1859 – Jack Simpson, Scottish golfer (British Open 1884), born in Earlsferry, Fife (d. 1895)
1936 – Vitaly Alexeyevich Godzyatsky, Soviet composer
1942 – Rajesh Khanna, Indian Bollywood actor officially titled “The First Superstar of Indian cinema”, born in Amritsar, Punjab Province (d. 2012)
1946 – Marianne Faithfull, English folk-rock singer-songwriter (“As Tears Go By”), born in Hampstead, England
1959 – Ritsuko Okazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (Kanashii Jiyū / Koi ga, Kiete Yuku), born in Hashima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan (d. 2004)
1964 – Craig Grebeck, American baseball infielder (Florida Marlins), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1969 – Jennifer Ehle, American actress, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1970 – Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese racing driver, born in Osaka, Japan
1972 – Malcolm Seabron, NFL wide receiver (Houston Oilers)
1977 – Katherine Moennig, American actress, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Famous Birthdays for 28th December 2020
1899 – Eugeniusz Bodo [Bohdan Eugène Junod], Polish film director, producer and comedic actor, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1943)
1927 – Simon Raven, English playwright/critic (Alms for Oblivion)
1932 – Manuel Puig, Argentina, writer (Blood of Requited Love)
1956 – Nigel Kennedy, English violinist
1958 – Joe Diffie, American country singer and guitarist (Home), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma (d. 2020)
1958 – Mike McGuire, Haleyville Ala, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South)
1966 – Joe Wolf, US NFL player (Arizona Cardinals), born in Allentown, Pennsylvania
1982 – François Gourmet, Belgian decathlete, born in Libramont-Chevigny, Belgium
1984 – Leroy Lita, Congolese football player, born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
1984 – Alex Lloyd, British racing driver, born in Manchester, United Kingdom
Famous Birthdays for 27th December 2020
1814 – James Henry Carleton, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Lubec, Maine (d. 1873)
1917 – Onni Palaste, Finnish writer
1930 – Meg Greenfield, US politician(?)
1947 – Janet Perry, American soprano
1952 – Jay Hill, Canadian politician
1957 – James Sanford, US runner (world record 50m indoor)
1962 – Bill Self, American basketball coach
1969 – Chyna [Joanie Laurer], American professional wrestler and reality TV star, born in Rochester, New York (d. 2016)
1973 – Wilson Cruz, actor (My So Called Life, Ally McBeal)
1995 – Timothée Chalamet, French American actor (Call Me By Your Name), born in New York City
Famous Birthdays for 26th December 2020
1687 – Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist/composer
1782 – Filaret Drozdov, Metropolitan of Moscow (d. 1867)
1862 – Alexander Amfiteatrov, Russian-French-Italian writer, born in Kaluga, Russia (d. 1923)
1869 – Harry Redman, American composer, writer, and artist, born in Illinois (d. 1958)
1873 – Karel Moor, Czech composer and conductor, born in Belgrade (d. 1945)
1873 – Hubert Cuypers, Dutch composer/choir conductor (Minstrels)
1890 – Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (d. 1992)
1916 – Helmut Eder, Austrian composer, born in Linz (d. 2005)
1966 – Rickey Dixon, American College Football Hall of Fame cornerback (Jim Thorpe Award 1987; Oklahoma Sooners; Cincinnati Bengals, LA Raiders), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2020)
1971 – Mark Lathwell, English cricketer (England opening batsman v Australia 1993), born in Bletchley, United Kingdom
Famous Birthdays for 25th December 2020
1700 – Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (d. 1758)
1874 – Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano (d. 1944)
1914 – James Fletcher Jr, New Zealand industrialist (Fletcher Construction), born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 2007)
1929 – China Machado, Chinese-born model, 1st non-Caucasian super model, born in Shanghai (d. 2016)
1943 – Hedley Howarth, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (30 Tests, 86 wickets), born in Auckland, NZ (d. 2008)
1956 – Mansoor Akhtar, cricketer (Pakistani batsman early 80’s)
1968 – Scott Bullett, American baseball outfielder (Chicago Cubs), born in Martinsburg, West Virginia
1969 – Bernhard Jr., Prince of Netherlands, born in Nijmegen, Netherlands
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
1977 – Israel Vasquez, Current WBC Super bantamweight champion, born in Mexico City, Mexico
Famous Birthdays for 24th December 2020
1791 – Eugène Scribe, French dramatist (Bertrand et Raton), born in Paris, France (d. 1861)
1798 – Adam Mickiewicz, Polish national poet (Pan Tadeusz), born in Zavosse, Belarus (d. 1855)
1869 – Henriette Roland Holst, Dutch poet (Women in Forest), born in Noordwijk, Netherlands (d. 1952)
1887 – Louis Jouvet, French actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise), born in Crozon, Finistère, France (d. 1951)
1921 – Gerard Thomas Victory, Irish composer, born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland (d. 1995)
1937 – Félix Miéli Venerando, Brazilian football player, born in São Paulo, Brazil (d. 2012)
1940 – Anthony Fauci, American immunologist (White House Coronavirus COVID-19 taskforce), born in Brooklyn, New York City
1943 – Tarja Halonen, President of Finland, born in Helsinki, Finland
1951 – Johnny Contardo, American singer (Sha Na Na-Shannon), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1966 – Deidrich Bader, American actor (Drew Carey Show), born in Washington, D.C.
