Births on 27 December
2000s
Ander Barrenetxea (footballer)
2001
Spanish footballer (born 2001)
1900s
Brock Purdy
1999
American football player (born 1999)
Luka Garza
1998
American basketball player (born 1998)
Mads Juel Andersen
1997
Danish footballer (born 1997)
Vachirawit Chivaaree
1997
Thai actor, singer and entrepreneur (born 1997)
Ana Konjuh
1997
Croatian tennis player (born 1997)
Jang Gyu-ri
1997
South Korean actress (born 1997)
Timothée Chalamet
1995
American and French actor (born 1995)
Nick Chubb
1995
American football player (born 1995)
Ghislain Konan
1995
Ivorian footballer (born 1995)
Mark Lapidus
1995
Estonian chess player
Isi Palazón
1994
Spanish footballer
Olivia Cooke
1993
British actress (born 1993)
Joel Indermitte
1992
Estonian footballer (born 1992)
Maicel Uibo
1992
Estonian decathlete
Chloe Bridges
1991
American actress (born 1991)
Michael Morgan (rugby league, born 1991)
1991
Australia international rugby league footballer
Beth Potter
1991
Scottish long-distance runner and triathlete
Danny Wilson (footballer, born 1991)
1991
Scottish footballer
Max Lindholm
1990
Finnish former ice dancer (born 1990)
Jonathan Marchessault
1990
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Milos Raonic
1990
Canadian tennis player (born 1990)
Zelina Vega
1990
American professional wrestler (born 1990)
Ingrid Várgas Calvo
1989
Peruvian tennis player (born 1989)
Jorge Gutiérrez (basketball)
1988
Mexican basketball player
Hera Hilmar
1988
Icelandic actress (born 1988)
Zavon Hines
1988
Jamaican-English footballer (born 1988)
Ok Taec-yeon
1988
South Korean singer and actor (born 1988)
Rick Porcello
1988
American baseball player (born 1988)
Hayley Williams
1988
American singer (born 1988)
Lily Cole
1987
English actress, model and film director (born 1987)
Torah Bright
1986
Australian professional snowboarder
Jamaal Charles
1986
American football player (born 1986)
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
1986
Retired Jamaican track and field sprinter (born 1986)
Logan Bailly
1985
Belgian footballer (born 1985)
Jérôme d'Ambrosio
1985
Belgian racing driver and motorsport executive (born 1985)
Adil Rami
1985
French footballer (born 1985)
Paul Stastny
1985
Canadian-American ice hockey player
Andrejs Perepļotkins
1984
Ukrainian-born Latvian footballer
Gilles Simon
1984
French tennis player
Anthony Boric
1983
NZ international rugby union player
Cole Hamels
1983
American baseball player (born 1983)
Jesse Williams (high jumper)
1983
American high jumper
Erin E. Stead
1982
American children's book illustrator (born 1982)
David Aardsma
1981
American baseball player (born 1981)
Emilie de Ravin
1981
Australian actress (born 1981)
Jay Ellis
1981
American actor
Moise Joseph
1981
Haitian middle-distance runner
Patrick Sharp
1981
Canadian hockey player (born 1981)
Bernard Berrian
1980
American football player (born 1980)
Claudio Castagnoli
1980
Swiss professional wrestler
Dahntay Jones
1980
American basketball coach and player (born 1980)
Meelis Kompus
1980
Estonian civil servant and media personality
Pascale Dorcelus
1979
Canadian weightlifter
David Dunn
1979
English footballer (born 1979)
Carson Palmer
1979
American football player (born 1979)
Deuce McAllister
1978
American football player (born 1978)
Lisa Jakub
1978
Canadian writer, yoga teacher, and former actress
Jacqueline Pillon
1977
Canadian voice actress
Chris Tate (footballer)
1977
English footballer (born 1977)
Nikolaos Georgeas
1976
Greek footballer
Piotr Morawski
1976
Polish mountaineer (1976–2009)
Daimí Pernía
1976
Cuban hurdler
Fernando Pisani
1976
Ice hockey player
Aigars Fadejevs
1975
Latvian athlete (1975–2024)
Heather O'Rourke
1975
American child actress (1975–1988)
Tomáš Janků
1974
Czech high jumper
Masi Oka
1974
Japanese actor (born 1974)
Fumiko Orikasa
1974
Japanese voice actress and singer (born 1974)
Jay Pandolfo
1974
American ice hockey player and coach
Wilson Cruz
1973
American actor
Kristoffer Zegers
1973
Dutch composer (born 1973)
Colin Charvis
1972
Wales and British Lions international rugby union player
Kevin Ollie
1972
American basketball player and coach (born 1972)
Matt Slocum
1972
Musical artist
Duncan Ferguson
1971
Scottish football manager and former player (born 1971)
Guthrie Govan
1971
English musician (born 1971)
Savannah Guthrie
1971
American journalist (born 1971)
