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Birthdays of Personalities on December 22

1400 : Luca della Robbia, Italy, sculptor (Madonna of Rose Garden)
1428 : Richard Neville Warwick, 2nd earl of Salisbury
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
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)
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)
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)
1815 : Johann J Bachofen, Swiss judicial historian
1815 : Lucien Petipa, French dancer/choreographer/ballet leader
1819 : George Eliot, England, Victorian novelist (Adam Bede)
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
1846 : Oscar Carr‚, Dutch circus director
1847 : Heihatjir“ T“j“, Japan, admiral (Russian-Japanese war)
1849 : Fritz Mauthner, Bohemia, German author/philosopher (skepticism)
1856 : Frank Kellogg, Sec of State (1925-29), try to outlaw war (Nobel 1929)
1857 : George [Robert] Gissing, England, novelist
1861 : Erich Schaeder, German theologist (Theocentric Theology)
1863 : Ch'i Pai-shih, China, traditional Chinese painter
1863 : Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Thoissey France, soldier/explorer (Sudan)
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 : Herman Harrell Horne, Clayton NC, philosopher (idealism)
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)
1887 : Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indies mathematician (ã/Notebooks)
1888 : Joseph Arthur Rank, English film magnate/baron
1889 : Mikha`il Na'imah, Lebanon, playwright
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 : Wiley Post, Texas, aviation pioneer
1901 : Andr‚ Kostelanetz, St Petersburg Russia, conductor (Lincoln Portrari)
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)
1904 : Louis-Eugene-Felix Neel, Lyon France, physicist (Nobel 1970)
1905 : Kenneth Rexroth, US, poet/critic/translator (Birds in the Bush)
1908 : Giacomo Manz£, Italy, sculptor (St Peter, Laurenskerk, Lenin Prize)
1908 : Marius F Duintjer, Dutch architect
1908 : Max Bill, Swiss painter/sculptor/politician (Ruban Sans Fin)
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
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)
1921 : Hawkshaw Hawkins, Huntington WV, country singer (Ozark Jubilee)
1922 : Calder Willingham, novelist/scriptwriter
1922 : James C Wright Jr, (Rep-D-Texas), Speaker of House (1987-89)
1924 : Frank Corsaro, NY harbor, opera director
1928 : Piero Angelo, Italian writer (Control)
1929 : Jan Wiegel, director/producer (Classroom of Anne Frank, Myrada)
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)
1937 : Marco J de Castro, Dutch Antillian politician
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)
1946 : Rick Nielsen, Rockford Il, rock vocalist/guitarist (Cheap Trick)
1947 : Brian C Daley, US, sci-fi author (Exploits of Han Solo, Tron)
1948 : Noel Edmonds, British TV personality (Foul-ups, Bleeps & Blunders)
1948 : Steve Garvey, 1st baseman (LA Dodgers, San Diego Padres)
1949 : Manfred Burgsmller, 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
1954 : Jayaseelan Naidoo, South African worker's union leader
1956 : ?, Columbus Ohio, 1st gorilla born in captivity
1956 : Marcy Hanson, Galveston TX, playmate (Oct, 1978)
1957 : Ricky Ross, British rock vocalist (Deacon Blue-Raintown)
1957 : Susan Powter, diet guru/author/talk show host (Susan Powter Show)
1960 : Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haiti/US graffiti artist/painter (Gray, SAMO)
1961 : Yuri Ivanovich Malinchenko, Russian lt-col/cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-19)
1964 : Mike Jackson, Houston TX, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
1967 : Sean Foster, WLAF wide reciever (Rhein Fire)
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 : Vanessa Paradis, France, model (Channel)/actress (White Wedding)
1973 : Jamel Williams, safety (Washington Redskins)

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