Johannes Heesters
Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters, known professionally as Johannes Heesters, was a Dutch actor of stage, television and film, as well as a vocalist of numerous recordings and performer on the concert stage with a career dating back to the 1920s. He worked as an actor until his death and is one of the oldest performing entertainers in history, performing shortly before his death at the age of 108. Heesters was almost exclusively active in the German-speaking world from the mid-1930s and became a film star in Nazi Germany, which later led to controversy in his native country. He was able to maintain his popularity in Germany in the decades until his death.
5 December 1903
Born on the same birth date (5 December 1903): C. F. Powell
Born on the same birth day (5 December): Bruce Golding • Danny Levi • Frank Wilson (musician) • Gennadiy Agapov • Hans Hellmut Kirst • John Beresford, 5th Baron Decies • Józef Piłsudski • Ken Downing • Moshe Katsav • Nikolai Uglanov • Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi • Ross Barkley • Yi-Fu Tuan
Born in the same month (December 1903): Carlos Montoya • Ella Baker • Haldan Keffer Hartline • Joseph Cornell • Tamanishiki San'emon • Tony Lazzeri • Una Merkel • William Heynes