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History Births on December 15


Joe Jordan
Joe Jordan, Scottish footballer and manager

#Joe_Jordan

Tatiana Perebiynis
Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukrainian tennis player

#Tatiana_Perebiynis

Alex Cox
Alex Cox, English film director, screenwriter, nonfiction author, broadcaster and sometime actor

#Alex_Cox

Camilla Luddington
Camilla Luddington, English actress

#Camilla_Luddington

Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor, American director, producer, and screenwriter

#Julie_Taymor

Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz
Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz, Polish politician and resistance fighter (d. 1968)

#Wanda_Krahelska-Filipowicz

Donald Woods
Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (d. 2001)

#Donald_Woods

Maurice Wilkins
Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)

#Maurice_Wilkins

Ivor Crewe
Ivor Crewe, English political scientist and academic

#Ivor_Crewe

Dave Clark (musician)
Dave Clark, English drummer, songwriter, and producer

#Dave_Clark_(musician)

Allan Simonsen
Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer and manager

#Allan_Simonsen

Snejana Onopka
Snejana Onopka, Ukrainian model

#Snejana_Onopka

Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd President of Finland (d. 1944)

#Pehr_Evind_Svinhufvud

Abner Powell
Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)

#Abner_Powell

Cindy Birdsong
Cindy Birdsong, American singer-songwriter

#Cindy_Birdsong

Tim Conway
Tim Conway, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2019)

#Tim_Conway

Surya Bonaly
Surya Bonaly, French figure skater

#Surya_Bonaly

Élodie Gossuin
Élodie Gossuin, French beauty pageant titleholder, model,

#Élodie_Gossuin

L. L. Zamenhof
L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto (d. 1917)

#L._L._Zamenhof

Josh Norman
Josh Norman, American football player

#Josh_Norman

Delon Armitage
Delon Armitage, Trinidadian-English rugby player

#Delon_Armitage

Arthur Dehon Little
Arthur Dehon Little, American chemist and engineer (d. 1935)

#Arthur_Dehon_Little

Mark Warner
Mark Warner, American businessman and politician, 69th Governor of Virginia

#Mark_Warner

Brendan Fletcher
Brendan Fletcher, Canadian actor and screenwriter

#Brendan_Fletcher

Rudi Protrudi
Rudi Protrudi, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Rudi_Protrudi

Maude Apatow
Maude Apatow, American actress

#Maude_Apatow

Leonid Pitamic
Leonid Pitamic, Slovenian lawyer, philosopher, and academic (d. 1971)

#Leonid_Pitamic

Sylvester James Gates
Sylvester James Gates, American theoretical physicist and professor

#Sylvester_James_Gates

Betty Smith
Betty Smith, American author and playwright (d. 1972)

#Betty_Smith

Rodney Harrison
Rodney Harrison, American football player and sportscaster

#Rodney_Harrison

Carlos Soublette
Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela (d. 1870)

#Carlos_Soublette

Michael Shanks
Michael Shanks, Canadian actor, screenwriter and director

#Michael_Shanks

Sattar Bahlulzade
Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani-Russian painter (d. 1974)

#Sattar_Bahlulzade

Ida Haendel
Ida Haendel, Polish-English violinist and educator

#Ida_Haendel

Lucien den Arend
Lucien den Arend, Dutch sculptor

#Lucien_den_Arend

Robert F. Bradford
Robert F. Bradford, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1983)

#Robert_F._Bradford

John Meurig Thomas
John Meurig Thomas, Welsh chemist and academic

#John_Meurig_Thomas

Richard Kastle
Richard Kastle, American classical pianist

#Richard_Kastle

Henri Becquerel
Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1908)

#Henri_Becquerel

Frank W. J. Olver
Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and academic (d. 2013)

#Frank_W._J._Olver

E. W. Bullinger
E. W. Bullinger, English minister, scholar, and theologian (d. 1913)

#E._W._Bullinger

Paul Kaye
Paul Kaye, British actor

#Paul_Kaye

Jim Leyland
Jim Leyland, American baseball player and manager

#Jim_Leyland

Ryoo Seung-wan
Ryoo Seung-wan, South Korean actor, director, and screenwriter

#Ryoo_Seung-wan

Keylor Navas
Keylor Navas, Costa Rican footballer

#Keylor_Navas

Helen Slater
Helen Slater, American actress

#Helen_Slater

Art Howe
Art Howe, American baseball player and manager

#Art_Howe

Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria
Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1508)

#Albert_IV,_Duke_of_Bavaria

Emilio Jacinto
Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (d. 1899)

#Emilio_Jacinto

Geoff Stults
Geoff Stults, American actor and producer

#Geoff_Stults

Tim Reynolds
Tim Reynolds, German-American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Tim_Reynolds

Emily Head
Emily Head, English actress

#Emily_Head

Billy Shaw
Billy Shaw, American football player

#Billy_Shaw

Magdalena Fr?ch
Magdalena Fr?ch, Polish tennis player

#Magdalena_Fr?ch

Frankie Dettori
Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey

#Frankie_Dettori

Carmine Appice
Carmine Appice, American drummer and songwriter

#Carmine_Appice

Niels Ryberg Finsen
Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1904)

