Sylvester James Gates (73)
December 15th, 1950

American physicist – Sylvester James Gates was born in Tampa (City in Florida, United States) on December 15th, 1950 and is 73 years old today.

Other personalities born on December 15

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Don Johnson

American actor and singer (born 1949)

*December 15th, 1949, Flat Creek

27

Jenifer Brening

German singer

*December 15th, 1996, Zehlendorf

71

Julie Taymor

American film and theatre director

*December 15th, 1952, Newton

30

Alina Eremia

Romanian pop singer and actress

*December 15th, 1993, Buftea

78

Michael Bogdanov

British theatre director

*December 15th, 1938, Neath †April 16th, 2017, Greece

46

Gong Zhichao

Badminton player

*December 15th, 1977, Anhua County

87

Paul Schmitthenner

German architect; Judges' Trial affiant

*December 15th, 1884, Lauterbourg †November 11th, 1972, Munich

86

Günter Siebert

German footballer (1930–2017)

*December 15th, 1930, Kassel †June 16th, 2017, Eckernförde

67

Morgan Paull

Actor (1944-2012)

*December 15th, 1944, New York City †July 17th, 2012, Ashland

68

Renate Künast

German politician

*December 15th, 1955, Recklinghausen

71

Allan Simonsen

Danish footballer

*December 15th, 1952, Vejle

72

Joe Jordan

Scottish footballer and manager (born 1951)

*December 15th, 1951, Scotland

37

Keylor Navas

Costa Rican association football player

*December 15th, 1986, Cartago

81

Yvonne Monlaur

French actress (1935-2017)

*December 15th, 1935, Pau †April 18th, 2017, Neuilly-sur-Seine

50

Surya Bonaly

French figure skater

*December 15th, 1973, Nice

91

Gustave Eiffel

French chemical engineer and architect

*December 15th, 1832, Dijon †December 27th, 1923, Paris

74

Marie Brenner

American journalist

*December 15th, 1949, San Antonio

75

Ray Eames

American artist, designer, and filmmaker

*December 15th, 1912, Sacramento †August 21st, 1988, Los Angeles

99

Albert Memmi

French writer of Tunisian-Jewish origin

*December 15th, 1920, Tunis †May 22nd, 2020, 4th arrondissement of Paris

57

L. L. Zamenhof

Polish-Jewish pysician and inventor of Esperanto (1859-1917)

*December 15th, 1859, Białystok †April 14th, 1917, Warsaw

56

Miranda Otto

Australian actress

*December 15th, 1967, Brisbane

69

Mark Warner

United States Senator from Virginia

*December 15th, 1954, Indianapolis

67

Wolfgang Zabba Lindner

German drummer (1949-2017)

*December 15th, 1949, Köthen †May 31st, 2017, Hamburg

43

Annalena Baerbock

German politician (born 1980)

*December 15th, 1980, Hanover

55

Henri Becquerel

French physicist

*December 15th, 1852, Paris †August 25th, 1908, manoir de Pen Castel

75

Charlie Scott

Basketball player

*December 15th, 1948, New York City

76

Jane Evelyn Atwood

Photographer

*December 15th, 1947, New York City

55

John Lumsden

Scottish footballer (1960-2016)

*December 15th, 1960, Edinburgh †April 22nd, 2016

85

Tim Conway

American actor and comedian (1933–2019)

*December 15th, 1933, Willoughby †May 14th, 2019, Los Angeles

36

Josh Norman

American football player (born 1987)

*December 15th, 1987, Greenwood

Also born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

74

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

74

William H. Macy

American actor

*March 13th, 1950, Miami

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

74

Debbie Allen

American actress, choreographer, television director, television producer, singer, and dancer

*January 16th, 1950, Houston

74

Bobby McFerrin

American jazz vocalista and composer

*March 11th, 1950, Manhattan

73

Jeane Manson

American actress

*October 1st, 1950, Cleveland

74

Daniel Auteuil

French actor and director

*January 24th, 1950, Algiers

73

Viktor Yanukovych

Ukrainian politician and the 4th President of Ukraine, ousted from office during the Revolution of Dignity in 2014

*July 9th, 1950, Yenakiieve

74

Victoria Principal

American actress

*January 3rd, 1950, Fukuoka

73

Rainer Arnold

German politician

*June 21st, 1950, Stuttgart

73

Steve Wozniak

American–Serbian computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.

*August 11th, 1950, San Jose

Sylvester James Gates