History Births on December 01

Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster

#Wally_Lewis

Reggie Sanders, American baseball player

#Reggie_Sanders

Andrew Adamson, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter

#Andrew_Adamson

Park Hyo-shin, South Korean singer-songwriter and actor

#Park_Hyo-shin

Vaira V??e-Freiberga, Latvian psychologist and politician, 6th President of Latvia

#Vaira_V??e-Freiberga

Vance Joy, Australian singer-songwriter

#Vance_Joy

Brad Delson, American guitarist and producer

#Brad_Delson

N. T. Wright, English bishop and scholar

#N._T._Wright

Treat Williams, American actor

#Treat_Williams

Roger Peterson, Aruban-Dutch singer-songwriter

#Roger_Peterson_(musician)

Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (d. 1986)

#Jimmy_Lyons

Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer-songwriter and pianist

#Gilbert_O'Sullivan

Billy Paul, American soul singer (d. 2016)

#Billy_Paul

Stansfield Turner, American admiral and academic, 12th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 2018)

#Stansfield_Turner

George Maxwell Richards, Trinidadian politician, 4th President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2018)

#George_Maxwell_Richards

DeSean Jackson, American football player

#DeSean_Jackson

Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)

#Tadeáš_Hájek

Sun Yang, Chinese swimmer

#Sun_Yang

Nikolai Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician and geometer (d. 1856)

#Nikolai_Lobachevsky

Alberto Cova, Italian runner

#Alberto_Cova

Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress

#Verónica_Forqué

Filippos Petsalnikos, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice

#Filippos_Petsalnikos

Richard Carrier, American author and blogger

#Richard_Carrier

Veikko Aaltonen, Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter

#Veikko_Aaltonen

Igor Rodionov, Russian general and politician, 3rd Russian Minister of Defence (d. 2014)

#Igor_Rodionov

Simon Dawkins, English footballer

#Simon_Dawkins

Sarah Silverman, American comedian, actress, and singer

#Sarah_Silverman

Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager (d. 2011)

#Marty_Marion

Obba Babatundé, American actor, director, and producer

#Obba_Babatundé

Nikolai Voznesensky, Soviet economic planner, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (d. 1950)

#Nikolai_Voznesensky

Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist and academic (d. 1817)

#Martin_Heinrich_Klaproth

Jane Turner, Australian actress and producer

#Jane_Turner

Candace Bushnell, American journalist and author

#Candace_Bushnell

Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (d. 2004)

#Alicia_Markova

Kenny Moore, American runner and journalist

#Kenny_Moore

Jan Brett, American author and illustrator

#Jan_Brett

Marco van Ginkel, Dutch footballer

#Marco_van_Ginkel

Dick Shawn, American actor (d. 1987)

#Dick_Shawn

Georgy Zhukov, Russian general and politician, 2nd Minister of Defence for the Soviet Union (d. 1974)

#Georgy_Zhukov

François Van der Elst, Belgian footballer (d. 2017)

#François_Van_der_Elst

Richard Keith, American actor and drummer

#Richard_Keith_(actor)

Mihály Vörösmarty, Hungarian poet (d.1855)

#Mihály_Vörösmarty

Janelle Monáe, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Janelle_Monáe

Katherine LaNasa, American actress, ballet dancer, and choreographer

#Katherine_LaNasa

Bart Millard, American singer-songwriter

#Bart_Millard

Lloyd Doyley, English footballer

#Lloyd_Doyley

Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (d. 1764)

#Philip_Yorke,_1st_Earl_of_Hardwicke

Steve Gibb, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Steve_Gibb

Bette Midler, American singer-songwriter, actress and producer

#Bette_Midler

Judith Hackitt, English chemist and engineer

#Judith_Hackitt

Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer and politician

#Mohammad_Kaif

Michael Hagee, American general

#Michael_Hagee

Marie Tussaud, French-English sculptor, founded Madame Tussauds Wax Museum (d. 1850)

#Marie_Tussaud

Masao Horiba, Japanese businessman, founded Horiba (d. 2015)

#Masao_Horiba

Sophie Hedwig of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess consort of Pomerania-Wolgast (d. 1631)

#Sophie_Hedwig_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Anna Komnene, Byzantine physician and scholar (d. 1153)

#Anna_Komnene

Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and manager

#Javier_Aguirre

Jim Nesbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)

#Jim_Nesbitt

Mary Martin, American actress and singer (d. 1990)

#Mary_Martin

Sophie Guillemin, French actress

#Sophie_Guillemin

Carol Alt, American model and actress

#Carol_Alt

Jo Walton, Welsh-Canadian author and poet

#Jo_Walton

Riz Ahmed, English actor and rapper

#Riz_Ahmed

Mohamed Kamel Amr, Egyptian politician, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Mohamed_Kamel_Amr

