| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Hervey Allen |
Poet |
8-Dec-1889 |
28-Dec-1949 |
Ballads of the Border |
| Gregg Allman |
Musician |
8-Dec-1947 |
|
The Allman Brothers |
| Barbara Cox Anthony |
Business |
8-Dec-1922 |
28-May-2007 |
Cox Enterprises billionaire |
| John Banville |
Novelist |
8-Dec-1945 |
|
The Book of Evidence |
| Paul A. Baran |
Economist |
8-Dec-1910 |
26-Mar-1964 |
Marxist economist |
| Tom Barrett |
Politician |
8-Dec-1953 |
|
Mayor of Milwaukee |
| William W. Barron |
Politician |
8-Dec-1911 |
12-Nov-2002 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1961-65 |
| Kim Basinger |
Actor |
8-Dec-1953 |
|
L.A. Confidential |
| Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson |
Playwright |
8-Dec-1832 |
26-Apr-1910 |
Synnöve Solbakken |
| Bob Brown |
Football |
8-Dec-1941 |
|
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Elihu Burritt |
Activist |
8-Dec-1810 |
6-Mar-1879 |
Organized Friends of Peace |
| Jerry Butler |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Dec-1939 |
|
The Ice Man |
| David Carradine |
Actor |
8-Dec-1936 |
3-Jun-2009 |
Grasshopper |
| Paul Cavanagh |
Actor |
8-Dec-1888 |
15-Mar-1964 |
The Scarlet Claw |
| Thomas R. Cech |
Chemist |
8-Dec-1947 |
|
Proved enzyme role of RNA |
| Whitman Chambers |
Novelist |
8-Dec-1896 |
20-Jul-1968 |
Hard-boiled mystery novelist |
| Christina of Sweden |
Royalty |
8-Dec-1626 |
16-Apr-1689 |
Crossdressing Queen of Sweden 1632-54 |
| George Christopher |
Politician |
8-Dec-1907 |
14-Sep-2000 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1956-64 |
| Camille Claudel |
Sculptor |
8-Dec-1864 |
19-Oct-1943 |
French sculptor, mistress of Rodin |
| Lee J. Cobb |
Actor |
8-Dec-1911 |
11-Feb-1976 |
The Left Hand of God |
| Michael Cole |
TV Personality |
8-Dec-1968 |
|
WWE Announcer |
| Phil Collen |
Guitarist |
8-Dec-1957 |
|
Guitarist for Def Leppard |
| Padraic Colum |
Novelist |
8-Dec-1881 |
11-Jan-1972 |
Wild Earth |
| Ann Coulter |
Pundit |
8-Dec-1961 |
|
Rightwing bombthrower |
| Duke Cunningham |
Politician |
8-Dec-1941 |
|
Congressman from California, 1991-2005 |
| Sammy Davis, Jr. |
Singer |
8-Dec-1925 |
16-May-1990 |
Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack |
| Dharmendra |
Actor |
8-Dec-1935 |
|
Phool Aur Patthar |
| William C. Durant |
Business |
8-Dec-1861 |
18-Mar-1947 |
Founder of General Motors |
| Steve Elkington |
Golf |
8-Dec-1962 |
|
Winner, 1995 PGA Championship |
| Frank Faylen |
Actor |
8-Dec-1905 |
2-Aug-1985 |
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis |
| Norman Finkelstein |
Scholar |
8-Dec-1953 |
|
The Holocaust Industry |
| Richard Fleischer |
Film Director |
8-Dec-1916 |
24-Mar-2006 |
Soylent Green |
| Noël Forgeard |
Business |
8-Dec-1946 |
|
CEO of Airbus, 2004-06 |
| James Galway |
Musician |
8-Dec-1939 |
|
Flute virtuoso |
| Jacques-Salomon Hadamard |
Mathematician |
8-Dec-1865 |
17-Oct-1963 |
Prime number theorem |
| Peter Andreas Hansen |
Astronomer |
8-Dec-1795 |
28-Mar-1874 |
Fundamenta nova investigationis |
| Dan Hartman |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Dec-1950 |
22-Mar-1994 |
I Can Dream About You |
| Kevin Harvick |
Auto Racing |
8-Dec-1975 |
|
Winner, 2007 Daytona 500 |
| Teri Hatcher |
Actor |
8-Dec-1964 |
|
Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives |
| Bertie Higgins |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Dec-1944 |
|
Key Largo |
| Tom Holkenborg |
Musician |
8-Dec-1967 |
|
Junkie XL |
| Dwight Howard |
Basketball |
8-Dec-1985 |
|
Los Angeles Lakers center |
| Billy Hufsey |
Actor |
8-Dec-1958 |
|
Christopher Donlon on Fame |
| Francis Huster |
Actor |
8-Dec-1947 |
|
The Dinner Game |
| Mikhail Kasyanov |
Head of State |
8-Dec-1957 |
|
Prime Minister of Russia, 2000-04 |
| Jim Yong Kim |
Educator |
8-Dec-1959 |
|
President of Dartmouth College |
| Sam Kinison |
Comic |
8-Dec-1953 |
10-Apr-1992 |
Caustic stand-up comic |
| Bernie Krause |
Musician |
8-Dec-1938 |
|
Field recordist, electronic musician |
| John Kufuor |
Head of State |
8-Dec-1938 |
|
