| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Emperor Akihito |
Royalty |
23-Dec-1933 |
|
Emperor of Japan |
| Tsar Alexander I |
Royalty |
23-Dec-1777 |
1-Dec-1825 |
Tsar of Russia, 1801-25 |
| Chet Baker |
Jazz Musician |
23-Dec-1929 |
13-May-1988 |
Jazz trumpeter, The Chet Baker Quartet |
| Richard C. Barkley |
Diplomat |
23-Dec-1932 |
|
US Ambassador to East Germany, 1988-90 |
| Adrian Belew |
Guitarist |
23-Dec-1949 |
|
Guitarist for King Crimson |
| Pierre Bérégovoy |
Head of State |
23-Dec-1925 |
1-May-1993 |
Prime Minister of France, 1992-93 |
| Eric Blore |
Actor |
23-Dec-1887 |
2-Mar-1959 |
Sullivan's Travels |
| Robert Bly |
Poet |
23-Dec-1926 |
|
Iron John: A Book About Men |
| Carla Bruni |
First Lady |
23-Dec-1967 |
|
First Lady of France |
| Bay Buchanan |
Government |
23-Dec-1948 |
|
US Treasurer, 1981-83 |
| Michael Burgess |
Politician |
23-Dec-1950 |
|
Congressman, Texas 26th |
| Julien Carette |
Actor |
23-Dec-1897 |
20-Jul-1966 |
The Grand Illusion |
| Jean-François Champollion |
Historian |
23-Dec-1790 |
4-Mar-1832 |
Deciphered the Rosetta Stone |
| Wesley Clark |
Military |
23-Dec-1944 |
|
Supreme Allied Commander, 1997-2000 |
| John Cromwell |
Film Director |
23-Dec-1887 |
26-Sep-1979 |
The Prisoner of Zenda |
| David Davis |
Politician |
23-Dec-1948 |
|
MP for Haltemprice and Howden |
| C. Diddy |
Performance Artist |
23-Dec-1971 |
|
World Air Guitar Champion, 2003 |
| Carol Ann Duffy |
Poet |
23-Dec-1955 |
|
Mean Time |
| James Buchanan Duke |
Business |
23-Dec-1856 |
10-Oct-1925 |
American Tobacco Company |
| Raymond E. Feist |
Novelist |
23-Dec-1945 |
|
Riftwar Saga |
| Frederic Forrest |
Actor |
23-Dec-1936 |
|
Apocalypse Now |
| Tillie Fowler |
Politician |
23-Dec-1942 |
2-Mar-2005 |
Congresswoman from Florida |
| Julia S. Gibbons |
Judge |
23-Dec-1950 |
|
6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Ward Greene |
Novelist |
23-Dec-1892 |
22-Jan-1956 |
Lady and the Tramp |
| James Gregory |
Actor |
23-Dec-1911 |
16-Sep-2002 |
Inspector Lugar on Barney Miller |
| Harry Guardino |
Actor |
23-Dec-1925 |
17-Jul-1995 |
Houseboat |
| Raj L. Gupta |
Business |
23-Dec-1945 |
|
CEO of Rohm and Haas |
| Corey Haim |
Actor |
23-Dec-1971 |
10-Mar-2010 |
The Lost Boys |
| Jack Ham |
Football |
23-Dec-1948 |
|
Linebacker, NFL Hall of Famer |
| Tim Hardin |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Dec-1941 |
29-Dec-1980 |
If I Were a Carpenter |
| Elizabeth Hartman |
Actor |
23-Dec-1943 |
10-Jun-1987 |
A Patch of Blue |
| Paul Hornung |
Football |
23-Dec-1935 |
|
Green Bay Packer, Heisman winner |
| Roger Jepsen |
Politician |
23-Dec-1928 |
|
US Senator from Iowa, 1979-85 |
| Niels K. Jerne |
Scientist |
23-Dec-1911 |
7-Oct-1994 |
Immune theory (anti-antibody) |
| Robert E. Kahn |
Scientist |
23-Dec-1938 |
|
Co-Inventor, Internet's TCP-IP protocol |
| Yousuf Karsh |
Photographer |
23-Dec-1908 |
13-Jul-2002 |
Portrait photographer |
| Jorma Kaukonen |
Guitarist |
23-Dec-1940 |
|
Jefferson Airplane |
| Johnny Kidd |
Musician |
23-Dec-1939 |
7-Oct-1966 |
Shakin' All Over |
| Albert Kingsbury |
Engineer |
23-Dec-1863 |
28-Jul-1943 |
Kingsbury thrust bearing |
| Bill Kristol |
Columnist |
23-Dec-1952 |
|
Editor of The Weekly Standard |
| Bob Kurland |
Basketball |
23-Dec-1924 |
|
First 7 ft. tall basketball star |
| Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa |
Author |
23-Dec-1896 |
23-Jul-1957 |
Il gattopardo |
| Jeff Landry |
Politician |
23-Dec-1970 |
|
Congressman, Louisiana 3rd |
| Richard Lepsius |
Historian |
23-Dec-1810 |
10-Jul-1884 |
German Egyptologist |
