Famous December Birthdays
Who was Born in December on Your Birthday?
Do you know who was born on your birthday? There are many famous December birthdays displayed below. We hope you find famous and historic people who share your special day. See who was born in your birth month below.
Did You Know? The song “Happy Birthday to You” was first sung on June 27, 1859
Famous December Birthdays
December 1 Birthdays
Mary Martin, actress, singer. (1913)
Lou Rawls, singer, blues, jazz, and pop music. (1933)
Woody Allen, Actor, director, comedian. (1935)
Lee Trevino, PGA golfer. (1939)
Richard Pryor, actor, comedian. (1940)
Bette Midler, actress, singer. (1945)
Treat Williams, actor. (1951)
December 2 Birthdays
Georges Seurat, painter. (1859)
Charles Ringling, formed Ringling Bros. circus. (1863)
Julie Harris, actress. (1925)
Cathy Lee Crosby, actress. (1948)
Stone Phillips, TV journalist, Dateline. (1954)
Lucy Liu, actress, movie Charlie’s Angels, Television series Elementary. (1967)
Monica Seles, champion tennis player. (1973)
Britney Spears, singer. (1981)
December 3 Birthdays
Anna Freud, psychoanalyst, daughter of Sigmund Freud. (1895)
Andy Williams, singer. (1930)
Ozzy Osbourne, actor, singer. (1948)
Rick Mears, auto racer. (1951)
Darryl Hannah, actress, lead actress in “Splash”. (1960)
Katerina Witt, champion Olympic figure skater. (1965)
Brendan Fraser, actor, “George of the Jungle”. (1968)
December 4 Birthdays
Francisco Franco, Spanish Dictator. (1892)
Jeff Bridges, actor. (1949)
Marisa Tomei, actress, “Mona Lisa Vito” in the movie “My Cousin Vinny”. (1964)
Tyra Banks, model, actress. (1973)
Jason Bradley DeFord, known as “Jelly Roll”. An American singer rapper, and songwriter. (1984)
December 5 Birthdays
Martin Van Buren, 8th U.S. President. (1782)
George Armstrong Custer, cavalry officer, killed at the Little Big Horn. (1839)
Walt Disney, animator, entertainment, filmmaker. (1901)
“Little Richard” Penniman, singer, songwriter. (1932)
Jim Messina, singer. (1947)
Morgan Brittany, actress. (1951)
Michael Dorn, actor. (1952)
Frankie Muniz, “Malcolm” on TV series “Malcolm in the Middle”, “Agent Cody Banks”. (1985)
December 6 Birthdays
Joyce Kilmer, poet. (1886)
Ira Gershwin, lyricist, wrote lyrics for Brother George. (1896)
Agnes Moorehead, actress, the mother “Endora” on TV series “Bewitched”. (1906)
Dave Brubeck, jazz musician. (1920)
Stephen Wright, comedian (New York, NY). (1955)
Andrew Cuomo, New York state governor, Clinton Administration HUD Secretary, son of Mario Cuomo. (1957)
December 7 Birthdays
Marie Tussaud, created “Madame Tussaud’s Waxwork Museum”. (1761)
Eli Wallach, actor. (1915)
Ted Knight, actor, news anchor on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”. (1923)
Harry Chapin, singer, songwriter. (1942)
Gregg Allman, singer, musician. (1947)
Johnny Bench, Cincinnati Reds baseball catcher. (1947)
Larry Bird, NBA Boston Celtics basketball player. (1956)
Edd Hall, “Tonight Show” announcer. (1958)
December 8 Birthdays
Eli Whitney, invented the cotton gin. (1765)
James Thurber, humorist. (1894)
Sammy Davis Jr., actor, singer. (1925)
Maximilian Schell, actor. (1930)
Flip Wilson, comedian. (1933)
Jim Morrison, singer, songwriter. (1943)
Kim Basinger, actress. (1953)
Teri Hatcher, actress, “Louis and Clark”, “Desperate Housewives”. (1964)
Sinead O’Connor, singer. (1966)
December 9 Birthdays
John Milton, poet. (1608)
Emmett Kelly, clown. (1898)
Tip O’Neill, Massachusetts Congressman, Speaker of the House. (1912)
Kirk Douglas, actor. (1916)
Redd Foxx, actor, comedian. (1922)
Dick Van Patten, actor, played the dad on “Eight is Enough”. (1928)
Buck Henry, screenwriter, “The Graduate”. (1930)
