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)
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