December 19 - Births

Births

• 1554 – Philip William, Prince of Orange (d. 1618)
• 1587 – Dorothea Sophia, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1645)
• 1683 – Philip V of Spain (d. 1746)
• 1699 – William Bowyer, English printer (d. 1777)
• 1714 – John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779)
• 1778 – Princess Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte, daughter of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI (d. 1851)
• 1784 – Marcus Morton, 16th and 18th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1864)
• 1796 – Breton de los Herreros, Spanish playwright (d. 1873)
• 1817 – James J. Archer, Confederate general (d. 1864)
• 1820 – Mary Livermore, American journalist and women's rights advocate (d. 1905)
• 1825 – George Frederick Bristow, American composer (d. 1898)
• 1831 – Bernice Pauahi Bishop, Hawaiian philanthropist (d. 1884)
• 1849 – Henry Clay Frick, American industrialist and financier (d. 1919)
• 1850 – Friedrich Lüthi, Swiss sports shooter (death date unknown)
• 1852 – Albert Abraham Michelson, Prussian-born American physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1931)
• 1853 – Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Quebec (d. 1942)
• 1861 – Italo Svevo, Italian author (d. 1928)
• 1863 – Wallace Bryant, American archer (d. 1953)
• 1865 – Minnie Maddern Fiske, American actress (d. 1932)
• 1873 – Alphonse Kirchhoffer, French fencer (d. 1913)
• 1875 – Carter Woodson, American historian and author, founder of Black History Month (d. 1950)
• 1881 – John Fraser, Canadian football player (d. 1959)
• 1888 – Fritz Reiner, Hungarian-born American conductor (d. 1963)
• 1894 – Ford Frick, American baseball commissioner (d. 1978)
• 1895 – Werner Dankwort, German diplomat (d. 1986)
• 1895 – Ingeborg Refling Hagen, Norwegian author and teacher (d. 1989)
• 1899 – Martin Luther King, Sr., American Baptist minister and father of Civil Rights activist, Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1984)
• 1901 – Rudolf Hell, German inventor (d. 2002)
• 1901 – Fritz Mauruschat, German footballer (d. 1974)
• 1902 – Sir Ralph Richardson, English actor (d. 1983)
• 1903 – George Davis Snell, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
• 1905 – Irving Kahn, American financial analyst and investor
• 1906 – Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union (d. 1982)
• 1907 – Jimmy McLarnin, former Welterweight Champion (d. 2004)
• 1909 – W. A. Criswell, American (Baptist) preacher (d. 2002)
• 1910 – Jean Genet, French writer (d. 1986)
• 1915 – Édith Piaf, French singer and actress (d. 1963)
• 1916 – Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, German political scientist (d. 2010)
• 1916 – Roy Ward Baker, English film director (d. 2010)
• 1918 – Professor Longhair, American blues musician (d. 1980)
• 1920 – Little Jimmy Dickens, American country singer
• 1920 – David Susskind, American TV talk show host (d. 1987)
• 1922 – Eamonn Andrews, Irish-born television presenter (d. 1987)
• 1923 – Gordon Jackson, Scottish actor (d. 1990)
• 1924 – Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (d. 1994)
• 1924 – Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1989)
• 1924 – Gary Morton, American comic; widower of Lucille Ball (d. 1999)
• 1924 – Edmund Purdom, English actor (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Tankred Dorst, German dramatist
• 1925 – Robert B. Sherman, American songwriter
• 1925 – William Schutz, American psychologist (d. 2002)
• 1926 – Bobby Layne, American football player (d. 1986)
• 1926 – Herb Stempel, American game show contestant
• 1927 – James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Eve Bunting, Irish children's author
• 1928 – Nathan Oliveira, American artist (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Bob Brookmeyer, American jazz musician
• 1929 – Howard Sackler, American screenwriter (d. 1982)
• 1932 – Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer
• 1933 – Kevan Gosper, Australian athlete
• 1933 – Cicely Tyson, American actress
• 1934 – Rudi Carrell, Dutch entertainer (d. 2006)
• 1934 – Al Kaline, American baseball player
• 1934 – Casper R. Taylor, Jr., American politician
• 1934 – Pratibha Patil, 12th President of the Republic of India and first woman to hold the office
• 1935 – Barbara Bostock, American actress
• 1935 – Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (d. 1974)
• 1935 – Joanne Weaver, American baseball player (d. 2000)
• 1936 – Marian McKnight, American beauty pageant contestant (Miss America 1957)
• 1940 – Phil Ochs, American folk singer (d. 1976)
• 1941 – Maurice White, American singer and songwriter (Earth, Wind & Fire)
• 1941 – Lee Myung-bak, South Korean politician
• 1942 – Rufus, French actor
• 1942 – Cornell Dupree, American session guitarist
• 1942 – Dennis E. Fitch, American pilot (d. 2012)
• 1943 – Ross M. Lence, American political scientist (d. 2006)
• 1943 – General James L. Jones, American military figure
• 1944 – William Christie, American-born French musician (Les Arts Florissants)
