Historical Birthdays for Yesterday

🎂 Famous Historical Birthdays - Dec 22

1400 Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)

1428 Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury

1452 Jakob Obrecht, Brabant, composer

1459 Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II

1515 Mary of Lorraine, France, pro-French Regent of Scotland

1523 Charles "Cardinal" of Bourbon, archbishop Rouen

1573 Ernst Casimir, count of Nassau-Dietz/mayor of Frisia/Groningen

1624 Tomas Micieres, composer

1643 Rene-Robert Cavelier La Salle, France, French explorer (Louisiana)

1684 Johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum)

1696 James Oglethorpe, England, General/author/colonizer (Georgia)

1700 Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent

1702 Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay)

1710 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach

1723 Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer

1727 William Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence)

1728 Charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden

1735 Ulrich Br„ker, writer

1744 Abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801)

1753 Dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense)

1761 Dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress

1764 Barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility

1767 Andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France)

1768 John Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher

1787 Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar

1795 Thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile)

1803 Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862

1808 Thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son)

1809 Benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox)

1812 Johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet)

1815 Johann J Bachofen, Swiss judicial historian

1815 Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader

1819 Franz Wilhelm Abt, German composer/choir conductor

1819 George Eliot, England, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede)

1821 Giovanni Bottesini, composer

1826 James Scott Negley, (Union volunteers Major General, died in 1901)

1830 Justin M'Carthy, Ireland, Irish politician/novelist (Miss Misanthrope)

1831 Mark Rutherford, writer

1831 Robert Ogden Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1874

1832 Edward Hatch, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1889

1842 Jose Maria de Heredia, Cuba, French sonnet poet

1842 Nicola d' Arienzo, composer

1844 Izydor Lotto, composer

1846 Andreas Hallen, composer

1846 Oscar Carr‚, Dutch circus director

1847 Heihatjir“ T“j“, Japan, admiral (Russian-Japanese war)

1849 Fritz Mauthner, Bohemia, German author/philosopher (skepticism)

1853 Maria Teresa Carreno, composer

1856 Frank Kellogg, Sec of State (1925-29), try to outlaw war (Nobel 1929)

1857 George [Robert] Gissing, England, novelist

1858 Giacomo Puccini, Lucca Italy, opera composer (La BohЉme, La Tosca)

1859 Cecil [James] Sharp, London England, folk musician

1861 Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theocentric Theology)

1862 Connie Mack, HOF baseball executive/manager (Phila A's 1900-1950)

1863 Ch'i Pai-shih, China, traditional Chinese painter

1863 Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Thoissey France, soldier/explorer (Sudan)

1866 Mieczyslaw Surzynski, composer

1867 Frantisek X Salda, Czech writer/critic

1867 Joseph [Maria] Olbrich, Silesia, German architect (Wiener Sezession)

1867 [Karl Eduard] Wilhelm Groener, Germany, general

1868 John Nance Garner, Texas, (VP-D-1933-41)

1869 Andre[-Paul-Guillaume] Gide, Paris France, writer (Nobel 1947)

1869 Edwin Arlington Robinson, US, poet (Richard Corey)

1873 L[eopold] S[tennett] Amery, British politician

1873 Matteo Giulio Bartoli, Austria-Hungary, linguist

1874 Franz Schmidt, composer

1874 Herman Harrell Horne, Clayton NC, philosopher (idealism)

1875 Antoine Mariotte, composer

1875 John P "Jan" Musch, Dutch actor (Dead Water)

1876 Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Ital writer (Futurism e Futurista)

1877 Endre Ady, Hungary, lyric poet

1879 Ralph Hawtrey, Buckinghamshire England, economist (multiplier)

1879 Stanislas Bizot, French world checker champion (1925)

1881 Enver Pasa, Istanbul Turkey, Turkish politician

1882 Charles Vildrac, Paris France, poet/playwright

1883 Arthur James Cook, England, union leader (coal miners)

1883 Edgard Victor Achille C VarЉse, Paris France, composer (Innisation)

1885 Joseph Deems Taylor, NYC, composer (Peter Ibbetson)

1887 Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indies mathematician (г/Notebooks)

