| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Abraham |
Actor |
17-Dec-1972 |
|
Dhoom |
| Shirley S. Abrahamson |
Judge |
17-Dec-1933 |
|
Wisconsin Chief Justice |
| Gregg Araki |
Film Director |
17-Dec-1959 |
|
Mysterious Skin |
| Sylvia Ashton-Warner |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1908 |
28-Apr-1984 |
Incense to Idols |
| Burt Baskin |
Business |
17-Dec-1913 |
24-Dec-1967 |
Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Composer |
17-Dec-1770 |
26-Mar-1827 |
Prominent composer |
| Paul Benedict |
Actor |
17-Dec-1938 |
1-Dec-2008 |
Harry Bentley on The Jeffersons |
| Alexander Bickel |
Scholar |
17-Dec-1924 |
7-Nov-1974 |
The Least Dangerous Branch |
| Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. |
Diplomat |
17-Dec-1897 |
13-Nov-1961 |
Ambassador to governments in exile |
| Jeremy Brooks |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1926 |
27-Jun-1994 |
Jampot Smith |
| Joel Brooks |
Actor |
17-Dec-1949 |
|
J. D. Lucas on My Sister Sam |
| David Butler |
Film Director |
17-Dec-1894 |
14-Jun-1979 |
Calamity Jane |
| Paul Butterfield |
Musician |
17-Dec-1942 |
4-May-1987 |
Paul Butterfield Blues Band |
| Erskine Caldwell |
Author |
17-Dec-1903 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Tobacco Road |
| Christopher Cazenove |
Actor |
17-Dec-1945 |
7-Apr-2010 |
English character actor |
| Jack L. Chalker |
Author |
17-Dec-1944 |
11-Feb-2005 |
SF author, wrote Well World series |
| Domenico Cimarosa |
Composer |
17-Dec-1749 |
1-Jan-1801 |
Il Matrimonio segreto |
| Humphry Davy |
Chemist |
17-Dec-1778 |
29-May-1829 |
Leading early 19th century chemist |
| Nancy-Ann DeParle |
Business |
17-Dec-1956 |
|
Health care administrator |
| Sheila Dixon |
Politician |
17-Dec-1953 |
|
Baltimore Mayor, resigned in disgrace |
| Robert Dornhelm |
Film Director |
17-Dec-1947 |
|
Anne Frank: The Whole Story |
| Jayne Eastwood |
Actor |
17-Dec-1946 |
|
Chicago |
| Peter Farrelly |
Film Director |
17-Dec-1956 |
|
A Farrelly Brother |
| Arthur Fiedler |
Conductor |
17-Dec-1894 |
10-Jul-1979 |
Conductor of the Boston Pops |
| Penelope Fitzgerald |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1916 |
28-Apr-2000 |
The Blue Flower |
| Ford Madox Ford |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1873 |
26-Jun-1939 |
The Good Soldier |
| Jaimee Foxworth |
Actor |
17-Dec-1979 |
|
Family Matters |
| Ron Geesin |
Musician |
17-Dec-1943 |
|
Audio innovator, co-wrote Atom Heart Mother |
| Duff Goldman |
Chef |
17-Dec-1974 |
|
Ace of Cakes |
| Andrew Gould |
Business |
17-Dec-1946 |
|
CEO of Schlumberger |
| Walter Greenwood |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1903 |
13-Sep-1974 |
Love on the Dole |
| Bob Guccione |
Business |
17-Dec-1930 |
20-Oct-2010 |
Founder, Penthouse magazine |
| Curtis Harrington |
Film Director |
17-Dec-1922 |
6-May-2007 |
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet |
| Joseph Henry |
Physicist |
17-Dec-1797 |
13-May-1878 |
Discovered electromagnetic induction |
| Bernard Hill |
Actor |
17-Dec-1944 |
|
Boys from the Blackstuff |
| Laurie Holden |
Actor |
17-Dec-1972 |
|
Silent Hill |
| Ernie Hudson |
Actor |
17-Dec-1945 |
|
Warden Glenn on Oz |
| John I. Jenkins |
Educator |
17-Dec-1953 |
|
President, University of Notre Dame |
| Milla Jovovich |
Actor |
17-Dec-1975 |
|
The Fifth Element |
| Eddie Kendricks |
Singer |
17-Dec-1939 |
5-Oct-1992 |
The Temptations |
| Arthur E. Kennelly |
Physicist |
17-Dec-1861 |
18-Jun-1939 |
Kennelly-Heaviside layer |
| Thomas Starr King |
Religion |
17-Dec-1824 |
4-Mar-1864 |
Saved California to the Union |
| William Lyon Mackenzie King |
Head of State |
17-Dec-1874 |
22-Jul-1950 |
Three-time Prime Minister of Canada |
| Klaus Kinkel |
Politician |
17-Dec-1936 |
|
German Foreign Minister, 1992-98 |
| Eugene Levy |
Comic |
17-Dec-1946 |
|
Earl Camembert from SCTV |
| Willard F. Libby |
Chemist |
17-Dec-1908 |
8-Sep-1980 |
Carbon-14 dating technique |
| Chuck Liddell |
