December 21

December 21 – Famous Birthdays

Samuel L. Jackson (MOVIE ACTOR) 1948

December 21 – Famous Birthdays:

1900 – Luis Arturo González López, Guatemalan supreme court judge and briefly acting president (d. 1965)
1905 – Anthony Powell, English author (d. 2000)
1905 – Käte Fenchel, German mathematician (d. 1983)
1909 – Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese journalist and author (d. 1992)
1911 – Josh Gibson, American baseball player (d. 1947)
1913 – Arnold Friberg, American illustrator and painter (d. 2010)
1914 – Frank Fenner, Australian microbiologist and virologist (d. 2010)
1915 – Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (d. 2007)
1917 – Heinrich Böll, German novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
1918 – Donald Regan, American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff (d. 2003)
1918 – Kurt Waldheim, Austrian colonel, war criminal, and politician; 9th President of Austria (d. 2007)
1919 – Doug Young, American voice actor
1920 – Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina and choreographer, founded the Cuban National Ballet
1920 – Adele Goldstine, American computer programmer (d. 1964)
1922 – Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (d. 1989)
1922 – Paul Winchell, American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (d. 2005)
1922 – Cécile DeWitt-Morette, French mathematician and physicist (d. 2017)
1926 – Arnošt Lustig, Czech author and playwright (d. 2011)
1926 – Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (d. 2012)
1932 – U. R. Ananthamurthy, Indian author, poet, and critic (d. 2014)
1932 – Edward Hoagland, American author and critic
1933 – Jackie Hendriks, Jamaican cricketer
1933 – Robert Worcester, American businessman and academic, founded MORI
1934 – Giuseppina Leone, Italian sprinter
1934 – Hanif Mohammad, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2016)
1935 – John G. Avildsen, American director, producer, and cinematographer (d. 2017)
1935 – Lorenzo Bandini, Italian race car driver (d. 1967)
1935 – Phil Donahue, American talk show host and producer
1935 – Edward Schreyer, Canadian academic and politician, 22nd Governor General of Canada
1935 – Stela Popescu, Romanian actress (d. 2017)
1937 – Jane Fonda, American actress, producer, and activist
1939 – Lloyd Axworthy, Canadian academic and politician, 2nd Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
1939 – Wafic Saïd, Syrian-Saudi Arabian financier, businessman and philanthropist
1940 – Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1993)
1942 – Hu Jintao, Chinese engineer and politician, 6th President of China
1943 – Albert Lee, English guitarist and songwriter
1943 – Walter Spanghero, French rugby player
1944 – Michael Tilson Thomas, American pianist, composer, and conductor
1944 – Zheng Xiaoyu, Chinese diplomat (d. 2007)
1945 – Doug Walters, Australian cricketer
1946 – Roy Karch, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 – Carl Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1998)
1947 – Paco de Lucía, Spanish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2014)
1948 – Barry Gordon, American actor and voice artist; longest-serving president of the Screen Actors Guild (1988–95)
1948 – Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer
1948 – Dave Kingman, American baseball player
1949 – Thomas Sankara, Burkinabé captain and politician, 5th President of Burkina Faso (d. 1987)
1949 – Nikolaos Sifounakis, Greek lawyer and politician
1950 – Jeffrey Katzenberg, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded DreamWorks Animation
1950 – Lillebjørn Nilsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 – Max Maven, American magician and mentalist
1951 – Steve Perryman, English footballer and manager
1952 – Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (d. 2015)
1952 – Steve Furniss, American swimmer
1953 – András Schiff, Hungarian-English pianist and conductor
1953 – Betty Wright, American singer-songwriter
1954 – Chris Evert, American tennis player and coach
1955 – Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
1955 – Kazuyuki Sekiguchi, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player
1956 – Dave Laut, American shot putter (d. 2009)
1957 – Ray Romano, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1958 – Tamara Bykova, Russian high jumper
1959 – Florence Griffith Joyner, American sprinter and actress (d. 1998)
1959 – Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Indian cricketer
1960 – Sherry Rehman, Pakistani journalist, politician, and diplomat, 25th Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
1961 – Ryuji Sasai, Japanese bass player and composer
1963 – Govinda, Indian actor, singer, and politician
1964 – Joe Kocur, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1964 – Kunihiko Ikuhara, Japanese director and illustrator
1965 – Glenn Coleman, Australian rugby league player
1965 – Andy Dick, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1965 – Anke Engelke, Canadian-German actress, director, and screenwriter
1966 – William Ruto, Kenyan politician, Deputy President of Kenya
1966 – Kiefer Sutherland, British-Canadian actor, director, and producer
1967 – Terry Mills, American basketball player and coach
1967 – Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Georgia
1969 – Julie Delpy, French model, actress, director, and screenwriter
1969 – Mihails Zemļinskis, Latvian footballer, coach, and manager
1971 – Matthieu Chedid, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 – Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy, Indian journalist and politician
1973 – Irakli Alasania, Georgian colonel and politician, Georgian Minister of Defense
1973 – Matías Almeyda, Argentine footballer and manager
1974 – Karrie Webb, Australian golfer
1975 – Paloma Herrera, Argentinian ballerina
1977 – Emmanuel Macron, Current President of France
1977 – Leon MacDonald, New Zealand rugby player
1978 – Emiliano Brembilla, Italian swimmer
1978 – Charles Dera, American pornographic actor, dancer, model, and mixed martial arts fighter
1978 – Shaun Morgan, South African musician, singer, and guitarist
1979 – Steve Montador, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2015)
1981 – Cristian Zaccardo, Italian footballer
1982 – Philip Humber, American baseball player
1983 – Steven Yeun, American actor
1984 – Darren Potter, English footballer
1985 – Tom Sturridge, English actor
1987 – Denis Alekseyev, Russian sprinter
1988 – Perri Shakes-Drayton, English sprinter and hurdler
1989 – Mark Ingram Jr., American football player
1989 – Tamannaah, South Indian Actress
1991 – Riccardo Saponara, Italian footballer
1992 – Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, American football player
1995 – Bobby, South Korean-American rapper