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Famous December Birthdays
The following 6,946 famous people including celebrities were born in the month of December. A random sample was chosen for each day. Click the after the name to explore the birth date info. You might also want to browse the filtered celebrity birthdays in December.
Zodiac signs for December are Sagittarius ♐ and Capricorn ♑. The modern birthstone for December is Turquoise while the mystical gemstone (based on Tibetan origin) is Onyx.
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December 1
1921
Vernon McGarity, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)
1948
Sarfraz Nawaz, Pakistani cricketer and politician
1960
Jane Turner, Australian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1961
Armin Meiwes, German cannibal and murderer
1971
Dolgorsürengiin Serjbüdee, Mongolian wrestler and mixed martial artist
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December 2
1947
Isaac Bitton, Moroccan-French drummer (Les Variations)
1954
Dan Butler, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1977
Siyabonga Nomvethe, South African footballer
1986
Adam le Fondre, English footballer
1988
Stephen McGinn, Scottish footballer
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December 3
1879
Charles Hutchison, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1949)
1880
Alexander Hall, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (d. 1943)
1924
John Winter, Australian high jumper (d. 2007)
1971
Ola Rapace, Swedish actor
1986
Josh Vaughan, American football player
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December 4
1895
Feng Youlan, Chinese philosopher and academic (d. 1990)
1920
Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect (d. 2013)
1931
Wally George, American radio and television host (d. 2003)
1982
Nick Vujicic, Australian evangelist
1984
Joe Thomas, American football player
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December 5
1666
Francesco Scarlatti, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1741)
1949
Abdullah Senussi, Sudanese-Libyan general
1982
Trai Essex, American football player
1983
Tiffany Weimer, American soccer player
1991
Jacopo Sala, Italian footballer
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December 6
1922
Benjamin A. Gilman, American soldier and politician
1942
Robb Royer, American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter (Bread and The Pleasure Fair)
1959
Stephen Hepburn, English politician
1962
Janine Turner, American actress
1986
Georgia Horsley, English model, Miss England 2007
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December 7
1948
Gary Morris, American singer and actor
1952
Georges Corraface, French actor and producer
1956
Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach
1965
Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer and manager
1973
Damien Rice, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Juniper and Bell X1)
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December 8
65 BC
Horace, Roman soldier and poet (d. 8 BC)
1884
Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour, English Lieutenant-Colonel in the british Army and colonial administrator (d. 1965)
1920
McDonald Bailey, Trinidadian-English sprinter and rugby player (d. 2013)
1941
Duke Cunningham, American commander and politician
1964
Teri Hatcher, American cheerleader and actress
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December 9
1861
Hélène Smith, French psychic and occultist (d. 1929)
1895
Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish journalist and politician (d. 1989)
1920
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy
1932
Donald Byrd, American trumpet player and academic (d. 2013)
1956
Jean-Pierre Thiollet, French journalist and author
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December 10
1882
Louis Wilkins, American pole vaulter (d. 1950)
1896
Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (d. 1948)
1918
Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
1937
Raphael Maklouf, Israeli-English sculptor
1979
Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer
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December 11
1781
David Brewster, Scottish physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (d. 1868)
1920
Denis Jenkinson, English motorcycle racer and journalist (d. 1996)
1926
Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (d. 1984)
1967
DJ Yella, American DJ and producer (N.W.A and World Class Wreckin' Cru)
1981
Paul Medhurst, Australian footballer
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December 12
1610
Basil of Ostrog, Serbian monk and saint (d. 1671)
1907
Roy Douglas, English pianist and composer (d. 2015)
1921
Toni Blankenheim, German opera singer (d. 2012)
1927
Robert Noyce, American inventor and businessman, co-invented the microchip and co-founded the Intel Corporation (d. 1990)
1944
Zoe Laskari, Greek model and actress
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December 13
1836
Franz von Lenbach, German painter and academic (d. 1904)
1897
Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (d. 1969)
1923
Philip Warren Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1952
Jean Rouaud, French author
1982
Dan Hamhuis, Canadian ice hockey player
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December 14
1883
Morihei Ueshiba, Japanese martial artist, developed aikido (d. 1969)
1965
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Kuwaiti terrorist
1973
Falk Balzer, German hurdler
1978
Radu Sîrbu, Moldovan-Romanian singer and producer (O-Zone)
1986
Jang Jae-ho, South Korean gamer
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December 15
1920
Gamal al-Banna, Egyptian author and scholar (d. 2013)
1923
Valentin Varennikov, Russian general and politician (d. 2009)
1942
Dave Clark, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (The Dave Clark Five)
1956
