December 22 - Births

Births

• 244 – Diocletian, Roman Emperor (d. 311)
• 1095 – Roger II of Sicily, King of Sicily (d. 1154)
• 1178 – Emperor Antoku of Japan (d. 1185)
• 1546 – Kuroda Yoshitaka, Japanese Daimyo (d. 1604)
• 1550 – Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (d. 1631)
• 1639 – Jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699)
• 1666 – Guru Gobind Singh, Sikh guru (d. 1708)
• 1690 – Meidingnu Pamheiba, King of Manipur (d. 1751)
• 1694 – Hermann Samuel Reimarus, German philosopher and writer (d. 1768)
• 1696 – James Oglethorpe, English general and founder of the state of Georgia (d. 1785)
• 1723 – Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (d. 1787)
• 1765 – Johann Friedrich Pfaff, German mathematician (d. 1825)
• 1805 – John Obadiah Westwood, British entomologist (d. 1893)
• 1807 – Johann Sebastian Welhaven, Norwegian poet (d. 1873)
• 1819 – Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer (d. 1870)
• 1819 – Pierre Ossian Bonnet, French mathematician (d. 1892)
• 1853 – Teresa Carreño, Venezuelan pianist (d. 1917)
• 1853 – Yevgraf Fyodorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1919)
• 1856 – Frank B. Kellogg, 45th U.S. Secretary of State, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
• 1858 – Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (d. 1924)
• 1860 – Austin Norman Palmer, American penmanship innovator (d. 1927)
• 1862 – Connie Mack, American baseball executive (d. 1956)
• 1869 – Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet (d. 1935)
• 1869 – Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician (d. 1931)
• 1872 – Camille Guérin, French veterinarian and bacteriologist (d. 1961)
• 1874 – Franz Schmidt, Austrian composer (d. 1939)
• 1876 – Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian poet and editor (d. 1944)
• 1883 – Edgard Varèse French-born composer (d. 1965)
• 1885 – Deems Taylor American conductor and music critic (d. 1966)
• 1885 – Abe Manley, Negro League Baseball owner (d. 1952)
• 1887 – Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (d. 1920)
• 1888 – J. Arthur Rank, British film producer (d. 1972)
• 1898 – Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock, Russian physicist (d. 1974)
• 1899 – Gustav Gründgens, German actor (d. 1963)
• 1900 – Marc Allégret, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1973)
• 1901 – André Kostelanetz, American popular music orchestra leader and arranger (d. 1980)
• 1903 – Haldan Keffer Hartline, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1983)
• 1905 – Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (d. 1982)
• 1905 – Pierre Brasseur, French actor (d. 1972)
• 1907 – Dame Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (d. 1991)
• 1909 – Patricia Hayes, English actress (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (d. 2007)
• 1912 – Elias Degiannis, Greek navy officer and Resistance fighter (d. 1943)
• 1914 – Swami Satchidananda, Yogi and Spiritual teacher (d. 2002)
• 1915 – Barbara Billingsley, American actress (d. 2010)
• 1917 – Gene Rayburn, American game show host (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Hawkshaw Hawkins, American country singer (d. 1963)
• 1922 – Jack Brooks, American politician
• 1922 – Ruth Roman, American actress (d. 1999)
• 1924 – Frank Corsaro, American stage director
• 1925 – Lewis Glucksman, American financier (d. 2006)
• 1934 – David Pearson, American racecar driver
• 1936 – James Burke, British writer
• 1936 – Hector Elizondo, American actor
• 1936 – Wojciech Frykowski, Polish actor (d. 1969)
• 1937 – Eduard Uspensky, Russian writer
• 1938 – Matty Alou, Dominican baseball player