| David Loebsack |
Politician |
23-Dec-1952 |
|
Congressman, Iowa 2nd |
| Susan Lucci |
Actor |
23-Dec-1946 |
|
Erica Kane on All My Children |
| Holly Madison |
TV Personality |
23-Dec-1978 |
|
The Girls Next Door |
| Shelley Malil |
Actor |
23-Dec-1964 |
|
Actor, incarcerated for attempted murder |
| Burns Mantle |
Critic |
23-Dec-1873 |
9-Feb-1948 |
New York Daily News drama critic |
| Sophie Masloff |
Politician |
23-Dec-1917 |
|
Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1988-94 |
| Peter Medak |
Film Director |
23-Dec-1937 |
|
Romeo Is Bleeding |
| Edwin T. Meredith |
Government |
23-Dec-1876 |
17-Jun-1928 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1920-21 |
| John S. Monagan |
Politician |
23-Dec-1911 |
23-Oct-2005 |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-73 |
| Harriet Monroe |
Poet |
23-Dec-1860 |
26-Sep-1936 |
Founder of Poetry magazine |
| Nick Moran |
Actor |
23-Dec-1969 |
|
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels |
| Gerald S. O'Loughlin |
Actor |
23-Dec-1921 |
|
Lt. Ed Ryker on The Rookies |
| Anthony Phillips |
Guitarist |
23-Dec-1951 |
|
Original guitarist for Genesis |
| Donald Ray Pollock |
Author |
23-Dec-1954 |
|
The Devil All The Time |
| Noel Purcell |
Actor |
23-Dec-1900 |
3-Mar-1985 |
The Rising of the Moon |
| Kane Richmond |
Actor |
23-Dec-1906 |
22-Mar-1973 |
American character actor |
| Dino Risi |
Film Director |
23-Dec-1916 |
7-Jun-2008 |
The Easy Life |
| James Roosevelt |
Politician |
23-Dec-1907 |
13-Aug-1991 |
Congressman from California, 1955-65 |
| Bobby Ross |
Football |
23-Dec-1936 |
|
Retired college, NFL football coach |
| Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve |
Critic |
23-Dec-1804 |
13-Oct-1869 |
Portraits contemporains |
| Robert J. Samuelson |
Columnist |
23-Dec-1945 |
|
Newsweek columnist |
| Ronnie Schell |
Actor |
23-Dec-1931 |
|
Duke Slater on Gomer Pyle, USMC |
| Helmut Schmidt |
Head of State |
23-Dec-1918 |
|
Chancellor of Germany, 1974-82 |
| Peter W. Schramm |
Activist |
23-Dec-1946 |
|
Executive Director, Ashbrook Center |
| Joan Severance |
Actor |
23-Dec-1958 |
|
Dangerous Indiscretion |
| Harry Shearer |
Comic |
23-Dec-1943 |
|
Almost half the voices on The Simpsons |
| Joseph Smith |
Religion |
23-Dec-1805 |
27-Jun-1844 |
Founded the Mormon faith |
| James Stacy |
Actor |
23-Dec-1936 |
|
Lancer |
| Rick Stansbury |
Basketball |
23-Dec-1959 |
|
Head Coach, Mississippi State |
| Avraham Stern |
Military |
23-Dec-1907 |
12-Feb-1942 |
Founder of Lohamei Herut Israel |
| James Stockdale |
Military |
23-Dec-1923 |
5-Jul-2005 |
H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President |
| Judy Strangis |
Actor |
23-Dec-1949 |
|
Dyna Girl |
| Oscar S. Straus |
Diplomat |
23-Dec-1850 |
3-May-1926 |
Thrice Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire |
| Diane S. Sykes |
Judge |
23-Dec-1957 |
|
7th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Donna Tartt |
Novelist |
23-Dec-1963 |
|
The Secret History |
| Brian Teacher |
Tennis |
23-Dec-1954 |
|
Winner, 1980 Australian Open |
| Stephen Timoshenko |
Engineer |
23-Dec-1878 |
29-May-1972 |
Mechanical engineering professor at Stanford |
| Eddie Vedder |
Singer |
23-Dec-1964 |
|
Lead singer, Pearl Jam |
| Romo Vincent |
Actor |
23-Dec-1908 |
16-Jan-1989 |
American comic character actor |
| Robert S. Walker |
Politician |
23-Dec-1942 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1977-97 |
| Estella Warren |
Model |
23-Dec-1970 |
|
Synchronized swimmer turned model |
| Dick Weber |
Bowling |
23-Dec-1929 |
13-Feb-2005 |
Professional bowler |
