History Births on December 09
John Milton, English poet and philosopher (d. 1674)
#John_Milton
Bastian Swillims, German sprinter
#Bastian_Swillims
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, German-Austrian soprano and actress (d. 2006)
#Elisabeth_Schwarzkopf
Jakob Dylan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Jakob_Dylan
Francisco S. Carvajal, Mexican lawyer and politician, president 1914 (d. 1932)
#Francisco_S._Carvajal
Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek journalist and author (d. 1951)
#Gregorios_Xenopoulos
Richard Lovelace, English poet (d. 1657)
#Richard_Lovelace
Broderick Crawford, American actor (d. 1986)
#Broderick_Crawford
Peter, Duke of Coimbra (d. 1449)
#Peter,_Duke_of_Coimbra
John Dobson, English architect, designed Eldon Square and Lilburn Tower (d. 1865)
#John_Dobson_(architect)
Ki Longfellow, American author, playwright, and producer
#Ki_Longfellow
Harry Miller, American engineer (d. 1943)
#Harry_Miller_(auto_racing)
Emmett Kelly, American clown and actor (d. 1979)
#Emmett_Kelly
Íñigo López de Mendoza, 4th Duke of the Infantado (d. 1566)
#Íñigo_López_de_Mendoza,_4th_Duke_of_the_Infantado
Colin McCool, Australian cricketer (d. 1986)
#Colin_McCool
Fabio Artico, Italian footballer
#Fabio_Artico
Grace Hopper, American admiral and computer scientist, designed COBOL (d. 1992)
#Grace_Hopper
Nikolai Luzin, Russian mathematician, theorist, and academic (d. 1950)
#Nikolai_Luzin
Hape Kerkeling, German actor and singer
#Hape_Kerkeling
Kostas Giannoulis, Greek footballer
#Kostas_Giannoulis
Dave Harold, English snooker player
#Dave_Harold
Joaquín Turina, Spanish-French composer, critic, and educator (d. 1949)
#Joaquín_Turina
Margaret Hamilton, American schoolteacher, actress and voice artist (d. 1985)
#Margaret_Hamilton_(actress)
Billy Bremner, Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1997)
#Billy_Bremner
Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
#Jean-Claude_Juncker
Jaak Jõerüüt, Estonian politician, 24th Estonian Minister of Defense
#Jaak_Jõerüüt
Bob Hawke, Australian union leader and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2019)
#Bob_Hawke
Kara DioGuardi, American singer-songwriter and producer
#Kara_DioGuardi
Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (d. 1943)
#Joe_Kelley
Chenghua Emperor of China (d. 1487)
#Chenghua_Emperor
Germain Gagnon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
#Germain_Gagnon
Jean de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator (d. 1937)
#Jean_de_Brunhoff
Stephen McPhail, Irish footballer
#Stephen_McPhail
Mehmet Ali Birand, Turkish journalist and author (d. 2013)
#Mehmet_Ali_Birand
William Reynolds, American actor
#William_Reynolds_(actor)
Aloísio da Silva Filho, Brazilian footballer
#Aloísio_da_Silva_Filho
Hannes Kolehmainen, Finnish-American runner (d. 1966)
#Hannes_Kolehmainen
Pit Martin, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2008)
#Pit_Martin
Tip O'Neill, American lawyer and politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1994)
#Tip_O'Neill
Gideon Sa'ar, Israeli lawyer and politician, 24th Israeli Minister of Internal Affairs
#Gideon_Sa'ar
Frederick II, Elector Palatine (d. 1556)
#Frederick_II,_Elector_Palatine
Emma Abbott, American soprano and actress (d. 1891)
#Emma_Abbott
Mardy Fish, American tennis player
#Mardy_Fish
Nick Seymour, Australian bass player, songwriter, and producer
#Nick_Seymour
Paul Landers, German guitarist
#Paul_Landers
Kirsten Gillibrand, American lawyer and politician
#Kirsten_Gillibrand
Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
#Imogen_Heap
Ryan Grant, American football player
#Ryan_Grant_(running_back)
Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
#Fritz_Haber
Jan K?esadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (d. 1995)
#Jan_K?esadlo
William Turnage, American conservationist (d. 2017)
#William_Turnage
Dalton Trumbo, American author, screenwriter, and blacklistee (d. 1976)
#Dalton_Trumbo
David Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
#David_Houston_(singer)
Beau Bridges, American actor, director, and producer
#Beau_Bridges
Carl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist (d. 1786)
#Carl_Wilhelm_Scheele
Lance Krall, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
#Lance_Krall
Di?na ?ikitina, Latvian figure skater
#Di?na_?ikitina
Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (d. 1885)
#Thomas_Andrews_(scientist)
Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (d. 1639)
#Martin_de_Porres
Freddy Martin, American bandleader and tenor saxophonist (d. 1983)
#Freddy_Martin
Susan Bullock, English soprano
#Susan_Bullock
Roy Rubin, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
#Roy_Rubin
Terry Moran, American journalist
#Terry_Moran
