Famous people born on 7 December

17 of the people we track were born on 7 December, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Noam Chomsky 1928American linguistliving, 97
2. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626Monarch of Swedendied aged 62
3. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598Italian sculptor and architectdied aged 81
4. John Terry 1980British footballerliving, 45
5. Larry Bird 1956American basketball player and coachliving, 69
6. Nicholas Hoult 1989British actorliving, 36
7. Ellen Burstyn 1932American actorliving, 93
8. Pietro Mascagni 1863Italian composerdied aged 81
9. Robert Kubica 1984Polish driverliving, 41
10. Leopold Kronecker 1823Prussian mathematiciandied aged 68
11. Tom Waits 1949American singer-songwriter and actorliving, 76
12. Willa Cather 1873American novelistdied aged 73
13. Eli Wallach 1915American actordied aged 98
14. Gerard Kuiper 1905Astronomerdied aged 68
15. Mário Soares 1924Portuguese politician who served as President of Portugaldied aged 92
16. Gabriel Marcel 1889French philosopher and playwrightdied aged 83
17. Columba AD 521Missionary and monkdied aged 75