Births on 31 December
2000s
Ryan Flamingo
2002
Dutch footballer (born 2002)
Sophia Laforteza
2002
Filipino and American singer (born 2002)
Joe Scally
2002
American soccer player (born 2002)
Katie Volynets
2001
American tennis player (born 2001)
Alycia Parks
2000
American tennis player (born 2000)
1900s
Calvin Bassey
1999
Nigerian footballer (born 1999)
Leif Davis
1999
English footballer (born 1999)
Ludovic Blas
1997
French footballer (born 1997)
Cameron Carter-Vickers
1997
American soccer player (born 1997)
Bright Osayi-Samuel
1997
Nigerian footballer (born 1997)
J. J. Arcega-Whiteside
1996
Spanish gridiron football player (born 1996)
Gabby Douglas
1995
American artistic gymnast (born 1995)
Edmond Sumner
1995
American basketball player (born 1995)
Amy Cure
1992
Australian cyclist (born 1992)
Karl Kruuda
1992
Estonian rally driver (born 1992)
Dennis Everberg
1991
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1991)
Djené
1991
Togolese footballer
ND Stevenson
1991
American cartoonist and producer (born 1991)
Ryo Aitaka
1989
Former Japanese kickboxer
Kelvin Herrera
1989
Dominican baseball player (born 1989)
Michal Řepík
1988
Czech ice hockey player
Javaris Crittenton
1987
American basketball player (born 1987)
Seydou Doumbia
1987
Ivorian professional footballer (born 1982)
Danny Holla
1987
Dutch footballer
Nemanja Nikolić (footballer, born 1987)
1987
Hungarian footballer (born 1987)
Nate Freiman
1986
American baseball player (born 1986)
Kade Snowden
1986
Australia & Italy international rugby league footballer
Jonathan Horton
1985
American artistic gymnast
Jan Smit (singer)
1985
Musical artist
Corey Crawford
1984
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1984)
Ben Hannant
1984
Australia international rugby league footballer
Gerardo Lugo (footballer, born 1984)
1984
Mexican footballer (born 1984)
Calvin Zola
1984
Congolese footballer (born 1984)
Jana Veselá
1983
Czech basketball player (born 1983)
Julio DePaula
1982
Dominican baseball player (born 1982)
Craig Gordon
1982
Scottish footballer (born 1982)
Luke Schenscher
1982
Australian basketball player (born 1982)
The Rocket Summer
1982
Solo project of American singer-songwriter Bryce Avary
Jason Campbell
1981
American football player (born 1981)
Francisco García (basketball)
1981
Dominican basketball player (born 1981)
Matthew Pavlich
1981
Australian rules footballer, born 1981
Margaret Simpson
1981
Ghanaian heptathlete
Jesse Carlson
1980
American baseball player (born 1980)
Matt Cross (wrestler)
1980
American professional wrestler (born 1980)
Richie McCaw
1980
New Zealand international rugby union player (born 1980)
Carsten Schlangen
1980
German middle-distance runner
Paul O'Neill (racing driver)
1979
British racing driver (born 1979)
Jeff Waldstreicher
1979
American politician (born 1979)
Ricky Whittle
1979
English actor (born 1979)
Wardy Alfaro
1977
Costa Rican footballer (born 1977)
Luís Carreira
1976
Portuguese motorcycle racer
Matthew Hoggard
1976
English cricketer (born 1976)
Rami Alanko
1975
Finnish ice hockey player
Toni Kuivasto
1975
Finnish footballer (born 1975)
Rob Penders
1975
Dutch footballer
Sander Schutgens
1975
Dutch long-distance runner
Mario Aerts
1974
Belgian cyclist (born 1974)
Tony Kanaan
1974
Brazilian racing driver (born 1974)
Ryan Sakoda
1974
Japanese professional wrestler (1972–2021)
Shandon Anderson
1973
American basketball player
Malcolm Middleton
1973
Scottish musician
Curtis Myden
1973
Canadian swimmer (born 1973)
Grégory Coupet
1972
French footballer (born 1972)
Scott Manley
1972
Scottish-American astrophysicist (born 1972)
Brent Barry
1971
American basketball player (born 1971)
Esteban Loaiza
1971
Mexican baseball player (born 1971)
Heath Shuler
1971
American football player and politician (born 1971)
Jorjão (footballer)
1970
Brazilian footballer
Embrace (English band)
1970
British rock band
Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
1970
Greek princess (born 1965)
Bryon Russell
1970
American basketball player (b. 1970)
Gerry Dee
1968
Canadian actor and stand-up comedian (born 1968)
Junot Díaz
1968
Dominican-American writer and academic (born 1968)
Paul McGregor (rugby league)
1967
Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
