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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
1923
Stansfield Turner, American admiral and academic, 12th Director of Central Intelligence
1926
Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, Scottish businessman (d. 2010)
1940
Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1980
Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer
1991
Hilda Melander, Swedish tennis player
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December 2
1891
Otto Dix, German painter and illustrator (d. 1969)
1917
Sylvia Syms, American singer (d. 1992)
1956
Steven Bauer, Cuban-American actor and producer
1980
Adam Kreek, Canadian rower
1985
Amaury Leveaux, French swimmer
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December 3
1889
Khudiram Bose, Indian activist (d. 1908)
1895
Te Ata Fisher, American actress (d. 1995)
1954
Grace Andreacchi, American-English author, poet, and playwright
1966
Monic Hendrickx, Dutch actress
1983
Sherri DuPree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Eisley)
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December 4
1927
Barbara Knudson, American actress (d. 2014)
1940
Gerd Achterberg, German footballer and manager
1944
Anna McGarrigle, Canadian singer-songwriter (Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Mountain City Four)
1964
Chelsea Noble, American actress
1987
Orlando Brown, American actor and rapper
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December 5
1687
Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
1803
Fyodor Tyutchev, Russian poet and diplomat (d. 1873)
1891
Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic (d. 1951)
1917
Ken Downing, English race car driver (d. 2004)
1969
Eric Etebari, American actor, director, and producer
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December 6
1910
David M. Potter, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1971)
1927
Jim Fuchs, American shot putter and discus thrower (d. 2010)
1970
Adrian Fenty, American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia
1971
Ryan White, American AIDS victim (d. 1990)
1979
Yanina González, Paraguayan model, Miss Paraguay 2004
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December 7
1923
Ted Knight, American actor (d. 1986)
1943
Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic
1949
James Rivière, Italian sculptor and jeweler
1958
Tim Butler, English bass player and songwriter (The Psychedelic Furs and Love Spit Love)
1978
Shiri Appleby, American actress, director, and producer
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December 8
1874
Ernst Moro, Austrian physician and pediatrician (d. 1951)
1967
Junkie XL, Dutch keyboard player and producer
1969
Steve Van Wormer, American actor
1979
Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby player
1983
Liu Song, Chinese snooker player
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December 9
1938
Deacon Jones, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2013)
1971
Petr Nedvěd, Czech-Canadian ice hockey player
1976
Bae Soo-bin, South Korean actor
1981
Dia Mirza, Indian model, actress, and producer
1983
Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer
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December 10
1870
Mary Bonaparte, French daughter of Napoléon Charles Bonaparte, 5th Prince of Canino (d. 1947)
1959
Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author
1981
Ryan Pini, Papua New Guinean swimmer
1983
Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
1986
Matthew Bates, English footballer
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December 11
1712
Francesco Algarotti, Italian poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 1764)
1918
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian soldier and author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
1943
Errol Brown, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (Hot Chocolate) (d. 2015)
1971
Willie McGinest, American football player and sportscaster
1974
Maarten Lafeber, Dutch golfer
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December 12
1610
Basil of Ostrog, Serbian monk and saint (d. 1671)
1949
Bill Nighy, English actor
1964
Reeta Chakrabarti, English journalist
1966
Ian Paisley, Jr., Northern Irish politician; Member of Parliament for North Antrim (2010–present)
1976
Lloyd Owusu, Ghanaian footballer
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December 13
1913
Gerda Christian, German private secretary of Adolf Hitler (d. 1997)
1920
George P. Shultz, American economist and politician, 60th United States Secretary of State
1948
Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (d. 1982)
1965
Jackie Clune, English actress and singer
1985
Alby Mathewson, New Zealand rugby player
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December 14
1918
B. K. S. Iyengar, Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (d. 2014)
1960
Don Franklin, American actor
1965
Ted Raimi, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1966
Fabrizio Giovanardi, Italian race car driver
1969
Archie Kao, American actor
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December 15
1924
Ruhi Sarıalp, Turkish triple jumper (d. 2001)
1970
Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey
1978
Jerome McDougle, American football player
1985
Diogo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
1988
Imbi Hoop, Estonian footballer
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December 16
1867
Amy Carmichael, Anglo-Irish missionary and humanitarian in India (d. 1951)
1930
Bill Young, American sergeant and politician (d. 2013)
1961
Jon Tenney, American actor and director
