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
Category: Famous Birthdays
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
Famous Birthdays for 9th December 2020
1754 – Etienne Ozi, French composer and bassoonist, born in Nimes (d. 1813)
1854 – P. J. Hannikainen, Finnish composer, born in Nurmes, Finland (d. 1924)
1889 – Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish long-distance runner (Olympic gold 1912), born in Kuopio, Finland (d. 1966)
1901 – Carol Dempster, American actress, born in Duluth, Minnesota (d. 1991)
1907 – Fried Walter [Schmidt], German light music and operetta composer, born in Ottendorf-Okrilla, Germany (d. 1996)
1915 – Herbert Huncke, American writer and poet, born in Greenfield, Massachusetts (d. 1996)
1916 – Kirk Douglas [Issur Danielovitch], American actor (Spartacus, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral), born in Amsterdam, New York (d. 2020)
1930 – Buck Henry [Zuckerman], American screenwriter and comedian (SNL, Get Smart), born in NYC, New York
1942 – Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer (Leeds United), born in Stirling, Scotland (d. 1997)
1977 – Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter, born in London Borough of Havering, United Kingdom
Famous Birthdays for 8th December 2020
1822 – Luther Prentice Bradley, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1910)
1927 – Vladimir Shatalov, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10), born in Petropavlovsk, Kazakh SSR
1937 – James MacArthur, American actor (Danny Williams-Hawaii 5-0), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2010)
1942 – Mario Savio, American political activist, born in NYC, New York (d. 1996)
1947 – Geoff Daking, American rocker (Blue Magoos)
1952 – Richie Morales, drummer (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1965 – Greg Truitt, NFL safety/linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
1966 – Matthew Laborteaux, American actor (Albert-Little House on Prairie), born in Los Angeles, California
1967 – Ron George, American linebacker (Minnesota Vikings), born in Heidelberg, Germany
1978 – Kate Robinson, American figure skater and ice dancer, born in Peoria, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 7th December 2020
1637 – Bernardo Pasquini, Italian composer, born in Massa e Cozzile, Tuscany (d. 1710)
1801 – Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor, singer and playwright (Judith und Holofernes), born in Ratibor, Silesia (d. 1862)
1879 – Rudolf Friml, Czech-American composer (Bohemian suite), born in Prague, Czech Republic (d. 1972)
1888 – Hamilton Fish III, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), born in Garrison, New York (d. 1991)
1889 – Heathcote Dicken Statham, English composer (d. 1973)
1921 – Arne Dørumsgaard, Norwegian composer, born in Fredrikstad, Norway (d. 2006)
1963 – Theo Snelders, Dutch football goalkeeper, born in Westervoort, Gelderland, Netherlands
1966 – Shinichi Itoh, Japanese motorcycle racer, born in Kakuda, Miyagi, Japan
1972 – Bobby Schoonens, Dutch soccer player (RKC), born in Den Bosch, Netherlands
1972 – Hermann Maier, Austrian skier (2 Olympic gold medals 1998), born in Altenmarkt im Pongau, Austria
Famous Birthdays for 6th December 2020
1809 – Stephen Thomas, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Bethel, Vermont (d. 1903)
1916 – Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer, born in NYC, New York (d. 1986)
1945 – James Naughton, American actor (Stranger is Watching, Trauma center), born in Middletown, Connecticut
1946 – Frank Hayes, English cricket batsman (9 Tests, HS 106no England v WI on debut 1973), born in Preston, Lancashire
1948 – JoBeth Williams, American actress (Kramer vs Kramer, Poltergeist), born in Houston, Texas
1950 – Daniël Sahuleka, Moluks-Dutch singer and guitarist (Viva la Libertad), born in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
1957 – Luis Delís, Cuban discus thrower (Olympic bronze 1980), born in Guantánamo, Cuba
1971 – Rika Hiraki, Japanese tennis star (1992 Japan doubles), born in Beirut, Lebanon
1978 – K. D. Aubert, American actress and singer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana
1986 – Matt Niskanen, American NHL player (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Virginia, Minnesota
Famous Birthdays for 5th December 2020
1377 – Jianwen, 2nd Emperor of the Ming Empire (1398-1402), born in China (d. 1402)
1855 – Clinton Hart Merriam, American zoologist and ornithologist, born in NYC, New York (d. 1942)
1890 – David Bomberg, English painter, born in Birmingham, England (d. 1957)
1896 – Lady Huxley [Marie Juliette Baillot], Swiss sculptor and author, born in Auvernier, Switzerland (d. 1994)
1921 – Peter Hansen, American actor (General Hospital, The War of the Roses), born in Oakland, California (d. 2017)
1925 – Anastasio Somoza Debayle [Tachito], President of Nicaragua (1967-72 and 1974-79), born in León, Nicaragua (d. 1980)
1946 – José Carreras, Spanish opera tenor (I Lombardi, Three Tenors), born in Barcelona
1959 – Shirley Furlong, American golfer (ANA Inspiration runner-up 1990), born in San Antonio, Texas
1960 – Jack Russell, American rocker (Great White-Twice Shy), born in Montebello, California
1979 – Matteo Ferrari, Italian footballer, born in Aflou, Algeria
Famous Birthdays for 4th December 2020
1812 – Elias Smith Dennis, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Newburgh, New York (d. 1894)
1840 – Crazy Horse [Tashunka Witko], Oglala Sioux chief (Battle of the Little Bighorn), born in Fort Robinson, Nebraska (d. 1877)
1865 – Edith Cavell, British nurse (WWI), born in Swardeston, Norfolk, England (d. 1915)
1868 – Richard Nicolaas Roland Holst, Dutch artist and painter, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1938)
1920 – Ray Robinson, American magazine editor and biographer (Lou Gehrig), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2017)
1923 – Charles Keating, American district attorney (Los Angeles California), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2014)
1938 – Yvonne Minton, Australian-British soprano, born in Sydney, Australia
1955 – Brian Prout, American singer (Diamond Rio-Meet in the Middle), born in Troy, New York
1973 – Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league lock (13 Tests; NSW 20 games; Manly Sea Eagles), born in Sydney, Australia
1979 – Jay DeMerit, American soccer defender (25 caps; Watford, Vancouver Whitecaps FC), born in Green Bay, Wisconsin