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Born on 1 December

Prof. Craig Clunas (54), Professor of the History of Art, University of Oxford
Stephen Poliakoff (56), playwright and film director
Prof. Brenda Gourley (65), Vice-Chancellor, Open University
Woody Allen (73), writer, actor, director
Dame Alicia Markova (born 1910), ballerina

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