December 8th Birthdays

American rocker, Gregg Allman, was born on this day in 1947, as Gregory Lenoir Allman, in Nashville, TN. He passed away away at age 69 on May 27, 2017.

Also born on December 8th:

• 1939
  Jerry “The Iceman” Butler, American soul singer
• 1940
  Brant Alyea, American baseball player
• 1943
  Mary Woronov, American actress
• 1946
  John Rubinstein, American actor, composer, director
• 1950
  Tim Foli, American baseball player
• 1953
  Kim Basinger, American actress
• 1956
  Warren Cuccurullo, American musician
  Andrew Edge English musician
• 1957
  Phil Collen, English guitarist
• 1962
  Wendell Pierce, American actor
• 1964
  Teri Hatcher, American actress
• 1967
  Jeff George, American football player
• 1968
  Mike Mussina, American baseball player
• 1969
  Steve Van Wormer, American actor
• 1973
  Doron Bell Jr., Canadian actor
  Corey Taylor, American singer
• 1974
  Tony Simmons, American football player
  Nick Zinner, American guitarist
• 1976
  Reed Johnson, American baseball player
  Dominic Monaghan, English actor
  Joshua Butler, celebrity chef
• 1977
  Ryan Newman, American racing driver
• 1978
  Ian Somerhalder, American actor
  Vernon Wells, American baseball player
• 1981
  Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player
  Philip Rivers, American football player
• 1982
  Alfredo Aceves, American baseball player
• 1984
  Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-American rapper
• 1985
  Dwight Howard, American basketball player
  Oleksiy Pecherov, American basketball player
• 1986
  Kate Voegele, American musician
• 1993
  AnnaSophia Robb, American actress and singer

December Birthday Calendar

Died on December 8th:

• 1885
  William Henry Vanderbilt, American businessman, philanthropist (age 64)
• 1954
  Gladys George, American actress (age 50)
• 1975
  Gary Thain, New Zealand bass player (Uriah Heep), (age 27)
• 1978
  Golda Meir, 4th Prime Minister of Israel (age 80)
• 1980
  John Lennon, English singer, songwriter (The Beatles), (age 40)
• 1982
  Marty Robbins, American singer, songwriter (age 57)
• 1983
  Slim Pickens, American actor (age 64)
• 1984
  Luther Adler, American actor (age 81)
  Razzle, English drummer (Hanoi Rocks) (age 24)
• 1996
  Howard Rollins, American actor (age 46)
• 2004
  Dimebag Darrell, American singer, guitarist (age 38)
• 2006
  Martha Tilton, American singer (age 91)
• 2008
  Oliver Postgate, English voice actor, director, screenwriter (age 83)
  Robert Prosky, American actor (age 77)
• 2015
  Mattiwilda Dobbs, American soprano, actress (age 90)
• 2016
  John Glenn, American astronaut, senator (age 95)
• 2019
  René Auberjonois, American actor (age 79)
  Juice Wrld, American rapper, singer, songwriter (age 21)
• 2023
  Ryan O’Neal, American actor (age 82)