1-Dec-1917 6-Feb-1990 The List of Adrian Messenger
Keith Michell
Actor
1-Dec-1928   The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Bette Midler
Singer
1-Dec-1945   Ol' Red Hair
Alfred Moisiu
Head of State
1-Dec-1929   President of Albania, 2002-07
Matt Monro
Singer
1-Dec-1930 7-Feb-1985 Born Free
Emily Mortimer
Actor
1-Dec-1971   Lovely & Amazing
Joe Nickell
Author
1-Dec-1944   Professional skeptic
Jeremy Northam
Actor
1-Dec-1961   Enigma
Jaco Pastorius
Jazz Musician
1-Dec-1951 21-Sep-1987 Bassist for Weather Report
Nicholas Claude Fabri de Peiresc
Astronomer
1-Dec-1580 24-Jun-1637 Discovered Orion Nebula
Gary Peters
Politician
1-Dec-1958   Congressman, Michigan 9th
Paul Picerni
Actor
1-Dec-1922 12-Jan-2011 Lee Hobson on The Untouchables
Sebastián Piñera
Head of State
1-Dec-1949   President of Chile
Pierre Poujade
Activist
1-Dec-1920 27-Aug-2003 French anti-tax crusader
Ann Preston
Doctor
1-Dec-1813 18-Apr-1872 Woman's Medical College and Woman's Hospital
Richard Pryor
Comic
1-Dec-1940 10-Dec-2005 Stand-up comic, Stir Crazy
Lou Rawls
Singer
1-Dec-1935 6-Jan-2006 Silky-voiced jazz/soul singer
Friend Richardson
Politician
1-Dec-1865 6-Sep-1943 Governor of California, 1923-27
Cyril Ritchard
Actor
1-Dec-1897 18-Dec-1977 Stage actor, Capt. Hook in Peter Pan
Martin Rodbell
Scientist
1-Dec-1925 7-Dec-1998 G-protein cell signal transmission
Akiva Schaffer
Film Director
1-Dec-1977   The Lonely Island
Kurt L. Schmoke
Politician
1-Dec-1949   Mayor of Baltimore, 1988-99
Dick Shawn
Actor
1-Dec-1923 17-Apr-1987 Inventor of the "high five"
Matthew Shepard
Victim
1-Dec-1976 12-Oct-1998 Gay hate crime victim
Sarah Silverman
Comic
1-Dec-1970   The Sarah Silverman Program
Louis Slotin
Physicist
1-Dec-1910 30-May-1946 Died tickling the dragon's tail
Michael I. Sovern
Educator
1-Dec-1931   President of Columbia University, 1980-93
Rex Stout
Novelist
1-Dec-1886 27-Oct-1975 Nero Wolf novels
Malachi Throne
Actor
1-Dec-1928   Noah Bain on It Takes a Thief
Charlene Tilton
Actor
1-Dec-1958   Lucy Ewing on Dallas
Ernst Toller
Playwright
1-Dec-1893 22-May-1939 Transformation
Lee Trevino
Golf
1-Dec-1939   Pro golfer hosted Golf for Swingers
Karen Tumulty
Journalist
1-Dec-1955   Time political correspondent
Stansfield Turner
Government
1-Dec-1923   CIA Director, 1977-81
Madame Tussaud
Sculptor
1-Dec-1761 16-Apr-1850 Wax sculptor
Vaira Vike-Freiberga
Head of State
1-Dec-1937   President of Latvia, 1999-2007
Robert Welch
Activist
1-Dec-1899 6-Jan-1985 Founder, John Birch Society
Treat Williams
Actor
1-Dec-1951   Prince of the City
Vesta Williams
Singer
1-Dec-1957 22-Sep-2011 Congratulations
Oliver Wolcott
Politician
1-Dec-1726 1-Dec-1797 Governor of Connecticut, 1796-97
James Wolfensohn
Business
1-Dec-1933   World Bank president, 1995-2005
Georgi Zhukov
Military
1-Dec-1896 18-Jun-1974 Soviet commander during WWII




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