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December 15 Births, Weddings, & Deaths


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      5th Emperor of the Roman Empire
130 – Lucius Verus  (d. 169)
      Joint 16th Emperor of the Roman Empire
1567 – Christoph Demantius  (d. 1643)
      German composer, poet, and theorist
1657 – Michel Richard Delalande  (d. 1726)
      French organist and composer
1686 – Jean-Joseph Fiocco  (d. 1746)
      Flemish violinist and composer
1789 – Carlos Soublette  (d. 1870)
      Venezuelan general and politician
      11th President of Venezuela
1793:  Henry Charles Carey  (d. 13 Oct 1879)
      American economist
1802:  Janos Bolyai  (d. 27 Jan 1860)
      Hungarian mathematician
1809:  Albert Pike  (d. 2 Apr 1891)
      American attorney, soldier, writer, and Freemason
1832 – Gustave Eiffel  (d. 1923)
      French engineer and architect
      co-designed the Eiffel Tower
1852 – Henri Becquerel  (d. 1908)
      French physicist and chemist
      Nobel Prize laureate
1859 – L. L. Zamenhof  (d. 1917)
      Polish linguist and ophthalmologist, created Esperanto
1860 – Niels Ryberg Finsen  (d. 1904)
      Faroese-Danish physician and educator
      Nobel Prize laureate
1860 – Abner Powell  (d. 1953)
      American baseball player and manager
1861 – Charles Duryea  (d. 1938)
      American engineer and businessman
      co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company
1861 – Pehr Evind Svinhufvud  (d. 1944)
      Finnish lawyer, judge, and politician
      3rd President of Finland
1863 – Arthur Dehon Little  (d. 1935)
      American chemist and engineer
1869 – Leon Marchlewski  (d. 1946)
      Polish chemist and academic
1875 – Emilio Jacinto, Filipino journalist and activist (d. 1899)
1875 – Emil Voigt, American gymnast (d. 1961)
1878 – Hans Carossa, German author and poet (d. 1956)
1885 – Leonid Pitamic  (d. 1971)
      Slovenian lawyer, philosopher, and academic
1888 – Maxwell Anderson  (d. 1959)
      American journalist and playwright
1890 – Harry Babcock, American pole vaulter (d. 1965)
1892 – J. Paul Getty  (d. 1976)
      American-English businessman and art collector
      founded Getty Oil
1894 – Vibert Douglas, Canadian astronomer (d. 1988)
1894 – Josef Imbach, Swiss sprinter (d. 1964)
1896 – Betty Smith, American author and playwright (d. 1972)
1899 – Harold Abrahams  (d. 1978)
      English sprinter, lawyer, and journalist
1902 – Robert F. Bradford  (d. 1983)
      American lawyer and politician
      57th Governor of Massachusetts
1903 – Tamanishiki San'emon  (d. 1938)
      Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna
1907 – Gordon Douglas, American director (d. 1993)
1907 – Oscar Niemeyer  (d. 2012)
      Brazilian architect
      designed the United Nations Headquarters
            and the Cathedral of Brasília
1908 – Swami Ranganathananda  (d. 2005)
      Indian monk, scholar, and author
1909 – Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani-Russian painter (d. 1974)
1910 – John Hammond  (d. 1987)
      American record producer and critic
1911 – Nicholas P. Dallis  (d. 1991)
      American psychiatrist and illustrator
1911 – Stan Kenton, American pianist and composer (d. 1979)
1913 – Roger Gaudry  (d. 2001)
      Canadian chemist and businessman
1913 – Prudent Joye, French hurdler and therapist (d. 1980)
1913 – Muriel Rukeyser  (d. 1980)
      American poet, academic, and activist
1916 – Miguel Arraes  (d. 2005)
      Brazilian lawyer and politician, Governor of Pernambuco
1916 – Buddy Cole, American pianist and conductor (d. 1964)
1916 – Maurice Wilkins  (d. 2004)
      New Zealand-English physicist and biologist
      Nobel Prize laureate
1917 – Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee  (d. 2005)
      Indian-Pakistani linguist and lexicographer
1918 – Jeff Chandler, American actor and singer (d. 1961)
1919 – Max Yasgur  (d. 1973)
      American farmer, owner of the Woodstock festival site
1920 – Gamal al-Banna, Egyptian author and scholar (d. 2013)
1920 – Kurt Schaffenberger  (d. 2002)
      German-American sergeant and illustrator
1921 – Alan Freed, American radio host (d. 1965)
1921 – Bob Todd, English actor (d. 1992)
1923 – Pierre Cossette  (d. 2009)
      American television producer and theater producer
1923 – Freeman Dyson
      English-American physicist and mathematician
1923 – Uziel Gal  (d. 2002)
      German-Israeli firearm designer, designed the Uzi gun
1923 – Valentin Varennikov  (d. 2009)
      Russian general and politician
1924 – Frank W. J. Olver  (d. 2013)
      English-American mathematician and educator
1924 – Ruhi Sarıalp, Turkish triple jumper (d. 2001)
1925 – Kasey Rogers  (d. 2006)
      American actress, memoirist and writer
1928 – Ernest Ashworth, American singer (d. 2009)
