Famous Personalities Born In December - 20

1494  Oronce finé: French mathematician   

1537  King john iii of sweden: King john iii of sweden (d. 1592)   

1539  Paul melissus [paul schede]: German poet/composer   

1566  Edward wightman: English baptist preacher   

1579  John fletcher: Elizabethan dramatist (phylaster) (baptized)   

1594  Giovanni battista gagliano: Composer   

1606  Christoph schultze: Composer   

1626  Veit ludwig von seckendorff: German statesman   

1629  Pieter de hoogh: Dutch painter   

1659  Francois fagel: Dutch lawyer/statesman   

1717  Charles gravier: Comte de vergennes, french statesman and diplomat   

1720  Charles edward stuart: [bonnie prince charlie/young pretender]   

1729  Franz xaver thomas pokorny: Composer   

1758  Othon joseph vandenbroek: Composer   

1774  Guillaume-perre-antoine gatayes: Composer   

1786  Pietro raimondi: Composer   

1792  Nicolas charlet: French painter   

1805  Thomas graham: Father of colloid chemistry   

1807  Richard lucian page: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1901   

1808  Thomas tinsley craven: Commander (union navy), died in 1887   

1809  Friedrich karl kuhmstedt: Composer   

1812  Achille peri: Composer   

1813  Samuel jordan kirkwood: (gov-iowa)/us sect of interior (1881-82)   

1819  John geary: 1st sf postmaster, 1st mayor (may 1, 1850)   

1825  Romeyn beck ayres: Bvt major general (union army), died in 1888   

1833  Samuel a mudd: Doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to jw booth   

1838  Edwin abbott abbott: English schoolmaster, theologian, and author   

1841  Ferdinand buisson: French pacifist, recipient of the nobel peace prize   

1858  Jean/johannes t "jan" toorop: Dutch painter/graphic artist (3 brides)   

1859  Antonius j derkinderen: Dutch painter/etcher   

1860  Dan leno: English entertainer   

1861  Ivana kobilca: Slovenian painter   

1865  Maude gonne: Irish nationalist (irish joan of arc)   

1865  Elsie de wolfe: American socialite and interior decorator   

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0069  Aulus vitellius: Roman commandant of rhine & 7th emperor, murdered   

0217  Pope zephyrinus: Pope zephyrinus   

0860  King ethelbald of wessex: King ethelbald of wessex   

0910  Alfonso iii de great: King of asturias,   

1022  Elvira mendes: Wife of alfonso v of castile (b. 996)   

1073  Domingo: Spanish monastery founder/abbot/saint,   

1355  Stefanus ix uros iv dusan: King (1331-46)/serbia (1346-55),   

1494  Matteo maria boiardo: Italian poet