Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 08

1872  On this day in history birth of j C Powys, writer   

1874  On this day in history birth of ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951)   

1877  Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer was born on December - 08.   

1879  Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Bauhaus) [OS] was born on December - 08.   

1881  Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems) was born on December - 08.   

1882  Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita) was born on December - 08.   

1886  On December - 08 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  Vesey D'Davoren, character actor was born on this day in history.   

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

1890  On December - 08 birth of bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti)   

1890  Bohuslav Martinu, composer was born on December - 08.   

1894  On December - 08 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  On this day in history birth of james "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist   

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

1899  On this day in history birth of sarah Williamson, US missionary in Liberia   

1900  On this day in history birth of sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990)   

1902  Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982) was born on December - 08.   

1903  On this day in history birth of adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)   

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

1903  Irene Eisinger, singer was born on this day in history.   

1903  Kathleen (Kitty) Rosalind Muggeridge, author was born on December - 08.   

1903  Zoltan Szekely, composer was born on December - 08.   

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

1905  Charles Cushing, composer was born on December - 08.   

1905  On this day in history birth of ernst Hermann Meyer, composer   

1905  On December - 08 birth of frank Faylen, St Louis Mo, actor (Herbert Gillis-Dobie Gillis)   

1905  On this day in history birth of julius Silverman, politician   

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  On December - 08 death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on this day in history.   

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1587  On this day in history death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed   

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on December - 08.   

1626  Death of John Davies, English poet (b. 1569) on December - 08.   

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.