1928 – Ida Haendel, Polish-English violinist and educator
1928 – Friedensreich Hundertwasser  (d. 2000)
      Austrian-New Zealand painter and architect
      designed the Kuchlbauer Tower and Waldspirale
1928 – Jerry Wallace, American singer and guitarist (d. 2008)
1929 – Barry Harris, American pianist and educator
1930 – Edna O'Brien, Irish author, poet, and playwright
1931 – Klaus Rifbjerg, Danish author and poet (d. 2015)
1932 – Jesse Belvin  (d. 1960)
      American singer-songwriter and pianist
1932 – John Meurig Thomas, Welsh chemist and academic
1933 – Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1933 – Tim Conway
      American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1933 – Donald Woods  (d. 2001)
      South African journalist and activist
1934 – Clive Brittain, English horse trainer
1935:  John Taylor Gatto
      American author and teacher
1936 – Joe D'Amato, Italian director and producer (d. 1999)
1937:  John Thomas Sladek  (d. 20 Mar 2000)
      American science fiction author
1938 – Michael Bogdanov, Welsh director and screenwriter
1938 – Billy Shaw, American football player
1939 – Cindy Birdsong
      American singer-songwriter (The Supremes and Labelle)
1940 – Nick Buoniconti
      American football player and sportscaster
1942 – Kathleen Blanco
      American educator and politician
      54th Governor of Louisiana
1942 – Dave Clark
      English drummer, songwriter, and producer
      (The Dave Clark Five)
1942 – Geoffrey Davies, English actor
1943 – Lucien den Arend, Dutch sculptor
1944 – Jim Leyland, American baseball player and manager
1944 – Chico Mendes  (d. 1988)
      Brazilian union leader and activist
1945 – Ivor Crewe, English political scientist and academic
1945:  Michael King  (d. 30 Mar 2004)
      New Zealand historian, author, and biographer
1945 – Thaao Penghlis, Australian actor
1946 – Carmine Appice
      American drummer and songwriter
      (Vanilla Fudge, Beck, Bogert & Appice, and Cactus)
1946 – Art Howe, American baseball player and manager
1946 – Henrietta Knight, English horse trainer
1947 – Rodney Bingenheimer, American radio host
1948 – Cassandra Harris, Australian actress (d. 1991)
1949 – Don Johnson, American actor, singer, and producer
1949 – Brian Roper, English economist and academic
1950 – Melanie Chartoff, American actress, inventor
1951 – Joe Jordan, Scottish footballer and manager
1952 – Rudi Protrudi
      American singer-songwriter and producer (The Fuzztones)
1952 – Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer and manager
1952 – Julie Taymor
      American director, producer, and screenwriter
1953 – John R. Allen, American general
1953 – J. M. DeMatteis, American author
1953 – Robert Charles Wilson, American-Canadian author
1954:  Alex Cox
      British film director, screenwriter, author, and actor
1954 – Oliver Heald
      English lawyer and politician
      Solicitor General for England and Wales
1954 – Mark Warner
      American businessman and politician
      69th Governor of Virginia
1955 – Hector Sants, English banker
1955 – Paul Simonon
      English singer-songwriter and bass player
      (The Clash and Havana 3am)
1956:  John Lee Hancock
      American screenwriter, film director, and producer
1956 – Tony Leon, South African lawyer and politician
1956 – William Orbit
      English keyboard player and producer
      (Torch Song and Bassomatic)
1957 – Chō, Japanese voice actor
1957 – Mario Marois
      Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1957 – Mike McAlary  (d. 1998)
      American journalist and author
1957 – Laura Molina
      American singer, guitarist, actress, and painter
1957 – Tim Reynolds
      German-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Dave Matthews Band, TR3, and Dave Matthews and Tim
             Reynolds)
1958 – Carlo J. Caparas, Filipino director and producer
1959:  Donna Brazile
      American author, academic, and political analyst
      Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee
1960 – Walter Werzowa, Austrian composer and producer
1961 – Karin Resetarits, Austrian journalist and politician
1962 – Tim Gaines
      American bass player (Stryper and SinDizzy)
1962 – Simon Hodgkinson, English rugby player and coach
1963 – Ellie Cornell, American actress and producer
1963 – Norman J. Grossfeld
      American screenwriter and producer
1963 – Andrew Luster, American rapist
1963 – Liliya Nurutdinova, Russian runner
1963 – Helen Slater, American actress and singer
1963 – David Wingate, American basketball player
1964 – Michael Le Vell, English actor
1964 – Paul Kaye, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
1964 – Katsunori Takahashi, Japanese singer and actor
1966 – Carl Hooper, Guyanese cricketer and coach
1966 – Manos Papayiannis, Greek model and actor
1966 – Molly Price, American actress
