Famous birthdays on December 21
Famous people born on December 21, from every year, and what happened on this day in history.
♐ Star sign
Sagittarius
💎 Birthstone
Turquoise
👶 How common
No. 53 of 366
Born on December 21

Masaccio
born 1401 · Italian painter (1401-1428)

Leopold von Ranke
born 1795 · German historian and founder of modern source-based history (1795-1886)

Benjamin Disraeli
born 1804 · British statesman (1804–1881)

Paco de Lucía
born 1947 · Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician (1947-2014)

Thomas Sankara
born 1949 · President of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987

Florence Griffith Joyner
born 1959 · American track and field athlete (1959-1998)
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Emmanuel Macron
born 1977 · President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017

Hu Jintao
born 1942 · former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
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Mikheil Saakashvili
born 1967 · Georgian and Ukrainian politician, third President of Georgia (2004–2013) and Governor of Odesa Oblast (2015–2016)

Frank Zappa
born 1940 · American musician (1940–1993)

Samuel L. Jackson
born 1948 · American actor (born 1948)

Kiefer Sutherland
born 1966 · British-Canadian actor (born 1966)
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Julie Delpy
born 1969 · French and American actress, director, screenwriter and singer

Ben Chilwell
born 1996 · English association football player (born 1996)
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Cem Özdemir
born 1965 · German environmentalist and statesperson (born 1965)

Dmitry Rogozin
born 1963 · Russian politician

Cooper Flagg
born 2006 · American basketball player (born 2006)
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Sevan Nişanyan
born 1956 · Turkish lexicographer and writer of Armenian ancestry (born 1956)

Naglaa Fathi
born 1951 · Egyptian actress (born 1951)

Noel León
born 2004 · Mexican racing driver

Carlos do Carmo
born 1939 · Portuguese fado singer (1939–2021)
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Amaral
born 1954 · Brazilian association football player (1954–2024)
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Leyla Yunus
born 1955 · Azerbaijani activist

Alireza Arafi
born 1959 · Iranian cleric
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Anke Engelke
born 1965 · German actress
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William Ruto
born 1966 · President of Kenya since 2022
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Bart De Wever
born 1970 · Prime Minister at Government of Belgium
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Matías Almeyda
born 1973 · Argentine association football player and manager
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Charles Michel
born 1975 · Belgian politician, former Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European Council (born 1975)
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Klodian Duro
born 1977 · Albanian association football player
Shaun Morgan
born 1978 · South African rock musician
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Pablo Chinchilla
born 1978 · Costa Rican footballer
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Cristian Zaccardo
born 1981 · Italian footballer
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Steven Yeun
born 1983 · South Korean-American actor

Sébastien Siani
born 1986 · Cameroonian footballer
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Ousmane Viera
born 1986 · Ivorian footballer

Cheikhou Kouyaté
born 1989 · Senegalese association football player
Yannis Fetfatzidis
born 1990 · Greek footballer
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Ahmed Khalil
born 1994 · Tunisian association football player

Daniel Amartey
born 1994 · Ghanaian association football player
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Questions about December 21 birthdays
- Who are famous people born on December 21?
- Famous people born on December 21 include Masaccio (1401), Leopold von Ranke (1795), Benjamin Disraeli (1804), Paco de Lucía (1947), Thomas Sankara (1949).
- What star sign is someone born on December 21?
- Someone born on December 21 is a Sagittarius.
- What is the birthstone for December 21?
- The birthstone for December is turquoise.
- How common is a birthday on December 21?
- In the US, December 21 is the No. 53 most common birthday of the 366, with about 11,976 babies born on it on average (2000–2014).