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Famous December Birthdays

The following 6,945 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

  • 1884
    Torben Meyer, Danish actor (d. 1975)
  • 1933
    Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006)  
  • 1961
    Raymond E. Goldstein, American academic and educator  
  • 1962
    Pamela McGee, American basketball player and coach  
  • 1982
    Riz Ahmed, English actor and rapper  

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December 2

  • 1899
    Ray Morehart, American baseball player (d. 1989)
  • 1931
    Nigel Calder, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (d. 2014)  
  • 1971
    Francesco Toldo, Italian footballer  
  • 1982
    Mike Scala, American rapper, producer, and lawyer  
  • 1985
    Dorell Wright, American basketball player  

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December 3

  • 1722
    Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher (d. 1794)
  • 1888
    Yitzhak HaLevi Herzog, Polish-Irish rabbi (d. 1959)
  • 1921
    John Doar, American lawyer and activist (d. 2014)  
  • 1957
    Maxim Korobov, Russian businessman and politician  
  • 1983
    Sherri DuPree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Eisley)  

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December 4

  • 1927
    Barbara Knudson, American actress (d. 2014)  
  • 1945
    Roberta Bondar, Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut  
  • 1973
    Michael Jackson, English footballer  
  • 1985
    Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, English Actor  
  • 1990
    Igor Sjunin, Estonian triple jumper  

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December 5

  • 1863
    Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (d. 1933)
  • 1973
    Shalom Harlow, Canadian model and actress  
  • 1975
    Paula Patton, American actress  
  • 1979
    Evonne Hsu, American-Taiwanese singer and actress  
  • 1985
    Angelica Michibata, Argentine-Japanese model  

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December 6

  • 1934
    Nick Bockwinkel, American wrestler, sportscaster, and actor  
  • 1936
    Bill Ashton, English saxophonist and composer  
  • 1941
    Bill Thomas, American academic and politician  
  • 1965
    Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer and manager  
  • 1988
    Nils Petersen, German footballer  

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December 7

  • 1860
    Joseph Cook, English-Australian miner and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)
  • 1933
    Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (d. 2013)  
  • 1942
    Alex Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2015)  
  • 1988
    Angelina Gabueva, Russian tennis player  
  • 1991
    Dori Sakurada, Japanese actor, singer, and dancer  

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December 8

  • 1699
    Maria Josepha of Austria (d. 1757)
  • 1899
    Arthur Leslie, British actor and playwright (d. 1970)
  • 1920
    McDonald Bailey, Trinidadian-English sprinter and rugby player (d. 2013)  
  • 1923
    Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-American soldier and chemist  
  • 1925
    Jimmy Smith, American organist (d. 2005)  

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December 9

  • 1845
    Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (d. 1908)
  • 1876
    Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1940)
  • 1895
    Conchita Supervía, Spanish soprano and actress (d. 1936)
  • 1916
    Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer  
  • 1953
    John Malkovich, American actor and producer  

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December 10

  • 1927
    Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (d. 2015)  
  • 1947
    Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan  
  • 1962
    John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager  
  • 1972
    Brian Molko, Belgian-Luxembourger singer-songwriter and guitarist (Placebo)  
  • 1977
    Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress  

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December 11

  • 1882
    Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (d. 1947)
  • 1970
    Victoria Fuller, American model and actress  
  • 1975
    Tomoka Kurotani, Japanese actress  
  • 1980
    Kristjan Kitsing, Estonian basketball player  
  • 1988
    Tim Southee, New Zealand cricketer  

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December 12

  • 1799
    Karl Bryullov, Russian painter (d. 1852)
  • 1870
    Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman, co-founded Hughes Tool Company (d. 1912)
  • 1934
    Miguel de la Madrid, Mexican lawyer and politician, 52nd President of Mexico (d. 2012)  
  • 1969
    Fiona May, English-Italian long jumper  
  • 1981
    Jeret Peterson, American skier (d. 2011)  

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December 13

  • 1940
    Sanjaya Lall, Indian economist and academic (d. 2005)  
  • 1954
    Harsh Vardhan, Indian otolaryngologist and politician, Indian Minister of Science and Technology  
  • 1957
    Steve Buscemi, American actor and director  
  • 1982
    Dominik Werling, German footballer  
  • 1984
    Santi Cazorla, Spanish footballer  

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December 14

  • 1852
    Daniel De Leon, Curaçaoan-American journalist and politician (d. 1914)
  • 1870
    Karl Renner, Austrian politician, 4th President of Austria (d. 1950)
  • 1966
    Anthony Mason, American basketball player (d. 2015)  
  • 1966
    Tim Sköld, Swedish bass player and producer (Shotgun Messiah, Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult, MDFMK, KMFDM, and ohGr)  
  • 1985
    Nonami Takizawa, Japanese actress and singer  

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December 15

  • 1832
    Gustave Eiffel, French engineer and architect, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (d. 1923)
  • 1869
    Leon Marchlewski, Polish chemist and academic (d. 1946)
  • 1943
    Lucien den Arend, Dutch sculptor  
  • 1953
    Robert Charles Wilson, American-Canadian author  
  • 1977
    Geoff Stults, American actor and producer  

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December 16

  • 1742
    Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, German field marshal (d. 1819)
  • 1915
    Turk Murphy, American trombonist and singer (d. 1987)  
  • 1937
    Joyce Bulifant, American actress and singer  
  • 1961
    André Andersen, Russian-Danish keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Royal Hunt)  
  • 1988
    Edita Janeliunaite, Lithuanian cyclist  

