History Births on December 22

Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese daimy? (d. 1604)

#Kuroda_Yoshitaka

Stéphane Gendron, Canadian lawyer and politician

#Stéphane_Gendron

Ajeenkya Patil, Indian economist and academic

#Ajeenkya_Patil

Herman Poto?nik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (d. 1929)

#Herman_Poto?nik

Dick Parry, English saxophonist

#Dick_Parry

Michaela Hon?ová, Slovak tennis player

#Michaela_Hon?ová

Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter and producer

#Meghan_Trainor

Fredrik Barth, German-Norwegian anthropologist and academic (d. 2016)

#Fredrik_Barth

Lucien Bouchard, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of Quebec

#Lucien_Bouchard

Dennis Armfield, Australian footballer

#Dennis_Armfield

Basshunter, Swedish singer, record producer and DJ

#Basshunter

Rebecca Harris, English businesswoman and politician

#Rebecca_Harris

Jerry Koosman, American baseball player

#Jerry_Koosman

Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1973)

#Marc_Allégret

Jason Lane, American baseball player and coach

#Jason_Lane

Gang Gam-chan, Korean official and general (d. 1031)

#Gang_Gam-chan

Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladeshi cricketer

#Mustafizur_Rahman

Fatih Öztürk, Turkish footballer

#Fatih_Öztürk_(footballer,_born_1986)

Carlos Graça, São Toméan lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (d. 2013)

#Carlos_Graça

Luis Hernández, Mexican footballer

#Luis_Hernández_(footballer)

Roger II of Sicily (d. 1154)

#Roger_II_of_Sicily

Jean Racine, French poet and playwright (d. 1699)

#Jean_Racine

Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)

#Emperor_Antoku

Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher and author (d. 1631)

#Cesare_Cremonini_(philosopher)

Stefan Janos, Slovak-Swiss physicist and academic

#Stefan_Janos_(physicist)

Roger Carr, English businessman

#Roger_Carr_(businessman)

Sandra Kalniete, Latvian politician and diplomat, Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs

#Sandra_Kalniete

John Nevil Maskelyne, English magician (d. 1917)

#John_Nevil_Maskelyne

Moonbyul from Mamamoo, K-Pop star

#Moonbyul

Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1931)

#Dmitri_Egorov

Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (d. 1935)

#Edwin_Arlington_Robinson

Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic (d. 1892)

#Pierre_Ossian_Bonnet

Ruth Roman, American actress (d. 1999)

#Ruth_Roman

Frank Gambale, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer

#Frank_Gambale

Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 2012)

#Lefter_Küçükandonyadis

Eduard Uspensky, Russian author, poet, and playwright (d. 2018)

#Eduard_Uspensky

Chagatai Khan, Mongol ruler (d. 1242)

#Chagatai_Khan

Luther Campbell, American rapper and actor

#Luther_Campbell

Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)

#Haldan_Keffer_Hartline

Steve Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Steve_Kariya

Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Anglo-Irish Territorial Army general, landowner, businessman, philanthropist, and hereditary peer (d. 2016)

#Gerald_Grosvenor,_6th_Duke_of_Westminster

Gisela Birkemeyer, German hurdler and coach

#Gisela_Birkemeyer

Jaan Tõnisson, Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Estonia (d. 1941?)

#Jaan_Tõnisson

Dmitry Bilozerchev, Russian gymnast and coach

#Dmitry_Bilozerchev

Luna H. Mitani, Japanese-American painter and illustrator

#Luna_H._Mitani

Lasse Bengtsson, Swedish journalist

#Lasse_Bengtsson

C. Eugene Steuerle, American economist and author

#C._Eugene_Steuerle

Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (d. 1925)

#Myer_Prinstein

Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1917)

#Teresa_Carreño

Lonnie Smith, American baseball player

#Lonnie_Smith

Peter Mortimer, Australian rugby league player

#Peter_Mortimer_(rugby_league)

Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)

#Frank_B._Kellogg

Camille Guérin, French veterinarian and bacteriologist (d. 1961)

#Camille_Guérin

Simon Kirby, English businessman and politician

#Simon_Kirby

Jordin Sparks, American singer-songwriter and actress

#Jordin_Sparks

Khutughtu Khan Kusala, Mongolian emperor (d. 1329)

#Khutughtu_Khan_Kusala

David Pearson, American race car driver (d. 2018)

#David_Pearson_(racing_driver)

Rúben Lameiras, Portuguese footballer

#Rúben_Lameiras

David Klemmer, Australian rugby league player

#David_Klemmer

Mary Archer, English chemist and academic

#Mary_Archer

Lady Bird Johnson, American beautification activist; 38th First Lady of the United States (d. 2007)

