Births on 2 December
2000s
Learner Tien
2005
American professional tennis player (born 2005)
Ilia Malinin
2004
American figure skater (born 2004)
Neil Erasmus
2003
Australian rules football player
1900s
Annalise Basso
1998
American actress (born 1998)
Anna Kalinskaya
1998
Russian tennis player (born 1998)
Juice Wrld
1998
American rapper (1998–2019)
De'Andre Hunter
1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Jake Doran
1996
Australian cricketer
Uladzislau Hancharou
1995
Belarusian trampoline gymnast
Inori Minase
1995
Japanese voice actress
Zach Cunningham
1994
American football player (born 1994)
Aaron Jones (running back)
1994
American football player (born 1994)
Elias Lindholm
1994
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1994)
Fumika Shimizu
1994
Japanese actress and gravure model (born 1994)
Tomokaze Sōdai
1994
Japanese professional sumo wrestler
Haruka Ishida
1993
Musical artist
Kostas Stafylidis
1993
Greek footballer
Sim Bhullar
1992
Canadian basketball player (born 1992)
Gary Sánchez
1992
Dominican baseball player (born 1992)
Chloé Dufour-Lapointe
1991
Canadian freestyle skier
Brandon Knight (basketball)
1991
American basketball player (born 1991)
Charlie Puth
1991
American singer-songwriter (born 1991)
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu
1990
Ghanaian footballer (born 1990)
Gastón Ramírez
1990
Uruguayan footballer (born 1990)
Etta Bond
1989
British singer-songwriter
Matteo Darmian
1989
Italian footballer (born 1989)
Cassie Steele
1989
Canadian actress and singer (born 1989)
Robert Turbin
1989
American football player (born 1989)
Alfred Enoch
1988
British actor (born 1988)
Stephen McGinn
1988
Scottish footballer (born 1988)
Song Ha-yoon
1986
South Korean actress (born 1986)
Claudiu Keșerü
1986
Romanian footballer (born 1986)
Renee Montgomery
1986
American basketball player (born 1986)
Tal Wilkenfeld
1986
Australian musician
Amaury Leveaux
1985
French swimmer (born 1985)
Dorell Wright
1985
American basketball player (born 1985)
Péter Máté (footballer, born 1984)
1984
Hungarian footballer
Action Bronson
1983
American rapper (born 1983)
Chris Burke (footballer)
1983
Scottish footballer (born 1983)
Bibiana Candelas
1983
Mexican volleyball player (born 1983)
Jaime Durán
1983
Mexican footballer (born 1981)
Eugene Jeter
1983
American-Ukrainian basketball player (born 1983)
Jana Kramer
1983
American actress and country singer
Aaron Rodgers
1983
American football player (born 1983)
Daniela Ruah
1983
American-Portuguese actress and director
Christos Karipidis
1982
Greek footballer
Matt Walsh (basketball)
1982
American basketball player (born 1982)
Maria Ferekidi
1981
Greek canoeist (born 1981)
Eric Jungmann
1981
American actor (born 1981)
Thomas Pöck
1981
Austrian former hockey player
Danijel Pranjić
1981
Croatian football manager and former player (born 1981)
Britney Spears
1981
American singer (born 1981)
Adam Kreek
1980
Canadian author, world champion rower (b. 1980)
Darryn Randall
1980
South African cricketer (1980–2013)
Joel Ward (ice hockey)
1980
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1980)
Yvonne Catterfeld
1979
German singer and actress
Michael McIndoe
1979
Scottish footballer (born 1979)
Abdul Razzaq (cricketer)
1979
Pakistan cricketer and coach (born 1979)
Jarron Collins
1978
American basketball player (born 1978)
Jason Collins
1978
American basketball player (born 1978)
Nelly Furtado
1978
Canadian singer (born 1978)
Luigi Malafronte
1978
Italian footballer
Peter Moylan
1978
Australian baseball player (born 1978)
Maëlle Ricker
1978
Canadian snowboarder
David Rivas
1978
Spanish retired footballer (born 1978)
Andrew Ryan (rugby league)
1978
Australia international rugby league footballer
Chris Wolstenholme
1978
British bassist (born 1978)
Siyabonga Nomvethe
1977
South African former soccer player (born 1977)
Masafumi Gotoh
1976
Musical artist (born 1976)
Mark Kotsay
1975
American baseball player (born 1975)
Graham Kavanagh
1973
Irish footballer and manager (born 1973)
Monica Seles
1973
Yugoslav–American tennis player (b. 1973)
Lee Steele
1973
English footballer
Jan Ullrich
1973
German cyclist (born 1973)
Alan Henderson
1972
American basketball player (born 1972)
Sergei Zholtok
1972
Latvian ice hockey player (1972–2004)
Wilson Jermaine Heredia
1971
American actor
