Birthdays in History on December 7

Giovanni Bernini

1598 Giovanni Bernini, Italian baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy), painter and architect, born in Naples, Italy (d. 1680)

1731 Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, French scholar and interpreter, born in Paris (d. 1805)
1751 Jurriaan François de Friderici, governor-general of Suriname, born in Cape of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1812)
1754 Jack Jouett, American politician and patriot (warn Thomas Jefferson of British attack), born in Albemarle County, Virginia (d. 1822)
1764 Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, French marshal, born in Lamarche, France (d. 1841)
1784 Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and author, born in Keir, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland (d. 1842)
1803 Maria Josepha of Saxony, Queen consort of Spain, born in Dresden Castle, Dresden, Saxony (d. 1829)
1808 Hugh McCulloch, US Treasury Secretary (1884-85, 85-69), born in Kennebunk, Maine (d. 1895)
1810 Theodor Schwann, German physiologist and co-originator of cell theory, born in Neuss, Germany (d. 1882)
1810 Josef Hyrtl, Austrian anatomist, born in Eisenstadt, Austria (d. 1894)

1823 Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician (Tensor of Kronecker), born in Liegnitz, Province of Silesia, Prussia (d. 1891)
1830 Luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician (grafostatica), born in Pavia, Italy (d. 1903)
1839 Redvers Buller, English general and recipient of the Victoria Cross, born in Crediton, Devon (d. 1908)
1842 Otto Ammon, German anthropologist and sociologist (schedelmetingen), born in Karlsruhe, Baden (d. 1916)
1847 Solomon Schechter, Moldavian-American Talmudic scholar and rabbi, born in Focşani, Moldavia (d. 1915)
1860 Joseph Cook, 6th Prime Minister of Australia, born in Silverdale, Staffordshire, England (d. 1947)
1862 Paul Adam, French writer (La Bataille d'Uhde), born in Paris (d. 1920)
1863 Svetolik Ranković, Serbian writer (Forest King), born in Velika Moštanica, Principality of Serbia (d. 1899)
1863 Felix Calonder, Swiss politician (Free Democratic Party), born in Scuol, Switzerland
1872 Johan Huizinga, Dutch culture historian (Homo Ludens), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1945)
1873 Willa Cather, American author (My Ántonia), born in Winchester, Virginia (d. 1947)
1878 Akiko Yosano, Japanese poet (Tangled Hair), born in Sakai, Ōsaka, Japan (d. 1942)
1888 Hamilton Fish III, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York), born in Garrison, New York (d. 1991)
1888 Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish writer (House of Children), born in Londonderry, Ireland (d. 1957)
1888 Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun, 1st President of American Newspaper Guild
1892 Stuart Davis, American modernist painter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1964)
1901 Tony Pugsley, British rear-admiral (Walcheren attack (1944)) (d. 1990)
1903 Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician, born in Osijek, Austria-Hungary (d. 1987)
1904 Clarence Nash, American voice actor (Donald Duck), born in Watonga, Oklahoma (d. 1985)
1905 Gerard Kuiper, Dutch-American astronomer (moons of Uranus, Neptune), born in Tuitjenhorn, Netherlands (d. 1973)
1908 Jacques Gans, Dutch author and journalist, born in Hilversum, Netherlands (d. 1972)
1909 Jacob Kainen, American painter and curator, born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 2001)
1909 Arch Oboler, American director, screen and radio writer, and producer (Lights Out, Bwana Devil), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1987)
1915 Leigh Brackett, American sci-fi author (Ginger Star), Los Angeles, California (d. 1978)
1916 Jean Carignan, French Canadian fiddler, born in Lévis, Quebec (d. 1988)

1920 Tatamkhulu Afrika, South African poet and writer, born in As Sallum, Egypt (d. 2002)
1921 Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian Hindu spiritual leader (BAPS), born in Chansad, Gujarat (d. 2016)

Mário Soares

1924 Mário Soares, 17th President of Portugal (1986-96) and Prime Minister (1976-78 and 1983-85), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 2017)

Noam Chomsky

1928 Noam Chomsky, American linguist (founded transformational grammar), philospher and political activist, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1932 Paul Caponigro, American photographer, born in Boston, Massachusetts
1936 Martha Layne Collins, American businesswoman and politician (56th Governor of Kentucky), born in Bagdad, Kentucky
1937 Thad Cochran, American politician (U.S. Senator from Mississippi), born in Pontotoc, Mississippi
1943 Göran Lennmarker, Swedish politician, born in Norberg, Västmanland County, Sweden
1943 Bernard C. Parks, American politician and Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, born in Beaumont, Texas
1943 James Tate, American poet (Pulitzer Prize 1992), born in Kansas City Missouri (d. 2015)
1944 Jamiel Chagra, American drug trafficker, born in El Paso, Texas (d. 2008)
1947 Mino Reitano, Italian entertainer, born in Fiumara, Italy (d. 2009)
1952 Susan Collins, American politician (U.S. Senator from Maine), born in Caribou, Maine
1954 Bertín Osborne, Italian entertainer, born in Madrid
1954 Gianfranco Jannuzzo, Italian entertainer, born in Agrigento, Italy
1954 Mark Hofmann, American forger, bomber and convicted murderer, born in Salt Lake City, Utah
1955 John Watkins, Australian politician (Deputy Premier of New South Wales), born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1957 Tom Winsor, British lawyer and economic regulator
1962 Grecia Colmenares, Italian entertainer
1967 Vaclav Chalupa, Czechoslovakia, rower (Henley Royal Regatta 1989)
1972 Hermann Maier, Austrian skier
1974 Kang Full, South Korean webcomic artist
1975 Nikola Wapzarow, writer
1978 Chad Dukes, Radio Personality
2003 Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands