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==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[65 BC]] – [[Horace]], Roman poet (died 8 BC)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Horace|author2=Quintus Horatius Flaccus|author3=Quinto Horacio Flaco|translator=David West|title=Horace Odes II: Vatis Amici |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NZPRO4okJaQC&pg=PA124|year=1998|publisher=Clarendon Press|isbn=978-0-19-872162-8|pages=124–}}</ref> *[[1021]] – [[Wang Anshi]], Chinese economist and chancellor (died 1086) *[[1412]] – [[Astorre II Manfredi]], Italian lord (died 1468) *[[1418]] – [[Queen Jeonghui]], Queen consort of Korea (died 1483) *[[1424]] – [[Anselm Adornes]], Belgian merchant, politician and diplomat (died 1483)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Innes Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAfkAAAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=John S. Burns & Sons.}}</ref> *[[1538]] – [[Miklós Istvánffy]], Hungarian politician (died 1615) *[[1542]] – [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], daughter of [[James V of Scotland]] and [[Mary of Guise]] (died 1587)<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Humphreys |first=Julian |title=Milestones |editor-last=Attar |editor-first=Rob |magazine=BBC History magazine |date=December 2012 |publisher=BBC |location=Northampton |pages=10–11}}</ref> *[[1558]] – [[François de La Rochefoucauld (cardinal)|François de La Rochefoucauld]], Catholic cardinal (died 1645)<ref>{{cite book|author=Ex Libris Society (London, England)|title=Journal of the Ex Libris Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D2bQAAAAMAAJ|year=1897|publisher=A. & C. Black}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1678]] – [[Antonio de Benavides]], colonial governor of Florida (died 1762)<ref name="Millares1872">{{cite book|author=Agustín Millares|title=Biografias de canarios célebres|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Uq_-FgdNIbsC&pg=PA120|year=1872|publisher=Imp. de Víctor Doreste|pages=120–121}}</ref> * 1678 – [[Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole]], English politician and diplomat, [[British Ambassador to France]] (died 1757) *[[1699]] – [[Maria Josepha of Austria]] (died 1757) *[[1708]] – [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (died 1765) *[[1724]] – [[Claude Balbastre]], French organist and composer (died 1799) *[[1730]] – [[Jan Ingenhousz]], Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist (died 1799) *[[1731]] – [[František Xaver Dušek]], Czech pianist and composer (died 1799) *[[1756]] – [[Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria]] (died 1801) *[[1765]] – [[Eli Whitney]], American engineer, invented the [[cotton gin]] (died 1825) *[[1795]] – [[Peter Andreas Hansen]], Danish astronomer and mathematician (died 1874) *[[1807]] – [[Friedrich Traugott Kützing]], German pharmacist, botanist and [[phycology|phycologist]] (died 1893) *[[1813]] – [[August Belmont]], Prussian-American financier and diplomat, 16th [[United States Ambassador to the Netherlands]] (died 1890) *[[1815]] – [[Adolph Menzel]], German painter and illustrator (died 1905) *[[1817]] – [[Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs]], Danish lawyer and politician, 10th [[Prime Minister of Denmark]] (died 1896) *[[1818]] – [[Charles III, Prince of Monaco]] (died 1889) *[[1822]] – [[Jakov Ignjatović]], Hungarian-Serbian author (died 1889) *[[1832]] – [[Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson]], Norwegian-French author and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1910) *[[1860]] – [[Amanda McKittrick Ros]], Irish author and poet (died 1939)<ref>{{cite book|first=Frank|last=Ormsby|title=Thine in Storm and Calm: An Amanda McKittrick Ros Reader|location=Belfast St Paul|publisher=Blackstaff Press|year=1988|isbn=978-0-85640-408-5|page=2}}</ref> *[[1861]] – [[William C. Durant]], American businessman, founded [[General Motors]] and [[Chevrolet]] (died 1947) * 1861 – [[Aristide Maillol]], French sculptor and painter (died 1944) * 1861 – [[Georges Méliès]], French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1938) *[[1862]] – [[Georges Feydeau]], French playwright (died 1921) *[[1863]] – [[Charles Lincoln Edwards]], American zoologist (died 1937) *[[1864]] – [[Camille Claudel]], French illustrator and sculptor (died 1943)<ref>{{cite book|last=Schmoll|first=Josef A.