8 December Births

Published : 08 Dec 2017, 11:39

Jagoroniya Desk

December 8 is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 23 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).

Births

65 BC – Horace, Roman soldier and poet (d. 8 BC)
1021 – Wang Anshi, Chinese economist and chancellor (d. 1086)
1412 – Astorre II Manfredi, Italian lord (d. 1468)
1418 – Queen Jeonghui, Queen consort of Korea (d. 1483)
1424 – Anselm Adornes, Merchant, politician and diplomat (d. 1483)
1499 – Sebald Heyden, German musicologist and theologian (d. 1561)
1538 – Miklós Istvánffy, Hungarian politician (d. 1615)
1542 – Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1587)
1558 – François de La Rochefoucauld, Catholic cardinal (d. 1645)
1626 – Queen Christina of Sweden (d. 1689)
1678 – Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, English politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (d. 1757)
1699 – Maria Josepha of Austria (d. 1757)
1708 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765)
1724 – Claude Balbastre, French organist and composer (d. 1799)
1730 – Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist (d. 1799)
1731 – František Xaver Dušek, Czech pianist and composer (d. 1799)
1756 – Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (d. 1801)
1765 – Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented the cotton gin (d. 1825)
1795 – Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1874)
1807 – Friedrich Traugott Kützing, German pharmacist, botanist and phycologist (d. 1893)
1813 – August Belmont, Prussian-American financier and diplomat, 16th United States Ambassador to the Netherlands (d. 1890)
1815 – Adolph Menzel, German painter and illustrator (d. 1905)
1817 – Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Danish lawyer and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Denmark (d. 1896)
1818 – Charles III, Prince of Monaco (d. 1889)
1822 – Jakov Ignjatović, Hungarian-Serbian author (d. 1889)
1832 – Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian-French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1910)
1860 – Amanda McKittrick Ros, Irish author and poet (d. 1939)
1861 – William C. Durant, American businessman, founded General Motors and Chevrolet (d. 1947)
1861 – Aristide Maillol, French sculptor and painter (d. 1944)
1861 – Georges Méliès, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1938)
1862 – Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921)
1864 – Camille Claudel, French illustrator and sculptor (d. 1943)
1865 – Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (d. 1946)
1865 – Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (d. 1963)
1865 – Jean Sibelius, Finnish violinist and composer (d. 1957)
1874 – Ernst Moro, Austrian physician and pediatrician (d. 1951)
1875 – Frederik Buch, Danish actor and screenwriter (d. 1925)
1877 – Paul Ladmirault, French pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1944)
1880 – Johannes Aavik, Estonian linguist and philologist (d. 1973)
1881 – Albert Gleizes, French painter (d. 1953)
1884 – Francis Cecil Campbell Balfour, English colonel and politician (d. 1965)
1886 – Diego Rivera, Mexican painter and educator (d. 1957)
1890 – Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American pianist and composer (d. 1959)
1892 – Marcus Lee Hansen, American historian, author, and academic (d. 1938)
1894 – E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (d. 1938)
1894 – James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (d. 1961)
1899 – Arthur Leslie, English-Welsh actor and playwright (d. 1970)
1899 – John Qualen, Canadian-American actor (d. 1987)
1900 – Sun Li-jen, Chinese general and politician (d. 1990)
1900 – Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic (d. 1982)
1902 – Wifredo Lam, Cuban-French painter (d. 1982)
1908 – Concha Piquer, Spanish singer and actress (d. 1990)
1908 – John A. Volpe, American soldier and politician, 61st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1994)
1909 – Lesslie Newbigin, English bishop and theologian (d. 1998)
1911 – Lee J. Cobb, American actor (d. 1976)
1911 – Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (d. 1992)
1913 – Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (d. 1966)
1914 – Floyd Tillman, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
1914 – Ernie Toshack, Australian cricketer (d. 2003)
1915 – Ernest Lehman, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
1916 – Richard Fleischer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1917 – Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer and administrator (d. 1998)
1919 – Peter Tali Coleman, Samoan-American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of American Samoa (d. 1997)
1919 – Julia Robinson, American mathematician and theorist (d. 1985)
1919 – Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (d. 2001)
1920 – McDonald Bailey, Trinidadian-English sprinter and rugby player (d. 2013)
1922 – Lucian Freud, German-English painter and illustrator (d. 2011)
