Famous Personalities Born In December - 08
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
1508 Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer was born on December - 08.
1574 Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616) was born on December - 08.
1626 Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic was born on this day in history.
1678 Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.
1699 Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757) was born on December - 08.
1704 On this day in history birth of anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)
1708 Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765) was born on December - 08.
1715 On December - 08 birth of john Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)
1728 Johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author was born on December - 08.
1730 On December - 08 birth of john Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia
1730 Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.
1731 Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer was born on December - 08.
1737 Robert Kimmerling, composer was born on this day in history.
1741 Maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine) was born on December - 08.
1744 Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer was born on December - 08.
1765 Eli Whitney, inventor (Cotton Gin) was born on this day in history.
1789 John Fawcett, composer was born on this day in history.
1795 Jacques Francois Gallay, composer was born on December - 08.
1795 Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874) was born on this day in history.
1811 On December - 08 birth of louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer
1815 On this day in history birth of adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1905)
1816 On December - 08 birth of august Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born American financier (d. 1890)
1817 Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. 1896) was born on December - 08.
1822 Luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910 was born on December - 08.
1826 On December - 08 birth of friedrich Siemens, German industrialist
1828 Clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890 was born on December - 08.
1828 Robert Bullock, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905 was born on this day in history.
1832 On this day in history birth of bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)
1832 On December - 08 birth of bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
1861 Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman) was born on December - 08.
1861 On December - 08 birth of william Crapo Durant, founded General Machine
1862 Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's) was born on December - 08.
1865 On December - 08 birth of jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series)
1865 Jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia) was born on this day in history.