Births on 8 December
2000s
Billie Starkz
2004
American professional wrestler
Sunghoon (singer, born 2002)
2002
South Korean singer (born 2002)
Josh Christopher
2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
DeMario Douglas
2000
American football player (born 2000)
Bayron Matos
2000
Dominican-American football player (born 2000)
Andy Pages
2000
Cuban baseball player (born 2000)
1900s
Reece James
1999
English footballer (born 1999)
Tyrus Wheat
1999
American football player (born 1999)
Josh Dunne
1998
American ice hockey player (born 1998)
Owen Teague
1998
American actor
Hakeem Adeniji
1997
American football player (born 1997)
Sam Hauser
1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Scott McTominay
1996
Scotland international footballer (born 1996)
Thatcher Demko
1995
American ice hockey player (born 1995)
Cyriel Dessers
1994
Nigerian footballer (born 1994)
Conseslus Kipruto
1994
Kenyan middle-distance runner
Raheem Sterling
1994
English footballer (born 1994)
Janari Jõesaar
1993
Estonian basketball player
Cara Mund
1993
American beauty pageant winner (born 1993)
Jordan Obita
1993
Ugandan footballer
AnnaSophia Robb
1993
American actress, model, and singer (born 1993)
Mattias Janmark
1992
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1992)
Yui Yokoyama
1992
Japanese singer, actress, and YouTuber
Philip Holm
1991
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1991)
Drew Doughty
1989
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1989)
Jen Ledger
1989
English and American drummer and singer
Andrew Nicholson (basketball)
1989
Canadian basketball player (born 1989)
Jesse Sene-Lefao
1989
Samoa international rugby league footballer
Enzo Amore
1986
American professional wrestler and rapper (born 1986)
Amir Khan (boxer)
1986
British boxer (born 1986)
Sam Tagataese
1986
Samoa international rugby league footballer
Kate Voegele
1986
American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1986)
Josh Donaldson
1985
American baseball player (born 1985)
Meagan Duhamel
1985
Canadian pair skater
Dwight Howard
1985
American basketball player (born 1985)
Oleksiy Pecherov
1985
Ukrainian basketball player (born 1985)
Emma Green (athlete)
1984
Swedish high jumper
Greg Halford
1984
English footballer (born 1984)
Sam Hunt
1984
American singer and songwriter (born 1984)
Neel Jani
1983
Swiss racing driver
Alfredo Aceves
1982
Mexican baseball player (born 1982)
Halil Altıntop
1982
Turkish football player and coach
Hamit Altıntop
1982
Turkish footballer (born 1982)
Chrisette Michele
1982
American singer (born 1982)
Nicki Minaj
1982
Trinidadian rapper and singer (born 1982)
Serena Ryder
1982
Canadian musician (born 1982)
Philip Rivers
1981
American football player (born 1981)
Yuliya Krevsun
1980
Ukrainian middle-distance runner
Brandt Snedeker
1980
American professional golfer (born 1980)
Daniel Fitzhenry
1979
Australian rugby league footballer
Johan Forssell (politician, born 1979)
1979
Swedish politician
Raymond Lam
1979
Chinese actor and singer
Ingrid Michaelson
1979
American singer-songwriter (born 1979)
Christian Wilhelmsson
1979
Swedish footballer (born 1979)
John Oster
1978
Footballer (born 1978)
Frédéric Piquionne
1978
French footballer (born 1978)
Anwar Siraj
1978
Ethiopian footballer
Ian Somerhalder
1978
American actor (born 1978)
Vernon Wells (baseball)
1978
American baseball player (born 1978)
Ryan Newman (racing driver)
1977
American racing driver (born 1977)
Aleksandra Olsza
1977
Polish tennis player
Anita Weyermann
1977
Swiss runner (born 1977)
Brettina
1976
Bahamian singer-songwriter, model, and actress (born 1970)
Reed Johnson
1976
