Celebrating Today’s Famous Birthdays: 19th December – A Tribute to Remarkable Individuals
Welcome, dear readers! It brings me great joy to present a heartfelt tribute to the remarkable individuals born on this significant date. Today, we commemorate the birth anniversary of a diverse array of extraordinary personalities who have left an indelible mark on the world.
| Year | Person |
|---|---|
| 1494 | Oronce Finé, French mathematician and cartographer (d. 1555) |
| 1496 | Joseph ha-Kohen, historian and physician (d. 1575) |
| 1537 | John III of Sweden (d. 1592) |
| 1576 | Saint John Sarkander, Moravian priest and saint (d. 1620) |
| 1626 | Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (d. 1692) |
| 1629 | Pieter de Hooch, Dutch painter (d. 1684) |
| 1641 | Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (d. 1724) |
| 1717 | Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French politician and diplomat, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1787) |
| 1740 | Arthur Lee, American physician and diplomat (d. 1792) |
| 1786 | Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (d. 1853) |
| 1792 | Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, French painter and educator (d. 1845) |
| 1838 | Edwin Abbott Abbott, English theologian, author, and educator (d. 1926) |
| 1841 | Ferdinand Buisson, French academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932) |
| 1861 | Ferdinand Bonn, German actor (d. 1933) |
| 1861 | Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (d. 1926) |
| 1865 | Elsie de Wolfe, American actress and interior decorator (d. 1950) |
| 1868 | Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (d. 1938) |
| 1869 | Charley Grapewin, American actor (d. 1956) |
| 1873 | Kan’ichi Asakawa, Japanese historian, author, and academic (d. 1948) |
| 1873 | Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Turkish poet, academic, and politician (d. 1936) |
| 1881 | Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965) |
| 1886 | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player and businessman (d. 1974) |
| 1888 | Yitzhak Baer, German-Israeli historian and academic (d. 1980) |
| 1888 | Fred Merkle, American baseball player and manager (d. 1958) |
| 1890 | Yvonne Arnaud, French pianist, actress and singer (d. 1958) |
| 1890 | Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967) |
| 1891 | Erik Almlöf, Swedish triple jumper (d. 1971) |
| 1894 | Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1978) |
| 1898 | Konstantinos Dovas, Greek general and politician, 156th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1973) |
| 1898 | Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (d. 1990) |
| 1899 | Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Welsh preacher and physician (d. 1981) |
| 1900 | Lissy Arna, German film actress (d. 1964) |
| 1901 | Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist and academic, invented the Van de Graaff generator (d. 1967) |
| 1902 | Prince George, Duke of Kent (d. 1942) |
| 1902 | Sidney Hook, American philosopher and author (d. 1989) |
| 1904 | Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1984) |
| 1904 | Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian author (d. 1977) |
| 1905 | Bill O’Reilly, Australian cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1992) |
| 1907 | Paul Francis Webster, American soldier and songwriter (d. 1984) |
| 1908 | Dennis Morgan, American actor and singer (d. 1994) |
| 1909 | Vakkom Majeed, Indian journalist and politician (d. 2000) |
| 1911 | Hortense Calisher, American author (d. 2009) |
| 1914 | Harry F. Byrd, Jr., American lieutenant, publisher, and politician (d. 2013) |
| 1915 | Aziz Nesin, Turkish author and poet (d. 1995) |
| 1916 | Michel Chartrand, Canadian trade union leader and activist (d. 2010) |
| 1917 | David Bohm, American-English physicist, neuropsychologist, and philosopher (d. 1992) |
| 1917 | Cahit Külebi, Turkish poet and author (d. 1997) |
| 1917 | Audrey Totter, American actress (d. 2013) |
| 1918 | Jean Marchand, Canadian trade union leader and politician, 43rd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1988) |
| 1922 | George Roy Hill, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002) |
| 1922 | Beverly Pepper, American sculptor and painter |
| 1924 | Judy LaMarsh, Canadian soldier, lawyer, and politician, 42nd Secretary of State for Canada (d. 1980) |
| 1925 | Benito Lorenzi, Italian footballer (d. 2007) |