#Lady_Bird_Johnson

Paul Morris, Australian race car driver and businessman

#Paul_Morris_(racing_driver)

Tom Underwood, American baseball player (d. 2010)

#Tom_Underwood

Diane Sawyer, American journalist

#Diane_Sawyer

Barbara Billingsley, American actress (d. 2010)

#Barbara_Billingsley

Maurice Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003)

#Maurice_Gibb

Gene Rayburn, American game show host and actor (d. 1999)

#Gene_Rayburn

James Burke, Irish historian and author

#James_Burke_(science_historian)

Sam Newman, Australian footballer and sportscaster

#Sam_Newman

Étienne Martellange, French architect (d. 1641)

#Étienne_Martellange

Phillip Glasier, English author and academic (d. 2000)

#Phillip_Glasier

Nicholas Callan, Irish priest and physicist (d. 1864)

#Nicholas_Callan

Edgard Varèse, French-American composer (d. 1965)

#Edgard_Varèse

Deems Taylor, American conductor and critic (d. 1966)

#Deems_Taylor

Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor and composer (d. 1980)

#Andre_Kostelanetz

Giorgio Oberweger, Italian discus thrower and hurdler (d. 1998)

#Giorgio_Oberweger

Jharal Yow Yeh, Australian rugby league player

#Jharal_Yow_Yeh

G Hannelius, American actress and singer

#G_Hannelius

Héctor Elizondo, American actor and director

#Héctor_Elizondo

Dan Petrescu, Romanian footballer and manager

#Dan_Petrescu

Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor and singer

#Jean-Baptiste_Maunier

Ryan Eversley, American race car driver

#Ryan_Eversley

Giuseppe Bergomi, Italian footballer and coach

#Giuseppe_Bergomi

Chris Old, English cricketer and coach

#Chris_Old

Britta Heidemann, German fencer

#Britta_Heidemann

Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (d. 1956)

#Connie_Mack

Kirk Maltby, Canadian ice hockey player and scout

#Kirk_Maltby

Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (d. 1873)

#Johan_Sebastian_Welhaven

Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer and educator (d. 1924)

#Giacomo_Puccini

Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer (d. 1787)

#Carl_Friedrich_Abel

Danny Ahn, South Korean singer

#Danny_Ahn

James Oglethorpe, English general and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Georgia (d. 1785)

#James_Oglethorpe

Robin Gibb, Manx-English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)

#Robin_Gibb

Sergei Aschwanden, Swiss martial artist

#Sergei_Aschwanden

Paul Alo-Emile, New Zealand-Australian rugby league player

#Paul_Alo-Emile

Pierre Brasseur, French-Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1972)

#Pierre_Brasseur

Ray Guy, American football player

#Ray_Guy

Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (d. 1919)

#Evgraf_Fedorov

Marcus Hurley, American cyclist (d. 1941)

#Marcus_Hurley

Garfield Darien, French hurdler

#Garfield_Darien

Victoriano Huerta, Mexican general and politician, 35th President of Mexico (d. 1916)

#Victoriano_Huerta

Guru Gobind Singh, Indian guru and poet (d. 1708)

#Guru_Gobind_Singh

Franz Schmidt, Austrian cellist, pianist, and composer (d. 1939)

#Franz_Schmidt

Bernd Schuster, German footballer and manager

#Bernd_Schuster

Matty Alou, Dominican-American baseball player and scout (d. 2011)

#Matty_Alou

Ralph Fiennes, English actor

#Ralph_Fiennes

Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (d. 1825)

#Johann_Friedrich_Pfaff

Diocletian, Roman emperor (d. 311)

#Diocletian

Emmanuel Olisadebe, Nigerian-Polish footballer

#Emmanuel_Olisadebe

Gary Anderson, Scottish darts player

#Gary_Anderson_(darts_player)

Ted Cruz, American lawyer and politician

#Ted_Cruz

Josef Newgarden, American race car driver

#Josef_Newgarden

Paul Wolfowitz, American banker and politician, 25th United States Deputy Secretary of Defense

#Paul_Wolfowitz

Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and academic (d. 1768)

#Hermann_Samuel_Reimarus

Dmitri Khokhlov, Russian footballer and manager

#Dmitri_Khokhlov

Alcides Ghiggia, Italian-Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2015)

#Alcides_Ghiggia

David S. Goyer, American screenwriter

#David_S._Goyer

Leigh Halfpenny, Welsh rugby player

#Leigh_Halfpenny

Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (d. 1920)