American baseball player (born 1976)
Zoe Konstantopoulou
1976
Greek politician (born 1976)
Dominic Monaghan
1976
British actor (born 1976)
Kevin Harvick
1975
American racing driver (born 1975)
Cristian Castro
1974
Mexican pop singer (born 1974)
Nick Zinner
1974
American guitarist
Corey Taylor
1973
American musician (born 1973)
Indrek Allmann
1972
Estonian architect
Janae Kroc
1972
American powerlifter and bodybuilder
Édson Ribeiro
1972
Brazilian sprinter (born 1972)
Abdullah Ercan
1971
Turkish footballer and manager
Kristin Lauter
1969
American cryptographer (born 1969)
Michael Cole (wrestling)
1968
American professional wrestling commentator (born 1966)
Mike Mussina
1968
American baseball player (born 1968)
Doriano Romboni
1968
Italian motorcycle racer
Jeff George
1967
American football player (born 1967)
Andy Kapp
1967
German curler (born 1967)
Kotono Mitsuishi
1967
Japanese voice actress (born 1967)
Darren Sheridan
1967
English footballer (born 1967)
Bushwick Bill
1966
Jamaican-American rapper (1966–2019)
Les Ferdinand
1966
English footballer and manager (born 1966)
Matthew Labyorteaux
1966
American film, television and voice actor (born 1966)
Tyler Mane
1966
Canadian professional wrestler (born 1966)
Sinéad O'Connor
1966
Irish singer (1966–2023)
David Harewood
1965
British actor and presenter (born 1965)
Theo Maassen
1965
Dutch comedian and actor (born 1966)
Teresa Weatherspoon
1965
American basketball player and coach (born 1965)
James Blundell (singer)
1964
Australian country singer
Teri Hatcher
1964
American actress (born 1964)
Chigusa Nagayo
1964
Japanese professional wrestler (born 1964)
Óscar RamÃrez (footballer, born 1964)
1964
Costa Rican footballer and manager
Greg Howe
1963
American guitarist and composer (born 1963)
Toshiaki Kawada
1963
Japanese professional wrestler
Wendell Pierce
1963
American actor (born 1962)
Ricky Walford
1963
Australian rugby league footballer
Steve Elkington
1962
Australian professional golfer
Marty Friedman
1962
American guitarist
Nikos Karageorgiou
1962
Greek footballer and manager
Berry van Aerle
1962
Dutch footballer (born 1962)
Mark Bugden
1961
Australian rugby league footballer
Ann Coulter
1961
American political activist (born 1961)
Conceição Lima
1961
São Toméan poet (born 1961)
Mikey Robins
1961
Australian broadcaster and comedian
Aaron Allston
1960
American science fiction writer and game designer (1960–2014)
Lim Guan Eng
1960
Malaysian politician
Stephen Jefferies (cricketer)
1959
South African cricketer
Mark Steyn
1959
Canadian writer
Rob Byrnes
1958
American novelist
Rob Curling
1958
British television presenter (born 1957)
Arlette Sombo-Dibélé
1958
Central African politician
Michel Ferté
1958
French racing driver (1958–2023)
Bob Greene (fitness)
1958
American exercise physiologist
Mirosław Okoński
1958
Polish footballer
George Rogers (American football)
1958
American football player (born 1958)
Mike Buchanan (politician)
1957
British founder of Justice for Men and Boys
James Cama
1957
Phil Collen
1957
British guitarist (born 1957)
Warren Cuccurullo
1956
American musician (born 1956)
Andrius Kubilius
1956
Lithuanian politician (born 1956)
Slick (wrestling)
1956
American professional wrestling manager (born 1957)
Milenko Zablaćanski
1955
Harold Hongju Koh
1954
American lawyer and legal scholar (born 1954)
Frits Pirard
1954
Dutch cyclist
Kim Basinger
1953
American actress (born 1953)
Norman Finkelstein
1953
American political scientist (born 1953)
Roy Firestone
1953
American sports journalist
Sam Kinison
1953
American comedian (1953–1992)
Władysław Kozakiewicz
1953
Polish pole vaulter
Steve Yates (footballer, born 1953)