|title=Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel|location=Munich|publisher=Prestel|year=1999|page=13|isbn=978-3-79132-005-2}}</ref> *[[1865]] – [[Rüdiger von der Goltz]], German general (died 1946) * 1865 – [[Jacques Hadamard]], French mathematician and academic (died 1963) * 1865 – [[Jean Sibelius]], Finnish violinist and composer (died 1957)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Sibelius|title=Jean Sibelius|website=Britannica|access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref> *[[1874]] – [[Ernst Moro]], Austrian physician and pediatrician (died 1951) *[[1875]] – [[Frederik Buch]], Danish actor and screenwriter (died 1925) *[[1877]] – [[Paul Ladmirault]], French pianist, violinist, and composer (died 1944) *[[1880]] – [[Johannes Aavik]], Estonian linguist and philologist (died 1973) *[[1881]] – [[Tuomas Bryggari]], Finnish politician (died 1964)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kansanedustajat: Tuomas Bryggari |url=http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=910315&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |publisher=[[Parliament of Finland]] |access-date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611171008/http://www.eduskunta.fi/triphome/bin/hx5000.sh?{hnro}=910315&{kieli}=su&{haku}=kaikki |archive-date=11 June 2011 |location=Helsinki, Finland |language=fi}}</ref> * 1881 – [[Albert Gleizes]], French painter (died 1953) *[[1884]] – [[Francis Balfour (colonial administrator)|Francis Balfour]], English colonel and politician (died 1965) *[[1886]] – [[Diego Rivera]], Mexican painter and educator (died 1957) *[[1887]] – [[Elizabeth Daryush]], English poet (died 1977) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://mypoeticside.com/poets/elizabeth-daryush-poems|title=Elizabeth Daryush|website=mypoeticside|access-date=4 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1890]] – [[Bohuslav Martinů]], Czech-American pianist and composer (died 1959) *[[1892]] – [[Marcus Lee Hansen]], American historian, author, and academic (died 1938) *[[1894]] – [[E. C. Segar]], American cartoonist, created ''[[Popeye]]'' (died 1938) * 1894 – [[James Thurber]], American humorist and cartoonist (died 1961) *[[1899]] – [[Arthur Leslie]], English-Welsh actor and playwright (died 1970) * 1899 – [[John Qualen]], Canadian-American actor (died 1987) *[[1900]] – [[Sun Li-jen]], Chinese general and politician (died 1990) * 1900 – [[Ants Oras]], Estonian-American author and academic (died 1982) ===1901–present=== *[[1902]] – [[Wifredo Lam]], Cuban-French painter (died 1982) *[[1903]] – [[Zelma Watson George]], Black American opera singer (died 1994)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/g/george-zelma-watson|title=GEORGE, ZELMA WATSON|date=2019-02-28|website=Encyclopedia of Cleveland History {{!}} Case Western Reserve University|language=en|access-date=2019-10-02}}</ref> *[[1908]] – [[Concha Piquer]], Spanish singer and actress (died 1990) * 1908 – [[John A. Volpe]], American soldier and politician, 61st [[Governor of Massachusetts]] (died 1994)<ref>{{cite book|author=United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations|title=Nominations, Hearings ..., 93-1, on the Nominations of... 1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rbE1u7WV4UoC&pg=RA2-PA67|year=1973|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|pages=2}}</ref> *[[1911]] – [[Lee J. Cobb]], American actor (died 1976) * 1911 – [[Nikos Gatsos]], Greek poet and songwriter (died 1992) *[[1913]] – [[Delmore Schwartz]], American poet and short story writer (died 1966) *[[1914]] – [[Floyd Tillman]], American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003) * 1914 – [[Ernie Toshack]], Australian cricketer (died 2003) *[[1915]] – [[Ernest Lehman]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2005) *[[1916]] – [[Richard Fleischer]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2006) *[[1917]] – [[Ian Johnson (cricketer)|Ian Johnson]], Australian cricketer and administrator (died 1998) *[[1919]] – [[Peter Tali Coleman]], Samoan-American lawyer and politician, 43rd [[Governor of American Samoa]] (died 1997) * 1919 – [[Julia Robinson|Julia Bowman]], American mathematician and theorist (died 1985)<ref>{{cite book | first=Constance | last=Reid | chapter=Julia Bowman Robinson | editor-last1=Grinstein | editor-first1=Louise S. | editor-last2=Campbell | editor-first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/182 182] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/182 }}</ref> * 1919 – [[Kateryna Yushchenko (scientist)|Kateryna Yushchenko]], Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (died 2001)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Perevozchikova |first=O. L. |title=Ekaterina Logvinovna Yushchenko |journal=Cybernetics and Systems Analysis |volume=45 |number=6 |year=2009| page=843|doi=10.1007/s10559-009-9161-x |s2cid=116901283 }}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[McDonald Bailey]], Trinidadian-English sprinter and rugby player (died 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/mcdonald-bailey-athlete-9004323.html|title=McDonald Bailey: Athlete|date=13 December 2013|author=Dave Hadfield|website=The Independent|access-date=10 October 2018}}</ref> *[[1922]] – [[Lucian Freud]], German-English painter and illustrator (died 2011)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Lucian Freud|author2=Richard Calvocoressi|author3=Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art|title=Lucian Freud: Early Works : Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=znZIAQAAIAAJ|year=1997|publisher=National Galleries of Scotland|page=31|isbn=9780903598668}}</ref> * 1922 – [[Jean Ritchie]], American singer-songwriter (died 2015) *[[1923]] – [[Dewey Martin (actor)|Dewey Martin]], American actor (died 2018) * 1923 – [[Rudolph Pariser]], Chinese-American soldier and chemist (died 2021) *[[1924]] – [[Lionel Gilbert]], Australian historian, author, and academic (died 2015) *[[1925]] – [[Sammy Davis Jr.]], American actor, singer, and dancer (died 1990)<ref>{{cite book|author=Colin Larkin|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=22YmAQAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Guinness Pub.|isbn=978-0-85112-939-6|page=644}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Nasir Kazmi]], Pakistani Urdu poet (died 1972) * 1925 – [[Carmen Martín Gaite]], Spanish author and poet (died 2000) * 1925 – [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]], American organist (died 2005) *[[1926]] – [[Ralph Puckett]], American Army officer (died 2024)<ref>{{cite news |title=Korean Conflict Medal of Honor recipient Col. Ralph Puckett passes away in his sleep; He was 97 |url=https://www.wrbl.com/news/korean-conflict-medal-of-honor-recipient-col-ralph-puckett-passes-away-in-his-sleep-he-was-97/ |access-date=April 8, 2024 |publisher=WRBL |date=April 8, 2024 |archive-date=April 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408143901/https://www.wrbl.com/news/korean-conflict-medal-of-honor-recipient-col-ralph-puckett-passes-away-in-his-sleep-he-was-97/ |url-status=live }}</ref> *[[1927]] – [[Niklas Luhmann]], German thinker and social theorist (died 1998) * 1927 – [[Vladimir Shatalov]], Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2021) *[[1928]] – [[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]], Canadian journalist and sportscaster (died 1996) * 1928 – [[Ulric Neisser]], German-American psychologist, neuroscientist, and academic (died 2012) *[[1929]] – [[Victor Nosach]], chronicler of the history of workers and trade union of Russia (died 2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gup.ru/events/news/detail.php?ID=162925|title=Летописец Российских профсоюзов|publisher=www.gup.ru|language=ru|accessdate=2018-12-26}}</ref> *[[1930]] – [[Julian Critchley]], English journalist and politician (died 2000) * 1930 – [[Maximilian Schell]], Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Dec. 8: Nicki Minaj, Teri Hatcher |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/12/08/Famous-birthdays-for-Dec-8-Nicki-Minaj-Teri-Hatcher/1501670454809/#:~:text=8%3A%20Nicki%20Minaj%2C%20Teri%20Hatcher,-By%20UPI%20Staff |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=7 December 2023 |date=8 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Bob Arum]], American boxing promoter, founded [[Top Rank]] *[[1932]] – [[Claus Luthe]], German automotive designer (died 2008)<ref name="guard">{{cite news| title = Claus Luthe| newspaper = The Guardian| date = 2 April 2008| publisher = The Guardian, April 3, 2008| url =https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/apr/03/automotive.germany| last1 = Buckley| first1 = Martin}}</ref> *[[1933]] – [[Johnny Green (basketball)|Johnny Green]], American basketball player (died 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Johnny Green |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/76867/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref> * 1933 – [[Flip Wilson]], American actor and comedian (died 1998) *[[1935]] – [[Dharmendra]], Indian actor, producer, and politician * 1935 – [[Tatiana Zatulovskaya]], Russian-Israeli chess player (died 2017)<ref>{{cite book|first=Harry|last=Golombek|title=The Encyclopedia of Chess|location=London|publisher=Batsford|year=1977|page=344|isbn=978-0-7134-0878-2}}</ref> *[[1936]] – [[David Carradine]], American actor, director, and producer (died 2009)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1936 – [[Michael Hobson]], American publisher (died 2020) * 1936 – [[Peter Parfitt]], English cricketer * 1936 – [[Juan Ricardo Faccio]], Uruguayan football player and manager (died 2024)<ref>[https://www.elobservador.com.uy/murio-juan-faccio-quien-llevo-fernando-morena-penarol-dirigio-uruguay-y-fue-campeon-nacional-n5951380 Murió Juan Faccio, quien llevó a Fernando Morena a Peñarol, dirigió a Uruguay y fue campeón con Nacional] {{in lang|es}}</ref> *[[1937]] – [[James MacArthur]], American actor (died 2010)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1937 – [[Arne Næss Jr.]], German-Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (died 2004) *[[1939]] – [[Red Berenson]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref name="Chase's2018"/> * 1939 – [[Jerry Butler]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farber |first=Jim |date=February 21, 2025 |title=Jerry Butler, Hitmaking Singer Known as the Iceman, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/arts/music/jerry-butler-dead.html |access-date=February 23, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="AP" /> * 1939 – [[James Galway]], Irish flute player<ref name="AP" /> * 1939 – [[Felipe Gozon]], Filipino lawyer and businessman * 1939 – [[Dariush Mehrjui]], Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023) * 1939 – [[Soko Richardson]], American drummer (died 2004) *[[1940]] – [[Brant Alyea]], American baseball player (died 2024) *[[1941]] – [[Ed Brinkman]], American baseball player and coach (died 2008) * 1941 – [[Bob Brown (offensive lineman)|Bob Brown]], American football player (died 2023) * 1941 – [[Duke Cunningham]], American commander and politician * 1941 – [[Bobby Elliott]], English drummer<ref name="AP" /> * 1941 – [[Geoff Hurst]], English footballer and manager *[[1942]] – [[Bob Love]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Love |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/77412/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref> (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Araton |first=Harvey |date=November 19, 2024 |title=Bob Love, Rugged, High-Scoring All-Star for Chicago Bulls, Dies at 81 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/sports/basketball/bob-love-dead.html |access-date=November 20, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Larry Martin]], American paleontologist and ornithologist (died 2013) * 1943 – [[Jim Morrison]], American singer-songwriter and poet (died 1971)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1943 – [[James Tate (writer)|James Tate]], American poet (died 2015) * 1943 – [[Bodo Tümmler]], German runner * 1943 – [[Mary Woronov]], American actress, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1944]] – [[George Baker (Dutch singer)|George Baker]], Dutch singer-songwriter * 1944 – [[Bertie Higgins]], American singer-songwriter * 1944 – [[Ted Irvine]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1944 – [[Vince MacLean]], Canadian educator and politician *[[1945]] – [[John Banville]], Irish novelist and screenwriter * 1945 – [[Julie Heldman]], American tennis player<ref>David J. Goldman (2014). [https://books.google.com/books?id=0AwtDwAAQBAJ&dq=julie+heldman+%221945%22&pg=PA91 ''Jewish Sports Stars; Athletic Heroes Past and Present'']</ref> *[[1946]] – [[Chava Alberstein]], Polish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1946 – [[John Rubinstein]], American actor, director, and composer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1947]] – [[Gregg Allman]], American musician (died 2017)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1947 – [[Gérard Blanc]], French singer, guitarist, and actor (died 2009) * 1947 – [[Thomas Cech]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate * 1947 – [[Kati-Claudia