Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In December - 26

1822  Dion boucicault: Irish/us actor/playwright (rip van winkle)   

1824  Augustus louis chetlain: Mjr general (union volunteers), died in 1914   

1826  Franz coenen: Composer   

1826  Martinus nijhoff: Founder nijhoff's book/publisher (van dale)   

1837  Adm george dewey: American naval hero of manila   

1837  Morgan bulkeley: American politician and baseball commissioner   

1845  Salvatore auteri manzocchi: Composer   

1849  Samuel e "sam" van beem: Actor (fanfan la tulipe)   

1853  René bazin: French novelist   

1855  Arnold ludwig mendelssohn: Composer   

1859  Johan f van bemmelen: Dutch zoologist   

1859  William stephens: U.s. political figure   

1861  Friedrich engel: German mathematician (group theory)   

1862  Alexander v amfiteatrov: Russian/french/italian writer [ns]   

1869  Harry redman: Composer   

1872  Norman angell: British politician, nobel laureate   

1873  Hubert cuypers: Dutch composer/choir conductor (minstrels)   

1873  Karel moor: Composer   

1873  Thomas wass: English cricketer   

1874  Norman angell: [lane], english cowboy/journalist (nobel 1933)   

1878  Isaiah bowman: Us, geography/co-founder (geographical review)   

1879  Armen tigran tigranyan: Composer   

1883  Carl oscar ahues: Germany, international chess master (1950)   

1883  Frank debenham: Australian geographer/geologist   

1887  Arthur ernest percival: British army officer   

1890  Uncle charlie osborne: American fiddler   

1891  Henry miller: Author (tropic of capricorn, tropic of cancer, sexus)   

1893  Evgeny karlovich tikotsky: Composer   

1893  Mao tse-tung: Of little red book fame, pm of china pr (1949-76)   

1893  Mao zedong: Chinese military leader and politician   

1894  Antonio molina: Composer   

1894  Jean toomer: American writer   

1897  Willie corsari: [wilhelmina a schmidt], dutch writer   

1901  Georgy mikhaylovich rimsky-korsakov: Composer [ns]   

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0267  Dionysius: Bishop of rome/saint,   

0268  Pope dionysius: Pope dionysius   

1350  Jean de marigny: French bishop   

1458  Arthur iii: Duke of brittany (b. 1393)   

1476  Galeazzo maria sforza: Duke of milan, murdered   

1530  Zahir al-din mohammed babur shah: Founder mogols-dynasty,   

1574  Charles guise: Archbishop/cardinal of reims,   

1624  Simon marius: Astronomer,