Births on 6 December
1900s
Angelīna Kučvaļska
1998
Latvian figure skater (born 1998)
Sabrina Ionescu
1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Davide Calabria
1996
Italian footballer (born 1996)
Stefanie Scott
1996
American actress and singer (born 1996)
A Boogie wit da Hoodie
1995
American rapper (born 1995)
Giannis Antetokounmpo
1994
Nigerian-Greek basketball player (born 1994)
Wakatakakage Atsushi
1994
Japanese sumo wrestler
Shreyas Iyer
1994
Indian cricketer (born 1994)
Jasprit Bumrah
1993
Indian cricketer (born 1993)
Elián González
1993
Cuban boy in 2000 international custody dispute
Tautau Moga
1993
Former Samoa international rugby league footballer
Viktor Antipin
1992
Russian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Britt Assombalonga
1992
Congolese association footballer
Johnny Manziel
1992
American football player (born 1992)
Rachel Jarry
1991
Australian basketball player (born 1991)
Milica Mandić
1991
Serbian taekwondo practitioner
CoCo Vandeweghe
1991
American tennis player (born 1991)
Tamira Paszek
1990
Austrian tennis player (born 1990)
Felix Schiller
1989
German footballer
Adam Eaton (outfielder)
1988
American baseball player (born 1988)
Ravindra Jadeja
1988
Indian cricketer (born 1988)
Sandra Nurmsalu
1988
Estonian musician (born 1988)
Nils Petersen
1988
German footballer (born 1988)
Nobunaga Shimazaki
1988
Japanese voice actor (born 1988)
Sean Edwards (racing driver)
1986
British racing driver
Matt Niskanen
1986
American ice hockey player (born 1986)
Shannon Bobbitt
1985
American basketball player (born 1985)
Aristeidis Grigoriadis
1985
Greek swimmer (born 1985)
R. P. Singh
1985
Indian cricket player
Syndric Steptoe
1984
American football player and administrator (born 1984)
Nora Kirkpatrick
1984
American actress, director, writer and musician (born 1984)
Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland
1984
Member of the Swedish royal family (born 1984)
Ryan Carnes
1982
American actor
Alberto Contador
1982
Spanish professional cyclist
Sean Ervine
1982
Zimbabwean cricketer
Robbie Gould
1982
American football player (born 1982)
Aaron Sandilands
1982
Australian rules footballer, born 1982
Susie Wolff
1982
Scottish racing driver (born 1982)
Federico Balzaretti
1981
Italian footballer (born 1981)
Danielle Downey
1980
American professional golfer
Steve Lovell
1980
English footballer (born 1980)
Carlos Takam
1980
Cameroonian boxer (born 1980)
Tim Cahill
1979
Australian soccer player (born 1979)
Chris Başak
1978
American baseball player (born 1978)
Darrell Jackson
1978
American football player (born 1978)
Adriana Moisés Pinto
1978
Brazilian basketball player (born 1978)
Ramiro Pez
1978
Italy international rugby union player
Kevin Cash
1977
American baseball player and manager (born 1977)
Andrew Flintoff
1977
English cricketer and TV personality (born 1977)
Paul McVeigh
1977
Northern Irish footballer
Lindsay Price
1976
American actress and singer (born 1976)
Noel Clarke
1975
English actor and filmmaker (born 1975)
Adrian García Arias
1975
Mexican footballer (born 1975)
Jens Pulver
1974
American mixed martial arts fighter
Nick Stajduhar
1974
Canadian ice hockey player
Ewan Birney
1972
English businessman
Heather Mizeur
1972
American politician
Craig Brewer
1971
American filmmaker (born 1971)
José Contreras
1971
Cuban baseball player (born 1971)
Richard Krajicek
1971
Dutch tennis player (born 1971)
Naozumi Takahashi
1971
Japanese singer and voice actor
Carole Thate
1971
Dutch field hockey player (born 1971)
Ryan White
1971
AIDS spokesperson and poster boy (1971–1990)
Ulf Ekberg
1970
Swedish musician (born 1970)
Adrian Fenty
