Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 08

1872  On December - 08 birth of j C Powys, writer   

1874  Ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951) was born on December - 08.   

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

1882  Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita) was born on December - 08.   

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  Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian was born on this day in history.   

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

1888  On this day in history birth of vesey D'Davoren, character actor   

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

1890  On this day in history birth of bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti)   

1890  Bohuslav Martinu, composer was born on December - 08.   

1894  On December - 08 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  Leslie Heward, composer was born on this day in history.   

1899  On December - 08 birth of james "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist   

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 December - 08.   

1900  Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990) was born on this day in history.   

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

1903  On this day in history birth of adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)   

1903  Cleo Brown, pianist was born on this day in history.   

1903  Irene Eisinger, singer was born on this day in history.   

1903  On December - 08 birth of kathleen (Kitty) Rosalind Muggeridge, author   

1903  Zoltan Szekely, composer was born on December - 08.   

1904  Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935) was born on December - 08.   

1905  Charles Cushing, composer was born on December - 08.   

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  Julius Silverman, politician was born on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history birth of richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley)   

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

1587  Death of Mary, Queen of Scots (1560-1587), executed on this day in history.   

1596  On December - 08 death of luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico   

1626  On this day in history death of john Davies, English poet (b. 1569)   

1632  On this day in history death of philippe van Lansberge, Flemish astronomer (b. 1561)   

1643  On this day in history john Pym, English House of Commons member, dies at about 59