Jean Ritchie

Jean Ruth Ritchie was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, called by some the "Mother of Folk". In her youth she learned hundreds of folk songs in the traditional way, many of which were Appalachian variants of centuries old British and Irish songs, including dozens of Child Ballads. In adulthood, she shared these songs with wide audiences, as well as writing some of her own songs using traditional foundations.

8 December 1922

Born on the same birth date (8 December 1922): Lucian Freud

Born on the same birth day (8 December): Aleksandra Olsza • Amir Khan (boxer) • Astorre II Manfredi • Charles Lincoln Edwards • Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs • Emma Green (athlete) • Georges Feydeau • Kristin Lauter • Larry Martin • Mark Bugden • Matthew Labyorteaux • Miklós Istvánffy • Nancy Meyers • Philip Holm • Sam Hauser • Sammy Davis Jr.

Born in the same month (December 1922): Agnes Nixon • Alan Voorhees • Dilip Kumar • Don Hewitt • Esther Lederberg • Grace Paley • Grigoris Bithikotsis • Halina Czerny-Stefańska • Iakovos Kambanellis • Jane Langton • Lionel Bowen • Lucian Freud • Maila Nurmi • Paul Winchell • Redd Foxx • Richard Mayes • Sven Nykvist • William Demby • William Soeryadjaya