1775 – Francois-Adrien Boieldieu, French composer “the French Mozart” (d. 1834)
1847 – Augusta, French composer, born in Paris, France (d.
1869 – Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1952)
1888 – Alphonse Juin, French marshal
1893 – Vladimir Golschmann, conductor with Immortal Downbeat, born in Paris, France
1897 – Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for South Africa 1927-29)
1916 – Theo Bitter, Dutch painter/set designer
1965 – Romallis Ellis, lightweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1988), born in Washington, D.C.
1966 – Dennis Wise, English footballer
1971 – Kristen Kane, diver (Olympics 1996), born in Jacksonville, Florida
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 15th December 2019
1610 – David Teniers the Younger, Flemish court painter (Theatrum Pictorium), born in Antwerp (d. 1690)
1657 – Michel-Richard Delalande, French baroque composer, born in Paris (d. 1726)
1842 – Henry Gadsby, English musician and composer, born in Hackney, England (d. 1907)
1852 – Muḥammad Tawfīq Pasha, Khedive of Egypt (1879-92), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1892)
1904 – Kermit Bloomgarden, American producer (The Diary of Anne Frank, Music Man), born in NYC, New York (d. 1976)
1944 – Stan Bahnsen, American baseball pitcher (NY Yankee, 1968 AL Rookie-of-year), born in Council Bluffs, Iowa
1961 – Karin Resetarits, Austrian journalist
1971 – Eric Bjornson, NFL tight end (Dallas Cowboys)
1971 – Boudewijk Pahlplatz, soccer player (FC Twente, PSV)
1979 – Eric Young, Canadian professional wrestler
Famous Birthdays for 14th December 2019
1503 – Nostradamus [Michel de Nostre-Dam], French astrologist and prophet (Les Propheties), born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France (d. 1566)
1640 – Aphra Behn, English playwright and novelist, baptized in Canterbury, England (d. 1689)
1908 – Laurence Naismith, British actor (Diamonds Are Forever, Camelot, Persuaders), born in Thames Ditton, Surrey, England (d. 1992)
1920 – Clark Terry, American jazz trumpeter, born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 2015)
1924 – Raj Kapoor, Indian actor known as “the greatest showman of Hindi cinema” (Awaara, Boot Polish), born in Peshawar, British India (d. 1988)
1932 – Étienne Tshisekedi, Congolese opposition leader, born in Luluabourg, Central Congo (d. 2017)
1935 – Lewis Arquette, American actor (Horror Show, Book of Love), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2001)
1955 – Jane Crafter, Asutralian-American golfer (1987 JC Penney Mixed Teams), born in Perth, Australia
1985 – Nonami Takizawa, Japanese gravure idol and actress, born in Saitama prefecture, Japan
1995 – Princess Olimpia Preslavska of Bulgaria, born in London
Famous Birthdays for 13th December 2019
1640 – Robert Plot, English naturalist, born in Borden, Kent (d. 1696)
1720 – Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist, born in Venice (d. 1804)
1816 – [Ernst] Werner von Siemens, German inventor (siemens electrical conductance unit) and industrialist (Siemens corporation), born in Lenthe, German Confederation (d. 1892)
1911 – Kenneth Patchen, American poet and novelist (Cloth of the Tempest), born in Niles, Ohio (d. 1972)
1917 – John Hart, American actor (The Lone Ranger, The Adventures of Captain Africa), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2009)
1929 – Christopher Plummer, Canadian actor (Sound of Music, Doll’s House), born in Toronto, Ontario
1935 – Lindy McDaniel, American baseball player, born in Hollis, Oklahoma
1941 – Anouska Hempel, British actress (Tiffany Jones), born in Wellington, New Zealand
1960 – Richard Dent, American football defensive end (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Atlanta, Georgia
1966 – Don Roff, American writer and filmmaker, born in Walla Walla, Washington
Famous Birthdays for 12th December 2019
1838 – Sherburne Wesley Burnham, American astronomer (binary stars), born in Thetford, Vermont (d. 1921)
1876 – Alvin Kraenzlein, American track and field athlete (4 Olympic gold 1900), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1928)
1907 – Fred Elizalde, Spanish Filipino composer, born in Manila (d. 1979)
1907 – Roy Douglas, English composer and arranger (Tomorrow We Live-At Dawn We Die), born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent (d. 2015)
1914 – Buzzie Bavasi, American MLB executive (Brooklyn and LA Dodgers), born in NYC, New York (d. 2008)
1925 – Ghulam Guard, Indian cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959), born in Surat, Gujarat (d. 1978)
1940 – Shirley Englehorn, American golfer (Women’s PGA C’ship 1970), born in Caldwell, Idaho
1966 – Royce Gracie, Brazilian martial artist, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1968 – Kurt Schulz, American football safety (Buffalo Bills), born in Wenatchee, Washington
1970 – Jennifer Connelly, American actress (Labyrinth, Requiem for a Dream), born in the Catskill Mountains, New York,
Famous Birthdays for 11th December 2019
1849 – Ellen Key, Swedish author and feminist (Courageous Woman), born in Gladhammar Parish, Västervik Municipality, Sweden (d. 1926)
1917 – Dámaso Pérez Prado, Cuban bandleader and musician, born in Matanzas, Cuba (d. 1989)
