Births on 22 December
2000s
Callan McKenna
2006
Scottish footballer (born 2006)
Joe Anders
2003
American-British actor (born 2003)
David Datro Fofana
2002
Ivorian footballer (born 2002)
Camila Osorio
2001
Colombian tennis player (born 2001)
Jack Draper
2001
British tennis player (born 2001)
Joshua Bassett
2000
American actor and singer (born 2000)
1900s
G Hannelius
1998
American actress and singer
Latto
1998
American rapper (born 1998)
Casper Ruud
1998
Norwegian tennis player (born 1998)
RĂşben Lameiras
1994
Portuguese footballer (born 1994)
Sergi Darder
1993
Spanish footballer (born 1993)
Raphaël Guerreiro
1993
Footballer (born 1993)
Meghan Trainor
1993
American singer-songwriter (born 1993)
Michaela Hončová
1992
Slovak tennis player
Nick Johnson (basketball)
1992
American basketball player (born 1992)
Moonbyul
1992
South Korean rapper (born 1992)
DaBaby
1991
American rapper (born 1991)
Jean-Baptiste Maunier
1990
French actor and singer (born 1990)
Jordin Sparks
1989
American singer and actress (born 1989)
Jacob Stallings
1989
American baseball player (born 1989)
Scott Darling
1988
American ice hockey player (born 1988)
Mohamed El Shenawy
1988
Egyptian footballer (born 1988)
Leigh Halfpenny
1988
Welsh rugby union player (born 1988)
Zack Britton
1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Eder (footballer, born 1987)
1987
Portuguese footballer
Dennis Armfield
1986
Australian rules footballer
Fatih Ă–ztĂĽrk (footballer, born 1986)
1986
French footballer (born 1986)
Basshunter
1984
Swedish singer, record producer and DJ (born 1984)
Greg Finley
1984
American actor (born 1984)
José Fonte
1983
Portuguese footballer (born 1983)
Doc Gallows
1983
American professional wrestler and promoter (born 1983)
Viola Kibiwot
1983
Kenyan middle-distance runner
Britta Heidemann
1982
German fencer (born 1982)
Alinne Moraes
1982
Brazilian actress
Marina Kuptsova
1981
Russian high jumper (born 1981)
Chris Carmack
1980
American actor, singer and former model (born 1980)
Marcus Haislip
1980
American basketball player (born 1980)
Jamie Langfield
1979
Scottish footballer (born 1979)
Danny Ahn
1978
South Korean-American singer and actor (born 1978)
Joy Ali
1978
Fijian boxer
Emmanuel Olisadebe
1978
Footballer (born 1978)
Steve Kariya
1977
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1977)
Katleen De Caluwé
1976
Belgian sprinter (born 1976)
Jason Lane
1976
American baseball player & coach (born 1976)
Aya Takano
1976
Japanese artist (born 1976)
Sergei Aschwanden
1975
Swiss judoka (born 1975)
Dmitri Khokhlov
1975
Russian footballer and manager
Marcin Mięciel
1975
Polish footballer (born 1975)
Stanislav Neckář
1975
Czech ice hockey player
Takuya Onishi
1975
Japanese astronaut, engineer and pilot (born 1975)
Heather Donahue
1974
American actress, writer (b. 1974)
Mark Hill (musician)
1972
Musical artist
Kirk Maltby
1972
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1972)
Vanessa Paradis
1972
French singer, model and actress (born 1972)
Ajeenkya Patil
1971
Indian educationist
Gary Anderson (darts player)
1970
Scottish darts player (born 1970)
Ted Cruz
1970
American politician and attorney (born 1970)
Myriam BĂ©dard
1969
Canadian biathlete
Mark Robins
1969
English football manager (born 1969)
Emre Aracı
1968
Turkish music historian, conductor and composer
Luis Hernández (footballer, born 1968)
1968
Mexican footballer
Lori McKenna
1968
American singer-songwriter (born 1968)
Dina Meyer
1968
American actress (born 1968)
Richey Edwards
1967
Welsh guitarist (1967–1995)
Stéphane Gendron
1967
Rebecca Harris
1967
British politician (born 1967)
Dan Petrescu
1967
Romanian footballer and manager (born 1967)
Dmitry Bilozerchev
1966
Russian gymnast (born 1966)
Destruction (band)
1966
German thrash metal band
David Wright (politician)
1966
British politician, born 1966
David S. Goyer
1965
American filmmaker, novelist, and comic book writer
Urszula WĹ‚odarczyk
1965
Polish heptathlete (born 1965)
Mike Jackson (right-handed pitcher)
1964
American baseball player (born 1964)
Angela James
1964
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1964)
Simon Kirby
1964
British Conservative politician
Giuseppe Bergomi
1963
Italian footballer (born 1963)
Brian McMillan
1963
South African cricketer (born 1963)
