Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 08

1872  J C Powys, writer was born on this day in history.   

1874  On December - 08 birth of ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951)   

1877  On December - 08 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 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  On December - 08 birth of fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian   

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  W Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse) was born on December - 08.   

1890  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti) was born on this day in history.   

1890  Bohuslav Martinu, composer was born on this day in history.   

1894  James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs) was born on December - 08.   

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

1897  On December - 08 birth of leslie Heward, composer   

1899  On this day in history birth of james "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist   

1899  On December - 08 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 December - 08 birth of sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990)   

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

1903  On December - 08 birth of adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)   

1903  On this day in history birth of cleo Brown, pianist   

1903  On this day in history birth of irene Eisinger, singer   

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

1903  On this day in history birth of zoltan Szekely, composer   

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

1905  On December - 08 birth of charles Cushing, composer   

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

1905  On this day in history birth of frank Faylen, St Louis Mo, actor (Herbert Gillis-Dobie Gillis)   

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   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

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

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on December - 08.   

1292  On this day in history 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  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 December - 08.   

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

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