December 22 Birthdays, Anniversaries, and Deaths

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Birthdays

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244 – Diocletian  (d. 3 Dec 311)
      51st Emperor of the Roman Empire, 284-305
1095 – Roger II of Sicily  (d. 26 Feb 1154)
      King of Sicily, 1130-1154
1178 – Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)
1546 – Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyo (d. 1604)
1550 – Cesare Cremonini  (d. 1631)
      Italian philosopher and author
1639 – Jean Racine, French poet and playwright (d. 1699)
1666 – Guru Gobind Singh, Indian guru and poet (d. 1708)
1694 – Hermann Samuel Reimarus  (d. 1768)
      German philosopher and academic
1696 – James Edward Oglethorpe  (d. 30 Jun 1785)
      English general and politician
      1st Colonial Governor of Georgia, 1732-1743
1723 – Carl Friedrich Abel, German viol player and composer (d. 1787)
1765 – Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician and academic (d. 1825)
1789:  Levi Woodbury  (d. 4 Sep 1851)
      American politician and jurist
      Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, 1845-1851
      U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, 1825-1831, 1841-1845
      13th United States Secretary of the Treasury, 1834-1841
      9th United States Secretary of the Navy, 1831-1844
      9th Governor of New Hampshire, 1823-1824
1799 – Nicholas Callan, Irish priest and scientist (d. 1864)
1805 – John Obadiah Westwood, English entomologist and archaeologist (d. 1893)
1807 – Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian author, poet, and critic (d. 1873)
1819 – Franz Abt, German composer and conductor (d. 1870)
1819 – Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician and academic (d. 1892)
1823:  Jean-Henri Fabre, French entomologist and author  (d. 11 Oct 1915)
1823:  Thomas Wentworth Higginson  (d. 9 May 2011)
      American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier
1831:  Charles Stuart Calverley, English poet and wit  (d. 17 Feb 1884)
1831:  William Hale White (bka Mark Rutherford)  (d. 14 Mar 1913)
      British writer and civil servant
1839 – John Nevil Maskelyne, English stage magician (d. 1917)
1853 – Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan-American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1917)
1853 – Evgraf Fedorov, Russian mathematician, crystallographer, and mineralogist (d. 1919)
1853 – Sarada Devi, Indian mystic and philosopher (d. 1920)
1856 – Frank B. Kellogg, American lawyer and politician, 45th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 21 Dec 1937)
1858 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (d. 29 Nov 1924)
1862 – Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (d. 8 Feb 1956)
1865 – Charles Sands, American golfer and tennis player (d. 1945)
1868 – Jaan Tõnisson  (d. 1941?)
      Estonian journalist, lawyer, and politician
      2nd Prime Minister of Estonia
1869:  Bainbridge Colby  (d. 11 Apr 1950)
      American lawyer and politician
      43rd United States Secretary of State, 1920-1921
      co-founded National Progressive Party, 1912
1869 – Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1931)
1869 – Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (d. 6 Apr 1935)
1872 – Camille Guérin, French veterinarian and bacteriologist (d. 1961)
1874 – Franz Schmidt, Austrian cellist, pianist, and composer (d. 1939)
1876 – Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (d. 1944)
1878 – Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (d. 1925)
1883 – Marcus Hurley, American cyclist (d. 1941)
1883 – Edgard Varèse, French-American composer (d. 1965)
1885 – Abe Manley, American businessman (d. 1952)
1885 – Deems Taylor, American conductor and critic (d. 1966)
1887 – Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (d. 1920)
1888 – J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (d. 1972)
1889 – George Hutson, English runner and soldier (d. 1914)
1889 – Minor Watson, American actor (d. 1965)
1892 – Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (d. 1929)
1898 – Vladimir Fock, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1974)
1899 – Gustaf Gründgens, German actor and director (d. 1963)
1900 – Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (d. 1973)
1901 – Andre Kostelanetz, Russian-American conductor and composer (d. 13 Jan 1980)
1903 – Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1983)
1905 – Pierre Brasseur, French-Italian actor and screenwriter (d. 1972)
1905 – Pierre Levegh, Frencg racing driver (d. 1955)
1905 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and academic (d. 1982)
1907 – Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (d. 1991)
1908:  Max Bill  (d. 9 Dec 1994)
      Swiss architect, artist, painter, typeface designer,
            industrial designer, and graphic designer
1908 – Giacomo Manzù, Italian sculptor and academic (d. 1991)
1909 – Patricia Hayes, English actress (d. 1998)
1911 – Danny O'Dea, English actor (d. 2003)
1912 – Elias Degiannis, Greek commander (d. 1943)
1912 – Lady Bird Johnson, American wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 38th First Lady of the United States (d. 2007)
1913 – Giorgio Oberweger, Italian discus thrower and hurdler (d. 1998)
1914 – Satchidananda Saraswati, Indian-American guru and educator (d. 2002)
1915 – Barbara Billingsley, American actress (d. 16 Oct 2010)
1915 – Phillip Glasier, English author and academic (d. 2000)