Zoë Kravitz, American actress, singer, and model

#Zoë_Kravitz

Allyn Ann McLerie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2018)

#Allyn_Ann_McLerie

Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer and politician

#Arjuna_Ranatunga

Keith Michell, Australian actor (d. 2015)

#Keith_Michell

Violette Verdy, French ballerina (d. 2016)

#Violette_Verdy

Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist (d. 1993)

#Pablo_Escobar

Alexandra of Denmark (d. 1925)

#Alexandra_of_Denmark

Emiliano Viviano, Italian footballer

#Emiliano_Viviano

Luke McPharlin, Australian footballer

#Luke_McPharlin

John Coughlin, American figure skater

#John_Coughlin_(figure_skater)

Malachi Throne, American actor (d. 2013)

#Malachi_Throne

Stuart Garson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Manitoba (d. 1977)

#Stuart_Garson

Lee McKenzie, Scottish journalist

#Lee_McKenzie

Vsevolod Bobrov, Russian ice hockey player, footballer, and manager (d. 1979)

#Vsevolod_Bobrov

Pat Spillane, Irish footballer and sportscaster

#Pat_Spillane

Archie MacLaren, English cricketer (d. 1944)

#Archie_MacLaren

Justin Chadwick, English actor and director

#Justin_Chadwick

Emily Mortimer, English actress

#Emily_Mortimer

Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (d. 1984)

#Walter_Alston

Sotelúm, Mexican trumpet player, composer, and producer

#Sotelúm

Étienne Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (d. 1791)

#Étienne_Maurice_Falconet

Rex Stout, American detective novelist (d. 1975)

#Rex_Stout

Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish painter and critic (d. 1923)

#Eligiusz_Niewiadomski

Linos Chrysikopoulos, Greek basketball player

#Linos_Chrysikopoulos

Jonathan Coulton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jonathan_Coulton

Gianna Terzi, Greek singer

#Gianna_Terzi

Matt Fraction, American author

#Matt_Fraction

Ledi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (d. 1923)

#Ledi_Sayadaw

Stanton Barrett, American race car driver and stuntman

#Stanton_Barrett

Julia A. Moore, American poet (d. 1920)

#Julia_A._Moore

Jan D?ugosz, Polish historian (d. 1480)

#Jan_D?ugosz

Marie Bashir, Australian psychiatrist, academic, and politician, 37th Governor of New South Wales

#Marie_Bashir

Jeremy Northam, English actor

#Jeremy_Northam

Tyler Joseph, American musician and singer

#Tyler_Joseph

Anders Holmertz, Swedish swimmer

#Anders_Holmertz

Costinha, Portuguese footballer and manager

#Costinha

Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player and coach

#Larry_Walker

Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer and historian (d. 1637)

#Nicolas-Claude_Fabri_de_Peiresc

Ryan Malone, American ice hockey player

#Ryan_Malone

Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress

#Julee_Cruise

Chanel Preston, American porn actress and director

#Chanel_Preston

Billy Childish, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and painter

#Billy_Childish

Kirk Rueter, American baseball player

#Kirk_Rueter

Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)

#Richard_Pryor

Alain Bashung, French singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2009)

#Alain_Bashung

Kemal Kurspahi?, Bosnian journalist and author

#Kemal_Kurspahi?

Javier Báez, Puerto Rican baseball player

#Javier_Báez

Neil Warnock, English footballer and manager

#Neil_Warnock

Eric Bloom, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Eric_Bloom

Isaiah "Ikey" Owens, American keyboard player and producer (d. 2014)

#Isaiah_"Ikey"_Owens

Lee Trevino, American golfer and sportscaster

#Lee_Trevino

Emily McLaughlin, American actress (d. 1991)

#Emily_McLaughlin

Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer

#Salvatore_Schillaci

John Crowley, American author and academic

#John_Crowley_(author)

Karen Tumulty, American journalist

#Karen_Tumulty

Mike Denness, Scottish-English cricketer and referee (d. 2013)

#Mike_Denness

Calvin Griffith, Canadian-American businessman (d. 1999)

#Calvin_Griffith

Jonathan Katz, American comedian and actor

#Jonathan_Katz

Brently Heilbron, American actor and musician

#Brently_Heilbron

Udit Narayan, Indian playback singer

#Udit_Narayan

Louis VI, French king (d. 1137)

#Louis_VI_of_France

Peter II, Duke of Bourbon, son of Charles I (d. 1503)

#Peter_II,_Duke_of_Bourbon

Stephen Poliakoff, English director, producer, and playwright

#Stephen_Poliakoff

Stephanie Brown Trafton, American discus thrower

#Stephanie_Brown_Trafton

Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimy? (d. 1573)

#Takeda_Shingen

Jaco Pastorius, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (d. 1987)

