December 7

December 7 – Famous Birthdays

Nicholas Hoult (MOVIE ACTOR) 1989

December 7 – Famous Birthdays:

1900 – Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur, Ukrainian folk artist (d. 1961)
1902 – Hilda Taba, Estonian architect, author, and educator (d. 1967)
1903 – Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, physicist, and academic (d. 1987)
1904 – Clarence Nash, American voice actor and singer (d. 1985)
1905 – Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (d. 1973)
1907 – Fred Rose, Polish-Canadian politician and spy (d. 1983)
1909 – Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian poet and author (d. 1942)
1910 – Duncan McNaughton, Canadian high jumper and geologist (d. 1998)
1910 – Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (d. 1978)
1912 – Daniel Jones, Welsh captain and composer (d. 1993)
1913 – Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author and poet (d. 1986)
1915 – Leigh Brackett, American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)
1915 – Eli Wallach, American actor (d. 2014)
1920 – Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and author (d. 2002)
1920 – Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (d. 2012)
1920 – Walter Nowotny, Austrian-German soldier and pilot (d. 1944)
1921 – Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian guru and scholar (d. 2016)
1923 – Intizar Hussain, Indian-Pakistani author and scholar (d. 2016)
1923 – Ted Knight, American actor and comedian (d. 1986)
1924 – John Love, Zimbabwean race car driver (d. 2005)
1924 – Mário Soares, Portuguese historian, lawyer, and politician, 17th President of Portugal (d. 2017)
1924 – Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer
1925 – Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian race car driver
1926 – Leon Kossoff, English painter and illustrator
1926 – William John McNaughton, American bishop
1927 – Jack S. Blanton, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
1927 – Helen Watts, Welsh opera singer (d. 2009)
1928 – Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher
1928 – Mickey Thompson, American racing driver (d. 1988)
1930 – Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author
1930 – Hal Smith, American baseball player
1931 – Allan B. Calhamer, American game designer, created Diplomacy (d. 2013)
1931 – Bobby Osborne, American bluegrass singer and musician
1932 – Ellen Burstyn, American actress
1932 – Oktay Ekşi, Turkish journalist and politician
1932 – Rosemary Rogers, American journalist and author
1932 – J. B. Sumarlin, Indonesian economist and politician, 17th Indonesian Minister of Finance
1932 – Bobby Whitton, Australian rugby league player (d. 2008)
1933 – Krsto Papić, Croatian director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1935 – Armando Manzanero, Mexican musician, singer and composer
1937 – Thad Cochran, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
1937 – Stan Boardman, English comedian
1940 – Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1941 – Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and activist
1942 – Harry Chapin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1981)
1942 – Alex Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2015)
1942 – Peter Tomarken, American game show host and producer (d. 2006)
1943 – Susan Isaacs, American author and screenwriter
1943 – Nick Katz, American mathematician and academic
1943 – Bernard C. Parks, American police officer and politician
1943 – John Bennett Ramsey, American businessman and pilot
1944 – Daniel Chorzempa, American organist and composer
1944 – Miroslav Macek, Czech dentist and politician
1947 – Johnny Bench, American baseball player and sportscaster
1947 – Anne Fine, English author
1947 – James Keach, American actor, producer, and director
1947 – Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1948 – Gary Morris, American country singer-songwriter and actor
1948 – Tony Thomas, American screenwriter and producer
1949 – James Rivière, Italian sculptor and jeweler
1949 – Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1950 – Ron Hynes, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1952 – Susan Collins, American politician
1952 – Eckhard Märzke, German footballer and manager
1954 – Mary Fallin, American businesswoman and politician, 27th Governor of Oklahoma
1955 – John Watkins, Australian educator and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of New South Wales
1956 – Larry Bird, American basketball player and coach
1956 – Anna Soubry, British politician
1957 – Geoff Lawson, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1957 – Tom Winsor, English lawyer and civil servant
1958 – Tim Butler, English bass player and songwriter
1958 – Rick Rude, American wrestler and sportscaster (d. 1999)
1959 – Saleem Yousuf, Pakistani cricketer
1960 – Craig Scanlon, English guitarist and songwriter
1962 – Alain Blondel, French decathlete
1962 – Jeffrey Donaldson, Northern Irish politician
1962 – Imad Mughniyah, Lebanese activist (d. 2008)
1963 – Theo Snelders, Dutch footballer and coach
1963 – Katsuya Terada, Japanese illustrator
1963 – Barbara Weathers, American R&B/soul singer (Atlantic Starr)
1964 – Hugo Blick, English filmmaker
1964 – Patrick Fabian, American actor
1964 – Peter Laviolette, American ice hockey player and coach
1965 – Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer and manager
1965 – Jeffrey Wright, American actor
1966 – C. Thomas Howell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Shinichi Ito, Japanese motorcycle racer
1966 – Kazue Itoh, Japanese actress
1966 – Andres Kasekamp, Canadian-Estonian historian and academic
1966 – Louise Post, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Veruca Salt)
1967 – Mark Geyer, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1967 – Tino Martinez, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
1971 – Vladimir Akopian, Azerbaijani-Armenian chess player
1972 – Hermann Maier, Austrian skier
1972 – Tammy Lynn Sytch, American wrestler and manager
1973 – İbrahim Kutluay, Turkish basketball player
1973 – Hack Meyers, American wrestler and trainer (d. 2015)
1973 – Terrell Owens, American football player and actor
1973 – Fabien Pelous, French rugby player and coach
1973 – Damien Rice, Irish singer-songwriter, musician and record producer
1974 – Nicole Appleton, Canadian singer and actress
1974 – Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez, Spanish shot putter and actor
1975 – Jamie Clapham, English footballer and coach
1976 – Alan Faneca, American football player
1976 – Ivan Franceschini, Italian footballer
1976 – Georges Laraque, Canadian ice hockey player and politician
1976 – Derek Ramsay, Filipino-British actor, model and television personality
1976 – Sunny Sweeney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1976 – Benoît Tréluyer, French race car driver
1977 – Eric Chavez, American baseball player and sportscaster
1977 – Luke Donald, English golfer
1977 – Dominic Howard, English drummer and producer
1978 – Shiri Appleby, American actress, director, and producer
1978 – Suzannah Lipscomb, English historian, academic and television presenter
1979 – Sara Bareilles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress
1979 – Lampros Choutos, Greek-Italian footballer
1979 – Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress and screenwriter
1980 – John Terry, English footballer
1983 – Mike Mucitelli, American mixed martial artist
1984 – Aaron Gray, American basketball player
1984 – Robert Kubica, Polish race car driver
1984 – Milan Michálek, Czech ice hockey player
1984 – Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer
1985 – Dean Ambrose, American wrestler
1986 – Billy Horschel, American golfer
1986 – Nita Strauss, American guitarist
1987 – Aaron Carter, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
1988 – Nathan Adrian, American swimmer
1988 – Angelina Gabueva, Russian tennis player
1988 – Emily Browning, Australian actress and singer
1989 – Kyle Hendricks, American baseball player
1989 – Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer
1989 – Nicholas Hoult, English actor
1990 – David Goffin, Belgian tennis player
1990 – Aleksandr Menkov, Russian long jumper
1990 – Yasiel Puig, Cuban baseball player
1990 – Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player
1991 – Eugenio Pisani, Italian race car driver
1993 – Rahama Sadau, Nigerian actress
1994 – Yuzuru Hanyu, Japanese figure skater
1998 – Tony Yike Yang, Canadian pianist
2003 – Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange