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
Category: Famous Birthdays
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
Famous Birthdays for 7th December 2022
1604 – Ambrosius Reiner, German composer, born in Altdorf, Weingarten, Württemberg (d. 1672)
1810 – Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist, born in Eisenstadt, Austria (d. 1894)
1842 – Otto Ammon, German anthropologist and sociologist (schedelmetingen), born in Karlsruhe, Baden (d. 1916)
1860 – Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia, born in Silverdale, Staffordshire, England (d. 1947)
1892 – Nora Nicholson, British actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), born in Leamington, England (d. 1973)
1928 – Noam Chomsky, American linguist (founded transformational grammar), philosopher and political activist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1937 – Thad Cochran, American politician (U.S. Senator from Mississippi), born in Pontotoc, Mississippi (d. 2019)
1972 – Bobby Schoonens, Dutch soccer player (RKC), born in Den Bosch, Netherlands
1988 – Nathan Adrian, American swimmer (Olympic gold 100m freestyle 2012), born in Bremerton, Washington
1988 – Benjamin Clementine [Sainte-Clémentine], British vocalist, composer, musician, and poet (At Least For Now), born in London
Famous Birthdays for 6th December 2022
1792 – William II, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Duke of Limburg, born in Noordeinde Palace, The Hague, Dutch Republic (d. 1849)
1876 – Fred Duesenberg, German-American automobile pioneer, born in Lippe, Germany (d. 1932)
1903 – Tony Lazzeri, American Baseball HOF second baseman (World Series x 5; only player to complete natural cycle with grand slam; NY Yankees), born in San Francisco, California (d. 1946)
1909 – Kenneth Watkins, British woodland conservationist and founder (The Woodland Trust) (d. 1996)
1916 – Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer (“Shout”; “Twistin’ The Night Away”), born in NYC, New York (d. 1986)
1929 – Alain Tanner, Swiss film director (Charles, Dead or Alive), born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 2022)
1935 – George Williams, American soul singer (The Tymes), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2004)
1941 – John Nelson, American conductor (Berlioz’s Les Troyens), born in San José, Costa Rica
1955 – Steven Wright, American stand-up comedian (Steven Wright Live), born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1957 – Luis Delís, Cuban discus thrower (Olympic bronze 1980), born in Guantánamo, Cuba
Famous Birthdays for 5th December 2022
1861 – Armando Diaz, Italian marshal and minister of War (1922-24), born in Naples, Kingdom of Italy (d. 1928)
1870 – Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer, born in Kamenice nad Lipou, Czech Republic (d. 1949)
1890 – Fritz Lang, Austrian-German-American filmmaker and screenwriter (Metropolis), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1976)
1891 – Alexander Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer, born in St Petersburg (d. 1956)
1932 – Little Richard [Wayne Penniman], American singer-songwriter and rock ‘n’ roll pioneer (Tutti Frutti), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 2020)
1944 – Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor (The Fugitive), born in Amsterdam
1951 – Tom Purtzer, American golfer (5 PGA Tour titles), born in Des Moines, Iowa
1952 – Bobby Barth, American rocker vocalist and guitarist (Axe), born in Coffeyville, Kansas
1979 – Gareth McAuley, Northern Irish footballer (Rangers), born in Larne, Northern Ireland
1982 – Trai Essex, American football player, born in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Famous Birthdays for 4th December 2022
1852 – Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist and honorary member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1920), born in Saint Petersburg (d. 1934)
1899 – Charlie Spencer, English soccer defender and manager (2 caps; Newcastle United; mgr Grimsby Town 1937-51), born in Washington, England (d. 1953)
1903 – Cornell Woolrich, American writer (El Angel Negro), born in NYC, New York (d. 1968)
1910 – Amar Singh, Indian cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 28 wickets; India’s first half-century in Test cricket), born in Rajkot, Gujarat, India (d. 1940)
1933 – Dick Ricketts Jr., American basketball center (# 1 overall pick 1955 NBA draft St. Louis Hawks) and baseball pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals), born in Pottstown, Pennsylvania (d. 1988)
1935 – Fred Rumsey, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 17 wickets; founded Professional Cricketers Association 1967), born in London, England
1960 – Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete (Olympic gold heptathlon 1984), born in Toowoomba, Australia
1970 – Sylvester Terkay, American pro wrestler (Ultimate Pro Wrestling’s first Heavyweight Champion), born in Washington, Pennsylvania
1974 – Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball second baseman and manager (first Japanese position player to win World Series 2005, Chicago White Sox; Chiba Lotte Marines), born in Tokyo, Japan
1982 – Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese auto racer (FIA World Endurance C’ship 2017, 18-19, 19-20 runner-up), born in Velp, Netherlands