#Srinivasa_Ramanujan

Rick Nielsen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Rick_Nielsen

José Fonte, Portuguese footballer

#José_Fonte

Alinne Moraes. Brazilian actress and model

#Alinne_Moraes

Viola Kibiwot, Kenyan runner

#Viola_Kibiwot

Vanessa Paradis, French singer-songwriter and actress

#Vanessa_Paradis

Jim Wright, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 2015)

#Jim_Wright

Yuri Malenchenko, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut

#Yuri_Malenchenko

Mike Jackson, American baseball player

#Mike_Jackson_(right-handed_pitcher)

Dina Meyer, American actress

#Dina_Meyer

Gustaf Gründgens, German actor and director (d. 1963)

#Gustaf_Gründgens

Thomas C. Südhof, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Thomas_C._Südhof

Peregrine Worsthorne, English journalist and author

#Peregrine_Worsthorne

Red Steagall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and poet

#Red_Steagall

Sarada Devi, Indian mystic and philosopher (d. 1920)

#Sarada_Devi

Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (d. 1991)

#Peggy_Ashcroft

Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (d. 1870)

#Franz_Abt

Giacomo Manzù, Italian sculptor and academic (d. 1991)

#Giacomo_Manzù

Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (d. 1944)

#Filippo_Tommaso_Marinetti

Steve Garvey, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Steve_Garvey

Carole James, English-Canadian educator and politician

#Carole_James

Steve Carlton, American baseball player

#Steve_Carlton

Raphaël Guerreiro, Portuguese footballer

Johannes Ahun, Estonian windsurfer

Éder, Bissau-Portuguese footballer

Kate Tempest, British Performance Artist

Drew Hankinson, American wrestler

Rodney Martin, American sprinter

Marina Kuptsova, Russian high jumper

Jamie Langfield, Scottish footballer and coach

Joy Ali, Fijian boxer (d. 2015)

Aya Takano, Japanese author and illustrator

Katleen De Caluwé, Belgian sprinter

Stanislav Necká?, Czech ice hockey player

Marcin Mi?ciel, Polish footballer

Dani García, Spanish footballer

Michael Barron, English footballer, coach, and manager

Mark Hill, English musician, producer and songwriter

Mark Robins, English footballer and manager

Myriam Bédard, Canadian biathlete

Emre Arac?, Turkish composer, conductor, and historian

Richey Edwards, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1995)

David Wright, English lawyer and politician

Marcel Schirmer, German singer-songwriter and bass player

Urszula W?odarczyk, Polish heptathlete and triple jumper

Brian McMillan, South African cricketer and educator

Russell Lewis, British television writer and former child actor

Andrew Fastow, American businessman

Mark Brydon, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter and poet (d. 1988)

David Heavener, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director

Stephen Conway, English bishop

Jane Lighting, English businesswoman

Galina Murašova, Lithuanian discus thrower

Derick Parry, Nevisian cricketer

Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese race car driver

Ian Turnbull, Canadian ice hockey player

Jan Stephenson, Australian golfer

Charles de Lint, Dutch-Canadian author and critic

Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (d. 2003)

Don Kardong, American runner, journalist, and author

Dilip Doshi, Indian cricketer

Brian Daley, American author and screenwriter (d. 1996)

Frances Lannon, English historian and academic

Barry Jenkins, English drummer

Mike Molloy, English journalist, author, and illustrator

Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (d. 2009)

Ken Whitmore, English author and playwright

Charlotte Lamb, English author (d. 2000)

Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (d. 2012)

John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (d. 1968)

Phil Woosnam, Welsh soccer player and manager (d. 2013)

Ardalion Ignatyev, Russian sprinter and educator (d. 1998)

Wazir Mohammad, Indian-Pakistani cricketer

Roberta Leigh (Rita Shulman Lewin), British writer, artist and TV producer (d. 2014)

Lewis Glucksman, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)

Frank Corsaro, American actor and director (d. 2017)

Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)

Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist and composer (d. 1996)

Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (d. 1943)

Danny O'Dea, English actor (d. 2003)

Patricia Hayes, English actress (d. 1998)

Kenneth Rexroth, American poet, translator, and academic (d. 1982)

Pierre Levegh, French ice hockey player and race car driver (d. 1955)

Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1974)

George Hutson, English runner and soldier (d. 1914)

J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (d. 1972)

St. Elmo Brady, African American chemist and educator (d. 1966)

Charles Sands, American golfer and tennis player (d. 1945)

John Obadiah Westwood, English entomologist and archaeologist (d. 1893)

Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (d. 1666)

Sultan Cem, Ottoman politician (d. 1495)