1881 – Aubrey Faulkner, South African cricket all-rounder (25 Tests, 4 x 100s, TS 204; Transvaal), born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 1930)
1903 – Ray Noble, English bandleader, comedian and actor (The Very Thought of You), born in Brighton, Sussex, England (d. 1978)
1928 – Marilyn Beck, newspaper columnist
1933 – Paul Snoek [Edm Schietekat], Belgian poet
1933 – Stefan Florenski, Polish soccer defender (11 caps; Górnik Zabrze), born in Gleiwitz, Poland (d. 2020)
1937 – Calvin Waller, US Army general (d. 1996)
1952 – Hans Alders, Dutch minister of environment (PvdA)
1969 – Marty Carter, NFL safety (Chicago Bears)
1975 – Tim Clark, South African golfer (US Masters 2006 runner-up; Players C’ship 2010), born in Durban, RSA
1982 – Stephane Lasme, Gabonese basketball player
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 16th December 2022
1776 – Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German physicist (d. 1810)
1865 – Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor (d. 1954)
1867 – Amy Carmichael, missionary in Dohnavur, India (d. 1951)
1869 – Albert Pollard, British historian (Dictionary of Natural Biography), born in Ryde, England (d. 1948)
1897 – Paul Neuhuys, Belgian playwright and poet (Le Canari et le Cerise), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1984)
1937 – Joe Farrell, American jazz saxophonist, born in Chicago Heights, Illinois, (d. 1986)
1950 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist, born in Zandvoort, Netherlands (d. 2006)
1968 – Darryll Lewis, American NFL cornerback, 1991-2001 (Houston/Tennessee Oilers, and 2 other teams), born in Bellflower, California
1972 – Charles Gipson, American baseball player
1981 – Gareth Williams, Scottish footballer
Famous Birthdays for 15th December 2022
1574 – Samuel Besler, German-Polish composer, born in Brzeg (d. 1625)
1896 – George Cressey, American geographer (Asia’s Lands and Peoples), born in Tiffin, Ohio (d. 1963)
1928 – Jerry Wallace, American country and pop singer (“Primrose Lane”; “If You Leave Me Tonight I’ll Cry”), born in Guilford, Missouri (d. 2008)
1932 – Curtis Fuller, American jazz trombonist (Yusef Lateef; John Coltrane; Farmer/Golson Jazztet), born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2021)
1950 – Stjepko Gut, Serbian jazz trumpeter, flügelhorn player, and teacher, born in Ruma, Yugoslavia (now Serbia)
1980 – Annalena Baerbock, Germany politician (Leader of the Greens Party), born in Hanover, West Germany
1980 – Sergio Pizzorno, English guitarist (Kasabian)
1981 – Brendan Fletcher, Canadian actor The Law of Enclosures), born in Comox Valley, British Columbia
1981 – Najoua Belyzel, French singer, born in Nancy, France
1981 – Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian soccer striker (51 caps; Spartak Moscow, Tottenham Hotspur, Lokomotiv Moscow), born in Mostovskoy, Russia
Famous Birthdays for 14th December 2022
1780 – Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German-Russian diplomat, born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1862)
1932 – Charlie Rich, American country vocalist (Behind Closed Doors), born in Colt, Arkansas (d. 1995)
1935 – Lewis Arquette, American actor (Horror Show, Book of Love), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2001)
1943 – Frank Allen, English rock vocalist (Searchers – “Needles and Pins”), born in Hayes, Middlesex, England
1958 – Jan Dijksma, Dutch rock bassist (Weekend at Waikiki)
1962 – Chris Dahlquist, American NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators), born in Fridley, Minnesota
1972 – Marcus Jensen, American baseball player, born in Oakland, California
1978 – Patty Schnyder, Swiss tennis player, born in Basel, Switzerland
1980 – Tata Young, Thai-American singer, born in Bangkok, Thailand
1996 – Barbie Ferreira, American actress (Euphoria) and model, born in New York City
Famous Birthdays for 13th December 2022
1858 – Jakab Gyula Major, Hungarian pianist and composer, born in Kosice, Czech Republic (d. 1925)
1870 – Edward LeSaint, American actor and director (Modern Times, The Dumb Messenger), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1940)
1934 – Richard Darryl Zanuck, American Academy Award-winning film producer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2012)
1940 – Steve Harmon, American actor (Ens Pulver-Mr Roberts), born in Brooklyn, New York
1945 – Ann Syrdal, American psychologist and computer science researcher (developed female synthetic voices at ATandT), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 2020)
1957 – Gary Davies, British radio disc jockey and television presenter, born in Manchester, England
1962 – Karen Witter, American actress (Tina on One Life to Live) and Playboy playmate (Mar, 1982), born in Long Beach, California
1974 – Sara Cox, English TV and radio presenter (The Radio 1 Breakfast Show), born in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