1888 Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron

1889 Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanon, playwright

1889 Minor Watson, Marianna AR, actor (Woman of the Year, Viva Cisco Kid)

1890 Charles de Gaulle, Lille France, premier of France

1890 Mark Tobey, US abstract painter (Broadway Norm)

1891 Edward L Bernays, Vienna Austria, 1st public relations agent

1896 Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov, St Petersburg Russia, poet

1898 Lionel Charles Robbins, Middlesex England, economist

1899 Gustaf Gruendgens, Duesseldorf Germany, actor/director (M)

1899 Hoagy Carmichael, Bloomington Ind, pianist/composer

1899 Wiley Post, Texas, aviation pioneer

1900 Alan Dudley Bush, composer pianist/teacher

1901 Andr‚ Kostelanetz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Lincoln Portrari)

1901 Joaquin Rodrigo, Spain, composer

1902 Jacques-Philippe Leclerc, France, WW II hero (liberator of Paris)

1902 Joe Adonis, Italy, American crime-syndicate boss in NY & NJ

1903 Barbara Moore, doctor, walked across US in 86 days in 1960

1903 H Keffer Hartline, US, biophysicist (Nobel 1967)

1903 Marc Lavry, composer

1904 Louis-Eugene-Felix Neel, Lyon France, physicist (Nobel 1970)

1905 Kenneth Rexroth, US, poet/critic/translator (Birds in the Bush)

1905 Pierre Brasseur, [Espinasse], French actor (Enfants du Paradis)

1907 Peggy Ashcroft, Croydon England, actress (Dear Brutus, Happy Days)

1907 Yoshio Hasegawa, composer

1908 Giacomo ManzЈ, Italy, sculptor (St Peter, Laurenskerk, Lenin Prize)

1908 Marius F Duintjer, Dutch architect

1908 Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician (Ruban Sans Fin)

1909 Alan Carney, [David Boughal], Brooklyn NY, actor (Zombies on Broadway)

1910 Richard Ainley, Middlesex England, actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion)

1911 Grote Reber, US, astronomer (1st parabolic radio telescope)

1912 Claudia A "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson, 1st lady (1963-1969)

1912 Doris Duke, NYC, heiress (American Tobacco Co)

1912 Henry Armstrong, held feather/light/welterweight boxing titles (1938)

1913 Anthony Barber Doncaster, bookseller

1913 Benjamin Britten, Suffolk England, opera composer

1917 Andrew Fielding Huxley, London England, physiologist (Nobel 1963)

1917 Gene Rayburn, Christopher Ill, TV game show host (Match Game)

1917 Piet De Somer, Belgian rector (U of Leuven)

1918 Frankie Darro, Chicago IL, actor (Radio Ranch, Valley of Wanted Men)

1918 William Kennedy, baseball player

1921 Hawkshaw Hawkins, Huntington WV, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)

1921 Robert Frank Kurka, composer

1922 Barbara Billingsley, LA Calif, actress (June-Leave it to Beaver)

1922 Calder Willingham, novelist/scriptwriter

1922 James C Wright Jr, (Rep-D-Texas), Speaker of House (1987-89)

1923 Heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor/director

1924 Frank Corsaro, NY harbor, opera director

1924 Geraldine Page, Kirksville Mo, actress (Interiors, Beguiled)

1925 Gunther Schuller, NYC, jazz composer

1925 Thomas Christian David, composer

1926 Peggy Castle, Appalachia Va, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman)

1928 Piero Angelo, Italian writer (Control)

1929 Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Classroom of Anne Frank, Myrada)