1917 – Gene Rayburn, American game show host and actor (d. 1999)
1918:  William Gorman "Bill" Kennedy  (d. 20 Aug 1995)
      American baseball player

1919 – Lil Green, American singer-songwriter (d. 1954)

1921 – Dimitri Fampas, Greek guitarist and composer (d. 1996)

1921 – Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1963)

1922 – Ruth Roman, American actress and singer (d. 1999)

1922 – Jim Wright  (d. 2015)
       American soldier, lawyer, and politician
       56th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

1923 – Peregrine Worsthorne, English journalist

1924 – Frank Corsaro, American actor and director
1924:  Dan Devine, American football player and coach  (d. 9 May 2002)
1924:  Arthur A. "Art" Fletcher  (d. 12 Jul 2005)
      American government official
      Chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1990-1993

1925 – Lewis Glucksman, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2006)

1925 – Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Turkish footballer and manager (d. 2012)

1928 – George H. Buck, Jr., American businessman (d. 2013)

1930 – Ardalion Ignatyev, Russian sprinter (d. 1998)

1931 – Gisela Birkemeyer, German hurdler and coach

1931 – Carlos Graça, São Toméan politician, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe (d. 2013)

1932 – Phil Woosnam, Welsh-American soccer player and manager (d. 2013)

1933 – John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (d. 1968)
1933:  Milton George Katselas  (d. 24 Oct 2008)
      American director, producer, acting instructor and coach 

1934 – David Pearson, American race car driver
1935:  Donald Harington, American author  (d. 7 Nov 2009)

1935 – Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (d. 2012)

1936 – James Burke, Irish historian and author

1936 – Héctor Elizondo, American actor and director

1936 – Wojciech Frykowski, Polish-American actor and author (d. 1969)

