Birthdays Date 1938 December | History by KabAstro

Dec 9 Deacon Jones, American Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (8 × Pro Bowl; 5 × First-team All-Pro; LA Rams, SD Chargers), born in Eatonville, Florida (d. 2013)
Dec 9 Rina Venter, South African Minister of National Health and Population Development (1989-94)
Dec 9 William Thomas McKinley, American composer and jazz pianist, born in New Kensington, Pennsylvania (d. 2015)
Dec 10 Bill Mathis, American football halfback (AFL All Star 1961, 63; New York Titans/Jets), born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (d. 2020)
Dec 10 Yuri Temirkanov, Russian conductor (Kirov Opera and Ballet Theatre, 1976-88; Baltimore Symphony, 2000-06), born in Nalchik, Russia, USSR (d. 2023) [1]
Dec 11 Enrico Macias, Algerian-French singer, born in Constantine, Algeria
Dec 11 Fred Cox, American football kicker (NFL C'ship 1969; Pro Bowl 1970; Minnesota Vikings all-time leading scorer), born in Monongahela, Pennsylvania (d. 2019)
Dec 11 McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist (John Coltrane Quartet), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2020)
Dec 12 Joel Chadabe, American electronic music composer, born in New York City (d. 2021)
Dec 13 Alvin Curran, American composer (Inner Cities; I Dreamt John Cage Yodeling at the Zurich Hauptbahnhof), born in Providence, Rhode Island
Dec 13 Heino [Heinz Georg Kramm], German schlager and traditional volksmusik singer, born in Düsseldorf-Oberbilk, Germany
Dec 13 Tom Shaw, American golfer (The Tradition 1993), born in Wichita, Kansas
Dec 13 Tony Gomez, British rock keyboardist (The Foundations - "Baby Now That I've Found You"; "Build Me Up Buttercup"), born in Colombo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) (d. 2015)
Dec 14 Hal Williams, American actor (Pvt Benjamin, 227, Sanford & Son), born in Columbus, Ohio
Dec 14 Janette Scott, English actress (Day of the Triffids), born in Morecambe, Lancashire, England

Dec 14 Leonardo Boff, Brazilian Catholic theologian (liberation theology) and writer, born in Concórdia, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Dec 15 Bob Foster, American boxer (world light-heavyweight champion 1968-74), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 2015)
Dec 15 Dennis RB Madide, South African Internal minister of Transkei
Dec 15 Fred Anton Maier, Norwegian speed skater (Olympic gold 5,000m 1968, bronze 1964; silver 10,000m 1964, 68; 11 x WRs), born in Nøtterøy, Norway (d. 2015)
Dec 16 Frank Deford, American sportswriter

Jimmie Lee Jackson (1938-1965)

Dec 16 American civil rights protester and church deacon, shot and killed by an Alabama State Trooper in 1965, born in Marion, Alabama

Dec 16 Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress and director (The Emigrants, Persona), born in Tokyo, Japan
Dec 17 Carlo Little, English rock drummer (Screaming Lord Sutch & the Savages), born in Shepherd's Bush, London, England (d. 2005)
Dec 17 Gilles Tremblay, Canadian NHL hockey left winger, 1961-69, 4X Stanley Cup champ (Montreal Canadiens), and French-language broadcaster, 1971-97, born in Montmorency, Quebec (d. 2014)
Dec 17 Peter Snell, New Zealand athlete (Olympic gold 800m 1960, 64; 1,500m 1964), born in Opunake, New Zealand (d. 2019)
Dec 18 Roger E. Mosley, American actor (actor (Magnum, P.I. -"TC"; Leadbelly), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2022)
Dec 18 [Bryan] Chas Chandler, English rock bassist (The Animals - "House of the Rising Sun"), and manager of Jimi Hendrix, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 1996)
Dec 20 John Harbison, American composer (The Flight Into Egypt; The Great Gatsby), born in Orange, New Jersey
Dec 21 Larry Bryggman, American actor (Dr John Dixon-As the World Turns), born in Concord, California
Dec 21 Roland Coryn, Belgian violist, composer, and music educator, born in Kortrijk, Belgium
Dec 22 Lucien Bouchard, French Canadian lawyer and politician, born in Saint-Cœur-de-Marie, Quebec
Dec 22 Matty Alou, Dominican baseball outfielder (NL batting champion 1966; MLB All-Star 1968-69; Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Haina, Dominican Republic (d. 2011)
Dec 23 Robert Kahn, American internet pioneer (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), born in Brooklyn, New York
Dec 24 Hans Küppers, German soccer midfielder (7 caps, West Germany; TSV 1860 Munich, 1. FC Nürnberg), born in Essen, Germany (d. 2021)
Dec 24 Ralp Inbar, Dutch TV host (Banana Split), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2004)
Dec 24 Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese politician, and former football chairman of Boavista F.C. and Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional
Dec 25 David Borden, American jazz and minimalist keyboard player and composer, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Dec 25 Duane Armstrong, American painter (Fields of Grass), born in Fresno, California
Dec 25 Wibo van de Linde, Dutch TV host, director, and screenwriter (Avro), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2018)
Dec 26 Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi film director (d. 1989)
Dec 26 Bahram Beizai, Iranian playwright and film director
Dec 27 Ron Greene, American college basketball coach (Uni of New Orleans, Mississippi State, Murray State, Indiana State), born in Terre Haute, Indiana (d. 2021)
Dec 28 Bruce Yarnell, American actor (Outlaws) and singer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1973)
Dec 28 Dick Sudhalter, American jazz trumpeter, and writer, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2008)
Dec 28 Frank Kelly, Irish stage and screen actor (Father Ted), born in Dublin (d. 2016)
Dec 28 Janet Hough Bryant, author/performing artist/educator
Dec 28 John Gleeson, Australian rugby league five eighth (10 Tests; Queensland 25 games; Wynnum-Manly, Brothers RLFC), born in Chinchilla, Australia (d. 2021)
Dec 28 Pachín, Spanish soccer defender (8 caps; Real Madrid) and manager (Osasuna, Levante, Granada), born in Torrelavega, Spain (d. 2021)
Dec 29 Gianluigi Saccaro, Italian fencer (Olympic gold épée team 1960; silver épée team 1964; bronze épée 1968), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2021)

Jon Voight (85 years old)

Dec 29 American actor (Deliverance, Midnight Cowboy), born in Yonkers, New York

Dec 29 Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, CEO (Waste Management, Blockbuster), and sports team owner (Miami Dolphins, Florida Panthers, Florida Marlins), born in Evergreen Park, Illinois (d. 2018)
Dec 30 Ron Wolf, American Pro Football HOF executive (GM Green Bay Packers Super Bowl XXXI), born in New Freedom, Pennsylvania
Dec 31 Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Dutch speed skater (Women's World Champion, 1970, 1972-74; European Champion, 1972-74), born in Grou, Netherlands (d. 2013)
Dec 31 Henricus G Wijmans, Dutch graphic artist
Dec 31 Rosalind Cash, American actress (Omega Man, Wrong is Right), born in Atlantic City, New Jersey (d. 1995)