Famous people born on 21 December

19 of the people we track were born on 21 December, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Emmanuel Macron 1977French statesperson who served as President of the French Republicliving, 48
2. Benjamin Disraeli 1804British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdomdied aged 76
3. Jane Fonda 1937American actorliving, 88
4. Hu Jintao 1942Engineerliving, 83
5. Mikheil Saakashvili 1967Georgian politician who served as President of Georgialiving, 58
6. Heinrich Böll 1917German writerdied aged 67
7. Frank Zappa 1940American musiciandied aged 52
8. Samuel L. Jackson 1948American actorliving, 77
9. Thomas Sankara 1949Politician who served as Prime Minister of Burkina Fasodied aged 37
10. Kurt Waldheim 1918Austrian politician and diplomat who served as President of Austriadied aged 88
11. Masaccio 1401Italian painterdied aged 26 or 27
12. Charles Michel 1975Belgian politician who served as Prime Minister of Belgiumliving, 50
13. Kiefer Sutherland 1966British actorliving, 59
14. Chris Evert 1954American tennis playerliving, 71
15. Robert Brown 1773British botanistdied aged 84
16. Mily Balakirev 1836Russian composer and pianistdied aged 73
17. Paco de Lucía 1947Spanish classical guitarist and jazz musiciandied aged 66
18. Julie Delpy 1969French actor and directorliving, 56
19. Hermann Joseph Muller 1890American biologistdied aged 76