Luna H. Mitani
1963
Japanese artist
Ralph Fiennes
1962
English actor and director (born 1962)
Yuri Malenchenko
1961
Russian cosmonaut (born 1961)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960
American artist (1960–1988)
Uncle Luke
1960
American musician and actor (born 1960)
Paul Kuniholm Pauper
1960
Bernd Schuster
1959
German footballer (born 1959)
Frank Gambale
1958
Australian jazz fusion guitarist (born 1958)
David Heavener
1958
American actor
Stephen Conway
1957
British Anglican bishop and Lord Spiritual (born 1957)
Carole James
1957
Canadian politician (born 1957)
Peter Mortimer (rugby league)
1957
Australian rugby league footballer
Jane Lighting
1956
British television executive
Galina Murašova
1955
Lithuanian discus thrower (born 1955)
Lonnie Smith (baseball)
1955
American baseball player (born 1955)
Thomas C. SĂĽdhof
1955
German-American biochemist
Hideshi Matsuda
1954
Japanese car racer and TV reporter (born 1954)
Derick Parry
1954
West Indian cricketer (born 1954)
Ian Turnbull (ice hockey)
1953
Canadian ice hockey player
Tom Underwood
1953
American baseball player (1953–2010)
Sandra Kalniete
1952
Latvian politician
Lasse Bengtsson
1951
Swedish journalist
Charles de Lint
1951
Canadian fantasy author (born 1951)
Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
1951
British landowner, businessman, aristocrat and Territorial Army officer (1951–2016)
Jenny Blake Isabella
1951
American comic book creator and critic (born 1951)
Jan Stephenson
1951
Australian professional golfer (born 1951)
Manfred Moore
1950
American football and rugby league player (1950–2020)
Maurice Gibb
1949
British musician (1949–2003)
Robin Gibb
1949
British singer (1949–2012)
Ray Guy
1949
American football player (1949–2022)
Steve Garvey
1948
American baseball player (born 1948)
Don Kardong
1948
American long-distance runner and journalist
Rick Nielsen
1948
American guitarist (born 1948)
Chris Old
1948
English cricketer
Lynne Thigpen
1948
American actress (1948–2003)
Brian Daley
1947
American science fiction writer (1947–1996)
Dilip Doshi
1947
Indian cricketer (1947–2025)
Roger Carr (businessman)
1946
British businessman
C. Eugene Steuerle
1946
American economist, a Richard B (born 1946)
Frances Lannon
1945
British academic and educator
Sam Newman
1945
Australian rules football player
Diane Sawyer
1945
American television broadcast journalist (born 1945)
Mary Archer
1944
British chemist (born 1944)
Steve Carlton
1944
American baseball player (born 1944)
Barry Jenkins (musician)
1944
English musician (1944–2024)
Štefan Jánoš
1943
Paul Wolfowitz
1943
American politician and diplomat (born 1943)
Jerry Koosman
1942
American baseball player (born 1942)
Dick Parry
1942
English saxophonist (born 1942)
Luis Francisco Cuéllar
1940
Colombian politician (1940–2009)
Mike Molloy
1940
British newspaper editor and author
Matty Alou
1938
Dominican baseball player and manager (1938–2011)
Lucien Bouchard
1938
Premier of Quebec from 1996 to 2001
Red Steagall
1938
American performing artist (born 1938)
Charlotte Lamb
1937
British novelist (1937–2000)
Eduard Uspensky
1937
Russian writer (1937–2018)
Ken Whitmore
1937
British author
James Burke (science historian)
1936
British broadcaster and author (born 1936)
HĂ©ctor Elizondo
1936
American actor (born 1936)
Paulo Rocha (film director)
1935
Portuguese film director
David Pearson (racing driver)
1934
American racing driver (1934–2018)
John Hartle
1933
British motorcycle racer
Phil Woosnam
1932
Welsh footballer and manager (1932–2019)
Gisela Birkemeyer
1931
German sprint runner (1931–2024)
Carlos Graça
1931
Prime Minister of SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe from 1994 to 1995
Ardalion Ignatyev
1930
Soviet athlete (1930–1998)
Wazir Mohammad
1929
Pakistani cricketer and banker (1929–2025)
Fredrik Barth
1928
Norwegian anthropologist (1928–2016)
Alcides Ghiggia
1926
Uruguayan footballer (1926-2015)
Roberta Leigh
1926
British novelist and television writer (1926–2014)
Lewis Glucksman
1925
American businessman
Lefter Küçükandonyadis
1925
Turkish footballer
Frank Corsaro
1924
American stage director (1924–2017)
Peregrine Worsthorne
1923
British journalist, writer and broadcaster (1923–2020)
Ruth Roman
1922
American actress (1922–1999)
Jim Wright
1922
