Birthdays Date 1914 December | History by KabAstro

Adolph Green (1914-2002)

Dec 2 American screenwriter (On The Town; Singin' in the Rain), lyricist ("Bells Are Ringing"; "Just In Time"), and playwright (It's Always Fair Weather) - all usually with collaborator Betty Comden, born in The Bronx, New York

Dec 2 Eddie Sauter, American big band and theatrical arranger, bandleader (Sauter-Finegan Orchestra), and jazz composer (Stan Getz -"Focus"), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1981)
Dec 3 Edward "Corky" Cornelius, American jazz trumpeter (Benny Goodman; Gene Krupa), born in Cicero, Indiana (d. 1943)
Dec 3 Irving Fine, American composer (Toccata), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1962)
Dec 4 Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (Spy Who Loved Me), born in Paris, France (d. 1993)
Dec 4 Rudolf Hausner, Austrian artist (d. 1995)
Dec 5 Hans Hellmut Kirst, German author (The Lieutenant Must Be Mad), born in Osterode, Germany (d. 1989)
Dec 5 Lina Bo Bardi, Italian born Brazilian modernist architect (SESC Pompéia Factory), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1992)
Dec 6 Cyril Washbrook, English cricket batsman (37 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 195; Lancashire CCC), born in Barrow, England (d. 1999)
Dec 6 Mamo Clark, American actress (One Million BC; Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), and author, born in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (d. 1986)
Dec 7 Winston Place, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 100; Lancashire CCC, MCC), born in Rawtenstall, England (d. 2002)
Dec 8 Corbett Davis, American football fullback (#1 overall pick NFL Draft 1938 Cleveland Rams), born in Lowell, Indiana (d. 1968)

Ernie Toshack (1914-2003)

Dec 8 Australian cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 47 wickets), born in Cobar, NSW

Dec 9 Frances Reid, American actress (Days of Our Lives, The Andromeda Strain), born in Wichita Falls, Texas (d. 2010)
Dec 9 Max Manus, Norwegian resistance fighter and author who specialized in sabotage during World War II, born in Bergen, Norway (d. 1996)
Dec 10 Dorothy Lamour [Mary Kaumeyer], American actress and singer (Road to Bali, My Favorite Brunette), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1996)
Dec 10 Jeff Nicklin, Canadian CFL football player (Winnipeg Blue Bombers), Army officer and paratrooper, born in Fort William, Ontario (d. 1945) [1]
Dec 12 Buzzie Bavasi, American MLB executive (Brooklyn & LA Dodgers), born in New York City (d. 2008)
Dec 12 Denis Begbie, South African cricketer (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50), born in Middelburg, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 2009)
Dec 13 Alan Bullock, British historian and author (Hitler: A Study in Tyranny), born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England (d. 2004)
Dec 13 George "Tiger" Haynes, American jazz guitarist (The Three Flames), and stage and screen actor (The Wiz; In the Heat of the Night), born in Frederiksted, St. Croix (d. 1994)
Dec 13 Larry Parks [Samuel Lawrence Parks], American actor (The Jolson Story, Love Is Better Than Ever), born in Olathe, Kansas (d. 1975)
Dec 14 Attila Petschauer, Hungarian fencer (Olympic gold 1928, 32), born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (d. 1943)
Dec 14 Karl Carstens, German politician (President of the Federal Republic of Germany 1979-84), born in Bremen, German Empire (d. 1992)
Dec 14 Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist (Bach & Rock), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2003)
Dec 17 Syed Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (prolific batsman of 30's & 40's), born in Indore, British India (d. 2005)
Dec 18 Connie "Pee Wee" Crayton, American R&B and blues guitarist and singer ("Do Unto Others"), born in Rockdale, Texas (d. 1985)
Dec 18 Jerry Zipkin, American socialite (friend of Nancy Reagan), born in New York City (d. 1995)
Dec 21 Ivan Generalić, Croatian painter, born in Hlebine, Croatia (d. 1992)
Dec 21 William Nebergall, American inorganic chemist (invented fluoride toothpaste), born in Cuba, Illinois (d. 1978) [1]
Dec 22 Emil Sitka, American actor (Three Stooges shorts), born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (d. 1998)
Dec 23 Dezider Kardos, Slovak composer, born in Nadlice, Slovakia (d. 1991)
Dec 24 Dorothy Hyson, American actress (Ghoul, Spare a Copper, Sing as We Go), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1996)
Dec 24 Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpeter and big band bandleader ("Skokiaan"; "Shish-Kebab"; "Dry Marterie"), born in Acerra, Italy (d. 1978)
Dec 25 James Fletcher Jr, New Zealand industrialist (Fletcher Construction), born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 2007)
Dec 26 Annemarie Wendl, German actress (Lindenstraße, Der Seitensprung), born in Trostberg, Germany (d. 2006)
Dec 26 Richard Widmark, American actor (Madigan, Murder on the Orient Express, Judgement at Nuremberg), born in Sunrise Township, Minnesota (d. 2008)
Dec 27 Giuseppe Berto, Italian writer (Heaven Sees Red), born in Mogliano Veneto, Italy (d. 1978)
Dec 27 Ivan Sutton, British concert promoter (City Music Society), born in Purley, London, England (d. 1996)
Dec 28 Bernard Youens [Popley], British actor (Coronation Street, Somewhere in Politics), born in Hove, East Sussex, England (d. 1984)
Dec 28 Lee Bowman, American actor (Ellery Queen, Miami Undercover, The Impatient Years), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1979)
Dec 29 Albert Tucker, Australian artist, born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1999)
Dec 29 Billy Tipton [Dorothy Tipton], American jazz pianist, saxophone player. and bandleader, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1989) [1] [2]
Dec 29 Tom Weir, Scottish climber, author and broadcaster (The Scots Magazine, Weir's Way), born in Glasgow, Scotland (d. 2006)
Dec 30 (Catherine) Jo Van Fleet, American Tony and Academy Award-winning actress (The Trip To Bountiful; East of Eden; Cool Hand Luke), born in Oakland, California (d. 1996) [some sources give birth as 12/29/15]
Dec 30 Bert Parks [Jacobson], American TV host (Miss America), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1992)
Dec 31 Pat Brady [Robert Ellsworth O'Brady], American actor (The Roy Rogers Show, Man from Music Mountain), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 1972)