1937 – Charlotte Lamb, English author (d. 2000)
1927:  William Oliver "Bill" Lipinski
      American politician
      U.S. Representative, D. IL, 1983-2005
1937 – Eduard Uspensky, Russian author, poet, and playwright
1937 – Ken Whitmore, English author and playwright
1938 – Matty Alou, Dominican-American baseball player and scout (d. 2011)
1938 – Lucien Bouchard, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of Quebec
1939 – James Gurley, American guitarist (Big Brother and the Holding Company) (d. 2009)
1940 – Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (d. 2009)
1940 – Mike Molloy, English journalist, author, and illustrator
1941 – Jose Duval, Belgian pornographic actor
1941 – Tiit Pääsuke, Estonian painter
1942 – Jerry Koosman, American baseball player
1942 – Dick Parry, English saxophonist (Jokers Wild)
1943 – Stefan Janos, Slovak-Swiss physicist and academic
1943 – Paul Wolfowitz
      American banker and politician
      25th U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense
1944 – Mary Archer, English chemist and academic
1944 – Steve Carlton, American baseball player
1944 – Barry Jenkins, English drummer (The Animals and The Nashville Teens)
1945 – Frances Lannon, English historian and academic
1945 – Diane Sawyer, American journalist
1946 – Roger Carr, English businessman
1947 – Brian Daley, American author and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1948 – Noel Edmonds, English game show host
1948 – Steve Garvey, American baseball player and sportscaster
1948 – Don Kardong, American runner, journalist, and author
1948 – Flip Mark, American actor
1948 – Rick Nielsen
      American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Cheap Trick, Fuse, and Buck Satan and the 666 Shooters)
1948 – Chris Old, English cricketer
1948 – Lynne Thigpen, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
1948 – Martin Yan, Chinese chef and author
1949 – Maurice Gibb  (d. 2003)
      Manx-English musician, singer, songwriter and record producer
      (Bee Gees, The Bloomfields, and The Rattlesnakes)
1949 – Robin Gibb  (d. 2012)
      Manx-English singer-songwriter and record producer
      (Bee Gees and The Rattlesnakes)
1949 – Ray Guy, American football player
1951 – Charles de Lint, Dutch-Canadian author and critic
1951 – Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, Irish general and businessman
1951 – Dan Martin, American actor
1952 – Sandra Kalniete, Latvian politician, author, and diplomat
1953 – Bern Nadette Stanis, American actress
1953 – Ian Turnbull, Canadian ice hockey player
1953 – Tom Underwood, American baseball player (d. 2010)
1954 – Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese race car driver
1955 – Galina Murašova, Lithuanian discus thrower
1955 – Lonnie Smith, American baseball player
1956 – Erica Boyer, American porn actress and producer (d. 2009)
1956 – Jane Lighting, English businesswoman
1957 – Stephen Conway, English bishop
1957 – Carole James, English-Canadian educator and politician
1957 – Susan Powter, Australian personal trainer and author
1958 – Frank Gambale, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Chick Corea Elektric Band, Return to Forever, and Vital Information)
1958 – David Heavener, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
1959 – Bernd Schuster, German footballer and manager
1960 – Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter and poet (d. 1988)
1960 – Mark Brydon, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Moloko, Chakk, and Krush)
1960 – Luther Campbell, American rapper and actor (2 Live Crew)
1960 – Wakin Chau, Hong Kong-Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor (Superband)
1960 – Patrick Fitzgerald, American lawyer
1961 – Andrew Fastow, American businessman
1961 – Yuri Malenchenko, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1961 – Marcus O'Sullivan, Irish runner and coach
1962 – Ralph Fiennes, English actor and singer
1963 – Giuseppe Bergomi, Italian footballer and coach