1925 – Paul Greengard, American neuroscientist (Nobel 2000), born in NYC, New York
1935 – Femke Boersma, Dutch actress (Verjaring, Pastorale 1943), born in Amsterdam
1958 – Nikki Sixx [Frank Carlton Serafino Feranna, Jr.], American musician (Mötley Crüe), born in San Jose, California
1962 – Ejo Elburg, Dutch soccer player (Pax, NEC)
1964 – John Mark Karr, American who claimed involvement in JonBenét Ramsey case
1964 – Dave Gagner, Canadian NHL center (Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Chatham, Ontario, Canada
1968 – Mark Dailey, American 1.5k runner, born in Youngstown, Ohio
1971 – Willie McGinest, American NFL outside linebacker (NE Patriots), born in Long Beach, California
Famous Birthdays for 10th December 2019
1588 – Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher, born in Middelburg, Netherlands (d. 1637)
1903 – William Plomer, South African-British author (Paper Houses, I Speak of Africa), born in Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1973)
1913 – Harry Locke, British actor (Passport to Pimlico, Town on Trial), born in London, England (d. 1987)
1922 – Allen Dwight Sapp, American composer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1999)
1923 – Harold Gould, American character actor (The Sting, The Golden Girls, Rhoda, Big Bus), born in Schenectady, New York (d. 2010)
1942 – Ralph Tavares, American musician (Tavares), born in Providence, Rhode Island
1945 – Eric Boom, Dutch guitarist and producer
1955 – Jacquelyn Mitchard, American novelist
1957 – Prem Rawat, known also as Guru Maharaj Ji and Maharaji, American Indian spiritual leader and speaker
1960 – Paul Assenmacher, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), born in Detroit, Michigan
Famous Birthdays for 9th December 2019
1561 – Edwin Sandys, English politician (leading Parliamentary opponent of King James I of England) and a founder of Virginia colony, born in Worcestershire, England (d. 1629)
1742 – Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish pharmacist and chemist (lemon acid), born in Stralsund, Swedish Pomerania (d. 1786)
1902 – Richard A Butler, England, Dutch min of Finance/Foreign affairs
1906 – Freddy Martin, orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin), born in Cleveland, Ohio
1911 – Ryūzō Sejima, Japanese army officer and educator, born in Toyama, Japan (d. 2007)
1933 – Milt Campbell, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1956), born in Plainfield, New Jersey (d. 2012)
1935 – David Houston, American country music singer (Almost Persuaded), born in Bossier City, Louisiana (d. 1993)
1945 – Michael Nouri, actor (Beacon Hill, Bay City Blues), born in Washington, D.C.
1947 – Jaak Jõerüüt, Soviet-born Estonian politician
1957 – Donny Osmond, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie and Marie), born in Ogden, Utah
Famous Birthdays for 8th December 2019
1699 – Maria Josepha of Austria, Queen consort of Poland (1734-57), born in Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria (d. 1757)
1821 – Josip Runjanin, Croatian Serb composer (Croatian National Anthem) and soldier, born in Vinkovci (d. 1878)
1904 – Wilmer Allison, American tennis player (US Nat C’ship 1935), born in San Antonio, Texas (d. 1977)
1921 – Terence Weil, British cellist, born in London (d. 1995)
1929 – Ali Bongo [William Oliver Wallace], British comedy musician and magician (President of The Magic Circle – Shriek of Araby), born in England (d. 2009)
1936 – Buster Farrer, South African cricketer (South African Test batsman 1962-64), born in King William’s Town, Cape Province, South Africa
1947 – Gregg Allman, guitarist/vocalist (Allman Brothers Band), born in Nashville, Tennessee (d. 2017)
1968 – Mike Mussina, American baseball pitcher (5-time MLB All Star), Williamsport, Pennsylvania
1968 – Michael Cole, American professional wrestling commentator, born in Syracuse, New York
1982 – Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-American rapper and singer (Super Bass, Starships), born in Saint James, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Famous Birthdays for 7th December 2019
967 – Abū-Sa’īd Abul-Khayr, Persian mystic and poet, born in Mihne, Greater Khorasan (d. 1049)
1302 – Azzone Visconti, Lord of Milan (1329-39), born in Ferrara, Italy (d. 1339)
1810 – Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist, born in Eisenstadt, Austria (d. 1894)
1887 – Ernst Toch, Austrian composer (Melodie Lehre), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1964)
1909 – Arch Oboler, American director, screen and radio writer, and producer (Lights Out, Bwana Devil), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987)
1910 – Richard Franko Goldman, American educator and composer, born in New York City, New York (d. 1980)
1923 – Alan Ford, American swimmer (world 100m freestyle record 55.4; Olympic silver 1948), born in Panama Canal Zone, Panama (d. 2008)
1948 – Mads Vinding, Danish bassist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1957 – Rohan Jayasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer (one Test Sri Lanka v Pakistan 1982), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
1977 – Dominic Howard, English drummer (Muse), born in Stockport, England