Births on 5 December
2000s
Owen Cooper
2009
English actor (born 2009)
Ediz Gürel
2008
Turkish chess grandmaster (born 2008)
Soobin (singer)
2000
South Korean singer (born 2000)
1900s
Conan Gray
1998
American singer-songwriter (born 1998)
Randal Kolo Muani
1998
French footballer (born 1998)
Maddie Poppe
1997
American singer-songwriter (born 1997)
Quinnen Williams
1997
American football player (born 1997)
Danny Levi
1995
NZ & Samoa international rugby league footballer
Anthony Martial
1995
French footballer (born 1995)
Kaetlyn Osmond
1995
Canadian figure skater
Levy Rozman
1995
American chess player and commentator (born 1995)
Alexander Sørloth
1995
Norwegian footballer (born 1995)
Ondrej Duda
1994
Slovak footballer
Semi Ojeleye
1994
American basketball player (born 1994)
Ross Barkley
1993
English footballer (born 1993)
Luciano Vietto
1993
Argentine footballer (born 1993)
Natalie Sourisseau
1992
Canadian field hockey player
Cam Fowler
1991
American ice hockey player (born 1991)
Christian Yelich
1991
American baseball player (born 1991)
Montee Ball
1990
American football player (born 1990)
Jurrell Casey
1989
American football player (born 1989)
Kwon Yu-ri
1989
South Korean singer and actress (born 1989)
Ross Bagley
1988
American actor and comedian
Tina Charles (basketball)
1988
American basketball player (born 1988)
Kyle Long
1988
American football player (born 1988)
Joanna Rowsell
1988
English racing cyclist
A. J. Pollock
1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
LeGarrette Blount
1986
American football player (born 1986)
James Hinchcliffe
1986
Canadian racing driver and commentator (born 1986)
Justin Smoak
1986
American baseball player (born 1986)
Shikhar Dhawan
1985
Indian cricketer (born 1985)
André-Pierre Gignac
1985
French association football player (born 1985)
Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum (born 1985)
1985
Sheikha of Dubai
Frankie Muniz
1985
American actor and racing driver (born 1985)
Josh Smith
1985
American basketball player (born 1985)
Danny Wicks
1985
Australian rugby league footballer
Lauren London
1984
American actress (born 1984)
Joakim Lindström
1983
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1983)
Eddy Curry
1982
American basketball player (born 1982)
Keri Hilson
1982
American singer and songwriter (born 1982)
Gabriel Luna
1982
American actor (born 1982)
Adan Canto
1981
Mexican actor (1981–2024)
Jessica Paré
1980
Canadian actress
Matteo Ferrari
1979
Italian footballer (born 1979)
Niklas Hagman
1979
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1979)
Gareth McAuley
1979
Northern Irish footballer (born 1979)
Nick Stahl
1979
American actor (born 1979)
Neil Druckmann
1978
American video game designer (born 1978)
Olli Jokinen
1978
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1978)
Marcelo Zalayeta
1978
Uruguayan footballer (born 1978)
Peter van der Vlag
1977
Dutch footballer and coach
Amy Acker
1976
American actress (born 1976)
Xavier Garbajosa
1976
French rugby union player (born 1976)
Norishige Kanai
1976
Japanese doctor and astronaut (born 1976)
Sachiko Kokubu
1976
Japanese actress and fashion model
Rachel Komisarz
1976
American swimmer (born 1976)
Ronnie O'Sullivan
1975
English snooker player (born 1975)
Paula Patton
1975
American actress
Ravish Kumar
1974
Indian journalist and anchor (born 1974)
Brian Lewis (sprinter)
1974
American athletics competitor
Argo Arbeiter
1973
Estonian footballer and manager
Arik Benado
1973
Israeli association footballer (born 1973)
Mikelangelo Loconte
1973
Musical artist
Luboš Motl
1973
Czech physicist and translator
Cliff Floyd
1972
American baseball player (born 1972)
Duane Ross
1972
American track and field coach and athlete
Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
1971
German businessman, journalist, podcaster and politician (born 1971)
Ashia Hansen
1971
British triple jumper
Gabriel Hjertstedt
1971
Swedish professional golfer
Kali Rocha
1971
American actress (born 1971)
Kevin Haller
1970
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1970)
Michel'le
1970
American R&B singer (born 1967)
Eric Etebari
1969
American actor
Morgan J. Freeman
1969
American director (born 1969)
Sajid Javid
1969
British politician (born 1969)
Lewis Pugh
1969
English endurance swimmer
Ramón Ramírez (footballer)
1969
Mexican footballer (born 1969)
Catherine Tate
1969
British actress, comedian and writer (born 1969)
Margaret Cho
1968
American comedian and actress (born 1968)
Lisa Marie (actress)
1968
American actress and model (born 1968)
Lydia Millet
1968
American novelist (born 1968)
Falilat Ogunkoya
1968
Nigerian sprinter
Gary Allan
1967
American country singer (born 1967)
Manish Malhotra
1965
Indian fashion designer (born 1966)
John Rzeznik
1965
American singer-songwriter and record producer (born 1965)
Wayne Smith (musician)
1965
Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician (1965–2014)
Valeriy Spitsyn
1965
Russian racewalker
Martin Vinnicombe
1964
Australian cyclist
Doctor Dré
1963
American radio personality and former MTV VJ
Carrie Hamilton
1963
American dramatist (1963–2002)
Alberto Nisman
1963
Argentine lawyer and prosecutor (1963–2015)
José Cura
1962
Argentine-Spanish operatic tenor (born 1962)
Pablo Morales
1962
American swimmer (born 1964)
Nivek Ogre
1962
Canadian musician, artist and actor
Fred Rutten
1962
Dutch football player and manager
Ralf Dujmovits
1961
German mountaineer
Laura Flanders
1961
English journalist (born 1961)
Frans Adelaar
1960
Dutch footballer and manager
Osvaldo Golijov
1960
Argentine composer (born 1960)
Jack Russell (musician)
1960
American singer (1960–2024)
Matthew Taylor (political strategist)
1960
British political strategist (born 1960)
Lee Chapman
1959
English footballer (born 1959)
Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi
1959
Ukrainian businessman (born 1959)
Dynamite Kid
1958
British professional wrestler (1958–2018)
Raquel Argandoña
1957
Chilean entertainer and mayor
Art Monk
1957
American football player (born 1957)
Klaus Allofs
1956
German football player and executive (born 1956)
Butch Lee
1956
Puerto Rican basketball player (born 1956)
Adam Thorpe
1956
British poet and novelist (born 1956)
Krystian Zimerman
1956
Polish classical pianist (born 1956)
Miyuki Kawanaka
1955
Japanese enka singer
Juha Tiainen
1955
Finnish hammer thrower (1955–2003)
Hanif Kureishi
1954
British playwright (born 1954)
Gwen Lister
1953
Namibian journalist
Morgan Brittany
1951
American actress (born 1951)
Link Byfield
1951
Canadian writer and politician (1951–2015)
Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven
1951
Belgian artist
John Altman (composer)
1949
British film composer
David Manning
1949
British diplomat (born 1949)
Denise Drysdale
1948
Australian television personality, actress and comedian
Rudy Fernandez (triathlete)
1947
Filipino triathlete and reality television contestant (1947–2022)
Bruce Golding
1947
Prime Minister of Jamaica from 2007 to 2011
Tony Gregory
1947
Irish politician (1947–2009)
Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa
1947
Mongolian cosmonaut and defense minister (born 1947)
Jim Messina (musician)
1947
American musician (born 1947)
Jim Plunkett
1947
American football player (born 1947)
Kim Simmonds
1947
British musician (1947–2022)
Don Touhig
