Famous Births on 12 Dec

Famous Births on 12 Dec

1298 - Albert II of Austria (d. 1358)
1418 - Albert VI of Austria (d. 1463)
1574 - Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619)
1610 - Saint Vasilije (d. 1671)
1659 - Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739)
1712 - Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Austrian military leader (d. 1780)
1724 - Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, British admiral (d. 1816)
1745 - John Jay, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1829)
1779 - Madeleine Sophie Barat, French saint (d. 1865)
1783 - Ner Alexander Middleswarth, American politician (d. 1865)
1786 - William L. Marcy, American statesman (d. 1857)
1791 - Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria, second wife of Napoleon (d. 1847)
1799 - Karl Briullov, Russian painter (d. 1852)
1805 - William Lloyd Garrison, American abolitionist (d. 1879)
1805 - Henry Wells, Founder of American Express (d. 1878)
1806 - Stand Watie, American Confederate general (d. 1871)
1821 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer (d. 1880)
1845 - Bruce Price, American architect (d. 1903)
1849 - William Kissam Vanderbilt, member of the Vanderbilt family (d. 1920)
1863 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter (d. 1944)
1864 - Paul Elmer More, American essayist (d. 1937)
1866 - Alfred Werner, Swiss chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1919)
1870 - Walter Benona Sharp, American oil baron (d. 1912)
1875 - Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (d. 1953)
1876 - Alvin Kraenzlein, Olympic gold medalist (d. 1928)
1887 - Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (d. 1974)
1892 - Herman Potočnik aka Hermann Noordung, Slovenian rocket engineer (d. 1929)
1893 - Edward G. Robinson, American actor (d. 1973)
1900 - Sammy Davis, Sr., American dancer (d. 1988)
1902 - Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (d. 2003)
1903 - Dagmar Nordstrom, American composer (d. 1976)
1903 - Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese film director (d. 1963)
1904 - Nicolas de Gunzburg, magazine editor and socialite (d. 1981)
1905 - Manès Sperber, Austrian-born writer (d. 1984)
1907 - Roy Douglas, English composer and orchestrator
1909 - Karen Morley, American actress (d. 2003)
1914 - Patrick O'Brian, English author (d. 2000)
1915 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (d. 1998)
1918 - Joe Williams, American singer (d. 1999)
1919 - Olivia Barclay, English astrologer (d. 2001)
1919 - Dan DeCarlo, American cartoonist (d. 2001)
1920 - Fred Kida, American comics artist
1923 - Ken Kavanagh, Australian racing driver
1923 - Bob Barker, American television game show host
1924 - Ed Koch, Mayor of New York City
1925 - Vladimir Shainsky, Soviet and Russian composer
1925 - Ahmad Shamlou, Iranian poet (d. 2000)
1927 - Robert Noyce, American inventor (d. 1990)
1928 - Chinghiz Aitmatov, Soviet-born Kyrgyz writer
1929 - Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese musician
1929 - John Osborne, English dramatist (d. 1994)
1930 - Bill Beutel, American journalist (d. 2006)
1931 - Lionel Blair, English actor and choreographer
1932 - Bob Pettit, American basketball player
1934 - Miguel de la Madrid, President of Mexico
1937 - Buford Pusser, American sheriff (d. 1974)
1938 - Connie Francis, American singer
1940 - Sharad Pawar, Indian politician
1940 - Dionne Warwick, American singer
1942 - Peter Sarstedt, British musician
1943 - Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (d. 1999)
1943 - Dickey Betts, American musician (The Allman Brothers Band)
1944 - Kenneth Cranham, Scottish actor
1944 - Jean Doré, Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal
1945 - Tony Williams, American jazz drummer (d. 1997)
1946 - Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver and two-time F1 world champion
1946 - Paula Wagner, American film executive
1948 - Tom Wilkinson, English actor
1949 - Bill Nighy, English actor
1950 - Rajnikanth, Indian actor
1950 - Billy Smith, Canadian ice hockey player
1952 - Herb Dhaliwal, Canadian politician
1952 - Cathy Rigby, American gymnast and actress
1953 - Bruce Kulick, American guitarist (Kiss)
1954 - Liz Claman, American television anchor
1955 - Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, Greek businesswoman
1955 - Eddy Schepers, Belgian cyclist
1956 - Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
1957 - Sheila E., American musician
1957 - Robert Lepage, French Canadian playwright
1958 - Sheree J. Wilson, American actress
1962 - Tracy Austin, American tennis player
1962 - Mike Golic, American football player
1963 - Ai Orikasa, Japanese voice actress and singer
1964 - Haywood Jeffries, American football player
1964 - Sabu, American professional wrestler
1965 - Will Carling, English rugby union footballer
1966 - Royce Gracie, Brazilian martial artist
1966 - Kouichi Nagano, Japanese voice actor
1967 - Yuzo Koshiro, Japanese composer
1967 - Takenobu Mitsuyoshi, Japanese composer
1967 - John Randle, American football player
1968 - Laurie Williams, Jamaican West Indies cricketer (d. 2002)
1968 - Rory Kennedy, American documentarian
1968 - Kate Humble, English television presenter
1969 - Carrie Westcott, American model and actress
1970 - Mädchen Amick, American actress
1970 - Jennifer Connelly, American actress
1970 - Regina Hall, American actress
1972 - Hank Williams III, American musician, grandson of Hank Williams
1972 - Yeoryios Theodoridis, Greek sprinter
1972 - Brandon Teena, American hate crime victim (d. 1993)
1972 - Kevin Parent, French Canadian singer and songwriter
1972 - Wilson Kipketer, Danish middle-distance runner
1972 - Nicky Eaden, English footballer
1973 - William Hutton, American engineer
1973 - Walter Otta, Argentine footballer
1974 - Nolberto Solano, Peruvian footballer
1975 - Mayim Bialik, American actress
1975 - Craig Moore, Australian footballer
1976 - Lloyd Owusu, English/Ghanaian football player
1976 - Dan Hawkins, English guitarist (The Darkness)
1977 - Nicole, Erica and Jaclyn Dahm, American triplet Playboy models
1977 - Bridget Hall, American supermodel
1977 - Orlando Hudson, American baseball player
1977 - Colin White, Canadian ice hockey player
1978 - Evren Genis, Turkish composer
1978 - Jennifer Rovero Playboy Playmate
1978 - Louis (artist), Korean singer ("Jung Hwa Ban Jum")
1978 - Monica Barladeanu, Romanian actress
1979 - Garrett Atkins, American baseball player
1979 - Nate Clements, American football player
1979 - Sharin Foo, Danish singer and bassist
1981 - Stephen Warnock, English footballer
1981 - Yuvraj Singh, Indian cricketer
1981 - Jeret Peterson, American aerial skier
1981 - Pedro Ríos, Spanish footballer
1981 - Shane Costa, American baseball player
1981 - Ronnie Brown, American football player
1982 - Dmitry Tursunov, Russian tennis player
1983 - Katrina Elam, American singer
1984 - Daniel Agger, Danish footballer
1986 - Perparim Hetemaj, Finnish footballer
1986 - Thomas Wansey, English actor
1990 - Victor Moses, an English footballer of Nigerian descent
1991 - Daniel Magder, Canadian actor