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 this day in history birth of paul Emile Ladmirault, composer   

1879  On this day in history birth of paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Bauhaus) [OS]   

1881  Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems) was born on this day in history.   

1882  On December - 08 birth of manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita)   

1886  On December - 08 birth of diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo   

1887  On this day in history birth of vicente Emilio Sojo, composer   

1888  On December - 08 birth of fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian   

1888  Paul Cavanagh, Chislehurst England, actor (Tarzan & his Mate) was born on this day in history.   

1888  Vesey D'Davoren, character actor was born on December - 08.   

1889  On December - 08 birth of w Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse)   

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

1890  On this day in history birth of bohuslav Martinu, composer   

1894  On this day in history birth of james (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs)   

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  James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist was born on this day in history.   

1899  John Qualen, Vancouver BC, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Searchers) was born on December - 08.   

1899  Sarah Williamson, US missionary in Liberia was born on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history birth of sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990)   

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

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

1903  Zoltan Szekely, composer was born on this day in history.   

1904  On December - 08 birth of wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)   

1905  On December - 08 birth of charles Cushing, composer   

1905  Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer was born on December - 08.   

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  Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley) was born on December - 08.   

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

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0644  Death of Omar I, 2nd kalief of Islam, murdered on December - 08.   

0899  On December - 08 arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies   

1292  On this day in history john Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62   

1587  On this day in history death of mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed   

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  On December - 08 death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

1643  On December - 08 john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59