History Births on December 15
Joe Jordan, Scottish footballer and manager
#Joe_Jordan
Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukrainian tennis player
#Tatiana_Perebiynis
Alex Cox, English film director, screenwriter, nonfiction author, broadcaster and sometime actor
#Alex_Cox
Camilla Luddington, English actress
#Camilla_Luddington
Julie Taymor, American director, producer, and screenwriter
#Julie_Taymor
Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz, Polish politician and resistance fighter (d. 1968)
#Wanda_Krahelska-Filipowicz
Donald Woods, South African journalist and activist (d. 2001)
#Donald_Woods
Maurice Wilkins, New Zealand-English physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2004)
#Maurice_Wilkins
Ivor Crewe, English political scientist and academic
#Ivor_Crewe
Dave Clark, English drummer, songwriter, and producer
#Dave_Clark_(musician)
Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer and manager
#Allan_Simonsen
Snejana Onopka, Ukrainian model
#Snejana_Onopka
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician, 3rd President of Finland (d. 1944)
#Pehr_Evind_Svinhufvud
Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (d. 1953)
#Abner_Powell
Cindy Birdsong, American singer-songwriter
#Cindy_Birdsong
Tim Conway, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2019)
#Tim_Conway
Surya Bonaly, French figure skater
#Surya_Bonaly
Élodie Gossuin, French beauty pageant titleholder, model,
#Élodie_Gossuin
L. L. Zamenhof, Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto (d. 1917)
#L._L._Zamenhof
Josh Norman, American football player
#Josh_Norman
Delon Armitage, Trinidadian-English rugby player
#Delon_Armitage
Arthur Dehon Little, American chemist and engineer (d. 1935)
#Arthur_Dehon_Little
Mark Warner, American businessman and politician, 69th Governor of Virginia
#Mark_Warner
Brendan Fletcher, Canadian actor and screenwriter
#Brendan_Fletcher
Rudi Protrudi, American singer-songwriter and producer
#Rudi_Protrudi
Maude Apatow, American actress
#Maude_Apatow
Leonid Pitamic, Slovenian lawyer, philosopher, and academic (d. 1971)
#Leonid_Pitamic
Sylvester James Gates, American theoretical physicist and professor
#Sylvester_James_Gates
Betty Smith, American author and playwright (d. 1972)
#Betty_Smith
Rodney Harrison, American football player and sportscaster
#Rodney_Harrison
Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela (d. 1870)
#Carlos_Soublette
Michael Shanks, Canadian actor, screenwriter and director
#Michael_Shanks
Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani-Russian painter (d. 1974)
#Sattar_Bahlulzade
Ida Haendel, Polish-English violinist and educator
#Ida_Haendel
Lucien den Arend, Dutch sculptor
#Lucien_den_Arend
Robert F. Bradford, American lawyer and politician, 57th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1983)
#Robert_F._Bradford
John Meurig Thomas, Welsh chemist and academic
#John_Meurig_Thomas
Richard Kastle, American classical pianist
#Richard_Kastle
Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1908)
#Henri_Becquerel
Frank W. J. Olver, English-American mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
#Frank_W._J._Olver
E. W. Bullinger, English minister, scholar, and theologian (d. 1913)
#E._W._Bullinger
Paul Kaye, British actor
#Paul_Kaye
Jim Leyland, American baseball player and manager
#Jim_Leyland
Ryoo Seung-wan, South Korean actor, director, and screenwriter
#Ryoo_Seung-wan
Keylor Navas, Costa Rican footballer
#Keylor_Navas
Helen Slater, American actress
#Helen_Slater
Art Howe, American baseball player and manager
#Art_Howe
Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1508)
#Albert_IV,_Duke_of_Bavaria
Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (d. 1899)
#Emilio_Jacinto
Geoff Stults, American actor and producer
#Geoff_Stults
Tim Reynolds, German-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
#Tim_Reynolds
Emily Head, English actress
#Emily_Head
Billy Shaw, American football player
#Billy_Shaw
Magdalena Fr?ch, Polish tennis player
#Magdalena_Fr?ch
Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey
#Frankie_Dettori
Carmine Appice, American drummer and songwriter
#Carmine_Appice
Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1904)
#Niels_Ryberg_Finsen
Harry Babcock, American pole vaulter (d. 1965)
#Harry_Babcock_(pole_vaulter)
Karin Resetarits, Austrian journalist and politician
#Karin_Resetarits
Tim Gaines, American bass player
#Tim_Gaines
Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman (d. 2001)
#Roger_Gaudry
David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter (d. 1690)
#David_Teniers_the_Younger
Mehmet Aurélio, Brazilian-Turkish footballer and manager
#Mehmet_Aurélio
