1513 – Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)
1689 – Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French Baroque composer, one of the 1st to work without patrons, born in Thionville, France (d. 1755)
1699 – Joseph Gibbs, English composer and organist, born in Colchester (d. 1788)
1894 – Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer (England captain in 1920’s), born in London, England (d. 1976)
1918 – Helmut Schmidt, German politician, Chancellor of West Germany (SPD, 1974- 82), born in Hamburg (d. 2015)
1925 – Henry Charles Gordon, American engineer and astronaut (Dynasoar), born in Valparaiso, Indiana (d. 1996)
1948 – Jack Ham, American football player (Steelers), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
1962 – Bertrand Gachot, French racing driver, born in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
1964 – Andy Gabel, American short track skater (Olympics 1994), born in Chicago, Illinois
1976 – Brad Lidge, American baseball player, born in Sacramento, California
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 22nd December 2022
1830 – Justin M’Carthy, Irish politician and novelist (Miss Misanthrope), born in Cork, Ireland (d. 1912)
1831 – Robert Ogden Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union Army), born in Hunter, New York (d. 1874)
1867 – František Xaver Šalda, Czechoslovakian literary critic, born in Liberec, Czech Republic (d. 1937)
1869 – Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (Richard Corey), born in Head Tide, Maine (d. 1935)
1885 – (Joseph) Deems Taylor, American music critic (New York World), composer (Through The Looking Glass; Peter Ibbetson), and promoter of classical music (Fantasia), born in NYC, New York (d. 1966)
1910 – Richard Ainley, British actor (I Dood It, As You Like It, Above Suspicion), born in Middlesex, England (d. 1967)
1945 – Diane Sawyer, American newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC Prime Time), born in Glasgow, Kentucky
1966 – Dmitry Bilozerchev, Soviet/Russian gymnast, born in Moscow, Russia
1972 – Vanessa Paradis, French model (Channel)/actress (White Wedding), born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
1980 – Chris Carmack, American actor, born in Washington, D.C.
Famous Birthdays for 21st December 2022
1849 – James Lane Allen, American writer (Kentucky Cardinal), born in Lexington, Kentucky (d. 1925)
1905 – Anthony Powell, English novelist (Infants of Spring), born in Westminster, United Kingdom (d. 2000)
1909 – Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese mystery writer and journalist, born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan (d. 1992)
1935 – John G. Avildsen, American film director (Rocky, The Karate Kid), born in Oak Park, Illinois (d. 2017)
1953 – Betty Wright [Bessie Norris], American RandB singer-songwriter (Clean Up Woman), born in Miami, Florida (d. 2020)
1955 – Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese musician, born in Agano, Niigata Prefecture
1960 – Roger McDowell, American baseball pitcher (NY Mets, Baltimore Orioles), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1970 – Monique Ambers, WNBA forward (Phoenix Mercury)
1975 – Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballet dancer, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1978 – Amber Corwin, American figure skater (1997 National Sr – 5th), born in Harbor City, California
Famous Birthdays for 20th December 2022
1729 – Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, Czech composer, born in Městec Králové (d. 1794)
1890 – Yvonne Arnaud, French-born pianist, singer and actress (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre), born in Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine, France (d. 1958)
1906 – Dick White, British intelligence officer (Director General of MI5 1953–1956; Head of the Secret Intelligence Service 1956–1968), born in Tonbridge, Kent (d. 1993)
1915 – Aziz Nesin, Turkish writer and humorist, born in Heybeliada, Ottoman Empire (d. 1995)
1952 – Sergio Vastano, Italian actor (Nightclub, Prete Bello), born in Rome, Italy
1963 – Pam Casale, American tennis player (Marco Island finals 1985), born in Camden, New Jersey
1966 – Matt Neal, British motor racing driver, born in Stourbridge, United Kingdom
1978 – Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer, born in Bafoussam, Cameroon
1982 – Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer, born in Denmark
1983 – Darren Sammy, St. Lucian West Indies cricketer, born in Micoud Quarter, Saint Lucia
Famous Birthdays for 19th December 2022
1779 – Auguste-Gaspard-Louis Desnoyers, French engraver, born in Paris, France (d. 1857)
1817 – James Jay Archer, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1864)
1821 – Mary Ashton Livermore, American social reformer and women’s suffrage leader (President of American Woman Suffrage Association 1878-95) born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1905)
1894 – Yoshida Isoya, Japanese architect (modern sukiya style), born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1974)
1923 – Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (Upstairs, Downstairs, The Professionals, The Great Escape), born in Glasgow, Scotland(d. 1990)
1944 – Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist
1964 – Lorie Kane, Canadian golfer (4 LPGA Tour titles), born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1969 – Kristen “Kristy” Swanson, American actress (Knots Landing, Buffy the Vampire Slayer), born in Mission Viejo, California
1980 – Marla Sokoloff, American actress (The Practice), born in San Francisco, California
1996 – Paige Speakman, British preemie baby, born 19 days before her twin sister in Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Famous Birthdays for 18th December 2022
1635 – Antonius Matthaeus, Dutch lawyer and historian (De criminibus) (d. 1710)
1826 – Alexandre Chatrian [wrote as Erckmann-Chatrian jointly with Émile Erckmann], French writer (L’ami Fritz), born in Abreschviller, France (d. 1890)
1826 – Mercer Brooke John, (Confederate Navy), (d. 1906)
1861 – Lionel Monckton, British composer (Edwardian musical comedy), born in London, England (d. 1924)
1873 – Adolf Vogl, German composer, born in Munich (d. 1961)
1929 – Gino Cimoli, American baseball player, born in San Francisco, California (d. 2011)
1932 – Roger Smith, American actor (77 Sunset Strip), born in South Gate, California (d. 2017)
1934 – Boris Volynov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 5, 21), born in Irkutsk, Siberia
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)
1964 – Robson Green, English actor and singer
Famous Birthdays for 17th December 2022
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
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