Births on 1 December
2000s
Robert Irwin (conservationist)
2003
Australian conservationist (born 2003)
Carole Monnet
2001
French tennis player (born 2001)
1900s
Lloyd Pope
1999
Australian cricketer (born 1999)
Nico Schlotterbeck
1999
German footballer (born 1999)
Sada Williams
1997
Barbadian sprinter (born 1997)
Jung Chae-yeon
1997
South Korean actress and singer (born 1997)
Agnė Čepelytė
1995
Lithuanian tennis player (born 1995)
Jenna Fife
1995
Scottish footballer (born 1995)
James Wilson (footballer, born 1995)
1995
English footballer
Seedy Njie (footballer)
1994
English footballer
Reena Pärnat
1993
Estonian archer (born 1993)
Beau Webster
1993
Australian cricketer (born 1993)
Masahudu Alhassan
1992
Ghanaian international footballer
Javier Báez
1992
Puerto Rican baseball player (born 1992)
Linos Chrysikopoulos
1992
Greek basketball player (born 1992)
Gary Payton II
1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Marco van Ginkel
1992
Dutch footballer (born 1992)
Rakeem Christmas
1991
American basketball player (born 1991)
Hilda Melander
1991
Swedish tennis player
Sun Yang
1991
Chinese swimmer
Tomáš Tatar
1990
Slovak ice hockey player (born 1990)
Sotelúm
1989
Mexican musician
Tyler Joseph
1988
American musician (born 1988)
Zoë Kravitz
1988
American actress and singer (born 1988)
Dan Mavraides
1988
Michael Raffl
1988
Austrian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Simon Dawkins
1987
Jamaican footballer (born 1987)
Tabarie Henry
1987
United States Virgin Islands sprinter (born 1987)
Vance Joy
1987
Australian singer-songwriter (born 1987)
Brett Williams (footballer, born 1987)
1987
English footballer
DeSean Jackson
1986
American football player and coach (born 1986)
Philip DeFranco
1985
American YouTube personality (born 1985)
Ilfenesh Hadera
1985
American actress
Janelle Monáe
1985
American musician and actor (born 1985)
Emiliano Viviano
1985
Italian footballer (born 1985)
Charles Michael Davis
1984
American actor
Yolandi Visser
1984
South African singer/rapper (born 1984)
Riz Ahmed
1982
British actor and rapper (born 1982)
Christos Kalantzis
1982
Greek footballer (born 1982)
Christos Melissis
1982
Greek footballer
Park Hyo-shin
1981
South Korean singer (born 1981)
Luke McPharlin
1981
Australian rules footballer, born 1981
I Made Wirawan
1981
Indonesian footballer
Iftikhar Anjum
1980
Pakistani cricketer (born 1980)
Mohammad Kaif
1980
Indian cricketer (born 1980)
Mubarak Hassan Shami
1980
Qatari long-distance runner
Yianna Terzi
1980
Greek singer and songwriter (born 1980)
Stephanie Brown Trafton
1979
American discus thrower (born 1979)
Ryan Malone
1979
American ice hockey player (born 1979)
Richard James (sprinter, born 1979)
1979
Jamaican sprinter (born 1979)
Mat Kearney
1978
American musician (born 1978)
Brad Delson
1977
American guitarist
Sophie Guillemin
1977
French actress (born 1977)
Lee McKenzie
1977
Scottish sports broadcaster
Nate Torrence
1977
American actor (born 1977)
Tomasz Adamek
1976
Polish boxer (born 1976)
Laura Ling
1976
American journalist (born 1976)
Dean O'Gorman
1976
New Zealand actor
Matthew Shepard
1976
Gay American murder victim (1976–1998)
Vangelis Sklavos
1976
Greek basketball player (born 1977)
Matt Fraction
1975
American comic book writer (born 1975)
Isaiah "Ikey" Owens
1975
American keyboardist (1974–2014)
Thomas Schie
1975
Norwegian racing and rally driver (born 1975)
Farah Shah
1975
Pakistani actress
Sophia Skou
1975
Danish swimmer
Costinha
1974
Portuguese footballer (born 1974)
Steve Gibb
1973
British-American guitarist (born 1973)
Stanton Barrett
1972
American racing driver and stuntman (born 1972)
Bart Millard
1972
American singer and songwriter (born 1972)
Christian Pescatori
1971
Italian racing driver
Mika Pohjola
1971
Finnish jazz pianist and composer
John Schlimm
1971
Golden Brooks
1970
American actress (b. 1970)
Jonathan Coulton
1970
American singer and songwriter (born 1970)
Kirk Rueter
1970
American baseball player (born 1970)
Sarah Silverman
1970
American comedian and actress (born 1970)
Tisha Waller
1970
American high jumper (born 1970)
Richard Carrier
1969
American historian and Christ myth theorist (born 1969)
Justin Chadwick
1968
English actor and director
Sarah Fitz-Gerald
1968
Australian squash player
Anders Holmertz
1968
Swedish swimmer (born 1968)
Néstor Carbonell
1967
American actor (born 1967)
Reggie Sanders
1967
American baseball player (born 1967)
Andrew Adamson
1966
New Zealand filmmaker (born 1966)
