Queen Silvia of Sweden (80)
December 23rd, 1943

Queen consort of Sweden – Queen Silvia of Sweden was born in Heidelberg (Large city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany) on December 23rd, 1943 and is 80 years old today.

Other personalities born on December 23

38

Bonez MC

German rapper

*December 23rd, 1985, Hamburg

81

Jerry Koosman

American baseball player

*December 23rd, 1942, Appleton

90

Akihito

Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019

*December 23rd, 1933, Tokyo Imperial Palace

91

Henri Wallon

French politician (1812-1904)

*December 23rd, 1812, Valenciennes †November 13th, 1904, Paris

96

Helmut Schmidt

Chancellor of West Germany (1974-1982), SPD

*December 23rd, 1918, Hamburg †November 10th, 2015, Hamburg

80

Mamnoon Hussain

12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018

*December 23rd, 1940, Agra †July 14th, 2021, Karachi

79

Wesley Clark

United States Army general and 2004 Democratic Party presidential candidate

*December 23rd, 1944, Chicago

30

Alexis Floyd

American actress, dancer and singer

*December 23rd, 1993, Cleveland

66

Jean-Noël Rey

Swiss politician (1949-2016)

*December 23rd, 1949, Sierre †January 16th, 2016, Ouagadougou

78

Adly Mansour

Egyptian judge and statesman; former interim President of Egypt

*December 23rd, 1945, Cairo

59

Zindzi Mandela

South African diplomat and poet

*December 23rd, 1960, Soweto †July 13th, 2020, Johannesburg

73

Mathilde Wesendonck

German poet and mistress of the composer Richard Wagner

*December 23rd, 1828, Elberfeld †August 31st, 1902, Altmünster

62

Carol Smillie

Scottish television presenter

*December 23rd, 1961, Glasgow

64

John Sullivan

English television scriptwriter (1946-2011)

*December 23rd, 1946, Balham †April 23rd, 2011, Surrey

45

Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

British television personality

*December 23rd, 1971, Hampshire †February 8th, 2017, South Kensington

21

Finn Wolfhard

Canadian actor and musician

*December 23rd, 2002, Vancouver

39

Tim Hardin

American recording artist; folk musician and composer

*December 23rd, 1941, Eugene †December 29th, 1980, Los Angeles

38

Joseph Smith

Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (1805–1844)

*December 23rd, 1805, Sharon †June 27th, 1844, Carthage

59

Jens Heppner

Road bicycle racer

*December 23rd, 1964, Gera

81

Grynet Molvig

Norwegian actress and singer

*December 23rd, 1942, Råde Municipality

72

Anthony Phillips

British musician

*December 23rd, 1951, London

78

Georges Aperghis

Greek composer of contemporary music living in France

*December 23rd, 1945, Athens

79

Sandra Reaves-Phillips

American actress, writer and singer

*December 23rd, 1944, Mullins †December 29th, 2023

56

Carla Bruni

Italian and French singer, model and spouse of former president of France

*December 23rd, 1967, Turin

61

Stefan Hell

Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany

*December 23rd, 1962, Arad

73

Vicente del Bosque

Spanish footballer

*December 23rd, 1950, Salamanca

83

Jorma Kaukonen

American blues, folk, and rock guitarist, songwriter

*December 23rd, 1940, Washington, D.C.

94

Robert Bly

American poet, author and activist (1926-2021)

*December 23rd, 1926, Lac qui Parle County †November 21st, 2021, Minneapolis

78

Arun Bali

Indian actor

*December 23rd, 1942, Lahore †November 30th, 2021, Mumbai

82

Jean Gachassin

President of the French tennis Federation and rugby union footballer

*December 23rd, 1941, Bagnères-de-Bigorre

Also born in 1943

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

81

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

81

Katsuto Momii

Japanese businessman

*March 4th, 1943, Kama

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

80

John Kerry

Unites States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate since 2021

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

64

Bruce Rollick

Badminton player

*April 11th, 1943, Vancouver †March 23rd, 2008

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

81

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

80

Roger Waters

English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd (born 1943)

*September 6th, 1943, Great Bookham

73

Tommy Gemmell

Scottish footballer and manager (1943-2017)

*October 16th, 1943, Motherwell †March 2nd, 2017

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

27

Jim Morrison

American singer and poet; lead vocalist of The Doors (1943–1971)

*December 8th, 1943, Melbourne †July 3rd, 1971, Paris

81

Holland Taylor

American actress

*January 14th, 1943, Philadelphia

73

Sam Shepard

American playwright and actor (1943–2017)

*November 5th, 1943, Fort Sheridan †July 27th, 2017, Midway

67

Lynn Redgrave

British actress (1943–2010)

*March 8th, 1943, Marylebone †May 2nd, 2010, Kent

80

Valerie Perrine

American actress

*September 3rd, 1943, Galveston

80

Jerry Bruckheimer

American film and television producer (born 1943)

*September 21st, 1943, Detroit

81

Kay Granger

American politician

*January 18th, 1943, Greenville

80

Arthur B. McDonald

Canadian physicist

*August 29th, 1943, Sydney

80

Burt Rutan

American aerospace engineer

*June 17th, 1943, Estacada

80

Leslie Uggams

American actress and singer

*May 25th, 1943, New York City

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