Historical Birthdays for Yesterday

🎂 Famous Historical Birthdays - Dec 8

1508 Gemma Frisius, [Jemme Reinersz], Frisian geographer/astronomer

1626 Christina, queen of Sweden who abdicated after becoming Catholic

1704 Anton de Haen, medical expert (Ratio Medendi)

1708 Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)

1715 John Althuysen, Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery)

1728 Johann G von Zimmermann, Swiss author

1730 John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia

1731 Frantisek Xaver Dusek, composer

1737 Robert Kimmerling, composer

1741 Maximilian JLP Gardel, French dancer/choreographer (Menuet Reine)

1744 Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer

1765 Eli Whitney, inventor (Cotton Gin)

1789 John Fawcett, composer

1795 Jacques Fran‡ois Gallay, composer

1811 Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer

1822 Luther Prentice Bradley, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1910

1826 Friedrich Siemens, German industrialist

1828 Clinton Bowen Fisk, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890

1828 Robert Bullock, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905

1832 Bj”rnstjerne Bj”rnson, Norway, novelist (Pa Guds Veje, Nobel-1903)

1861 Aristide Maillol, France, painter/sculptor (Seated Woman)

1861 Georges M‚liЉs, Paris, magician; 1st to film a fictional story

1861 William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine

1862 Georges Feydeau, French playwright (La Dame de Chez Maxim's)

1865 Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (Taylor series)

1865 Jean Sibelius, Tavastehus Finland, composer (Valse Triste, Finlandia)

1872 J C Powys, writer

1877 Paul Emile Ladmirault, composer

1879 Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Bauhaus) [OS]

1881 Padraic Colum, Irish poet/novelist/poet (Collected Poems)

1882 Manuel MarЎa Ponce, Fresnillo M‚xico, composer (Estrellita)

1886 Diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo

1887 Vicente Emilio Sojo, composer

1888 Fiske Kimball, US architect/art historian

1888 Paul Cavanagh, Chislehurst England, actor (Tarzan & his Mate)

1888 Vesey D'Davoren, character actor

1889 W Hervey Allen, US writer/poet (Anthony Adverse)

1890 Bohuslav Jan Martinu, Policka Czechoslovakia, composer (Hry o Marti)

1890 Bohuslav Martinu, composer

1894 James (Grover) Thurber, Columbus Ohio, humorist (Men, Women & Dogs)

1897 Leslie Heward, composer

1899 James "Pigmeat" Jarrett, pianist

1899 John Qualen, Vancouver BC, actor (Grapes of Wrath, Searchers)

1899 Sarah Williamson, US missionary in Liberia

1903 Adele Simpson, NYC, fashion designer (Neiman-Marcus Award-1946)

1903 Cleo Brown, pianist

1903 Irene Eisinger, singer

1903 Kathleen (Kitty) Rosalind Muggeridge, author

1903 Zoltan Szekely, composer

1904 Wilmer L Allison Jr, tennis champ (US Open-1935)

1905 Charles Cushing, composer

1905 Ernst Hermann Meyer, composer

1905 Frank Faylen, St Louis Mo, actor (Herbert Gillis-Dobie Gillis)

1905 Julius Silverman, politician

1906 Richard Llewellyn, Wales, novelist (How Green Was My Valley)

1907 Tony Aubin, composer

1908 John Volpe, (Gov-Mass)/US Secretary of Treasury (1969-73)

1911 Lee J Cobb, NYC, actor (Virginian, 12 Angry Men, On the Waterfront)

1912 Jura Soyfer, writer

1913 Delmore Schwartz, US, poet/short story writer/critic (Shenandoah)

1913 Paul F‚lix, Flemish architect (Sun Song)

1915 Denis Harding, soldier

1915 George Scheuer, writer/journalist

1916 Dorothy Mae Ballard, labor union rep

1917 Rufo I Wever, Aruban pianist/composer (Ca'i Organ)

1918 G‚rard Souzay, Angers France, baritone (Le Nozze di Figaro)

1918 Ian Johnson, cricketer (Australian Test captbetween Hassett & Craig)

1919 Hans-Dieter Hosalla, composer

1919 Moyssey Samuilovich Vaynberg, composer

1920 Emmanuel McDonald Bailey, Trinidad, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952)

1920 Ron Gulliford, educationalist

1921 Johnny Otis, Calif, R&B talent scout (Cold Shot, Cuttin' Up)

1921 Terence Morgan, London England, actor (Adv of Sir Francis Drake)

1921 Terence Weil, cellist/teacher

1922 George Fullerton, cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51)

1922 Jean Ritchie, rocker

1922 John B McKay, US test pilot (X-15)

1922 Lucian Freud, Berlin German, artist (Boy With a Rat)

1925 James E "Jimmy" Smith, US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side)

1925 Sammy Davis Jr, NYC, singer/dancer/actor (Ocean's 11, Candy Man)

1927 Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 4, 8, 10)