1947
British politician (born 1947)
José Carreras
1946
Spanish tenor (born 1946)
Andy Kim (singer)
1946
Canadian pop rock singer and songwriter (born 1946)
Sarel van der Merwe
1946
South African rally and racing driver (born 1946)
Serge Chapleau
1945
Canadian political cartoonist
Moshe Katsav
1945
President of Israel from 2000 to 2007
Jeroen Krabbé
1944
Dutch actor, film director and painter
Eva Joly
1943
Norwegian-born French magistrate and politician (born 1943)
Andrew Yeom Soo-jung
1943
Archbishop of Seoul from 2012 to 2021
Bryan Murray (ice hockey)
1942
Canadian professional ice hockey executive and coach
Tony Crafter
1940
Australian cricket umpire (born 1940)
Boris Ignatyev
1940
Russian footballer (1940–2026)
Peter Pohl
1940
Swedish author, director and screenwriter
Frank Wilson (musician)
1940
American singer-songwriter (1940–2012)
JJ Cale
1938
American musician (1938–2013)
James Lee Burke
1936
American author (born 1936)
Calvin Trillin
1935
American humorist and novelist (born 1935)
Yury Vlasov
1935
Soviet and Russian weightlifter (1935–2021)
Joan Didion
1934
American writer (1934–2021)
Gennadiy Agapov
1933
Soviet race walker (1933–1999)
Harry Holgate
1933
Australian politician
Alf Dubs, Baron Dubs
1932
British politician and life peer (born 1932)
Sheldon Glashow
1932
American theoretical physicist
Jim Hurtubise
1932
American racing driver (1932–1989)
Nadira (Indian actress)
1932
Indian actress (1932–2006)
Little Richard
1932
American musician and songwriter (1932–2020)
Ladislav Novák
1931
Czech footballer and manager (1931–2011)
Yi-Fu Tuan
1930
Chinese-American geographer (1930–2022)
Madis Kõiv
1929
Estonian writer, philosopher and physicist
Bhumibol Adulyadej
1927
King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016
W. D. Amaradeva
1927
Sri Lankan vocalist (1927–2016)
Adetoun Ogunsheye
1926
Nigerian librarian (born 1926)
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
1925
President of Nicaragua (1967–72; 1974–79)
Robert Sobukwe
1924
Founding president of the Pan Africanist Congress (1924–1978)
Casey Ribicoff
1922
Don Robertson (songwriter)
1922
American songwriter and pianist (1922–2015)
Alvy Moore
1921
American actor (1921–1997)
Alun Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont
1919
British politician (1919–2020)
Ken Downing
1917
British racing driver (1917–2004)
Hilary Koprowski
1916
Polish virologist and immuologist (1916–2013)
Walt McPherson
1916
American basketball coach (1916–2013)
Helen Dettweiler
1914
American professional golfer (1914–1990)
Hans Hellmut Kirst
1914
German novelist
Esther Borja
1913
Cuban operatic soprano (1913–2013)
Bruce Conde
1913
US Army officer
Kate Simon
1912
Polish-born American writer (1912 – 1990)
Sonny Boy Williamson II
1912
American blues musician (1912–1965)
Władysław Szpilman
1911
Polish pianist, composer and Holocaust survivor (1911–2000)
Abraham Polonsky
1910
American screenwriter and film director (1910–1999)
Lin Biao
1907
Chinese marshal and politician (1907–1971)
Giuseppe Occhialini
1907
Italian experimental physicist (1907–1993
Francisco Javier Arana
1905
Guatemalan military leader (1905–1949)
Otto Preminger
1905
Austrian-American director, producer, and actor (1905–1986)
Johannes Heesters
1903
Dutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011)
C. F. Powell
1903
British experimental physicist (1903–1969)
Emeric Pressburger
1902
Hungarian-British screenwriter, director and producer (1902–1988)
Strom Thurmond
1902
American politician (1902–2003)
Walt Disney
1901
American animator, producer and entrepreneur (1901–1966)
Milton H. Erickson
1901
American psychiatrist (1901–1980)
Werner Heisenberg