1922 – Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1923 – Dewey Martin, American actor
1923 – Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-American soldier and chemist
1924 – Lionel Gilbert, Australian historian, author, and academic (d. 2015)
1925 – Sammy Davis, Jr., American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1990)
1925 – Nasir Kazmi, Pakistani Urdu poet (d. 1972)
1925 – Carmen Martín Gaite, Spanish author and poet (d. 2000)
1925 – Jimmy Smith, American organist (d. 2005)
1927 – Ferdie Pacheco, American physician and author
1927 – Vladimir Shatalov, Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut
1927 – Niklas Luhmann, German thinker and social theorist
1928 – Bill Hewitt, Canadian journalist and sportscaster (d. 1996)
1928 – Ulric Neisser, German-American psychologist, neuroscientist, and academic (d. 2012)
1930 – Julian Critchley, English journalist and politician (d. 2000)
1930 – Maximilian Schell, Austrian-Swiss actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1931 – Bob Arum, American boxing promoter, founded Top Rank
1933 – Flip Wilson, American actor and comedian (d. 1998)
1935 – Dharmendra, Indian actor, producer, and politician
1935 – Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Russian-Israeli chess player
1936 – David Carradine, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2009)
1936 – Michael Hobson, American publisher
1936 – Peter Parfitt, English cricketer
1937 – James MacArthur, American actor (d. 2010)
1937 – Arne Næss, Jr., German-Norwegian mountaineer and businessman (d. 2004)
1939 – Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1939 – Jerry Butler, American singer-songwriter and producer
1939 – James Galway, Irish flute player
1939 – Felipe Gozon, Filipino lawyer and businessman
1939 – Dariush Mehrjui, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
1939 – Soko Richardson, American drummer (d. 2004)
1940 – Brant Alyea, American baseball player
1941 – Ed Brinkman, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)
1941 – Bob Brown, American football player
1941 – Duke Cunningham, American commander and politician
1941 – Bobby Elliott, English drummer
1941 – Geoff Hurst, English footballer and manager
1943 – Larry Martin, American paleontologist and ornithologist (d. 2013)
1943 – Jim Morrison, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 1971)
1943 – James Tate, American poet (d. 2015)
1943 – Bodo Tümmler, German runner
1943 – Mary Woronov, American actress, director, and screenwriter
1944 – George Baker, Dutch singer-songwriter
1944 – Bertie Higgins, American singer-songwriter
1944 – Ted Irvine, Canadian ice hockey player
1944 – Vince MacLean, Canadian educator and politician
1945 – John Banville, Irish novelist and screenwriter
1946 – John Rubinstein, American actor, director, and composer
1947 – Chava Alberstein, Polish-Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
1947 – Gregg Allman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2017)
1947 – Gérard Blanc, French singer, guitarist, and actor (d. 2009)
1947 – Thomas Cech, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1947 – Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Finnish author and poet
1947 – Margaret Geller, American astrophysicist, astronomer, and academic
1948 – Luis Caffarelli, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic
1948 – John Waters, English-Australian actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
1949 – Mary Gordon, American author, critic, and academic
1949 – Nancy Meyers, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1949 – Ray Shulman, English violinist, guitarist, and producer
1949 – Robert Sternberg, American psychologist and academic
1950 – Rick Baker, American actor and makeup artist
1950 – Tim Foli, American baseball player, coach, and manager
1950 – Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1994)
1951 – Bill Bryson, American essayist, travel and science writer
1951 – Richard Desmond, English publisher and businessman, founded Northern & Shell
1951 – Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Khaw Boon Wan, Malayan-Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health
1952 – Steve Atkinson, English-Hong Kong cricketer
1953 – Kim Basinger, American actress
1953 – Roy Firestone, American sportscaster and journalist
1953 – Norman Finkelstein, American author, academic, and activist
1953 – Sam Kinison, American comedian (d. 1992)
1953 – Władysław Kozakiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish pole vaulter and coach
1953 – Steve Yates, English footballer
1954 – Harold Hongju Koh, American lawyer, academic, and politician
1954 – Frits Pirard, Dutch cyclist
1955 – Kasim Sulton, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
1955 – Milenko Zablaćanski, Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
1956 – Warren Cuccurullo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1956 – Andrius Kubilius, Lithuanian academic and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Lithuania
1957 – James Cama, American martial artist and educator (d. 2014)
1957 – Phil Collen, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1957 – Slick, American wrestler and manager
1958 – Rob Byrnes, American author and blogger
1958 – Rob Curling, Malayan-English journalist
1958 – Michel Ferté, French race car driver
1958 – Bob Greene, American physiologist and author
1958 – Mirosław Okoński, Polish footballer
1959 – Stephen Jefferies, South African cricketer and coach
1959 – Mark Steyn, Canadian-American author and critic
1960 – Aaron Allston, American game designer and author (d. 2014)
1960 – Lim Guan Eng, Malaysian accountant and politician, 4th Chief Minister of the State of Penang
1960 – Bill McKibben, American author and environmentalist
1961 – Ann Coulter, American lawyer, journalist, and author
1961 – Mikey Robins, Australian comedian and television host
1962 – Steve Elkington, Australian-American golfer
1962 – Marty Friedman, American-Japanese guitarist, songwriter, and television host
1962 – Nikos Karageorgiou, Greek footballer and manager
1962 – Berry van Aerle, Dutch footballer
1963 – Greg Howe, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1963 – Toshiaki Kawada, Japanese wrestler
1963 – Ricky Walford, Australian rugby league player
1964 – James Blundell, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1964 – Teri Hatcher, American actress
1964 – Chigusa Nagayo, Japanese wrestler
1964 – Óscar Ramírez, Costa Rican footballer and coach
1965 – David Harewood, English actor
1965 – Theo Maassen, Dutch actor, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Bushwick Bill, Jamaican-American rapper (Geto Boys)
1966 – Les Ferdinand, English footballer and coach
1966 – Tyler Mane, Canadian wrestler and actor
1966 – Sinéad O'Connor, Irish singer-songwriter
1967 – Jeff George, American football player
1967 – Andy Kapp, German curler
1967 – Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese voice actress and singer
1967 – Darren Sheridan, English footballer and manager
1968 – Mike Mussina, American baseball player and coach
1968 – Doriano Romboni, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2013)
1969 – Kristin Lauter, American mathematician and cryptographer
1971 – Abdullah Ercan, Turkish footballer and manager
1972 – Marco Abreu, Angolan footballer
1972 – Indrek Allmann, Estonian architect
1972 – Édson Ribeiro, Brazilian sprinter
1973 – Corey Taylor, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor
1974 – Cristian Castro, Mexican singer
1974 – Tony Simmons, American football player and coach
1974 – Nick Zinner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1975 – Kevin Harvick, American race car driver
1976 – Brettina, Bahamian-American singer-songwriter and actress
1976 – Reed Johnson, American baseball player
1976 – Dominic Monaghan, German-born English actor
1977 – Ryan Newman, American race car driver
1977 – Aleksandra Olsza, Polish tennis player
1977 – Anita Weyermann, Swiss runner and journalist
1978 – John Oster, English-Welsh footballer
1978 – Frédéric Piquionne, French footballer
1978 – Anwar Siraj, Ethiopian footballer
1978 – Ian Somerhalder, American actor
1978 – Vernon Wells, American baseball player
1979 – Daniel Fitzhenry, Australian rugby player
1979 – Johan Forssell, Swedish lawyer and politician
1979 – Raymond Lam, Chinese actor and singer
1979 – Ingrid Michaelson, American singer-songwriter and pianist
1979 – José Peña, Venezuelan sprinter
1979 – Christian Wilhelmsson, Swedish footballer
1980 – Yuliya Krevsun, Ukrainian runner
1981 – Jeremy Accardo, American baseball player
1981 – Simon Finnigan, English rugby player
1981 – Philip Rivers, American football player
1982 – Alfredo Aceves, American baseball player
1982 – Chrisette Michele, American singer-songwriter
1982 – Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian-American rapper and actress
1983 – Neel Jani, Swiss race car driver
1983 – Valéry Mézague, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2014)
1984 – Emma Green Tregaro, Swedish high jumper
1984 – Greg Halford, English footballer
1984 – Sam Hunt, American singer-songwriter
1985 – Josh Donaldson, American baseball player
1985 – Meagan Duhamel, Canadian figure skater
1985 – Dwight Howard, American basketball player
1985 – Oleksiy Pecherov, Ukrainian basketball player
1986 – Enzo Amore, American wrestler
1986 – Amir Khan, English boxer
1986 – Sam Tagataese, New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
1986 – Kate Voegele, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
1987 – Jana Juricová, Slovak tennis player
1989 – Drew Doughty, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Jesse Sene-Lefao, New Zealand rugby league player
1992 – Yui Yokoyama - Japanese idol, model, and actress
1993 – Janari Jõesaar, Estonian basketball player
1993 – Jordan Obita, English footballer
1993 – AnnaSophia Robb, American actress
1993 – Cara Mund, Miss America 2018
1994 – Conseslus Kipruto, Kenyan runner
1995 – Jordon Ibe, English footballer

Source: wikipedia

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