Famous Births on 8 Dec

Famous Births on 8 Dec

1542 - Mary Queen of Scots (d. 1587)
1574 - Maria Anna of Bavaria, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1616)
1626 - Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689)
1678 - Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, English diplomat (d. 1757)
1699 - Maria Josepha of Austria, queen of Poland (d. 1757)
1708 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765)
1730 - Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799)
1765 - Eli Whitney, American inventor (d. 1825)
1795 - Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer (d. 1874)
1815 - Adolph Menzel, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1905)
1816 - August Belmont, Sr., Prussian-born American financier (d. 1890)
1817 - Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish nobleman and politician (d. 1896)
1832 - Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author and Nobel laureate (d. 1910)
1848 - Joel Chandler Harris, American author and folklorist (d. 1908)
1861 - Georges Méliès, French filmmaker (d. 1938)
1861 - Aristide Maillol, French sculptor (d. 1944)
1861 - William C. Durant, American automobile pioneer (d. 1947)
1862 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921)
1864 - Camille Claudel, French graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1943)
1865 - Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician (d. 1963)
1865 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (d. 1957)
1874 - Ernst Moro, Austrian physician (d. 1951)
1886 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (d. 1957)
1890 - Bohuslav Martinů, Czech composer (d. 1959)
1894 - James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (d. 1961)
1894 - E.C. Segar, American cartoonist (Popeye) (d. 1938)
1899 - John Qualen, Canadian actor (d. 1987)
1900 - Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990)
1902 - Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982)
1908 - John A. Volpe, 61st and 63rd Governor of Massachusetts, 2nd United States Secretary of Transportation (d. 1994)
1909 - Gratien Gélinas, French Canadian playwright, actor, director and producer (d. 1999)
1911 - Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and lyricist (d. 1992)
1911 - Lee J. Cobb, American actor (d. 1976)
1913 - Delmore Schwartz, American poet (d. 1966)
1915 - Ernest Lehman, American screenwriter (d. 2005)
1916 - Richard Fleischer, American film director (d. 2006)
1918 - Gérard Souzay, French baritone (d. 2004)
1919 - Peter Tali Coleman, American politician (d. 1997)
1922 - Jean Ritchie, American folk singer
1922 - Lucian Freud, English painter
1923 - Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist
1925 - Jimmy Smith, American jazz organist (d. 2005)
1925 - Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author (d. 2000)
1925 - Sammy Davis Jr., American actor and singer (d. 1990)
1927 - Ferdie Pacheco, the "Fight Doctor"
1927 - Vladimir Shatalov, Soviet cosmonaut
1930 - Julian Critchley, British politician (d. 2000)
1930 - Maximilian Schell, Austrian-born Swiss actor, film director, and author
1931 - Bob Arum, American boxing promoter
1933 - Flip Wilson, American comedian (d. 1998)
1935 - Dharmendra, Indian actor
1935 - Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Israeli chess player
1936 - David Carradine, American actor
1937 - James MacArthur, American actor
1937 - Arne Næss Jr., Norwegian mountain climber and businessman (d. 2004)
1939 - Soko Richardson, American rhythm and blues drummer. (d. 2004)
1939 - Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player
1939 - Jerry "The Iceman" Butler, American soul singer
1939 - Sir James Galway, Northern Irish flautist
1940 - Brant Alyea, American baseball player
1941 - Sir Geoff Hurst, English footballer
1941 - Randall "Duke" Cunningham, US Navy fighter pilot and Congressman
1941 - Bob Brown, American football player
1941 - Ed Brinkman, American baseball player
1943 - Jim Morrison, American poet, singer (The Doors) (d. 1971)
1943 - Mary Woronov, American actress
1945 - John Banville, Irish novelist and journalist
1946 - Sharmila Tagore, Indian Actress
1946 - John Rubinstein, American actor, composer, director
1947 - Gregg Allman, American musician
1947 - Thomas R. Cech, American chemist, Nobel laureate
1947 - Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Skolt Sámi writer
1949 - Robert Sternberg, Proposed the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
1949 - Mary Gordon, American writer
1949 - Nancy Meyers, American film director, producer and screenwriter
1949 - Ray Shulman, English musician
1950 - Dan Hartman, American musician (Edgar Winter Group) (d. 1994)
1950 - Tim Foli, American baseball player
1950 - Rick Baker, American film makeup artist
1951 - Bill Bryson, American author
1951 - Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter
1952 - Khaw Boon Wan, Singapore Health Minister
1953 - Sam Kinison, American comedian (d. 1992)
1953 - Norman Finkelstein, American professor, activist
1953 - Roy Firestone, American sports announcer
1953 - Kim Basinger, American actress
1954 - Harold Hongju Koh, Korean-American Dean of Yale Law School
1956 - Warren Cuccurullo, American musician
1957 - Phil Collen, English guitarist (Def Leppard)
1958 - Bird McIntyre, Thai pop singer, musician
1960 - Lim Guan Eng, Secretary-General of the Malaysian Democratic Action Party (DAP)
1961 - Ann Coulter, American author, political commentator, and attorney
1962 - Marty Friedman, American guitarist
1963 - Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese professional wrestler
1964 - James Blundell, Australian country singer
1964 - Sandy Burnett, English record producer
1964 - Teri Hatcher, American actress
1965 - Carina Lau, Hong Kong actress
1966 - Jeff Tremaine, American television and film director
1966 - Sinéad O'Connor, Irish musician
1967 - Jeff George, American football player
1967 - Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
1967 - Darren Sheridan, English footballer and manager
1968 - Michael Cole, American professional wrestling commentator
1968 - Mike Mussina, American baseball player
65 BC - Horace, Roman poet (d. 8 BC)