I’ll be adding to this list as I find more birthdays. Note: many birth dates, especially as you look further back in time, were not recorded. Comment below if you know of a birthday that should be added to this list!

Happy birthday to…

• December 1 – Louis VI (1081), Marie Tussaud (1761)
• December 2 – William II (1650)
• December 3 – Charles VI (1368)
• December 5 – Martin Van Buren (1782), Walt Disney (1901)
• December 6 – Ferdinand IV (1285), Henry VI (1421)
• December 7 – Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545), Louise of Great Britain (1724)
• December 8 – Mary Queen of Scots (1542)
• December 9 – John Milton (1608)
• December 10 – Ada Lovelace (1815), Emily Dickinson (1830)
• December 12 – Anne of Denmark (1574), Edvard Munch (1863), Frank Sinatra (1915)
• December 13 – Mary Todd Lincoln (1818)
• December 14 – George VI (1895)
• December 15 – Nero (37), Gustave Eiffel (1832)
• December 16 – Catherine of Aragon (1485), Jane Austen (1775)
• December 18 – Christina, Queen of Sweden (1632), Archduke Franz Ferdinand (1863)
• December 19 – Philip V of Spain (1683), Marie Thérèse of France (1778), Édith Piaf (1915)
• December 21 – Thomas Becket (1118 or 1120)
• December 24 – John I (1166), Empress Elizabeth of Austria (1837)
• December 25 – Isaac Newton (1642), Clara Barton (1821)
• December 28 – Woodrow Wilson (1856)
• December 29 – Madame de Pompadour (1721)
• December 30 – Rudyard Kipling (1865)
• December 31 – Henri Matisse (1869)