History Births on December 19

Olivier Tébily, Ivorian-French footballer

#Olivier_Tébily

Martin Hume Johnson, English physiologist and academic

#Martin_Hume_Johnson

Zuzana Hejnová, Czech hurdler

#Zuzana_Hejnová

Gary Morton, American comedian and producer (d. 1999)

#Gary_Morton

Tom Lawless, American baseball player and manager

#Tom_Lawless

George Frederick Bristow, American violinist and composer (d. 1898)

#George_Frederick_Bristow

Alyssa Milano, American actress and television personality

#Alyssa_Milano

Little Jimmy Dickens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)

#Little_Jimmy_Dickens

William I, Margrave of Meissen (d. 1407)

#William_I,_Margrave_of_Meissen

Carlo Chiti, Italian engineer (d. 1994)

#Carlo_Chiti

Jennifer Beals, American model and actress

#Jennifer_Beals

Matthew Waterhouse, English actor and author

#Matthew_Waterhouse

Al Kaline, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Al_Kaline

Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec (d. 1942)

#Charles_Fitzpatrick

Kevin McHale, American basketball player, coach, and manager

#Kevin_McHale_(basketball)

Bernice Pauahi Bishop, American philanthropist (d. 1884)

#Bernice_Pauahi_Bishop

Andreas Osiander, German Protestant theologian (d. 1552)

#Andreas_Osiander

Lady Sovereign, English rapper

#Lady_Sovereign

Jeremy Soule, Canadian composer

#Jeremy_Soule

Nathan Oliveira, American painter and sculptor (d. 2010)

#Nathan_Oliveira

William Christie, American-French harpsichord player and conductor

#William_Christie_(musician)

Ingeborg Refling Hagen, Norwegian author and educator (d. 1989)

#Ingeborg_Refling_Hagen

Manuel Bretón de los Herreros, Spanish poet, playwright, and critic (d. 1873)

#Manuel_Bretón_de_los_Herreros

Kristina Keneally, American-Australian politician, 42nd Premier of New South Wales

#Kristina_Keneally

Maurice White, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)

#Maurice_White

Mohammad Reza Aref, Iranian engineer and politician, 2nd Vice President of Iran

#Mohammad_Reza_Aref

Rudolf Hell, German engineer, invented the Hellschreiber (d. 2002)

#Rudolf_Hell

Yong Jun-hyung, South Korean singer-songwriter, rapper and producer

#Yong_Jun-hyung

Ian Kennedy, American baseball player

#Ian_Kennedy

Cornell Dupree, American guitarist (d. 2011)

#Cornell_Dupree

Marla Sokoloff, American actress and musician

#Marla_Sokoloff

Iker Muniain, Spanish footballer

#Iker_Muniain

Gary Cahill, English footballer

#Gary_Cahill

Rob Portman, American lawyer and politician

#Rob_Portman

Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, German political scientist, journalist, and academic (d. 2010)

#Elisabeth_Noelle-Neumann

Kousei Miura, Japanese jockey

#Kousei_Miura

Eric Weinrich, American ice hockey player and coach

#Eric_Weinrich

Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1645)

#Dorothea_Sophia,_Abbess_of_Quedlinburg

Brandon Sanderson, American author and academic

#Brandon_Sanderson

Jean Genet, French novelist, playwright, and poet (d. 1986)

#Jean_Genet

Michelangelo Signorile, American journalist and author

#Michelangelo_Signorile

Matt Stajan, Canadian ice hockey player

#Matt_Stajan

Tim Parks, English author and translator

#Tim_Parks

Irina Voronina, Russian model

#Irina_Voronina

Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer (d. 1913)

#Alphonse_Kirchhoffer

Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, Azerbaijani composer, pianist, and singer

#Aziza_Mustafa_Zadeh

Claudia Kolb, American swimmer

#Claudia_Kolb

Tim Reid, American actor and director

#Tim_Reid

Chito Martínez, Belizean-American baseball player

#Chito_Martínez

Ken Marino, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#Ken_Marino

Michel Tournier, French journalist and author (d. 2016)

#Michel_Tournier

Young K, South Korean singer-songwriter

#Young_K

Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer and sportscaster

#Ricky_Ponting

Jimmy Bain, Scottish bass player and songwriter (d. 2016)

#Jimmy_Bain

William Schutz, American psychologist and academic (d. 2002)

#William_Schutz

John Winthrop, American astronomer and educator (d. 1779)

#John_Winthrop_(educator)

Eric Allin Cornell, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

#Eric_Allin_Cornell

Edward Bernard Raczy?ski, Polish politician and diplomat, 4th President-in-exile of Poland (d. 1993)

#Edward_Bernard_Raczy?ski

Calvin Andrew, English footballer

#Calvin_Andrew

Ford Frick, American journalist and businessman (d. 1978)