Tony Dorigo
1965
Association football player
Julie Doucet
1965
Canadian comic artist and writer (born 1965)
Laxman Sivaramakrishnan
1965
Indian cricketer (born 1965)
Winston Benjamin
1964
West Indian cricketer
Michael McDonald (comedian)
1964
American comedian and actor (born 1964)
Tyrone Corbin
1962
American basketball player and coach (born 1962)
Chris Hallam
1962
Welsh Paralympian and wheelchair athlete
Jennifer Higdon
1962
American composer (born 1962)
Rick Aguilera
1961
American baseball player (born 1961)
Jeremy Heywood
1961
British civil servant (1961–2018)
Nina Li Chi
1961
Hong Kong actress (born 1961)
Fabian Nicieza
1961
Argentine-American comic book writer and editor (born 1961)
Steve Bruce
1960
English football player and manager (born 1960)
Liveris Andritsos
1959
Greek basketball player and coach (born 1959)
Val Kilmer
1959
American actor (1959–2025)
Phill Kline
1959
American politician
Baron Waqa
1959
President of Nauru from 2013 to 2019
Paul Westerberg
1959
American musician (born 1959)
Geoff Marsh
1958
Australian cricketer
Robert Goodwill
1956
British Conservative politician
Helma Knorscheidt
1956
East German shot putter
Steve Rude
1956
American comics artist
Pula Nikolao Pula
1955
Governor of American Samoa since 2025
Alex Salmond
1954
First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014
Hermann Tilke
1954
German engineer, racing driver and F1 circuit designer
Jane Badler
1953
American actress and singer
Vaughan Jones
1952
New Zealand mathematician and Fields Medalist
Jean-Pierre Rives
1952
France international rugby union player (born 1952)
Kenny Roberts
1951
American motorcycle racer
Bob Gilder
1950
American professional golfer (born 1950)
Inge Helten
1950
German sprinter
Cheryl Womack
1950
Ellen Datlow
1949
American editor and anthologist (born 1949)
Flora Gomes
1949
Bissau-Guinean film director
Susan Shwartz
1949
American author (born 1949)
Sandy Jardine
1948
Scottish professional footballer
Roy Greenslade
1946
British academic and journalist (born 1946)
Bryan Hamilton
1946
Northern Irish footballer and manager
Raphie Kaplinsky
1946
English professor
Pius Ncube
1946
Zimbabwean Roman Catholic archbishop
Lyudmila Pakhomova
1946
Russian ice dancer (1946–1986)
Cliff Richey
1946
American tennis player
Eric Robson
1946
British broadcaster
Nigel Rudd
1946
British businessman (born 1946)
Tim Stevens
1946
Retired British Anglican bishop (born 1946)
Connie Willis
1945
American science fiction writer
Taylor Hackford
1944
American film director (born 1944)
Alex Ferguson
1941
Scottish football manager (born 1941)
Mani Neumeier
1940
Musical artist
Willye White
1939
American athlete (1939–2007)
Rosalind Cash
1938
American actress (1938–1995)
Atje Keulen-Deelstra
1938
Dutch speed skater (1938–2013)
Avram Hershko
1937
Hungarian-Israeli biochemist
Barry Hughes
1937
Welsh footballer and manager (1937–2019)
Tess Jaray
1937
British painter and printmaker (born 1937)
Ameer Muhammad Akram Awan
1934
Spiritual leader of Naqshbandia Owaisiah
Maria Krushelnytska
1934
Ukrainian pianist (1934–2025)
Edward Bunker
1933
American novelist, screenwriter, and actor
Don James (American football)
1932
American football player and coach (1932–2013)
Felix Rexhausen
1932
German journalist, editor, and author
Bob Shaw
1931
Science fiction author from Northern Ireland
Jaime Escalante
1930
Bolivian educator, teacher and mathematician
Odetta
1930
American singer (1930–2008)
Mies Bouwman
1929
Dutch television presenter (1929–2018)
Peter May (cricketer)
1929
English cricketer (1929–1994)
Ross Barbour (singer)
1928
American singer
Hugh McElhenny
1928
American football player (1928–2022)
Veijo Meri
1928
Finnish writer
Tatyana Shmyga
1928
Soviet-Russian singer and actress (1928–2011)
Siné
1928
French cartoonist
Vishnudevananda Saraswati
1927
Founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres and Ashrams
Valerie Pearl
1926
British historian (1926-2016)
Billy Snedden
1926
Australian politician (1926–1987)
Irina Korschunow
1925
German writer (1925–2013)
Shrilal Shukla
1925
Hindi writer (1925–2011)
Daphne Oram
1925
British composer and electronic musician (1925–2003)
Taylor Mead
1924
American writer (1924–2013)
Giannis Dalianidis
1923
Greek film director
Tomás Balduino
