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History Births on December 09


John Milton
John Milton, English poet and philosopher (d. 1674)

#John_Milton

Bastian Swillims
Bastian Swillims, German sprinter

#Bastian_Swillims

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-Austrian soprano and actress (d. 2006)

#Elisabeth_Schwarzkopf

Jakob Dylan
Jakob Dylan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Jakob_Dylan

Francisco S. Carvajal
Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (d. 1932)

#Francisco_S._Carvajal

Gregorios Xenopoulos
Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author (d. 1951)

#Gregorios_Xenopoulos

Richard Lovelace
Richard Lovelace, English poet (d. 1657)

#Richard_Lovelace

Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford, American actor (d. 1986)

#Broderick_Crawford

Peter, Duke of Coimbra
Peter, Duke of Coimbra (d. 1449)

#Peter,_Duke_of_Coimbra

John Dobson (architect)
John Dobson, English architect, designed Eldon Square and Lilburn Tower (d. 1865)

#John_Dobson_(architect)

Ki Longfellow
Ki Longfellow, American author, playwright, and producer

#Ki_Longfellow

Harry Miller (auto racing)
Harry Miller, American engineer (d. 1943)

#Harry_Miller_(auto_racing)

Emmett Kelly
Emmett Kelly, American clown and actor (d. 1979)

#Emmett_Kelly

Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado
Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado (d. 1566)

#Íñigo_López_de_Mendoza,_4th_Duke_of_the_Infantado

Colin McCool
Colin McCool, Australian cricketer (d. 1986)

#Colin_McCool

Fabio Artico
Fabio Artico, Italian footballer

#Fabio_Artico

Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper, American admiral and computer scientist, designed COBOL (d. 1992)

#Grace_Hopper

Nikolai Luzin
Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic (d. 1950)

#Nikolai_Luzin

Hape Kerkeling
Hape Kerkeling, German actor and singer

#Hape_Kerkeling

Kostas Giannoulis
Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer

#Kostas_Giannoulis

Dave Harold
Dave Harold, English snooker player

#Dave_Harold

Joaquín Turina
Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator (d. 1949)

#Joaquín_Turina

Margaret Hamilton (actress)
Margaret Hamilton, American schoolteacher, actress and voice artist (d. 1985)

#Margaret_Hamilton_(actress)

Billy Bremner
Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1997)

#Billy_Bremner

Jean-Claude Juncker
Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg

#Jean-Claude_Juncker

Jaak Jõerüüt
Jaak Jõerüüt, Estonian politician, 24th Estonian Minister of Defense

#Jaak_Jõerüüt

Bob Hawke
Bob Hawke, Australian union leader and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2019)

#Bob_Hawke

Kara DioGuardi
Kara DioGuardi, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Kara_DioGuardi

Joe Kelley
Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (d. 1943)

#Joe_Kelley

Chenghua Emperor
Chenghua Emperor of China (d. 1487)

#Chenghua_Emperor

Germain Gagnon
Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)

#Germain_Gagnon

Jean de Brunhoff
Jean de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator (d. 1937)

#Jean_de_Brunhoff

Stephen McPhail
Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer

#Stephen_McPhail

Mehmet Ali Birand
Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (d. 2013)

#Mehmet_Ali_Birand

William Reynolds (actor)
William Reynolds, American actor

#William_Reynolds_(actor)

Aloísio da Silva Filho
Aloísio da Silva Filho, Brazilian footballer

#Aloísio_da_Silva_Filho

Hannes Kolehmainen
Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner (d. 1966)

#Hannes_Kolehmainen

Pit Martin
Pit Martin, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)

#Pit_Martin

Tip O'Neill
Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994)

#Tip_O'Neill

Gideon Sa'ar
Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli lawyer and politician, 24th Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs

#Gideon_Sa'ar

Frederick II, Elector Palatine
Frederick II, Elector Palatine (d. 1556)

#Frederick_II,_Elector_Palatine

Emma Abbott
Emma Abbott, American soprano and actress (d. 1891)

#Emma_Abbott

Mardy Fish
Mardy Fish, American tennis player

#Mardy_Fish

Nick Seymour
Nick Seymour, Australian bass player, songwriter, and producer

#Nick_Seymour

Paul Landers
Paul Landers, German guitarist

#Paul_Landers

Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand, American lawyer and politician

#Kirsten_Gillibrand

Imogen Heap
Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player

#Imogen_Heap

Ryan Grant (running back)
Ryan Grant, American football player

#Ryan_Grant_(running_back)

Fritz Haber
Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)

#Fritz_Haber

Jan K?esadlo
Jan K?esadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (d. 1995)

#Jan_K?esadlo

William Turnage
William Turnage, American conservationist (d. 2017)

#William_Turnage

Dalton Trumbo
Dalton Trumbo, American author, screenwriter, and blacklistee (d. 1976)

#Dalton_Trumbo

David Houston (singer)
David Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)

#David_Houston_(singer)

Beau Bridges
Beau Bridges, American actor, director, and producer

#Beau_Bridges

Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist (d. 1786)

#Carl_Wilhelm_Scheele

Lance Krall
Lance Krall, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Lance_Krall

Di?na ?ikitina
Di?na ?ikitina, Latvian figure skater

#Di?na_?ikitina

Thomas Andrews (scientist)
Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (d. 1885)

#Thomas_Andrews_(scientist)

Martin de Porres
Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)

#Martin_de_Porres

Freddy Martin
Freddy Martin, American bandleader and tenor saxophonist (d. 1983)

#Freddy_Martin

Susan Bullock
Susan Bullock, English soprano

#Susan_Bullock

Roy Rubin
Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)

#Roy_Rubin

Terry Moran
Terry Moran, American journalist

#Terry_Moran

Junior Wells
Junior Wells, American blues singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1998)

#Junior_Wells

William Whiston
William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (d. 1752)

#William_Whiston

James Rainwater
James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)

#James_Rainwater

Jean-Olivier Chénier
Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician (d. 1838)

#Jean-Olivier_Chénier

Leon Hall
Leon Hall, American football player

#Leon_Hall

Jean Mermoz
Jean Mermoz, French pilot and politician (d. 1936)

#Jean_Mermoz

Johann Joachim Winckelmann
Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and historian (d. 1768)

#Johann_Joachim_Winckelmann

World B. Free
World B. Free, American basketball player

#World_B._Free

Aiko Uemura
Aiko Uemura, Japanese skier

#Aiko_Uemura

Edwin Sandys (died 1629)
Edwin Sandys, English lawyer and politician (d. 1629)

#Edwin_Sandys_(died_1629)

John Malkovich
John Malkovich, American actor and producer

#John_Malkovich

Laura Smulders
Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist

#Laura_Smulders

Johannes B. Kerner
Johannes B. Kerner, German journalist and sportscaster

#Johannes_B._Kerner

Olivia Lufkin
Olivia Lufkin, Japanese-American singer-songwriter

#Olivia_Lufkin

Nathalie De Vos
Nathalie De Vos, Belgian runner

#Nathalie_De_Vos

William Lipscomb
William Lipscomb, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)

#William_Lipscomb

Kwadwo Asamoah
Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer

#Kwadwo_Asamoah

Phil Bryant
Phil Bryant, American academic and politician, 63rd Governor of Mississippi

#Phil_Bryant

Canibus
Canibus, Jamaican-American rapper

#Canibus

John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)

#John_Cassavetes

Henk ten Cate
Henk ten Cate, Dutch footballer and manager

#Henk_ten_Cate

Juan Samuel
Juan Samuel, Dominican-American baseball player and manager

#Juan_Samuel

Antoine Étienne de Tousard
Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer (d. 1813)

#Antoine_Étienne_de_Tousard

Joe McGinniss
Joe McGinniss, American journalist and author (d. 2014)

#Joe_McGinniss

Mark Riddell
Mark Riddell, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

#Mark_Riddell

Hélène Smith
Hélène Smith, French psychic and occultist (d. 1929)

#Hélène_Smith

Mat Latos
Mat Latos, American baseball player

#Mat_Latos

Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell, American violinist and conductor

#Joshua_Bell

Hermione Gingold
Hermione Gingold, English actress and singer (d. 1987)

#Hermione_Gingold

Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten, American actor (d. 2015)

#Dick_Van_Patten

Nicholas Reade
Nicholas Reade, English bishop

#Nicholas_Reade

Dan Hicks (singer)
Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)

#Dan_Hicks_(singer)

Conchita Supervía
Conchita Supervía, Spanish soprano and actress (d. 1936)

#Conchita_Supervía

Tom Daschle
Tom Daschle, American soldier, academic, and politician

#Tom_Daschle

Michael Dorn
Michael Dorn, American actor and voice artist

#Michael_Dorn

Henry Way Kendall
Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)

#Henry_Way_Kendall

V. Dakshinamoorthy
V. Dakshinamoorthy, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)

#V._Dakshinamoorthy

Roxanne Swentzell
Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) ceramic sculptor

#Roxanne_Swentzell

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (d. 1632)

#Gustavus_Adolphus_of_Sweden

Sonia Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi, Italian-Indian politician

#Sonia_Gandhi

Sylvia (singer)
Sylvia, American country singer-songwriter

#Sylvia_(singer)

