December 19th Birthdays

American country singer and songwriter, Little Jimmy Dickens was born on this day in 1920 in Bolt, West Virginia. He passed away on January 2, 2015. Here he is singing his No. 1 hit, “May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose”

Also born on December 19th:

• 1935
  Barbara Bostock, American actress
• 1944
  Alvin Lee, English singer and musician
  Tim Reid, American actor
• 1945
  Elaine Joyce, American actress
• 1947
  Charlie Van Dyke, American actor, radio disc jockey
• 1949
  Nancy Kyes, American actress
• 1956
  Tom Lawless, American baseball player
• 1957
  Kevin McHale, American basketball player
• 1958
  Limahl, English singer
• 1960
  Mike Lookinland, American actor
• 1961
  Matthew Waterhouse, English actor
• 1962
  Jill Talley, American actress
• 1963
  Jennifer Beals, American actress
  Til Schweiger, German actor, director
• 1965
  Jessica Steen, American actress
• 1966
  Chuckii Booker, American singer, musician
  Robert MacNaughton, American actor
• 1967
  Criss Angel, American illusionist
• 1968
  Tom Gugliotta, American basketball player
  Kristy Swanson, American actress
• 1971
  Amy Locane, American actress
• 1972
  Alyssa Milano, American actress
  Rosa Blasi, American actress
• 1974
  Joe Jurevicius, American football player
  Felipe Lopez, American basketball player
  Jake Plummer, American football player
• 1975
  Russell Branyan, American baseball player
• 1978
  Patrick Casey, American screenwriter, actor
• 1979
  Kevin Devine, American musician
• 1980
  Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor
  Marla Sokoloff, American actress
• 1982
  Maurice Williams, American basketball player
• 1983
  Casey Crescenzo, American singer, musician
• 1984
  Ian Kennedy, baseball player
• 1985
  Lady Sovereign, English musician
• 1988
  Paulina Gretzky, American singer, model
• 1991
  Declan Galbraith, English singer
  Libe Barer, American actress

December Birthday Calendar

Died on December 19th:

• 1848
  Emily Brontë, English novelist and poet (age 30)
• 1996
  Marcello Mastroianni, Italian-French actor and singer (age 72)
• 1999
  Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh soldier and actor (age 85)
• 2000
  Rob Buck, American guitarist, songwriter (10,000 Maniacs), (age 42)
  John Lindsay, 103rd Mayor of New York City (age 79)
• 2003
  Hope Lange, American actress (age 70)
• 2005
  Vincent Gigante, American mobster (age 77)
• 2014
  Arthur Gardner, American actor and producer (age 104)
• 2021
  Sally Ann Howes, English-born singer, actress (age 91)