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December 17

  • 1905
    Mohammad Hidayatullah, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 6th Vice President of India (d. 1992)  
  • 1928
    Doyle Conner, American farmer and politician (d. 2012)  
  • 1961
    Mansoor al-Jamri, Bahraini journalist and author  
  • 1967
    Karsten Neitzel, German footballer and manager  
  • 1978
    Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boxer, actor, singer, and politician  

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December 18

  • 1917
    Ossie Davis, American actor and activist (d. 2005)  
  • 1931
    Bill Thompson, American television host (d. 2014)  
  • 1949
    David A. Johnston, American volcanologist and geologist (d. 1980)  
  • 1975
    Jessica Feshbach, former official and spokesperson in the Church of Scientology  
  • 1975
    Randy Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist  

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December 19

  • 1779
    Albine de Montholon, French mistress of Napoleon (d. 1848)
  • 1924
    Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1989)  
  • 1944
    Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist and politician  
  • 1955
    Rob Portman, American lawyer and politician  
  • 1966
    Chuckii Booker, American singer-songwriter and producer  

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December 20

  • 1933
    Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist  
  • 1956
    Blanche Baker, American actress and screenwriter  
  • 1959
    Simon Hughes, English cricketer and journalist  
  • 1959
    Trent Tucker, American basketball player and sportscaster  
  • 1998
    Ivett Tóth, Hungarian figure skater  

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December 21

  • 1890
    Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
  • 1914
    Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist and virologist (d. 2010)  
  • 1920
    Bob Bindig, American illustrator and historian (d. 2007)  
  • 1979
    Kristjan Sarv, Estonian actor  
  • 1985
    James Stewart, Jr., American motorcycle racer  

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December 22

  • 1839
    John Nevil Maskelyne, English stage magician (d. 1917)
  • 1945
    Diane Sawyer, American journalist  
  • 1949
    Ray Guy, American football player  
  • 1976
    Katleen De Caluwé, Belgian sprinter  
  • 1986
    Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Nigerian terrorist  

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December 23

  • 1910
    Kurt Meyer, German SS officer (d. 1961)  
  • 1946
    John Sullivan, English screenwriter, producer, and composer (d. 2011)  
  • 1977
    Tore Johansen, Norwegian trumpeter and record producer (Inner Ear)  
  • 1981
    Agnes Milowka, Polish-Australian diver, explorer, photographer, and author (d. 2011)  
  • 1988
    Thomai Apergi, Greek singer  

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December 24

  • 1923
    George Patton IV, American general (d. 2004)  
  • 1949
    Randy Neugebauer, American accountant and politician  
  • 1969
    Ed Miliband, English academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office  
  • 1995
    Anett Kontaveit, Estonian tennis player  
  • 1997
    Marina Chan, Singaporean swimmer  

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December 25

  • 1728
    Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor (d. 1804)
  • 1873
    Otto Frederick Hunziker, Swiss-American agriculturalist and educator (d. 1959)
  • 1937
    O'Kelly Isley, Jr., American singer-songwriter (The Isley Brothers) (d. 1986)  
  • 1975
    Rob Mariano, American reality show contestant, winner of ''Survivor: Redemption Island''  
  • 1984
    Alastair Cook, English cricketer  

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December 26

  • 1921
    John Severin, American illustrator (d. 2012)  
  • 1947
    Richard Levis McCormick, American historian and academic  
  • 1964
    Elizabeth Kostova, American author  
  • 1984
    Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker  
  • 1990
    Denis Cheryshev, Russian footballer  

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December 27

  • 1900
    Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978)
  • 1915
    Mary Kornman, American actress and singer (d. 1973)  
  • 1972
    Thomas Wilson Brown, American actor and producer  
  • 1973
    Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch pianist and composer  
  • 1992
    Joel Indermitte, Estonian footballer  

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December 28

  • 1939
    Michelle Urry, American journalist and illustrator (d. 2006)  
  • 1950
    Hugh McDonald, American bass player (Bon Jovi)  
  • 1973
    Herborg Kråkevik, Norwegian singer and actress  
  • 1982
    Kevin Pereira, American television host  
  • 1984
    Leroy Lita, English footballer  

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December 29

  • 1904
    Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (d. 1994)  
  • 1915
    Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (d. 1965)  
  • 1919
    Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (d. 2014)  
  • 1947
    Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (Emerson, Lake & Powell, The Jeff Beck Group, Whitesnake, and Black Sabbath) (d. 1998)  
  • 1959
    Milton Ottey, Jamaican-Canadian high jumper and coach  

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December 30

  • 1929
    Barbara Nichols, American actress and singer (d. 1976)  
  • 1931
    Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (d. 2014)  
  • 1950
    Lewis Shiner, American journalist and author  
  • 1975
    Tiger Woods, American golfer  
  • 1977
    Kazuyuki Toda, Japanese footballer  

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December 31

  • 1872
    Fred Marriott, American racing driver (d. 1956)
  • 1975
    Rob Penders, Dutch footballer  
  • 1976
    Luís Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer (d. 2012)  
  • 1979
    Noriko Nakagoshi, Japanese actress  
  • 1987
    Nemanja Nikolić, Hungarian footballer  

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