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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
1884
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter (d. 1976)
1911
Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (d. 1984)
1922
Paul Picerni, American actor (d. 2011)
1964
Jo Walton, Welsh-Canadian author and poet
1980
Roger Peterson, Aruban-Dutch singer-songwriter (Intwine)
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December 2
1945
Penelope Spheeris, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1957
Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian political scientist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Health
1962
John Dyegh, Nigerian politician
1966
Philippe Etchebest, French chef
1978
Jason Collins, American basketball player
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December 3
1914
Irving Fine, American composer and academic (d. 1962)
1965
Katarina Witt, German figure skater
1970
Paul Byrd, American baseball player
1980
Anna Chlumsky, American actress
1985
Amanda Seyfried, American actress and singer
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December 4
1916
Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1951
Gary Rossington, American guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rossington Collins Band, and The Rossington Band)
1964
Jonathan Goldstein, American actor and director
1966
Chris Shepherd, English animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
1973
Frank Boeijen, Dutch keyboard player (The Gathering)
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December 5
1901
Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist and author (d. 1980)
1910
Abraham Polonsky, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1929
Stanisław Bareja, Polish director (d. 1987)
1932
Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs, Czech-English politician
1934
Joan Didion, American author and screenwriter
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December 6
1863
Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and engineer (d. 1914)
1916
Yekaterina Budanova, Russian captain and pilot (d. 1943)
1943
Tony Goldman, American real estate developer and arts visionary
1959
Stephen Hepburn, English politician
1970
Michaela Schaffrath, German nurse and actress
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December 7
1545
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1567)
1888
Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician (d. 1991)
1919
Lis Løwert, Danish actress (d. 2009)
1976
Sunny Sweeney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1991
Dori Sakurada, Japanese actor, singer, and dancer
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December 8
1875
Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter (d. 1925)
1927
Ferdie Pacheco, American physician and author
1937
James MacArthur, American actor (d. 2010)
1944
Ted Irvine, Canadian ice hockey player
1946
John Rubinstein, American actor, director, and composer
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December 9
1891
Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet and critic (d. 1917)
1916
Jerome Beatty, Jr., American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2002)
1930
Buck Henry, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1941
Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Charlatans and The Acoustic Warriors)
1966
Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli lawyer and politician, 24th Minister of Internal Affairs
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December 10
1713
Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist (d. 1747)
1886
Victor McLaglen, English-American boxer and actor (d. 1959)
1903
Una Merkel, American actress and singer (d. 1986)
1906
Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (d. 1973)
1920
Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2002)
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December 11
1899
Julio de Caro, Argentinian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1980)
1905
Gilbert Roland, Mexican-American actor and singer (d. 1994)
1932
Anne Heywood, English actress and singer
1950
Christina Onassis, American-Argentinian businesswoman (d. 1988)
1964
Michel Courtemanche, Canadian comedian and actor
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December 12
1766
Nikolay Karamzin, Russian poet and historian (d. 1826)
1924
Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong radio and television host
1962
Arturo Barrios, Mexican-American runner
1978
Monica Bîrlădeanu, Romanian model and actress
1981
Pedro Ríos, Spanish footballer
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December 13
1936
J. C. Martin, American baseball player and sportscaster
1949
Luc Sala, Dutch businessman and author
1952
John Francome, English jockey and sportscaster
1976
Radosław Sobolewski, Polish footballer
1982
Anthony Callea, Australian singer-songwriter and actor
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December 14
1883
Manolis Kalomiris, Greek pianist and composer (d. 1962)
1895
Paul Éluard, French poet and author (d. 1952)
1911
Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish athlete and resistance member (d. 1943)
1975
KaDee Strickland, American actress
1981
Amber Chia, Malaysian model and actress
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December 15
1878
Hans Carossa, German author and poet (d. 1956)
1917
Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer (d. 2005)
1970
Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey
1982
Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukrainian tennis player
1983
Wang Hao, Chinese table tennis player
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December 16
1863
George Santayana, Spanish philosopher and author (d. 1952)
1967
Miranda Otto, Australian actress and singer
1968
Greg Kovacs, Canadian bodybuilder (d. 2013)
1973
Jason Molina, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1987
Hallee Hirsh, American actress
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December 17
1972
Laurie Holden, American-Canadian actress and producer
1980
Stella, Singaporean singer and actress
1983
Haron Keitany, Kenyan runner
1984
Julian Bennett, English footballer
1991
James Hurst, American football player
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December 18
1883
Raimu, French actor (d. 1946)
1910
Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and umpire (d. 2010)
1948
Edmund Kemper, American serial killer
1954
Ray Liotta, American actor, singer, and producer
1970
Lucious Harris, American basketball player
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December 19
1944
William Christie, American-French harpsichord player and conductor (Les Arts Florissants)
1952
Walter Murphy, American pianist and composer
1981
Eriko Sato, Japanese actress
1982
Mo Williams, American basketball player
1987
Slater Young, Filipino-Chinese actor and host
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December 20
1869
Charley Grapewin, American actor and singer (d. 1956)
1950
Geoffrey Grimmett, English mathematician and academic
1952
Jenny Agutter, English actress
1963
Iqbal Theba, Pakistani-American actor
1978
Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer
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December 21
1944
Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese diplomat (d. 2007)
1946
Kevin Peek, Australian guitarist and songwriter (Sky) (d. 2013)
1971
Fenton Keogh, Australian chef
1973
Irakli Alasania, Georgian colonel and politician, Georgian Minister of Defense
1981
Mohammed Jabarah, Kuwaiti terrorist
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December 22
1550
Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher and author (d. 1631)
1853
Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1917)
1959
Bernd Schuster, German footballer and manager
1975
Stanislav Neckář, Czech ice hockey player
1992
Aby Maraño, Filipino volleyball player
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December 23
1885
Pierre Brissaud, French illustrator, painter, and engraver (d. 1964)
1902
Norman Maclean, American author and academic (d. 1990)
1933
Akihito, Japanese emperor
1982
Brad Nelson, American baseball player
1990
Anna Maria Perez de Taglé, American actress and singer
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December 24
1895
E. Roland Harriman, American financier and philanthropist (d. 1978)
1896
Jens Oliver Lisberg, Faroese designer of the Flag of the Faroe Islands (d. 1920)
1945
Nicholas Meyer, American author, screenwriter, and director
1961
Jay Wright, American basketball player and coach
1969
Taro Goto, Japanese soccer player
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December 25
1942
Barbara Follett, Jamaican-English politician
1950
Karl Rove, American journalist and diplomat, White House Deputy Chief of Staff
1964
Ian Bostridge, English tenor
1975
Choi Sung-yong, South Korean footballer and manager
1982
Rob Edwards, Welsh footballer
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December 26
1926
Earle Brown, American composer (d. 2002)
1937
Jay Heimowitz, American poker player
1949
José Ramos-Horta, East Timorese lawyer and politician, 2nd President of East Timor, Nobel Prize laureate
1951
C.J. Henderson, American author and critic (d. 2014)
1975
Marcelo Ríos, Chilean tennis player
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December 27
1980
Meelis Kompus, Estonian journalist
1981
David Aardsma, American baseball player
1983
Anthony Boric, New Zealand rugby player
1984
Pleasure P, American singer-songwriter and producer (Pretty Ricky)
1991
Danny Wilson, Scottish footballer
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December 28
1856
Woodrow Wilson, American historian and politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1962
Abdi Bile, Somalian runner
1973
Herborg Kråkevik, Norwegian singer and actress
1973
Holger Blume, German sprinter
1985
Meredith Kercher, English murder victim (d. 2007)
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December 29
1928
Bernard Cribbins, English actor, singer, and director
1942
Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Band) (d. 1999)
1947
David Tanner, English rower and coach
1947
Ted Danson, American actor and producer
1972
Jason Kreis, American soccer player and manager
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December 30
1678
William Croft, English organist and composer (d. 1727)
1931
John T. Houghton, Welsh physicist and author
1959
Antonio Pappano, English pianist and conductor
1961
Ben Johnson, Jamaican-Canadian sprinter
1984
LeBron James, American basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers
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December 31
1552
Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611)
1949
Susan Shwartz, American author
1979
Paul O'Neill, English race car driver
1981
Margaret Simpson, Ghanaian heptathlete
1992
Karl Kruuda, Estonian race car driver
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