December 7 - Births

Births

• 521 – Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)
• 903 – Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)
• 1302 – Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339)
• 1545 – Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary, Queen of Scots(d. 1567)
• 1561 – Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)
• 1598 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian artist (d. 1680)
• 1637 – Bernardo Pasquini, Italian composer (d. 1710)
• 1724 – Louise of Great Britain, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1751)
• 1764 – Claude Victor-Perrin, duc de Belluno, French marshal (d. 1841)
• 1784 – Allan Cunningham, British poet (d. 1842)
• 1801 – Johann Nestroy, Austrian dramatist and actor (d. 1862)
• 1803 – Maria Josepha of Saxony, queen consort of Spain (d. 1829)
• 1810 – Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist (d. 1894)
• 1810 – Theodor Schwann, German physiologist (d. 1882)
• 1823 – Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (d. 1891)
• 1860 – Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1947)
• 1862 – Paul Adam, French novelist (d. 1920)
• 1863 – Felix Calonder, Swiss politician (d. 1952)
• 1863 – Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer (d. 1945)
• 1863 – Richard Sears, American department store founder (d. 1914)
• 1873 – Willa Cather, American novelist (d. 1947)
• 1879 – Rudolf Friml, American composer (d. 1972)
• 1887 – Ernst Toch, Austrian composer (d. 1964)
• 1888 – Joyce Cary, Irish author (d. 1957)
• 1888 – Hamilton Fish III, American politician (d. 1991)
• 1891 – Fay Bainter, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1968)
• 1903 – Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician (d. 1987)
• 1904 – Konstantin Sokolsky, Russian singer (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-born American astronomer (d. 1973)
• 1907 – Fred Rose, Canadian communist politician (d. 1983)
• 1909 – Nikola Vaptsarov, Bulgarian and Macedonian poet and revolutionary (d. 1942)
• 1910 – Louis Prima, American musician (d. 1978)
• 1910 – Edmundo Ros, Trinidadian musician
• 1912 – Daniel Jones, British composer (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Kersti Merilaas, Estonian author, poet (d. 1986)
• 1915 – Eli Wallach, American actor
• 1915 – Leigh Brackett, American screenwriter (d. 1978)
• 1916 – Yekaterina Budanova, Soviet pilot, one of only two femaleflying aces (d. 1943)
• 1916 – Jean Carignan, French Canadian fiddler (d. 1988)
• 1919 – Lis Løwert, Danish actress (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist
• 1920 – Walter Nowotny, Austrian fighter pilot (d. 1944)
• 1920 – Tatamkulu Afrika, South African poet and writer (d. 2002)
• 1921 – Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader
• 1923 – Ted Knight, American actor (d. 1986)
• 1924 – John Love, Zimbabwean Formula One driver (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Mário Soares, former (17th) President of Portugal
• 1925 – Hernando da Silva Ramos, Brazilian racing driver
• 1927 – Helen Watts, British contralto (d. 2009)
• 1928 – Noam Chomsky, American linguist and political writer
• 1930 – Hal Smith, American baseball player
• 1932 – Ellen Burstyn, American actress
• 1932 – Paul Caponigro, American photographer
• 1937 – Thad Cochran, American politician, senator from Mississippi
• 1940 – Stan Boardman, English comedian
• 1940 – Gerry Cheevers, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1942 – Harry Chapin, American singer and songwriter (d. 1981)
• 1942 – Alex Johnson, American baseball player
• 1942 – Peter Tomarken, American game show host (d. 2006)
• 1943 – Nicholas Katz, American mathematician
• 1943 – Göran Lennmarker, Swedish politician
• 1943 – Bernard C. Parks, Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
• 1944 – Jamiel Chagra, American drug trafficker
• 1944 – Daniel Chorzempa, American organist
• 1944 – Miroslav Macek, Czech politician
• 1945 – Marion Rung, Finnish singer
• 1947 – Johnny Bench, American baseball player
• 1947 – Tony Thomas, American TV and film producer
• 1947 – Garry Unger, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1948 – Gary Morris, American singer and actor
• 1948 – Mads Vinding, Danish bassist
• 1949 – Tom Waits, American singer, composer, and actor
• 1952 – Georges Corraface, Greek actor, president of theThessaloniki International Film Festival
• 1952 – Susan Collins, American politician, junior senator from Maine
• 1954 – Mark Hofmann, American forger and bomber
• 1954 – Mike Nolan, Irish singer (Bucks Fizz)
• 1954 – Mary Fallin, American politician
• 1955 – Chuck Loeb, Contemporary Jazz guitarist
• 1955 – Priscilla Barnes, American actress
• 1955 – John Watkins, Australian politician
• 1956 – Larry Bird, American basketball player
• 1957 – Tom Winsor, British lawyer and economic regulator
• 1958 – Tim Butler, English musician (The Psychedelic Furs)
• 1958 – Rick Rude, American professional wrestler (d. 1999)
• 1960 – Craig Scanlon, English guitarist (The Fall)
• 1961 – Lisa Fischer, American R&B singer
• 1961 – Mario Miethig, German footballer
• 1962 – Grecia Colmenares, Venezuelan actress
• 1963 – Theo Snelders, former Dutch footballer
• 1964 – Roberta Close, Brazilian model
• 1964 – Peter Laviolette, head coach Philadelphia Flyers
• 1965 – Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer
• 1965 – Jeffrey Wright, American actor
• 1966 – C. Thomas Howell, American actor
• 1966 – Shinichi Itoh, Japanese motorcycle racer
• 1967 – Tino Martinez, American baseball player
• 1968 – Mark Geyer, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1969 – Andrea Claudio Galluzzo, Italian writer and journalist
• 1970 – Carmen Campuzano, Mexican actress and fashion model
• 1971 – Vladimir Akopian, Armenian chess player
• 1971 – Chasey Lain, American pornographic actress
• 1972 – Hermann Maier, Austrian skier
• 1972 – Tammy Lynn Sytch, American professional wrestler
• 1973 – Terrell Owens, American football player
• 1973 – Fabien Pelous, French international rugby player
• 1973 – Damien Rice, Irish musician
• 1973 – Charles Carl Roberts, American spree killer (d. 2006)
• 1974 – Nicole Appleton, Canadian-born singer
• 1974 – Kang Full, South Korean webcomic artist
• 1975 – Jamie Clapham, English footballer
• 1976 – Alan Faneca, American football player
• 1976 – Brent Johnson, Canadian football player
• 1976 – Georges Laraque, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Vanessa Lorenzo, Spanish fashion model
• 1977 – Dominic Howard, English drummer (Muse)
• 1977 – Eric Chavez, American baseball player
• 1978 – Shiri Appleby, American actress
• 1978 – Frankie J, Mexican-born American singer
• 1978 – Chad Dukes, Radio Personality
• 1979 – Sara Bareilles, American singer
• 1979 – Jennifer Carpenter, American actress
• 1979 – Lampros Choutos, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Ayako Fujitani, Japanese actress
• 1979 – Derek Ramsay, Filipino actor and model
• 1980 – John Terry, English footballer
• 1982 – Chrispa, Greek singer
• 1982 – Jack Huston, English actor
• 1983 – Fausto Carmona, Dominican baseball player
• 1984 – Robert Kubica, the first Polish Formula One racing driver
• 1984 – Aaron Gray, American basketball player
• 1984 – Luca Rigoni, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Milan Michalek, Czech ice hockey player
• 1986 – Jonathan Gill, English singer (JLS)
• 1987 – Aaron Carter, American singer and actor
• 1987 – Thomas Fiss, American singer (Varsity Fanclub)
• 1988 – Emily Browning, Australian actress
• 1988 – Asia Ray Smith, American actress
• 1988 – Nathan Adrian, American swimmer
• 1989 – Nicholas Hoult, English actor
• 1989 – Alessandro Marchi, Italian footballer
• 1990 – Urszula Radwańska, Polish tennis player
• 1991 – Dori Sakurada, Japanese actor
• 1993 – Jasmine Villegas, American R&B and pop singer
• 2003 – Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands