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Birthdays of Personalities on December 21

1117 : Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury
1518 : Mark van Vaernewijck, Flemish nobleman/politician
1537 : Johan III, king of Sweden (1569-92)
1573 : Mathurin R‚gnier, French poet (Macette)
1639 : Jean Racin, writer
1800 : Barnwell Rhett Robert, (Confederacy), died in 1876
1804 : Benjamin Disraeli, (Tory) British PM (1868, 1874-80)
1815 : Thomas Couture, French painter/author
1818 : Amalia, wife of king Otto of Greece
1818 : Lewis H Morgan, US, etnologist (Systems of Consanguinity)
1823 : Jean Henri Fabre, France, entomologist (insects & spiders)
1832 : John Henry Ketcham, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1906
1840 : Mehmed N Kemal, Turkish journalist (Vatan)
1849 : James Lane Allen, US writer (Kentucky Cardinal)
1853 : Isolde Kurz, German writer/poetess (Meine Mutter)
1859 : Gustave Kahn, France, poet (claimed to have invented vers libre)
1860 : Henrietta Szold, founder (Hadassah)
1872 : Albert P Terhune, US, novelist (Lad, a Dog)
1874 : Juan Bautista Sacasa, pres of Nicaragua (1932-36)
1879 : Joseph Stalin, [Dzoegashvili], Russian dictator; murdered 11,000,000
1879 : Theodore Limperg, business economist (substitute value)
1886 : Hermann A J Kees, German Egyptologist (Problems of Egyptology)
1890 : Fred M Vinson, US Supreme Court Justice (1946-53)
1891 : John W McCormack, (D) Speaker of House (1962-70)
1892 : Rebecca West, [Cicily I F Andrews], Engl author (Meaning of Treason)
1896 : Carl Romme, Dutch catholic foreman/KVP-min Socialist Business
1896 : Constantine Rokossovski, Russian marshal/vice-premier of Poland
1898 : EugŠne Dabit, French writer/painter (H“tel du Nord)
1898 : Ira S Bowen, US physicist/astronomer (Mt Wilson/Palomar)
xxxx : Delious, rapper (All-4-One - So Much in Love)
xxxx : Ray Acevedo, rocker (Menudo-Cannonball)
1900 : Oda Schaefer, German author/poet (Die Windharfe, Ladies Only)
1900 : Wischnewski, writer
1901 : Juan A de Zunzunegui y Loredo, Spanish writer
1905 : Anthony Powell, England, novelist (Infants of Spring)
1907 : Garmt Stuiveling, Dutch literary (Poet in Love)
1908 : Pat Weaver, LA Calif, TV Executive (started Today show)
1909 : George Ball, Iowa, lawyer/undersecretary of state
1909 : Seich“ Matsumoto, Dutch Japanese detective/playwright (10 to Sen)
1916 : Eve Perrick, journalist
1916 : John Boon, publisher
1917 : Alicia Alonso, Havana Cuba, ballerina (American Ballet Theatre)
1917 : Andre Eglevsky, choreographer (Limelight)
1917 : Heinrich B”ll, Germ, writer (Group Portrait with Lady, Nobel '72) [NS]
1918 : Donald Regan, White House staffer/US Secretary of Treasury (1981-85)
1918 : Kurt Waldheim, Nazi/4th UN Sec-Gen (1972-81)/Austrian pres (1986-92)
1921 : Alica Alonso, Havana, ballerina
1921 : James Tye, safety expert
1921 : Joan Dickson, cellist
1922 : Paul Winchell, NYC, ventriloquist (Jerry Mahoney, Knucklehead Smith)
1924 : Joe Paterno, football coach (Penn State, SI Sportsman of 1986)
1924 : Johan W "Jo" van Marle, KNVB-chairman (1980-93)
1924 : Rita Reys, [Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer
1927 : Michael Carreras, film director
1930 : Willem R "Wim" van der Zee, secretary of Council of Churches
1931 : Caroline Kaart, [Paterson Raitt], Dutch alto singer
1933 : Huib Eversdijk, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
1935 : Phil Donahue, Cleve Ohio, talk show host (Phil Donahue Show)
1937 : Harald, Crown Prince, son of King Olav V, heir apparent of Norway
1940 : Frank Zappa, Baltimore, rocker (Mothers of Invention, Catholic Girls)
1940 : Paul, [Ray Hildebrand], Tx, singer (Hey Paula)
1942 : Carla Thomas, US singer (Let Me Be Good to You)
1943 : Albert Lee, rocker
1943 : Walter Spanghero, French rugby player
1944 : Michael Tilson Thomas, LA Calif, conductor (NY Phil Young People)
1945 : Millie Hughes-Fulford, Wells Tx, astronaut (STS 40)
1946 : Carl Dean Wilson, Hawthorne Calif, rock vocalist (Beach Boys-Barbie)
1946 : Christopher Keene, Berkeley Calif, conductor (La Traviata)
1948 : Willem AFG Vermeend, Dutch economist/undersecretary of Finance (1994-)
1953 : Andras Schiff, Budapest Hungary, pianist (Tchaikovsky-1974)
1953 : Arie Luyendyk, Netherlands, Indy-car racer (1990 Indianapolis 500)
1953 : Betty Wright, US gospel/singer/TV hostess (Little Miss Broadway)
1953 : Tina Brown, journalist (New Yorker)
1956 : Lee Roy Parnell, Abilene Texas, country singer (Oughta be a Law)
1960 : Roger McDowell, Cincinnati OH, pitcher (NY Mets, Balt Orioles)
1962 : Christy Forester, Lookout Mt Ga, country singer (Forester Sister-Men)
1964 : Ed Jongsma, Dutch pop bassist (Sleeze Beez-Look Like Hell)
1965 : Rodney Thomas, WLAF cornerback (Barcelona Dragons)
1967 : Kristi Cooke, Marion Ohio, Miss Ohio-America (1991)
1970 : Ronnie Woolfork, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1971 : Irena Slavutskay, Israel, athlete (Oly-1996)
1971 : Jey Phillips, WLAF DB (Amsterdam Admirals)
1973 : Mike Alstott, fullback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1974 : Raymond Austin, cornerback/safety (NY Jets)
1974 : Tommie Boyd, wide reciever (Detroit Lions)
1978 : Amber Corwin, Harbor City Ca, figure skater (1997 National Sr - 5th)

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