| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Hardie Albright |
Actor |
16-Dec-1903 |
7-Dec-1975 |
Angel on My Shoulder |
| Benny Andersson |
Musician |
16-Dec-1946 |
|
ABBA |
| Jane Austen |
Author |
16-Dec-1775 |
18-Jul-1817 |
Pride and Prejudice |
| Donovan Bailey |
Track and Field |
16-Dec-1967 |
|
Canadian sprinter, Gold Medal in 1996 |
| Edward Barnard |
Astronomer |
16-Dec-1857 |
16-Feb-1923 |
Self-taught scientist |
| Christopher Biggins |
Actor |
16-Dec-1948 |
|
Lukewarm |
| Steven Bochco |
Film/TV Producer |
16-Dec-1943 |
|
Cop Rock |
| Artur Bodanzky |
Conductor |
16-Dec-1877 |
23-Nov-1939 |
Opera Conductor at the NY Met, 1915-39 |
| Benjamin Bratt |
Actor |
16-Dec-1963 |
|
Hunk from Law & Order |
| Claude S. Brinegar |
Business |
16-Dec-1926 |
13-Mar-2009 |
US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75 |
| Carol M. Browner |
Government |
16-Dec-1955 |
|
Clinton's EPA Administrator |
| Howard G. Buffett |
Relative |
16-Dec-1954 |
|
Son of Warren Buffett |
| Joyce Bulifant |
Actor |
16-Dec-1937 |
|
Match Game panelist |
| Don Carcieri |
Politician |
16-Dec-1942 |
|
Governor of Rhode Island, 2003-11 |
| Catherine of Aragon |
Royalty |
16-Dec-1485 |
7-Jan-1536 |
First wife of King Henry VIII |
| David Caute |
Author |
16-Dec-1936 |
|
Comrade Jacob |
| Arthur C. Clarke |
Novelist |
16-Dec-1917 |
19-Mar-2008 |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
| Claudia Cohen |
Columnist |
16-Dec-1950 |
15-Jun-2007 |
Gossip columnist |
| Robert J. Cornell |
Politician |
16-Dec-1919 |
10-May-2009 |
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1975-79 |
| Daniel Cosgrove |
Actor |
16-Dec-1970 |
|
Matt Durning on Beverly Hills 90210 |
| Noel Coward |
Playwright |
16-Dec-1899 |
26-Mar-1973 |
Design for Living |
| Ben Cross |
Actor |
16-Dec-1947 |
|
Chariots of Fire |
| Morris Dees |
Activist |
16-Dec-1936 |
|
Bankrupted the Klan |
| Maruschka Detmers |
Actor |
16-Dec-1962 |
|
Prénom Carmen |
| Patti Deutsch |
Actor |
16-Dec-1945 |
|
Laugh-In |
| Philip K. Dick |
Novelist |
16-Dec-1928 |
2-Mar-1982 |
Blade Runner |
| Norm Dicks |
Politician |
16-Dec-1940 |
|
Congressman, Washington 6th |
| William Duncan |
Actor |
16-Dec-1879 |
8-Feb-1961 |
Silent film actor |
| Mark Emmert |
Educator |
16-Dec-1952 |
|
President, University of Washington |
| Susan Estrich |
Pundit |
16-Dec-1952 |
|
Fox News liberal |
| Billy Gibbons |
Guitarist |
16-Dec-1949 |
|
ZZ Top |
| Jim Gibbons |
Politician |
16-Dec-1944 |
|
Governor of Nevada, 2007-11 |
| Judith Giuliani |
Relative |
16-Dec-1954 |
|
Wife of Rudy Giuliani |
| Emmanuel Goldstein |
Journalist |
16-Dec-1959 |
|
2600: The Hacker Quarterly |
| Bill Hicks |
Comic |
16-Dec-1961 |
26-Feb-1994 |
Visionary comedian, met untimely death |
| Hallee Hirsh |
Actor |
16-Dec-1987 |
|
Daley on Flight 29 Down |
| Trevor Immelman |
Golf |
16-Dec-1979 |
|
Winner of 2008 Masters Tournament |
| Catherine Jacob |
Actor |
16-Dec-1956 |
|
Life Is a Long Quiet River |
| John E. Jacob |
Business |
16-Dec-1934 |
|
President of Urban League, 1982-94 |
| Theo James |
Actor |
16-Dec-1984 |
|
Jed Harper on Bedlam |
| Wassily Kandinsky |
Artist |
16-Dec-1866 |
13-Dec-1944 |