1929 Goffredo Parise, writer

1930 Alain Weber, composer

1930 John Morressy, US, sci-fi author (Starbrat, Greymantle, Kingsbane)

1930 Maximilian Schell, Austria, actor/director (Odessa File, Julia)

1931 Rudolf Komorous, composer

1933 Flip Wilson, [Clerow], Jersey City NJ, comedian (Flip Wilson Show)

1936 David Carradine, Hollywood CA, actor (Kung Fu, Mean Streets)

1936 Peter Parfitt, cricketer (fine England batsman of the 1960's)

1936 W S "Buster" Farrer, cricketer (South African Test batsman 1962-64)

1937 James MacArthur, LA Calif, actor (Danny Williams-Hawaii 5-0)

1937 Jan van Houwelingen, Dutch undersecretary of Defense (CDA)

1939 James Galway, Belfast Ireland, flutist (18k gold flute, Royal Phil)

1939 Jerry Butler, Sunflower Miss, rock vocalist (Never Give You Up)

1939 Lynn Wilson, contractor/multi-millionaire

1940 Graham Knight, rocker

1940 Jenny Linden, English actress (Hedda, Dr Who & the Daleks)

1940 Nick Nolte, actor (Teachers, 48 Hours, North Dallas 40)

1941 Albert J Evenhuis, Dutch undersecretary of Economic (VVD)

1941 Geoff Hurst, cricketer (Essex 1962, better known as soccer immortal)

1942 Bobby Elliot, rock drummer (Hollies)

1942 Hemant Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974)

1942 Mario Savio, activist

1943 Jim Morrison, Melbourne Fla, singer (Doors) is he really dead?

1943 Mary Woronov, Brooklyn Hgts NY, actress (Eating Raoul, Terror Vision)

1943 Michael Unger, English editor-in-chief (Evening News, Manchester)

1946 Graham Knight, rocker (Marmalade)

1946 John Rubinstein, LA Calif, actor/composer (Family, Boys from Brazil)

1947 Belinda Balaski, Inglewood CA, actor (Cannonball, Proud Men, Howling)

1947 Frans Leijnse, Dutch politician (PvdA 2nd Chamber)

1947 Geoff Daking, rocker

1947 Gregg Allman, Nashville, guitarist/vocalist (Allman Brothers Band)

1949 Mary Gordon, US, author

1949 Ray Shulman, rocker

1950 Dan Hartman, rocker

1950 Rick Baker, Binghamton NY, special effects makeup artist (Exorcist)

1952 Richie Morales, drummer (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)

1952 Sam Kinison, screaming comedian/actor (Back to School, Charlie Hoover)

1953 Kim Basinger, Athens Ga, actress (9« Weeks, Batman)

1953 Roy Firestone, sportscaster (Life's Most Embarrassing Moments)

1955 Ian Greig, cricketer (brother of Tony Two Tests for England 1982)

1956 Warren Cuccurullo, rock guitarist (Missing Persons)

1957 Phll Collen, rocker

1958 Billy Hufsey, actor (Christopher-Fame, Days of our Life)

1958 Wayne Dickert, Chattanooga TN, slalom double canoe (Olympics-11th-96)

1959 Mark Dickson, Tampa Fla, tennis star

1959 Marty Raybon, Sanford Fla, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South)

1959 Paul Rutherford, vocalist (Frankie Goes to Hollywood-Relax)

1962 Berry van Aerle, Dutch soccer star (PSV)

1962 Stephen John Elkington, Inverell Australia, PGA golfer (1990 Kmart)

1964 James Martinez, Santa Fe NM, rower (Olympics-1996)

1964 Teri Hatcher, Sunnyvale CA, actress (Lois Lane-Lois & Clark)

1965 Greg Truitt, NFL safety/linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)

1965 Teresa Weatherspoon, WNBA guard (NY Liberty)

1965 Troy Sadowski, NFL tight end (Cin Bengals)

1966 Douglas Allan Martin, Bluffton OH, PGA golfer (1995 Buick-2nd)

1966 Joe Staysniak, NFL guard (Indianapolis Colts)

1966 Matthew Laborteaux, LA Calif, actor (Albert-Little House on Prairie)

1966 Si¤ead O'Connor, Dublin Ireland, singer (Nothing Compares 2 U)

1967 Jeff George, NFL quarterback (Atlanta Falcons, Oakland Raiders)

1967 Marina Augusta Baker, Windsor England, playmate (Mar, 1987)

1967 Ron George, linebacker (Minnesota Vikings)

1967 Tony Mayberry, NFL center (Tampa Bay Bucs)

1968 Bill Johnson, defensive tackle (St Louis Rams)

1968 Mike Mussina, Williamsport PA, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles)

1969 Antoon Kuil, soccer player (Veendam, SC Heerenveen)

1969 Bobby Phillips, WLAF running back (Minn Vikings, Frankfurt Galaxy)

1969 Darrin Shannon, Barrie, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets)

1969 Lisa Marie Munzert, New Castle Delaware, Miss Delaware-America (1991)

1969 Victor Green, NFL cornerback/safety (NY Jets)

1971 Garvin Alston, Mt Vernon NY, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)

1971 James Stewart, NFL running back (Minn Vikings)

1973 Mitch Jacoby, tight end (St Louis Rams)

1973 Monty Montgomery, defensiveback (Indianapolis Colts)

1974 Paul Staight, Victoria Australia, badminton player (Olympics-96)

1978 Kate Robinson, Peoria Ill, dance skater (& Kate Robinson)

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