Famous Birthdays In December - 24

1822  Charles Hermite, French mathematician (E is Transcendent) was born on December - 24.   

1822  On December - 24 birth of matthew Arnold, England, poet/critic (Dover Beach)   

1824  Peter Cornelius, composer was born on December - 24.   

1826  Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer was born on December - 24.   

1829  Benjamin Ipavec, composer was born on December - 24.   

1829  On December - 24 birth of jose Rogel, composer   

1837  On this day in history birth of sissi, Emperor of Austria   

1843  Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (d. 1886) was born on December - 24.   

1859  Roman Statkowski, composer was born on this day in history.   

1867  Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian/diplomat was born on December - 24.   

1867  Kantaro Suzuki, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948) was born on December - 24.   

1868  Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion (1894-21) was born on December - 24.   

1869  Henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest) was born on December - 24.   

1870  Rosario Scalero, composer was born on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history birth of henri Stroethoff, Dutch actor (A Chique Little Boy)   

1879  On this day in history birth of stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer   

1879  Ã‰mile Nelligan, Quebec poet (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history birth of johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, children's book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann (d. 1939)   

1881  On December - 24 birth of bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer   

1881  Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer was born on December - 24.   

1881  On December - 24 birth of juan Ramon Jiménez, Spain, poet (Distant Gardens, Nobel 1956)   

1885  On December - 24 birth of arthur Dolphin, cricketer (Yorkshire & England keeper, later Test ump)   

1886  On December - 24 birth of michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (d. 1962)   

1887  On December - 24 birth of louis Jouvet, Crozon France, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise)   

1889  Vladimir Sokoloff, Moscow Russia, actor (Road to Morocco) was born on this day in history.   

1893  Carl Brisson, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Murder at the Vanities) was born on December - 24.   

1893  Ruth Chatterton, US actress (Madame X, Sarah & Son) was born on this day in history.   

1894  Georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot was born on December - 24.   

1895  E. Roland Harriman, American financier (d. 1978) was born on December - 24.   

1898  Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1967) was born on December - 24.   

1898  On this day in history birth of baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (d. 1959)   

1900  On this day in history birth of joey Smallwood, Canadian politician, Premier of Newfoundland (d. 1991)   

1904  Daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist was born on this day in history.   

1904  Herbert D Riley, US vice-admiral (WW II, Guadalcanal, Okinawa) was born on December - 24.   

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0427  On December - 24 death of archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople   

1069  Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies on this day in history.   

1257  On December - 24 death of john I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)   

1380  On December - 24 john von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies   

1453  John Dunstable, English composer, dies on this day in history.   

1524  On this day in history vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55   

1541  On this day in history andreas R Bodenstein von Carlstadt, radical Lutheran, dies at about 61   

1548  Maximilian of Egmond, Dutch count/stadholder of Frisia, dies on December - 24.