1967 – David Howells, English footballer and coach
1967 – Ami Kawai, Japanese actress
1967 – Elix Skipper, American wrestler
1967 – Mo Vaughn, American baseball player
1968 – Osama Ali Maher, Egyptian-Swedish politician
1968 – Garrett Wang, American actor
1969 – Chantal Petitclerc, Canadian wheelchair racer
1969 – Adam Setliff, American discus thrower and lawyer
1970 – Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey
1970 – Lawrence Funderburke, American basketball player
1970 – Michael Shanks
      Canadian actor, screenwriter and director
1971 – Clint Lowery
      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Sevendust, Dark New Day, and Call Me No One)
1971 – Arne Quinze, Belgian painter and sculptor
1971 – Necati Şaşmaz, Turkish actor
1971:  Jeev Milkha Singh, Indian golfer
1972 – Fita Bayisa, Ethiopian runner
1972:  Sete Gibernau, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
1972 – Rodney Harrison
      American football player and sportscaster
1972 – Stuart Townsend, Irish actor and director
1973 – Surya Bonaly, French-American figure skater
1973 – Ryoo Seung-wan
      South Korean actor, director, and screenwriter
1974 – Reynold Garcia (bka Pooh), Filipino actor and comedian
1974:  Melanie Roach, American Olympic weightlifter
1975 – Laurel Nakadate, American photographer and director
1976 – Baichung Bhutia, Indian footballer and manager
1976 – Maria Kekkonen, Finnish porn actress
1976 – Aaron Miles, American baseball player and coach
1976 – Todd Tichenor, American baseball player and umpire
1977 – Mehmet Aurélio, Brazilian-Turkish footballer
1977 – Geoff Stults, American actor and producer
1978 – Ned Brower, American drummer and actor (Rooney)
1978 – Mark Jansen
      Dutch guitarist and songwriter
      (Epica, After Forever, and Mayan)
1978 – Jerome McDougle, American football player
1979 – Adam Brody, American actor
1979 – Alex Solowitz
      American actor, singer, and dancer (2Ge+Her)
1979 – Eric Young, Canadian-American wrestler
1980 – Sergio Pizzorno
      English singer-songwriter and guitarist
      (Kasabian and Loose Tapestries)
1980 – Manuel Wilhelm, German rugby player
1981 – Najoua Belyzel, French singer
1981 – Michelle Dockery, English actress and singer
1981 – Brendan Fletcher, Canadian actor
1981 – Andy González, Puerto Rican baseball player
1981 – Thomas Herrion, American football player (d. 2005)
1981 – Creighton Lovelace, American minister
1981 – Roman Pavlyuchenko, Russian footballer
1981 – Firman Utina, Indonesian footballer
1982 – Charlie Cox, English actor
1982 – Borja García, Spanish race car driver
1982 – George O. Gore II, American actor
1982 – Tatiana Perebiynis, Ukrainian tennis player
1983 – Delon Armitage, Trinidadian-English rugby player
1983 – René Duprée, Canadian wrestler
1983 – Wang Hao, Chinese table tennis player
1983:  Camilla Luddington, English Actress
1983 – Ronnie Radke
      American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
      (Falling in Reverse and Escape the Fate)
1984 – Kirsty Lee Allan, Australian actress
1984 – Ryouma Baba, Japanese actor
1984 – Martyn Bernard, English high jumper
1984 – Véronique Mang, French sprinter
1984 – Martin Škrtel, Slovak footballer
1985 – Diogo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
1986 – Kim Junsu
      South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
      (TVXQ and JYJ)
1986 – Iveta Mazáčová, Czech sprinter
1986 – Snejana Onopka, Ukrainian model
1988 – Emily Head, English actress
1988 – Imbi Hoop, Estonian footballer
1988 – Steven N'Zonzi, French footballer
1988 – Bai Xue, Chinese runner
1989 – Josh McQuoid, Irish footballer
1990 – Lavanya Tripathi, Indian actress
1991 – Jehue Gordon, Trinidadian hurdler
1997 – Magdalena Fręch, Polish tennis player
1997 – Zach Banks, American racing driver
1998 – Chandler Canterbury, American actor


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1971 – Natalie (Hart) Cowick (d. 3 Nov 2020)
      step-daughter


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1025 – Basil II, Byzantine emperor (b. 958)
1072 – Alp Arslan, Turkish sultan (b. 1029)
1230 – Ottokar I of Bohemia (b. 1155)
1574 – Selim II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1524)
1598 – Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde (b. 1540)
1621 – Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes 
      French courtier, Constable of France
1673 – Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (b. 1623)
1675 – Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter (b. 1632)
1683 – Izaak Walton, English author (b. 1593)
1688 – Gaspar Fagel, Dutch politician (b. 1634)
1715 – George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
1753 – Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington 
      English architect, designed Chiswick House
