History Births on December 07

Benoît Tréluyer, French race car driver

#Benoît_Tréluyer

Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher

#Noam_Chomsky

Mason Phelps, American golfer (d. 1945)

#Mason_Phelps

Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal (d. 2017)

#Mário_Soares

Mary Fallin, American businesswoman and politician, 27th Governor of Oklahoma

#Mary_Fallin

Eckhard Märzke, German footballer and manager

#Eckhard_Märzke

Bernard C. Parks, American police officer and politician

#Bernard_C._Parks

Paul Adam, French author (d. 1920)

#Paul_Adam_(French_novelist)

Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (d. 1978)

#Louis_Prima

Damien Rice, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer

#Damien_Rice

Rudolf Friml, Czech-American pianist, composer, and academic (d. 1972)

#Rudolf_Friml

Mark Geyer, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

#Mark_Geyer

Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

#Tom_Waits

Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach

#Larry_Bird

Hugo Blick, English filmmaker

#Hugo_Blick

Louis I, German nobleman and politician (d. 1605)

#Louis_I,_Count_of_Sayn-Wittgenstein

Gary Morris, American country singer-songwriter and actor

#Gary_Morris

Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (d. 1891)

#Leopold_Kronecker

Luke Donald, English golfer

#Luke_Donald

Milan Michálek, Czech ice hockey player

#Milan_Michálek

John Carpenter, American sprinter (d. 1933)

#John_Carpenter_(athlete)

Kazue Itoh, Japanese actress

#Kazue_Itoh

Eli Wallach, American actor (d. 2014)

#Eli_Wallach

Vladimir Akopian, Azerbaijani-Armenian chess player

#Vladimir_Akopian

Bobby Osborne, American bluegrass singer and musician

#Bobby_Osborne

Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar (d. 2016)

#Pramukh_Swami_Maharaj

John Terry, English footballer

#John_Terry

Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress

#Rahama_Sadau

Columba, Irish missionary, monk, and saint (d. 597)

#Columba

David Goffin, Belgian tennis player

#David_Goffin

Frank Laver, Australian cricketer (d. 1919)

#Frank_Laver

Henry Stuart, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1567)

#Henry_Stuart,_Lord_Darnley

Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer and manager

#Colin_Hendry

Anna Soubry, British politician

#Anna_Soubry

Nicole Appleton, Canadian singer and actress

#Nicole_Appleton

John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2005)

#John_Love_(racing_driver)

Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter

#Susan_Isaacs

Kyle Hendricks, American baseball player

#Kyle_Hendricks

Derek Ramsay, Filipino-British actor, model and television personality

#Derek_Ramsay

Geoff Lawson, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

#Geoff_Lawson_(cricketer)

Fay Bainter, American actress (d. 1968)

#Fay_Bainter

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (d. 1680)

#Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini

Ellen Burstyn, American actress

#Ellen_Burstyn

Willa Cather, American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1947)

#Willa_Cather

Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet (d. 1842)

#Allan_Cunningham_(author)

Terrell Owens, American football player and actor

#Terrell_Owens

Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (d. 1985)

#Clarence_Nash

Patrick Fabian, American actor

#Patrick_Fabian

Shinichi Ito, Japanese motorcycle racer

#Shinichi_Ito

Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver

#Eugenio_Pisani

Thomas Bent, Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1909)

#Thomas_Bent

Eric Chavez, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Eric_Chavez

Thad Cochran, American soldier, lawyer, and politician

#Thad_Cochran

Claude Victor-Perrin, French general and politician (d. 1841)

#Claude_Victor-Perrin,_Duc_de_Belluno

Angelina Gabueva, Russian tennis player

#Angelina_Gabueva

C. Thomas Howell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

#C._Thomas_Howell

?brahim Kutluay, Turkish basketball player

#?brahim_Kutluay

Ernst Toch, Austrian-American composer and songwriter (d. 1964)

#Ernst_Toch

Johann Nestroy, Austrian actor and playwright (d. 1862)

#Johann_Nestroy

Josef Hyrtl, Hungarian-Austrian anatomist and biologist (d. 1894)

#Josef_Hyrtl

Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author (d. 1942)

#Nikola_Vaptsarov

Ivan Franceschini, Italian footballer

#Ivan_Franceschini

Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange

#Catharina-Amalia,_Princess_of_Orange

Sara Bareilles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress

#Sara_Bareilles

Hamilton Fish III, American captain and politician (d. 1991)

#Hamilton_Fish_III

Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1945)

#Pietro_Mascagni

Felix Calonder, Swiss soldier and politician, 36th President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1952)

#Felix_Calonder

Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimy? (d. 1625)

#Kikkawa_Hiroie

Tino Martinez, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

#Tino_Martinez

Craig Scanlon, English guitarist and songwriter

#Craig_Scanlon

Alex Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2015)

#Alex_Johnson

Krsto Papi?, Croatian director and screenwriter (d. 2013)

#Krsto_Papi?