• 1944 – Mitchell Feigenbaum, American mathematical physicist
• 1944 – Richard Leakey, Kenyan paleontologist, conservationist and politician
• 1944 – Alvin Lee, English singer and musician (Ten Years After)
• 1944 – Tim Reid, American actor
• 1944 – Zal Yanovsky, Canadian guitarist (The Lovin' Spoonful) (d. 2002)
• 1945 – Elaine Joyce, American actress
• 1946 – Rosemary Conley, English businesswoman, author and broadcaster
• 1946 – Robert Urich, American actor (d. 2002)
• 1947 – Jimmy Bain, Scottish musician
• 1947 – Charlie Van Dyke, American actor and radio disc jockey
• 1948 – Ken Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1949 – Nancy Kyes, American actress
• 1949 – Sebastian, Danish musician
• 1950 – Eleanor J. Hill, American Inspector General for the United States Department of Defense
• 1951 – Alan Rouse, British mountaineer (d. 1986)
• 1952 – Walter Murphy, American composer, pianist and arranger
• 1955 – Lincoln Hall, Australian mountaineer
• 1955 – Rob Portman, American politician, senator from Ohio
• 1956 – Tom Lawless, American baseball player
• 1956 – Phil Harris, American fisherman (Deadliest Catch) (d. 2010)
• 1957 – Cyril Collard, French film director (d. 1993)
• 1957 – John Gulager, American film director
• 1957 – Kevin McHale, American basketball player
• 1958 – Limahl, English singer (Kajagoogoo)
• 1958 – Steven Isserlis, English cellist
• 1959 – Ivan Vallejo, Ecuadorian mountaineer
• 1960 – Mike Lookinland, American actor
• 1960 – Michelangelo Signorile, American writer
• 1960 – Derrick Jensen, American author and activist
• 1961 – Eric Allin Cornell, American physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1961 – Matthew Waterhouse, English actor
• 1961 – Reggie White, American football player (d. 2004)
• 1962 – Gary Fleder, American film director
• 1962 – Jill Talley, American actress
• 1963 – Jennifer Beals, American actress
• 1963 – Til Schweiger, German actor
• 1964 – Arvydas Sabonis, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1964 – Béatrice Dalle, French actress
• 1965 – Chito Martínez, Belizean baseball player
• 1965 – Jessica Steen, American actress
• 1966 – Chuckii Booker, American singer, musician and producer
• 1966 – Robert MacNaughton, American stage and screen actor
• 1966 – Alberto Tomba, Italian alpine skier
• 1966 – Eric Weinrich, American ice hockey player
• 1967 – Criss Angel, American illusionist
• 1967 – Frankie Lam, Hong Kong actor
• 1968 – Ken Marino, American actor and comedian
• 1969 – Richard Hammond, English television presenter
• 1969 – Tom Gugliotta, American basketball player
• 1969 – Kristy Swanson, American actress
• 1969 – Villano IV, Mexican professional wrestler
• 1970 – Tyson Beckford, American model
• 1971 – Liz Cho, American television reporter
• 1971 – Amy Locane, American actress
• 1972 – Alyssa Milano, American actress
• 1972 – Rosa Blasi, American actress
• 1972 – Warren Sapp, American football player
• 1973 – Michalis Grigoriou, Greek footballer and coach
• 1973 – Takashi Sorimachi, Japanese actor
• 1973 – Zulfiya Zabirova, Russian cyclist
• 1974 – Mikko Paananen, Finnish bassist (HIM)
• 1974 – Joe Jurevicius, American football player
• 1974 – Felipe Lopez, Dominican basketball player
• 1974 – Jake Plummer, American football player
• 1974 – Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer
• 1975 – Makis Belevonis, Greek footballer
• 1975 – Russell Branyan, American baseball player
• 1975 – Michiel van den Bos, Dutch composer
• 1975 – Jon Smith, British writer
• 1975 – Olivier Tébily, Ivorian footballer
• 1977 – Jorge Garbajosa, Spanish basketball player
• 1978 – Patrick Casey, American screenwriter and actor
• 1979 – Kevin Devine, American musician
• 1979 – Paola Rey, Colombian actress
• 1980 – Iman Ali, Pakistani model and actress
• 1980 – Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor
• 1980 – Chris Haslam, Canadian skateboarder and bassist (Kobra Triangle)
• 1980 – Marla Sokoloff, American actress
• 1982 – Maurice Williams, American basketball player
• 1982 – Tero Pitkämäki, Finnish javelin thrower
• 1983 – Nektarios Alexandrou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
• 1983 – Casey Crescenzo, American Rock Artist
• 1983 – Matt Stajan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Ian Kennedy, American baseball player
• 1985 – Gary Cahill, English footballer
• 1985 – Neil Kilkenny, English-born Australian soccer player
• 1985 – Lady Sovereign, English musician
• 1986 – Ryan Babel, Dutch footballer
• 1986 – Miguel Lopes, Portuguese footballer
• 1986 – Lazaros Christodoulopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1987 – Karim Benzema, French footballer
• 1987 – Cédric Baseya, DR Congolese footballer
• 1988 – Peter Winn, English footballer
• 1988 – Paulina Gretzky, American singer and model
• 1988 – Alexis Sánchez, Chilean footballer
• 1989 – Valdimar Bergstað, Icelandic horse rider
• 1989 – Hamza Riazuddin, English cricketer
• 1990 – Greg Bretz, American snowboarder
• 1991 – Declan Galbraith, English singer
• 1992 – Iker Muniain, Spanish/Basque footballer
• 1994 – M'Baye Niang, French footballer