Famous People Born Today, Today's Famous Birthdays
Here is a list who born on date 21 December today. Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day. Today's famous birthdays list for December 21
Who Born Today, Famous Birthdays on December 21
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 968 | Minamoto no Yorinobu, Japanese samurai (d. 1048) |
| 1401 | Masaccio, Italian painter (d. 1428) |
| 1468 | William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers, English baron (d. 1524) |
| 1505 | Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton, English politician (d. 1550) |
| 1542 | Thomas Allen, English mathematician and astrologer (d. 1632) |
| 1550 | Man Singh I, Mughal noble (d. 1614) |
| 1596 | Peter Mohyla, Ruthenian Orthodox metropolitan and saint (d. 1646) |
| 1603 | Roger Williams, English minister, theologian, and politician, 9th President of the Colony of Rhode Island (d. 1684) |
| 1615 | Benedict Arnold, Rhode Island colonial governor (d. 1678) |
| 1672 | Benjamin Schmolck, German pastor and composer (d. 1737) |
| 1714 | John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (d. 1774) |
| 1728 | Hermann Raupach, German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1778) |
| 1778 | Anders Sandøe Ørsted, Danish jurist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1860) |
| 1795 | Jack Russell, English priest, hunter, and dog breeder (d. 1883) |
| 1795 | Leopold von Ranke, German historian, author, and academic (d. 1886) |
| 1803 | Achille Vianelli, Italian painter and academic (d. 1894) |
| 1804 | Benjamin Disraeli, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1881) |
| 1805 | Thomas Graham, Scottish chemist and academic (d. 1869) |
| 1811 | Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (d. 1882) |
| 1815 | Thomas Couture, French painter and educator (d. 1879) |
| 1820 | William H. Osborn, American businessman (d. 1894) |
| 1830 | Bartolomé Masó, Cuban soldier and politician (d. 1907) |
| 1832 | John H. Ketcham, American general and politician (d. 1906) |
| 1840 | Namık Kemal, Turkish journalist, playwright, and activist (d. 1888) |
| 1843 | Thomas Bracken, Irish-New Zealander journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1898) |
| 1850 | Zdeněk Fibich, Czech composer and poet (d. 1900) |
| 1851 | Thomas Chipman McRae, American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Arkansas (d. 1929) |
| 1857 | Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1932) |
| 1859 | Gustave Kahn, French poet and critic (d. 1936) |
| 1866 | Maud Gonne, Irish nationalist and political activist (d. 1953) |
| 1868 | George W. Fuller, American chemist and engineer (d. 1934) |
| 1872 | Trevor Kincaid, Canadian-American zoologist and academic (d. 1970) |
| 1872 | Lorenzo Perosi, Italian priest and composer (d. 1956) |
| 1872 | Albert Payson Terhune, American journalist and author (d. 1942) |
| 1876 | Jack Lang, Australian lawyer and politician, 23rd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1975) |
| 1877 | Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (d. 1954) |
| 1878 | Jan Łukasiewicz, Polish-Irish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1956) |
| 1885 | Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1960) |
| 1888 | Jean Bouin, French runner and rugby player (d. 1914) |
| 1889 | Sewall Wright, American geneticist and biologist (d. 1988) |
| 1890 | Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967) |
| 1891 | John William McCormack, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1980) |
| 1892 | Walter Hagen, American golfer (d. 1969) |
| 1892 | Rebecca West, English journalist and author (d. 1983) |
| 1896 | Konstantin Rokossovsky, Marshal of the Soviet Union during World War II (d. 1968) |
| 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 and politician; 9th President of Austria (d. 2007) |
| 1919 | Doug Young, American voice actor (d. 2018) |
| 1920 | Alicia Alonso, Cuban ballerina and choreographer, founded the Cuban National Ballet (d. 2019) |
| 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) |
| 1923 | Wataru Misaka, American basketball player (d. 2019) |
| 1926 | Arnošt Lustig, Czech author and playwright (d. 2011) |
| 1926 | Joe Paterno, American football player and coach (d. 2012) |
| 1930 | Phil Roman, American animator |
| 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 racing driver (d. 1967) |
| 1935 | Phil Donahue, American talk show host and producer |
| 1935 | Edward Schreyer, Canadian academic and politician, Governor General of Canada |
| 1935 | Stela Popescu, Romanian actress (d. 2017) |
| 1937 | Jane Fonda, American actress 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, composer and producer (d. 1993) |
| 1942 | Hu Jintao, Chinese engineer and politician, 5th Paramount leader 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 (d. 2022) |
| 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 (d. 2020) |
| 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 actor and comedian |
| 1965 | Anke Engelke, Canadian-German actress, director, and screenwriter |
| 1966 | William Ruto, 5th 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 Politician, 17th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh |
| 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, 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 |
| 1985 | Tom Sturridge, English actor |
| 1988 | Perri Shakes-Drayton, English sprinter and hurdler |
| 1989 | Mark Ingram II, American football player |
| 1989 | Tamannaah, South Indian actress |
| 1991 | Riccardo Saponara, Italian footballer |
| 1995 | Ronnie Bassett Jr., American race car driver |
| 1995 | Kelly Smith, English rugby union player |
| 2002 | Clara Tauson, Danish tennis player |
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