Katherine LaNasa
1966
American actress (born 1966)
Larry Walker
1966
Canadian baseball player (born 1966)
Henry Honiball
1965
South African rugby union player
Magnifico (musician)
1965
Slovenian actor-singer
Salvatore Schillaci
1964
Italian footballer (1964–2024)
Jo Walton
1964
Canadian writer and poet (born 1964)
Marco Greco
1963
Brazilian former racing driver
Nathalie Lambert
1963
Short track speed skater
Arjuna Ranatunga
1963
Sri Lankan cricketer and politician
Sylvie Daigle
1962
Canadian speed skater
Pamela McGee
1962
American basketball player (born 1962)
Safra Catz
1961
Israeli-American business executive (born 1961)
Raymond E. Goldstein
1961
Professor of Complex Physical Systems
Jeremy Northam
1961
British actor (born 1961)
Carol Alt
1960
American model and actress (born 1960)
Shirin M. Rai
1960
Indian political scientist (b1960)
Jane Turner
1960
Australian comedian (born 1960)
Billy Childish
1959
English artist (born 1959)
Wally Lewis
1959
Australian rugby league footballer and coach (born 1959)
Javier Aguirre
1958
Mexican former player and manager (born 1958)
Candace Bushnell
1958
American author, journalist, and producer
Alberto Cova
1958
Italian long-distance runner
Gary Peters
1958
American politician and naval officer (born 1958)
Charlene Tilton
1958
American actress and singer (born 1958)
Chris Poland
1957
American guitarist (born 1957)
Deep Roy
1957
Kenyan-British actor (born 1949)
Vesta Williams
1957
American contemporary R&B singer (1957–2011)
Julee Cruise
1956
American singer (1956–2022)
Veikko Aaltonen
1955
Finnish film director, actor and film editor (born 1955)
Verónica Forqué
1955
Spanish actress (1955–2021)
Udit Narayan
1955
Indian playback singer (born 1955)
Pat Spillane
1955
Kerry Gaelic footballer and broadcaster
Karen Tumulty
1955
American journalist
Alan Dedicoat
1954
English TV announcer
Judith Hackitt
1954
Chemical engineer (born 1954)
François Van der Elst
1954
Belgian footballer
Stephen Poliakoff
1952
British playwright, director, scriptwriter (b. 1952)
Rick Scott
1952
American politician (born 1952)
Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov
1951
Bulgarian cosmonaut (born 1951)
Obba Babatundé
1951
American actor (born 1951)
Doug Mulray
1951
Australian media presenter (1951–2023)
Jaco Pastorius
1951
American jazz bassist (1951–1987)
Nozipho Schroeder
1951
South African lawn bowler
Treat Williams
1951
American actor (1951–2023)
Manju Bansal
1950
Indian biophysicist
Ross Hannaford
1950
Musical artist
Richard Keith (actor)
1950
American actor and musician
Gary Panter
1950
American artist (born 1950)
Filippos Petsalnikos
1950
Greek politician (1950–2020)
Jan Brett
1949
American illustrator and writer (born 1949)
Pablo Escobar
1949
Colombian drug lord (1949–1993)
Sebastián Piñera
1949
President of Chile (2010–2014; 2018–2022)
George Foster (baseball)
1948
American baseball player and scout (born 1948)
Sarfraz Nawaz
1948
Pakistani cricketer
John Roskelley
1948
American mountain climber and author (born 1948)
Neil Warnock
1948
English football manager and former player (born 1948)
N. T. Wright
1948
English Anglican bishop (born 1948)
Patrick Yakowa
1948
Nigerian politician (1948–2012)
Alain Bashung
1947
French singer (1947–2009)
Bob Fulton
1947
Australia international rugby league footballer and coach (1947–2021)
Jonathan Katz
1946
American actor and comedian (born 1946)
Kemal Kurspahić
1946
Bosnian journalist (1946–2021)
Gilbert O'Sullivan
1946
Irish singer-songwriter (born 1946)
Ásta B. Þorsteinsdóttir
1945
Icelandic politician (1945–1998)
Lyle Bien
1945
US Navy vice admiral
Bette Midler
1945
American actress and singer (born 1945)
Eric Bloom
1944
American singer, songwriter and musician (born 1944)
John Densmore
1944
American drummer (born 1944)
Michael Hagee
1944
United States Marine Corps general (born 1944)
Tahar Ben Jelloun
1944
Moroccan writer
Kenny Moore (runner)
1943
American long-distance runner and journalist (1943–2022)
Mohamed Kamel Amr
1942
Egyptian diplomat
John Crowley (author)
1942
American writer of speculative fiction (born 1942)
Ross Edwards (cricketer)
1942
Australian cricketer (born 1942)
Mike Denness
1940
Scottish cricketer and match referee (1940–2013)
Jerry Lawson (engineer)
1940
American electronic engineer (1940–2011)
Richard Pryor
1940
American comedian and actor (1940–2005)
Tasso Wild
1940
German footballer
Lee Trevino
1939
American professional golfer
Sandy Nelson
1938
American drummer (1938–2022)
