page_title: 1952
section_title: December
hierarchical_section_title: 1952 / Births / December
caption_attribution_description: Michael Dorn at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2019
context_page_description: 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1952nd year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 952nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade.
context_section_description: December 1
  Rick Scott, American politician, 45th Governor of Florida, U.S. Senator (Florida)
  Pegi Young, American singer, songwriter, educator, and philanthropist (d. 2019)
  December 2 – Peter Kingsbery, American singer, songwriter (Cock Robin)
  December 3
  Bruno Jonas, German Kabarett artist, actor
  Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Malaysian politician
  December 6
  Chuck Baker, American Major League Baseball player
  Nicolas Bréhal, French novelist, literary critic
  Charles Bronson, English criminal (has been referred to as the "most violent prisoner in Britain")
  Edward Etzel, American Olympic Champion
  Joe Harris, American football linebacker
  Christian Kulik, Polish football player
  Craig Newmark, American businessman, founded Craigslist
  Shio Satō, Japanese manga artist
  Jeff Schneider, American Major League Baseball pitcher
  David L. Spector, American cell, molecular biologist
  December 8 – Richard Walsh, English actor
  December 9 – Michael Dorn, African-American actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
  December 12
  Harbance Singh (Herb) Dhaliwal, Canadian politician
  Sarah Douglas, English actress
  December 13
  Karl Howman, English actor
  Junkyard Dog, American pro wrestler (d. 1998)
  December 15
  Julie Taymor, American film, theater, and opera director, costume designer
  Hwang Woo-suk, South Korean biomedical scientist
  Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer, coach
  December 16 – Joel Garner, West Indian cricketer
  December 20
  Jenny Agutter, English actress
  Faisal Al-Fayez, Prime Minister of Jordan
  Ray Bumatai, American musician, singer, recording artist and actor (d. 2005)
  December 25
  Youssouf Ouédraogo, 6th Prime Minister of Burkina Faso (d. 2017)
  Isa Bakar, Malaysian football player (d. 2010)
  December 26
  Jon Glover, British actor
  Riki Sorsa, Finnish singer (d. 2016)
  December 27
  Jay Hill, Canadian politician
  David Knopfler, British musician
  Tovah Feldshuh, American actress
  December 28
  Arun Jaitley, Indian politician (d. 2019)
  Hemant Shesh, Indian Hindi Writer
  December 29
  Efron Etkin, Israeli actor and voice actor (d. 2012)
  Külliki Saldre, Estonian actress
  December 30 – June Anderson, American soprano
caption: Michael Dorn
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