1953
English footballer
Steve Atkinson (cricketer)
1952
English cricketer
Khaw Boon Wan
1952
Singaporean politician
Bill Bryson
1951
American-British author (born 1951)
Richard Desmond
1951
English publisher and businessman (born 1951)
Jan Eggum
1951
Norwegian singer-songwriter
Rick Baker
1950
American former special make-up effects creator and actor (born 1950)
Tim Foli
1950
American baseball player (born 1950)
Dan Hartman
1950
American musician (1950–1994)
Mary Gordon (writer)
1949
American writer and scholar
Nancy Meyers
1949
American filmmaker (born 1949)
Robert Sternberg
1949
American psychologist (born 1949)
Luis Caffarelli
1948
Argentine mathematician
John Waters (actor)
1948
Australian actor
Gregg Allman
1947
American musician (1947–2017)
Gérard Blanc
1947
French singer and actor (1947–2009)
Thomas Cech
1947
American biochemist
Kati-Claudia Fofonoff
1947
Skolt Sámi author and translator
Margaret Geller
1947
American astrophysicist (born 1947)
Chava Alberstein
1946
Israeli musician (born 1946)
John Rubinstein
1946
American actor, composer and director (born 1946)
John Banville
1945
Irish author (born 1945)
Julie Heldman
1945
American tennis player
George Baker (Dutch singer)
1944
Dutch singer and songwriter (born 1944)
Bertie Higgins
1944
American singer-songwriter
Ted Irvine
1944
Canadian ice hockey player
Vince MacLean
1944
Canadian politician
Larry Martin
1943
American paleontologist
Jim Morrison
1943
American singer (1943–1971)
James Tate (writer)
1943
American poet
Bodo Tümmler
1943
German middle-distance runner
Mary Woronov
1943
American actress and author
Bob Love
1942
American basketball player (1942–2024)
Ed Brinkman
1941
American baseball player (1941–2008)
Bob Brown (offensive lineman)
1941
American football player (1941–2023)
Duke Cunningham
1941
American politician and jet fighter ace (1941–2025)
Bobby Elliott
1941
English rock drummer (born 1941)
Geoff Hurst
1941
English former footballer (born 1941)
Brant Alyea
1940
American baseball player (1940–2024)
Red Berenson
1939
Canadian ice hockey player, coach (born 1939)
Jerry Butler
1939
American soul singer and songwriter (1939–2025)
James Galway
1939
Irish flute player (born 1939)
Felipe Gozon
1939
Chairman and Adviser of GMA Network, Inc.
Dariush Mehrjui
1939
Iranian filmmaker (1939–2023)
Soko Richardson
1939
American drummer
James MacArthur
1937
American actor and recording artist (1937–2010)
Arne Næss Jr.
1937
Norwegian businessman and mountaineer (1937–2004)
David Carradine
1936
American actor (1936–2009)
Michael Z. Hobson
1936
American publisher (1936–2020)
Peter Parfitt
1936
English cricketer
Juan Ricardo Faccio
1936
Uruguayan footballer and manager (1936–2024)
Dharmendra
1935
Indian actor and politician (1935–2025)
Tatiana Zatulovskaya
1935
Russian-Israeli chess player (1935–2017)
Johnny Green (basketball)
1933
American basketball player (1933–2023)
Flip Wilson
1933
American comedian and actor (1933–1998)
Claus Luthe
1932
German car designer (1932–2008)
Bob Arum
1931
American attorney and boxing promoter (born 1931)
Julian Critchley
1930
British journalist and Conservative Party politician (1930-2000)
Maximilian Schell
1930
Swiss actor, filmmaker, and theatre director (1930–2014)
Victor Nosach
1929
Soviet historian (1929-2011)
Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)
1928
Canadian sportscaster
Ulric Neisser
1928
German-American psychologist (1928–2012)
Niklas Luhmann
1927
German sociologist (1927–1998)
Vladimir Shatalov
1927
Soviet cosmonaut (1927–2021)
Ralph Puckett
1926
U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient (1926–2024)
Sammy Davis Jr.
