Famous people born on 6 December

• HoraceRoman lyric poet · 65–8 BC
  56 yrs
• Joseph Louis Gay-LussacFrench chemist and physicist · 1778–1850
  71 yrs
• Gunnar MyrdalSwedish economist · 1898–1987
  88 yrs
• Friedrich Max MüllerGerman-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist · 1823–1900
  76 yrs
• George Porter ↗British chemist · 1920–2002
  81 yrs
• Dave Brubeck ↗American jazz pianist and composer · 1920–2012
  91 yrs
• Frédéric Bazille ↗French painter · 1841–1870
  28 yrs
• William II of the Netherlands ↗King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1840 to 1849 · 1792–1849
  56 yrs
• August von Mackensen ↗German field marshal · 1849–1945
  95 yrs
• Satoru Iwata ↗Japanese video game programmer and businessman · 1959–2015
  55 yrs
• Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos ↗Catalan noble · 1814–1870
  56 yrs
• Nobuo Matsunaga ↗Japanese association football player · 1921–2007
  85 yrs
• Ève Curie ↗Writer, journalist and pianist, younger daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie · 1904–2007
  102 yrs
• Henryk Mikolaj Górecki ↗Polish composer · 1933–2010
  76 yrs
• Agnes Moorehead ↗American actress · 1900–1974
  73 yrs
• Eli Cohen ↗Israeli spy · 1924–1965
  40 yrs
• Warren Hastings ↗Governor-General of Bengal, 1773–1785 · 1732–1818
  85 yrs
• Kristján Eldjárn ↗Icelandic politician, 3rd President of Iceland · 1916–1982
  65 yrs
• Nikolaus Harnoncourt ↗Austrian conductor · 1929–2016
  86 yrs
• Randy Rhoads ↗American guitarist · 1956–1982
  25 yrs
• Giovanni Ferrari ↗Italian footballer · 1907–1982
  74 yrs
• Ira Gershwin ↗American lyricist · 1896–1983
  86 yrs
• Marie Adélaïde of Savoy ↗Dauphine of France · 1685–1712
  26 yrs

Only people with a known day of birth are listed, and only people who have died. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.

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