Fofonoff]], Finnish author and poet (died 2011) * 1947 – [[Margaret Geller]], American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic *[[1948]] – [[Luis Caffarelli]], Argentinian-American mathematician and academic * 1948 – [[John Waters (actor)|John Waters]], English-Australian actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist *[[1949]] – [[Mary Gordon (writer)|Mary Gordon]], American author, critic, and academic * 1949 – [[Nancy Meyers]], American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1949 – [[Robert Sternberg]], American psychologist and academic *[[1950]] – [[Rick Baker (makeup artist)|Rick Baker]], American actor and makeup artist * 1950 – [[Tim Foli]], American baseball player, coach, and manager * 1950 – [[Dan Hartman]], American singer-songwriter and producer (died 1994) *[[1951]] – [[Bill Bryson]], American essayist, travel and science writer<ref name="UPI" /> * 1951 – [[Richard Desmond]], English publisher and businessman, founded [[Northern & Shell]] * 1951 – [[Jan Eggum]], Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1952]] – [[Steve Atkinson (cricketer)|Steve Atkinson]], English-Hong Kong cricketer * 1952 – [[Khaw Boon Wan]], Malayan-Singaporean politician, [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Singaporean Minister of Health]] *[[1953]] – [[Kim Basinger]], American actress<ref name="Chase's2018">{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA591|date=30 September 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|pages=591}}</ref> * 1953 – [[Norman Finkelstein]], American author, academic, and activist * 1953 – [[Roy Firestone]], American sportscaster and journalist * 1953 – [[Sam Kinison]], American comedian (died 1992) * 1953 – [[Władysław Kozakiewicz]], Lithuanian-Polish pole vaulter and coach * 1953 – [[Steve Yates (footballer, born 1953)|Steve Yates]], English footballer *[[1954]] – [[Harold Hongju Koh]], American lawyer, academic, and politician * 1954 – [[Frits Pirard]], Dutch cyclist *[[1955]] – [[Milenko Zablaćanski]], Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2008) *[[1956]] – [[Warren Cuccurullo]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 1956 – [[Andrius Kubilius]], Lithuanian academic and politician, [[Prime Minister of Lithuania|9th Prime Minister of Lithuania]] * 1956 – [[Slick (wrestling)|Slick]], American wrestler and manager *[[1957]] – [[Mike Buchanan (politician)|Mike Buchanan]], British men's rights advocate * 1957 – [[James Cama]], American martial artist and educator (died 2014) * 1957 – [[Phil Collen]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1958]] – [[Rob Byrnes]], American author and blogger * 1958 – [[Rob Curling]], Malayan-English journalist * 1958 – [[Arlette Sombo-Dibélé]], Central African lawyer and politician<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bissidi |first1=Milka |last2=Ngoulou |first2=Fridolin |title=RCA: le top 10 des centrafricaines qui ont marqué 2022 |url=https://oubanguimedias.com/2023/01/24/rca-le-top-10-des-centrafricaines-qui-ont-marque-2022/ |website=oubanguimedias.com |date=24 January 2023 |publisher=Oubangui Medias}}</ref> * 1958 – [[Michel Ferté]], French race car driver (died 2023) * 1958 – [[Bob Greene (fitness)|Bob Greene]], American physiologist and author * 1958 – [[Mirosław Okoński]], Polish footballer * 1958 – [[George Rogers (American football)|George Rogers]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=George Rogers (1997) |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=1985 |publisher=[[National Football Foundation]] |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Stephen Jefferies]], South African cricketer and coach * 1959 – [[Mark Steyn]], Canadian-American author and critic *[[1960]] – [[Aaron Allston]], American game designer and author (died 2014) * 1960 – [[Lim Guan Eng]], Malaysian accountant and politician *[[1961]] – [[Mark Bugden]], Australian rugby league player<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/mark-bugden/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref> * 1961 – [[Ann Coulter]], American political commentator and author<ref name="UPI" /> * 1961 – [[Conceição Lima]], São Toméan poet<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/research-centres/centre-study-contemporary-womens-writing/languages/portuguese/concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o-lima|title=Conceição Lima|date=March 23, 2017|website=The Institute of Modern Languages Research|access-date=December 4, 2018|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328020319/https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/research-centres/centre-study-contemporary-womens-writing/languages/portuguese/concei%C3%A7%C3%A3o-lima|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 1961 – [[Mikey Robins]], Australian comedian and television host *[[1962]] – [[Steve Elkington]], Australian-American golfer * 1962 – [[Marty Friedman]], American-Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and television host<ref name="AP" /> * 1962 – [[Nikos Karageorgiou]], Greek footballer and manager * 1962 – [[Berry van Aerle]], Dutch footballer *[[1963]] – [[Greg Howe]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer * 1963 – [[Toshiaki Kawada]], Japanese wrestler * 1963 – [[Wendell Pierce]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1963 – [[Ricky Walford]], Australian rugby league player *[[1964]] – [[James Blundell (singer)|James Blundell]], Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1964 – [[Teri Hatcher]], American actress<ref name="Chase's2018"/> * 1964 – [[Chigusa Nagayo]], Japanese wrestler * 1964 – [[Óscar Ramírez (footballer, born 1964)|Óscar Ramírez]], Costa Rican footballer and coach *[[1965]] – [[David Harewood]], English actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1965 – [[Theo Maassen]], Dutch actor, producer, and screenwriter * 1965 – [[Teresa Weatherspoon]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Teresa Weatherspoon |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/100101/teresa-weatherspoon |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1966]] – [[Bushwick Bill]], Jamaican-American rapper (died 2019) * 1966 – [[Les Ferdinand]], English footballer and coach * 1966 – [[Matthew Labyorteaux]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1966 – [[Tyler Mane]], Canadian wrestler and actor * 1966 – [[Sinéad O'Connor]], Irish singer-songwriter (died 2023)<ref name="Chase's2018"/> *[[1967]] – [[Jeff George]], American football player * 1967 – [[Andy Kapp]], German curler * 1967 – [[Kotono Mitsuishi]], Japanese voice actress and singer * 1967 – [[Darren Sheridan]], English footballer and manager *[[1968]] – [[Michael Cole (wrestling)|Michael Cole]], American sportscaster and journalist<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rumsey |first1=Connel |title=Pat McAfee Sings Happy Birthday To Michael Cole During SmackDown Ad Break |url=https://wrestletalk.com/news/pat-mcafee-happy-birthday-michael-cole-smackdown-ad-break/ |publisher=WrestleTalk |access-date=7 December 2023 |date=11 December 2021}}</ref> * 1968 – [[Mike Mussina]], American baseball player and coach * 1968 – [[Doriano Romboni]], Italian motorcycle racer (died 2013) *[[1969]] – [[Kristin Lauter]], American mathematician and cryptographer *[[1971]] – [[Abdullah Ercan]], Turkish footballer and manager *[[1972]] – [[Indrek Allmann]], Estonian architect * 1972 – [[Janae Kroc]], American powerlifter<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ironmanmagazine.com/matthew-kroczaleski/|title=Matthew Kroczaleski {{!}} Iron Man Magazine|access-date=2018-03-06|language=en-US}}</ref> * 1972 – [[Édson Ribeiro]], Brazilian sprinter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/brazil/edson-ribeiro-20261|title=Edson Luciano Ribeiro profile|website=IAAF|access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Corey Taylor]], American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1974]] – [[Cristian Castro]], Mexican singer * 1974 – [[Nick Zinner]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer *[[1975]] – [[Kevin Harvick]], American race car driver *[[1976]] – [[Brettina]], Bahamian-American singer-songwriter and actress * 1976 – [[Reed Johnson]], American baseball player * 1976 – [[Zoe Konstantopoulou]], Greek lawyer and politician * 1976 – [[Dominic Monaghan]], German-British actor<ref name="Chase's2018"/> *[[1977]] – [[Ryan Newman (racing driver)|Ryan Newman]], American race car driver * 1977 – [[Aleksandra Olsza]], Polish tennis player * 1977 – [[Anita Weyermann]], Swiss runner and journalist *[[1978]] – [[John Oster]], English-Welsh footballer * 1978 – [[Frédéric Piquionne]], French footballer * 1978 – [[Anwar Siraj]], Ethiopian footballer * 1978 – [[Ian Somerhalder]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1978 – [[Vernon Wells (baseball)|Vernon Wells]], American baseball player *[[1979]] – [[Daniel Fitzhenry]], Australian rugby player * 1979 – [[Johan Forssell (politician, born 1979)|Johan Forssell]], Swedish lawyer and politician * 1979 – [[Raymond Lam]], Chinese actor and singer * 1979 – [[Ingrid Michaelson]], American singer-songwriter and pianist<ref name="AP" /> * 1979 – [[Christian Wilhelmsson]], Swedish footballer *[[1980]] – [[Yuliya Krevsun]], Ukrainian runner * 1980 – [[Brandt Snedeker]], American golfer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brandt Snedeker |url=https://www.pgatour.com/player/27649/brandt-snedeker/bio |access-date=8 December 2024 |publisher=[[PGA Tour]]}}</ref> *[[1981]] – [[Jeremy Accardo]], American baseball player * 1981 – [[Simon Finnigan]], English rugby league player * 1981 – [[Philip Rivers]], American football player *[[1982]] – [[Alfredo Aceves]], Mexican baseball player * 1982 – [[Halil Altıntop]], Turkish footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Halil Altıntop |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/efcdb132/Halil-Altintop |access-date=8 December 2024 |website=[[FBref]]}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Hamit Altıntop]], Turkish footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamit Altıntop |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/98e33da5/Hamit-Altintop |access-date=8 December 2024 |website=[[FBref]]}}</ref> * 1982 – [[Chrisette Michele]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> * 1982 – [[Nicki Minaj]], Trinidadian-American rapper and actress<ref name="Chase's2018"/> * 1982 – [[Serena Ryder]], Canadian singer-songwriter *[[1983]] – [[Matt Ellison]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Matt Ellison |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/matt-ellison-8470244 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref> * 1983 – [[Neel Jani]], Swiss race car driver * 1983 – [[Valéry Mézague]], Cameroonian footballer (died 2014) *[[1984]] – [[Emma Green Tregaro]], Swedish high jumper * 1984 – [[Greg Halford]], English footballer * 1984 – [[Sam Hunt (musician)|Sam Hunt]], American singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *[[1985]] – [[Josh Donaldson]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Donaldson |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/josh-donaldson-518626 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=1 December 2022}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Meagan Duhamel]], Canadian figure skater * 1985 – [[Dwight Howard]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Dwight Howard|url=https://www.olympic.org/dwight-howard-ii|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=3 March 2020}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Oleksiy Pecherov]], Ukrainian basketball player *[[1986]] – [[Enzo Amore]], American wrestler and rapper * 1986 – [[Amir Khan (boxer)|Amir Khan]], English boxer * 1986 – [[Sam Tagataese]], New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player * 1986 – [[Kate Voegele]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1989]] – [[Drew Doughty]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1989 – [[Jen Ledger]], English musician and singer<ref name="AP" /> * 1989 – [[Andrew Nicholson (basketball)|Andrew Nicholson]], Canadian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Andrew Nicholson |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/203094/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref> * 1989 – [[Jesse Sene-Lefao]], New Zealand rugby league player *[[1991]] – [[Philip Holm]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Philip Holm |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/philip-holm-8480163 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1991]] – [[Bhavini Purohit]], Indian television actress and YouTuber<ref>{{Cite web |title=Happy Birthday Bhavini Purohit |url=http://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/tv-news/happy-birthday-bhavini-purohit-141208 |access-date=2024-01-17 |website=Tellychakkar.