• 1938 – Lucien Bouchard, Quebec politician
• 1939 – James Gurley, American musician (d. 2009)
• 1940 – Luis Francisco Cuéllar, Colombian politician (d. 2009)
• 1942 – Dick Parry, English musician (Pink Floyd)
• 1943 – Stefan Janos, Slovak-Swiss physicist
• 1943 – Paul Wolfowitz, American politician
• 1944 – Steve Carlton, American baseball player
• 1944 – Guido De Angelis, Italian musician
• 1945 – Diane Sawyer, American journalist
• 1946 – Rick Nielsen, American musician (Cheap Trick)
• 1947 – Brian Daley, American science-fiction writer (d. 1996)
• 1948 – Noel Edmonds, English game show host
• 1948 – Steve Garvey, American baseball player
• 1948 – Chris Old, English cricketer
• 1948 – Lynne Thigpen, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1949 – Maurice Gibb, English musician (The Bee Gees) (d. 2003)
• 1949 – Robin Gibb, English musician (The Bee Gees)
• 1951 – Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster
• 1951 – Dan Martin, American voice actor
• 1953 – Bern Nadette Stanis, actress
• 1953 – Ian Turnbull, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1954 – Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese racing driver
• 1955 – Lonnie Smith, American baseball player
• 1957 – Carole James, Canadian politician
• 1958 – Frank Gambale, Australian musician
• 1958 – David Heavener, American actor and musician
• 1959 – Bernd Schuster, German footballer
• 1960 – Wakin Chau, Chinese singer
• 1960 – Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist (d. 1988)
• 1960 – Luther Campbell (Luke), American rap artist (2 Live Crew)
• 1960 – Patrick Fitzgerald, American attorney
• 1961 – Andrew Fastow, American businessman
• 1962 – Ralph Fiennes, English actor
• 1963 – Giuseppe Bergomi, Italian footballer
• 1963 – Luna H. Mitani, Japanese American surrealism painter
• 1963 – Brian McMillan, South African cricketer
• 1966 – Dmitry Bilozerchev, Soviet gymnast
• 1966 – Marcel "Schmier" Schirmer, German singer and bassplayer (Destruction)
• 1967 – Dan Petrescu, Romanian footballer
• 1967 – Richey James Edwards, Welsh musician (Manic Street Preachers) (disappeared in 1995)
• 1967 – Stéphane Gendron, Quebec politician
• 1967 – Paul Morris, Australian racing driver
• 1968 – Dina Meyer, American actress
• 1968 – Lauralee Bell, American actress
• 1969 – Myriam Bédard, Canadian athlete
• 1969 – Greg Biffle, American racecar driver
• 1971 – Pat Mastroianni, Canadian actor
• 1972 – Big Tigger, television host
• 1972 – Vanessa Paradis, French singer
• 1974 – Heather Donahue, American actress
• 1975 – Chris Adler, American actor
• 1975 – Dmitri Khokhlov, Russian footballer
• 1975 – Stanislav Neckář, Czech ice hockey player
• 1975 – Sergei Aschwanden, Swiss judoka
• 1976 – Katleen De Caluwé, Belgian athlete
• 1976 – Jason Lane, American baseball player
• 1977 – Steve Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 – Emmanuel Olisadebe, Nigerian/Polish footballer
• 1979 – Jamie Langfield, Scottish football player
• 1980 – Chris Carmack, American actor
• 1982 – Brooke Nevin, Canadian actress
• 1983 – Drew Hankinson, American professional wrestler
• 1983 – Jennifer Hawkins, Australian beauty pageant contestant
• 1984 – Basshunter, Swedish singer
• 1986 – Dennis Armfield, Australian footballer
• 1986 – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Nigerian terrorist suspect
• 1989 – Logan Huffman, American actor
• 1989 – Jordin Sparks, American singer
• 1989 – Jharal Yow Yeh, professional rugby league player
• 1990 – Jean-Baptiste Maunier, French actor and singer
• 1993 – Ali Lohan, American singer
• 1996 – Makisig Morales, Filipino child actor
• 1998 – Genevieve Hannelius, American child actress