Famous Personalities Born In December - 02
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
1578 Agostino Agazzari, composer was born on December - 02.
1678 Nicolaas S Cruquius, Dutch hydraulic engineer (drained Haarlemmermeer) was born on December - 02.
1694 William Shirley, Colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1771) was born on December - 02.
1703 On December - 02 birth of ferdinand Konscak, Croatian explorer (d. 1759)
1710 On this day in history birth of bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783)
1728 On this day in history birth of ferdinando Galiani, Italian economist/philosopher/diplomat
1738 On this day in history birth of richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier (d. 1775)
1754 William Cooper, American judge (d. 1809) was born on December - 02.
1760 Joseph Graetz, composer was born on December - 02.
1760 John Breckinridge, American politician (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.
1777 Henry Doeff, colonialist (wrote Dutch-Japanese dictionary) was born on this day in history.
1802 On December - 02 birth of melancthon Smith Wade, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1811 On December - 02 birth of jean-Charles Chapais, French Canadian politician, Father of the Canadian Confederation (d. 1885)
1813 Jacob Rosenhaim, composer was born on December - 02.
1817 Heinrich von Sybel, German historian (d. 1895) was born on December - 02.
1821 On December - 02 birth of rufus Barringer, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
1825 On December - 02 birth of pedro II van Alcantara, Emperor of Brazil (1831-89)
1837 On December - 02 birth of charles Garrison Harker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1846 Pierre M Waldeck-Rousseau, French Min of Foreign affairs/premier was born on December - 02.
1856 On this day in history birth of robert Kajanus, composer
1859 Georges Seurat, France, painter/pointillist (Grande Jatte) was born on December - 02.
1860 C T Studd, cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England) was born on December - 02.
1863 On this day in history birth of gustav Wohlgemuth, composer
1863 On this day in history birth of charles Ringling, American circus owner (d. 1926)
1866 Henry Thacker Burleigh, Erie Pa, black composer (Springarn Medal) was born on December - 02.
1868 On this day in history birth of francis Jammes, French poet/writer (Jammisme)
1869 On this day in history birth of jonas Cohn, German/English philosopher (Theory of the Dialects)
1870 On December - 02 birth of francis Louis Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor
1875 On this day in history birth of frank Reicher, Munich Germany, actor (King Kong, Son of Kong)
1884 Ruth Draper, US, lecture artist [or 1989] was born on this day in history.
1885 George Minot, US, physician, worked on anemia (Nobel 1934) was born on December - 02.
1891 Charles H. Wesley, author writer and Brother of Alpha Phi Alpha Inc. (d. 1987) was born on this day in history.
1892 Leo Ornstein, composer was born on December - 02.
1893 On December - 02 birth of julius Bissier, German painter