Famous Births on 31 Dec

Famous Births on 31 Dec

 695 - Muhammad bin Qasim, Syrian general (d. 715)
1378 - Pope Callixtus III (d. 1458)
1491 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)
1514 - Andreas Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (d. 1564)
1572 - Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan, (d. 1617)
1668 - Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (d. 1738)
1720 - Charles Edward Stuart, pretender to the British throne (d. 1788)
1738 - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (d. 1805)
1741 - Isabella Maria of Parma, wife of future Holy Roman emperor (d. 1763)
1763 - Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (d. 1806)
1815 - George Meade, American Civil War general (d. 1872)
1830 - Isma'il Pasha, Governor of Egypt (d. 1895)
1830 - Alexander Smith, Scottish poet (d. 1867)
1857 - King Kelly, American baseball player (d. 1894)
1860 - Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (d. 1937)
1869 - Henri Matisse, French painter (d. 1954)
1877 - Lawrence Beesley, English journalist and author (d. 1967)
1878 - Elizabeth Arden, Canadian businesswoman (d. 1966)
1878 - Horacio Quiroga, Uruguayan-Argentinian writer (d. 1937)
1880 - George C. Marshall, United States Secretary of State, Nobel Laureate (d. 1959)
1880 - Fred Beebe, American baseball player (d. 1957)
1881 - Max Pechstein, German painter (d. 1955)
1882 - Martin O'Meara, Australian soldier (d. 1935)
1884 - Bobby Byrne, American baseball player (d. 1964)
1885 - Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1970)
1894 - Pola Negri, Polish actress (d. 1987)
1899 - Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer (d. 1940)
1902 - Lionel Daunais, Quebec singer and composer (d. 1982)
1903 - Nathan Milstein, Ukrainian violinist (d. 1992)
1904 - Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer and actress (d. 1975)
1905 - Jule Styne, English-born composer (d. 1994)
1908 - Simon Wiesenthal, Austrian Holocaust survivor (d. 2005)
1909 - Jonah Jones, American jazz trumpeter (d. 2000)
1910 - Carl Dudley, American film director (d. 1973)
1912 - Maj-Gen John Frost, British para commander (d. 1993)
1919 - Tommy Byrne, American baseball player
1920 - Rex Allen, American actor, singer, and songwriter (d. 1999)
1924 - Taylor Mead, American actor
1928 - Siné, French cartoonist
1930 - Odetta, American singer
1931 - Bob Shaw, Irish writer (d. 1996)
1933 - Edward Bunker, American author and actor (d. 2005)
1934 - Akram Awan, Islamic scholar
1937 - Avram Hershko, Israeli biologist, Nobel laureate
1937 - Sir Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor
1938 - Rosalind Cash, American actress (d. 1995)
1940 - Mani Neumeier, German musician (Guru Guru)
1941 - Sarah Miles, English actress
1941 - Sir Alex Ferguson, Scottish football manager
1942 - Andy Summers, British guitarist (The Police)
1943 - John Denver, American singer and songwriter (d. 1997)
1943 - Sir Ben Kingsley, English actor
1943 - Pete Quaife, English bassist (The Kinks)
1944 - Taylor Hackford, American producer and director
1945 - Connie Willis, American writer
1945 - Barbara Carrera, Nicaraguan actress and model
1945 - Diane von Fürstenberg, Belgian-born fashion designer
1946 - Pius Ncube, Zimbabwean human rights advocate
1947 - Burton Cummings, Canadian keyboardist (The Guess Who)
1947 - Tim Matheson, American actor
1947 - Rita Lee, Brazilian Rock Star
1948 - René Robert, National Hockey League player
1948 - Donna Summer, American singer
1949 - Ellen Datlow, American editor
1949 - Susan Shwartz, American writer
1951 - George Thorogood, American musician
1951 - Tom Hamilton, American bassist (Aerosmith)
1953 - James Remar, American actor
1953 - Jane Badler, American actress
1954 - Hermann Tilke, German racing circuit architect
1954 - Alex Salmond, Scottish politician
1955 - Dawood Ibrahim, Indian crime boss
1956 - Steve Rude, American comics artist
1958 - Bebe Neuwirth, American actress
1959 - Alfie Anido, Filipino actor (d. 1981)
1959 - Paul Westerberg, American musician (The Replacements)
1959 - Val Kilmer, American actor
1959 - Phill Kline, American politician
1960 - John Allen Muhammad, American serial killer
1960 - Steve Bruce, English football player & manager
1961 - Rick Aguilera, American baseball player
1961 - Nina Li Chi, Chinese actress
1962 - Heather McCartney, British activist
1962 - Tyrone Corbin, American basketball player
1963 - Konishiki, American sumo wrestler
1963 - Scott Ian, American guitarist (Anthrax)
1964 - Michael McDonald, American actor-comedian
1964 - Allen D'Nulderf, American stuntman
1964 - Lowri Turner, British TV presenter
1965 - Julie Doucet, Canadian underground cartoonist
1965 - Gong Li, Chinese actress
1965 - Nicholas Sparks, American author
1966 - Lisa Joyner, American entertainment reporter
1968 - Gerry Dee, Canadian comedian and actor
1969 - Kate Beahan, Australian actress
1969 - Dominik Diamond, Scittish presenter and newspaper columnist
1970 - Carlos Morales Quintana, husband of Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
1970 - Bryon Russell, American basketball player
1971 - Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish footballer
1971 - Esteban Loaiza, Mexican Major League Baseball player
1971 - Brent Barry, American basketball player
1972 - Joe McIntyre, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
1973 - Shandon Anderson, American basketball player
1973 - Malcolm Middleton, Scottish musician (Arab Strap)
1974 - Mario Aerts, Belgian cyclist
1974 - Tony Kanaan, Brazilian racing driver
1974 - Ryan Sakoda, Japanese American professional wrestler
1975 - Toni Kuivasto, Finnish footballer
1976 - Craig Reucassel, Australian comedian, member of The Chaser
1977 - Wardy Alfaro, Costa Rican footballer
1977 - Donald Trump Jr., son of Donald Trump and Ivana Trump
1978 - Papoose, American rapper
1979 - Bob Bryar, American drummer (My Chemical Romance, Gerardolopoly)
1979 - Elaine Cassidy, Irish actress
1980 - Richie McCaw, New Zealand rugby player
1980 - Matt Cross, American professional wrestler
1981 - Matthew Pavlich, Australian football player
1981 - Jason Campbell, American football player
1982 - Julio DePaula, Dominican baseball player
1982 - Craig Gordon, Scottish footballer
1982 - Luke Schenscher, Australian basketball player
1987 - Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
1987 - Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast