Redd Foxx

John Elroy Sanford, better known by his stage name Redd Foxx, was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Foxx gained success with his raunchy nightclub act before and during the civil rights movement. Known as the "King of the Party Records", he performed on more than 50 records in his lifetime. He portrayed Fred G. Sanford on the television show Sanford and Son and starred in The Redd Foxx Show and The Royal Family, where he played the husband of Della Reese, and grandfather to actor Larenz Tate.

9 December 1922

Born on the same birth day (9 December): André Randall • Augustus Quirinus Rivinus • Billy Bremner • Choi Min-ho • Frances Reid • Fritz Haber • Gastón Gaudio • Gideon Sa'ar • Hannes Kolehmainen • Joanna Trollope • Jolene Purdy • Joseph Pilates • Laura Salverson • Maksim Bahdanovič • MyKayla Skinner • Sylvia (singer)

Born in the same month (December 1922): Benjamin Gilman • Casey Ribicoff • Cy Leslie • Dilip Kumar • Grigoris Bithikotsis • Halina Czerny-Stefańska • Iakovos Kambanellis • Itubwa Amram • Jim Wright • Little Joe Cook • Maila Nurmi • Micheline Ostermeyer • Paul Winchell • Ruth Roman • Stan Lee • William Demby