Who Was Born Today – December 8 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on December 8 | ||
65 BC | Quintus “Horance” Horatius Flaccus, Roman poet and satirist best known for his three books Odes. | |
1542 | Mary, Queen of Scotland (1542-67). | |
1626 | Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54). | |
1765 | Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin. | |
1894 | James Thurber, American writer, cartoonist and editor (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty). | |
1906 | Richard Llewellyn, author (How Green Was My Valley). | |
1913 | Delmore Schwartz, poet and writer. | |
1916 | Richard Fleischer, film director, (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Soylent Green). | |
1922 | Jean Ritchie, singer, songwriter of folk music (“Blue Diamond Mines”). | |
1925 | Sammy Davis Jr., singer (“The Candy Man”), dancer, actor (Ocean’s 11); member of the “Rat Pack”. | |
1930 | Maximilian Schell, actor, writer, director, producer; won Academy Award for Best Actor for Judgement at Nuremberg (1961). | |
1933 | Flip Wilson (Clerow Wilson Jr.), comedian and actor; won a Golden Globe and two Emmy Awards for his 1970s TV variety series, The Flip Wilson Show. | |
1939 | Sir James Galway, virtuoso flute player known as “The Man With the Golden Flute.” | |
1941 | Bobby Elliott, drummer, member of the band The Hollies. | |
1943 | Jim Morrison, singer, songwriter, poet; lead singer for The Doors and Rick & the Ravens. | |
1943 | Larry Martin, paleontologist; leading opponent of the “birds are living dinosaurs” theory. | |
1947 | Gregg Allman, singer, songwriter, musician; founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. | |
1953 | Kim Basinger, actress, singer, producer; won Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for L.A. Confidential (1997). | |
1964 | Teri Hatcher, actress; Lois Lane on Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman TV series; won Golden Globe for Best Actress as Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives TV series. | |
1966 | Sinead O’Connor, Irish singer, songwriter; has frequently generated controversy with her views on social issues such as organized religion and women’s rights. |
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