President of Ghana, 2001-09 |
| Raúl Labrador |
Politician |
8-Dec-1967 |
|
Congressman, Idaho 1st |
| Edward G. Lanpher |
Diplomat |
8-Dec-1942 |
|
US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, 1991-95 |
| Carina Lau |
Actor |
8-Dec-1964 |
|
Infernal Affairs |
| Richard Llewellyn |
Novelist |
8-Dec-1906 |
30-Nov-1983 |
How Green Was My Valley |
| Lauren Luke |
YouTube Personality |
8-Dec-1981 |
|
YouTube make-up entrepreneur |
| James MacArthur |
Actor |
8-Dec-1937 |
28-Oct-2010 |
Dano from Hawaii 5-O |
| John MacDougall |
Politician |
8-Dec-1947 |
13-Aug-2008 |
Labour MP for Glenrothes, 2005-08 |
| Dewey Martin |
Actor |
8-Dec-1923 |
|
The Big Sky |
| Mary I of Scotland |
Royalty |
8-Dec-1542 |
8-Feb-1587 |
Mary, Queen of Scots |
| Edward McGaffigan |
Government |
8-Dec-1948 |
2-Sep-2007 |
NRC Commissioner, 1996-2007 |
| Bird McIntyre |
Singer |
8-Dec-1958 |
|
Thai pop star |
| Bill McKibben |
Activist |
8-Dec-1960 |
|
The End of Nature |
| Nancy Meyers |
Film Director |
8-Dec-1949 |
|
What Women Want |
| Chrisette Michele |
Singer |
8-Dec-1982 |
|
Be OK |
| Nicki Minaj |
Singer |
8-Dec-1984 |
|
Pink Friday |
| Dominic Monaghan |
Actor |
8-Dec-1976 |
|
Charlie on Lost |
| Jim Morrison |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Dec-1943 |
3-Jul-1971 |
Lead singer and songwriter, The Doors |
| Mike Mussina |
Baseball |
8-Dec-1968 |
|
Pitcher, New York Yankees |
| Sinead O'Connor |
Musician |
8-Dec-1966 |
|
Pop star ripped up Pope picture |
| Wendell Pierce |
Actor |
8-Dec-1962 |
|
Det. Moreland on The Wire |
| Jean Porter |
Actor |
8-Dec-1925 |
|
Till the End of Time |
| John Qualen |
Actor |
8-Dec-1899 |
12-Sep-1987 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
| Diego Rivera |
Painter |
8-Dec-1886 |
24-Nov-1957 |
Mexican painter |
| AnnaSophia Robb |
Actor |
8-Dec-1993 |
|
Because of Winn-Dixie |
| Kenneth Roberts |
Novelist |
8-Dec-1885 |
21-Jul-1957 |
Northwest Passage |
| George Rogers |
Football |
8-Dec-1958 |
|
Winner, 1980 Heisman Trophy |
| Kathleen Ryan |
Actor |
8-Dec-1922 |
11-Nov-1985 |
The Sound of Fury |
| Mario Savio |
Activist |
8-Dec-1942 |
6-Nov-1996 |
Free Speech Movement |
| Maximilian Schell |
Actor |
8-Dec-1930 |
|
Judgment at Nuremberg |
| Delmore Schwartz |
Poet |
8-Dec-1913 |
11-Jul-1966 |
Summer Knowledge |
| Raymond Seitz |
Diplomat |
8-Dec-1940 |
|
US Ambassador to the UK, 1991-94 |
| Frank Shamrock |
Wrestling |
8-Dec-1972 |
|
Ultimate Fighting Champion |
| David Shea |
Disc Jockey |
8-Dec-1965 |
|
Turntablist and electronic music composer |
| Jean Sibelius |
Composer |
8-Dec-1865 |
20-Sep-1957 |
The Swan of Tuonela |
| Jimmy Smith |
Jazz Musician |
8-Dec-1925 |
8-Feb-2005 |
Master of the Hammond B3 organ |
| Ian Somerhalder |
Actor |
8-Dec-1978 |
|
Damon on The Vampire Diaries |
| William Spoelhof |
Educator |
8-Dec-1909 |
3-Dec-2008 |
President of Calvin College, 1951-76 |
| Mark Steyn |
Author |
8-Dec-1959 |
|
America Alone |
| Sharmila Tagore |
Actor |
8-Dec-1946 |
|
Apur Sansar |
| James Tate |
Poet |
8-Dec-1943 |
|
The Lost Pilot |
| Corey Taylor |
Singer |
8-Dec-1973 |
|
Slipknot lead vocalist |
| John B. Taylor |
Economist |
8-Dec-1946 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1989-91 |
| James Thurber |
Author |
8-Dec-1894 |
2-Nov-1961 |
Short story writer and cartoonist |
| Floyd Tillman |
Country Musician |
8-Dec-1914 |
22-Aug-2003 |
Honky-tonk drawler and guitarist |
| Jeff Tremaine |
Film/TV Producer |
8-Dec-1966 |
|
Co-creator of MTV's Jackass |
| Butch Vig |
Music Producer |
8-Dec-1957 |
|
Record producer, drummer for Garbage |
| Kate Voegele |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Dec-1986 |
|
A Fine Mess |
| John A. Volpe |
Politician |
8-Dec-1908 |
11-Sep-1994 |
Twice Governor of Massachusetts |
| Eli Whitney |
Inventor |
8-Dec-1765 |
8-Jan-1825 |
Inventor of the cotton gin |
| Flip Wilson |
Comic |
8-Dec-1933 |
25-Nov-1998 |
The Flip Wilson Show |
| Mary Woronov |
Actor |
8-Dec-1943 |
|
Eating Raoul |
| George C. Wortley |
Politician |
8-Dec-1926 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1981-89 |