1970
Mayor of the District of Columbia from 2007 to 2011
Mark Reckless
1970
British politician (born 1970)
Jeff Rouse (swimmer)
1970
American swimmer (born 1970)
Mark Gardener
1969
English musician
Torri Higginson
1969
Canadian actress (born 1969)
Karl Ove Knausgård
1968
Norwegian author (born 1968)
Ali Latifiyan
1968
Iranian writer (born 1968)
Akihiro Yano
1968
Japanese baseball player (born 1968)
Judd Apatow
1967
American filmmaker (born 1967)
Helen Greiner
1967
American computer scientist, engineer
Arnaldo Mesa
1967
Cuban boxer (1967–2012)
Natascha Badmann
1966
Swiss triathlete
Per-Ulrik Johansson
1966
Swedish professional golfer (born 1966)
Gordon Durie
1965
Scottish footballer and manager
Mall Nukke
1964
Estonian artist
Ulrich Thomsen
1963
Danish actor and filmmaker (born 1963)
Janine Turner
1962
American actress (b. 1962)
Ben Watt
1962
British musician (born 1962)
David Lovering
1961
Alternative rock musician
Jonathan Melvoin
1961
American musician (1961–1996)
Manuel Reuter
1961
German racing driver (born 1961)
Masahiko Katsuya
1960
Japanese columnist, photographer, and pundit (1960–2018)
Deborah Estrin
1959
American computer scientist
Stephen Hepburn
1959
British Independent politician
Satoru Iwata
1959
Japanese video game executive (1959–2015)
Stephen Muggleton
1959
Artificial intelligence researcher (born 1959)
Nick Park
1958
English filmmaker (born 1958)
Adrian Borland
1957
English musician (1957–1999)
Andrew Cuomo
1957
American lawyer and politician (born 1957)
Bill Hanzlik
1957
American basketball player and coach
Peter Buck
1956
American guitarist and songwriter (born 1956)
Hans Kammerlander
1956
Italian mountaineer
Randy Rhoads
1956
American guitarist (1956–1982)
Anne Begg
1955
British politician
Rick Buckler
1955
English drummer (1955–2025)
Graeme Hughes
1955
Australian sportsman turned broadcaster (born 1955)
Tony Woodcock (footballer)
1955
English footballer
Steven Wright
1955
American comedian (born 1955)
Nicola De Maria
1954
Italian artist and painter
Chris Stamey
1954
American musician, singer, songwriter
Sue Carroll
1953
British writer and columnist (1953–2011)
Gary Goodman
1953
Australian cricketer (born 1953)
Geoff Hoon
1953
British Labour politician (born 1953)
Tom Hulce
1953
American actor and producer (born 1953)
Masami Kurumada
1953
Japanese manga artist and writer (born 1953)
Nicolas Bréhal
1952
French novelist and literary critic
Craig Newmark
1952
American entrepreneur, Craigslist founder
Shio Satō
1952
Japanese manga artist (1952–2010)
Wendy Ellis Somes
1951
British ballerina
Maurice Hope
1951
British boxer (born 1951)
Guy Drut
1950
French athletics competitor and politician
Joe Hisaishi
1950
Japanese composer (born 1950)
Helen Liddell
1950
British Labour Party politician
Linda Barnes (writer)
1949
American mystery writer
Linda Creed
1949
American songwriter (1948–1986)
Doug Marlette
1949
American editorial cartoonist
Peter Willey
1949
English cricketer
Jean-Paul Ngoupandé
1948
Central African politician
Don Nickles
1948
American politician (born 1948)
Keke Rosberg
1948
Finnish racing driver (born 1948)
JoBeth Williams
1948
American actress (born 1948)
Lawrence Cannon
1947
Canadian politician (born 1947)
Geoffrey Hinton
1947
British-Canadian computer scientist (born 1947)
Henk van Woerden
1947
Dutch painter
Miroslav Vitouš
1947
Czech jazz bassist (born 1947)
Frankie Beverly
1946
American singer (1946–2024)
Willy van der Kuijlen
1946
Dutch footballer and scout (1946–2021)
Shekhar Kapur
1945
Indian filmmaker (born 1945)
Jonathan King
1944
English singer, songwriter and record producer (born 1944)
Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five)
