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

1879  On December - 08 birth of paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Bauhaus) [OS]   

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

1894  On December - 08 birth of e.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (d. 1938)   

1897  Leslie Heward, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  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  Adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1903  Kathleen (Kitty) Rosalind Muggeridge, author was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of charles Cushing, composer   

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 this day in history.   

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

1906  On this day in history birth of richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley)   

1907  Tony Aubin, composer was born on this day in history.   

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0644  On December - 08 death of omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered   

0899  On this day in history 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  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 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.