Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 24

1822  On this day in history birth of charles Hermite, French mathematician (E is Transcendent)   

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

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

1826  Ignacy Krzyzanowski, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1837  Sissi, Emperor of Austria was born on this day in history.   

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

1859  On December - 24 birth of roman Statkowski, composer   

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

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 December - 24.   

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

1870  On this day in history birth of rosario Scalero, composer   

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

1879  Stanislav Pylypovych Lyudkevych, composer was born on December - 24.   

1879  On December - 24 birth of Émile Nelligan, Quebec poet (d. 1941)   

1880  Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, children's book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann (d. 1939) was born on December - 24.   

1881  On this day in history birth of bronislaw Zygmunt Szulc, composer   

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

1881  On this day in history birth of juan Ramon Jiménez, Spain, poet (Distant Gardens, Nobel 1956)   

1885  Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (Yorkshire & England keeper, later Test ump) was born on December - 24.   

1886  Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-born director (d. 1962) was born on December - 24.   

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 December - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history birth of georges Guynemer, French WW I pilot   

1895  On December - 24 birth of e. Roland Harriman, American financier (d. 1978)   

1898  On December - 24 birth of héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1967)   

1898  Baby Dodds, American jazz drummer (d. 1959) was born on this day in history.   

1900  Joey Smallwood, Canadian politician, Premier of Newfoundland (d. 1991) was born on December - 24.   

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

1904  On December - 24 birth of herbert D Riley, US vice-admiral (WW II, Guadalcanal, Okinawa)   

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0427  Death of Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople on December - 24.   

1069  Godfried II, with the Beard, duke of Neder-Lutherans, dies on December - 24.   

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

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

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

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.