Tony Leon, South African lawyer and politician
1971
Necati Şaşmaz, Turkish actor
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December 16
1584
John Selden, English jurist and scholar (d. 1654)
1917
Nabi Bux Khan Baloch, Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2011)
1921
Eulalio González, Mexican actor, humorist, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, announcer, director and producer (d. 2003)
1945
Yukio Hattori, Japanese television host
1979
Mihai Trăistariu, Romanian singer-songwriter
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December 17
1910
Sy Oliver, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (d. 1988)
1926
Patrice Wymore, American-Jamaican actress and singer (d. 2014)
1953
Bill Pullman, American actor, singer, and director
1988
David Rudisha, Kenyan runner
1994
Nat Wolff, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player and actor (Nat & Alex Wolff)
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December 18
1856
J. J. Thomson, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
1887
Bhikhari Thakur, Indian actor, singer, and playwright (d. 1971)
1963
Charles Oakley, American basketball player and coach
1984
Paul Harrison, English footballer
1990
Sierra Kay, American singer-songwriter (Versa)
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December 19
1796
Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1873)
1934
Rudi Carrell, Dutch actor and singer (d. 2006)
1942
Dennis E. Fitch, American pilot (d. 2012)
1947
Jimmy Bain, Scottish bass player and songwriter (Rainbow and Wild Horses)
1966
Eric Weinrich, American ice hockey player and coach
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December 20
1916
Michel Chartrand, Canadian union leader and activist (d. 2010)
1944
Bobby Colomby, American drummer and producer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1969
Bobby Phills, American basketball player (d. 2000)
1976
Nenad Vučković, Croatian footballer
1987
Tariel Zintiridis, Greek martial artist
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December 21
1118
Thomas Becket, English archbishop and saint (d. 1170)
1850
Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer and poet (d. 1900)
1914
Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist and virologist (d. 2010)
1935
Yusuf Bey, American activist (d. 2003)
1967
Fritz Karl, Austrian actor
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December 22
1856
Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
1913
Giorgio Oberweger, Italian discus thrower and hurdler (d. 1998)
1925
Lewis Glucksman, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)
1945
Frances Lannon, English historian and academic
1951
Dan Martin, American actor
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December 23
1908
Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-Canadian photographer (d. 2002)
1923
Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1954)
1944
Wesley Clark, American general
1983
Michael Chopra, English footballer
1987
Tommaso Bellazzini, Italian footballer
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December 24
1879
Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet (d. 1941)
1930
John J. Kelley, American runner (d. 2011)
1938
Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese soldier and politician
1968
Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress (d. 2008)
1971
Sascha Fischer, German rugby player
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December 25
1686
Giovanni Battista Somis, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1763)
1936
Ismail Merchant, Indian-English director and producer (d. 2005)
1948
Barbara Mandrell, American singer-songwriter and actress
1955
Brett Vroman, American basketball player
1964
Ian Bostridge, English tenor
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December 26
1892
Don Barclay, American actor and singer (d. 1975)
1940
Ray Sadecki, American baseball player (d. 2014)
1947
Carlton Fisk, American baseball player
1979
Craig Wing, Australian rugby player
1990
Denis Cheryshev, Russian footballer
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December 27
1572
Johannes Vodnianus Campanus, Czech poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1622)
1803
François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier, Canadian activist (d. 1839)
1916
Cahide Sonku, Turkish actress and director (d. 1981)
1950
Terry Bozzio, American drummer and songwriter (Missing Persons UK, and HoBoLeMa)
1975
Aigars Fadejevs, Latvian race walker and therapist
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December 28
1944
Kary Mullis, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1961
Kent Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager
1962
Michel Petrucciani, French-American pianist (d. 1999)
1977
Derrick Brew, American sprinter
1988
Martina Pretelli, Sammarinese sprinter
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December 29
1896
David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974)
1917
Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005)
1923
Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian holocaust survivor and author (d. 2012)
1932
Inga Swenson, American actress and singer
1937
Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation
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December 30
1929
Barbara Nichols, American actress and singer (d. 1976)
1945
Vernon Wells, Australian actor and producer
1946
Patti Smith, American singer-songwriter and poet
1959
Josée Verner, Canadian politician
1992
Ryan Tunnicliffe, English footballer
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December 31
1552
Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
1905
Helen Dodson Prince, American astronomer (d. 2002)
1944
Neil Ross, English-American voice actor
1978
Eisa Al Dah, Emirati boxer
1987
Nemanja Nikolić, Hungarian footballer
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