The Sagittarian Factor

This list grew out of the fact that Beethoven and me share the same birthdate (December 16, although he's 192 years older than me). It turns out that quite a few of my favorite composers and performers are also Sagittarians. Make of that whatever you like...

Beethoven, Ludwig van (December 16, 1770 - March 26, 1827)
Berlioz, Hector (December 11, 1803–March 8, 1869)
Britten, Benjamin (November 22, 1913 – December 4, 1976)
Brubeck, Dave (December 6, 1920 - )
Carmichael, Hoagy (November 22, 1899–December 27, 1981)
Hendrix, Jimmy (November 27, 1942 - 18 September, 1970)
Jones, Spike (December 14, 1911 - May 1, 1965)
Kenton, Stan (December 15, 1911 - August 25, 1979)
Kodály, Zoltán (December 16, 1882 – March 6, 1967)
Messiaen, Olivier (December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992)
Morrison, Jim (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971)
O'list, David (December 13, 1948 - )
Osbourne, Ozzy (December 3, 1948 - )
Pastorius, Jaco (December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987)
Rodrigo, Joaquín (22 November 1901 – 6 July 1999)
Rubinstein, Anton (November 28, 1829 – November 20, 1894)
Schuller, Gunter (November 22, 1925 - )
Shaffer, Paul (November 28, 1949 - )
Sibelius, Jean (December 8, 1865 – September 20, 1957)
Sinatra, Frank (December 12, 1915 - May 14, 1998)
Smith, Jimmy (December 8, 1925 - February 8, 2005)
Strayhorn, Billy (November 29, 1915 - May 31, 1967)
Tureck, Rosalyn (December 14, 1914 - July 17, 2003)
Waits, Tom (December 7, 1949 - )
Zappa, Frank (December 21, 1940 - December 4, 1993)

Other Interesting Sagittarians
Blake, William (November 28, 1757 – August 21, 1827)
Bundy, Theodore Robert "Ted" (November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989)
Clarke, Arthur C (December 19, 1917 - )
Disney, Walt (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966)
Gilliam, Terry (November 22, 1940 - )
Marx, Harpo (November 23, 1888 – September 28, 1964)
Nero (December 15, 37AD – June 9, 68AD),
Nostradamus (December 14, 1503 – July 1, 1566)
Scott, Ridley (November 30, 1937 - )
Twain, Mark (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910)
Vampira (Actress Maila Nurmi, December 21, 1921 - )

Interesting Events - December 16
1773 - The Boston Tea Party
1893 - World premiere of Antonin Dvorak's "New World Symphony"