Melanie Chartoff, American actress and comedian
#Melanie_Chartoff
Oleksandr Zinchenko, Ukrainian footballer
#Oleksandr_Zinchenko_(footballer)
Joe D'Amato, Italian director and producer (d. 1999)
#Joe_D'Amato
Tony Leon, South African lawyer and politician
#Tony_Leon
Kathleen Blanco, American educator and politician, 54th Governor of Louisiana
#Kathleen_Blanco
Clint Lowery, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
#Clint_Lowery
Pierre Cossette, American producer and manager (d. 2009)
#Pierre_Cossette
Borja García, Spanish race car driver
#Borja_García
Laura Molina, American singer, guitarist, actress, and painter
#Laura_Molina_(artist)
Stan Kenton, American pianist and composer (d. 1979)
#Stan_Kenton
Ronnie Radke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
#Ronnie_Radke
Nero, Roman emperor (d. 68)
#Nero
Bob Foster, American boxer and police officer (d. 2015)
#Bob_Foster_(boxer)
Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian-New Zealand painter and architect (d. 2000)
#Friedensreich_Hundertwasser
Charlie Cox, English actor
#Charlie_Cox
René Duprée, Canadian professional wrestler
#René_Duprée
Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower (d. 1923)
#Gustave_Eiffel
Michelle Dockery, English actress
#Michelle_Dockery
Steven Nzonzi, French footballer
#Steven_Nzonzi
Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer
#Edna_O'Brien
Charles Duryea, American engineer and businessman, co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company (d. 1938)
#Charles_Duryea
J. M. DeMatteis, American author
#J._M._DeMatteis
Jesse Lingard, English footballer
#Jesse_Lingard
Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian footballer
#Roman_Pavlyuchenko
Stuart Townsend, Irish actor
#Stuart_Townsend
Paul Simonon, English singer-songwriter and bass player
#Paul_Simonon
Freeman Dyson, English-American physicist and mathematician
#Freeman_Dyson
Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect, designed the United Nations Headquarters and the Cathedral of Brasília (d. 2012)
#Oscar_Niemeyer
Jenifer Brening, German singer
#Jenifer_Brening
Mark Jansen, Dutch guitarist and songwriter
#Mark_Jansen
Alan Freed, American radio host (d. 1965)
#Alan_Freed
Zach Banks, American race car driver
#Zach_Banks
Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (d. 1938)
#Tamanishiki_San'emon
Heather Booth, American civil rights activist, feminist, and political strategist
#Heather_Booth
Daiamami Genki, Japanese sumo wrestler
#Daiamami_Genki
Samira Saraya, Palestinian actor, filmmaker, poet and rapper
#Samira_Saraya
Kim Junsu, South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer
#Kim_Junsu
Don Johnson, American actor
#Don_Johnson
Conor Daly, American race car driver
#Conor_Daly
Chico Mendes, Brazilian trade union leader and activist (d. 1988)
#Chico_Mendes
Garrett Wang, American actor
#Garrett_Wang
Martyn Bernard, English high jumper
#Martyn_Bernard
Aaron Miles, American baseball player and coach
#Aaron_Miles
Eric Young, Canadian-American wrestler
#Eric_Young_(wrestler)
Nick Buoniconti, American football player and sportscaster
#Nick_Buoniconti
Lucius Verus, Roman emperor (d. 169)
#Lucius_Verus
Andy González, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
#Andy_González_(baseball)
J. Paul Getty, American-English businessman and art collector, founded Getty Oil (d. 1976)
#J._Paul_Getty
Adam Brody, American actor
#Adam_Brody
Valentin Varennikov, Russian general and politician (d. 2009)
#Valentin_Varennikov
Chantal Petitclerc, Canadian wheelchair racer and senator
#Chantal_Petitclerc
P. J. Byrne American actor
#P._J._Byrne
Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, Governor of Pernambuco (d. 2005)
#Miguel_Arraes
Ralph Ineson, English actor
#Ralph_Ineson
Max Yasgur, American dairy farmer and host of the Woodstock Music & Art Fair (d. 1973)
#Max_Yasgur
Chandler Canterbury, American actor
#Chandler_Canterbury
Robert Charles Wilson, American-Canadian author
#Robert_Charles_Wilson
Oliver Heald, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
#Oliver_Heald
Todd Tichenor, American baseball player and umpire
#Todd_Tichenor
Uziel Gal, German-Israeli engineer, designed the Uzi gun (d. 2002)
#Uziel_Gal
Harold Abrahams, English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist (d. 1978)
#Harold_Abrahams
Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (d. 1726)
#Michel_Richard_Delalande
David Howells, English footballer and coach
#David_Howells
Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish author and poet (d. 2015)
#Klaus_Rifbjerg
John R. Allen, American general and diplomat
#John_R._Allen
Mo Vaughn, American baseball player
#Mo_Vaughn
Leon Marchlewski, Polish chemist and academic (d. 1946)
#Leon_Marchlewski