Beau Bridges, actor. (1941)
John Malkovich, actor. (1953)
Donny Osmond, singer, actor, “Donny & Marie”. (1957)
December 10 Birthdays
Emily Dickinson, American poet. (1830)
Melvil Dewey, librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System. (1851)
Chet Huntley, newscaster, co-anchor on the “Huntley-Brinkley Report”. (1911)
Dorothy Lamour, actress, singer. (1914)
Dan Blocker, actor, “Hoss Cartwright” on TV series “Bonanza”. (1928)
Gloria Loring, actress, singer. (1946)
Susan Dey, actress. (1952)
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December 11 Birthdays
Fiorello La Guardia, New York City Mayor. (1882)
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, novelist. (1918)
Rita Moreno, actress, singer. (1931)
Donna Mills, actress, “Abby Fairgate” on TV series “Knots Landing”. (1942)
Brenda Lee, singer. (1944)
Teri Garr, actress. (1945)
Jermaine Jackson, singer, musician, brother of Michael Jackson. (1954)
December 12 Birthdays
Edward G. Robinson, actor. (1893)
Frank Sinatra, actor, singer, actor. (1915)
Bob Barker, TV game show host, “Truth or Consequences” and long-time host of “The Price is Right”. (1923)
Ed Koch, New York City mayor. (1924)
Connie Francis, singer. (1938)
Dionne Warwick, singer. (1941)
Sheila Escoveda “Sheila E”, singer. (1959)
December 13 Birthdays
Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States. (1818)
Archie Moore, champion boxer. (1913)
Dick Van Dyke, actor, comedian. (1925)
Christopher Plummer, actor. (1927)
John Davidson, actor, singer. (1941)
Ted Nugent, singer. (1949)
Taylor Swift, singer. (1989)
December 14 Birthdays
Nostradamus, astrologer. (1503)
James Doolittle, World War II aviator. 91896)
Morey Amsterdam, actor, comedian, played “Buddy” on TV series “The Dick Van Dyke Show”. (1914)
Don Hewitt, TV producer. (1922)
Lee Remick, actress. (1935)
Patty Duke, actress, TV series “The Patty Duke Show”. (1946)
December 15 Birthdays
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, engineer, designed the Eiffel Tower. (1832)
J. Paul Getty, oil billionaire, philanthropist. (1892)
Maurice H. Wilkins, biophysicist, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA. (1916)
Tim Conway, actor, comedian, “McHale’s Navy, “The Carol Burnett Show”. (1933)
Dave Clark, musician, leader of the “Dave Clark Five”. (1942)
Don Johnson, actor, “Miami Vice”. (1949)
Garrett Wang, actor. (1968)
December 16 Birthdays
Ludwig van Beethoven, composer/ (1770)
Margaret Mead, anthropologist. (1901)
Liv Ullmann, actress. (1938)
Lesley Stahl, TV news correspondent. (1941)
Benjamin Bratt, actor. (1963)
Hallee Hirsh, actress. (1987)
December 17 Birthdays
Gene Rayburn, TV personality. (1917)
Pope Francis. (1936)
Ernie Hudson, actor. (1945)
Bill Pullman, actor. (1954)
December 18 Birthdays
Ty Cobb, MLB baseball player. (1886)
Betty Grable, actress. (1916)
Steven Spielberg, director, producer. (1947)
Brad Pitt, actor. (1964)
“Stone Cold” Steve Austin, WWF wrestler. (1964)
Katie Holmes, actress. (1978)
Christina Aguilera, singer. (1980)
December 19 Birthdays
Sir William Parry, Arctic explorer. (1790)
Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader. (1906)
David Susskind, TV journalist, producer. (1920)
Cicely Tyson, actress. (1933)
Tim Reid, actor. (1944)
Robert Urich, actor. (1946)
Reggie White, NFL football player. (1961)
Alyssa Milano, actress. (1972)
December 20 Birthdays
Harvey Firestone, tire manufacturer. (1868)
Irene Dunne, actress. (1898)
Jenny Agutter, actress. (1952)
Kiefer Sutherland, actor. (1966)
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December 21 Birthdays
Joseph Stalin, Soviet Russia Dictator. (1879)
Walter Hagen, golfer. (1892)
Joe Paterno, Penn State football coach. (1926)
