Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 04

1868  On December - 04 birth of richard N Roland Holst, Dutch artist/painter   

1868  Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (d. 1953) was born on December - 04.   

1874  On December - 04 birth of jean H L Bossard, actor/impresario (Merchant of Venice)   

1875  On December - 04 birth of r M Rilke, writer   

1875  Rainer Maria Rilke, Austria, poet (Duino Elegies) was born on December - 04.   

1875  On this day in history birth of joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)   

1876  Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet (Iron Poems) was born on December - 04.   

1879  Herbert Hamilton Harty, composer was born on December - 04.   

1881  On this day in history birth of erwin von Witzleben, German fieldmarshal (July 20th plot)   

1883  On December - 04 birth of katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author (d. 1969)   

1888  Aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia (1921-34) was born on this day in history.   

1889  Buck Jones, [Charles F Gebhart], US actor (War Horse) was born on December - 04.   

1889  On this day in history birth of isabel Randolph, IL, actress (Fuller Brush Girl, Our Miss Brooks)   

1892  On this day in history birth of francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Spanish General/dictator (1936-75)   

1895  On December - 04 birth of nils FA Nilsson Piraten, Swedish writer (Bombi Bitt Och Jag)   

1895  On December - 04 birth of fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher (d. 1990)   

1896  Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [NS] was born on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history birth of mari Andriessen, Dutch sculptor (Dock Worker)   

1899  On December - 04 birth of douwe Hermans Kiestra, [Harm Harmstra], Frisian farmer/writer   

1899  On December - 04 birth of charles William (Charlie) Spencer Newcastle and England football player (d. 1953)   

1903  On December - 04 birth of alfred Leslie Rowse, historian   

1903  On this day in history birth of cornell Woolrich, US, writer (El Angel Negro)   

1905  On this day in history birth of emilio Médici, president Brazil (1969-74)   

1907  On this day in history birth of jo Boer, Dutch author (Catharina & the Magnolias)   

1908  A D Hershey, US, biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969) was born on December - 04.   

1909  On December - 04 birth of jimmy Jewel, English actor (d. 1995)   

1910  On this day in history birth of alex North, Chester Penn, composer (Spartacus, Viva Zapata)   

1910  Amar Singh, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties) was born on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history birth of ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987-92)   

1912  Alfons "Alphons" Berckmans, Flemish/British actor (Family Stastok) was born on December - 04.   

1912  Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler (didn't rep Aust) was born on this day in history.   

1912  Jimmy Jewel, comedian was born on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history birth of john W Pritchard, [Ian Wallace], US, sci-fi author (Megalomania)   

1912  On December - 04 birth of pappy Boyington, American pilot (d. 1988)   

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0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on this day in history.   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on December - 04.   

0811  Charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on this day in history.   

1123  On December - 04 death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  On December - 04 lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on December - 04.   

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on this day in history.