December 7th Birthdays

Harry Chapin, American folk rock singer and songwriter, was born on this day in 1942. He died at age 38 in a car accident on July 16, 1981. Here is one of his best-loved songs, “Cats in the Cradle.”

Also born on December 7th:

• 1930
  Hal Smith, American baseball player
• 1932
  Ellen Burstyn, American actress
• 1942
  Alex Johnson, American baseball player
• 1947
  Johnny Bench, American baseball player
• 1948
  Gary Morris, American singer and actor
• 1949
  Tom Waits, American singer, composer, actor
• 1954
  Mike Nolan, Irish singer
• 1955
  Chuck Loeb, Contemporary Jazz guitarist
  Priscilla Barnes, American actress
• 1958
  Tim Butler, English musician
• 1960
  Craig Scanlon, English guitarist
• 1961
  Lisa Fischer, American R&B singer
• 1965
  Jeffrey Wright, American actor
• 1966
  C. Thomas Howell, American actor
• 1967
  Tino Martinez, American baseball player
• 1973
  Terrell Owens, American football player
  Damien Rice, Irish musician
• 1974
  Nicole Appleton, Canadian-born singer
• 1975
  Frankie J, Mexican-American singer
• 1976
  Alan Faneca, American football player
• 1977
  Dominic Howard, English drummer
  Eric Chavez, American baseball player
• 1978
  Shiri Appleby, American actress
• 1979
  Sara Bareilles, American singer
  Jennifer Carpenter, American actress
• 1982
  Jack Huston, English actor
• 1983
  Fausto Carmona, Dominican baseball player
• 1984
  Aaron Gray, American basketball player
• 1986
  Jonathan Gill, English singer
• 1987
  Thomas Fiss, American singer
• 1988
  Emily Browning, Australian actress
  Asia Ray Smith, American actress
• 1989
  Nicholas Hoult, English actor
• 1993
  Jasmine Villegas, American R&B and pop singer
• 2003
  Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands

December Birthday Calendar

Died on December 7th:

• 1975
  Thornton Wilder, American novelist and playwright (age 78)
  Hardie Albright, American actor (age 71)
• 1988
  Christopher Connelly, American actor (age 47)

• 1989
  Haystacks Calhoun, American wrestler, actor (age 55)
• 1990
  Joan Bennett, American actress (age 80)
• 1995
  Kathleen Harrison, English actress (age 103)
• 2004
  Jerry Scoggins, American singer, guitarist (age 93)
• 2011
  Harry Morgan, American actor (age 96)
• 2013
  Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (age 79)
• 2016
  Greg Lake, English musician (age 69)
• 2020
  Chuck Yeager, American pilot, first person to exceed the speed of sound (age 97)