Famous people born on 8 December

17 of the people we track were born on 8 December, best known first, with each one’s age at death, or today. Dates from Wikidata, linked from each person’s page.

1. Horace 65 BCRoman poetdied aged 56
2. Jim Morrison 1943American singer and poetdied aged 27
3. Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson 1832Norwegian writerdied aged 77
4. Nicki Minaj 1982Trinidadian rapperliving, 43
5. Mary, Queen of Scots 1542Monarch of Scotlanddied aged 44
6. Jean Sibelius 1865Finnish composerdied aged 91
7. Kim Basinger 1953American actorliving, 72
8. Sinéad O'Connor 1966Irish singer-songwriterdied aged 56
9. Diego Rivera 1886Mexican muralistdied aged 70
10. Baron d'Holbach 1723German-born philosopherdied aged 65
11. Georges Méliès 1861French filmmakerdied aged 76
12. Maximilian Schell 1930Swiss film actordied aged 83
13. Raheem Sterling 1994British footballerliving, 31
14. Ian Somerhalder 1978American actorliving, 47
15. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor 1708Holy Roman Emperordied aged 56
16. Teri Hatcher 1964American actorliving, 61
17. John Kufuor 1938Ghanaian politician and lawyer who served as President of Ghanaliving, 87