Famous Birthdays In December - 13

1870  Edward LeSaint, American actor and director (d. 1940) was born on this day in history.  

1871  On December - 13 birth of herman T Colenbrander, Dutch historian  

1871  On this day in history birth of russell W Porter, Vermont, explorer (Alaska)  

1871  On this day in history birth of emily Carr, Canadian artist (d. 1945)  

1874  On this day in history birth of ludwig Curtius, German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst)  

1877  Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych, composer was born on December - 13.  

1883  On December - 13 birth of belle da Costa Greene, American librarian, bibliographer and archivist (d. 1950)  

1886  Lambertus J van Apeldoorn, lawyer (martial law) was born on this day in history.  

1887  George Polya, Hungarian-born mathematician (d. 1985) was born on December - 13.  

1889  On this day in history birth of clarence Loomis, composer  

1890  Marc Connelly, McKeesport Pa, playwright (One Minute Please) was born on December - 13.  

1892  On this day in history birth of brand Dirck Ochse, filmer/co-founder (Polygoon)  

1893  On this day in history birth of curt Jurgens, Munich Germany, actor (Enemy Below, Longest Day)  

1897  On this day in history birth of drew Pearson, Evanston Ill, newscaster (Drew Pearson)  

1898  On December - 13 birth of daniel Lazarus, composer  

1899  On December - 13 birth of harold Guinzburg, publisher (founder of Literary Guild)  

1899  Yusef Greiss, composer was born on this day in history.  

1900  Jonel Perlea, composer was born on this day in history.  

1900  Norman Foster, Richmond IN, actor (Skyscraper Souls) was born on this day in history.  

1901  Georg M Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/theory [OS] was born on December - 13.  

1901  On December - 13 birth of john Wijga, painter/illustrator  

1902  Paul Kurzbach, composer was born on December - 13.  

1902  Talcott Parsons, US sociologist was born on December - 13.  

1903  On December - 13 birth of carlos Montoya, Madrid Spain, guitarist (Suite Flamenco 1966)  

1903  Jewgeni Petrow, writer was born on this day in history.  

1903  On December - 13 birth of john Piper, British writer (US Churches in WW I)/official war painter  

1906  Ingemar Liljefors, composer was born on December - 13.  

1906  On this day in history birth of laurens jan van der Post, soldier/explorer/conservationist  

1908  Victor Babin, composer was born on this day in history.  

1910  On this day in history birth of lillian Roth, [Rutstein], singer/actress (Animal Crackers)  

1910  Van Heflin, Walters Okla, actor (Great Adventure, Madame Bovary) was born on this day in history.  

1911  On December - 13 birth of kenneth Patchen, US, poet/novelist (Cloth of the Tempest)  

1912  Max Croiset, Dutch actor (Dog of Flanders, Little Ark) [or Aug 13] was born on this day in history.  

1913  Archie Moore, light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60) was born on December - 13.  

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0838  On December - 13 pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies  

1048  On this day in history al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74  

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on December - 13.  

1126  On this day in history hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies  

1204  On December - 13 maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69  

1250  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on December - 13.  

1466  On December - 13 death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)