Rachel McQuillan
1971
Australian tennis player
Jüri Reinvere
1971
Estonian composer, poet and essayist (born 1971)
Francesco Toldo
1971
Italian footballer
Mine Yoshizaki
1971
Japanese manga artist (born 1971)
Joe Lo Truglio
1970
American actor and comedian (born 1970)
Maksim Tarasov
1970
Russian pole vaulter
Treach
1970
American rapper (born 1970)
Ulrika Bergquist
1969
Swedish journalist and television presenter
Chris Kiwomya
1969
English footballer (born 1969)
Pavel Loskutov
1969
Estonian long-distance runner
Tanya Plibersek
1969
Australian politician (born 1969)
David Batty
1968
English association football player
Jiří Dopita
1968
Czech ice hockey player and coach (born 1968)
Darryl Kile
1968
American baseball player (1968–2002)
Lucy Liu
1968
American actress (born 1968)
Nate Mendel
1968
American bassist
Rena Sofer
1968
American actress (born 1968)
Mary Creagh
1967
British politician (born 1967)
Philippe Etchebest
1966
French chef
Jinsei Shinzaki
1966
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1966)
Shane Flanagan
1965
Australian RL coach and former rugby league footballer
Brendan Coyle
1963
British and Irish actor (born 1962)
Ann Patchett
1963
American author (born 1963)
Rich Sutter
1963
Canadian ice hockey player
Ron Sutter
1963
Canadian ice hockey player
John Dyegh
1962
Member of the House of Representatives of Nigeria
Peter Blakeley
1960
Musical artist
Deb Haaland
1960
American politician (born 1960)
Razzle (musician)
1960
British drummer (1960–1984)
Rick Savage
1960
British bass guitarist
Silk Smitha
1960
Indian movie actress (1960 - 1996)
Kelefa Diallo
1959
Guinean army chief (1959–2013)
Randy Gardner (figure skater)
1958
American figure skater
Andrew George (politician)
1958
British politician (born 1958)
Vladimir Parfenovich
1958
Soviet canoe racer
George Saunders
1958
American writer (born 1958)
Dagfinn Høybråten
1957
Norwegian politician (born 1957)
Steven Bauer
1956
American actor (born 1956)
Dan Butler
1954
American actor (born 1954)
Pertti Sveholm
1953
Finnish actor (born 1953)
Carol Shea-Porter
1952
American politician (born 1952)
Keith Szarabajka
1952
American actor
John Wesley Ryles
1950
American singer-songwriter (1950–2025)
Amin Saikal
1950
Afghanistan-born Australian academic (born 1950)
Benjamin Stora
1950
French historian, expert on North Africa (born 1950)
Paul Watson
1950
Canadian environmental activist (born 1950)
Elizabeth Berg (author)
1948
American novelist
T. C. Boyle
1948
American novelist and short-story writer
Patricia Hewitt
1948
British Labour politician
Toninho Horta
1948
Brazilian jazz guitarist and vocalist
Antonín Panenka
1948
Czech footballer (born 1948)
Isaac Bitton
1947
French-American musician
Tommy Jenkins
1947
English footballer
Ivan Atanassov Petrov
1947
Bulgarian neurologist
John Banks (New Zealand politician)
1946
New Zealand politician (born 1946)
David Macaulay
1946
British-born American illustrator and writer (born 1946)
Gianni Versace
1946
Italian fashion designer (1946–1997)
Penelope Spheeris
1945
American film director and producer (born 1945)
Alan Thomson (cricketer)
1945
Australian cricketer (1945–2022)
Cathy Lee Crosby
1944
American actress, tennis player (born 1944)
Ibrahim Rugova
1944
Kosovo-Albanian politician
Dionysis Savvopoulos
1944
Greek singer-songwriter (1944–2025)
Botho Strauss
1944
German playwright, novelist, and essayist
Wayne Allard
1943
American politician (born 1943)
Anna G. Jónasdóttir
1942
Icelandic political scientist (born 1942)
Mike England
1941
Welsh footballer and manager
Tom McGuinness (musician)
1941
Musical artist
Willie Brown (American football)
1940
American football player, coach and administrator (1940–2019)
Yael Dayan
1939
Israeli politician and author (1939–2024)
Francis Fox
1939
Canadian politician (1939–2024)
Harry Reid
1939
American politician (1939–2021)
Manohar Joshi
1937
Indian politician (1937–2024)
David Hackett Fischer
1935
American historian (born 1935)
Tarcisio Bertone
1934
Italian prelate and Vatican diplomat (born 1934)
Peter Harding (RAF officer, born 1933)
1933
Marshal of the Royal Air Force (1933–2021)
Mike Larrabee
1933
American sprinter
Nigel Calder
1931
British science writer
Masaaki Hatsumi
1931
Ninjutsu instructor
Wynton Kelly
1931
American jazz pianist (1931–1971)
Edwin Meese
1931
