Births on 9 December
2000s
Ni-Ki
2005
Japanese singer (born 2005)
Yuna (singer, born 2003)
2003
South Korean rapper and singer (born 2003)
Diāna Ņikitina
2000
Latvian figure skater
1900s
Harvey Barnes
1997
English footballer (born 1997)
Mackenzie Blackwood
1996
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1996)
Kyle Connor
1996
American ice hockey player (born 1996)
MyKayla Skinner
1996
American artistic gymnast (born 1996)
AleXa
1996
American singer (born 1996)
Simone Fontecchio
1995
Italian basketball player (born 1995)
McKayla Maroney
1995
American artistic gymnast (born 1995)
Kelly Oubre Jr.
1995
American basketball player (born 1995)
Ryan Lomberg
1994
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1994)
Cem Ince
1993
German politician (born 1993)
Mark McMorris
1993
Canadian snowboarder (born 1993)
Laura Smulders
1993
Dutch racing cyclist (born 1993)
Langston Galloway
1991
American basketball player (born 1991)
Choi Min-ho
1991
South Korean entertainer (born 1991)
Ashleigh Brewer
1990
Australian actress (born 1990)
Denise van Deventer
1990
Dutch cricketer (born 1990)
Eric Bledsoe
1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Kwadwo Asamoah
1988
Ghanaian footballer (born 1988)
Kostas Giannoulis
1987
Greek footballer
Gerald Henderson Jr.
1987
American basketball player (born 1987)
Mat Latos
1987
American baseball player (born 1987)
Hikaru Nakamura
1987
American chess grandmaster and streamer (born 1987)
Jeff Petry
1987
American ice hockey player (born 1987)
Joshua Sasse
1987
British actor
Aron Baynes
1986
Australian basketball player (born 1986)
Wil Besseling
1985
Dutch professional golfer
Ángel Guirado
1984
Filipino footballer (born 1984)
Leon Hall
1984
American football player (born 1984)
Jermaine Beckford
1983
English footballer & pundit (born 1983)
Neslihan Demir
1983
Turkish retired volleyball player
Dariusz Dudka
1983
Polish footballer (born 1983)
Jolene Purdy
1983
American actress
Tamilla Abassova
1982
Russian cyclist
Nathalie De Vos
1982
Belgian long-distance runner
Ryan Grant (running back)
1982
American football player (born 1982)
Jim Slater (ice hockey)
1982
American ice hockey player (born 1982)
Bastian Swillims
1982
German sprinter
Mardy Fish
1981
American tennis player (born 1981)
Simon Helberg
1980
American actor and comedian (born 1980)
Ryder Hesjedal
1980
Canadian racing cyclist (born 1980)
Mark Riddell
1980
Australian rugby league player
Olivia Lufkin
1979
Japanese singer (born 1979)
Stephen McPhail
1979
Former Republic of Ireland international footballer (born 1979)
Aiko Uemura
1979
Japanese freestyle skier
Gastón Gaudio
1978
Argentine tennis player
Jesse Metcalfe
1978
American actor (born 1978)
Shayne Graham
1977
American football player and coach (born 1977)
Imogen Heap
1977
British musician (born 1977)
Mona Hanna
1976
American pediatrician who uncovered the Flint water crisis
David Akers
1974
American football player (born 1974)
Canibus
1974
American rapper (born 1974)
Aloísio (footballer, born 1974)
1974
Brazilian footballer (born 1974)
Wendy Dillinger
1974
American soccer player-coach
Fiona MacDonald
1974
Scottish curler
Stacey Abrams
1973
American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author (born 1973)
Fabio Artico
1973
Italian footballer (born 1973)
Vénuste Niyongabo
1973
Burundian runner
Bárbara Padilla
1973
Mexican-American operatic soprano (born 1973)