1975
Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Billy Talent)
1981
Imran Nazir, Pakistani cricketer
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December 17
1894
Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (d. 1979)
1926
Ray Jablonski, American baseball player (d. 1985)
1966
Valeri Liukin, Kazakh-Russian gymnast and coach
1984
Julian Bennett, English footballer
1988
Kris Joseph, Canadian basketball player
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December 18
1946
Steve Biko, South African activist, founded the Black Consciousness Movement (d. 1977)
1961
Brian Orser, Canadian figure skater and coach
1963
Karl Dorrell, American football player and coach
1977
Axwell, Swedish DJ and producer (Swedish House Mafia)
1989
Emily Atack, English actress
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December 19
1924
Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1989)
1944
Zal Yanovsky, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lovin' Spoonful) (d. 2002)
1954
Jeff Allam, English race car driver
1966
Alberto Tomba, Italian skier
1986
Zuzana Hejnová, Czech hurdler
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December 20
1898
Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, 156th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1973)
1954
Michael Badalucco, American actor and producer
1957
Mike Watt, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Banyan, Minutemen, Dos, The Stooges, and Firehose)
1959
Hildegard Körner, German runner
1982
David Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Axium and Midwest Kings)
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December 21
1922
Paul Winchell, American ventriloquist and voice actor (d. 2005)
1946
Christopher Keene, American conductor (d. 1995)
1955
Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
1966
Martin Bayfield, English rugby player, actor, and stuntman
1980
Michele Di Piedi, Italian footballer
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December 22
1694
Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and academic (d. 1768)
1925
Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 2012)
1976
Aya Takano, Japanese author and illustrator
1982
Rodney Martin, American sprinter
1988
Leigh Halfpenny, Welsh rugby player
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December 23
1911
Niels Kaj Jerne, English-Danish physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
1940
Robert Labine, Canadian politician
1948
Jack Ham, American football player and sportscaster
1968
Quincy Jones III, English-Swedish songwriter and producer
1981
Maritza Correia, Puerto Rican-American swimmer
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December 24
1904
Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2008)
1944
Barry Elliot, English actor and screenwriter
1954
José María Figueres, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica
1985
David Ragan, American race car driver
1995
Anett Kontaveit, Estonian tennis player
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December 25
1874
Lina Cavalieri, Italian soprano and actress (d. 1944)
1877
Noël Bas, French gymnast (d. 1960)
1884
Evelyn Nesbit, American actress (d. 1967)
1917
Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist and politician (d. 2009)
1961
Íngrid Betancourt, Colombian political scientist and politician
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December 26
1909
Matt Gordy, American pole vaulter (d. 1989)
1930
Harry Gamble, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
1955
Evan Bayh, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Indiana
1959
Hans Nielsen, Danish motorcycle racer
1985
Yu Shirota, Japanese-Spanish actor and singer (D-Boys)
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December 27
1927
Nityanand Swami, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (d. 2012)
1952
Jay Hill, Canadian farmer and politician
1965
Salman Khan, Indian actor and singer
1983
Cole Hamels, American baseball player
1985
Paul Stastny, Canadian-American ice hockey player
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December 28
1635
Elizabeth Stuart, English daughter of Charles I of England (d. 1650)
1925
Milton Obote, Ugandan engineer and politician, 2nd President of Uganda (d. 2005)
1926
Donald Carr, German-English cricketer and referee
1943
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Peruvian cardinal
1990
Zlatko Hebib, Swiss footballer
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December 29
1911
Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (d. 1988)
1927
Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (d. 1985)
1936
Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and singer
1978
Danny Higginbotham, English footballer
1989
Left Brain, American rapper and producer (Odd Future and MellowHype)
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December 30
1913
Lucio Agostini, Italian-Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
1931
John T. Houghton, Welsh physicist and author
1959
Tracey Ullman, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter
1979
Tommy Clufetos, American drummer
1982
Tobias Kurbjuweit, German footballer
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December 31
1552
Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
1873
Konstantin Konik, Estonian surgeon and politician, 19th Estonian Minister of Education (d. 1936)
1880
George Marshall, American general and politician, 50th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1959)
1936
Noel Jan Tyl, American astrologer and author
1982
Craig Gordon, Scottish footballer
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