1922
Brazilian Roman Catholic Bishop (1922–2014)
Halina Czerny-Stefańska
1922
Polish pianist (1922–2001)
Luis Zuloaga
1922
Baseball player
Rex Allen
1920
American film actor, singer and songwriter (1920–1999)
Tommy Byrne (baseball)
1919
American baseball player (1919–2007)
Carmen Contreras Bozak
1919
Puerto Rican soldier
Ray Graves
1918
American football player and coach (1918–2015)
Evelyn Knight (singer)
1917
American singer
Wilfrid Noyce
1917
British mountain climber
Sam Ragan
1915
American journalist
Mary Logan Reddick
1914
Neuroembryologist
John Frost (British Army officer)
1912
British Army general (1912–1993)
Dal Stivens
1911
Australian writer
Carl Dudley
1910
American film director (1910–1973)
Enrique Maier
1910
Spanish tennis player (1910–1981)
Jonah Jones
1909
American jazz musician (1909–2000)
Simon Wiesenthal
1908
Austrian Nazi hunter (1908–2005)
Helen Dodson Prince
1905
American astronomer (1905–2002)
William Heynes
1903
English automotive engineer
Lionel Daunais
1902
Canadian opera singer
Roy Goodall
1902
English footballer and manager
Karl-August Fagerholm
1901
Prime Minister of Finland (1948–1950, 1956–1957, 1958–1959)
Nikos Ploumpidis
1901
Greek communist (1902–1954)
1800s
Silvestre Revueltas
1899
Mexican composer (1899–1940)
Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein
1885
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1905 to 1918
Bobby Byrne (baseball)
1884
American baseball player (1884–1964)
Mihály Fekete
1884
Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director
Max Pechstein
1881
German painter
Fred Beebe
1880
American baseball player (1879–1957)
George C. Marshall
1880
American general and statesman (1880–1959)
Elizabeth Arden
1878
Canadian-American businesswoman
Horacio Quiroga
1878
Uruguayan writer (1878–1937)
Lawrence Beesley
1877
English teacher and RMS Titanic survivor (1877–1967)
Julius Meier
1874
20th Governor of Oregon
Konstantin Konik
1873
Estonian politician and surgeon
Fred Marriott
1872
American race car driver
Henri Matisse
1869
French artist (1869–1954)
Robert Grant Aitken
1864
American astronomer
Joseph S. Cullinan
1860
American oil executive (1860–1937)
King Kelly
1857
American baseball player and manager (1857–1894)
Giovanni Pascoli
1855
Italian poet and classical scholar (1855–1912)
Henry Carter Adams
1851
American economist and professor
Giovanni Boldini
1842
Italian painter (1842–1931)
Émile Loubet
1838
President of France from 1899 to 1906
Kapiʻolani
1834
Queen consort of Hawaiʻi (1834–1899)
Hugh Nelson (Australian politician)
1833
Australian politician (1833–1906)
Isma'il Pasha of Egypt
1830
Khedive of Egypt and Sudan from 1863 to 1879
Alexander Smith (poet)
1830
Scottish poet and essayist
George Meade
1815
United States Army general and civil engineer (1815–1872)
Marie d'Agoult
1805
Franco-German romantic author and historian (1805–1876)
Before 1800
Friedrich Robert Faehlmann
1798
Estonian writer
Johann Spurzheim
1776
German physician and phrenologist (1776–1832)
James Bunbury White
1774
American politician (1774–1819)
Pierre-Charles Villeneuve
1763
French Navy officer (1763–1806)
Gottfried August Bürger
1741
18th-century German poet (1747–1794)
Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
1738
British Army officer (1738–1805)
Charles Edward Stuart
1720
Jacobite leader (1720–1788)
Arima Yoriyuki
1714
Japanese mathematician
Herman Boerhaave
1668
Dutch botanist, chemist, humanist, and physician (1668–1738)
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1585–1635)
1585
Spanish military leader
Emperor Go-Yōzei
1572
Emperor of Japan from 1586 to 1611
Simon Forman
1552
English astrologer, occultist and herbalist
Henri I, Duke of Guise
1550
Duke of Guise (1551–1588)
John Radcliffe (MP, died 1568)
1539
English politician
Andreas Vesalius
1514
Anatomist, physician and author (1514–1564)
Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy
1504
Duchess consort of Savoy
Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino
1493
Duchess of Urbino
Jacques Cartier
1491
French maritime explorer of North America (1491–1557)
Pope Callixtus III
1378
Head of the Catholic Church from 1455 to 1458
Muhammad ibn al-Qasim
695
Umayyad general and governor of Sindh (695–715)