Reiko Aylesworth
1972
American actress (born 1972)
Tré Cool
1972
German-American drummer (born 1972)
Michael Corcoran (musician)
1972
American musician (born 1972)
Fabrice Santoro
1972
French tennis player (born 1972)
Saima Wazed
1972
Bangladeshi psychologist
Geoff Barrow
1971
English musician
Nick Hysong
1971
American pole vaulter (born 1971)
Petr Nedvěd
1971
Czech ice hockey player
Kara DioGuardi
1970
American songwriter (born 1970)
Lance Krall
1970
American actor (born 1970)
Jakob Dylan
1969
American singer-songwriter (born 1969)
Saskia Garel
1969
Jamaican-Canadian actress
Lori Greiner
1969
American TV personality and entrepreneur
Annick Lambrecht
1969
Belgian politician (born 1969)
Bixente Lizarazu
1969
French footballer (born 1969)
Raphaël Rouquier
1969
French academic and mathematician
Allison Smith (actress)
1969
American actress (born 1969)
Kurt Angle
1968
American wrestler (born 1968)
Brian Bell
1968
American musician (born 1968)
Brent Price
1968
American basketball player
Joshua Bell
1967
American violinist and conductor
Jason Dozzell
1967
English footballer
Kirsten Gillibrand
1966
American lawyer and politician (born 1966)
Dave Harold
1966
English snooker player (born 1966)
Gideon Sa'ar
1966
Israeli politician (born 1966)
Martin Taylor (footballer, born 1966)
1966
English footballer and coach
Joe Ausanio
1965
American baseball player (born 1965)
Michael Foster (musician)
1964
American drummer
Ross Harrington
1964
Australian rugby league footballer
Hape Kerkeling
1964
German comedian (born 1964)
Johannes B. Kerner
1964
German television host
Les Kiss
1964
Australian rugby coach and rugby league footballer (born 1964)
Paul Landers
1964
German guitarist (born 1964)
Dave Hilton Jr.
1963
Canadian boxer
Empress Masako
1963
Empress of Japan since 2019
Felicity Huffman
1962
American actress (born 1962)
Roxanne Swentzell
1962
Native American sculptor from New Mexuci (born 1962)
David Anthony Higgins
1961
American actor (b. 1961)
Joe Lando
1961
American actor
Stefen Fangmeier
1960
American film director
Caroline Lucas
1960
British politician (born 1960)
Dobroslav Paraga
1960
Croatian politician (born 1960)
Juan Samuel
1960
Dominican baseball player and manager (born 1960)
Susan Bullock
1959
British soprano (born 1958)
Mario Cantone
1959
American comedian, writer, singer and actor (born 1959)
Peter O'Mara
1957
Musical artist
Donny Osmond
1957
American singer, dancer, actor, television host (b. 1957)
Steve Taylor
1957
American singer
Sylvia (singer)
1956
American singer and songwriter (born 1956)
Jean-Pierre Thiollet
1956
French writer and journalist (born 1956)
Otis Birdsong
1955
American basketball player
Chamras Saewataporn
1955
Thai musician and composer
Jean-Claude Juncker
1954
Luxembourgish and European Union politician (born 1954)
Henk ten Cate
1954
Dutch football manager (born 1954)
Cornelis de Bondt
1953
Dutch composer
World B. Free
1953
American basketball player (born 1953)
John Malkovich
1953
American actor (born 1953)
Liaqat Baloch
1952
Pakistani politician (born 1952)
Michael Dorn
1952
American actor (born 1952)
Joan Armatrading
1950
English musician (born 1950)
Tom Kite
1949
American professional golfer
Marleen Gorris
1948
Dutch writer and director (born 1948)
Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption
1948
English lawyer and judge
Tom Daschle
1947