#Jaco_Pastorius

John Densmore, American drummer and songwriter

#John_Densmore

Franz Xaver Richter, Czech composer, violinist, and conductor (d. 1789)

#Franz_Xaver_Richter

Martin Rodbell, American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

#Martin_Rodbell

Magnifico, Slovenian singer

#Magnifico_(musician)

Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China (d. 1976)

#Zhu_De

Tahar Ben Jelloun, Moroccan author and poet

#Tahar_Ben_Jelloun

George Foster, American baseball player and radio host

#George_Foster_(baseball)

Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, Scottish businessman (d. 2010)

#Colin_Tennant,_3rd_Baron_Glenconner

John Evans, English-Australian politician, 21st Premier of Tasmania (d. 1943)

#John_Evans_(Australian_politician)

Tomáš Tatar, Slovak ice hockey player

#Tomáš_Tatar

Woody Allen, American actor, director, and screenwriter

#Woody_Allen

Safra Catz, Israeli-American businesswoman

#Safra_Catz

9th Dalai Lama (d.1815)

#9th_Dalai_Lama

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter and etcher (d. 1976)

#Karl_Schmidt-Rottluff

Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and politician, 35th President of Chile

#Sebastián_Piñera

Tomasz Adamek, Polish boxer

#Tomasz_Adamek

James Wilson, English footballer

Agn? ?epelyt?, Lithuanian tennis player

Seedy Njie, English footballer

Reena Pärnat, Estonian archer

Masahudu Alhassan, Ghanaian footballer

Hilda Melander, Swedish tennis player

Dan Mavraides, Greek-American basketball player

Brett Williams, English footballer

Tabarie Henry, Virgin Islander sprinter

Christos Melissis, Greek footballer

Christos Kalantzis, Greek footballer

I Made Wirawan, Indonesian footballer

Mubarak Hassan Shami, Kenyan-Qatari runner

Iftikhar Anjum, Pakistani cricketer

Evangelos Sklavos, Greek basketball player

Laura Ling, American journalist and author

Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer

Thomas Schie, Norwegian race car driver and sportscaster

Farah Shah, Pakistani actress and host

John Schlimm, American author and educator

Mika Pohjola, Finnish-American pianist and composer

Christian Pescatori, Italian race car driver

Tisha Waller, American high jumper and educator

Sarah Fitzgerald, Australian squash player

Nestor Carbonell, American actor

Henry Honiball, South African rugby player

Nathalie Lambert, Canadian speed skater

Marco Greco, Brazilian race car driver

Pamela McGee, American basketball player and coach

Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater

Raymond E. Goldstein, American biophysicist and academic

Shirin M. Rai, Indian-English political scientist and academic

Gary Peters, American lieutenant and politician

Vesta Williams, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2011)

Chris Poland, American guitarist and songwriter

#Chris_Poland

Alan Dedicoat, English journalist

Doug Mulray, Australian radio and television host

Gary Panter, American illustrator and painter

Ross Hannaford, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)

Manju Bansal, Indian biologist and academic

Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa, Nigerian civil servant and politician, Governor of Kaduna State (d. 2012)

John Roskelley, American mountaineer and author

Sarfraz Nawaz, Pakistani cricketer and politician

Bob Fulton, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster

Ross Edwards, Australian cricketer

Jerry Lawson, American electronic engineer and inventor (d. 2011)

Tasso Wild, German footballer

Sandy Nelson, American rock and roll drummer

Gordon Crosse, English composer and academic

Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American soprano and actress (d. 2005)

Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (d. 2006)

Joachim Hoffmann, German historian and author (d. 2002)

David Doyle, American actor (d. 1997)

Micheline Bernardini, French dancer and model

Robert Symonds, American actor (d. 2007)

Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (d. 2013)

Vernon McGarity, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2013)

Peter Baptist Tadamaro Ishigami, Japanese priest, 1st Bishop of Naha (d. 2014)

Thomas Hayward, American tenor and actor (d. 1995)

Wan Li, Chinese educator and politician, 4th Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 2015)

Minoru Yamasaki, American architect, designed the World Trade Center (d. 1986)

Alex Wilson, Canadian sprinter and coach (d. 1994)

Ilona Fehér, Hungarian-Israeli violinist and educator (d. 1988)

Karna Maria Birmingham, Australian artist, illustrator and print maker (d. 1987)

Cyril Ritchard, Australian-American actor and singer (d. 1977)

Henry Williamson, English farmer, soldier, and author (d. 1977)

Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Brazilian herpetologist (d. 1982)

Henry Cadbury, American historian, scholar, and academic (d. 1974)

Bernardino Realino, Italian Jesuit (d. 1616)

Elisabeth of Nassau-Dillenburg, Countess of Wied, German noblewoman (d. 1559)

Magdalena of France, French princess (d. 1495)