| 1926 | Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 2015) |
| 1926 | Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics (d. 2009) |
| 1927 | Michael Beaumont, 22nd Seigneur of Sark, English engineer and politician (d. 2016) |
| 1927 | Charlie Callas, American actor and comedian (d. 2011) |
| 1927 | Jim Simpson, American sportscaster (d. 2016) |
| 1927 | Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea (d. 2015) |
| 1931 | Mala Powers, American actress (d. 2007) |
| 1932 | John Hillerman, American actor (d. 2017) |
| 1933 | Jean Carnahan, American author and politician |
| 1933 | Olavi Salonen, Finnish runner |
| 1933 | Rik Van Looy, Belgian cyclist |
| 1935 | Khalid Ibadulla, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster |
| 1939 | Kathryn Joosten, American actress (d. 2012) |
| 1939 | Kim Weston, American soul singer |
| 1940 | Pat Chapman, English chef and author, founded The Curry Club |
| 1942 | Rana Bhagwandas, Pakistani lawyer and judge, Chief Justice of Pakistan (d. 2015) |
| 1942 | Bob Hayes, American sprinter and football player (d. 2002) |
| 1942 | Michael P. Johnson, American sociologist |
| 1942 | Jean-Claude Trichet, French banker and economist |
| 1944 | Bobby Colomby, American drummer and producer |
| 1944 | Ray Martin, Australian television host and journalist |
| 1945 | Peter Criss, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer |
| 1945 | Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and author (d. 2010) |
| 1946 | Uri Geller, Israeli-English magician and psychic |
| 1946 | Lloyd Mumphord, American football player |
| 1946 | Sonny Perdue, American captain and politician, 81st Governor of Georgia |
| 1946 | Dick Wolf, American director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1947 | Roger Alton, English journalist |
| 1947 | Gigliola Cinquetti, Italian singer-songwriter |
| 1947 | Bo Ryan, American basketball player and coach |
| 1947 | Stevie Wright, English-Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2015) |
| 1948 | Alan Parsons, English keyboard player and producer |
| 1948 | Carol Smart, English sociologist and academic |
| 1948 | Mitsuko Uchida, Japanese-British pianist |
| 1949 | Soumaïla Cissé, Malian engineer and politician |
| 1949 | Cecil Cooper, American baseball player and manager |
| 1949 | Oscar Gamble, American baseball player |
| 1950 | Geoffrey Grimmett, English mathematician and academic |
| 1950 | Arturo Márquez, Mexican-American composer |
| 1951 | Lynne Featherstone, English blogger and politician |
| 1951 | Christopher Le Brun, English painter and sculptor |
| 1951 | Peter May, Scottish author and screenwriter |
| 1951 | Nuala O’Loan, Baroness O’Loan, Northern Irish academic and police ombudsman |
| 1951 | Marta Russell, American author and activist (d. 2013) |
| 1952 | Jenny Agutter, English actress |
| 1954 | Michael Badalucco, American actor |
| 1954 | Sandra Cisneros, American author and poet |
| 1955 | David Breashears, American mountaineer, director, and producer |
| 1955 | Binali Yıldırım, Turkish lawyer and politician, Turkish Minister of Transport |
| 1955 | Martin Schulz, German politician |
| 1956 | Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Mauritanian general and politician, President of Mauritania |
| 1956 | Guy Babylon, American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2009) |
| 1956 | Blanche Baker, American actress and screenwriter |
| 1956 | Junji Hirata, Japanese wrestler |
| 1956 | Andrew Mackenzie, Scottish geologist and businessman |
| 1956 | Anita Ward, American disco/R&B singer |
| 1957 | Billy Bragg, English singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1957 | Anna Vissi, Cypriot singer-songwriter and actress |
| 1957 | Mike Watt, American singer-songwriter and bass player |
| 1958 | Doug Nordquist, American high jumper |
| 1958 | James Thomson, American biologist and academic |
| 1959 | George Coupland, Scottish scientist |
| 1959 | Hildegard Körner, German runner |
| 1959 | Jackie Fox, an American musician who played bass guitar for the pioneering all-girl teenage rock band the Runaways. |
| 1959 | Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish physicist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Poland |
| 1959 | Trent Tucker, American basketball player and sportscaster |
| 1960 | Nalo Hopkinson, Jamaican-Canadian author and educator |
| 1960 | Kim Ki-duk, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1961 | Mohammad Fouad, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actor |
