Births on 12 December
2000s
Michael Olise
2001
French footballer (born 2001)
1900s
Ed Oliver (American football)
1997
American football player (born 1997)
Lucas Hedges
1996
American actor (born 1996)
Otto Warmbier
1994
American imprisoned in North Korea (1994–2017)
Zeli Ismail
1993
Albanian-born English footballer
Shohjahon Ergashev
1991
Uzbekistani boxer (born 1991)
Joseph Leilua
1991
Samoa international rugby league footballer
Nixon Chepseba
1990
Kenyan middle distance runner
Dawin
1990
American musician (born 1990)
Victor Moses
1990
Nigerian footballer (born 1990)
Tyron Smith
1990
American football player (born 1990)
Isaac John
1988
Cook Islands & NZ international rugby league footballer
Lonah Chemtai Salpeter
1988
Israeli long-distance runner (born 1988)
Daddy Birori
1986
Footballer (born 1986)
Përparim Hetemaj
1986
Finnish footballer (born 1986)
Nina Kolarič
1986
Slovenian long jumper
T. J. Ward
1986
American football player (born 1986)
Pat Calathes
1985
Greek-American basketball player
Andrew Ladd
1985
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1985)
Daniel Agger
1984
Danish footballer (born 1984)
Roni Porokara
1983
Finnish footballer (born 1983)
Ervin Santana
1982
Dominican baseball player (born 1982)
Dmitry Tursunov
1982
Russian tennis coach and player (born 1982)
Eddie Kingston
1981
American professional wrestler (born 1981)
Pedro Ríos
1981
Spanish footballer (born 1981)
Yuvraj Singh
1981
Indian cricketer (born 1981)
Stephen Warnock
1981
English footballer (born 1981)
Andrew Whitworth
1981
American football player (born 1981)
Dejene Berhanu
1980
Ethiopian runner athlete
Dorin Goian
1980
Romanian association football player (born 1980)
Garrett Atkins
1979
American baseball player (born 1979)
Nate Clements
1979
American football player (born 1979)
John Salmons
1979
American basketball player (born 1979)
Yoel Hernández (hurdler)
1977
Cuban hurdler (born 1977)
Orlando Hudson
1977
American baseball player (born 1977)
Dean Macey
1977
English athlete
Colin White (ice hockey, born 1977)
1977
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1977)
Mayim Bialik
1975
American actress, television personality, and author (born 1975)
Craig Moore
1975
Australian soccer player
Bernard Lagat
1974
Kenyan-American runner
Nolberto Solano
1974
Peruvian footballer (born 1974)
Nicky Eaden
1972
English footballer (born 1972)
Craig Field
1972
Australian RL coach and former rugby league footballer
Wilson Kipketer
1972
Danish former middle distance runner (born 1972)
Georgios Theodoridis
1972
Greek sprinter
Sammy Korir
1971
Kenyan long-distance runner
Mädchen Amick
1970
American actress (born 1970)
Jennifer Connelly
1970
American actress (born 1970)
Regina Hall
1970
American actress (born 1970)
Wilfred Kirochi
1969
Kenyan middle-distance runner
Fiona May
1969
British-born Italian long jumper
Michael Möllenbeck
1969
German discus thrower (1969–2022)
Sašo Udovič
1968
Slovenian footballer (born 1968)
John Randle
1967
American football player (born 1967)
Russell Batiste Jr.
1965
American drummer (1965–2023)
Will Carling
1965
British Lions & England international rugby union player
Haywood Jeffires
1964
American football player (born 1964)
Sabu (wrestler)
1964
American professional wrestler (1963/1964–2025)
Eduardo Castro Luque
1963
Mexican politician
Tracy Austin
1962
American tennis player (born 1962)
Arturo Barrios
1962
Mexican long-distance runner
Mike Golic
1962
American football player and television host (born 1962)
Andrey Perlov
1961
Martina Hellmann
1960
East German discus thrower
Sheree J. Wilson
1958
American actress
Sheila E.
