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)
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