1905 – Ernst Hermann Meyer, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1988)
1906 – (Lloyd) “Slim” Andrews, American comic actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory), and singer-songwriter, born in Gravette, Arkansas (d. 1992)
1947 – Belinda Balaski, actor (Cannonball, Proud Men, Howling), born in Inglewood, California
1951 – Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter, born in Bergen, Norway
1952 – Ric Sanders, British folk-rock, jazz violinist (Fairport Convention; Stomu Yamash’ta; Soft Machine), born in Birmingham, England
1967 – Darren Sheridan, English footballer and manager, born in Stretford, United Kingdom
1969 – Victor Green, American NFL cornerback/safety (NY Jets), born in Americus, Georgia
1971 – James Stewart, American NFL running back (Minnesota Vikings), born in Vero Beach, Florida
1984 – Sam Hunt, American country pop singer (Take Your Time), born in Cedartown, Georgia
1994 – Raheem Sterling, British-Jamaican football player (Manchester City, English national team), born in Kingston, Jamaica
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Famous Birthdays for 7th December 2022
1604 – Ambrosius Reiner, German composer, born in Altdorf, Weingarten, Württemberg (d. 1672)
1810 – Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist, born in Eisenstadt, Austria (d. 1894)
1842 – Otto Ammon, German anthropologist and sociologist (schedelmetingen), born in Karlsruhe, Baden (d. 1916)
1860 – Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia, born in Silverdale, Staffordshire, England (d. 1947)
1892 – Nora Nicholson, British actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), born in Leamington, England (d. 1973)
1928 – Noam Chomsky, American linguist (founded transformational grammar), philosopher and political activist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1937 – Thad Cochran, American politician (U.S. Senator from Mississippi), born in Pontotoc, Mississippi (d. 2019)
1972 – Bobby Schoonens, Dutch soccer player (RKC), born in Den Bosch, Netherlands
1988 – Nathan Adrian, American swimmer (Olympic gold 100m freestyle 2012), born in Bremerton, Washington
1988 – Benjamin Clementine [Sainte-Clémentine], British vocalist, composer, musician, and poet (At Least For Now), born in London
Famous Birthdays for 6th December 2022
1792 – William II, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg, born in Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Dutch Republic (d. 1849)
1876 – Fred Duesenberg, German-American automobile pioneer, born in Lippe, Germany (d. 1932)
1903 – Tony Lazzeri, American Baseball HOF second baseman (World Series x 5; only player to complete natural cycle with grand slam; NY Yankees), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1946)
1909 – Kenneth Watkins, British woodland conservationist and founder (The Woodland Trust) (d. 1996)
1916 – Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (“Shout”; “Twistin’ The Night Away”), born in NYC, New York (d. 1986)
1929 – Alain Tanner, Swiss film director (Charles, Dead or Alive), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 2022)
1935 – George Williams, American soul singer (The Tymes), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
1941 – John Nelson, American conductor (Berlioz’s Les Troyens), born in San José, Costa Rica
1955 – Steven Wright, American stand-up comedian (Steven Wright Live), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1957 – Luis Delís, Cuban discus thrower (Olympic bronze 1980), born in Guantánamo, Cuba
Famous Birthdays for 5th December 2022
1861 – Armando Diaz, Italian marshal and minister of War (1922-24), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1928)
1870 – Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer, born in Kamenice nad Lipou, Czech Republic (d. 1949)
1890 – Fritz Lang, Austrian-German-American filmmaker and screenwriter (Metropolis), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1976)
1891 – Alexander Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer, born in St Petersburg (d. 1956)
1932 – Little Richard [Wayne Penniman], American singer-songwriter and rock ‘n’ roll pioneer (Tutti Frutti), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 2020)
1944 – Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor (The Fugitive), born in Amsterdam
1951 – Tom Purtzer, American golfer (5 PGA Tour titles), born in Des Moines, Iowa
1952 – Bobby Barth, American rocker vocalist and guitarist (Axe), born in Coffeyville, Kansas
1979 – Gareth McAuley, Northern Irish footballer (Rangers), born in Larne, Northern Ireland
1982 – Trai Essex, American football player, born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Famous Birthdays for 4th December 2022
1852 – Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist and honorary member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1920), born in Saint Petersburg (d. 1934)
1899 – Charlie Spencer, English soccer defender and manager (2 caps; Newcastle United; mgr Grimsby Town 1937-51), born in Washington, England (d. 1953)
1903 – Cornell Woolrich, American writer (El Angel Negro), born in NYC, New York (d. 1968)
1910 – Amar Singh, Indian cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 28 wickets; India’s first half-century in Test cricket), born in Rajkot, Gujarat, India (d. 1940)
1933 – Dick Ricketts Jr., American basketball center (# 1 overall pick 1955 NBA draft St. Louis Hawks) and baseball pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania (d. 1988)
1935 – Fred Rumsey, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 17 wickets; founded Professional Cricketers Association 1967), born in London, England
1960 – Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete (Olympic gold heptathlon 1984), born in Toowoomba, Australia
1970 – Sylvester Terkay, American pro wrestler (Ultimate Pro Wrestling’s first Heavyweight Champion), born in Washington, Pennsylvania
1974 – Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball second baseman and manager (first Japanese position player to win World Series 2005, Chicago White Sox; Chiba Lotte Marines), born in Tokyo, Japan