#Ford_Frick

Michalis Grigoriou, Greek footballer and coach

#Michalis_Grigoriou

Mitchell Feigenbaum, American physicist and mathematician

#Mitchell_Feigenbaum

"Mean Gene" Okerlund, American sports announcer

#Gene_Okerlund

Orna Berry, Israeli computer scientist and businesswoman

#Orna_Berry

Franck Kessié, Ivorian footballer

#Franck_Kessié

Criss Angel, American magician

#Criss_Angel

Joe Jurevicius, American football player

#Joe_Jurevicius

Pratibha Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, 12th President of India

#Pratibha_Patil

Jeff Allam, English race car driver

#Jeff_Allam

Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player

#Jorge_Garbajosa

Bridget Phillipson, English politician

#Bridget_Phillipson

Maudy Ayunda, Indonesian actress and singer-songwriter

#Maudy_Ayunda

Phil Harris, American captain and fisherman (d. 2010)

#Phil_Harris_(fisherman)

Isiah Koech, Kenyan runner

#Isiah_Koech

Tyson Beckford, American model and actor

#Tyson_Beckford

Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer

#Alexis_Sánchez

Cicely Tyson, American actress

#Cicely_Tyson

William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)

#William_Bowyer_(printer)

Leonid Brezhnev, Ukrainian-Russian marshal, engineer, and politician, 4th Head of State of the Soviet Union (d. 1982)

#Leonid_Brezhnev

Sally Kipyego, Kenyan runner

#Sally_Kipyego

Declan Galbraith, English singer-songwriter

#Declan_Galbraith

Miguel Lopes, Portuguese footballer

#Miguel_Lopes

Sebastian, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Sebastian_(singer)

Micha? Mas?owski, Polish footballer

#Micha?_Mas?owski

Rafael Soriano, Dominican baseball player

#Rafael_Soriano

Tom Gugliotta, American basketball player

#Tom_Gugliotta

Bob Brookmeyer, American trombonist, pianist, and composer (d. 2011)

#Bob_Brookmeyer

John McEuen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#John_McEuen

Kevan Gosper, Australian runner and politician

#Kevan_Gosper

Robert Urich, American actor and producer (d. 2002)

#Robert_Urich

Henry Clay Frick, American businessman and financier (d. 1919)

#Henry_Clay_Frick

Lorie Kane, Canadian golfer

#Lorie_Kane

Kevin Devine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Kevin_Devine

Lisa Wilkinson, Australian television host and journalist

#Lisa_Wilkinson

Edmund Purdom, British-Italian actor (d. 2009)

#Edmund_Purdom

Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2012)

#Robert_B._Sherman

Italo Svevo, Italian author and playwright (d. 1928)

#Italo_Svevo

Til Schweiger, German actor, director, and producer

#Til_Schweiger

Zulfiya Zabirova, Russian cyclist

#Zulfiya_Zabirova

Derrick Jensen, American author and activist

#Derrick_Jensen

Antoine Louis Dugès, French obstetrician and naturalist (d. 1838)

#Antoine_Louis_Dugès

Lee Myung-bak, South Korean businessman and politician, 10th President of South Korea

#Lee_Myung-bak

Ross M. Lence, American political scientist and academic (d. 2006)

#Ross_M._Lence

Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1963)

#Édith_Piaf

Mary Livermore, American journalist and activist (d. 1905)

#Mary_Livermore

Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-American conductor (d. 1963)

#Fritz_Reiner

Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)

#Philip_William,_Prince_of_Orange

Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Greek footballer

#Lazaros_Christodoulopoulos

Makis Belevonis, Greek footballer

#Makis_Belevonis

Ryan Babel, Dutch footballer

#Ryan_Babel

Alberto Tomba, Italian skier

#Alberto_Tomba

Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress and playwright (d. 1932)

#Minnie_Maddern_Fiske

Philip V of Spain (d. 1746)

#Philip_V_of_Spain

Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor and producer

#Jake_Gyllenhaal

Carter G. Woodson, American historian and author, founded Black History Month (d. 1950)

#Carter_G._Woodson

Bobby Layne, American football player and coach (d. 1986)

#Bobby_Layne

Andrea Baldini, Italian fencer

#Andrea_Baldini

M'Baye Niang, French footballer

#M'Baye_Niang

Alvin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)

#Alvin_Lee

Mo Williams, American basketball player

#Mo_Williams

Sumire Uesaka, Japanese voice actress and singer

#Sumire_Uesaka

Giovanni Lurani, Italian race car driver, engineer, and journalist (d. 1995)

#Giovanni_Lurani

Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist and politician

#Richard_Leakey

Wallace Bryant, American archer (d. 1953)

#Wallace_Bryant_(archer)

James J. Archer, American lawyer and general (d. 1864)

