page_title: 1945
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: 1945 / Births / December
caption_attribution_description: British singer Davy Jones (member of The Monkees) performing at a free concert in Geneva, Illinois, USA (see also [1] and [2])
context_page_description: 1945 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1945th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 945th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade.
  It marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It also saw the only time nuclear weapons were used in combat.
context_section_description: December 1 – Bette Midler, American actress, comedian and singer (Beaches)
  December 2 – Charles "Tex" Watson, American prisoner, 'Manson Family' member
  December 3 – Bozhidar Dimitrov, Bulgarian historian, politician, and polemicist (d. 2018)
  December 4 – Geoff Emerick, English recording engineer (d. 2018)
  December 6 – Larry Bowa, American baseball player, manager
  December 7 – Clive Russell, English actor
  December 9 – Michael Nouri, American actor
  December 11 – Sharafuddin of Selangor, Sultan of Selangor
  December 12
  René Pétillon, French satirical, political cartoonist (d. 2018)
  Portia Simpson-Miller, 2-time Prime Minister of Jamaica
  December 13
  Herman Cain, African-American politician, author, business executive, radio host, syndicated columnist, and Tea Party activist (d. 2020)
  Kathy Garver, American actress, author and online radio hostess
  Heather North, American actress (d. 2017)
  December 15
  Michael King, New Zealand popular historian, author, and biographer (d. 2004)
  Thaao Penghlis, Australian actor
  December 16
  Patti Deutsch, American voice actress (d. 2017)
  Tony Hicks, English guitarist and singer (The Hollies)
  December 17
  Ernie Hudson, African-American actor
  David Mallet, British director
  Chris Matthews, American news anchor
  December 18 – Carolyn Wood, American professional swimmer
  December 19
  Ron Hunt, English footballer (d. 2018)
  Elaine Joyce, American actress, game show panelist
  December 20
  Bruce Baker, American geneticist (d. 2018)
  Peter Criss, American rock drummer (KISS)
  Sivakant Tiwari, senior legal officer of the Singapore Legal Service (d. 2010)
  December 21 – Mari Lill, Estonian actress
  December 22
  Diane Sawyer, American news journalist
  T. K. Wetherell, American politician, educator (d. 2018)
  December 23 – Donald A. Ritchie, American historian
  December 24
  Lemmy, British singer, bassist (Motörhead) (d. 2015)
  Nicholas Meyer, American screenwriter, producer, director and novelist
  Sharafuddin of Selangor, Sultan of Selangor
  Steve Smith, Canadian actor, comedian and writer
  December 25
  Noel Redding, English musician (d. 2003)
  Gary Sandy, American actor
  December 26 – John Walsh, American media personality (America's Most Wanted)
  December 30 – Davy Jones, English-born pop singer, actor (The Monkees) (d. 2012)
  December 31
  Barbara Carrera, Nicaraguan-American actress
  Vernon Wells, Australian film, television actor
  Connie Willis, American fiction writer
caption: Davy Jones
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