Armando Manzanero, Mexican musician, singer and composer

#Armando_Manzanero

Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player

#Yasiel_Puig

Henri Mathias Berthelot, French general during World War I (d. 1931)

#Henri_Mathias_Berthelot

Shiri Appleby, American actress, director, and producer

#Shiri_Appleby

Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigerian career-diplomat, President of the United Nations General Assembly (2019)

#Tijjani_Muhammad-Bande

Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (d. 1944)

#Walter_Nowotny

Mickey Thompson, American race car driver (d. 1988)

#Mickey_Thompson

Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist (d. 1998)

#Duncan_McNaughton

Abraham Jacob van der Aa, Dutch author and academic (d. 1857)

#Abraham_Jacob_van_der_Aa

Ted Knight, American actor and comedian (d. 1986)

#Ted_Knight

Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)

#Leigh_Brackett

Nita Strauss, American guitarist

#Nita_Strauss

Richard Warren Sears, American businessman, co-founded Sears (d. 1914)

#Richard_Warren_Sears

Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist

#Melba_Pattillo_Beals

Stan Boardman, English comedian

#Stan_Boardman

Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian architect and engraver (d. 1678)

#Giovanni_Battista_Falda

Alan Faneca, American football player

#Alan_Faneca

Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic

#Nick_Katz

Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez, Spanish shot putter and actor

#Manuel_Martínez_Gutiérrez

Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer

#Emily_Browning

Andres Kasekamp, Canadian-Estonian historian and academic

#Andres_Kasekamp

Peter Laviolette, American ice hockey player and coach

#Peter_Laviolette

Tony Yike Yang, Canadian pianist

#Tony_Yike_Yang

Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and biologist (d. 1882)

#Theodor_Schwann

Sunny Sweeney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Sunny_Sweeney

Hal Smith, American baseball player

#Hal_Smith_(infielder)

Louise Post, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Veruca Salt)

#Louise_Post

Suzannah Lipscomb, English historian, academic and television presenter

#Suzannah_Lipscomb

Hermann Balck, German general (d. 1982)

#Hermann_Balck

Georges Laraque, Canadian ice hockey player and politician

#Georges_Laraque

Hermann Maier, Austrian skier

#Hermann_Maier

Nicholas Hoult, English actor

#Nicholas_Hoult

Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (d. 2012)

#Fiorenzo_Magni

J. B. Sumarlin, Indonesian economist and politician, 17th Indonesian Minister of Finance

#J._B._Sumarlin

Tim Butler, English bass player and songwriter

#Tim_Butler

Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer (d. 1710)

#Bernardo_Pasquini

Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)

#Ron_Hynes

Susan Collins, American politician

#Susan_Collins

Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)

#Harry_Chapin

Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

#Aaron_Carter

Urszula Radwa?ska, Polish tennis player

#Urszula_Radwa?ska

Dominic Howard, English drummer and producer

#Dominic_Howard

Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (d. 1973)

#Gerard_Kuiper

Johnny Bench, American baseball player and sportscaster

#Johnny_Bench

Robert Kubica, Polish race car driver

#Robert_Kubica

Joseph Cook, English-born Australian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)

#Joseph_Cook

Tammy Lynn Sytch, American wrestler and manager

#Tammy_Lynn_Sytch

Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy (d. 1983)

#Fred_Rose_(politician)

Azzone Visconti, Italian nobleman (d. 1339)

#Azzone_Visconti

Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper

#Aleksandr_Menkov

Aaron Gray, American basketball player

#Aaron_Gray

Fabien Pelous, French rugby player and coach

#Fabien_Pelous

Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater

#Yuzuru_Hanyu

Nathan Adrian, American swimmer

#Nathan_Adrian

Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

#Gerry_Cheevers

Jeffrey Donaldson, Northern Irish politician

#Jeffrey_Donaldson

Rick Rude, American wrestler and sportscaster (d. 1999)

#Rick_Rude

Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer

Billy Horschel, American golfer

Dean Ambrose, American wrestler

Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer

Mike Mucitelli, American mixed martial artist

Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress and screenwriter

Lampros Choutos, Greek-Italian footballer

Jamie Clapham, English footballer and coach

Hack Meyers, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2015)

Jeffrey Wright, American actor

Barbara Weathers, American R&B/soul singer (Atlantic Starr)

Katsuya Terada, Japanese illustrator

Theo Snelders, Dutch footballer and coach

Imad Mughniyah, Lebanese activist (d. 2008)

Alain Blondel, French decathlete

Saleem Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer

Tom Winsor, English lawyer and civil servant

John Watkins, Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales

James Rivière, Italian sculptor and jeweler

Tony Thomas, American screenwriter and producer

Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

James Keach, American actor, producer, and director

Anne Fine, English author

Miroslav Macek, Czech dentist and politician

Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer

John Bennett Ramsey, American businessman and pilot

Peter Tomarken, American game show host and producer (d. 2006)

Bobby Whitton, Australian rugby league player (d. 2008)

Rosemary Rogers, American journalist and author

Oktay Ek?i, Turkish journalist and politician

Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created Diplomacy (d. 2013)

Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author

Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer (d. 2009)

Jack S. Blanton, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)

William John McNaughton, American bishop

Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian race car driver

Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer

Intizar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2016)

Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author (d. 2002)

Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet (d. 1986)

Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (d. 1993)

Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic (d. 1987)

Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator (d. 1967)

Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist (d. 1961)

Freddie Adkins, English author and illustrator (d. 1986)

Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (d. 1964)

Joyce Cary, Irish novelist (d. 1957)

Peter Sturholdt, American boxer and painter (d. 1919)

Akiko Yosano, Japanese author, poet, pioneering feminist, pacifist, and social reformer (d. 1942)

Ferenc Novák, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet (d. 1836)

Injo of Joseon, Korean king (d. 1649)

Ab?-Sa'?d Abul-Khayr, Persian Sufi poet (d. 1049)

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, Persian astronomer and author (d. 986)