1963 – Brian McMillan, South African cricketer and educator
1963 – Luna H. Mitani, Japanese-American painter and illustrator
1964 – Simon Kirby, English politician
1964 – Mike Jackson, American baseball player
1965:  David S. Goyer
      American screenwriter, film director, novelist,
            and comic book writer.
1965 – Urszula Włodarczyk, Polish heptathlete and triple jumper
1966 – Dmitry Bilozerchev, Russian gymnast and coach
1966 – Sayuri Kokushō, Japanese actress and singer
1966 – Marcel Schirmer, German singer-songwriter and bass player (Destruction)
1966 – David Wright, English politician
1967 – Richey Edwards, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Manic Street Preachers) (d. 1995)
1967 – Stéphane Gendron, Canadian lawyer and politician
1967 – Rebecca Harris, English politician
1967 – Paul Morris, Australian race car driver
1967 – Dan Petrescu, Romanian footballer and manager
1968 – Lauralee Bell, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
1968 – Luis Hernández, Mexican footballer
1968 – Dina Meyer, American actress
1969 – Myriam Bédard, Canadian biathlete
1969 – Mark Robins, English footballer and manager
1970 – Gary Anderson, Scottish darts player
1970 – Ted Cruz, Canadian-American lawyer and politician
1971 – Pat Mastroianni, Canadian actor
1971 – Ajeenkya Patil, Indian economist and academic
1972 – Kirk Maltby, Canadian ice hockey player
1972 – Vanessa Paradis, French singer-songwriter and actress
1972 – Big Tigger, American radio and television host
1974 – Michael Barron, English footballer, coach, and manager
1974 – Heather Donahue, American actress
1975 – Sergei Aschwanden, Swiss martial artist
1975:  Omar J. Dorsey, American actor
1975 – Dmitri Khokhlov, Russian footballer and manager
1975 – Marcin Mięciel, Polish footballer
1975 – Stanislav Neckář, Czech ice hockey player
1976 – Katleen De Caluwé, Belgian sprinter
1976 – Jason Lane, American baseball player
1976 – Aya Takano, Japanese author and illustrator
1977 – Steve Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1977:  Jarrett J. Krosoczka, American author and illustrator
1978 – Joy Ali, Fijian boxer (d. 2015)
1978 – Anthony Jeselnik, American comedian, actor, and television host
1978 – Joanne Kelly, Canadian actress
1978 – Emmanuel Olisadebe, Nigerian-Polish footballer
1979 – Jamie Langfield, Scottish footballer
1980 – Chris Carmack, American model, actor, and singer
1981 – David Cormican, Canadian actor and producer
1981 – Marina Kuptsova, Russian high jumper
1982 – Agbani Darego, Nigerian model, Miss World 2001
1982 – Rodney Martin, American sprinter
1982 – Brooke Nevin, Canadian actress
1983:  Joe Dinicol, Canadian actor
1983 – Jennifer Hawkins, Australian model, Miss Universe 2004
1983 – Drew Hankinson, American wrestler
1983 – Viola Kibiwot, Kenyan runner
1984 – Basshunter, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
1986 – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Nigerian terrorist
1986 – Dennis Armfield, Australian footballer
1987 – Osamu Adachi, Japanese actor (D-Boys)
1987 – Johannes Ahun, Estonian windsurfer
1987 – Éder, Bissau-Portuguese footballer
1987 – Garfield Darien, French hurdler
1988 – Leigh Halfpenny, Welsh rugby player
1989 – Jordin Sparks, American singer-songwriter and actress
1989 – Jharal Yow Yeh, Australian rugby player
1990 – Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor and singer
1990 – Josef Newgarden, American race car driver
1991 – Paul Alo-Emile, New Zealand-Australian rugby player
1992 – Michaela Hončová, Slovak tennis player
1992 – Shiori Kutsuna, Japanese-Australian actress and idol
1992 – Aby Maraño, Filipino volleyball player
1993 – Ali Lohan, American actress and singer
1993 – Meghan Trainor, American singer-songwriter
1994 – Rúben Lameiras, Portuguese footballer
1994 – Hà Ngọc Diễm, Vietnamese volleyball player
1996 – Makisig Morales, Filipino singer and actor (Mak and the Dudes)
1998 – G. Hannelius, American actress and singer
1999 – Ameer Idreis, Emirati-Canadian author

