1738 – Thomas Nelson, merchant, signer of Declaration of Independence
1869 – Harry Redman, American composer, writer, and artist, born in Illinois (d. 1958)
1904 – Alenjo Carpentier, Cuban/French writer (Guerra del Tiempo)
1913 – Frank Swift, English footballer and journalist (d. 1958)
1918 – George Rallis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2006)
1930 – Sayed Mutawli imam ad-Darsh, scholar/broadcaster
1935 – Rohan Kanhai, cricketer (one of West Indies’ finest batsmen)
1939 – Lynn Martin, US secretary of Labor (1991-93)
1953 – Henning Schmitz, German musician (Kraftwerk)
1954 – Peter Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, philanthropist and son of Sir Edmund Hillary, born in Auckland, New Zealand
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 25th December 2018
1646 – Harald Vallerius, composer
1829 – Patrick S Gilmore, composer
1899 – Frank Ferguson, American character actor (My Friend Flicka, Peyton Place), born in Ferndale, California (d. 1978)
1945 – Ken “The Snake” Stabler, NFL quarterback (Oak Raiders, Super Bowl XI), born in Foley, Alabama (d. 2015)
1951 – Ria Thielsch, Dutch singer (Luv)
1953 – Dave Wasick, American NFL player, born in Los Angeles, California
1954 – Annie Lennox, Aberdeen Scotld, vocalist (Eurythmics-Sweet Dreams, Why)
1959 – Missy Cleveland, playmate (April, 1979), born in Jackson, Mississippi
1965 – Dmitri Mironov, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins, Anaheim), born in Moscow, Russia
1975 – Hideki Okajima, Japanese baseball player, born in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Famous Birthdays for 24th December 2018
1754 – George Crabbe, English poet (Everlasting Mercy), born in Aldeburgh, England (d. 1832)
1881 – Juan Ramon Jiménez, Spanish poet (Distant Gardens, Nobel 1956), born in Moguer, Spain (d. 1958)
1889 – Vladimir Sokoloff, Russian actor (Road to Morocco), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1962)
1906 – Franz Waxman, German film composer, born in Chorzów, Poland (d. 1967)
1910 – Betty Ann Davies, British actress (Tough Guy), born in London, England (d. 1955)
1931 – Mauricio Kagel, Argentine-German composer, born in Buenos Aires, Germany (d. 2008)
1944 – Erhard Keller, 500m speed skater (Olympic gold 1968, 72), born in Günzburg, Germany
1951 – Johnny Contardo, American singer (Sha Na Na-Shannon), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1974 – Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer, born in Temuco, Chile
1979 – Chris Hero, American professional wrestler, born in Dayton, Ohio
Famous Birthdays for 23rd December 2018
245 – Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, born in Palmyra, Syria (d. 274)
1513 – Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (d. 1577)
1716 – Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer
1907 – Avraham Stern, Polish-born Zionist leader (d. 1942)
1908 – Yousuf Karsh, portrait photographer (Life Magazine)
1936 – Claude Albert Coppens, Belgian pianist, born in Schaerbeek, Belgium
1971 – Wim Vansevenant, Belgian cyclist, born in Diksmuide, Belgium
1976 – Jamie Noble, American professional wrestler, born in Hanover, West Virginia
1977 – Becky Ruehl, American diver (Olympic 4th 1996), born in Lakeside Park, Kentucky
1983 – Hanley Ramírez, Dominican baseball player, born in Samaná, Dominican Republic
Famous Birthdays for 22nd December 2018
1639 – Jean Racine, French dramatist (Phèdre), born in La Ferté-Milon, Picardy (d. 1699)
1826 – James Scott Negley, American politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 1901)
1863 – Qi Baishi, Chinese painter, born in Xiangtan, China (d. 1957)
1910 – Richard Ainley, British actor (I Dood It, As You Like It, Above Suspicion), born in Middlesex, England
1912 – Claudia A. “Lady Bird” Taylor Johnson, American first lady (1963-1969), born in Karnack, Texas (d. 2007)
1925 – Lewis Glucksman, American financier, born in Manhattan, New York City (d. 2006)
1945 – Diane Sawyer, American newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC Prime Time), born in Glasgow, Kentucky
1946 – Rick Nielsen, American rock vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick), born in Rockford, Illinois
1951 – Charles de Lint, Canadian sci-fi author (Moonhear, Mulengro, Yarrow), born in Bussum, Netherlands
1966 – Marcel “Schmier” Schirmer, German singer and bassplayer (Destruction), born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Famous Birthdays for 21st December 2018
1818 – Lewis H. Morgan, American ethnologist (Systems of Consanguinity), born in Aurora, New York (d. 1881)