American politician (1922–2015)
Dimitri Fampas
1921
Greek classical guitarist and composer
Hawkshaw Hawkins
1921
American country music singer (1921–1963)
Gene Rayburn
1917
American radio and television personality (1917–1999)
Barbara Billingsley
1915
American actress (1915–2010)
Phillip Glasier
1915
British falconry expert and conservationist
Giorgio Oberweger
1913
Italian athletics competitor
Ilias Degiannis
1912
Greek naval officer and resistance leader (1912–1943)
Lady Bird Johnson
1912
First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969
Danny O'Dea
1911
English actor
Patricia Hayes
1909
British actress (1909–1998)
Giacomo ManzĂą
1908
Italian sculptor (1908–1991)
Peggy Ashcroft
1907
English actress (1907–1991)
Pierre Brasseur
1905
French actor (1905–1972)
Pierre Levegh
1905
French racing driver (1905–1955)
Kenneth Rexroth
1905
American poet and translator (1905–1982)
Haldan Keffer Hartline
1903
American physiologist (1903 –1983)
Andre Kostelanetz
1901
Russian-American conductor (1901–1980)
Marc Allégret
1900
French screenwriter and film director (1900–1973)
1800s
Gustaf GrĂĽndgens
1899
German actor (1899 – 1963)
Vladimir Fock
1898
Russian physicist (1898–1974)
Edwin Linkomies
1894
Prime minister of Finland from 1943 to 1944
Herman PotoÄŤnik
1892
Slovenian military officer, electrical engineer and physicist (1892–1929)
George Hutson
1889
British long-distance runner
J. Arthur Rank
1888
English industrialist (1888–1972)
Srinivasa Ramanujan
1887
Indian mathematician (1887–1920)
Deems Taylor
1885
American composer and music critic (1885–1966)
St. Elmo Brady
1884
American chemist (1884–1966)
Marcus Hurley
1883
American cyclist (1883–1941)
Edgard Varèse
1883
French and American composer (1883–1965)
Fred Woolley
1880
Australian rugby league footballer
Myer Prinstein
1878
American track athlete
Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
1876
Italian poet (1876–1944)
Franz Schmidt (composer)
1874
Austrian composer, cellist and pianist
Camille Guérin
1872
French veterinarian and scientist; codeveloped BCG vaccine
Dmitri Egorov
1869
Russian mathematician (1869–1931)
Edwin Arlington Robinson
1869
American poet and playwright (1869–1935)
Jaan Tõnisson
1868
Estonian statesman and prime minister (1866–1941)
Charles Sands
1865
American golfer, tennis, and real tennis player
Connie Mack
1862
American baseball manager and owner (1862–1956)
Giacomo Puccini
1858
Italian opera composer (1858–1924)
Frank B. Kellogg
1856
American lawyer and statesman (1856–1937)
Teresa Carreño
1853
Venezuelan pianist, soprano, composer, and conductor (1853–1917)
Evgraf Fedorov
1853
Russian mathematician and crystallographer (1853–1919)
Sarada Devi
1853
Spiritual consort of Ramakrishna (1853–1920)
Victoriano Huerta
1850
President and Dictator of Mexico from 1913 to 1914
John Nevil Maskelyne
1839
English inventor and stage magician (1839–1917)
Franz Abt
1819
German composer and conductor (1819–1885)
Pierre Ossian Bonnet
1819
French mathematician (1819–1892)
Johan Sebastian Welhaven
1807
Norwegian writer (1807–1873)
John O. Westwood
1805
English entomologist and archaeologist (1805-1893)
Before 1800
Nicholas Callan
1799
Irish physicist and Catholic priest (1799–1864)
Johann Friedrich Pfaff
1765
German mathematician (1765–1825)
Carl Friedrich Abel
1723
German composer (1723–1787)
James Oglethorpe
1696
British Army officer and politician (1696–1785)
Hermann Samuel Reimarus
1694
German philosopher (1694–1768)
Guru Gobind Singh
1666
Tenth Sikh guru from 1675 to 1708
Jean Racine
1639
17th-century French dramatist (1639–1699)
Tommaso Dingli
1591
Maltese architect and sculptor (1591–1666)
Étienne Martellange
1569
16th and 17th-century French architect
Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)
1550
Italian academic and philosopher (1550–1631)
Kuroda Yoshitaka
1546
DaimyĹŤ of the late Sengoku and early Edo periods
Cem Sultan
1459
Claimant to the Ottoman throne (1459–1495)
Khutughtu Khan Kusala
1300
13th Khagan of the Mongol Empire
Chagatai Khan
1183
Second son of Genghis Khan and Börte (1183–1242)
Emperor Antoku
1178
Emperor of Japan from 1180 to 1185
Roger II of Sicily
1095
King of Sicily from 1130 to 1154
Kang Kamch'an
948
Korean general (948–1031)
Diocletian
244
Roman emperor from 284 to 305