Abstractionist and theorist |
| Barbara Kent |
Actor |
16-Dec-1907 |
13-Oct-2011 |
Flesh and the Devil |
| Zoltán Kodály |
Composer |
16-Dec-1882 |
6-Mar-1967 |
Psalmus Hungaricus |
| Alison LaPlaca |
Actor |
16-Dec-1959 |
|
Linda Phillips on Duet |
| Alexander Lebedev |
Business |
16-Dec-1959 |
|
Russian oligarch, ex-KGB |
| Leopold I |
Royalty |
16-Dec-1790 |
10-Dec-1865 |
First King of the Belgians |
| Max Linder |
Actor |
16-Dec-1883 |
31-Oct-1925 |
Seven Years Bad Luck |
| James Mangold |
Film Director |
16-Dec-1963 |
|
Walk the Line |
| James McCracken |
Singer |
16-Dec-1926 |
30-Apr-1988 |
Operatic tenor, Otello |
| Margaret Mead |
Anthropologist |
16-Dec-1901 |
15-Nov-1978 |
Coming of Age in Samoa |
| Dick Murphy |
Politician |
16-Dec-1942 |
|
Mayor of San Diego, 2000-05 |
| Peter R. Orszag |
Government |
16-Dec-1968 |
|
Beltway economist |
| Miranda Otto |
Actor |
16-Dec-1967 |
|
Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings |
| Buddy Parker |
Football |
16-Dec-1913 |
22-Mar-1982 |
Steelers Head Coach, 1957-64 |
| William "The Refrigerator" Perry |
Football |
16-Dec-1962 |
|
Chicago Bears defensive tackle |
| Anna Popplewell |
Actor |
16-Dec-1988 |
|
Chronicles of Narnia |
| V. S. Pritchett |
Author |
16-Dec-1900 |
20-Mar-1997 |
Midnight Oil |
| Pat Quinn |
Politician |
16-Dec-1948 |
|
Governor of Illinois |
| Johnnie B. Rawlinson |
Judge |
16-Dec-1952 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| René Redzepi |
Chef |
16-Dec-1977 |
|
Noma, Copenhagen |
| Eugene C. Renzi |
Military |
16-Dec-1933 |
9-Feb-2008 |
Army Maj. Gen., ManTech VP |
| Krysten Ritter |
Actor |
16-Dec-1981 |
|
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 |
| Sam Robards |
Actor |
16-Dec-1961 |
|
Get a Life |
| Edward Ruscha |
Painter |
16-Dec-1937 |
|
Twenty-six Gasoline Stations |
| George Santayana |
Philosopher |
16-Dec-1863 |
26-Sep-1952 |
The Realms of Being |
| Jonathan Scarfe |
Actor |
16-Dec-1975 |
|
Charlie Sagansky on Raising the Bar |
| George Schaefer |
Film Director |
16-Dec-1920 |
10-Sep-1997 |
The Bunker |
| Anthony J. Scirica |
Judge |
16-Dec-1940 |
|
3rd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| John Selden |
Scholar |
16-Dec-1584 |
30-Nov-1654 |
English orientalist and jurist |
| Alfred C. Sikes |
Government |
16-Dec-1939 |
|
FCC Chairman, 1989-93 |
| Melanie Sloan |
Activist |
16-Dec-1965 |
|
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington |
| Lesley Stahl |
Journalist |
16-Dec-1941 |
|
60 Minutes |
| Vladimir Tatlin |
Sculptor |
16-Dec-1885 |
31-May-1953 |
Monument to the Third International |
| Jon Tenney |
Actor |
16-Dec-1961 |
|
Brooklyn South |
| Liv Ullmann |
Actor |
16-Dec-1938 |
|
The Passion of Anna |
| Robert Urich |
Actor |
16-Dec-1946 |
16-Apr-2002 |
Dan Tanna on Vega$ |
| Paul Vogt |
Actor |
16-Dec-1964 |
|
MADtv |
| Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher |
Military |
16-Dec-1742 |
12-Sep-1819 |
Defeated Napoleon at Waterloo |
| Léon Walras |
Economist |
16-Dec-1834 |
5-Jan-1910 |
Founded the marginalist school of economics |
| Gina Wild |
Pornstar |
16-Dec-1970 |
|
German pornstar |
| Bill Young |
Politician |
16-Dec-1930 |
|
Congressman, Florida 10th |