1901
German theoretical physicist (1901–1976)
Jimmy Dimmock
1900
English footballer (1900–1972)
1800s
Josh Malihabadi
1898
Pakistani poet (1898–1982)
Grace Moore
1898
American operatic soprano and actress (1898–1947)
Nunnally Johnson
1897
American screenwriter (1897–1977)
Gershom Scholem
1897
Israeli philosopher and historian (1897–1982)
Ann Nolan Clark
1896
American writer (1896–1995)
Carl Ferdinand Cori
1896
Czech Nobel prize laureate and scientist
Elbert Frank Cox
1895
American mathematician (1895–1969)
C. R. Swart
1894
South African politician (1894–1982)
Paul Kogerman
1891
Estonian chemist
David Bomberg
1890
British painter (1890–1957)
Fritz Lang
1890
Austrian filmmaker (1890–1976)
Sabás Reyes Salazar
1888
Mexican priest and Catholic saint
Rose Wilder Lane
1886
American journalist, writer, and political theorist (1886–1968)
Pieter Oud
1886
Dutch politician (1886–1968)
Nikolai Uglanov
1886
Russian-Soviet politician and statesman
René Cresté
1881
French actor (1881–1922)
Clyde Cessna
1879
American aircraft designer (1879–1954)
Arthur Currie
1875
Canadian WWI general (1875–1933)
Harry Nelson Pillsbury
1872
American chess player (1872–1906)
Vítězslav Novák
1870
Czech composer and pedagogue (1870–1949)
Ellis Parker Butler
1869
American writer (1869–1937)
Arnold Sommerfeld
1868
German theoretical physicist (1868–1951)
Antti Aarne
1867
Finnish folklorist (1867–1925)
Józef Piłsudski
1867
Polish statesman (1867–1935)
John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies
1866
Anglo-Irish army officer
Traian Demetrescu
1866
Romanian writer, novelist (1866–1896)
Paul Painlevé
1863
French mathematician and statesman (1863–1933)
John Henry Leech
1862
English entomologist
Konstantin Korovin
1861
Russian impressionist painter (1861–1939)
John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe
1859
Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (1859–1935)
Clinton Hart Merriam
1855
American zoologist and ornithologist
Eduard Seler
1849
German anthropologist (1849–1922)
Marcus Daly
1841
American businessman (1841–1900)
George Armstrong Custer
1839
United States cavalry commander (1839–1876)
Christina Rossetti
1830
English poet (1830–1894)
Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
1829
4th Premier of Quebec (1878–1879)
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz
1822
American naturalist and educator (1822–1907)
Afanasy Fet
1820
Russian poet (1820–1892)
Fyodor Tyutchev
1803
Russian poet (1803–1873)
Before 1800
George Shepherd (artist)
1784
Martin Van Buren
1782
President of the United States from 1837 to 1841
Giuseppe de Majo
1697
Italian composer and organist (1697–1771)
Francesco Geminiani
1687
Italian composer and violinist (1687–1762)
Francesco Scarlatti
1666
Italian composer
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
1661
British statesman (1661–1724)
Henry Lawes
1596
English musician and composer
Anne Cecil
1556
English writer (1556–1588)
Ubbo Emmius
1547
German historian and geographer (1547–1625)
Fausto Sozzini
1539
Italian theologian and co-founder of Socinianism (1539–1604)
Ashikaga Yoshiaki
1537
Japanese Samurai, Daimyo and Military ruler of Japan from 1568 to 1573
Nicolas Cleynaerts
1495
Flemish grammarian and traveler (1495–1542)
Willibald Pirckheimer
1470
German Renaissance lawyer, author and Renaissance humanist
Pope Julius II
1443
Head of the Catholic Church from 1503 to 1513
Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal)
1389
Polish Catholic cardinal, statesman, and diplomat (1389–1455)
Jianwen Emperor
1377
Emperor of China from 1398 to 1402
Zhu Wen
852
Chinese warlord and Later Liang emperor from 907 to 912