American politician (born 1947)
Jaak Jõerüüt
1947
Estonian writer and politician
Allan Jones (cricketer)
1947
English cricketer and umpire
David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone
1946
British economist
Dennis Dunaway
1946
American musician
Sonia Gandhi
1946
Indian politician (born 1946)
Nicholas Reade
1946
British Anglican bishop
Michael Nouri
1945
American actor (born 1945)
Neil Innes
1944
English writer, comedian, and musician (1944–2019)
Ki Longfellow
1944
American writer
Bob O'Connor (mayor)
1944
American politician (1944–2006)
Pit Martin
1943
Canadian ice hockey player (1943–2008)
Joanna Trollope
1943
English writer (1943–2025)
Kenny Vance
1943
American singer-songwriter
Billy Bremner
1942
Scottish footballer (1942–1997)
Dick Butkus
1942
American football player (1942–2023)
Germain Gagnon
1942
Canadian ice hockey player (1942–2014)
Fred Jones (rugby league)
1942
Australian rugby league footballer (1942–2021)
Joe McGinniss
1942
American writer (1942–2014)
William Turnage
1942
Mehmet Ali Birand
1941
Turkish journalist (1941–2013)
Beau Bridges
1941
American actor (born 1941)
Dan Hicks (singer)
1941
American singer-songwriter and musician (1941–2016)
Clancy Eccles
1940
Jamaican ska and reggae musician (1940–2005)
Deacon Jones
1938
American football player (1938–2013)
Dimitrios Trichopoulos
1938
American-Greek researcher (1938–2014)
David Houston (singer)
1935
American country singer (1935–1993)
Judi Dench
1934
English actress (born 1934)
Alan Ridout
1934
British composer
Junior Wells
1934
American blues singer and harmonica player (1934–1998)
Ashleigh Brilliant
1933
American epigrammatist and cartoonist (1933–2025)
Milt Campbell
1933
Athletics competitor
Morton Downey Jr.
1933
American television talk show host (1932–2001)
Orville Moody
1933
American professional golfer (1933–2008)
Donald Byrd
1932
American jazz trumpeter (1932–2013)
Bill Hartack
1932
American jockey (1932–2007)
Billy Edd Wheeler
1932
American singer-songwriter (1932–2024)
Cliff Hagan
1931
American basketball player and coach
William Reynolds (actor)
1931
American actor (1931–2022)
Ladislav Smoljak
1931
Czech director, actor and screenwriter (1931–2010)
Buck Henry
1930
American actor (1930–2020)
Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores
1930
Guatemalan military officer and politician
John Cassavetes
1929
American filmmaker and actor (1929–1989)
Bob Hawke
1929
Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991
Joan Blos
1928
American novelist
André Milhoux
1928
Belgian racing driver (born 1928)
Dick Van Patten
1928
American actor (1928–2015)
Pierre Henry
1927
French composer
Henry Way Kendall
1926
American particle physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics
Jan Křesadlo
1926
Czech psychologist (1926–1995)
David Nathan (journalist)
1926
British journalist (1926–2001)
Lorenzo Wright
1926
American sprinter
Roy Rubin (basketball)
1925
American basketball coach (1925–2013)
Redd Foxx
1922
American comedian and actor (1922–1991)
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
1920
President of Italy from 1999 to 2006
Bruno Ruffo
1920
Italian motorcycle racer (1920–2007)
V. Dakshinamoorthy
1919
Musical artist
William Lipscomb
1919
American chemist (1919–2011)
James Jesus Angleton
1917
Central Intelligence Agency officer (1917–1987)
James Rainwater
1917
American physicist
Jerome Beatty Jr.