1792 – Joseph Martin Kraus 
      Swedish pianist, violinist, and composer
1855 – Jacques Charles François Sturm 
      French mathematician and academic
1878 – Alfred Bird 
      English chemist and businessman
      invented baking powder
1890 – Sitting Bull, American tribal chief (b. 1831)
1943 – Fats Waller 
      American singer-songwriter and pianist
1944 – Glenn Miller 
      American bandleader and composer
1947 – Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
1950 – Vallabhbhai Patel 
      Indian lawyer and politician
      1st Deputy Prime Minister of India
1953 – Robert Stangland, American jumper (b. 1881)
1958 – Wolfgang Pauli 
      Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic
      Nobel Prize laureate
1962 – Charles Laughton 
      English-American actor, director, and producer
1965 – M. Balasundaram 
      Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician
1966 – Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott 
      Scottish soldier and peer
1966 – Walt Disney 
      American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
      co-founded The Walt Disney Company
1968 – Antonio Barrette 
      Canadian politician, 18th Premier of Quebec
1968 – Jess Willard, American boxer and actor (b. 1881)
1969 – Karl Theodor Bleek 
      German politician, 12th Mayor of Marburg
1971 – Paul Lévy, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1886)
1974 – Anatole Litvak 
      Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
1977 – Wilfred Kitching 
      English 7th General of The Salvation Army
1978 – Chill Wills, American actor and singer (b. 1903)
1984 – James Nimmo, Australian public servant (b. 1912)
1984 – Lennard Pearce, English actor and jockey (b. 1915)
1984 – Jan Peerce, American tenor and actor (b. 1904)
1985 – Seewoosagur Ramgoolam 
      Mauritian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Mauritius
1989 – Arnold Moss, American actor (b. 1910)
1989 – Edward Underdown, English actor (b. 1908)
1989 – Ali Şen, Turkish actor (b. 1918)
1991 – Vasily Zaytsev, Russian captain (b. 1915)
1993 – William Dale Phillips 
      American chemist and engineer
2000 – Haris Brkić, Bosnian-Serbian basketball player (b. 1974)
2001 – Russ Haas, American wrestler (b. 1974)
2001 – Rufus Thomas, American singer and comedian (b. 1917)
2003 – George Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1923)
2003 – Keith Magnuson 
      Canadian ice hockey player and coach
2004 – Vassal Gadoengin 
      Nauruan educator and politician
      Speaker of the Nuru Parliament
2004 – Pauline LaFon Gore, American lawyer (b. 1912)
2005 – Heinrich Gross 
      Austrian physician and psychiatrist
2005 – Stan Leonard, Canadian golfer (b. 1915)
2005 – William Proxmire 
      American soldier, journalist, and politician
2005 – Darrell Russell, American football player (b. 1976)
2006 – Clay Regazzoni, Swiss race car driver (b. 1939)
2006 – Mary Stolz, American author (b. 1920)
2007 – John Berg, American actor (b. 1949)
2007 – Julia Carson, American politician (b. 1938)
2008 – León Febres Cordero 
      Ecuadorian politician, 46th President of Ecuador
2009 – Oral Roberts 
      American evangelist
      founded the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association
2010 – Blake Edwards 
      American director, producer, and screenwriter
2010 – Bob Feller 
      American baseball player and sportscaster
2010 – Eugene Victor Wolfenstein 
      American psychoanalyst and theorist
2011 – Bob Brookmeyer 
      American trombone player and composer
      (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra)
2011 – Christopher Hitchens 
      English-American journalist and author
2011 – Frank X. McDermott 
      American lawyer and politician
2011 – Jason Richards, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1976)
2012 – Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (b. 1952)
2012 – Páidí Ó Sé, Irish footballer and manager (b. 1955)
2012 – Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa 
      Nigerian politician, 18th Governor of Kaduna State
2012 – Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (b. 1929)
2013 – Sandeep Acharya, Indian singer (b. 1984)
2013 – Harold Camping 
      American evangelist, author, radio host
2013 – Joan Fontaine 
      Japanese-American actress and singer
2013 – Gennaro Langella, American mob boss (b. 1938)
2013 – Dyron Nix, American basketball player (b. 1967)
2014 – Chakri, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1974)
2014 – Booth Colman, American actor (b. 1923)
2014 – Donald Metcalf 
      Australian physiologist and immunologist
2014 – Fausto Zapata 
      Mexican journalist, lawyer, and politician
      Governor of San Luis Potosí



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