75th United States Attorney General (born 1931)
Gareth Wigan
1931
British agent and producer (1931–2010)
Gary Becker
1930
American economist (1930–2014)
David Piper (racing driver)
1930
British racing driver (born 1930)
Dan Jenkins
1929
American author and sportswriter (1928–2019)
Leon Litwack
1929
American historian (1929–2021)
Guy Bourdin
1928
French artist and fashion photographer (1928–1991)
Ralph Beard
1927
American basketball player (1927–2007)
Julie Harris
1925
American actress (1925–2013)
Jonathan Frid
1924
Canadian actor (1924–2026)
Alexander Haig
1924
American politician (1924–2010)
Else Marie Pade
1924
Danish composer (1924–2016)
Vilgot Sjöman
1924
Swedish writer and film director (1924–2006)
Maria Callas
1923
American-born Greek soprano (1923–1977)
Iakovos Kambanellis
1922
Greek poet and playwright
Carlo Furno
1921
Italian cardinal
Sylvia Syms (singer)
1917
American jazz singer (1917–1992)
Howard Finster
1916
American artist
Takahito, Prince Mikasa
1915
Japanese prince (1915–2016)
Bill Erwin
1914
American actor (1914–2010)
Adolph Green
1914
American dramatist (1914–2002)
Marc Platt (dancer)
1913
American actor and dancer
George Emmett
1912
English cricketer
Russell Lynes
1910
American art historian
Taisto Mäki
1910
Finnish long-distance runner
Arvo Askola
1909
Finnish long-distance runner (1909–1975)
Walenty Kłyszejko
1909
Estonian-Polish basketball player and coach
Joseph P. Lash
1909
American political activist
Peter Carl Goldmark
1906
Hungarian-American inventor (1906–1977)
Abdul Hakim (writer)
1905
Bangladeshi educator and writer
Raimundo Orsi
1901
Italian footballer
Elisa Godínez Gómez de Batista
1900
First Lady of Cuba
Herta Hammerbacher
1900
German professor and landscape architect (1900–1985)
1800s
John Barbirolli
1899
British conductor and cellist (1899–1970)
John Cobb (racing driver)
1899
British racing driver (1899–1952)
Ray Morehart
1899
American baseball player (1899–1989)
Indra Lal Roy
1898
Indian World War I flying ace (1898–1918)
Ivan Bagramyan
1897
Marshal of the Soviet Union (1897–1982)
Rewi Alley
1897
New Zealand writer and political activist
Harriet Cohen
1895
British pianist (1895 - 1967)
Warren William
1894
Broadway and Hollywood actor (1894–1948)
Otto Dix
1891
German painter and printmaker (1891–1969)
Charles H. Wesley
1891
American historian and academic
George Minot
1885
American medical researcher
Erima Northcroft
1884
New Zealand lawyer, judge and military leader
Yahya Kemal Beyatlı
1884
Turkish poet, author, politician and diplomat (1884-1958)
Cahir Healy
1877
Irish politician (1877–1970)
Yusuf Akçura
1876
Turkish politician, writer and ideologist of ethnic Tatar origin (1876–1935)
Harry Burleigh
1866
American opera singer
Charles Edward Ringling
1863
American circus proprietor
Charles Studd
1860
British cricketer and missionary
Kateryna Melnyk-Antonovych
1859
Ukrainian prehistorian
Georges Seurat
1859
French painter (1859–1891)
Deacon White
1847
American baseball player and manager (1847–1939)
Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau
1846
Prime Minister of France from 1899 to 1902
William Burges
1827
English Gothic revival architect and designer (1827–1881)
Pedro II of Brazil
1825
Emperor of Brazil from 1831 to 1889
Heinrich von Sybel
1817
German historian (1817–1895)
Jean-Charles Chapais
1811
Canadian Father of Confederation (1811–1885)
Henry Yesler
1810
American politician
Before 1800
António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra
1798
Portuguese judge, lawyer and politician
John Breckinridge (U.S. Attorney General)
1760
American politician (1760–1806)
Joseph Graetz
1760
German composer, organist, and music educator
James Edward Smith (botanist)
1759
English botanist (1759–1828)
William Cooper (judge)
1754
American judge and politician (1754–1809)
Richard Montgomery
1738
Irish-born American army officer (1738–1775)
Fernando Consag
1703
Croatian missionary and explorer
William Shirley
1694
British colonial administrator (1694–1771)
Wilhelm Egon von Fürstenberg
1629
German count, prince and clergyman
Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin
1599
Scottish nobleman (1599–1663)
Agostino Agazzari
1578
Italian composer and music theorist
Queen Munjeong
1501
Queen of Joseon from 1517 to 1544
Emperor Jianwen of Liang
503
2nd emperor of the Liang Dynasty