1916
American writer
Kirk Douglas
1916
American actor (1916–2020)
Colin McCool
1916
Australian cricketer (1916–1986)
Eloise Jarvis McGraw
1915
American author
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
1915
German-born opera soprano (1915–2006)
Max Manus
1914
Norwegian resistance fighter (1914–1996)
Frances Reid
1914
American actress (1914–2010)
Ljubica Sokić
1914
Tip O'Neill
1912
American politician (1912–1994)
Jim Turnesa
1912
American professional golfer
Broderick Crawford
1911
American actor (1911–1986)
Ryūzō Sejima
1911
Vere Bird
1910
Leader of Antigua and Barbuda (1960–1971; 1976–1994)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
1909
American actor, film producer, and U.S. Navy officer (1909–2000)
Grace Hopper
1906
U.S. naval officer and computer scientist (1906–1992)
Freddy Martin
1906
American bandleader and saxophonist (1906–1983)
Dalton Trumbo
1905
American screenwriter (1905–1976)
Robert Livingston (actor)
1904
American actor (1904–1988)
Margaret Hamilton (actress)
1902
American film actress (1902–1985)
Jean Mermoz
1901
French aviator
Ödön von Horváth
1901
Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist (1901–1938)
Margaret Brundage
1900
American illustrator and painter (1900–1976)
Albert Weisbord
1900
American political activist
1800s
Jean de Brunhoff
1899
French artist and writer
Irene Greenwood
1898
Australian feminist, pacifist activist, broadcaster and writer
Emmett Kelly
1898
American clown (1898–1979)
Hermione Gingold
1897
English actress (1897–1987)
Dolores Ibárruri
1895
Former leader of the Communist Party of Spain (1895–1989)
Conchita Supervía
1895
Spanish singer
André Randall
1892
French actor (1893–1974)
Maksim Bahdanovich
1891
Belarusian writer
Laura Salverson
1890
Canadian author (1890 – 1970)
Hannes Kolehmainen
1889
Finnish long-distance runner
Tim Moore (comedian)
1887
American actor (1887–1958)
Clarence Birdseye
1886
American inventor, entrepreneur, and naturalist
Nikolai Luzin
1883
Russian mathematician
Alexandros Papagos
1883
Greek military leader and politician (1883–1955)
Joseph Pilates
1883
German physical trainer (1883–1967)
Elmer Booth
1882
American actor (1882–1915)
Joaquín Turina
1882
Spanish composer (1882–1949)
Berton Churchill
1876
Canadian actor (1876–1940)
Harry Miller (auto racing)
1875
American race car designer and builder
George Blewett
1873
Canadian university professor, philosopher, and author
Joe Kelley
1871
American baseball player (1871–1943)
Ida S. Scudder
1870
American missionary to India (1870–1960)
Francisco S. Carvajal
1870
President of Mexico in 1914
Fritz Haber
1868
German chemist (1868–1934)
Gregorios Xenopoulos
1867
Greek novelist, journalist and playwright (1867–1951)
Hélène Smith
1861
French occultist (1861–1929)
Emma Abbott
1850
American operatic soprano
Joel Chandler Harris
1845
American writer and journalist (1848–1908)
Peter Kropotkin
1842
Russian anarchist (1842–1921)
Émile Waldteufel
1837
French composer (1837–1915)
Thomas Andrews (scientist)
1813
Irish chemist and physicist (1813–1885)
Jean-Olivier Chénier
1806
Canadian physician (born 1806)
Before 1800
John Dobson (architect)
1787
English architect (1787–1865)
Tabitha Babbitt
1779
American tool maker (1779-1853)
Joseph Desha
1768
Governor of Kentucky from 1824 to 1828
Antoine Étienne de Tousard
1752
Claude Louis Berthollet
1748
French chemist (1748–1822)
Maddalena Laura Sirmen
1745
Italian composer, musician, and singer (1745–1818)
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
1742
Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen (1742–1786)
Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi
1728
Italian opera composer (1728–1804)
Peter Pelham (composer)
1721
Johann Joachim Winckelmann
1717
German art historian (1717–1768)
William Whiston
1667
English theologian, historian, translator and mathematician (1667–1752)
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus
1652
German physician and botanist (1652-1723)
Richard Lovelace (poet)
1617
English writer and poet (1617–1658)
Baldassare Ferri
1610
Italian castrato singer (1610–1680)
John Milton
1608
English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)
Gustavus Adolphus
1594
King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632
Martin de Porres
1579
Catholic saint (1579–1639)
Adriaan Metius
1571
Dutch geometer and astronomer
Edwin Sandys (1561–1629)
1561
English politician
Gemma Frisius
1508
Frisian physician, mathematician and cartographer (1508–1555)
Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado
1493
Spanish nobleman
Frederick II, Elector Palatine
1482
Elector Palatine from 1544 to 1556
Chenghua Emperor
1447
Emperor of China from 1464 to 1487
Peter, Duke of Coimbra
1392
Duke of Coimbra