12bc....................Famous Birthday (12/11/2013) 1493 - Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560) 1528 - Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588) 1547 - Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575). 2nd daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici. 1606 - Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673) 1615 - Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691) 1651 - Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno) 1676 - Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer 1729 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811) 1748 - Carlos IV, King of Spain (1788-1808) 1755 - Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War (1807-10) 1757 - Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Zealand poet 1790 - Letitia Christian Tyler, 1st wife of President Tyler 1815 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown NY, womens rights activist 1817 - Carlo Pedrotti, composer 1817 - Martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer 1817 - Baháulláh, Prophet Founder of the Baháí Faith (d. 1892) 1827 - Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer 1831 - Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist 1833 - Aleksandr Porfirievich Borodin, Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable) 1840 - Auguste Rodin, Meudon, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker), (d. 1917) 1841 - John W Rayleigh, Malden, England, physicist (discovery of argon - Nobel 1904), (d. 1919) 1844 - Octave Fouque, composer 1848 - Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1919) 1850 - Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908) 1853 - Oskar Panizza, writer 1858 - Alexis Contant, composer 1865 - Frans L M Sas van Aerschot, Flemish operetta actor (Paljas) 1866 - Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China (ROC & PRC) (traditional) 1881 - Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (d. 1948) 1881 - Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954) 1886 - Leonardus G Kortenhorst, Dutch MP (KVP) 1886 - Ben Travers, British playwright (d. 1980) 1889 - DeWitt Wallace, St Paul Minn, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921) 1890 - Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974) ctor/director (Clay Pigeon) 1921 - Robert Fleming, composer 1922 - Kim Hunter, [Janet Cole], Det MI, actress (Planet of the Apes, Lilith) 1923 - Vicco von Bülow, German film director 1924 - Sam Jones, jazz bassist (d. 1981) 1927 - Sunset Carson, [Michael Harrison] Plainview TX, actor (Cat of Rockies) 1927 - Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician (d. 1958) 1927 - Jack Butler, Pittsburgh, PA, NFL hall of famer (Pittsburgh Pirates), (d. 2013) 1928 - Johan B W Polak, Dutch publisher/publicist (Bloom of Decadence) 1928 - Robert Holness, Natal, South Africa, English radio and television presenter (BBC), (d. 2012) 1929 - Grace Kelly, Philadelphia Pa, actress (Rear Window)/Princess (Monaco), (d. 1982) 1929 - Michael Ende, writer 1930 - Tonke Dragt, Dutch children book author (Towers of February) 1931 - Bob Crewe, rocker 1931 - Norman Y Mineta, (Rep-R-CA, 1975- ) 1933 - Peter Post, Dutch bicyclist (8x European Champion at Derny-drive) 1934 - Ann Flood, Jamaica, New York, American actress (Edge of Night) 1934 - Bukka White, rocker 1934 - Charles Manson, [No Name Maddox], Cin Oh, criminal (Tate-Labianco) 1935 - Jerry Douglas, Chelsea Mass, actor (John Abbott-Young & Restless) 1935 - Terry Johnson, US R&B singer (Flamingos-I Know Better) 1936 - Mort Shuman, rocker 1936 - Robert White, guitarist 1936 - Ruth Jessen, LPGA golfer 1936 - Mills Lane, American judge and boxing referee 1937 - Ina Balin, Brooklyn NY, actress (Danger in Paradise) 1937 - Peter Lloyd, British MP 1937 - Richard H Truly, Fayette Miss, Rear Adm USN/astro (STS T-2, T-4, 2 , 1939 - Ruby Nash Curtis, US singer (Romantics-Our Day Will Come) 1939 - Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (d. 1993) 1940 - Ria Lubbers, wife of Dutch premier Ruud Lubbers 1940 - Michel Audet, Quebec economist and politician 1940 - Jürgen Todenhöfer, German politician 1941 - Frank Rosenthal, rocker 1941 - Jennifer Helen McLeod, composer 1943 - Brian Hyland, Queens NY, rocker (She Wore an Itsy Bitsy ... Bikini) 1943 - Jimmy Bro Hayes, US singer (Persuasions-Under the Boardwalk) 1943 - John Maus, NYC, rock vocalist (Walker Brothers) 1943 - Wallace Shawn, NYC, actor (My Dinner with Andre, Princess Bride) 1943 - Bjorn Waldegard, Swedish rally driver 1944 - Booker T Jones, organist [or Dec 11] 1944 - Johan van Doorn, [Johnny the Selfkicker], Dutch poet (War & Porridge) 1945 - Al Michaels, Bkln, sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football) 1945 - Michael Bishop, US, sci-fi author (Nebula, Stolen Faces) 1945 - Neil Young, Toronto, singer/songwriter (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young) 1945 - Valerie Leon, London England, actress (Blood from Mummys Tomb) 1945 - Tracy Kidder, American journalist and author 1947 - Donald Roeser, rock guitarist/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult) 1947 - J C Crowley, rocker 1947 - Patrice Leconte, director (Monsieur Hire, Hairdressers Husband) 1947 - Ron Bryant, American baseball player 1948 - Errol Brown, Kingston Jamaica, rock vocalist (Hot Chocolate) 1949 - Arthur Pooch Tavares, rocker 1949 - Jack Reed, (Rep-D-Rhode Island) ...................
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