| 1961 | Mike Keneally, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1961 | Freddie Spencer, American motorcycle racer |
| 1964 | Mark Coleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler |
| 1965 | Robert Cavanah, Scottish actor and director |
| 1965 | Rich Gannon, American football player and sportscaster |
| 1966 | Matt Neal, English race car driver |
| 1966 | Veronica Pershina, Russian-American figure skater and coach |
| 1966 | Chris Robinson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1968 | Joe Cornish, English actor, director, and screenwriter |
| 1968 | Karl Wendlinger, Austrian race car driver |
| 1969 | Alain de Botton, Swiss-English philosopher and author |
| 1969 | Zahra Ouaziz, Moroccan runner |
| 1969 | Bobby Phills, American basketball player (d. 2000) |
| 1970 | Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach |
| 1970 | Alister McRae, Scottish race car driver |
| 1970 | Jörg Schmidt, German footballer |
| 1971 | Roger J. Beaujard, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer |
| 1972 | Sarah Jones, British politician |
| 1972 | Anders Odden, Norwegian guitarist, songwriter, and producer |
| 1972 | Anja Rücker, German sprinter |
| 1972 | Gen Urobuchi, Japanese writer |
| 1973 | Maarja Kangro, Estonian author and poet |
| 1973 | David Nedohin, Canadian curler and sportscaster |
| 1973 | Cory Stillman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
| 1974 | Die, Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and producer |
| 1974 | Paul Linger, English footballer |
| 1974 | Jacqui Oatley, British Sports presenter |
| 1975 | Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer |
| 1976 | Aubrey Huff, American baseball player and radio host |
| 1976 | Adam Powell, Welsh game designer and businessman, co-founded Meteor Games |
| 1976 | Ramon Stoppelenburg, Dutch businessman and author |
| 1976 | Nenad Vučković, Croatian footballer |
| 1977 | Kerem Kabadayı, Turkish drummer and songwriter |
| 1978 | Andrei Markov, Russian-Canadian ice hockey player |
| 1978 | Geremi Njitap, Cameroon footballer |
| 1978 | Bouabdellah Tahri, French runner |
| 1979 | David DeJesus, American baseball player |
| 1979 | Michael Rogers, Australian cyclist |
| 1979 | Ramón Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American actor and dancer |
| 1980 | Israel Castro, Mexican footballer |
| 1980 | Ashley Cole, English footballer |
| 1980 | Anthony da Silva, French-Portuguese footballer |
| 1980 | Martín Demichelis, Argentinian footballer |
| 1980 | Fitz Hall, English footballer |
| 1981 | Royal Ivey, American basketball player |
| 1981 | Darya Pchelnik, Belarusian hammer thrower |
| 1981 | James Shields, American baseball player |
| 1981 | Roy Williams, American football player |
| 1982 | Mohammad Asif, Pakistani cricketer |
| 1982 | David Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1982 | Kasper Klausen, Danish footballer |
| 1982 | David Wright, American baseball player |
| 1983 | Jonah Hill, American actor, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1983 | Darren Sammy, Saint Lucian cricketer |
| 1984 | Nikolaos Karabelas, Greek footballer |
| 1985 | Gilbert Kirwa, Kenyan runner |
| 1987 | Yutaka Otsuka, Japanese baseball player |
| 1988 | Andrés Bottiglieri, Italian-Argentinian footballer |
| 1989 | Leeson Ah Mau, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player |
| 1990 | JoJo, American singer and actress |
| 1991 | Jillian Rose Reed, American actress |
| 1991 | Fabian Schär, Swiss footballer |
| 1992 | Ksenia Makarova, Russian-American figure skater |
| 1993 | Robeisy Ramírez, Cuban boxer |
| 1997 | Suzuka Nakamoto, Japanese singer |
As we come to the end of this tribute to today’s famous birthdays, let us carry forward the inspiration and lessons gleaned from these exceptional individuals. Their journeys remind us that with determination, passion, and resilience, we can leave our own unique imprint on the world. May their stories serve as a guiding light, igniting the spark within each of us to pursue greatness and make a positive impact.
Stay tuned for more insightful posts dedicated to celebrating the lives and contributions of notable personalities. Their stories continue to resonate and inspire, shaping the course of history and leaving an unforgettable legacy for generations to come. Until next time, may the spirit of these extraordinary individuals continue to guide and inspire you on your own remarkable journey.
