12 December
Notable Births
Michael Olise
b. 2001
French footballer (born 2001)
Ed Oliver (American football)
b. 1997
American football player (born 1997)
Lucas Hedges
b. 1996
American actor (born 1996)
Otto Warmbier
b. 1994
American imprisoned in North Korea (1994–2017)
Zeli Ismail
b. 1993
Albanian-born English footballer
Shohjahon Ergashev
b. 1991
Uzbekistani boxer (born 1991)
Joseph Leilua
b. 1991
Samoa international rugby league footballer
Nixon Chepseba
b. 1990
Kenyan middle distance runner
Victor Moses
b. 1990
Nigerian footballer (born 1990)
Tyron Smith
b. 1990
American football player (born 1990)
Isaac John
b. 1988
Cook Islands & NZ international rugby league footballer
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
b. 1988
Israeli long-distance runner (born 1988)
Përparim Hetemaj
b. 1986
Finnish footballer (born 1986)
Nina Kolarič
b. 1986
Slovenian long jumper
T. J. Ward
b. 1986
American football player (born 1986)
Pat Calathes
b. 1985
Greek-American basketball player
Andrew Ladd
b. 1985
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1985)
Daniel Agger
b. 1984
Danish footballer (born 1984)
Ervin Santana
b. 1982
Dominican baseball player (born 1982)
Dmitry Tursunov
b. 1982
Russian tennis coach and player (born 1982)
Notable Deaths
Vicente Fernández
d. 2021
Mexican actor and ranchera singer (1940–2021)
Bernie Fowler
d. 2021
American politician (1924–2021)
Maʻafu Tukuiʻaulahi
d. 2021
Tongan politician and noble (1955–2021)
John le Carré
d. 2020
Irish-British novelist and former spy (1931–2020)
Ann Reinking
d. 2020
American actress, dancer, and choreographer (1949–2020)
Danny Aiello
d. 2019
American actor (1933–2019)
Ed Lee
d. 2017
43rd Mayor of San Francisco
Pat DiNizio
d. 2017
American musician (1955–2017)
Shirley Hazzard
d. 2016
Australian-born American writer (1931–2016)
Frans Geurtsen
d. 2015
Dutch international footballer (1942–2015)
Evelyn S. Lieberman
d. 2015
American public affairs professional
Norman Bridwell
d. 2014
American author and cartoonist
Ivor Grattan-Guinness
d. 2014
British historian of mathematics and logic
Herb Plews
d. 2014
American baseball player (1928–2014)
Tom Laughlin
d. 2013
American actor and filmmaker (1931–2013)
Abdul Quader Mollah
d. 2013
Executed Islamist Bangladeshi politician, writer, and war criminal (1948–2013)
Audrey Totter
d. 2013
American actress (1917–2013)
David Tait
d. 2012
Scotland international rugby union player
Tom Walkinshaw
d. 2010
British racing driver (1946–2010)
Maimonides
d. 1204
Medieval Jewish philosopher (1135/1138–1204)