Junior Wells, American blues singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1998)
#Junior_Wells
William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (d. 1752)
#William_Whiston
James Rainwater, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
#James_Rainwater
Jean-Olivier Chénier, Canadian physician (d. 1838)
#Jean-Olivier_Chénier
Leon Hall, American football player
#Leon_Hall
Jean Mermoz, French pilot and politician (d. 1936)
#Jean_Mermoz
Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist and historian (d. 1768)
#Johann_Joachim_Winckelmann
World B. Free, American basketball player
#World_B._Free
Aiko Uemura, Japanese skier
#Aiko_Uemura
Edwin Sandys, English lawyer and politician (d. 1629)
#Edwin_Sandys_(died_1629)
John Malkovich, American actor and producer
#John_Malkovich
Laura Smulders, Dutch cyclist
#Laura_Smulders
Johannes B. Kerner, German journalist and sportscaster
#Johannes_B._Kerner
Olivia Lufkin, Japanese-American singer-songwriter
#Olivia_Lufkin
Nathalie De Vos, Belgian runner
#Nathalie_De_Vos
William Lipscomb, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
#William_Lipscomb
Kwadwo Asamoah, Ghanaian footballer
#Kwadwo_Asamoah
Phil Bryant, American academic and politician, 63rd Governor of Mississippi
#Phil_Bryant
Canibus, Jamaican-American rapper
#Canibus
John Cassavetes, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
#John_Cassavetes
Henk ten Cate, Dutch footballer and manager
#Henk_ten_Cate
Juan Samuel, Dominican-American baseball player and manager
#Juan_Samuel
Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer (d. 1813)
#Antoine_Étienne_de_Tousard
Joe McGinniss, American journalist and author (d. 2014)
#Joe_McGinniss
Mark Riddell, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
#Mark_Riddell
Hélène Smith, French psychic and occultist (d. 1929)
#Hélène_Smith
Mat Latos, American baseball player
#Mat_Latos
Joshua Bell, American violinist and conductor
#Joshua_Bell
Hermione Gingold, English actress and singer (d. 1987)
#Hermione_Gingold
Dick Van Patten, American actor (d. 2015)
#Dick_Van_Patten
Nicholas Reade, English bishop
#Nicholas_Reade
Dan Hicks, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016)
#Dan_Hicks_(singer)
Conchita Supervía, Spanish soprano and actress (d. 1936)
#Conchita_Supervía
Tom Daschle, American soldier, academic, and politician
#Tom_Daschle
Michael Dorn, American actor and voice artist
#Michael_Dorn
Henry Way Kendall, American physicist, photographer, and mountaineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999)
#Henry_Way_Kendall
V. Dakshinamoorthy, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
#V._Dakshinamoorthy
Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo (Native American) ceramic sculptor
#Roxanne_Swentzell
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (d. 1632)
#Gustavus_Adolphus_of_Sweden
Sonia Gandhi, Italian-Indian politician
#Sonia_Gandhi
Sylvia, American country singer-songwriter
#Sylvia_(singer)
Gemma Frisius, Dutch mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555)
#Gemma_Frisius
Elmer Booth, American actor (d. 1915)
#Elmer_Booth
Pierre Henry, French composer (d. 2017)
#Pierre_Henry
McKayla Maroney, American gymnast
#McKayla_Maroney
Shayne Graham, American football player
#Shayne_Graham
Chris Booker, American baseball player
#Chris_Booker_(baseball)
Ángel Guirado, Spanish-Filipino footballer
#Ángel_Guirado
Petr Nedv?d, Czech-Canadian ice hockey player
#Petr_Nedv?d
David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone, English economist and academic
#David_Currie,_Baron_Currie_of_Marylebone
Berton Churchill, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1940)
#Berton_Churchill
Tom Kite, American golfer and architect
#Tom_Kite
Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese-American chess player
#Hikaru_Nakamura
Neil Innes, English singer-songwriter
#Neil_Innes
Lori Greiner, American businesswoman
#Lori_Greiner
Joel Chandler Harris, American journalist and author (d. 1908)
#Joel_Chandler_Harris
Émile Waldteufel, French pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1915)
#Émile_Waldteufel
Simon Helberg, American actor, comedian, and musician
#Simon_Helberg
Buck Henry, American actor, director, and screenwriter
#Buck_Henry
Judi Dench, English actress
#Judi_Dench
Jermaine Beckford, English-Jamaican footballer
#Jermaine_Beckford
Dolores Ibárruri, Spanish activist, journalist and politician (d. 1989)
#Dolores_Ibárruri
Felicity Huffman, American actress and producer
#Felicity_Huffman
Redd Foxx, American actor (d. 1991)
#Redd_Foxx
Ry?z? Sejima, Japanese colonel and businessman (d. 2007)
#Ry?z?_Sejima
Ödön von Horváth, Hungarian-German author and playwright (d. 1938)
#Ödön_von_Horváth
Maksim Bahdanovi?, Belarusian poet and critic (d. 1917)
#Maksim_Bahdanovi?
