Caroll Spinney

Caroll Edwin Spinney was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from its inception in 1969 until 2018.

26 December 1933

Born on the same birth day (26 December): Cecilia Costa Melgar • Craig Teitzel • Denis Cheryshev • Dermot Murnaghan • E. D. E. N. Southworth • James T. Conway • Martin Cooper (inventor) • Mirko Kovač (writer) • Olga Lopes-Seale • Phan Bội Châu • Richard Levis McCormick • Tim Legler

Born in the same month (December 1933): Aquilino Pimentel Jr. • Bapu (director) • Dick Ricketts • Johnny Green (basketball) • Krsto Papić • Mike Larrabee • Nicolas Coster • Olavi Salonen • Philip R. Craig • Robert Worcester • Violette Verdy