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December 21 birthdays

285 notable historical figures were born on December 21, and 156 died on this day. Everyone born on December 21 is a Sagittarius.

17% of December 21 birthdays work in Arts & Music, more than any other field. More come from United States (70) than any other country.

Born on December 21

• Emmanuel Macron (born 1977. President of France since 2017)
• Jane Fonda (born 1937. American actress and activist (born 1937))
• Samuel L. Jackson (born 1948. American actor (born 1948))
• Frank Zappa (1940 to 1993. American musician (1940–1993))
• Hu Jintao (born 1942. Leader of China from 2002 to 2012)
• Benjamin Disraeli (1804 to 1881. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868; 1874–1880))
• Thomas Sankara (1949 to 1987. President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987)
• Thomas Becket (1119 to 1170. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170)
• William Ruto (born 1966. President of Kenya since 2022)
• Mikheil Saakashvili (born 1967. President of Georgia (2004–2007-2008–2013))
• Bart De Wever (born 1970. Prime Minister of Belgium since 2025)
• Kurt Waldheim (1918 to 2007. Austrian diplomat and politician (1918–2007))
• Paul Winchell (1922 to 2005. American ventriloquist and actor (1922–2005))
• Roger Williams (1603 to 1684. English Baptist minister, theologian, author, and founder of Rhode Island)
• Paco de Lucía (1947 to 2014. Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician (1947–2014))
• Man Singh I (1550 to 1614. Raja of Amber from 1589 to 1614)
• Charles Michel (born 1975. Belgian politician (born 1975))
• Rebecca West (1892 to 1983. British author and journalist (1892–1983))
• William Wallace Lincoln (1850 to 1862. Third son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln (1850–1862))
• Masaccio (1401 to 1428. 15th-century Italian Renaissance painter)
• Leopold von Ranke (1795 to 1886. German historian (1795–1886))
• Barry Gordon (born 1948. American actor, singer, political candidate, and presenter (born 1948))
• Dziga Vertov (1895 to 1954. Soviet-Jewish filmmaker (1896–1954))
• Michael Tilson Thomas (1944 to 2026. American conductor, composer and pianist (1944–2026))
• Mily Balakirev (1836 to 1910. Russian composer and pianist (1837–1910))
• Donald Regan (1918 to 2003. American banker and cabinet official (1918–2003))
• Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) (1773 to 1858. Scottish botanist (1773–1858))
• Anthony Powell (1905 to 2000. English novelist (1905–2000))
• Elisha Netanyahu (1912 to 1986. Israeli mathematician (1912–1986))
• Hermann Joseph Muller (1890 to 1967. American biologist (1890–1967))
• Amalia of Oldenburg (1818 to 1875. Queen consort of Greece from 1836 to 1862)
• Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800 to 1831. German princess)
• Petra Collins (born 1992. Canadian photographer and designer (born 1992))
• David L. Goldfein (born 1959. US Air Force general (born 1959))
• U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932 to 2014. Indian Kannada-language writer and critic (1932-2014))
• Thomas Francis (1596 to 1656. Prince of Carignano)
• Vasily Perov (1833 to 1882. Russian painter (1834–1882))
• Kiefer Sutherland (born 1966. British and Canadian actor (born 1966))
• Lluís Domènech i Montaner (1850 to 1923. Catalan architect (1849–1923))
• Jean-Henri Fabre (1823 to 1915. French naturalist, entomologist and author)
• Paul Kurtz (1925 to 2012. American philosopher (1925–2012))
• Oei Hui-lan (1889 to 1993. Chinese-Indonesian socialite (1889–1992))
• Robert Moffat (missionary) (1795 to 1883. Scottish missionary (1795–1883))
• Irina Paley (1903 to 1990. Daughter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia)
• Juan Bautista Sacasa (1874 to 1946. President of Nicaragua (1933-1936))
• Tamannaah Bhatia (born 1989. Indian actress (born 1989))
• Chris Evert (born 1954. American former tennis player (born 1954))
• Mendele Mocher Sforim (1835 to 1917. Belarusian-Ukrainian Jewish author)
• Saud bin Salman Al Saud (born 1986. Saudi prince and entrepreneur (born 1986))
• Kalevi Sorsa (1930 to 2004. Finnish politician (1930–2004))
• Hason Raja (1854 to 1922. Bengali mystic poet (1854–1922))
• Paisius Velichkovsky (1722 to 1794. Eastern Orthodox monk and theologian (1722–1794))
• Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744 to 1818. French artist (1744–1818))
• Arnold Friberg (1913 to 2010. American illustrator and painter)
• Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874 to 1941. Polish writer and translator (1874–1941))
• Thích Trí Quang (1924 to 2019. Vietnamese Buddhist monk)
• Adele Goldstine (1920 to 1964. American computer programmer (1920–1964))
• Yasmin (musician) (born 1988. Musical artist)
• Archibald Campbell Tait (1811 to 1882. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1868 to 1882)
• Andy Dick (born 1965. American comedian and actor (born 1965))

Died on December 21

• George S. Patton (1885 to 1945. United States Army general (1885–1945))
• F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 to 1940. American writer (1896–1940))
• Franz Boas (1858 to 1942. German-born American anthropologist (1858–1942))
• John Eisenhower (1922 to 2013. United States Army general, military historian, diplomat)
• Margaret of Angoulême (1492 to 1549. Queen of Navarre from 1527 to 1549)
• Knud Rasmussen (1879 to 1933. Greenlandic-Danish polar explorer and anthropologist (1879–1933))
• Frank B. Kellogg (1856 to 1937. American lawyer and statesman (1856–1937))
• Elisabeth Christine (1691 to 1750. Holy Roman Empress from 1711 to 1740)
• Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907 to 1988. Dutch zoologist and ethologist (1907–1988))
• Garegin Nzhdeh (1886 to 1955. Armenian revolutionary (1886–1955))
• Duke of Småland (1909 to 2004. Prince Bernadotte)
• False Dmitry II (1600 to 1610. Pretender to the Russian throne)
• Saparmyrat Nyýazow (1940 to 2006. President of Turkmenistan from 1991 to 2006)
• Aliya bint Ali (1911 to 1950. Queen of Iraq from 1934 to 1939)
• Margret Rey (1906 to 1996. Children's illustrator and writer (1906–1996))
• Archduke Louis of Austria (1784 to 1864. Austrian archduke (1784–1864))
• Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (1742 to 1819. French Marshal (1742–1819))
• Peter Geach (1916 to 2013. British philosopher (1916–2013))
• Niels Gade (1817 to 1890. Danish composer, conductor, and music teacher (1817–1890))
• Robert S. Duncanson (1821 to 1872. American painter)
• Eric Temple Bell (1883 to 1960. Scottish-born mathematician and science fiction writer)
• Michael Sittow (1459 to 1525. Estonian painter (c. 1469 – 1525))
• Hafeez Jalandhari (1900 to 1982. Pakistani poet (1900–1982))
• Kōdō Sawaki (1880 to 1965. Japanese Sōtō Zen teacher)
• Barbara G. Walker (1930 to 2025. American novelist (1930–2025))
• Jules Méline (1838 to 1925. Prime Minister of France from 1896 to 1898)
• Alexei Starobinsky (1948 to 2023. Russian theoretical physicist and cosmologist (1948–2023))
• Edwin G. Krebs (1918 to 2009. American biochemist (1918–2009))
• Hincmar (806 to 882. Archbishop of Reims)
• Adrian Henri (1932 to 2000. British poet and painter (1932–2000))

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