Matthew Shepard
Matthew Wayne Shepard was a gay American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998. He was taken by rescuers to Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, where he died six days later from severe head injuries received during the attack.
1 December 1976
Born on the same birth date (1 December 1976): Dean O'Gorman • Laura Ling • Tomasz Adamek • Vangelis Sklavos
Born on the same birth day (1 December): 9th Dalai Lama • Alan Dedicoat • Beau Webster • Cyril Ritchard • John Densmore • Julee Cruise • Ledi Sayadaw • Mohamed Kamel Amr • Pablo Escobar • Richard Carrier • Ryan Malone • Vernon McGarity • Vesta Williams
Born in the same month (December 1976): A. J. Pierzynski • André Couto • Dimitrios Mavrogenidis • Dominic Monaghan • Filip Kuba • Georges Laraque • Kastro (rapper) • Laura Ling • Leland Chapman • Matthew Hoggard • Nenad Vučković (footballer) • Patrick Kerney • Reed Johnson • Shareef Abdur-Rahim • Sunny Sweeney • Yujiro Shirakawa