Syd Little (81)
December 19th, 1942

English comedian – Syd Little was born in Blackpool (Town in Lancashire, England) on December 19th, 1942 and is 81 years old today.

Other personalities born on December 19

79

Arne Lindtner Næss

Norwegian actor, director and screenwriter

*December 19th, 1944, Bergen

82

Lee Myung-bak

President of South Korea from 2008 to 2013

*December 19th, 1941, Osaka

70

Sam Kelly

British actor (1943–2014)

*December 19th, 1943, Manchester †June 14th, 2014, Esher

69

Heinz Sichrovsky

Austrian journalist and writer

*December 19th, 1954, Vienna

74

Maurice White

American musician (1941–2016)

*December 19th, 1941, Memphis †February 4th, 2016, Los Angeles

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

*December 19th, 1915, Paris †October 10th, 1963, Grasse

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

60

Terry Gray

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1963, Auckland

89

Pratibha Patil

President of India from 2007 to 2012

*December 19th, 1934, Nadgaon

36

Karim Benzema

French and Algerian footballer (born 1987)

*December 19th, 1987, Lyon

96

Cicely Tyson

American actress (1924–2021)

*December 19th, 1924, Harlem †January 28th, 2021, New York City

60

Til Schweiger

German actor

*December 19th, 1963, Freiburg im Breisgau

75

Leonid Brezhnev

General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1906–1982)

*December 19th, 1906, Kamyanske †November 10th, 1982, Zareche

29

Jonathan Dolan

Irish badminton player

*December 19th, 1994, Sligo

78

Elaine Joyce

American actress

*December 19th, 1945, Cleveland

22

Alonso Medel

Badminton player

*December 19th, 2001, Antofagasta

57

Alberto Tomba

Italian alpine ski racer

*December 19th, 1966, Province of Bologna

58

Gary Fleder

American film director

*December 19th, 1965, Norfolk

67

Manfred Rein

Austrian politician (1948-2016)

*December 19th, 1948, Dornbirn †April 22nd, 2016, Feldkirch

62

Eric Allin Cornell

American physicist, professor

*December 19th, 1961, Palo Alto

77

Richard Leakey

Kenyan paleoanthropologist, conservationist, and politician

*December 19th, 1944, Nairobi †January 2nd, 2022, Nairobi

80

James L. Jones

United States Marine Corps Commandant and National Security Advisor

*December 19th, 1943, Kansas City

35

Alexis Sánchez

Chilean association football player

*December 19th, 1988, Tocopilla

80

Ralph Richardson

British actor (1902–1983)

*December 19th, 1902, Cheltenham †October 10th, 1983, London

79

William Christie

American-born French conductor and harpsichordist

*December 19th, 1944, Buffalo

73

Hans Achatz

Austrian judge (1943-2017)

*December 19th, 1943, Haag †April 9th, 2017

43

Jake Gyllenhaal

American actor (born 1980)

*December 19th, 1980, Los Angeles

68

Alvin Lee

British guitarist, singer, songwriter (1944-2013)

*December 19th, 1944, Nottingham †March 6th, 2013, Marbella

74

Isabella Biagini

Italian actress and showgirl

*December 19th, 1943, Rome †April 14th, 2018, Rome

51

Alyssa Milano

American actress (born 1972)

*December 19th, 1972, Bensonhurst

Also born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

27

Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist (1942–1970)

*November 27th, 1942, Seattle †September 18th, 1970, Kensington

75

Pierre Seron

Belgian comics artist (1942-2017)

*February 9th, 1942, Chênée †May 24th, 2017, Saint-Bénézet

81

Thomas Danneberg

German actor (1942–2023)

*June 2nd, 1942, Berlin †September 30th, 2023, Berlin

74

Sven-Erik Magnusson

Swedish singer and musician

*October 13th, 1942, Säffle †March 22nd, 2017, Karlstad

71

Bob Hoskins

British actor (1942–2014)

*October 26th, 1942, Bury St Edmunds †April 29th, 2014, Bury St Edmunds

82

Michael Bloomberg

American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City

*February 14th, 1942, Boston

82

Mike Pender

British musician

*March 3rd, 1942, Kirkdale

70

Roger Ebert

American film critic and author (1942–2013)

*June 18th, 1942, Urbana †April 4th, 2013, Chicago

75

David Ogden Stiers

American actor (1942–2018)

*October 31st, 1942, Peoria †March 3rd, 2018, Newport

81

Fraser Stoddart

Scottish chemist and Nobel Laureate in 2016 for the design and synthesis of molecular machines

*May 24th, 1942, Edinburgh

Syd Little