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1941:  Karen Alice (Tenneson) Jessup  (d. 12 Feb 2016) S-R obituary

Marsha Neihart

Kelly Jo Behne

Amanda Butler

Mary Ellen Combs

Kenny James Gilman

Braiden Gonzales

Allyn Hughes

Conner James Zimbelmen

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Anniversaries

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Steve & Debbie Giese

Deaths

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Notable

69 – Vitellius, Roman emperor (b. 15)
1100 – Bretislaus II, Duke of Bohemia (b. 1060)
1603 – Mehmed III, Ottoman sultan (b. 1566)
1646 – Peter Mogila, Moldavian metropolitan and saint (b. 1596)
1660 – André Tacquet, Flemish priest and mathematician (b. 1612)
1681 – Richard Alleine, English minister and author (b. 1611)
1708 – Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (b. 1681)
1738 – Constantia Jones, English prostitute (b. 1708)
1767 – John Newbery, English publisher (b. 1713)
1788 – Percivall Pott, English physician and surgeon (b. 1714)
1806 – William Vernon, American merchant (b. 1719)
1828 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (b. 1766)
1828 – Rachel Jackson, wife of U.S. President Andrew Jackson (b. 1767)
1867 – Jean-Victor Poncelet, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1788)
1870 – Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1836)
1880 – George Eliot, English novelist and poet (b. 1819)
1899 – Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist and publisher, founded Moody Publishers (b. 1837)
1902 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychiatrist and author (b. 1840)
1917 – Frances Xavier Cabrini, Italian-American nun and saint (b. 1850)
1918 – Aristeidis Moraitinis, Greek lieutenant and pilot (b. 1891)
1919 – Hermann Weingärtner, German gymnast (b. 1864)
1925 – Amelie Beese, German pilot and engineer (b. 1886)
1926 – Mina Arndt, New Zealander painter (b. 1885)
1939 – Ma Rainey, American singer (b. 1886)
1940 – Nathanael West, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
1941 – Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
1942 – Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858)
1943 – Beatrix Potter, English author and illustrator (b. 1866)
1944 – Harry Langdon, American actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1884)
1944 – Eleni Papadaki, Greek actress and singer (b. 1903)
1950 – Frederick Freake, English polo player (b. 1876)
1955 – Jules De Bisschop, Belgian rower (b. 1879)
1957 – Frank George Woollard, English engineer (b. 1883)
1959 – Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1901)
1960 – Ninian Comper, Scottish-English architect (b. 1864)
1963 – Giovanni Giorgio Trissino, Italian horse rider (b. 1877)
1965 – Richard Dimbleby, English journalist (b. 1913)
1968 – Raymond Gram Swing, American journalist (b. 1887)
1971 – Godfried Bomans, Dutch journalist and author (b. 1913)
1974 – Sterling North, American author (b. 1906)
1979 – Darryl F. Zanuck, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1902)
1985 – D. Boon, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Minutemen and The Reactionaries) (b. 1958)
1986 – Mary Burchell, English author and activist (b. 1904)
1987 – Luca Prodan, Italian-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sumo) (b. 1953)
1988 – Chico Mendes, Brazilian union leader and activist (b. 1944)
1989 – Samuel Beckett, Irish author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
1989 – Nicolae Ceaușescu, President of Romania from 1967 to 1989.
1992 – Harry Bluestone, English violinist and composer (b. 1907)
1992 – Frederick William Franz, American religious leader (b. 1893)
1995 – Osvald Käpp, Estonian wrestler (b. 1905)
1995 – Butterfly McQueen, American actress and dancer (b. 1911)
1995 – James Meade, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
1996 – Jack Hamm, American cartoonist (b. 1916)
1997 – Sebastian Arcos Bergnes, Cuban-American dentist and activist (b. 1931)
2000 – Stuart Lancaster American actor (b. 1920)
2001 – Ovidiu Iacov, Romanian footballer (b. 1981)
2002 – Desmond Hoyte, Guyanan lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Guyana (b. 1929)
2002 – Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and actor (The Clash, The Mescaleros, and The Pogues) (b. 1952)
2002 – Kenneth Tobey, American actor (b. 1917)
2003 – Dave Dudley, American singer (b. 1928)
2004 – Doug Ault, American baseball player and manager (b. 1950)
2004 – Nezihe Viranyalı, Bulgarian-Turkish pilot (b. 1925)
2006 – Dennis Linde, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
2006 – Elena Mukhina, Russian gymnast (b. 1960)
2006 – Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919)
2007 – Adrian Cristobal, Filipino journalist and playwright (b. 1932)
2009 – Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian rancher and politician (b. 1940)
2009 – Albert Scanlon, English footballer (b. 1935)
2010 – Fred Foy, American soldier and announcer (b. 1921)
2011 – William Duell, American actor and singer (b. 1923)
2012 – Chuck Cherundolo, American football player and coach (b. 1916)
2012 – Ryan Freel, American baseball player (b. 1976)
2012 – Rip Hawk, American wrestler (b. 1930)
2012 – Cliff Osmond, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2012 – Lim Keng Yaik, Malaysian physician and politician (b. 1939)
2013 – Diomedes Díaz, Colombian singer-songwriter (b. 1956)
2013 – Hans Hækkerup, Danish politician (b. 1945)
2013 – Ed Herrmann, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)
2013 – Keith McGowan, Australian radio host (b. 1943)
2013 – Oscar Peer, Swiss author, playwright, and philologist (b. 1928)
2014 – John Robert Beyster, American physicist and academic (b. 1924)
2014 – Christine Cavanaugh, American actress (b. 1963)
2014 – Joe Cocker, English singer-songwriter (The Grease Band) (b. 1944)
2014 – Catherine N. Norton, American librarian (b. 1941)
2014 – Joseph Sargent, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)
2014 – Bernard Stone, American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)

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