Muriel Costa-Greenspon
1937
American mezzo-soprano
Gordon Crosse
1937
English composer (1937–2021)
Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
1937
6th President of Latvia
Igor Rodionov
1936
Soviet and Russian general and politician
Sola Sierra
1935
Chilean human rights activist
Billy Paul
1934
American soul singer (1934–2016)
Lou Rawls
1933
American singer (1933–2006)
Violette Verdy
1933
French ballet dancer, choreographer, and professor
Jimmy Lyons (saxophonist)
1931
American alto saxophone player
Jim Nesbitt
1931
American country music singer-songwriter (1931–2007)
George Maxwell Richards
1931
President of Trinidad and Tobago from 2003 to 2013
Marie Bashir
1930
Australian psychiatrist and viceroy (1930–2026)
Joachim Hoffmann
1930
German historian (1930–2002)
David Doyle
1929
American actor (1929–1997)
Emily McLaughlin
1928
American actress
Malachi Throne
1928
American actor (1928–2013)
Micheline Bernardini
1927
French dancer (born 1927)
Antonia Brenner
1926
American nun (1926–2013)
Allyn Ann McLerie
1926
American actress, singer and dancer (1926–2018)
Keith Michell
1926
Australian-British actor (1926–2015)
Robert Symonds
1926
American actor (1926–2007)
Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner
1926
British aristocrat (1926–2010)
Martin Rodbell
1925
American biochemist
Masao Horiba
1924
Japanese businessman (1924–2015)
Dick Shawn
1923
American actor (1923–1987)
Stansfield Turner
1923
Admiral and CIA director (1923–2018)
Vsevolod Bobrov
1922
Soviet athlete and coach (1922–1979)
Vernon McGarity
1921
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami
1920
Thomas Hayward (tenor)
1917
American operatic tenor
Marty Marion
1917
American baseball player and manager (1917–2011)
Wan Li
1916
Chinese Communist Party leader (1916–2015)
Mary Martin
1913
American singer and actress (1913–1990)
Billy Raimondi
1912
American baseball player
Minoru Yamasaki
1912
American architect (1912–1986)
Walter Alston
1911
American baseball player and manager (1911–1984)
Calvin Griffith
1911
American baseball team owner (1911–1999)
Alicia Markova
1910
British ballerina (1910–2004)
Alex Wilson (Canadian sprinter)
1905
Canadian sprinter
Nikolai Voznesensky
1903
Soviet politician and economist (1903–1950)
Ilona Fehér
1901
Hungarian violinist (1901–1988)
Karna Maria Birmingham
1900
Australian artist, illustrator and print maker
1800s
Stuart Garson
1898
Canadian politician and lawyer (1898-1977)
Cyril Ritchard
1898
Australian actor (1898–1977)
Georgy Zhukov
1896
Soviet military leader (1896–1974)
Henry Williamson
1895
English writer (1895–1977)
Afrânio do Amaral
1894
Brazilian herpetologist (1894–1982)
Rex Stout
1886
American writer (1886–1975)
Zhu De
1886
Chinese general and politician (1886–1976)
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
1884
German artist
Henry Cadbury
1883
American Quaker, biblical scholar, historian (1883–1974)
Archie MacLaren
1871
English cricketer
Eligiusz Niewiadomski
1869
Polish artist (1869–1923)
John Evans (Australian politician)
1855
Australian politician
Julia A. Moore
1847
American poet (1847–1920)
Ledi Sayadaw
1846
Key Figure in the Vipassana Movement
Alexandra of Denmark
1844
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910
9th Dalai Lama
1805
Spiritual leader of Tibet from 1810 to 1815
Mihály Vörösmarty
1800
Hungarian poet and dramatist
Before 1800
Nikolai Lobachevsky
1792
Russian mathematician (1792–1856)
Marie Tussaud
1761
French wax museum founder (1761–1850)
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
1743
German chemist (1743–1817)
Étienne Maurice Falconet
1716
French sculptor (1716–1791)
Franz Xaver Richter
1709
Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1690
British lawyer and statesman (1690–1764)
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
1580
French astronomer (1580–1637)
Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1561–1631)
1561
Bernardino Realino
1530
Italian Roman Catholic saint
Tadeáš Hájek
1525
Czech naturalist and astronomer
Takeda Shingen
1521
Japanese daimyo (1521–1573)
Magdalena of Valois
1443
Regent of Navarre from 1479 to 1494
Peter II, Duke of Bourbon
1438
French noble (1438–1503)
Jan Długosz
1415
Polish priest and historian (1415–1480)
Anna Komnene
1083
Byzantine historian (1083–1153)
Louis VI of France
1081
King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137
Hasan ibn Ali
624
Grandson of Muhammad and the second Shia Imam (625–670)