1982 – Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese auto racer (FIA World Endurance C’ship 2017, 18-19, 19-20 runner-up), born in Velp, Netherlands
Famous Birthdays for 3rd December 2022
1887 – Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese imperial prince and 30th Prime Minister of Japan, born in Kyoto, Japan (d. 1990)
1894 – Bert Baston, American College Football Hall of Fame end (University of Minnesota), born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota (d. 1979)
1899 – Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (1960-64), born in Takehara, Hiroshima, Japan (d. 1965)
1905 – Les Ames, English cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (47 Tests, 97 dismissals, 2,434 runs @ 40.56), born in Elham, Kent, England (d. 1990)
1924 – F. Sionil José, Filipino novelist (Rosales Saga) and Philippine National Artist for Literature, born in Rosales, Pangasinan, Philippine Islands
1953 – Franz Klammer, Austrian alpine skier (Olympic gold downhill 1976; World C’ships gold combined 1974, downhill 1976), born in Mooswald, Carinthia, Austria
1963 – Terri Schiavo, American right to die figure (d. 2005)
1973 – Holly Marie Combs, American actress (Picket Fences; Charmed), born in San Diego, California
1990 – Christian Benteke, Belgian soccer striker (93 caps; Genk, Crystal Palace, Liverpool, Aston Villa), born in Kinshasa, Zaire
2005 – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway
Famous Birthdays for 2nd December 2022
1760 – John Breckinridge, American lawyer (5th United States Attorney General) and politician (U.S. Senator from Kentucky), born in Augusta County, Virginia (d. 1806)
1777 – Henry Doeff, Dutch trader in Japan and translator (wrote Dutch-Japanese dictionary) (d. 1835)
1899 – John Cobb, British speed record holder (World Land Speed Record 1938-39, 47), born in Esher, Surrey, England (d. 1952)
1916 – John Bentley, British actor (African Patrol, Crossroads), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2009)
1926 – Hobie Billingsley, American ISHOF diving coach (Indiana University 1959-89; 6 x NCAA team championships; US Olympic team 1968, 72, 76), born in Erie, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
1935 – David Hackett Fischer, American educator and historian (Albion’s Seed), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1937 – Brian Lumley, English sci-fi author (Compleat Crow, Psychomech), born in County Durham, England
1944 – Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovar nationalist writer and President of Kosovo (1992-2006), born in Crnce, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) (d. 2006)
1949 – Ron Raines, American actor (Alan Spaulding-Guiding Light), born in Texas City, Texas
1971 – Rachel McQuillan, Australian tennis player (5 WTA, 21 ITF titles), born in Newcastle, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 1st December 2022
1083 – Anna Comnena, Byzantine princess and historian (Alexiad), born in the Great Palace of Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (d. 1153)
1566 – Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, governor of Ft Gorinchem and Nijmegen (d. 1695)
1761 – Marie Tussaud, French founder of Madame Tussaud’s wax museum, born in Strasbourg (d. 1850)
1766 – Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (d. 1826)
1905 – Charles G. Finney, American fantasy author (Circus of Dr Lao), born in Sedalia, Missouri (d. 1984)
1906 – Jean Cartan, French composer, born in Nancy (d. 1932)
1910 – Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe 1925-32), born in London (d. 2004)
1932 – Robert T. Herres, American air force officer (Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2008)
1938 – Bill Playle, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand (d. 2019)
1970 – Sarah Silverman, American actress and comedian (The Sarah Silverman Program, I Smile Back), born in Bedford, New Hampshire
Famous Birthdays for 30th November 2022
1817 – Theodor Mommsen, German historian and scholar (Imperial Lives, Nobel Prize in Literature 1902), born in Garding, Duchy of Schleswig (d. 1903)
1858 – Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist, polymath and writer, born in Munshiganj, British India (d. 1937)
1907 – Jacques Barzun, French author (The House of Intellect), born in Créteil, France (d. 2012)
1907 – Gyorgy Ranki, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1992)
1928 – Joe B. Hall, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA Division I C’ship 1978; University of Kentucky 1972-85), born in Cynthiana, Kentucky (d. 2022)
1952 – Mandy Patinkin, American stage and screen actor (Yentl, The Princess Bride, Homeland), and singer (Sunday in the Park with George; Evita), born in Chicago, Illinois
1974 – Marina de Tavira, Mexican actress (Roma), born in Mexico City, Mexico
1977 – Olivier Schoenfelder, French ice dancer
1978 – Clay Aiken, American pop singer
1985 – Kaley Cuoco, American actress (The Big Bang Theory), born in Camarillo, California
Famous Birthdays for 29th November 2022
1832 – Louisa May Alcott, American author (Little Women), born in Germantown, Pennsylvania (d. 1888)
1839 – Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright (Der Schandfleck), born in Vienna (d. 1889)
1899 – Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (d. 1988)
1914 – Edith Tilton Penrose, American-born British economist (The Theory of the Growth of the Firm), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1996)
1927 – Rupert Crosse, American actor, 1st African-American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award (The Reivers), born in NYC, New York (d. 1973)
1932 – Antoine Tisné, French composer, born in Lourdes, France (d. 1998)
1933 – John Lamb, American jazz double bassist (Duke Ellington Orchestra), born in Vero Beach, Florida
1941 – (Myrna Joy) “Jody” Miller, American Grammy Award-winning pop and country music singer (“He Walks Like A Man”: “Queen of the House”), born in Phoenix, Arizona (d. 2022)
1942 – Felix Cavaliere, American rock singer, songwriter, and keyboardist (Rascals – “Lonely Too Long”, “People Got to Be Free”), born in Pelham. New York
1987 – Stephen O’Halloran, Irish footballer, born in Cobh, Republic of Ireland