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Mattias Janmark]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mattias Janmark |url=https://www.nhl.com/oilers/player/mattias-janmark-8477406 |access-date=8 December 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] }}</ref> * 1992 – [[Yui Yokoyama]], Japanese idol, model, and actress *[[1993]] – [[Janari Jõesaar]], Estonian basketball player * 1993 – [[Cara Mund]], American model, [[Miss America 2018]] * 1993 – [[Jordan Obita]], English footballer * 1993 – [[AnnaSophia Robb]], American actress<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for December 8, 2022 includes celebrities Teri Hatcher, AnnaSophia Robb |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/12/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-december-8-2022-includes-celebrities-teri-hatcher-annasophia-robb.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=7 December 2023 |date=8 December 2022}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Cyriel Dessers]], Belgian-Nigerian footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cyriel Dessers |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/dcb38abe/Cyriel-Dessers |access-date=8 December 2024 |website=[[FBref]]}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Conseslus Kipruto]], Kenyan runner<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/kenya/conseslus-kipruto-258572|title=Conseslus Kipruto Profile|website=IAAF|access-date=13 December 2019}}</ref> * 1994 – [[Raheem Sterling]], English footballer *[[1995]] – [[Thatcher Demko]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Thatcher Demko |url=https://www.nhl.com/canucks/player/thatcher-demko-8477967 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Scott McTominay]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/14824/Scott-McTominay/overview|title=Scott McTominay|website=Premier League|access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[Hakeem Adeniji]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hakeem Adeniji |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AdenHa00.htm |access-date=8 December 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref> * 1997 – [[Sam Hauser]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sam Hauser |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630573/sam-hauser |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref> *[[1998]] – [[Josh Dunne]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Josh Dunne |url=https://www.nhl.com/sabres/player/josh-dunne-8482623 |access-date=23 September 2024 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] }}</ref> * 1998 – [[Owen Teague]], American actor<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1999]] – [[Reece James (footballer, born 1999)|Reece James]], English footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reece James |url=https://fbref.com/en/players/1265a93a/Reece-James |access-date=8 December 2024 |website=[[FBref]]}}</ref> * 1999 – [[Tyrus Wheat]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tyrus Wheat |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/W/WheaTy02.htm |access-date=8 December 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref> *[[2000]] – [[DeMario Douglas]], American football player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Demario Douglas |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/D/DougDe00.htm |access-date=8 December 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Bayron Matos]], Dominican American football player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bayron Matos |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MatoBa00.htm |access-date=8 December 2024 |website=[[Pro Football Reference]]}}</ref> * 2000 – [[Andy Pages]], Cuban baseball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andy Pages |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pagesan01.shtml |access-date=8 December 2024 |website=[[Baseball Reference]]}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Josh Christopher]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Christopher |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1630528/josh-christopher |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Sunghoon (singer, born 2002)|Sunghoon]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web|title=엔하이픈 성훈, 생일 맞아 美 타임스퀘어 대형 전광판 장식|url=https://m.starnewskorea.com/article/2021120915581552668|work=스타뉴스|date=9 December 2021|access-date=26 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref> *[[2004]] – [[Billie Starkz]], American professional wrestler<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=36548|title=Billie Starkz|website=Wrestling Data|access-date=28 May 2024}}</ref>
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