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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Christina Aguilera
Singer
18-Dec-1980   Genie in a Bottle
Roger Allin
Politician
18-Dec-1848 1-Jan-1936 Governor of North Dakota, 1895-97
Eddie Antar
Business
18-Dec-1947   Crazy Eddie
Leila Arcieri
Model
18-Dec-1973   Wild Things 2
Edwin H. Armstrong
Inventor
18-Dec-1890 31-Jan-1954 Inventor of FM radio
Gillian Armstrong
Film Director
18-Dec-1950   Oscar and Lucinda
Harvey Atkin
Actor
18-Dec-1942   Sgt. Coleman on Cagney and Lacey
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Wrestling
18-Dec-1964   Pro wrestler
Lynn Bari
Actor
18-Dec-1913 20-Nov-1989 Shock
Ashley Benson
Actor
18-Dec-1989   Hanna Marin on Pretty Little Liars
Alfred Bester
Novelist
18-Dec-1913 30-Sep-1987 The Stars My Destination
Steve Biko
Activist
18-Dec-1946 12-Sep-1977 Father of Black Consciousness
Willy Brandt
Head of State
18-Dec-1913 8-Oct-1992 German Chancellor, 1969-74
Jack Brooks
Politician
18-Dec-1922   Congressman from Texas, 1953-95
Abe Burrows
Playwright
18-Dec-1910 17-May-1985 Co-Author, Guys and Dolls
Kari Byron
TV Personality
18-Dec-1974   Mythbusters
Randy Castillo
Drummer
18-Dec-1950 26-Mar-2002 Drummer for Ozzy Osbourne
Ramsey Clark
Government
18-Dec-1927   US Attorney General, 1967-69
Ty Cobb
Baseball
18-Dec-1886 17-Jul-1961 Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter
Gladys Cooper
Actor
18-Dec-1888 17-Nov-1971 My Fair Lady
Peggy Cummins
Actor
18-Dec-1925   Deadly Is the Female
Sir Simonds D'Ewes
Curator
18-Dec-1602 18-Apr-1650 Journals of all the Parliaments
Josh Dallas
Actor
18-Dec-1981   David Nolan on Once Upon a Time
Jules Dassin
Film Director
18-Dec-1911 31-Mar-2008 Topkapi
Tommy Davidson
Actor
18-Dec-1965   The Proud Family
Ossie Davis
Actor
18-Dec-1917 4-Feb-2005 Do The Right Thing
Casper Van Dien
Actor
18-Dec-1968   Watch Over Me
DMX
Rapper
18-Dec-1970   What's My Name?
Karl Dorrell
Football
18-Dec-1963   UCLA Head Football Coach, 2003-07
F. M. Einheit
Musician
18-Dec-1958   Einsturzende Neubaten
Franz Ferdinand
Royalty
18-Dec-1863 28-Jun-1914 Assassination touched off WWI
Robben W. Fleming
Educator
18-Dec-1916 10-Jan-2010 President, University of Michigan, 1968-78
Christopher Fry
Playwright
18-Dec-1907 30-Jun-2005 The Lady's Not for Burning
Betty Grable
Actor
18-Dec-1916 2-Jul-1973 The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs
Robson Green
Actor
18-Dec-1964   Soldier Soldier
Joseph Grimaldi
Performance Artist
18-Dec-1778 31-May-1837 Celebrated English clown
Francis Burton Harrison
Politician
18-Dec-1873 21-Nov-1957 Drug prohibition
Fletcher Henderson
Jazz Musician
18-Dec-1897 29-Dec-1952 Pioneering swing and jazz bandleader
Walter Hieber
Chemist
18-Dec-1895 29-Nov-1976 Metal carbonyl chemistry
Katie Holmes
Actor
18-Dec-1978   Joey Potter on Dawson's Creek
William Howitt
Author
18-Dec-1792 3-Mar-1879 The Book of the Seasons
Celia Johnson
Actor
18-Dec-1908 26-Apr-1982 Brief Encounter
Jim Jontz
Politician