Lorenzo Neal
1970
American football player (born 1970)
Naoko Yamazaki
1970
Japanese astronaut and engineer (born 1970)
Jean-Christophe Boullion
1969
French racing driver (born 1969)
Chyna
1969
American professional wrestler and bodybuilder (1969–2016)
Sarah Vowell
1969
American author, journalist and voice actress (born 1969)
Marianne Elliott
1966
British theatre director (born 1966)
Bill Goldberg
1966
American professional wrestler and former football player (born 1966)
Eva LaRue
1966
American actress and model (born 1966)
Salman Khan
1965
Indian actor and film producer (born 1965)
Ian Gomez
1964
American actor (born 1964)
Theresa Randle
1964
American actress
Gaspar Noé
1963
Argentine filmmaker (born 1963)
Mark Few
1962
American college basketball coach (born 1962)
John Kampfner
1962
British journalist
Bill Self
1962
American basketball coach (born 1962)
Sherri Steinhauer
1962
American professional golfer (born 1962)
Guido Westerwelle
1961
German politician (1961–2016)
Maryam d'Abo
1960
British actress (born 1960)
Donald Nally
1960
Musical artist
Terry Price (golfer)
1960
Australian professional golfer
Gerina Dunwich
1959
American astrologer, occult historian
Andre Tippett
1959
American football player (born 1959)
Steve Jones (golfer)
1958
American professional golfer
Doina Melinte
1956
Romanian middle-distance runner (born 1956)
Brad Murphey
1955
American racing driver
Barbara Olson
1955
American lawyer (1955–2001)
Kent Benson
1954
American basketball player (born 1954)
Mandie Fletcher
1954
British television director
Teo Chee Hean
1954
Singaporean politician (born 1954)
Jay Hill (politician)
1952
Canadian politician (born 1952)
David Knopfler
1952
British musician (born 1952)
Karla Bonoff
1951
American singer-songwriter
Ernesto Zedillo
1951
President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000
Haris Alexiou
1950
Greek singer and actress (born 1950)
Roberto Bettega
1950
Italian footballer
Terry Bozzio
1950
American drummer (born 1950)
Terry Ito
1949
Gérard Depardieu
1948
French actor (born 1948)
Ax (wrestler)
1947
American professional wrestler (born 1947)
Doug Livermore
1947
English footballer (born 1947)
Willy Polleunis
1947
Belgian long-distance runner
Lenny Kaye
1946
American guitarist, composer, and writer (born 1946)
Joe Kinnear
1946
Irish football manager and player (1946–2024)
Janet Street-Porter
1946
British media personality, journalist and broadcaster (born 1946)
Polly Toynbee
1946
English journalist (born 1946)
Mick Jones (Foreigner guitarist)
1944
English rock guitarist (born 1944)
Cokie Roberts
1943
American journalist and author (1943–2019)
Joan Manuel Serrat
1943
Spanish musician
Peter Sinfield
1943
English poet and songwriter (1943–2024)
Roy White
1943
American baseball player (born 1943)
Byron Browne (baseball)
1942
American baseball player (born 1942)
Thomas Menino
1942
American politician and mayor (1942–2014)
Ron Rothstein
1942
American basketball player and coach (born 1942)
Miles Aiken
1941
American basketball player
Mike Pinder
1941
British musician (1941–2024)
Nolan Richardson
1941
American college basketball coach (born 1941)
David Shepherd (umpire)
1940
English cricket umpire
John Amos
1939
American actor (1939–2024)
James Harrison (blood donor)
1936
Australian blood donor (1936–2025)
Phil Sharpe (cricketer)
1936
English cricketer
Eve Uusmees
1936
Estonian swimmer (1936–2026)
Michael Turnbull (bishop)
1935
English Anglican bishop (born 1935)
Larisa Latynina
1934
Russian gymnast (born 1934)
Jeffrey Sterling, Baron Sterling of Plaistow
1934
British businessman and Conservative peer
Dave Marr
1933
American professional golfer (1933–1997)
Scotty Moore
1931
American guitarist (1931–2016)
Marshall Sahlins
1930
American anthropologist (1930–2021)
Wilfrid Sheed
1930
British-American novelist (1930–2011)
Antony Gardner
1927
British politician
Nityanand Swami (politician)
1927
1st Chief Minister of Uttaranchal
Audrey Wagner
1927
Baseball player
Jerome Courtland
1926
American actor, director and producer (1926–2012)
Michel Piccoli
1925
French actor (1925–2020)
Jean Bartik
1924
American computer programmer (1924–2011)
Jim McClure (politician)
1924
American politician and lawyer
Bruno Bobak
1923
Canadian artist (1923–2012)
Lucas Mangope
1923
South African politician (1923–2018)
John Whitworth (musician)
1921
Musical artist
