December 21st Birthdays

Betty Wright, American R&B singer, was born on this day in Miami, Florida in 1953. She passed away at age 66 on May 10, 2020 in Miami.

Also born on December 21st:

• 1935
  Phil Donahue, American talk show host
• 1937
  Jane Fonda, American actress
• 1940
  Ray Hildebrand, American singer
• 1942
  Hu Jintao, 6th President of China
  Reinhard Mey, German singer
  Carla Thomas, American singer
• 1946
  Josh Mostel, American actor
• 1948
  Samuel L. Jackson, American actor
  Dave Kingman, American baseball player
• 1951
  Nick Gilder, English musician (Sweeney Todd)
• 1954
  Chris Evert, American tennis player
• 1955
  Jane Kaczmarek, American actress
• 1957
  Tom Henke, American baseball player
  Ray Romano, Italian-American comedian
• 1960
  Roger McDowell, American baseball player
  Andy Van Slyke, American baseball player
• 1965
  Andy Dick, American actor and comedian
• 1966
  Karri Turner, American actress
  Kiefer Sutherland, Canadian actor
• 1967
  Ervin Johnson, American basketball player
  Terry Mills, American basketball player
  Mikhail Saakashvili, 3rd President of Georgia
  Fritz Karl, Austrian actor
• 1969
  Julie Delpy, French actress
  Jack Noseworthy, American actor
• 1971
  Brett Scallions, American singer
• 1972
  Latroy Hawkins, American baseball player
  Dustin Hermanson, American baseball player
• 1973
  Mike Alstott, American football player
• 1976
  Lukas Rossi, Canadian rock singer
• 1977
  Toby Rand, Australian singer
• 1978
  Mike Vitar, American actor
• 1980
  Royce Ring, American baseball player
• 1982
  Charlie Cox, English actor
  Mike Gansey, American basketball player
  Philip Humber, American baseball player
  Tom Payne, English actor
• 1984
  Jackson Rathbone, American actor
• 1989
  Mark Ingram Jr., American football player

December Birthday Calendar

Died on December 21st:

• 1937
  Ted Healy, American comedian, actor (age 41)
• 1940
  F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer (age 44)
• 1945
  George S. Patton, American general (age 60)
• 1958
  H.B. Warner, English actor (age 82)
• 1974
  Richard Long, American actor, director (age 47)
• 1992
  Stella Adler, American actress and educator (age 91)
  Albert King, American singer, guitarist (age 69)
• 2013
  Edgar Bronfman, Sr., Canadian-American businessman (age 84)
• 2014
  Billie Whitelaw, English actress (age 82)
• 2017
  Bruce McCandless II, US astronaut (age 80)
• 2022
  Diane McBain, American actress (age 81)