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
Category: Famous Birthdays
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)
Famous Birthdays for 16th December 2018
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
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)