1982 – Anthony Callea, Australian singer and songwriter, born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1983 – Otylia Jędrzejczak, Polish swimmer (Olympic gold 2004), born in Ruda Śląska, Śląskie, Poland
Famous Birthdays for 12th December 2022
1724 – Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary Wars, born in Butleigh, England (d. 1816)
1906 – William Pahlmann, American interior designer (4 Season restaurant, NYC), born in Pleasant Mound, Illinois (d. 1987)
1923 – David Leon Kaplan, American-Canadian music professor (University of Saskatchewan, 1960-82), conductor (Saskatoon Symphony, 1962-72), and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2015)
1928 – Lionel Blair [Ogus], Canadian choreographer (Give Us a Clue), born in Montréal, Québec
1928 – (Henry) Lionel Blair [Ogus], Canadian-British choreographer, tap dancer, actor, and television presenter., born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2021)
1953 – Bruce Kulick, American rock guitarist and singer (KISS), born in Brooklyn, New York
1965 – Laurie Grover-Tavares, American biathlete (Olympics 1994), born in Newark, New Jersey
1972 – Greg Randolph, American road cyclist (Olympics-74th-96), born in Denver, Colorado
1976 – Dan Hawkins, English guitarist (The Darkness), born in Chertsey, England
1986 – Përparim Hetemaj, Finnish footballer, born in Srbica, SFR Yugoslavia
Famous Birthdays for 11th December 2022
1856 – Georgy Valentinovich Plekhanov, Russian revolutionary theorist, born in Gudalovka, Russia (d. 1918)
1905 – Koos van de Griend, Dutch composer, born in Kampen, Netherlands (d. 1950)
1919 – Marie Windsor [Emily Marie Bertelson], American actress (The Bounty Hunter, Double Deal), born in Marysvale, Utah (d. 2000)
1930 – Chus Lampreave [María Jesús Lampreave Pérez], Spanish actress (Volver, Belle Époque), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2016)
1937 – Jim Harrison, American poet and novelist (Legends of the Fall), born in Grayling, Michigan (d. 2016)
1939 – Thomas McGuane, American writer (Colf Feet, Tom Horn, Missouri Breaks), born in Wyandotte, Michigan
1959 – Lisa Gastineau, American reality show star, born in Rockland County, New York
1962 – Curtis “Fitz” Williams, American keyboard player (Kool and The Gang)
1967 – DJ Yella, American DJ and music producer (N.W.A), born in Compton, California
1989 – Kellie Harrington, Irish boxer (lightweight Gold Medal 2021 Tokyo Olympics), born in Dublin, Ireland
Famous Birthdays for 10th December 2022
1787 – Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American pioneer of educating the deaf, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1851)
1830 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (Collected Poems), born in Amherst, Massachusetts (d. 1886)
1876 – Anton Mauve (Jr), Dutch painter, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1962)
1918 – Anne Gwynne [Marguerite Gwynne Trice], American model and actress (Ride ’em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein), born in Waco, Texas (d. 2003)
1926 – Guitar Slim [Eddie Jones], blues guitarist (“The Things That I Used to Do”), born in Greenwood, Mississippi (d. 1959)
1935 – Terry Allcock, English footballer (Norwich City), born in Leeds, England
1969 – Nadim Khan, Pakistani cricketer (brother of Moin Pakistani lefty spinner 1993), born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
1969 – Darren Berry, Australian cricketer (Victorian wicket-keeper since 1989-90), born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1969 – Rob Blake, Canadian NHL Hall of Fame defenseman, 1989-2010 (Team Canada, LA Kings and 2 other teams), born in Simcoe, Ontario
1971 – Amanda Hardy, Altona Australia, badminton player (Olympics 1996)
Famous Birthdays for 9th December 2022
1667 – William Whiston, English Anglican priest and mathematician, born in Norton, Leicestershire, England (d. 1752)
1728 – Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian opera composer, born in Massa, Tuscany, Italy (d. 1804)
1796 – Prudent-Louis Aubery du Boulley, French composer, born in Verneuil, Eure, France (d. 1869)
1854 – P. J. Hannikainen, Finnish composer, born in Nurmes, Finland (d. 1924)
1899 – Léonie Adams, American poetess (Those not elected), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1988)
1899 – Frans van Amelsvoort, Dutch choir conductor, born in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (d. 1975)
1950 – Joan Armatrading, British singer (Back to the Night), born in Basseterre, Saint Kitts
1960 – Dobroslav Paraga, Croatian politician and editor, born in Zagreb, FPR Yugoslavia
1972 – Reiko Aylesworth, American actress, born in Evanston, Illinois
1979 – Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer, born in City of Westminster, London
Famous Birthdays for 8th December 2022
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