Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 08

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

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

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

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

1881  On this day in history birth of padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)   

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

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 December - 08.   

1888  On December - 08 birth of fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian   

1888  On December - 08 birth of paul Cavanagh, Chislehurst England, actor (Tarzan & his Mate)   

1888  On December - 08 birth of vesey D'Davoren, character actor   

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  On this day in history birth of bohuslav Martinu, composer   

1894  James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs) was born on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history birth of e.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (d. 1938)   

1897  On this day in history birth of leslie Heward, composer   

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

1899  John Qualen, Vancouver BC, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Searchers) was born on this day in history.   

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  Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982) was born on this day in history.   

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

1903  Cleo Brown, pianist was born on December - 08.   

1903  On December - 08 birth of irene Eisinger, singer   

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

1903  On December - 08 birth of zoltan Szekely, composer   

1904  Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1906  Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley) was born on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history birth of tony Aubin, composer   

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0644  On this day in history death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

0899  On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

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

1587  On December - 08 death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed   

1596  Death of Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico on this day in history.   

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

1632  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on this day in history.   

1643  On this day in history john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59