Sports Figure |
17-Dec-1969 |
|
The Iceman, UFC fighter |
| George Lindsey |
Actor |
17-Dec-1928 |
6-May-2012 |
Goober |
| Sol Linowitz |
Business |
17-Dec-1913 |
18-Mar-2005 |
Negotiated return of the Panama Canal |
| Barry Livingston |
Actor |
17-Dec-1953 |
|
Ernie Douglas on My Three Sons |
| Richard Long |
Actor |
17-Dec-1927 |
21-Dec-1974 |
Jarrod Barkley on The Big Valley |
| Dave Madden |
Actor |
17-Dec-1931 |
|
Reuben Kincaid on The Partridge Family |
| Bradley Manning |
Military |
17-Dec-1987 |
|
Accused of releasing classified documents |
| William McChesney Martin |
Economist |
17-Dec-1906 |
29-Jul-1998 |
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1951-70 |
| Chris Matthews |
Talk Show Host |
17-Dec-1945 |
|
Hardball with Chris Matthews |
| Big John McCarthy |
Sports Figure |
17-Dec-1962 |
|
UFC referee |
| James McClatchy |
Publisher |
17-Dec-1920 |
26-May-2006 |
Former Chairman, McClatchy Newspapers |
| James H. McGraw |
Publisher |
17-Dec-1860 |
21-Feb-1948 |
Co-Founder of the McGraw-Hill Companies |
| Mike Mills |
Bassist |
17-Dec-1958 |
|
Bassist for R.E.M. |
| Ikue Mori |
Musician |
17-Dec-1953 |
|
Electronic music and drum machine innovator |
| Armin Mueller-Stahl |
Actor |
17-Dec-1930 |
|
Shine |
| Art Neville |
Musician |
17-Dec-1937 |
|
One of the Neville Brothers |
| Kerry Packer |
Business |
17-Dec-1937 |
26-Dec-2005 |
Richest man in Australia |
| Manny Pacquiao |
Boxing |
17-Dec-1978 |
|
World boxing champion, Congressman |
| Eli Pariser |
Activist |
17-Dec-1980 |
|
MoveOn.org |
| Sarah Paulson |
Actor |
17-Dec-1974 |
|
Down with Love |
| Katina Paxinou |
Actor |
17-Dec-1900 |
22-Feb-1973 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Merton J. Peck |
Economist |
17-Dec-1925 |
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1968-69 |
| Jaroslav Pelikan |
Historian |
17-Dec-1923 |
13-May-2006 |
The Christian Tradition |
| Bill Pullman |
Actor |
17-Dec-1953 |
|
Independence Day |
| Paula Radcliffe |
Track and Field |
17-Dec-1973 |
|
English long distance runner |
| Joseph Verner Reed |
Government |
17-Dec-1937 |
|
US Ambassador to Morocco, 1981-85 |
| Giovanni Ribisi |
Actor |
17-Dec-1974 |
|
Sky Captain's Dex Dearborn |
| Marissa Ribisi |
Actor |
17-Dec-1974 |
|
Dazed and Confused |
| Paul Rodgers |
Singer |
17-Dec-1949 |
|
Vocalist for Free and Bad Company |
| Bruce C. Rohde |
Business |
17-Dec-1948 |
|
CEO of ConAgra, 1997-2005 |
| William Safire |
Columnist |
17-Dec-1929 |
27-Sep-2009 |
NYT columnist, language maven |
| Richard Sale |
Screenwriter |
17-Dec-1911 |
4-Mar-1993 |
A Ticket to Tomahawk |
| Deborah Sampson |
Military |
17-Dec-1760 |
29-Apr-1827 |
Woman who fought in US Revolutionary War |
| Edward Short |
Politician |
17-Dec-1912 |
4-May-2012 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1974-76 |
| Peter Snell |
Track and Field |
17-Dec-1938 |
|
Olympic distance runner |
| Mike Sodrel |
Politician |
17-Dec-1945 |
|
Congressman, Indiana 9th |
| Wes Studi |
Actor |
17-Dec-1947 |
|
Geronimo: An American Legend |
| Littleton Waller Tazewell |
Politician |
17-Dec-1774 |
6-May-1860 |
Senator and Governor from Virginia |
| Sean Patrick Thomas |
Actor |
17-Dec-1970 |
|
Barbershop |
| Herbert Beerbohm Tree |
Actor |
17-Dec-1853 |
2-Jul-1917 |
Founder, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Leonard S. Unger |
Diplomat |
17-Dec-1917 |
3-Jun-2010 |
US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1974-79 |
| Chase Utley |
Baseball |
17-Dec-1978 |
|
2nd Base, Philadelphia Phillies |
| Christine A. Varney |
Attorney |
17-Dec-1955 |
|
Partner, Hogan & Hartson |
| John Greenleaf Whittier |
Poet |
17-Dec-1807 |
7-Sep-1892 |
American abolitionist poet |
| Jeffrey Wigand |
Scientist |
17-Dec-1942 |
|
Tobacco industry whistleblower |
| Nat Wolff |
Musician |
17-Dec-1994 |
|
The Naked Brothers Band |
| Anthony à Wood |
Historian |
17-Dec-1632 |
29-Nov-1695 |
Oxford historian |
| Patrice Wymore |
Actor |
17-Dec-1926 |
|
Ocean's Eleven |