1929 Wazir Mohammad, cricketer (eldest of Pakistan's 4 Mohammed brothers)

1930 Peter Hall, Suffolk England, director (Royal Shakespeare Company)

1932 Joe Clark, LA Ca, WLAF off coordinator coach (Amsterdam Admirals)

1935 John L Finley, USAF/astronaut

1935 Oleg Alekseyevich Protopopov, Russia, pairs skater (Oly-gold-1964, 68)

1936 Hector Elizondo, NYC, actor (American Gigolo, Young Doctors in Love)

1937 Marco J de Castro, Dutch Antillian politician

1943 Billie Jean King, Long Beach Cal, tennis pro

1944 Barry Jenkins, rocker (Animals-House of the Rising Sun)

1944 Steve Carlton, Phillies' pitcher (Cy Young '72, '77, '80, '82)

1945 Diane Sawyer, Glasgow Ky, newscaster (60 Minutes, ABC Prime Time)

1945 Joris J C Voorhoeve, Dutch Defense minister (1994-, VVD)

1945 Marianne van Wijnkoop, [Bosscher], Dutch actress (Les Mis‚rables)

1946 Rick Nielsen, Rockford Il, rock vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick)

1946 Roberta Speer, LPGA golfer

1947 Brian C Daley, US, sci-fi author (Exploits of Han Solo, Tron)

1947 Dilip Doshi, cricketer (India's main slow lefty post-Bedi)

1948 Chris Old, cricketer (England medium-pacer of 70's)

1948 Noel Edmonds, British TV personality (Foul-ups, Bleeps & Blunders)

1948 Steve Garvey, 1st baseman (LA Dodgers, San Diego Padres)

1949 Manfred BurgsmЃller, WLAF kicker (Rhein Fire)

1949 Maurice Gibb, Manchester Eng, rocker (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever)

1949 Michael Osborne, rock guitarist/vocalist (Axe)

1949 Robin Gibb, Manchester England, rocker (Bee Gees-Saturday Night Fever)

1951 Charles de Lint, Neth, sci-fi author (Moonhear, Mulengro, Yarrow)

1951 Gerald Grosvenor, English 6th duke of Westminster/billionaire

1951 Jan Stephenson, Sydney Australia, golfer (LPGA Rookie of Year-1974)

1953 Bernnadette Stanis, Bkln NY, actress (Thelma-Good Times)

1953 David Leisner, composer

1954 Derick Parry, cricketer (WI off-spinner early 80's)

1954 Jayaseelan Naidoo, South African worker's union leader

1955 Lynne Thigpen, actress (Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?)

1956 ?, Columbus Ohio, 1st gorilla born in captivity

1956 Marcy Hanson, Galveston TX, playmate (Oct, 1978)

1957 Lynne Thigpen, Joliet Ill, actress (Nancy-Love Sidney)

1957 Ricky Ross, British rock vocalist (Deacon Blue-Raintown)

1957 Susan Powter, diet guru/author/talk show host (Susan Powter Show)

1958 Lenny Von Dohlen, Augusta GA, actor (Love Kills, Electric Dreams)

1960 Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haiti/US graffiti artist/painter (Gray, SAMO)

1960 Tyrell Biggs, Phila, super HW boxer (Olympic-gold-1984)

1961 Yuri Ivanovich Malinchenko, Russian lt-col/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-19)

1962 Ralph Nathaniel Fiennes, Suffolk England, actor (English Patient)

1963 Bryan McMillan, cricketer (brilliant S African all-rounder since 1992)

1964 Mike Jackson, Houston TX, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)

1967 Mike Sullivan, NFL center (Tampa Bay Bucs)

1967 Roland Holder, cricketer (West Indian batsman in ODI's 1993-)

1967 Sean Foster, WLAF wide reciever (Rhein Fire)

1968 Lauralee "Bug" Bell, Chicago Ill, actress (Cricket-Young & Restless)

1969 Andrew Scott, Australian baseball infielder (Olympics-1996)

1969 Marcie Aguilar, Tucson AZ, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets)

1970 Brooks Findlay, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)

1972 Andrew Moore, WLAF tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy)

1972 Anthony Edwards, Australian rower (Olympics-96)

1972 Kirk Maltby, Guelph, NHL right wing (Edmonton Oilers)

1972 Mike Thompson, NFL defensive tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)

1972 Vanessa Paradis, France, model (Channel)/actress (White Wedding)

1973 Annie Pelletier, Montreal Quebec, 3m diver (Olympics-bronze-96)

1973 Jamel Williams, safety (Washington Redskins)

1975 Stanislav Neckar, Pisek CZ, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators, Oly-G-98)

1977 Joanna Hughes, Victoria Australia, gymnast (Olympics-96)

1986 Jeffery Wood, actor (Austin Warren-In The House)

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