1925
American singer and actor (1925–1990)
Nasir Kazmi
1925
Pakistani poet (1925–1972)
Carmen MartÃn Gaite
1925
Spanish writer (1925–2000)
Jimmy Smith (musician)
1925
American jazz organist (1928–2005)
Lionel Gilbert
1924
Australian historian
Dewey Martin (actor)
1923
American actor (1923–2018)
Rudolph Pariser
1923
American theoretical chemist (1923–2021)
Lucian Freud
1922
British painter and engraver (1922–2011)
Jean Ritchie
1922
American folk singer, songwriter and musician (1922–2015)
McDonald Bailey
1920
British/Trinidadian track Olympian athlete
Peter Tali Coleman
1919
American Samoa politician (1919–1997)
Julia Robinson
1919
American mathematician (1919–1985)
Kateryna Yushchenko (scientist)
1919
Ukrainian Soviet and Ukrainian computer scientist
Ian Johnson (cricketer)
1917
Australian cricketer (1917–1998)
Richard Fleischer
1916
American film director (1916–2006)
Ernest Lehman
1915
American screenwriter (1915–2005)
Floyd Tillman
1914
American singer-songwriter
Ernie Toshack
1914
Australian cricketer (1914–2003)
Delmore Schwartz
1913
American poet (1913–1966)
Lee J. Cobb
1911
American actor (1911–1976)
Nikos Gatsos
1911
Greek poet, translator, and lyricist
Concha Piquer
1908
Spanish singer and actress
John A. Volpe
1908
American politician and diplomat (1908–1994)
Zelma Watson George
1903
American philanthropist, opera singer
Wifredo Lam
1902
Cuban artist (1902–1982)
Sun Li-jen
1900
Chinese general (1900–1990)
Ants Oras
1900
Estonian translator and writer
1800s
Arthur Leslie
1899
British actor and playwright
John Qualen
1899
Canadian-American actor of Norwegian origin (1899–1987)
E. C. Segar
1894
American cartoonist (1894–1938)
James Thurber
1894
American cartoonist, author, journalist, and playwright (1894–1961)
Marcus Lee Hansen
1892
American historian (1892–1938)
Bohuslav Martinů
1890
Czech composer (1890–1959)
Elizabeth Daryush
1887
English poet (1887–1977)
Diego Rivera
1886
Mexican muralist (1886–1957)
Francis Balfour (colonial administrator)
1884
British military officer and colonial administrator
Tuomas Bryggari
1881
Finnish politician (1881–1964)
Albert Gleizes
1881
French painter (1881–1953)
Johannes Aavik
1880
Estonian linguist (1880–1973)
Paul Ladmirault
1877
French composer and music critic
Frederik Buch
1875
Danish actor
Ernst Moro
1874
Slovenian physician and pediatrician (1874-1951)
Rüdiger von der Goltz
1865
German military personnel (1865–1946)
Jacques Hadamard
1865
French mathematician (1865–1963)
Jean Sibelius
1865
Finnish composer (1865–1957)
Camille Claudel
1864
French sculptor and graphic artist (1864–1943)
Charles Lincoln Edwards
1863
American zoologist
Georges Feydeau
1862
French playwright (1862–1921)
William C. Durant
1861
American automotive businessman (1861–1947)
Aristide Maillol
1861
French artist (1861–1944)
Georges Méliès
1861
French filmmaker and illusionist (1861–1938)
Amanda McKittrick Ros
1860
Irish writer
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
1832
Norwegian writer (1832–1910)
Jakov Ignjatović
1822
Novelist and writer from Austria-Hungary
Charles III, Prince of Monaco
1818
Prince of Monaco from 1856 to 1889
Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs
1817
Danish politician (1817–1896)
Adolph Menzel
1815
German artist (1815–1905)
August Belmont
1813
United States banker, financier and diplomat (1813–1890)
Friedrich Traugott Kützing
1807
German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist
Before 1800
Peter Andreas Hansen
1795
German astronomer (1795–1874)
Eli Whitney
1765
American inventor (1765–1825)
Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria
1756
Archbishop-Elector of Cologne (1756–1801)
František Xaver Dušek
1731
Czech composer, pianist and harpsichordist (1731–1799)
Jan Ingenhousz
1730
Dutch physiologist and chemist (1730–1799)
Claude Balbastre
1724
French composer
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
1708
Holy Roman Emperor from 1745 to 1765
Maria Josepha of Austria
1699
Queen of Poland from 1733 to 1757
Antonio de Benavides
1678
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole
1678
British diplomat and politician
François de La Rochefoucauld (cardinal)
1558
French Cardinal
Mary, Queen of Scots
1542
Queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567
Miklós Istvánffy
1538
Hungarian politician, Humanist historian and poet
Anselm Adornes
1424
Belgian merchant
Queen Jeonghui
1418
Queen of Joseon from 1455 to 1468
Astorre II Manfredi
1412
Wang Anshi
1021
Chinese Song dynasty politician (1021–1086)
Horace
-65
Roman lyric poet (65–8 BC)