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People on December 17th: birthdates

Desmond Askew: 1972 (is 40 in 2012, 41 in 2013)
TV Actor, Roswell's Brody
Marilyn Beck: 1928 (is 84 in 2012, 85 in 2013)
Columnist
Jim Bonfanti: 1948 (is 64 in 2012, 65 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Drummer, of Raspberries
Joel Brooks: 1949 (is 63 in 2012, 64 in 2013)
Actor, Private Benjamin, Hail to the Chief, My Sister Sam's JD Lucas, Good Grief
Eric Brown: 1964 (is 48 in 2012, 49 in 2013)
TV Actor, Mama's Family's Vinton Buzz Harper Jr.
Jennifer Carpenter: 1979 (is 33 in 2012, 34 in 2013)
Actress
Tim Chewning: 1962 (is 50 in 2012, 51 in 2013)
Country Musician, of Ricochet
D.J. Homicide: 1970 (is 42 in 2012, 43 in 2013)
Music Figure, of Sugar Ray
Sarah Dallin: 1961 (is 51 in 2012, 52 in 2013)
Pop Singer, English, of Bananarama
Peter Farrelly: 1956 (is 56 in 2012, 57 in 2013)
Actor, There's Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber
Eddie Fisher: 1973 (is 39 in 2012, 40 in 2013)
Pop Musician, of One Republic
Jaimee Foxworth: 1979 (is 33 in 2012, 34 in 2013)
TV Actor, Amen, Family Matters' Judy Winslow
Mark Gane: 1953 (is 59 in 2012, 60 in 2013)
Guitarist, Keyboardist, Songwriter, Canadian, of Martha & The Muffins
Napiera Danielle Groves: yr unknown
Soap Actress, As The World Turns' Bonnie
Marilyn Hassett: 1947 (is 65 in 2012, 66 in 2013)
Actress
Bernard Hill: 1944 (is 68 in 2012, 69 in 2013)
Actor, Titanic, Lord of the Rings
Ernie Hudson: 1945 (is 67 in 2012, 68 in 2013)
Actor, Ghostbusters; Oz's warden, The Crow, Miss Congeniality
Wanda Hutchinson: 1951 (is 61 in 2012, 62 in 2013)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The Emotions
Milla Jovovich: 1975 (is 37 in 2012, 38 in 2013)
Movie Actress, Model, Singer, Russian, PRON:MEE-LA JO-VO-VICK; Return of the Blue Lagoon, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, A Perfect Getaway
Eugene Levy: 1946 (is 66 in 2012, 67 in 2013)
Actor, Comedian, Comedy Writer, Canadian, SCTV Network's Earl Camembert, Bobby Bittman, Sid Dithers, reg; Shmenge brothers' Stan, American Pie, Greg The Bunny's Gil Bender, A Mighty Wind, New York Minute
George Lindsey: 1935 (is 77 in 2012, 78 in 2013)
Actor, The Andy Griffith Show's & Mayberry RFD's Goober Pyle, Hee Haw reg
Ling-Ergh La-Mu-Tan-Chu: 1933 (is 79 in 2012, 80 in 2013)
Politician, the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet; NN:The Divine Child
Barry Livingston: 1953 (is 59 in 2012, 60 in 2013)
TV Actor, My Three Sons' Ernie Douglas; Michelle & Stanley's brother
Georgia March Luckinbill: 2009 (is 3 in 2012, 4 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Amelia Heinle and Thad's daughter
Dave Madden: 1931 (is 81 in 2012, 82 in 2013)
Actor, Comedian, Laugh In reg, The Partridge Family's Reuben Kinkaid, Alice's Earl Hicks; not Dec 12 or 15, 1933
Julia Meade: 1928 (is 84 in 2012, 85 in 2013)
Actress, TV Hostess, Commercial spokeswoman on Ed Sullivan & Playhouse 90
Mike Mills: 1958 (is 54 in 2012, 55 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of R.E.M.
Armin Mueller-Stahl: 1920 (is 92 in 2012, 93 in 2013)
Movie Actor, Prussian; Shine, X-Files movie
Arthur Lanon "Art" Neville: 1937 (is 75 in 2012, 76 in 2013)
Pianist, Rhythm and Blues Singer, Keyboardist, Percussionist, Songwriter, of The Neville Brothers; some say 1938
Sarah Paulson: 1975 (is 37 in 2012, 38 in 2013)
Actress
Duane Propes: 1966 (is 46 in 2012, 47 in 2013)
Country Singer, of Little Texas
Bill Pullman: 1953 (is 59 in 2012, 60 in 2013)
Actor, A League Of Their Own, Independence Day, Zero Effect; b. 1954?
Giovonni Ribisi: 1974 (is 38 in 2012, 39 in 2013)
TV Actor, Cory-My 2 Dads, New Leave it To Beaver, Davis Rules' Skinner Buckley, The Other Sister, Friends' Frank Buffay Jr.; Mod Squad movie '99, Gone in 60 Seconds, Flight of the Phoenix; RFN:Antonio Giovaninni
Marissa Ribisi: 1974 (is 38 in 2012, 39 in 2013)
Actress, Grown Ups' Shari; Giovanni's twin
Clive Robertson: 1965 (is 47 in 2012, 48 in 2013)
Soap Actor, Sunset Beach's Ben Evans/Derek, General Hospital's Simon
Paul Rodgers: 1949 (is 63 in 2012, 64 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Singer, Pianist, British, Songwriter, of Free, Bad Company, The Firm
Sonia Satra: 1971 (is 41 in 2012, 42 in 2013)
Soap Actress, Guiding Light's Lucy Cooper, One Life to Live's Barbara
Bree Sharp: 1975 (is 37 in 2012, 38 in 2013)
Singer
Bart Simpson: 1979 (is 33 in 2012, 34 in 2013)?
Fictious Character, Simpsons character; some say b. Apr 1, 1980 (is 32 in 2012)
Matthew Solomon: 1996 (is 16 in 2012, 17 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Nancy Kerrigan and Jerry's son
Tommy Steele: 1936 (is 76 in 2012, 77 in 2013)
Movie/Stage Actor, Rock & Roll Singer, English, b. in London; RN:Thomas Hicks
Violet Katrin Stewart: 1993 (is 19 in 2012, 20 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Kristine and Al's girl
Wes Studi: 1947 (is 65 in 2012, 66 in 2013)
Movie Actor, American Indian, Mystery Men
Giacomo Luke Sumner: 1995 (is 17 in 2012, 18 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Trudie Styler and Sting's son
Sean Patrick Thomas: 1970 (is 42 in 2012, 43 in 2013)
Movie Actor, Save the Last Dance, The District's Officer/Det. Temple Page
Sharon White: 1953 (is 59 in 2012, 60 in 2013)
Country Singer
Nathaniel Marvin "Nat" Wolff: 1994 (is 18 in 2012, 19 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, of The Naked Brothers Band; Polly Draper & Michael's son
Shannon Marie Woodward: 1984 (is 28 in 2012, 29 in 2013)
Actress
Patricia Wymore: 1926 (is 86 in 2012, 87 in 2013)
Actress
Mark Cameron Wystrach: 1979 (is 33 in 2012, 34 in 2013)
Soap Actor, Passions' Nicholas Foxworth "Fox" Crane
Vanessa Zima: 1986 (is 26 in 2012, 27 in 2013)
Actress, Baby Sitters Club

People on December 17th: birth anniversaries

Carlton "Carlie" Barrett: 1950=d.Apr 17, 1987 (was 36)
Drummer, Reggae Musician, Jamaican, of Bob Marley & the Wailers
Paul Butterfield: 1942=d.May 4, 1987 (was 44)
Singer, Harmonicaist, Synthesizer, Flutist, Songwriter, Bandleader, lead of Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Erskine Caldwell: 1903=d.Apr 11, 1987 (was 83)
Novelist
Christopher Cazenove: 1943=d.Apr 7, 2010 (was 66)
TV/Movie Actor, English, Dynasty's Ben Carrington
Edwin Joseph Cohn: 1892=d.Oct 1, 1953 (was 60)
Biochemist, helped develop the methods of blood fractionation (the separation of plasma proteins into fractions).
Spade Cooley: 1910=d.Nov 23, 1969 (was 58)
Country Singer, Fiddler, b. Feb 22?
Sir Humphrey Davy: 1778=d.May 29, 1829 (was 50)
Chemist, English, discovered several chemical elements
Dave Dee: 1943=d.Jan, 2009
Singer, British, tambourine; of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, and Tich; RN:David Harman
Arthur Fiedler: 1894=d.Jul 10, 1979 (was 84)
Bandleader, Conductor, Violinist, of The Boston Pops for 1/2 a century
William Floyd: 1734=d.Aug 4, 1821 (was 86)
Statesman, Congressperson, Revolutionary, Declaration of Independence signer
Horace Goldin: 1873=d.Aug 22, 1939 (was 65)
Magician/Illusionist, Polish, devised magic trick for sewing a woman in half
Bob Guccione: 1930=d.Oct 20, 2010 (was 79)
Publisher, b. in Brooklyn; RN:Robert Charles Joseph Edwa; Penthouse
Joseph Henry: 1797=d.May 13, 1878 (was 80)
Inventor, Physicist, pioneer of electromagnetism
Jacqueline Hill: 1929=d.Feb 18, 1993 (was 63)
TV Actress, Dr. Who's Barbara
Jimmy Hodder: 1947=d.Jun 5, 1990 (was 42)
Rock & Roll Drummer, of Steely Dan; b. Dec 16?
Eddie Kendrick: 1939=d.Oct 6, 1992 (was 52)
HALL OF FAMER, Rhythm and Blues Singer, Songwriter, Temptations lead; solo; FN:Edward James; Dropped his "s"; gave it to Keith Richard?; d. Oct 5?
Arthur Edwin Kennelly: 1861=d.Jun 18, 1939 (was 77)
Engineer, electircal; India; Edison's assistant
Willard Frank Libby: 1908=d.Sep 8, 1980 (was 71)
Chemist, Inventor, Educator, carbon-14 "atomic clock" (Nobel 1960)
Richard Long: 1927=d.Dec 22, 1974 (was 47)
TV/Movie Actor, Nanny & the Professor's Prof. Howard Everett, 77 Sunset Strip's Rex Randolph, Big Valley's Jarrod Barkley
Herbert Nelson: 1913=d.Jul 19, 1990 (was 76)
TV/Soap Actor, Guiding Light's Joe Roberts 50s, Days of Our Lives' Phil Peters 1972-75
Sy Oliver: 1910=d.May 27, 1988 (was 77)
Conductor/Composer, Arranger, Singer, Trumpeter, Swing Era
William Roerick: 1912=d.Nov 30, 1995 (was 82)
Movie/Stage/Soap Actor, The Guiding Light's Harry Chamberlain
William Safire: 1929=d.Sep 27, 2009 (was 79)
Columnist, Journalist, b. in New York City; NY Times; Nixon speech writer
Nat Stuckey: 1933=d.Aug 24, 1988 (was 54)
Country Singer, Songwriter, b. in Cass Country, TX; not b. 1937 and not d. 1989
John Greenleaf Whittier: 1807=d.Sep 7, 1892 (was 84)
Journalist, Poet, Essayist

