page_title: 1945 in the United States
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: 1945 in the United States / Births / December
caption_attribution_description: Photo of Bette Midler backstage at the Grammy Awards.
context_page_description: Events from the year 1945 in the United States. World War II ended during this year following the surrender of Germany in May and that of Japan in September.
context_section_description: December 1 – Bette Midler, American actress and singer
  December 2 – Charles "Tex" Watson, American prisoner, 'Manson Family' member
  December 6 – Larry Bowa, American baseball player, manager
  December 9 – Michael Nouri, American actor
  December 13
  Herman Cain, African-American conservative 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 16 – Patti Deutsch, American voice actress (d. 2017)
  December 17
  Ernie Hudson, African-American actor
  Chris Matthews, American news anchor
  December 18 – Carolyn Wood, American professional swimmer
  December 19 – Elaine Joyce, American actress, game show panelist
  December 20
  Bruce Baker, American geneticist (d. 2018)
  Peter Criss, American rock drummer (KISS)
  December 22
  Diane Sawyer, American news journalist
  T. K. Wetherell, American politician, educator (d. 2018)
  December 23 – Donald A. Ritchie, American historian
  December 24 – Nicholas Meyer, American screenwriter, producer, director and novelist
  December 25 – Gary Sandy, American actor
  December 26 – John Walsh, American media personality (America's Most Wanted)
caption: Bette Midler
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