1957
American singer and percussionist (born 1957)
Johan van der Velde
1956
Dutch cyclist (born 1956)
Eddy Schepers
1955
Belgian cyclist
Stephen Smith (Australian politician)
1955
Australian politician
Martin Ferguson (politician)
1953
Australian politician
Rafael Septién
1953
American football player (born 1953)
Cathy Rigby
1952
American gymnast and actress (b. 1952)
Rehman Malik
1951
Pakistani politician (1951–2022)
Pedro Ferriz de Con
1950
Mexican radio and television news anchor
Heiner Flassbeck
1950
German economist and public intellectual
Rajinikanth
1950
Indian actor (born 1950)
Billy Smith (ice hockey)
1950
Canadian ice hockey player
Gorman Thomas
1950
American baseball player (born 1950)
Bill Nighy
1949
British actor (born 1949)
Marc Ravalomanana
1949
President of Madagascar from 2002 to 2009
David Abulafia
1949
English historian (1949–2026)
Randy Smith (basketball)
1948
American basketball player (1948–2009)
Colin Todd
1948
English football manager and former player
Wings Hauser
1947
American actor (1947–2025)
Don Keith
1947
American writer (born 1947)
Chris Mullin (politician)
1947
British Labour politician (born 1947)
Emerson Fittipaldi
1946
Brazilian racing driver (born 1946)
Gísli S. Einarsson
1945
Icelandic politician (born 1945)
Tony Williams (drummer)
1945
American jazz drummer (1945–1997)
Dickey Betts
1943
American guitarist (1943–2024)
Grover Washington Jr.
1943
American jazz saxophonist (1943–1999)
Bob Thompson (musician, born 1942)
1942
American pianist
Sharad Pawar
1940
Indian politician
Dionne Warwick
1940
American singer (born 1940)
Connie Francis
1937
American singer and actress (1937–2025)
Philip Ledger
1937
English choirmaster and academic, 1937–2012
Iolanda Balaș
1936
Romanian high jumper
Miguel de la Madrid
1934
President of Mexico from 1982 to 1988
Christa Stubnick
1933
East German sprinter (1933–2021)
Bob Pettit
1932
American former basketball player and coach (born 1932)
Toshiko Akiyoshi
1929
American jazz musician (born 1929)
Helen Frankenthaler
1928
American painter (1928–2011)
Robert Noyce
1927
American physicist and entrepreneur (1927–1990)
Étienne-Émile Baulieu
1926
French biochemist and endocrinologist (1926–2025)
Ted Kennedy (ice hockey)
1925
Canadian ice hockey player
Dattu Phadkar
1925
Indian cricketer (1925–1985)
Vladimir Shainsky
1925
Russian composer (1925–2017)
Ed Koch
1924
Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989
Bob Barker
1923
American media personality (1923–2023)
Bob Dorough
1923
American pianist, singer, and composer (1923–2018)
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru
1923
Ethiopian composer and pianist, and nun (1923–2023)
Josef Doležal
1920
Joe Williams (jazz singer)
1918
American jazz singer (1918–1999)
Frank Sinatra
1915
American singer and actor (1915–1998)
Patrick O'Brian
1914
English novelist (1914–2000)
Henry Armstrong
1912
American boxer (1912–1988)
Roy Douglas
1907
Musical artist
Harald Kaarmann
1901
Estonian footballer (1901–1942)
1800s
Edward G. Robinson
1893
American actor (1893–1973)
Louise Thuliez
1881
French schoolteacher, resistance fighter and author (1881–1966)
Alvin Kraenzlein
1876
American track-and-field athlete (1876–1928)
Walter Benona Sharp
1870
American businessman, oil drilling pioneer (1870–1912)
Alfred Werner
1866
Swiss chemist (1866–1919)
Edvard Munch
1863
Norwegian painter (1863–1944)
Bruce Price
1845
American architect (1845-1903)
Adolf Bötticher
1842
German art historian and conservator
Joseph O. Shelby
1830
Confederate States Army general (1830–1897)
Gustave Flaubert
1821
French novelist (1821–1880)
John Sandfield Macdonald
1812
Canadian politician and 1st Premier of Ontario
Stand Watie
1806
Principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and Confederate general (1806-1871)
Henry Wells
1805
American businessman (1805–1878)
Before 1800
Karl Bryullov
1799
Russian painter (1799–1852)
William L. Marcy
1786
American lawyer, politician, and judge (1786–1857)
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
1724
Royal Navy officer and politician (1724–1816)
Lodovico Giustini
1685
Italian composer
Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz
1526
16th-century Spanish admiral