1943
English singer (1943–2008)
Keith West
1943
English rock singer and songwriter (born 1944)
Peter Handke
1942
Austrian Nobel laureate novelist (born 1942)
Robb Royer
1942
American musician and songwriter (born 1942)
Helen Cornelius
1941
American singer-songwriter (1941–2025)
Bruce Nauman
1941
American sculptor and performance artist
Richard Speck
1941
American mass murderer (1941–1991)
Bill Thomas
1941
American politician (born 1941)
Lawrence Bergman
1940
Canadian politician
Richard Edlund
1940
American visual effects artist (born 1940)
Franco Carraro
1939
Italian sports manager and politician (born 1939)
Patrick Bauchau
1938
Belgian actor
Alberto Spencer
1937
Ecuadorian footballer (1937–2006)
Bill Ashton (jazz musician)
1936
British musician (1936–2025)
Kenneth Copeland
1936
American televangelist (born 1936)
David Ossman
1936
American comic writer, member of The Firesign Theatre troupe
Jean Lapointe
1935
Canadian politician (1935–2022)
Nick Bockwinkel
1934
American wrestler (1934–2015)
Henryk Górecki
1933
Polish composer (1933–2010)
Donald Kutyna
1933
United States Air Force general
Kamleshwar (writer)
1932
Indian writer and screenwriter (1932–2007)
Zeki Müren
1931
Turkish singer, composer, songwriter, actor, and poet (1931–1996)
Daniel Lisulo
1930
Zambian politician (1930–2000)
Philippe Bouvard
1929
French television and radio presenter (born 1929)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
1929
Austrian conductor (1929–2016)
Frank Springer
1929
American comics artist (1929–2009)
Alain Tanner
1929
Swiss film director (1929–2022)
Bobby Van
1928
American actor and dancer (1928–1980)
Jim Fuchs
1927
American discus thrower and shot putter (1927–2010)
Wally Cox
1924
American actor (1924–1973)
John Brunt
1922
Recipient of the Victoria Cross (born 1922)
Benjamin Gilman
1922
American politician (1922–2016)
Otto Graham
1921
American football player, coach, and executive (1921–2003)
Piero Piccioni
1921
Italian film score composer
Dave Brubeck
1920
American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012)
Peter Dimmock
1920
British sports broadcaster
George Porter
1920
British chemist (1920–2002)
Skippy Baxter
1919
Canadian-born American figure skater
Paul de Man
1919
American literary theorist (1919–1983)
Tauba Biterman
1918
Polish Holocaust survivor
Dean Hess
1917
American minister and Air Force officer
Kamal Jumblatt
1917
Lebanese politician and author; founder of the Progressive Socialist Party (1917–1977)
Irv Robbins
1917
American businessman
Yekaterina Budanova
1916
Fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during World War II
Kristján Eldjárn
1916
President of Iceland from 1968 to 1980
Hugo Peretti
1916
American songwriter
Cyril Washbrook
1914
English cricketer
Karl Haas
1913
German-American radio host
Eleanor Holm
1912
American swimmer (1912–2004)
David M. Potter
1910
American historian (1910–1971)
Rulon Jeffs
1909
Fundamentalist Mormon church leader (1909–2002)
Alan McGilvray
1909
Australian cricket commentator (1909–1996)
Herta Freitag
1908
Austrian-American mathematician
Pierre Graber
1908
Swiss politician (1908–2003)
Baby Face Nelson
1908
American bank robber (1908–1934)
Miklós Szabó (middle-distance runner)
1908
Hungarian middle-distance runner
J. Barkley Rosser
1907
American logician (1907–1989)
Elizabeth Yates (writer)
1905
American writer
Ève Curie
1904
French–American journalist and pianist (1904–2007)
Tony Lazzeri
1903
American baseball player (1903–1946)
Eliot Porter
1901
American photographer (1901–1990)
Agnes Moorehead
1900
American actress (1900–1974)
1800s
Alfred Eisenstaedt
1898