Famous Birthdays for 23rd December 2020
1830 – Adam Minchejmer, Polish composer and conductor, born in Warsaw (d. 1904)
1878 – Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (d. 1972)
1897 – Julien Carette, French actor (Sylvia and the Phantom), born in Paris, France (d. 1966)
1907 – Avraham Stern, Polish-born Zionist leader (d. 1942)
1933 – Akihito, Emperor of Japan (1989-2019), born in Tokyo, Japan
1942 – Jerry Koosman, American pitcher (NY Mets), born in Appleton, Minnesota
1970 – Shannon Bream [DePuy], American Journalist (Fox News) Miss Virginia (1991), born in Lynchburg, Virginia
1971 – Wim Vansevenant, Belgian cyclist, born in Diksmuide, Belgium
1977 – Jari Mäenpää, Finnish guitarist and singer, born in Finland
1979 – Holly Madison, American model, born in Astoria, Oregon
Famous Birthdays for 22nd December 2020
1550 – Cesare Cremonini, Italian professor of natural philosophy, born in Cento, Papal States (d. 1631)
1573 – Ernst Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz and Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, and Drenthe, born in Dillenburg, Germany (d. 1632)
1639 – Jean Racine, French dramatist (Phèdre, Athalie), born in La Ferté-Milon, Picardy (d. 1699)
1803 – Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, American Major General (Union Army), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1862)
1832 – Edward Hatch, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Bangor, Maine (d. 1889)
1908 – Max Bill, Swiss architect and artist (Ruban Sans Fin), born in Winterthur, Switzerland (d. 1994)
1948 – Steve Garvey, American baseball player (LA Dodgers, San Diego Padres), born in Tampa, Florida
1955 – Lonnie Smith, American baseball player, born in Chicago, Illinois
1958 – Frank Gambale, Australian musician, born in Canberra, Australia
1973 – Jamel Williams, American football safety (Washington Redskins), born in Gary, Indiana
Famous Birthdays for 21st December 2020
1401 – Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter, born in San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy (d. 1428)
1872 – Albert Payson Terhune, American novelist (Lad, a Dog), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1942)
1924 – Rita Reys [Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer, born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 2013)
1940 – Kálmán Sóvári, Hungarian soccer defender (17 caps; Újpesti Dózsa, VM Egyetértés), born in Budapest, Hungary (2020)
1944 – Michael Tilson Thomas, American conductor (NY Phil Young People), born in Los Angeles, California
1945 – Doug Walters, Australian cricketer (Aussie batting genius 1965-81 Extrovert), born in Dungog, Australia
1954 – Chris Evert, American tennis player (18 Gram Slam singles titles), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1964 – Keith Taylor, NFL safety (Washington Redskins), born in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey
1967 – Ervin Johnson, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics, Milwaukee Bucks), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1980 – Royce Ring, American baseball player, born in La Mesa, California
Famous Birthdays for 20th December 2020
1867 – Pudge Heffelfinger, American College Football Hall of Fame guard (3 x All American, Yale; first professional player 1892) and coach (Cal, Lehigh, Minnesota), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1954)
1898 – Irene Dunne, American actress (Cimarron, Theodora Goes Wild), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1990)
1955 – Sammy Mitchell, US programmer (Qedit/TSE/Semware)
1957 – Anna Vissi, Greek-Cypriot singer, born in Pyla, Cyprus
1960 – Nalo Hopkinson, Jamaican-born Canadian writer, born in Kingston, Jamaica
1970 – Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer, born in Harare, Zimbabwe
1970 – Nicole DeBoer, Canadian actress, born in Toronto, Ontario
1981 – James Shields, American baseball player, born in Santa Clarita, California
1983 – Adrián Varela, Mexican singer, born in Culiacán, Mexico
1983 – Lucy Pinder, English model and actress, born in Hampshire, England