Gemma Frisius
Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)

#Gemma_Frisius

Elmer Booth
Elmer Booth, American actor (d. 1915)

#Elmer_Booth

Pierre Henry
Pierre Henry, French composer (d. 2017)

#Pierre_Henry

McKayla Maroney
McKayla Maroney, American gymnast

#McKayla_Maroney

Shayne Graham
Shayne Graham, American football player

#Shayne_Graham

Chris Booker (baseball)
Chris Booker, American baseball player

#Chris_Booker_(baseball)

Ángel Guirado
Ángel Guirado, Spanish-Filipino footballer

#Ángel_Guirado

Petr Nedv?d
Petr Nedv?d, Czech-Canadian ice hockey player

#Petr_Nedv?d

David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone
David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone, English economist and academic

#David_Currie,_Baron_Currie_of_Marylebone

Berton Churchill
Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1940)

#Berton_Churchill

Tom Kite
Tom Kite, American golfer and architect

#Tom_Kite

Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese-American chess player

#Hikaru_Nakamura

Neil Innes
Neil Innes, English singer-songwriter

#Neil_Innes

Lori Greiner
Lori Greiner, American businesswoman

#Lori_Greiner

Joel Chandler Harris
Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (d. 1908)

#Joel_Chandler_Harris

Émile Waldteufel
Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1915)

#Émile_Waldteufel

Simon Helberg
Simon Helberg, American actor, comedian, and musician

#Simon_Helberg

Buck Henry
Buck Henry, American actor, director, and screenwriter

#Buck_Henry

Judi Dench
Judi Dench, English actress

#Judi_Dench

Jermaine Beckford
Jermaine Beckford, English-Jamaican footballer

#Jermaine_Beckford

Dolores Ibárruri
Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish activist, journalist and politician (d. 1989)

#Dolores_Ibárruri

Felicity Huffman
Felicity Huffman, American actress and producer

#Felicity_Huffman

Redd Foxx
Redd Foxx, American actor (d. 1991)

#Redd_Foxx

Ry?z? Sejima
Ry?z? Sejima, Japanese colonel and businessman (d. 2007)

#Ry?z?_Sejima

Ödön von Horváth
Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-German author and playwright (d. 1938)

#Ödön_von_Horváth

Maksim Bahdanovi?
Maksim Bahdanovi?, Belarusian poet and critic (d. 1917)

#Maksim_Bahdanovi?

Mark McMorris
Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder

#Mark_McMorris

Jesse Metcalfe
Jesse Metcalfe, American actor and musician

#Jesse_Metcalfe

Brian Bell
Brian Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Brian_Bell

Joanna Trollope
Joanna Trollope, English author, playwright, and director

#Joanna_Trollope

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy (d. 2016)

#Carlo_Azeglio_Ciampi

Reiko Aylesworth
Reiko Aylesworth, American actress

#Reiko_Aylesworth

Dick Butkus
Dick Butkus, American football player, sportscaster, and actor

#Dick_Butkus

Donny Osmond
Donny Osmond, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

#Donny_Osmond

Wil Besseling
Wil Besseling, Dutch golfer

#Wil_Besseling

Kirk Douglas
Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer

#Kirk_Douglas

Bixente Lizarazu
Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer

#Bixente_Lizarazu

Saima Wazed
Saima Wazed Hossain, Bangladeshi psychologist

#Saima_Wazed

Morton Downey Jr.
Morton Downey Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (d. 2001)

#Morton_Downey_Jr.

Ida S. Scudder
Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary (d. 1960)

#Ida_S._Scudder

Caroline Lucas
Caroline Lucas, English activist and politician

#Caroline_Lucas

Otis Birdsong
Otis Birdsong, American basketball player and radio host

#Otis_Birdsong

Ladislav Smoljak
Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)

#Ladislav_Smoljak

Tré Cool
Tré Cool, German-American drummer and songwriter

#Tré_Cool

Geoff Barrow
Geoff Barrow, English drummer, DJ, composer, and producer

#Geoff_Barrow

Ashleigh Brilliant
Ashleigh Brilliant, English-American author and illustrator

#Ashleigh_Brilliant

Michael Nouri
Michael Nouri, American actor

#Michael_Nouri

Ljubica Soki?
Ljubica Soki?, Serbian painter and illustrator (d. 2009)

#Ljubica_Soki?

