1652 – Johann Krieger, German composer and organist, born in Nuremberg (d. 1735)
1848 – John Goff, Irish lawyer (d. 1924)
1880 – Edie Martin, British actress (Titfield Thunderbolt), born in London, England (d. 1964)
1881 – Carry van Bridges, [de Haan], Dutch author (Heleen, Eva)
1882 – Willem Carel Wendelaar, Dutch lawyer, civil servant, director, and politician (VVD)
1904 – Ethan Allen, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1905 – Stanisław Mazur, Lemberg, Western Ukraine, Polish mathematician (d. 1981)
1909 – Barry Goldwater, (Sen-R-Az, 1953-65, 69- )/Presidential candidate (R) 1964)
1918 – Patrick Anthony Porteous, Scottish Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)
1928 – Khan Mohammad, cricketer (Paki fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests)
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 31st December 2018
1846 – Richard Kleinmichel, Russian composer, born in Poznań, Poland (d. 1901)
1935 – Rolf Haufs, German writer, born in Düsseldorf (d. 2013)
1941 – Sir Alex Ferguson, Scottish football manager, born in Glasgow, United Kingdom
1948 – Donna Summer, American singer (Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2012)
1951 – Michael Allen Bantom, American basketball player (Olympic silver 1972), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1956 – Martin Joseph Fettman, American researcher and astronaut (STS 58), born in Brooklyn, New York
1961 – Joanna Johnson, American actress (Caroline-Bold and Beautiful), born in Phoenix, Arizona
1969 – Dominik Diamond, Scottish presenter and newspaper columnist, born in Arbroath, United Kingdom
1970 – Dunstan Anderson, NFL defensive end (Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, Rhein Fire), born in Fort Worth, Texas
1981 – Matthew Pavlich, Australian football player, born in Adelaide, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 30th December 2018
1678 – William Croft, English composer and organist, born in Nether Ettington (d. 1727)
1741 – Bartolomeo Giacometti, composer
1756 – Pavel Vranicky, composer
1819 – John White Geary, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania (d. 1873)
1859 – Josef Bohuslav Foerster, composer
1905 – Daniil Kharms [Yuvatchov], Russian surrealist and absurdist writer, poet, and playwright, born in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1942)
1926 – Stanley Tracey, Denmark Hill, London, jazz composer, (d. 2013)
1945 – John Kevin Moorhouse, test pilot
1972 – Kerry Collins, NFL quarterback (Carolina Panthers)
1981 – Ali Al Habsi, Omani footballer
Famous Birthdays for 29th December 2018
1776 – Charles Macintosh, Scottish chemist and inventor (waterproof fabric), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 1843)
1880 – Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer
1892 – Emory Parnell, American actress (Rocket Man, County Fair), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota (d. 1979)
1919 – Pieter Terpstra, Dutch journalist and writer (De dei is forroun/Havank-T), born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (d. 2006)
1943 – Rick Danko, Canadian bassist and singer (The Band – Stagefright), born in Blayney, Ontario (d. 1999)
1947 – Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, born in Aberdeen, United Kingdom (d. 1998)
1961 – Jim Reid, Scottish singer (The Jesus and Mary Chain, Freeheat), born in East Kilbride, United Kingdom
1964 – Kimberly Russell, American actress (Sarah-Head of the Class), born in Brooklyn, New York
1965 – David Delfino, American hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1970 – Kevin Weisman, American actor, born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 28th December 2018
1751 – Josef Blazej Smrcek, composer
1909 – Billy Williams, singer (Your Show of Shows), born in Waco, Texas
1914 – Bernard Youens [Popley], British actor (Coronation Street, Somewhere in Politics), born in Hove, East Sussex, England (d. 1984)
1923 – Andrew Duggan, American character actor (Secret War of Harry Frigg, Winds of War), born in Franklin, Indiana (d. 1988)
1927 – Anne Armstrong, US ambassador and first female counsel to the President, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, (d. 2008)
1932 – Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer (Uhura in Star Trek), born in Robbins, Illinois
1936 – Lawrence Schiller, American journalist
1941 – Intikhab Alam, Pakistan cricket leg-spinner (1959-77)
1959 – Ana Torroja, Spanish singer (Mecano)
1980 – Lomana LuaLua, Congolese football player, born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Famous Birthdays for 27th December 2018
1654 – Jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician
1825 – Reinhold Finsterbusch, composer
1855 – Paul Ehrenreich, German etnologist/mythologist
1917 – Earl of Inchcape, English large landowner/industrialist (PandO)
1936 – Phil Sharpe, English cricketer (12 Tests), born in Shipley, West Yorkshire (d. 2014)
1936 – Lee Salk, Russian-American child psychologist and author, born in New York, New York (d. 1992)
1962 – Sherri Steinhauer, American golfer (du Maurier Classic 1992, British Open 2006), born in Madison, Wisconsin
1962 – Bill Self, American basketball coach
1963 – Mark Pike, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
1973 – Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch composer
Famous Birthdays for 26th December 2018
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
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