1669 – Arnold van Boonen, Dutch portrait painter
1863 – George Santayana, Spanish philosopher/poet/humanist (Last Puritan)
1882 – Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (d. 1967)
1897 – Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for South Africa 1927-29)
1917 – Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Sindhi scholar
1917 – Arthur C. Clarke, English sci-fi author (2001: A Space Odyssey, Childhood’s End), born in Minehead, England (d. 2008)
1922 – Anthony Simmons, British writer and film director (The Optimists of Nine Elms), born in London (d. 2016)
1964 – Gail Harris, Dewsbury England, actress (Virtual Desire)
1965 – Melanie Sloan, American attorney
1965 – Chris Jones, outfielder (NY Mets), born in Utica, New York
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 15th December 2018
1870 – Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect, born in Brtnice, Moravia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1956)
1896 – Carl Ferdinand Cori, US bio-chemist
1949 – Ton [Teunis] Sijbrands, Dutch world checkers champion
1957 – Yuuichi Nagashima, Japanese voice actor
1961 – Annie Pujol, Perpignan, French TV hostess (Roue de la Fortune)
1969 – Wayne Simmons, linebacker (KC Chiefs)
1972 – Stuart Townsend, Irish actor
1973 – Tammy Melinda Pearman, American soccer forward/defender (Olympics 1996), born in Brooklyn, New York
1978 – Jerome McDougle, American football player
1981 – Thomas Herrion, American football player (d. 2005)
Famous Birthdays for 14th December 2018
1775 – Philander Chase, American Episcopal Church bishop and founder of Kenyon College, born in Cornish, New Hampshire (d. 1852)
1787 – Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Empress of Austria and queen of Hungary and Bohemia, born in Monza, Duchy of Milan (d. 1816)
1911 – Spike Jones [Lindley Armstrong Jones], American bandleader (Der Fueher’s Face, Cocktails For Two), born in Long Beach, California (d. 1965)
1914 – Karl Carstens, German politician (President of the Federal Republic of Germany 1979-84), born in Bremen, German Empire (d. 1992)
1915 – Daniel “Dan” Dailey, American dancer and actor (You’re My Everything, Governor and J.J.), born in NYC, New York (d. 1978)
1939 – Marilyn Cooper, American actress (Broadway Bound, Survivors), born in NYC, New York
1953 – Mikael Odenberg, Swedish politician
1955 – Jane Crafter, golfer (1987 JC Penney Mixed Teams), born in Perth, Australia
1980 – Didier Zokora, Ivorian footballer
1992 – Tori Kelly, American singer
Famous Birthdays for 13th December 2018
1784 – Archduke Louis of Austria, 14th child of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II and Feldmarschal-Leutnant of Austrian Imperial Army, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1864)
1836 – Franz von Lenbach, German painter, born in Schrobenhausen, Bavaria (d. 1904)
1853 – Joseph Sickman Corsen, Curacao musician, composer and screenwriter, born in Curacao (d. 1911)
1899 – Yusef Greiss, composer
1915 – Yitzhak Zuckerman [Itzhak Zuckerman], Vilnius, Lithuania, Jewish resistance hero in World War II and one of the few survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
1925 – Albert Paulsen, Ecuadorian-American actor (One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Doctors’ Hospital), born in Guayaquil, Ecuador (d. 2004)
1961 – Irene Saez, Miss Universe 1981 and Venezuelan politician
1971 – Mike Pelton, NFL defensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
1972 – GiGi Gordon, Butler PA, Miss America-Pennsylvania (1997)
1972 – Craig Sauer, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons)
Famous Birthdays for 12th December 2018
1875 – Desideer Stracke, Flemish jesuit and literature historian, born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1970)
1913 – Eve Lister, British film and television actress (No Limit, Hyde Park), born in Brighton, Sussex, England (d. 1997)
1922 – Arthur R. Hawkins, American naval aviator and flying ace (WW II, downed 14 Japanese planes), born in Zavalla, Texas (d. 2004)
1936 – Bengt Emil Johnson, composer
1940 – Sharad Pawar, Indian politician
1946 – Clive Bunker, rock drummer (Jethro Tull)
1946 – George Santo Pietro, husband of Vanna White
1965 – Laurie Grover-Tavares, American biathelete (Olympics 1994), born in Newark, New Jersey
1978 – Jennifer Rovero Playboy Playmate
1978 – Monica Barladeanu, Romanian actress
Famous Birthdays for 11th December 2018
1757 – Charles Wesley, English organist and composer, born in Bristol (d. 1834)
1889 – Walter Knott, American farmer (d. 1981)
1942 – Karen Susman, tennis pro (Wimbledon 1962)
1965 – Jay Bell, American infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Eglin AFB, Florida
1965 – Laurie Carr, American playmate (December 1986), born in Dallas, Texas
1967 – Richard Stemp, English cricketer (Yorkshire and England A left-arm spinner), born in Erdington, Birmingham, United Kingdom
1970 – Doug Nussmeier, NFL quarterback (New Orleans Saints), born in Portland, Oregon
1971 – Willie McGinest, NFL outside linebacker (NE Patriots), born in Long Beach, California
1981 – Hamish Blake, Australian comedian, born in Melbourne, Australia
1988 – Murugan Thiruchelvam, English chess player, born in England
Famous Birthdays for 10th December 2018
1830 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (Collected Poems), born in Amherst, Massachusetts (d. 1886)
1906 – Walter Zinn, Canadian-American Nuclear-Physicist (invented the breeder reactor), born in Kitchener, Ontario
1941 – Tommy Kirk, actor (Old Yeller)
1944 – Tisha Sterling, actress (Coogan’s Bluff), born in Hollywood, California
1946 – Gloria Loring, American actress/singer (Days of our Life), born in NYC, New York
1953 – Jack Scalia, actor and director (Amore, Deadly Desire, Donor, T-Force)
1957 – Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor, (d. 2012)
1972 – Marcos di Palma, Argentine racing driver
1978 – Summer Phoenix, American actress
1981 – Ryan Pini, Papua New Guinea swimmer
Famous Birthdays for 9th December 2018
1571 – Adrian A Metius, Dutch mathematician/fort architect
1859 – Algernon Ashton, composer
1873 – Antoine Pompe, Belgian architect
1926 – Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1999)
1952 – Michael Dorn, actor (Worf-Star Trek Next Generation)
1954 – Herman Finkers, Dutch cabaret performer
1958 – Rikk Agnew, American guitarist (The Adolescents)
1968 – Brent Price, NBA guard (Houston Rockets, Washington Bullets)
1969 – Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer
1982 – Nathalie De Vos, Belgian athlete
Famous Birthdays for 8th December 2018
1699 – Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)
1708 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1745-1765)
1826 – Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist
1877 – Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer
1915 – Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (d. 2005)
1919 – Hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer
1942 – Bobby Elliott, rock drummer (The Hollies), born in Burnley, Lancashire
1961 – Mikey Robins, Australian comedian
1964 – Teri Hatcher, actress (Lois and Clark, Desperate Housewives), born in Sunnyvale, California
1984 – Greg Halford, English footballer
Famous Birthdays for 7th December 2018
1557 – Girolamo Trombetti, Italian composer, born in Bologna, Italy (d. 1628)
1860 – Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)
1889 – Heathcote Dicken Statham, composer
1892 – Nora Nicholson, British actress (Blue Lagoon, Crow Hollow), born in Leamington, England (d. 1973)
1909 – Jacob Kainen, artist/curator
1948 – Mads Vinding, Danish bassist
1958 – Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (d. 1999)
1967 – Vaclav Chalupa, Czechoslovakia, rower (Henley Royal Regatta 1989)
1972 – Kevin Dogins, corner (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1979 – Derek Ramsay, Filipino actor and model