#Niels_Ryberg_Finsen

Harry Babcock (pole vaulter)
Harry Babcock, American pole vaulter (d. 1965)

#Harry_Babcock_(pole_vaulter)

Karin Resetarits
Karin Resetarits, Austrian journalist and politician

#Karin_Resetarits

Tim Gaines
Tim Gaines, American bass player

#Tim_Gaines

Roger Gaudry
Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman (d. 2001)

#Roger_Gaudry

David Teniers the Younger
David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (d. 1690)

#David_Teniers_the_Younger

Mehmet Aurélio
Mehmet Aurélio, Brazilian-Turkish footballer and manager

#Mehmet_Aurélio

Melanie Chartoff
Melanie Chartoff, American actress and comedian

#Melanie_Chartoff

Oleksandr Zinchenko (footballer)
Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer

#Oleksandr_Zinchenko_(footballer)

Joe D'Amato
Joe D'Amato, Italian director and producer (d. 1999)

#Joe_D'Amato

Tony Leon
Tony Leon, South African lawyer and politician

#Tony_Leon

Kathleen Blanco
Kathleen Blanco, American educator and politician, 54th Governor of Louisiana

#Kathleen_Blanco

Clint Lowery
Clint Lowery, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Clint_Lowery

Pierre Cossette
Pierre Cossette, American producer and manager (d. 2009)

#Pierre_Cossette

Borja García
Borja García, Spanish race car driver

#Borja_García

Laura Molina (artist)
Laura Molina, American singer, guitarist, actress, and painter

#Laura_Molina_(artist)

Stan Kenton
Stan Kenton, American pianist and composer (d. 1979)

#Stan_Kenton

Ronnie Radke
Ronnie Radke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

#Ronnie_Radke

Nero
Nero, Roman emperor (d. 68)

#Nero

Bob Foster (boxer)
Bob Foster, American boxer and police officer (d. 2015)

#Bob_Foster_(boxer)

Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian-New Zealand painter and architect (d. 2000)

#Friedensreich_Hundertwasser

Charlie Cox
Charlie Cox, English actor

#Charlie_Cox

René Duprée
René Duprée, Canadian professional wrestler

#René_Duprée

Gustave Eiffel
Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (d. 1923)

#Gustave_Eiffel

Michelle Dockery
Michelle Dockery, English actress

#Michelle_Dockery

Steven Nzonzi
Steven Nzonzi, French footballer

#Steven_Nzonzi

Edna O'Brien
Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer

#Edna_O'Brien

Charles Duryea
Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (d. 1938)

#Charles_Duryea

J. M. DeMatteis
J. M. DeMatteis, American author

#J._M._DeMatteis

Jesse Lingard
Jesse Lingard, English footballer

#Jesse_Lingard

Roman Pavlyuchenko
Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian footballer

#Roman_Pavlyuchenko

Stuart Townsend
Stuart Townsend, Irish actor

#Stuart_Townsend

Paul Simonon
Paul Simonon, English singer-songwriter and bass player

#Paul_Simonon

Freeman Dyson
Freeman Dyson, English-American physicist and mathematician

#Freeman_Dyson

Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and the Cathedral of Brasília (d. 2012)

#Oscar_Niemeyer

Jenifer Brening
Jenifer Brening, German singer

#Jenifer_Brening

Mark Jansen
Mark Jansen, Dutch guitarist and songwriter

#Mark_Jansen

Alan Freed
Alan Freed, American radio host (d. 1965)

#Alan_Freed

Zach Banks
Zach Banks, American race car driver

#Zach_Banks

Tamanishiki San'emon
Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (d. 1938)

#Tamanishiki_San'emon

Heather Booth
Heather Booth, American civil rights activist, feminist, and political strategist

#Heather_Booth

Daiamami Genki
Daiamami Genki, Japanese sumo wrestler

#Daiamami_Genki

Samira Saraya
Samira Saraya, Palestinian actor, filmmaker, poet and rapper

#Samira_Saraya

Kim Junsu
Kim Junsu, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer

#Kim_Junsu

Don Johnson
Don Johnson, American actor

#Don_Johnson

Conor Daly
Conor Daly, American race car driver

#Conor_Daly

Chico Mendes
Chico Mendes, Brazilian trade union leader and activist (d. 1988)

#Chico_Mendes

Garrett Wang
Garrett Wang, American actor

#Garrett_Wang

Martyn Bernard
Martyn Bernard, English high jumper

#Martyn_Bernard

Aaron Miles
Aaron Miles, American baseball player and coach

#Aaron_Miles

Eric Young (wrestler)
Eric Young, Canadian-American wrestler

#Eric_Young_(wrestler)

Nick Buoniconti
Nick Buoniconti, American football player and sportscaster

#Nick_Buoniconti

Lucius Verus
Lucius Verus, Roman emperor (d. 169)