18-Dec-1951 14-Apr-2007 Congressman from Indiana, 1987-93
Allan Kayser
Actor
18-Dec-1963   Bubba Higgins on Mama's Family
Ed Kemper
Criminal
18-Dec-1948   The Co-Ed Killer
Les Kinsolving
Journalist
18-Dec-1927   WorldNetDaily
Paul Klee
Painter
18-Dec-1879 29-Jun-1940 German-Swiss abstract painter
Allen Klein
Business
18-Dec-1931 4-Jul-2009 Prehensile ABKCO executive
Jeff Kober
Actor
18-Dec-1953   Dodger on China Beach
Gunnel Lindblom
Actor
18-Dec-1931   The Virgin Spring
Ray Liotta
Actor
18-Dec-1954   Goodfellas
Edward MacDowell
Composer
18-Dec-1860 23-Jan-1908 American piano composer
Leonard Maltin
Critic
18-Dec-1950   Film critic
Bridgit Mendler
Actor
18-Dec-1992   Teddy Duncan on Good Luck Charlie
William Moon
Inventor
18-Dec-1818 9-Oct-1894 Moon Code (similar to Braille)
Michael Moorcock
Author
18-Dec-1939   Wrote the Elric series
Robert Moses
Government
18-Dec-1888 29-Jul-1981 New York City planner
Roger E. Mosley
Actor
18-Dec-1938   T.C. on Magnum, P.I.
H. H. Munro
Novelist
18-Dec-1870 14-Nov-1916 Reginald
Francis J. Myers
Politician
18-Dec-1901 5-Jul-1956 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1945-51
Pierre Nkurunziza
Head of State
18-Dec-1963   President of Burundi
Alex Penelas
Politician
18-Dec-1961   Mayor of Miami-Dade County, 1996-2004
Jacques Pépin
Chef
18-Dec-1935   Frequent Julia Child collaborator
Brad Pitt
Actor
18-Dec-1963   Ocean's Eleven
Bill Posey
Politician
18-Dec-1947   Congressman, Florida 15th
Victoria Pratt
Actor
18-Dec-1970   Shalimar Fox on Mutant X
Raimu
Actor
18-Dec-1883 20-Sep-1946 Marius
Merlyn Rees
Politician
18-Dec-1920 5-Jan-2006 UK Home Secretary, 1976-79
Marc Rich
Criminal
18-Dec-1934   Pardoned by Clinton
Keith Richards
Guitarist
18-Dec-1943   The Rolling Stones
Alan Rudolph
Film Director
18-Dec-1943   Breakfast of Champions
Alejandro Sanz
Singer
18-Dec-1968   Más
David M. Satterfield
Diplomat
18-Dec-1954   US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1998-2001
Steven Spielberg
Film Director
18-Dec-1946   E.T.
Josef Stalin
Head of State
18-Dec-1878 5-Mar-1953 Brutal dictator, Soviet Union
William H. Standley
Military
18-Dec-1872 25-Oct-1963 US Chief of Naval Operations, 1933-37
George Stevens
Film Director
18-Dec-1904 8-Mar-1975 A Place in the Sun
Trish Stratus
Wrestling
18-Dec-1975   100% Stratusfaction Guaranteed
Joel Surnow
Film/TV Producer
18-Dec-1955   24, Half Hour News Hour
J. J. Thomson
Physicist
18-Dec-1856 30-Aug-1940 Discovered the electron
Rob Van Dam
Wrestling
18-Dec-1970   WWE and ECW wrestler
James E. Van Zandt
Politician
18-Dec-1898 6-Jan-1986 Congressman from Pennsylvania
Harold E. Varmus
Scientist
18-Dec-1939   Genetic causes of cancer
Eric Walrond
Author
18-Dec-1898 8-Aug-1966 Tropic Death
George Henry White
Politician
18-Dec-1852 28-Dec-1918 Congressman from North Carolina, 1897-1901
Ron White
Comic
18-Dec-1956   Tater Salad
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin
Religion
18-Dec-1936 21-Mar-2004 Hamas spiritual leader




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