1674 – Thomas Halyburton, Scottish theologian (d. 1712)
1908 – Zora Arkus-Duntov, Belgian-American automotive engineer (d. 1996)
1912 – Herman W Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist
1918 – Anwar Sadat, 3rd President of Egypt (1970-81, Nobel 1978), born in Monufia, Egypt (d. 1981)
1925 – Ossi Reichert, German alpine skier (Olympic gold women’s giant slalom 1956; silver slalom 1952), born in Gunzesried, Germany (d. 2006)
1931 – Uzo Egonu, painter/print maker
1937 – Noel Furlong, Irish businessman and poker player (World Series of Poker main event 1999), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2021)
1939 – Bob James, American smooth jazz musician, born in Marshall, Missouri
1971 – Terry Vaughn, American CFL receiver (1006 career receptions, 1st in CFL history to reach 1,000; Grey Cup 1998, 2003), born in Sumter, South Carolina
1988 – Eric Gordon, American basketball guard (NBA 6th Man of the Year, NBA 3-Point Contest champion 2017; Houston Rockets), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
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Famous Birthdays for 24th December 2021
1635 – Mariana of Austria, second wife of king Philip IV of Spain, born in Wiener Neustadt, Austria (d. 1696)
1881 – Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, Polish composer, born in Warsaw, Poland (d. 1955)
1904 – Daniel Womack, American Piedmont blues guitarist, singer and harmonica player, born in Danville, Virginia (d. 1996)
1940 – Paul Tagliabue, NFL commissioner (1989- ), born in Jersey City, New Jersey
1943 – Christiane Schmidtmer, German actress (Ship of Fools), born in Mannheim, Germany (d. 2003)
1944 – Mike Curb, American singer (Mike Curb Congregation), born in Savannah, Georgia
1944 – Erhard Keller, German speed skater (Olympic gold 1968, 72 500m), born in Günzburg, Germany
1945 – Lemmy [Ian Fraser Kilmister], British heavy metal musician (Motörhead), born in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (d. 2015)
1945 – Nicholas Meyer, American writer and director (Star Trek II Wrath of Khan), born in New York City
1960 – Glenn McQueen, American animator, born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2002)
Famous Birthdays for 23rd December 2021
1732 – Richard Arkwright, English industrialist and inventor (created the spinning frame), born in Preston, England (d. 1792)
1843 – Richard Conner, American Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient (d. 1924)
1893 – Ann O’Neal [Patsy Ann Epperson], American actress (Professional Father), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1971)
1906 – Ross Lee Finney, American composer (Landscapes Remembered), born in Wells, Minnesota (d. 1997)
1927 – Charlie Williams MBE, English soccer defender (Doncaster Rovers 151 games) and comedian, born in Royston, England (d. 2006)
1933 – Akihito, Emperor of Japan (1989-2019), born in Tokyo, Japan
1950 – Michael C. Burgess, American politician, born in Rochester, Minnesota
1953 – John Callahan, American actor (Craig-Santa Barbara, Falcon Crest), born in Brooklyn, New York
1978 – Estella Warren, Canadian model and actress, born in Peterborough, Canada
1981 – Beth [Elisabeth Rodergas Cols], Spanish singer and actress, born in Súria, Catalonia
Famous Birthdays for 22nd December 2021
1546 – Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyō, born in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan (d. 1604)
1867 – Joseph Maria Olbrich, Austrian architect (Wiener Sezession), born in Opava, Czech Republic (d. 1908)
1874 – Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer and musician, born in Bratislava, Slovakia (d. 1939)
1929 – Dee Rowe, American college basketball coach (UConn Huskies men’s team 1969-76; 103–78 [.569]), born in Worcester, Massachusetts (d. 2021)
1935 – Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov, Russian pairs skater (Olympic gold 1964, 68), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia
1948 – Noel Edmonds, British TV personality (Foul-ups, Bleeps and Blunders), born in Ilford, United Kingdom
1953 – Bernnadette Stanis, American actress (Thelma-Good Times), born in Brooklyn, New York
1955 – Lonnie Smith, American MLB baseball outfielder, 1978-94; (Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves, and 3 other teams), WS wins with 3 different teams, born in Chicago, Illinois
1964 – Mike Jackson, US pitcher (Seattle Mariners), born in Houston, Texas
1983 – Jennifer Hawkins, Australian Miss Universe, born in Holmesville, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 21st December 2021
1823 – Jean Henri Fabre, French nautralist and entomologist (insects and spiders), born in Saint-Léons, Aveyron, France
1872 – Albert Payson Terhune, American novelist (Lad, a Dog), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1942)
1914 – Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter, born in Hlebine, Croatia (d. 1992)
1921 – Joan Dickson, British cellist and teacher, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1994)
1924 – Johan W “Jo” van Marle, KNVB-chairman (1980-93), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 1995)
