Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 08

1872  J C Powys, writer was born on December - 08.   

1874  Ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951) was born on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history birth of paul Emile Ladmirault, composer   

1879  Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Bauhaus) [OS] was born on this day in history.   

1881  Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems) was born on this day in history.   

1882  Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita) was born on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history birth of diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo   

1887  Vicente Emilio Sojo, composer was born on this day in history.   

1888  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian was born on December - 08.   

1888  Paul Cavanagh, Chislehurst England, actor (Tarzan & his Mate) was born on December - 08.   

1888  On this day in history birth of vesey D'Davoren, character actor   

1889  On December - 08 birth of w Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse)   

1890  On this day in history birth of bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti)   

1890  On December - 08 birth of bohuslav Martinu, composer   

1894  On this day in history birth of james (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs)   

1894  E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (d. 1938) was born on this day in history.   

1897  Leslie Heward, composer was born on December - 08.   

1899  James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist was born on December - 08.   

1899  On this day in history birth of john Qualen, Vancouver BC, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Searchers)   

1899  On December - 08 birth of sarah Williamson, US missionary in Liberia   

1900  Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990) was born on this day in history.   

1902  On December - 08 birth of wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982)   

1903  Adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946) was born on December - 08.   

1903  Cleo Brown, pianist was born on this day in history.   

1903  Irene Eisinger, singer was born on December - 08.   

1903  On December - 08 birth of kathleen (Kitty) Rosalind Muggeridge, author   

1903  On December - 08 birth of zoltan Szekely, composer   

1904  On this day in history birth of wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)   

1905  Charles Cushing, composer was born on this day in history.   

1905  Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer was born on this day in history.   

1905  Frank Faylen, St Louis Mo, actor (Herbert Gillis-Dobie Gillis) was born on December - 08.   

1905  Julius Silverman, politician was born on December - 08.   

1906  On December - 08 birth of richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley)   

1907  On December - 08 birth of tony Aubin, composer   

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0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.   

0899  On this day in history arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

1292  On December - 08 john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on this day in history.   

1596  On this day in history death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico   

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on this day in history.   

1632  On December - 08 death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

1643  John Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59 on December - 08.