15 December
Notable Births
Kayvon Thibodeaux
b. 2000
American football player (born 2000)
Chandler Canterbury
b. 1998
American actor
Maude Apatow
b. 1997
American actress (born 1997)
Zach Banks-Calderín
b. 1997
American racing driver
Magdalena Fręch
b. 1997
Polish tennis player (born 1997)
Jenifer Brening
b. 1996
German singer and songwriter
Oleksandr Zinchenko (footballer)
b. 1996
Ukrainian footballer (born 1996)
Jahlil Okafor
b. 1995
Nigerian-American basketball player (born 1995)
Daniel Ochefu
b. 1993
American-born Nigerian basketball player
Daiamami Genki
b. 1992
Japanese sumo wrestler
Jesse Lingard
b. 1992
English footballer (born 1992)
Maximiliano Meza (footballer, born 1992)
b. 1992
Argentine footballer
Alex Telles
b. 1992
Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
Conor Daly
b. 1991
American racing driver (born 1991)
Yanni Gourde
b. 1991
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Alana Haim
b. 1991
American musician and actress (born 1991)
Erik Gustafsson (ice hockey, born 1988)
b. 1988
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1988)
Steven Nzonzi
b. 1988
French footballer (born 1988)
Josh Norman
b. 1987
American football player (born 1987)
Kim Junsu
b. 1986
South Korean singer (born 1986)
Notable Deaths
William J. Bauer
d. 2025
American judge (1926–2025)
Zakir Hussain (musician)
d. 2024
Indian tabla player and composer (1951–2024)
Saufatu Sopoanga
d. 2020
Prime Minister of Tuvalu from 2002 to 2004
Eryue He
d. 2018
Chinese writer
Girma Wolde-Giorgis
d. 2018
President of Ethiopia from 2001 to 2013
Heinz Wolff
d. 2017
German-British scientist and television presenter (1928–2017)
Calestous Juma
d. 2017
Kenyan academic
Craig Sager
d. 2016
American sports reporter (1951–2016)
Harry Zvi Tabor
d. 2015
Israeli physicist (1917–2015)
Donald Metcalf
d. 2014
Australian medical researcher (1929–2014)
Harold Camping
d. 2013
American Christian radio broadcaster and evangelist (1921–2013)
Joan Fontaine
d. 2013
British actress (1917–2013)
Owoye Andrew Azazi
d. 2012
11th Chief of Defence Staff of Nigeria (1952–2012)
Patrick Yakowa
d. 2012
Nigerian politician (1948–2012)
Olga Zubarry
d. 2012
Argentine actress (1929–2012)
Bob Brookmeyer
d. 2011
American jazz musician, arranger, and composer (1929–2011)
Christopher Hitchens
d. 2011
British and American author and journalist (1949–2011)
Blake Edwards
d. 2010
American filmmaker (1922–2010)
Bob Feller
d. 2010
American baseball pitcher (1918–2010)
Eliza Atkins Gleason
d. 2009
African American librarian