1934 – Hanif Mohammad, Pakistani cricket batsman (55 Tests; longest Test innings in history at 16 hours, 337 v WI 1958; 12 x 100), born in Junagadh, British India (d. 2016)
1942 – Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (2002-12) and President of the People’s Republic of China (2003-13), born in Taizhou, Jiangsu
1951 – Nick Gilder, English singer (Hot Child in the City), born in London
1961 – Ryuji Sasai, Japanese video game composer, born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
1980 – Royce Ring, American baseball player, born in La Mesa, California
Famous Birthdays for 20th December 2021
1729 – Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, Czech composer, born in Městec Králové (d. 1794)
1861 – Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter, born in Ljubljana, Slovenia (d. 1926)
1876 – J. Van Oudshoorn [Jan Koos Feylbrief], Dutch writer (Maze of Senses), born in the Hague, Netherlands
1894 – Robert Menzies, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (United Australia Party: 1939-41, Liberal: 1949-66) and its longest-serving, born in Jeparit, Victoria (d. 1978)
1925 – Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer, born in Buggiano, Italy (d. 2007)
1942 – Bob Hayes, American athlete (2 x Olympic gold 100m, 4x100m relay 1964) and Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver (3-time Pro Bowl; Dallas Cowboys), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2002)
1948 – Alan Parsons, British music producer (The Alan Parsons Project – I Robot) and recording engineer (The Dark Side of the Moon; Let it Be), born in London, England
1952 – Sergio Vastano, Italian actor (Nightclub, Prete Bello), born in Rome, Italy
1960 – Carolyn Seaward, Miss United Kingdom (1979), born in Devonshire, England
1971 – Jerry Ellison, American NFL running back (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Augusta, Georgia
Famous Birthdays for 19th December 2021
1878 – Anton Lajovic, Slovenian composer, born in Vače, Slovenia (d. 1960)
1902 – Ralph Richardson, English actor (Anna Karenina, Doctor Zhivago), born in Cheltenham, England (d. 1983)
1903 – George Davis Snell, Bradford, Massachusetts, American geneticist (H-2 gene)
1924 – Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (d. 1994)
1928 – Nathan Oliveira, American artist
1932 – Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer
1957 – Cyril Collard, French film director (d. 1993)
1957 – Doug Johnson, Canadian rock keyboardist (Loverboy – “Working For The Weekend”), born in Surrey, British Columbia
1959 – Kathryn “Furu” Carpenter, Marshall Mich, fencer-epee (Olympics 1996)
1975 – Jon Smith, British writer
Famous Birthdays for 18th December 2021
1860 – Edward Alexander MacDowell, American composer (Indian Suite), born in New York (d. 1908)
1870 – Andres Randolf, Danish-American actor (The Kiss), born in Viborg, Denmark (d. 1930)
1878 – Joseph Stalin, Dictator and General Secretary of the Soviet Union (1922-53), born in Gori, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1953)
1917 – Raiford “Ossie” Davis, American actor, director, author, and civil rights activist (Purlie Victorious, Do the Right Thing, Hot Stuff, Man Called Adam), born in Cogdell, Clinch County, Georgia (d. 2005)
1928 – Józef Glemp, Polish cardinal, born in Inowrocław , Poland (d. 2013)
1966 – Mille Petrozza, German singer (Kreator)
1969 – Justin Edinburgh, English footballer
1970 – Roman Glick, American rock bassist (Brother Cane; Jackyl), born in Dayton, Ohio
1971 – Noriko Matsueda, Japanese composer
1977 – José Acevedo, Dominican MLB baseball pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, 2001-04; Colorado Rockies, 2005), born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Famous Birthdays for 17th December 2021
1830 – Jules de Goncourt, French novelist (Germinie), wrote with his brother Edmond de Goncourt, born in Paris (d. 1870)
1917 – Louis Salvador Palange, composer
1933 – Bruce Morrison, cricketer (one Test NZ v England 1963)
1939 – Charles V. Bush, African-American pioneer (1st African-American US Air Force Academy Graduate and US Supreme Court Page), (d. 2012)
1976 – Andrew Simpson, Chertsey, Surrey, sailor (Olympic gold 2008), (d. 2013)
1979 – Jaimee Foxworth, Belleville, Illinois, American actress (Judy Winslow-Family Matters) and porn star
1981 – Emma Laaksonen, ice hockey defenseman (Finland, Olympics 1998)
1982 – Ryan Moats, National Football League runningback
1984 – Andrew Davies, English footballer
1985 – Ryuichi Ogata, member of Japanese boy band w-inds.
Famous Birthdays for 16th December 2021
1614 – Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1674)
1790 – Leopold I, King of Belgium (1831-65), born in Ehrenburg Palace, Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1865)
1825 – Henry Heth, Major General (Confederate Army), (d. 1899)
1834 – Leon Walras, French economist (border use theory)
1869 – Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1952)
1918 – Henry Clarke, fashion photographer
1948 – Christopher Biggins, English actor
1965 – Moe Elewonibi, NFL/CFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, BC Lions)
1973 – Scott Storch, Canadian-American hip-hop producer
1981 – Took Leng How, Malaysian criminal (d. 2006)