Bruce Hobbs
1920
British jockey (1920–2005)
Charles Sweeney
1919
United States Air Force general (1919 – 2004)
John Celardo
1918
American cartoonist (1918–2012)
Buddy Boudreaux
1917
Musical artist
T. Nadaraja
1917
Sri Lankan academic, lawyer and author
Onni Palaste
1917
Werner Baumbach
1916
German bomber pilot
Cathy Lewis
1916
American actress (1916–1968)
William Masters
1915
American gynecologist (1915–2001)
Gyula Zsengellér
1915
Hungarian footballer and manager (1915–1999)
Elizabeth Smart (Canadian author)
1913
Canadian poet and novelist (1913–1986)
Anna Russell
1911
English Canadian singer and comedian (1911–2006)
Charles Olson
1910
American poet (1910–1970)
James Riddell (skier)
1909
British skier and author (1909–2000)
Asaf Halet Çelebi
1907
Turkish poet
Sebastian Haffner
1907
German journalist and author (1907–1999)
Mary Howard (novelist)
1907
British writer
Conrad L. Raiford
1907
American athlete, goodwill ambassador and police officer
Willem van Otterloo
1907
Dutch conductor and composer
Oscar Levant
1906
American musician and comedian (1906–1972)
Cliff Arquette
1905
American actor and comedian (1905–1974)
René Bonnet (businessman)
1904
French engineer and businessman (1904–1983)
Marlene Dietrich
1901
German and American actress (1901–1992)
Irene Handl
1901
British character actress (1901–1987)
Hans Stuck
1900
German racing driver (1900–1978)
1800s
Inejirō Asanuma
1898
Japanese socialist politician (1898–1960)
Louis Bromfield
1896
American author and conservationist (1896–1956)
Maurice De Waele
1896
Belgian cyclist
Carl Zuckmayer
1896
German writer and playwright (1896–1977)
Alfred Edwin McKay
1892
Canadian flying ace
Thea von Harbou
1888
German author, film director, & actress (1888–1954)
Cyrus S. Eaton
1883
Canadian-American banker, businessman and philanthropist (1883–1979)
Mina Loy
1882
British writer and designer of lamps (1882–1966)
Sydney Greenstreet
1879
British and American actor (1879–1954)
Kalle Korhonen
1878
Finnish politician (1878–1938)
Hermann-Paul
1864
French artist
Louis Lincoln Emmerson
1863
Governor of Illinois from 1929 to 1933
Juan Luis Sanfuentes
1858
President of Chile from 1915 to 1920
Lars Oftedal (born 1838)
1838
Norwegian politician (1838–1900)
Pavel Tretyakov
1832
Russian businessman, patron of art, collector, and philanthropist
Stanisław Mieroszewski
1827
Mackenzie Bowell
1823
Prime Minister of Canada from 1894 to 1896
Louis Pasteur
1822
French chemist, pharmacist and microbiologist (1822–1895)
Alexandros Rizos Rangavis
1809
Greek man of letters, poet and statesman
François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier
1803
Before 1800
Ghalib
1797
Indian poet (1797–1869)
Charles Hodge
1797
Presbyterian theologian (1797–1878)
Nikolay Kamensky
1776
Russian military commander (1776–1811)
George Cayley
1773
British aeronautical engineer (1773–1857)
François Hemsterhuis
1721
Dutch writer on aesthetics and moral philosophy
Philippe de Noailles
1715
George Whitefield
1714
English cleric and preacher (1714–1770)
Giovanni Battista Borra
1713
Italian architect and engineer
Prince Frederick Henry Eugen of Anhalt-Dessau
1705
Prince of house is Ascania
Sollom Emlyn
1697
Irish legal writer (1697–1754)
Jacob August Franckenstein
1689
Conyers Middleton
1683
English clergyman and writer (1683–1750)
Johann Melchior Roos
1663
German Baroque painter
Veronica Giuliani
1660
Italian Roman Catholic saint
Abstrupus Danby
1655
English wool merchant and country gentleman (1655-1727)
Giovanni Antonio Viscardi
1645
Swiss architect (1645–1713)
Petar Kanavelić
1637
William Whitelock
1636
English barrister and Tory politician
Jean de Lamberville
1633
Jesuit priest (1633–1714)
Teofil Rutka
1622
Bohdan Khmelnytsky
1595
Hetman of the Zaporozhian Host from 1648 to 1657
Philipp Julius, Duke of Pomerania
1584
Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast
Johannes Vodnianus Campanus
1572
Johannes Kepler
1571
German astronomer and mathematician (1571–1630)
Jan Jesenius
1566
Bohemian physician, politician and philosopher
Johann Pfeffinger
1493
German theologian
Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
1481
Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1515-1527)
John I Albert
1459
King of Poland from 1492 to 1501
Anne de Mortimer
1390
English noblewoman (1388–1411)
John I of Aragon
1350
King of Aragon from 1387 to 1396