German-born American photojournalist (1898–1995)
John McDonald (Victorian politician)
1898
Australian politician
Gunnar Myrdal
1898
Swedish economist, sociologist, and Nobel Laureate (1898–1987)
Winifred Lenihan
1898
American actor, writer and director (1898–1964)
Ira Gershwin
1896
American lyricist (1896–1983)
Homer N. Wallin
1893
United States Navy vice admiral
Sylvia Townsend Warner
1893
English writer, poet, and activist
Osbert Sitwell
1892
English writer (1892–1969)
Dion Fortune
1890
British occultist and writer (1890–1946)
Yoshio Nishina
1890
Japanese physicist
Rudolf Schlichter
1890
German painter
Will Hay
1888
English comedian, actor, and film director (1888–1949)
Lynn Fontanne
1887
English actress (1887–1983)
Joseph Lamb (composer)
1887
American composer of ragtime music (1887–1960)
Joyce Kilmer
1886
American poet, editor, literary critic, soldier (1886–1918)
Cornelia Meigs
1884
American children's writer
Warren Bardsley
1882
Australian cricketer
Elvia Carrillo Puerto
1878
Mexican politician and feminist (1881–1965)
Fred Duesenberg
1876
American automobile designer (1876–1932)
Albert Bond Lambert
1875
American golfer and aviator (1875–1946)
Evelyn Underhill
1875
English writer, theologian, retreat leader and pacifist (1875–1941)
William S. Hart
1864
American actor (1864–1946)
Charles Martin Hall
1863
American inventor, businessman, and chemist (1863–1914)
Hans Molisch
1853
Czech-Austrian botanist (1856–1937)
Hara Prasad Shastri
1853
Indian Sanskrit scholar and archivist (1853–1931)
August von Mackensen
1849
German field marshal (1849–1945)
Johann Palisa
1848
Austrian astronomer (1848–1925)
Frédéric Bazille
1841
French painter (1841–1870)
Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig
1835
German chemist (1835–1910)
John S. Mosby
1833
Confederate Army officer, US Diplomat (1833–1916)
William Arnott (biscuit manufacturer)
1827
Scottish-Australian biscuit company founder
Max Müller
1823
British philologist (1823–1900)
Robert Spear Hudson
1812
British businessman (1812–1884)
Richard Hanson (Australian politician)
1805
Australian politician
Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony
1803
Queen of Spain from 1819 to 1829
Before 1800
William II of the Netherlands
1792
King of the Netherlands from 1840 to 1849
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
1778
French chemist and physicist (1778–1850)
Gabriel Duvall
1752
US Supreme Court justice from 1811 to 1835
Warren Hastings
1732
Governor-General of Bengal, 1773–1785
Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes
1721
French statesman and minister (1721–1794)
James Elphinston
1721
British linguist
Marie Adélaïde of Savoy
1685
Dauphine of France (1685–1712)
Maria de Dominici
1645
Maltese artist and sculptor (1645–1703)
Claude Fleury
1640
French priest, jurist and ecclesiastical historian
Edmund Andros
1637
English army officer and colonial administrator (1637–1714)
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle
1608
English military officer and politician (1608–1670)
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle
1592
17th-century English soldier, courtier, and arts patron (1593 – 1676)
Niccolò Zucchi
1586
Italian Jesuit, astronomer, and physicist
Janus Dousa
1545
Dutch statesman (1545–1604)
Barbara Radziwiłł
1520
Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania from 1548 to 1551
Baldassare Castiglione
1478
Italian Renaissance author (1478–1529)
Henry VI of England
1421
King of England (1422–61, 1470–71)
Ferdinand IV of Castile
1285
King of Castile and León from 1295 to 1312
Hasan al-Askari
846
Eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams