Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/December 31
Births[edit]
- 1491 - Jacques Cartier, French explorer (d. 1557)
- 1869 - Henri Matisse, French painter (d. 1954) (pictured)
- 1937 - Anthony Hopkins, Welsh actor
- 1943 - John Denver, American musician (d. 1997)
- 1943 - Ben Kingsley, English actor
- 1948 - Donna Summer, American singer (d. 2012)
- 1959 - Val Kilmer, American actor
Deaths[edit]
- 192 - Commodus, Roman Emperor (b. 161)
- 1384 - John Wycliffe, English theologian and Bible translator
- 1877 - Gustave Courbet, French painter (b. 1819)
- 1985 - Ricky Nelson, American singer (b. 1940)