1494 - Oronce Finé, French mathematician (d. 1555)
1537 - King John III of Sweden (d. 1592)
1566 - Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (d. 1612)
1579 - (baptized) John Fletcher, English playwright (d. 1625)
1626 - Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German statesman (d. 1692)
1629 - Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (d. 1684)
1717 - Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French statesman and diplomat (d. 1787)
1786 - Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (d. 1853)
1792 - Nicolas Charlet, French painter (d. 1845)
1833 - Samuel Mudd, American physician (d. 1883)
1838 - Edwin Abbott Abbott, English schoolmaster, theologian, and author (d. 1926)
1841 - Ferdinand Buisson, French pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1932)
1860 - Dan Leno, English entertainer (d. 1904)
1861 - Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (d. 1926)
1865 - Elsie De Wolfe, American socialite and interior decorator (d. 1950)
1868 - Harvey Firestone, American automobile pioneer (d. 1938)
1873 - Kwan-Ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian(d. 1948)
1881 - Branch Rickey, baseball executive (d. 1965)
1886 - Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player (d. 1974)
1888 - Fred Merkle, American baseball figure (d. 1958)
1890 - Yvonne Arnaud, French-born actress (d. 1958)
1890 - Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
1894 - Sir Robert Menzies, twelfth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1978)
1898 - Irene Dunne, American actress (d. 1990)
1901 - Robert Van de Graaff, American physicist and inventor (d. 1967)
1902 - Sidney Hook, American philosopher (d. 1989)
1902 - George Edward Alexander Windsor, Duke of Kent (d. 1942)
1904 - Spud Davis, baseball player (d. 1984)
1905 - Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricket player
1907 - Paul Francis Webster, songwriter (d. 1984)
1908 - Dennis Morgan, American actor (d. 1994)
1909 - Vakkom Majeed, Indian politician (d. 2000)
1911 - Hortense Calisher, American author
1916 - Michel Chartrand, Quebec union leader
1917 - David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (d. 1992)
1918 - Jean Marchand, French Canadian trade unionist and politician (d. 1988)
1918 - Audrey Totter, American actress
1922 - George Roy Hill, American film director (d. 2002)
1922 - Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter
1924 - Judy LaMarsh, Canadian politician and broadcaster (d. 1980)
1924 - Charlie Callas, American comedian
1925 - Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (d. 2007)
1925 - Mahathir bin Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia
1926 - Sir Geoffrey Howe, British politician
1926 - Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German politician
1927 - Kim Young-sam, President of South Korea
1931 - Mala Powers, American film actress (d. 2007)
1932 - John Hillerman, American actor, Magnum P.I.
1933 - Jean Carnahan, U.S. Senator
1933 - Rik van Looy, Belgian cyclist
1935 - Khalid Ibadulla, Pakistani cricket player
1938 - John Harbison, American composer
1942 - Rana Bhagwandas, Former Pakistani Chief Justice
1944 - Bobby Colomby, American musician (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1944 - Jean Fergusson, English actress
1945 - Peter Criss, American drummer and singer (Kiss)
1946 - Uri Geller, Israeli psychic
1946 - John Spencer, American actor (d. 2005)
1946 - Dick Wolf, American television series creator
1947 - Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer
1948 - Alan Parsons, British music producer and artist
1949 - Cecil Cooper, American baseball player
1949 - Soumaïla Cissé, Malian politician
1951 - Gilbert Montagné, French musician
1951 - Peter May, Scottish novelist and scriptwriter
1952 - Jenny Agutter, English actress
1954 - Michael Badalucco, American actor
1954 - Sandra Cisneros, American writer
1955 - Ed Kuepper, German-born Australian musician (The Saints, Laughing Clowns)
1956 - Junji Hirata, Japanese professional wrestler
1956 - Blanche Baker, American actress
1957 - Billy Bragg, English singer and songwriter
1957 - Mike Watt, American bassist
1957 - Stephen Bicknell, British organ builder and scholar (d. 2007)
1957 - Joyce Hyser, American actress
1957 - Anna Vissi, Greek-Cypriot singer
1958 - Steve Sailer, American political commentator
1960 - Nalo Hopkinson, Canadian writer
1961 - Mohammad Fouad, Arab singer and actor
1963 - Infanta Elena of Spain
1963 - Joel Gretsch, American actor
1964 - Mark Coleman, American Mixed Martial Artist, UFC Hall of Famer
1965 - Robert Cavanah, Scottish actor
1965 - Rich Gannon, American football player
1966 - Myrra Malmberg, Swedish singer
1966 - Chris Robinson, American singer (Black Crowes)
1966 - Matt Neal , British Race Driver
1968 - Karl Wendlinger, Austrian racing driver
1968 - Joe Cornish, British comedian
1968 - Phil Andrews, British racing driver
1970 - Nicole DeBoer, Canadian actress
1970 - Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer
1972 - Anders Odden, Norwegian musician
1973 - Cory Stillman, National Hockey League forward
1974 - Die, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
1975 - Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer
1975 - Jaydy Michel, Mexican model
1976 - Jang Hyuk, Korean actor
1976 - Aubrey Huff, American baseball player
1976 - Adam Powell, Neopets creator
1976 - Ramon Stoppelenburg, world traveler and Dutch author
1977 - Saukrates, Canadian rapper
1978 - Andrei Markov, Russian ice hockey player
1978 - Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer
1979 - David DeJesus, American baseball player
1979 - Michael Rogers, Australian cyclist
1980 - Ashley Cole, English footballer
1980 - Fitz Hall, English footballer
1980 - Tony, French-born Portuguese footballer
1981 - Chris Edwards, British musician (Kasabian)
1981 - James Shields, American baseball player
1981 - Roy Williams, American football player
1982 - David Cook, American singer, winner of American Idol.
1982 - Mohammed Asif, Pakistani cricket player
1982 - Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer
1982 - David Wright, American baseball player
1983 - Adrián Varela, Mexican singer
1983 - Lara Stone, Dutch model
1983 - Darren Sammy, St. Lucian West Indies cricketer
1983 - Lucy Pinder, British model
1983 - Jonah Hill, American actor
1987 - Tariel Zintiridis, Greek judoka
1989 - Virgilio Falco, Italian politician
1990 - JoJo, American singer
Monday, December 19, 2011
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