1873 – Blagoje Bersa, Croatian composer, born in Dubrovnik, Croatia (d. 1934)
1909 – George Ball, American diplomat and banker, born in Des Moines, Iowa (d. 1994)
1921 – James Tye, British safety expert
1943 – Walter Spanghero, French rugby player, born in Payra-sur-l’Hers, France
1952 – Steve Furniss, American swimmer (Olympic bronze 1972), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1957 – Tom Henke, American baseball player, born in Kansas City, Missouri
1959 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter (3 x Olympic gold 1988), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1998)
1981 – Frankie Abernathy, American actress (The Real World: San Diego), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2007)
1982 – Philip Humber, American baseball player, born in Nacogdoches, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 20th December 2018
1868 – Harvey Firestone, American industrialist and founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (“where the rubber meets the road”), born in Columbiana, Ohio (d. 1938)
1869 – Charley Grapewin, American actor (The Wizard of Oz, Libeled Lady), born in Xenia, Ohio (d. 1956)
1870 – Pieter Cornelis Boutens, Dutch poet, classicist, and mystic (Voices, Carmina), born in Middelburg, Netherlands
1905 – “Tiger” Bill O’Reilly, Australian cricketer (mighty Australian leg-spinner), born in White Cliffs, Australia
1908 – Norman Hackforth, British musician and radio broadcaster, born in Bihar, British India
1917 – David Bohm, American physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist, born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (d. 1992)
1917 – Audrey Totter, American actress (Carpetbaggers, Set-Up, The Unsuspected), born in Joliet, Illinois (d. 2013)
1951 – Gilbert Montagné, French musician, born in Paris, France
1955 – Ed Kuepper, Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter (The Saints), born in Bremen, Germany
1972 – Jan Caloun, Czech hockey forward (Team Czech Olympic gold 1998), born in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
Famous Birthdays for 19th December 2018
1554 – Philip William, Prince of Orange (1584) and Knight of the Golden Fleece (1599), born in Buren, Gelderland (d. 1618)
1865 – Tikhon Toropets, Pskov Russia, patriarch of Russian Orthodox/saint
1894 – Paul Dessau, German composer and conductor (Adventures of Casanova, Never Trust a Woman), born in Hamburg, Germany
1895 – Ingeborg Refling-Hagen, Norwegian author/poet (Loke Saar Havre)
1896 – John Seldon Whale, theologian
1915 – Édith Piaf, [E Giovanna Gassion], chanteuse (Little Sparrow), born in Paris, France (d. 1963)
1943 – William DeVries, American cardiothoracic surgeon (artificial heart), born in Brooklyn, New York
1955 – Susil Fernando, cricketer (5 Tests for Sri Lanka 1983)
1974 – Mikko Paananen, Finnish bassist (HIM)
1988 – Peter Winn, English footballer
Famous Birthdays for 18th December 2018
1507 – Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (d. 1551)
1870 – Andres Randolf, Danish-American actor (The Kiss), born in Viborg, Denmark (d. 1930)
1913 – Lynn Bari [Margaret Schuyler Fisher], American actress (Shock, Nocturne, 6 Gun Law), born in Roanoke, Virginia (d. 1989)
1913 – Alfred Bester, American sci-fi author (Decievers, Starlight)
1939 – Sandro Lopopolia, Italian lightweight boxer (Olympic-Silver-1960)
1959 – Barrie Chase, actress (Mardi Gras, Cape Fear)
1964 – Robson Green, English actor and singer
1966 – Terry Phelps, American tennis player, born in Larchmont, New York
1969 – Santiago Cañizares, Spanish footballer
1971 – Joe Dziedzic, NHL left wing (Pitts Penguins), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Famous Birthdays for 17th December 2018
1824 – Manning Ferguson Force, American lawyer, judge and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1899)
1902 – Albert Drach, Austrian-Jewish writer, born in Vienna (d. 1995)
1931 – Dave Madden, Canadian-born American actor (Charlotte’s Web, Alice, The Partridge Family), born in Sarnia, Ontario (d. 2014)
1937 – John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (d. 1969)
1951 – Wanda Hutchison, rocker
1953 – Samuel Hadida, film distributor
1965 – Jeff Grayer, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets, Olympic bronze 1988)
1969 – Marc Davis, Oceanside California, 3K steeplechase runner (Goodwill-gold-94)
1970 – Earl Dotson, NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
1972 – Ivan Pedroso, Cuba, long jumper (Olympic 4th 1992)