Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 24

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

1822  Matthew Arnold, England, poet/critic (Dover Beach) was born on December - 24.   

1824  Peter Cornelius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1826  On this day in history birth of ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer   

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

1829  On this day in history birth of jose Rogel, composer   

1837  On December - 24 birth of sissi, Emperor of Austria   

1843  On this day in history birth of lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (d. 1886)   

1859  Roman Statkowski, composer was born on December - 24.   

1867  On December - 24 birth of manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian/diplomat   

1867  On December - 24 birth of kantaro Suzuki, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1948)   

1868  Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion (1894-21) was born on this day in history.   

1869  On December - 24 birth of henriette GA Roland Holst-van der Schalk, Dutch poet (Women in Forest)   

1870  Rosario Scalero, composer was born on December - 24.   

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

1879  On December - 24 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  Bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer was born on December - 24.   

1881  On this day in history birth of charles Wakefield Cadman, composer   

1881  Juan Ramon Jiménez, Spain, poet (Distant Gardens, Nobel 1956) was born on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history 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  Louis Jouvet, Crozon France, actor (Volpone, Topaze, La Marseillaise) was born on December - 24.   

1889  On December - 24 birth of vladimir Sokoloff, Moscow Russia, actor (Road to Morocco)   

1893  On December - 24 birth of carl Brisson, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Murder at the Vanities)   

1893  Ruth Chatterton, US actress (Madame X, Sarah & Son) was born on December - 24.   

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

1895  On this day in history birth of e. Roland Harriman, American financier (d. 1978)   

1898  Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1967) was born on this day in history.   

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

1900  On December - 24 birth of joey Smallwood, Canadian politician, Premier of Newfoundland (d. 1991)   

1904  On December - 24 birth of daniel K Womack, singer/guitarist   

1904  Herbert D Riley, US vice-admiral (WW II, Guadalcanal, Okinawa) was born on this day in history.   

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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  Death of John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218) on December - 24.   

1380  John von Neumarkt, German bishop/Chancellor Karel IV, dies on December - 24.   

1453  On December - 24 john Dunstable, English composer, dies   

1524  Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer/viceroy of Cochin, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.