Marleen Gorris
Marleen Gorris, Dutch director and screenwriter

#Marleen_Gorris

Gastón Gaudio
Gastón Gaudio, Argentinian tennis player

#Gastón_Gaudio

Peter Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, economist, geographer, and philosopher (d. 1921)

#Peter_Kropotkin

Fabrice Santoro
Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-French tennis player and sportscaster

#Fabrice_Santoro

Tim Moore (comedian)
Tim Moore, American actor (d. 1958)

#Tim_Moore_(comedian)

Jean-Pierre Thiollet
Jean-Pierre Thiollet, French journalist and author

#Jean-Pierre_Thiollet

Ryder Hesjedal
Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian cyclist

#Ryder_Hesjedal

Robert Livingston (actor)
Robert Livingston, American actor and singer (d. 1988)

#Robert_Livingston_(actor)

Albert Weisbord
Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle (d. 1977)

#Albert_Weisbord

Max Manus
Max Manus, Norwegian lieutenant (d. 1996)

#Max_Manus

Dariusz Dudka
Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer

#Dariusz_Dudka

Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading, Kittian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Joan_Armatrading

James Jesus Angleton
James Jesus Angleton, American CIA agent (d. 1987)

#James_Jesus_Angleton

Deacon Jones
Deacon Jones, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2013)

#Deacon_Jones

Claude Louis Berthollet
Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic (d. 1822)

#Claude_Louis_Berthollet

Dimitrios Trichopoulos
Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (d. 2014)

#Dimitrios_Trichopoulos

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., American captain, actor, and producer (d. 2000)

#Douglas_Fairbanks_Jr.

Peter O'Mara
Peter O'Mara, Australian guitarist and composer

#Peter_O'Mara

Riley Clemmons, American Christian musician
MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast
Choi Minho, Korean singer and actor
Denise Hannema, Dutch cricketer
Michael Adam, German politician
Neslihan Demir Darnel, Turkish volleyball player
Tamilla Abassova, Russian cyclist
Wendy Dillinger, American soccer player, coach, and manager
Bárbara Padilla, Mexican-American soprano
Vénuste Niyongabo, Burundian runner
Michael Corcoran, American singer-songwriter and producer
Nick Hysong, American pole vaulter and coach
Raphaël Rouquier, French mathematician and academic
Saskia Garel, Jamaican-Canadian singer-songwriter
Brent Price, American basketball player
Jason Dozzell, English footballer and manager
Martin Taylor, English footballer and coach
Joe Ausanio, American baseball player and coach
Les Kiss, Australian rugby league player
Ross Harrington, Australian rugby league player
Michael Foster, American drummer
Dave Hilton Jr., Canadian boxer
Masako, Crown Princess of Japan
David Anthony Higgins, American actor and screenwriter
Dobroslav Paraga, Croatian politician
Stefen Fangmeier, American visual effects designer and director
Steve Taylor, American singer-songwriter and producer
Chamras Saewataporn, Thai singer-songwriter
Cornelis de Bondt, Dutch composer and educator
Liaqat Baloch, Pakistani politician
Jonathan Sumption, English historian, author, and judge
Allan Jones, English cricketer and umpire
Dennis Dunaway, American bass player and songwriter
Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (d. 2006)
Kenny Vance, American singer-songwriter and music producer
Fred Jones, Australian rugby league player
Clancy Eccles, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
Orville Moody, American golfer (d. 2008)
Milt Campbell, American decathlete and football player (d. 2012)
Billy Edd Wheeler, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and playwright
Bill Hartack, American jockey (d. 2007)
Donald Byrd, American trumpet player and academic (d. 2013)
Paddi Edwards, English-American actress (d. 1999)
Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores, Guatemalan soldier and politician, 27th President of Guatemala (d. 2016)
André Milhoux, Belgian race car driver
Joan Blos, American author and educator (d. 2017)
Lorenzo Wright, American sprinter and coach (d. 1972)
David Nathan, British journalist (d. 2001)
Bruno Ruffo, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2007)
Joyce Redman, Irish-born British actress (d. 2012)
Jerome Beatty Jr., American soldier, journalist, and author (d. 2002)
Eloise Jarvis McGraw, American author (d. 2000)
Frances Reid, American actress (d. 2010)
Jim Turnesa, American golfer (d. 1971)
Margaret Brundage, American illustrator, known for illustrating pulp magazine Weird Tales (d. 1976)
André Randall, French actor (d. 1974)
Laura Salverson, Canadian author (d. 1970)
Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (d. 1956)
Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness expert, developed Pilates (d. 1967)
Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1955)
George Blewett, Canadian philosopher, author, and academic (d. 1912)
Tabitha Babbitt, American tool maker and inventor (d. 1853)
Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1818)
Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian composer (d. 1804)
Peter Pelham, English-American organist and composer (d. 1805)
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (d. 1723)
Baldassare Ferri, Italian singer and actor (d. 1680)
Metius, Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)