Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 08

1872  J C Powys, writer was born on December - 08.   

1874  On this day in history birth of ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951)   

1877  Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer was born on December - 08.   

1879  Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Bauhaus) [OS] was born on this day in history.   

1881  On this day in history birth of padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)   

1882  Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita) was born on this day in history.   

1886  Diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo was born on December - 08.   

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

1888  On this day in history birth of fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian   

1888  On December - 08 birth of paul Cavanagh, Chislehurst England, actor (Tarzan & his Mate)   

1888  On December - 08 birth of vesey D'Davoren, character actor   

1889  On this day in history birth of w Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse)   

1890  Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti) was born on December - 08.   

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

1894  James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs) was born on this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history birth of e.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (d. 1938)   

1897  On this day in history birth of leslie Heward, composer   

1899  James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist was born on December - 08.   

1899  On this day in history birth of john Qualen, Vancouver BC, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Searchers)   

1899  On December - 08 birth of sarah Williamson, US missionary in Liberia   

1900  Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990) was born on December - 08.   

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 December - 08.   

1903  On this day in history birth of cleo Brown, pianist   

1903  On this day in history birth of irene Eisinger, singer   

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 December - 08 birth of charles Cushing, composer   

1905  On this day in history birth of ernst Hermann Meyer, composer   

1905  Frank Faylen, St Louis Mo, actor (Herbert Gillis-Dobie Gillis) was born on December - 08.   

1905  On this day in history birth of julius Silverman, politician   

1906  Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley) was born on December - 08.   

1907  On December - 08 birth of tony Aubin, composer   

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

0899  Arnulf of Carinthia, last emperor of Austria-France, dies on this day in history.   

1292  John Peckham, English archbishop of Canterbury, dies at 62 on December - 08.   

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on December - 08.   

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  Death of Philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561) on December - 08.   

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