1699 – William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)
1792 – [Andries] Hendrik Potgieter, Cape Colony, settled Transvaal
1929 – Herman T M Lauxtermann, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
1935 – Tony Taylor, Cuban baseball second baseman (MLB All Star 1960²; Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers), born in Central Álava, Cuba (d. 2020)
1943 – Walt “No-Neck” Williams, professional baseball player (White Sox), born in Brownwood, Texas (d. 2016)
1948 – Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
1964 – Lorie Kane, Canadian golfer (4 LPGA Tour titles), born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1973 – Kebu Stewart, NBA forward (Philadelphia 76ers)
1975 – Casual [Jon Owens], rapper
1980 – Marla Sokoloff, American actress
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Famous Birthdays for 18th December 2020
1852 – Gaetano Coronaro, composer
1906 – Kam Tong, Chinese American actor (Have Gun Will Travel, Across the Pacific, Flower Drum Song), born in San Francisco (d. 1969)
1913 – Lynn Bari [Margaret Schuyler Fisher], American actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), born in Roanoke, Virginia (d. 1989)
1916 – Betty Grable, American singer, dancer, pin-up girl and actress (I Wake Up Screaming, How to Marry a Millionaire, Gay Divorcee), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1973)
1942 – William HAF, English prince/grandson of George V
1945 – Carolyn Wood, American 4 X 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic gold 1960)
1948 – Adam Musiał, Polish soccer defender (34 caps; Wisła Kraków) and manager (Wisła Kraków, Lechia Gdańsk, Stal Stalowa Wola), born in Wieliczka, Poland (d. 2020)
1951 – Pape Diouf, Senegalese journalist and football agent (president Olympique de Marseille 2005-09; first black president in Europe’s top 6 leagues), born in Abéché, Chad (d. 2020)
1966 – Aaron Jones, NFL defensive end (NE Patriots)
1971 – Noriko Matsueda, Japanese composer
Famous Birthdays for 17th December 2020
1778 – Humphry Davy, English chemist, studied electro-chemistry, invented the Davy lamp), born in Penzance, Cornwall, England (d. 1829)
1937 – Art Neville, vocalist (Neville Brothers), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
1939 – Novella Nelson, American actress (Antwone Fisher, Purlie, Chiefs), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2017)
1948 – Jim Bonfanti, rocker (Raspberries-Go All the Way)
1953 – Bill Pullman, American actor (Sommersby, League of their Own, Independence Day), born in Hornell, New York
1958 – Mike Mills, US pop bassist (REM-One I Love)
1966 – Christopher A. Wray, American lawyer, F.B.I. Director (2017-), born in NYC, New York
1970 – Michael Mols, soccer player (FC Twente)
1976 – Andrew Simpson, Chertsey, Surrey, sailor (Olympic gold 2008), (d. 2013)
1976 – Takeo Spikes, American football player
Famous Birthdays for 16th December 2020
1919 – Manke Nelis [Cornelis Pieters], Dutch folk vocalist (Small Yodel Boy)
1923 – Tip [Silvio A] Marugg, Antillian writer (Weekend pilgrimage)
1928 – Peter Nailor, civil servant/historian
1950 – Ieremia Tabai, President of Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) (1979-91)
1952 – Francesco Graziani, Italian footballer
1955 – Carol M Browner, US Administrator (EPA)
1955 – Xander Berkeley, American actor
1968 – Paul Scherrer, American actor (Children of Corn II, Free Spirit), born in Rochester, New York
1975 – Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian musician (Billy Talent)
1981 – Took Leng How, Malaysian criminal (d. 2006)
Famous Birthdays for 15th December 2020
1657 – Michel-Richard Delalande, French baroque composer, born in Paris (d. 1726)
1836 – Edmond Picard, French-Belgian lawyer and writer (La forge Roussel), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1924)
1949 – Ton Sijbrands, Dutch world checkers champion, born in Amsterdam
1967 – Chris Gioskos, CFL tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1968 – Javid Hussain, Indian film producer
1970 – Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey, born in Milan, Italy
1970 – Mitchell Butler, NBA guard (Washington Bullets, Cleveland Cavaliers)
1971 – Eric Bjornson, NFL tight end (Dallas Cowboys)
1978 – Henrietta Nagyova, Nove Zamky Slovakia, tennis star (ITF/Cali-COL)
1980 – Sergio Pizzorno, English guitarist (Kasabian)
Famous Birthdays for 14th December 2020
1775 – Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, British admiral, born in Annsfield, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 1860)
1830 – Allen Thomas, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Howard County, Maryland (d. 1907)
1870 – Dirk Jan de Geer, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1926-29, 39-40), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1960)
1923 – Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (Evenings, Dear Guys), born in Amsterdam (d. 2006)
1925 – Sam Jones, American baseball pitcher (MLB All-Star 1955, 59; no-hitter 1955; Chicago Cubs), born in Stewartsville, Ohio (d. 1971)