Mark McMorris, Canadian snowboarder
#Mark_McMorris
Jesse Metcalfe, American actor and musician
#Jesse_Metcalfe
Brian Bell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Brian_Bell
Joanna Trollope, English author, playwright, and director
#Joanna_Trollope
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Italian economist and politician, 10th President of Italy (d. 2016)
#Carlo_Azeglio_Ciampi
Reiko Aylesworth, American actress
#Reiko_Aylesworth
Dick Butkus, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
#Dick_Butkus
Donny Osmond, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
#Donny_Osmond
Wil Besseling, Dutch golfer
#Wil_Besseling
Kirk Douglas, American actor, singer, and producer
#Kirk_Douglas
Bixente Lizarazu, French footballer
#Bixente_Lizarazu
Saima Wazed Hossain, Bangladeshi psychologist
#Saima_Wazed
Morton Downey Jr., American singer-songwriter, actor, and talk show host (d. 2001)
#Morton_Downey_Jr.
Ida S. Scudder, Indian physician and missionary (d. 1960)
#Ida_S._Scudder
Caroline Lucas, English activist and politician
#Caroline_Lucas
Otis Birdsong, American basketball player and radio host
#Otis_Birdsong
Ladislav Smoljak, Czech actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
#Ladislav_Smoljak
Tré Cool, German-American drummer and songwriter
#Tré_Cool
Geoff Barrow, English drummer, DJ, composer, and producer
#Geoff_Barrow
Ashleigh Brilliant, English-American author and illustrator
#Ashleigh_Brilliant
Michael Nouri, American actor
#Michael_Nouri
Ljubica Soki?, Serbian painter and illustrator (d. 2009)
#Ljubica_Soki?
Marleen Gorris, Dutch director and screenwriter
#Marleen_Gorris
Gastón Gaudio, Argentinian tennis player
#Gastón_Gaudio
Peter Kropotkin, Russian zoologist, economist, geographer, and philosopher (d. 1921)
#Peter_Kropotkin
Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-French tennis player and sportscaster
#Fabrice_Santoro
Tim Moore, American actor (d. 1958)
#Tim_Moore_(comedian)
Jean-Pierre Thiollet, French journalist and author
#Jean-Pierre_Thiollet
Ryder Hesjedal, Canadian cyclist
#Ryder_Hesjedal
Robert Livingston, American actor and singer (d. 1988)
#Robert_Livingston_(actor)
Albert Weisbord, American activist, founded the Communist League of Struggle (d. 1977)
#Albert_Weisbord
Max Manus, Norwegian lieutenant (d. 1996)
#Max_Manus
Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer
#Dariusz_Dudka
Joan Armatrading, Kittian-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Joan_Armatrading
James Jesus Angleton, American CIA agent (d. 1987)
#James_Jesus_Angleton
Deacon Jones, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2013)
#Deacon_Jones
Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic (d. 1822)
#Claude_Louis_Berthollet
Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Greek epidemiologist, oncologist, and academic (d. 2014)
#Dimitrios_Trichopoulos
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., American captain, actor, and producer (d. 2000)
#Douglas_Fairbanks_Jr.
Peter O'Mara, Australian guitarist and composer
#Peter_O'Mara