People on December 17th: death anniversaries

Charles Greeley Abbot: 1973 (was 101)/b.May 31, 1872
Scientist, Astrophysicist; Sun Constant
Rex Allen: 1999 (was 78)/b.Dec 31, 1920
Country Singer, Movie Actor, Guitarist, Songwriter, b. in Wilcox, AZ; NN:Mr. Cowboy; Cowboy actor; Disney nature films narrator
Jack Anderson: 2005 (was 83)/b.Oct 19, 1922
Columnist, Journalist, Mormon, Wash Post; investigative
Dana Andrews: 1992 (was 83)/b.Jan 1, 1909
TV/Movie Actor, Soap Actor, FN:Carver; Major star of 40s & 50s; Ike, Battle of the Bulge, Laura
Sir Francis Beaufort: 1857 (was 83)/b.May 7, 1774?
Inventor, invented the wind force scale to measure wind velocities from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane force); some say b. May 27, 1774
Simon Bolivar: 1830 (was 47)/b.Jul 24, 1783
Revolutionary, Statesman, Venezuelan, b. in Caracas, Venezuela; NN:El Libertador of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, & Bolivia; Latin American revolt leader for independence from Spain; Bolivia was named for him; d. in Colombia
Irving Caesar: 1996 (was 101)/b.Jul 4, 1895
Lyricist, Great Tin Pan Alley lyricist; wrote Tea for Two, Swanee, Animal Crackers in my Soup
Captain Beefheart: 2010 (was 69)/b.Jan 15, 1941
Rock & Roll Singer, Painter, Rock & Roll Musician, RN:Don Van Vilet; of Frank Zappa's MOI band, Capt. Beefheart and his Magic Band lead
Don Ellis: 1978 (was 44)/b.Jul 25, 1934
Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, Composer, influential in 60s-70s
Jennifer Jones: 2009 (was 90)/b.Mar 2, 1919
Movie Actress, b. in Tulsa, Okla.; RN:Phyllis Isley then Walker; Robert Walker's, then David O. Selznick's wife
William Thomson Kelvin: 1907 (was 83)/b.Jun 26, 1824
Engineer, Physicist, Inventor, Mathematician, Irish, 1st Baron Kelvin; Absolute temperature scale
Steve Landesberg: 2010 (was 74)/b.Nov 23, 1936
Actor, Comedian, b. in Bronx; Barney Miller's Det. Arthur Dietrich
Sam Levene: 1980 (was 75)/b.Aug 28, 1905
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Russian, Demon, Gung Ho, Boomerang
Janet Margolin: 1993 (was 50)/b.Jul 25, 1943
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Movie Director, of Lanigan's Rabbi; Ted Wass' wife
Thomas Mitchell: 1962 (was 70)/b.Jul 11, 1892
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Writer, Gone With the Wind
Denis Payton: 2006 (was 63)/b.Aug 11, 1943
Saxophonist, British, tenor sax; of Dave Clark Five
Alaina Reed: 2009 (was 63)/b.Nov 10, 1946
Actress, LN:Hall; Sesame Street's Olivia, 227's Rose Lee Holloway
Pierre Auguste Renoir: 1919 (was 78)/b.Feb 25, 1841
Painter, French, Impressionist; of nudes; d. Dec 3?
Jelahuddin Rumi: 1273 (was 66)/b.Sep 30, 1207
Poet, Persian poet, sufi mystic
Dorothy L. Sayers: 1957 (was 64)/b.Jun 13, 1893
Novelist, English, mysteries; created Lord Peter Wimsey
Hound Dog Taylor: 1975 (was 58)/b.Apr 12, 1917
Blues Performer, Singer/Guitarist, Pianist, Songwriter
Grover Jr. Washington: 1999 (was 56)/b.Dec 12, 1943
Jazz Performer, Singer, Saxophonist, Keyboardist, Music Producer, Composer, Reeds, b. in Buffalo, NY

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