#James_J._Archer

Ralph Richardson, English actor (d. 1983)

#Ralph_Richardson

Raphael Spiegel, Swiss footballer

#Raphael_Spiegel

Claudia Testoni, Italian hurdler, sprinter, and long jumper (d. 1998)

#Claudia_Testoni

Hamza Riazuddin, English cricketer

#Hamza_Riazuddin

Karim Benzema, French footballer

#Karim_Benzema

Béatrice Dalle, French actress

#Béatrice_Dalle

Eleanor J. Hill, American lawyer and diplomat

#Eleanor_J._Hill

Richard Hammond, English journalist and producer

#Richard_Hammond

Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1989)

#Doug_Harvey_(ice_hockey)

Marie Thérèse of France (d. 1851)

#Marie_Thérèse_of_France

James L. Jones, American general and politician, 22nd United States National Security Advisor

#James_L._Jones

Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player

#Arvydas_Sabonis

Ronan Farrow, American activist, journalist, and lawyer

#Ronan_Farrow

Professor Longhair, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1980)

#Professor_Longhair

Antonín Zápotocký, Czech politician, President of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (d. 1957)

#Antonín_Zápotocký

Greg Bretz, American snowboarder

Peter Winn, English footballer

Cédric Baseya, French-Congolese footballer

Ingrid Burley, American rapper and songwriter

Dan Logan, English bass player

Neil Kilkenny, English-Australian footballer

Laura Pomeroy, Canadian swimmer

Casey Crescenzo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Nektarios Alexandrou, Cypriot footballer

Grégory Dufer, Belgian footballer

Patrick Casey, American actor, producer, and screenwriter

LaTasha Jenkins, American sprinter

Dean Treister, Australian rugby league player

Jake Plummer, American football player and sportscaster

#Jake_Plummer

Felipe Lopez, Dominican-American basketball player

Eduard Ivakdalam, Indonesian footballer

Erick Wainaina, Kenyan runner

Karen Pickering, English swimmer

Nayan Mongia, Indian cricketer

Michael Bates, American sprinter and football player

Charles Austin, American high jumper

Rajesh Chauhan, Indian cricketer

Chuckii Booker, American singer-songwriter and producer

Gary Fleder, American director, producer, and screenwriter

Reggie White, American football player and wrestler (d. 2004)

Iván Vallejo, Ecuadorian mountaineer

Limahl, English pop singer

Steven Isserlis, English cellist and author

Cyril Collard, French actor, director, and composer (d. 1993)

Shane McEntee, Irish farmer and politician, Minister of State for Food, Horticulture and Food Safety (d. 2012)

Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer and author (d. 2012)

Walter Murphy, American pianist and composer

Alan Rouse, English mountaineer and author (d. 1986)

Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Rosemary Conley, English businesswoman, author, and broadcaster

Elaine Joyce, American actress, singer, and dancer

Zal Yanovsky, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)

#Zal_Yanovsky

Steve Tyrell, American singer-songwriter and producer

Phil Ochs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976)

Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (d. 2000)

Bobby Timmons, American pianist and composer (d. 1974)

Casper R. Taylor, Jr., American lawyer and politician

Christopher Smout, Scottish historian and academic

Wayne Tippit, American actor (d. 2009)

Salvador Elizondo, Mexican author, poet, playwright, and critic (d. 2006)

Knut Helle, Norwegian historian and professor (d. 2015)

Wally Olins, English businessman and academic (d. 2014)

Howard Sackler, American playwright and screenwriter (d. 1982)

Gregory Carroll, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)

David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, Scottish potter

Eve Bunting, Irish-American author and academic

James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)

Fikret Otyam, Turkish painter and journalist (d. 2015)

Tankred Dorst, German author and playwright (d. 2017)

Gordon Jackson, Scottish-English actor and singer (d. 1990)

Robert V. Bruce, American historian and author (d. 2008)

Eamonn Andrews, Irish radio and television host (d. 1987)

David Susskind, American talk show host and producer (d. 1987)

Lee Rich, American producer and production manager (d. 2012)

Roy Ward Baker, English director and producer (d. 2010)

Mel Shaw, American animator and screenwriter (d. 2012)

W. A. Criswell, American pastor and author (d. 2002)

Jimmy McLarnin, Irish-American boxer, actor, and golfer (d. 2004)

Irving Kahn, American businessman (d. 2015)

George Davis Snell, American geneticist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)

Fritz Mauruschat, German footballer and manager (d. 1974)

Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (d. 1963)

Martin Luther King, Sr., American pastor, missionary, and activist (d. 1984)

Bernard Friedberg, Austrian-Israeli scholar and author (d. 1961)

Grace Marie Bareis, American mathematician (d. 1962)

Mileva Maric, Serbian physicist (d. 1948)

Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-American physicist, chemist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1931)