Phil Donahue, TV talk show host. (1935)
Jane Fonda, actress, Vietnam War protester. (1937)
Frank Zappa, musician, songwriter. (1940)
Chris Evert, champion tennis player. (1954)
Ray Romano, actor, comedian, TV series “Everyone Loves Raymond”. (1957)
Florence Griffith Joyner, champion Olympic sprinter. (1959)
December 22 Birthdays
Peggy Ashcroft, actress. (1907)
Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States. (1912)
Barbara Billingsley, actress, “June Cleaver” on TV series “Leave it to Beaver”. (1922)
Diane Sawyer, TV news correspondent, journalist. (1945)
Maurice Gibb, singer, musician, member of the “Bee Gees”, twin “Robin”. (1949)
Robin Gibb, singer, musician, member of the “Bee Gees”, twin “Maurice”. (1949)
Jan Stephenson, LPGA golfer. (1951)
December 23 Birthdays
Joseph Smith, founded the Mormon Church. (1805)
Harriet Monroe, poet. (1860)
Robert Bly, author. (1926)
Harry Shearer, actor, comedian. (1943)
Susan Lucci, Emmy-winning actress. (1948)
December 24 Birthdays
Kit Carson, frontiersman, soldier. (1809)
James Prescott Joule, physicist, inventor. (1818)
Howard Hughes, industrialist, aviator, producer, recluse. (1905)
I. F. Stone, journalist. (1907)
Ava Gardner, actress. (1922)
Mary Higgins Clark, author. (1931)
Ricky Martin, singer. (1971)
Ryan Seacrest, host of “American Idol”. (1974)
December 25 Birthdays
Sir Isaac Newton, scientist, mathematician. (1642)
Clara Barton, nurse, found the American Red Cross. (1821)
Humphrey Bogart, actor. (1899)
Cab Calloway, singer, bandleader. (1907)
Anwar Sadat, Egyptian President. (1918)
Rod Serling, host of “The Twilight Zone“. (1924)
Jimmy Buffett, singer, songwriter. (1946)
Larry Csonka, NFL Miami Dolphins Fullback. (1946)
Barbara Mandrell, singer. (1947)
Sissy Spacek, actress. (1949)
Norm McDonald, actor, comedian. (1962)
Dido, singer. (1971)
December 26 Birthdays
Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist Leader. (1893)
Richard Widmark, actor. (1914)
Steve Allen, TV personality. (1921)
Susan Butcher, sled dog racer. (1954)
Jared Leto, actor. (1971)
December 27 Birthdays
Johannes Kepler, astronomer. (1571)
Louis Pasteur, chemist, bacteriologist. (1822)
Cokie Roberts, TV journalist. (1943)
Savannah Guthrie, TV Anchor, Journalist “The Today Show”. (1971)
December 28 Birthdays
John Molson, founded the Molson brewery. (1763)
Woodrow Wilson, 28th U.S. President (1856)
Maggie Smith, actress. (1934)
Denzel Washington, actor. (1954)
Malcolm Gets, actor. (1964)
December 29 Birthdays
Andrew Jackson, 17th U.S. President (1808)
Mary Tyler Moore, actress. (1936)
Jon Voight, actor. (1938)
Ted Danson, actor, TV series “Cheers”. (1947)
December 30 Birthdays
Rudyard Kipling, writer. (1865)
Simon Guggenheim, industrialist, philanthropist. (1867)
Bert Parks, TV personality, hosted “Miss America” pageant for 25 years> (1914)
Bo Diddley, singer, songwriter. (1928)
Sandy Koufax, MLB baseball pitcher. (1935)
Joseph Bologna, actor. (1938)
Michael Nesmith, singer, songwriter, member of the “Monkees”. (1942)
Davy Jones, singer, member of the “Monkees”. (1945)
Matt Lauer, “Today Show” TV anchor. (1957)
Tracey Ullman, actress. (1959)
Julianne Moore, actress. (1960)
Tiger Woods, PGA golfer. (1975)
LeBron James, NBA basketball player. (1984)
December 31 Birthdays
Henri Matisse, painter. (1869)
George Marshall, Secretary of State, developed the Marshall Plan. (1880)
Anthony Hopkins, actor. (1937)
Sarah Miles, actress. (1941)
John Denver, singer, songwriter, “Rocky Mountain High”. (1943)
Ben Kingsley, actor. (1943)
Tim Matheson, actor. (1947)
Donna Summer, singer. (1948)
Val Kilmer, actor. (1959)
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