#Lucius_Verus

Andy González (baseball)
Andy González, Puerto Rican-American baseball player

#Andy_González_(baseball)

J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty, American-English businessman and art collector, founded Getty Oil (d. 1976)

#J._Paul_Getty

Adam Brody
Adam Brody, American actor

#Adam_Brody

Valentin Varennikov
Valentin Varennikov, Russian general and politician (d. 2009)

#Valentin_Varennikov

Chantal Petitclerc
Chantal Petitclerc, Canadian wheelchair racer and senator

#Chantal_Petitclerc

P. J. Byrne
P. J. Byrne American actor

#P._J._Byrne

Miguel Arraes
Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Governor of Pernambuco (d. 2005)

#Miguel_Arraes

Ralph Ineson
Ralph Ineson, English actor

#Ralph_Ineson

Max Yasgur
Max Yasgur, American dairy farmer and host of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair (d. 1973)

#Max_Yasgur

Chandler Canterbury
Chandler Canterbury, American actor

#Chandler_Canterbury

Robert Charles Wilson
Robert Charles Wilson, American-Canadian author

#Robert_Charles_Wilson

Oliver Heald
Oliver Heald, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales

#Oliver_Heald

Todd Tichenor
Todd Tichenor, American baseball player and umpire

#Todd_Tichenor

Uziel Gal
Uziel Gal, German-Israeli engineer, designed the Uzi gun (d. 2002)

#Uziel_Gal

Harold Abrahams
Harold Abrahams, English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist (d. 1978)

#Harold_Abrahams

Michel Richard Delalande
Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (d. 1726)

#Michel_Richard_Delalande

David Howells
David Howells, English footballer and coach

#David_Howells

Klaus Rifbjerg
Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish author and poet (d. 2015)

#Klaus_Rifbjerg

John R. Allen
John R. Allen, American general and diplomat

#John_R._Allen

Mo Vaughn
Mo Vaughn, American baseball player

#Mo_Vaughn

Leon Marchlewski
Leon Marchlewski, Polish chemist and academic (d. 1946)

#Leon_Marchlewski

Stefania LaVie Owen, New Zealand-American actress
Nichole Bloom, American actress and model
Iveta Mazá?ová, Czech sprinter
Diogo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
Thomas Herrion, American football player (d. 2005)
Manuel Wilhelm, German rugby player
Sergio Pizzorno, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jerome McDougle, American football player
Ned Brower, American drummer
Baichung Bhutia, Indian footballer and manager
Garath Archer, English rugby player
Alexandra Tydings, American actress, director, writer and producer
Lawrence Funderburke, American basketball player
Adam Setliff, American discus thrower and lawyer
Molly Price, American actress
Carl Hooper, Guyanese cricketer and coach
David Wingate, American basketball player
Norman J. Grossfeld, American screenwriter and producer
Ellie Cornell, American actress and producer
Simon Hodgkinson, English rugby player and coach
Walter Werzowa, Austrian composer and producer
Gary Whetton, New Zealand rugby player
Alan Whetton, New Zealand rugby player
Greg Matthews, Australian cricketer
Carlo J. Caparas, Filipino director and producer
Mike McAlary, American journalist and author (d. 1998)
Mario Marois, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
John Lee Hancock, American screenwriter, film director, and producer
Hector Sants, English banker
Tim Webster, Australian journalist and sportscaster
George Donikian, Australian journalist
Brian Roper, English economist and academic
Cassandra Harris, Australian actress (d.1991)
Michael Bogdanov, Welsh director and screenwriter
Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 2014)
Jesse Belvin, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1960)
Ernest Ashworth, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
Kasey Rogers, American actress and author (d. 2006)
Ruhi Sar?alp, Turkish triple jumper and educator (d. 2001)
Kurt Schaffenberger, German-American sergeant and illustrator (d. 2002)
Gamal al-Banna, Egyptian author and scholar (d. 2013)
Chihiro Iwasaki, Japanese painter and illustrator (d. 1974)
Jeff Chandler, American actor (d. 1961)
Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer (d. 2005)
Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (d. 1964)
Muriel Rukeyser, American poet, academic, and activist (d. 1980)
Nicholas P. Dallis, American psychiatrist and illustrator (d. 1991)
John Hammond, American record producer and critic (d. 1987)
Eliza Atkins Gleason, African American librarian (d. 2009)
Swami Ranganathananda, Indian monk, scholar, and author (d. 2005)
Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
Josef Imbach, Swiss sprinter (d. 1964)
Vibert Douglas, Canadian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1988)
A.P. Carter, American country singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1960)
Maxwell Anderson, American journalist and playwright (d. 1959)
Hans Carossa, German author and poet (d. 1956)
Francesco Zahra, Maltese painter (d. 1773)
Jean-Joseph Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer (d. 1746)
Christoph Demantius, German composer, poet, and theorist (d. 1643)
Prince Munetaka, Japanese sh?gun (d. 1274)