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
Category: Famous Birthdays
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
Famous Birthdays for 6th December 2018
1792 – Abraham J van de Aa, lexicographer (Biographic Dictionary)
1886 – Joyce Kilmer, American poet (Trees), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey (d. 1918)
1898 – Herman Shumlin, American Broadway producer, director and actor (Watch on the Rhine), born in Atwood, Colorado (d. 1979)
1899 – Harry Buller Siege Willis, son of South Africa boer in Ladysmith
1903 – Tony Lazzeri, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1909 – Kenneth Watkins, woodland conservationist
1921 – Otto Graham, American NFL Quarterback (Cleveland Browns), born in Waukegan, Illinois (d. 2003)
1925 – Andy Robustelli, NFL defensive end (LA Rams, NY Giants)
1949 – Doug Marlette, American editorial cartoonist (d. 2007)
1975 – Noel Clarke, English actor and writer
Famous Birthdays for 5th December 2018
1545 – Janus Dousa [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician and poet, born in Noordwijk, Netherlands (d. 1604)
1824 – Titian James Coffey, Atty Gen (Union), (d. 1867)
1826 – John Benjamin Sanborn, American lawyer, politician, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Epsom, New Hampshire (d. 1904)
1932 – Fazu Aliyeva, Russian poet, novelist and journalist who helped develop Dagestani in Russian literature, born in Khunzakhsky District, Soviet Union (d. 2016)
1935 – Calvin Trillin, author (New Yorker)
1940 – Adrian Street, Welsh professional wrestler
1947 – Jim Plunkett, American NFL quarterback (New England, Oakland), born in San Jose, California
1956 – Klaus Allofs, German footballer
1978 – Marcelo Zalayeta, Uruguayan footballer
1982 – Eddy Curry, American basketball player
Famous Birthdays for 4th December 2018
1584 – John Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony, born in Derby, Derbyshire, Kingdom of England (d. 1652)
1934 – Wink Martindale, TV host (Tic-Tac-Dough, Can You Top This), born in Jackson, Tennessee
1944 – Anna McGarrigle, Canadian folk music singer-songwriter, born in Montreal, Quebec
1944 – François Migault, French racing driver
1956 – Herbert Groenemeyer, German rocker (OE, Luxus, Chaos, Spruenge)
1956 – Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifer (Olympic silver 1976)
1957 – Raul Boesel, Brazil, Indy-car racer (CART)
1957 – Lee Smith, Jamestown LA, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds)
1964 – Bill Peterson, Smithfield NC, WLAF general mgr (Amsterdam Admirals)
1984 – Lindsay Felton, American actress
Famous Birthdays for 3rd December 2018
1750 – Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer
1800 – France Preseren, Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici)
1929 – Paul Harris Turok, composer
1945 – Laura Dean, Staten Island composer/choreographer (Drumming), born in NYC, New York
1949 – Heather Menzies-Urich, Canadian actress (The Sound of Music, Piranha), born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (d. 2017)
1955 – Melody Anderson, Canadian actress (Flash Gordon), born in Edmonton, Alberta
1968 – Brendan Fraser, American actor (School Ties, 20 Bucks), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1969 – Bill Steer, British guitarist
1975 – Nadine Neumann, Australian swimmer (Olympics 1996), born in Sydney, New South Wales
1977 – Adam Małysz, Polish ski-jumper