Tuesday, December 04, 2007

DECEMBER 5th......


Births

* 1377 - Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)
* 1443 - Pope Julius II (d. 1513)
* 1495 - Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)
* 1537 - Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)
* 1539 - Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)
* 1547 - Ubbo Emmius, Dutch historian and geographer (d. 1625)
* 1595 - Henry Lawes, English composer (d. 1662)
* 1661 - Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, English statesman (d. 1724)
* 1687 - Francesco Geminiani, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1762)
* 1782 - Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States (d. 1862)
* 1803 - Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev, Russian poet (d. 1873)
* 1820 - Afanasy Fet, Russian poet (d. 1892)
* 1822 - Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, American college president (d. 1907)
* 1829 - Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, French Canadian politician (d. 1908)
* 1830 - Christina Rossetti, British poet (d. 1894)
* 1839 - George Armstrong Custer, American general (d. 1876)
* 1855 - Clinton Hart Merriam, American ornithologist (d. 1942)
* 1859 - John Jellicoe, British admiral (d. 1935)
* 1863 - Paul Painlevé, French mathematician (d. 1933)
* 1867 - Józef Piłsudski, Polish revolutionary and statesman (d. 1935)
* 1867 - Antti Aarne, Finnish folklorist (d. February 2, 1925)
* 1868 - Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist (d. 1951)
* 1869 - Ellis Parker Butler, American author (d. 1937)
* 1870 - Vítězslav Novák, Czech composer (d. 1949)
* 1871 - Bill Pickett, American rodeo performer (d. 1932)
* 1872 - Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American chess player (d. 1906)
* 1875 - Sir Arthur Currie, Canadian soldier (d. 1933)
* 1879 - Clyde Cessna, American airplane manufacturer (d. 1954)
* 1879 - Nunnally Johnson, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1977)
* 1886 - Rose Wilder Lane, American writer and reporter, daughter of 'Little House' books writer Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1968)
* 1890 - David Bomberg, British painter (d. 1957)
* 1890 - Fritz Lang, Austrian-born film director (d. 1976)
* 1892 - Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal (d. 1973)
* 1895 - Elbert Frank Cox, American mathematician (d. 1969)
* 1896 - Carl Ferdinand Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
* 1898 - Grace Moore, American soprano (d. 1947)
* 1898 - Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (d. 1982)
* 1901 - Walt Disney, American animated film producer (d. 1966)
* 1901 - Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (d. 1980)
* 1901 - Werner Heisenberg, German physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
* 1902 - Strom Thurmond, American politician (d. 2003)
* 1903 - Johannes Heesters, Dutch singer and actor
* 1903 - Cecil Frank Powell, British physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1969)
* 1905 - Gus Mancuso, baseball player (d. 1984)
* 1906 - Otto Preminger, Austrian-born director, producer, and actor (d. 1986)
* 1907 - Giuseppe Occhialini, Italian physicist (d. 1993)
* 1910 - Abraham Polonsky, American screenwriter (d. 1999)
* 1911 - Władysław Szpilman, Polish pianist (d. 2000)
* 1914 - Hans Hellmut Kirst, German author (d. 1989)
* 1917 - Ken Downing, British racing driver (d. 2004)
* 1927 - Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand
* 1932 - Sheldon Lee Glashow, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1932 - Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman), American singer and pianist
* 1934 - Joan Didion, American writer
* 1934 - Nikos Kourkoulos, Greek actor, artistic director of the National Theatre of Greece (d. 2007)
* 1935 - Yury Vlasov, Soviet weightlifter
* 1935 - Calvin Trillin, American writer
* 1936 - James Lee Burke, American writer
* 1938 - J. J. Cale, American songwriter
* 1940 - Peter Pohl, Swedish writer
* 1940 - Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer
* 1943 - Eva Joly, Norwegian-born French magistrate
* 1944 - Jeroen Krabbé, Dutch actor
* 1945 - Serge Chapleau, Quebec caricaturist
* 1946 - José Carreras, Spanish tenor
* 1947 - Jim Messina, American musician (Buffalo Springfield - Loggins and Messina)
* 1947 - Tony Gregory, Irish politician
* 1947 - Jim Plunkett, American football player
* 1947 - Bruce Golding, Jamaican politician
* 1949 - Ray Comfort, New Zealand evangelist
* 1950 - Camarón de la Isla, Spanish flamenco singer (d. 1992)
* 1950 - Osvaldo Golijov, Argentine-born composer
* 1951 - Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Belgian artist
* 1951 - Morgan Brittany, American actress
* 1952 - Andy Kim, Canadian singer, songwriter
* 1953 - Larry Zbyszko, American professional wrestler
* 1956 - Brian Backer, American actor
* 1956 - Krystian Zimerman, Polish pianist
* 1957 - Art Monk, American football player
* 1958 - Dean Erickson, American actor
* 1960 - Jack Russell, American singer (Great White)
* 1962 - José Cura, Argentine tenor
* 1963 - Doctor Dre, American radio personality
* 1963 - Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards, British skier
* 1963 - Carrie Hamilton, American actress (d. 2002)
* 1965 - Johnny Rzeznik, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Goo Goo Dolls)
* 1965 - Wayne Smith, Jamaican reggae musician
* 1966 - Patricia Kaas, French singer
* 1967 - Gary Allan, American singer
* 1967 - Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin, titular Bulgarian royal family
* 1968 - Margaret Cho, American comedian and actress
* 1968 - Lisa Marie, American model and actress
* 1969 - Lewis Gordon Pugh, British swimmer, polar explorer and motivational speaker
* 1969 - Morgan J. Freeman, American film director
* 1970 - Robert LaMont Ellington, oh come on...you know about HIM!!!
* 1971 - Kali Rocha, American actress
* 1972 - Angela Shelton, American actress & writer
* 1972 - Mike Mahoney, baseball player
* 1972 - Cliff Floyd, American baseball player
* 1973 - Shalom Harlow, model
* 1973 - Luboš Motl, Czech physicist
* 1975 - Ronnie O'Sullivan, British snooker player
* 1976 - Amy Acker, American actress
* 1976 - Xavier Garbajosa, French rugby player
* 1978 - Olli Jokinen, Finnish ice hockey player
* 1979 - Matteo Ferrari, Italian footballer
* 1979 - Niklas Hagman, Finnish hockey player
* 1979 - Nick Stahl, American actor
* 1979 - Gareth McAuley, Northern Irish footballer
* 1979 - Evonne Hsu, Taiwanese singer
* 1979 - Marcus Stevens, Elk, California's first gay youth
* 1980 - Shizuka Ito, Japanese voice actress (seiyū)
* 1981 - Leila Tong, Hong Kong actress
* 1982 - Eddy Curry, American basketball player
* 1982 - Trai Essex, American football player
* 1984 - Chris Solinsky, American distance runner
* 1985 - Josh Smith, American basketball player
* 1985 - Frankie Muniz, American actor
* 1985 - Nico Verdonck, Belgian racing driver

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