1927 – Koss Rietkerk, Dutch internal minister (VVD) (1982-86), born in Boskoop, Netherlands (d. 1986)
1938 – Leonardo Boff, Brazilian Catholic theologian (liberation theology) and writer, born in Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brazil
1940 – Lex Gold, Scottish footballer, born in Lanark, Scotland
1954 – James Horan, American actor (General Hospital, Transformers Prime), born in Louisville, Kentucky
1960 – Catherine Coleman, American USAF officer and astronaut (STS 73), born in Charleston, South Carolina
Famous Birthdays for 13th December 2020
1877 – Mykola Leontovych, Ukrainian composer, born in Selevyntsi, Podolia, Russian Empire (d. 1921)
1883 – Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian, bibliographer and archivist, born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1950)
1900 – Norman Foster, American actor (Skyscraper Souls), born in Richmond, Indiana (d. 1976)
1910 – Van Heflin [Emmett Evan Heflin Jr], American actor (Great Adventure, Madame Bovary), born in Walters, Oklahoma (d. 1971)
1920 – Kaysone Phomvihane, President of Laos (Pathet Lao) (1991-92), born in Na Seng village, Khanthabouli district (d. 1992)
1925 – Dick Van Dyke, American actor (Rob Petrie-Dick Van Dyke Show), born in West Plains, Missouri
1936 – J. C. Martin, American baseball player, born in Axton, Virginia
1940 – Steve Harmon, American actor (Ens Pulver-Mr Roberts), born in Brooklyn, New York
1956 – Phil Hubbard, American basketball player (Olympic gold 1976), born in Canton, Ohio
1957 – Steve Buscemi, American actor (Fargo), born in NYC, New York
Famous Birthdays for 12th December 2020
1574 – Anne of Denmark, daughter of Danish King Frederik II and Queen Consort of James I of England, born in Skanderborg Castle, Skanderborg, Denmark (d. 1619)
1660 – Peter Rabus, Dutch poet and translator (Liberated Britanje) (d. 1702)
1917 – Edward Firth Henderson, British diplomat and arabist, born in Bristol (d. 1995)
1940 – Dionne Warwick, American singer (Solid Gold, Way to San Jose), born in East Orange, New Jersey
1941 – Liesbeth List, Dutch actress and vocalist (Theodorakis), born in Bandoeng, Dutch East Indies
1945 – Susi Hush, English television producer, born in Thurgoland, Yorkshire (d. 1995)
1951 – Caren Kaye, American actress (My Tutor, Blansky’s Beauties), born in NYC, New York
1956 – Ana Alicia Ortiz, Mexican-American actress (Melissa-Falcon Crest), born in Mexico City
1967 – Masood Anwar, Pakistani cricketer (one Test Pakistan v West Indies 1990), born in Khanewal, Punjab, Pakistan
1971 – Tito Wooten, American NFL safety (NY Giants), born in Goldsboro, North Carolina
Famous Birthdays for 11th December 2020
1906 – Jack Purvis, American jazz trumpet player and composer, born in Kokomo, Indiana (d. 1962)
1919 – Marie Windsor [Emily Marie Bertelson], American actress (The Bounty Hunter, Double Deal), born in Marysvale, Utah (d. 2000)
1924 – Doc Blanchard, American College Football Hall of Fame fullback (Heisman Trophy 1945; National C’ship 1944, 45, 46; Army), born in McColl, South Carolina (d. 2009)
1930 – Leonard Friedman, British-Lithuanian violinist (Scottish Baroque Ensemble), born in London (d. 1994)
1933 – Ernst van Altena, Dutch author and interpreter (Chansons van Earnest), born in Amsterdam (d. 1999)
1958 – Nikki Sixx [Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna, Jr.], American musician (Mötley Crüe), born in San Jose, California
1964 – Michel Courtemanche, French Canadian comedian (A New Comic is Born), born in Laval, Quebec, Canada
1980 – Arya [Jamshad Cethirakath], Indian actor, born in Trikaripur, Kerala
1981 – Zacky Vengeance, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold), born in Olympia, Washington
1981 – Hamish Blake, Australian comedian, born in Melbourne, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 10th December 2020
1821 – Nikolay Alekseyevich Nekrasov, Russian poet, writer and publisher (Russkije Zjenjshiny), born in Nemyriv, Russian Empire (d. 1877)
1883 – Andrej J. Vysjinski, Russian lawyer and UN ambassador, born in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1954)
1885 – János Hammerschlag, Hungarian composer, born in Prague (d. 1954)
1886 – Victor McLaglen, English actor (Informer – Academy Award 1935), born in Tunbridge Wells, England (d. 1959)
1889 – Ray Collins, American actor (Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie), born in Sacramento, California (d. 1965)
1906 – Walter Zinn, Canadian-American nuclear physicist (invented the breeder reactor), born in Kitchener, Ontario (d. 2000)
1933 – Grenville Alabaster, New Zealand cricketer (NZ tourist to Aust 1973-74), born in Invercargill, New Zealand
1957 – Prem Rawat “Guru Maharajji and Maharaji”, American-Indian spiritual leader and speaker, born in Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
1960 – Paul Assenmacher, American MLB pitcher (Cleveland Indians), born in Detroit, Michigan
1961 – Mark McKoy, Canadian track star (world record 50m indoor, Olympic gold 1992), born in Georgetown, British Guiana