Birthdays Date 1902 December | History by KabAstro

Strom Thurmond (1902-2003)

Dec 5 U.S. Senator (Sen-D/R-SC), born in Edgefield, South Carolina

Dec 6 Virgilio Mortari, Italian composer, born in Passirana, Italy (d. 1993)
Dec 7 Janardan Navle, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests, 1 dismissal; first Indian wicket-keeper; Hindus CC), born in Pulgaon, India (d. 1979)
Dec 8 Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (The Jungle), born in Sagua La Grande, Cuba (d. 1982)

Margaret Hamilton (1902-1985)

Dec 9 American character actress (The Wizard of Oz), born in Cleveland, Ohio

Dec 9 Rab Butler, British politician who favoured appeasement, born in Attock Serai, British India (d. 1982)
Dec 12 Howard Koch, American playwright and screenwriter, born in New York City (d. 1995)
Dec 12 Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter, born in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia (d. 2003)
Dec 13 Jack Gardner, American actor (The Secret Code; Three Russian Girls), born in San Antoni, Texas (d. 1977)
Dec 13 Paul Kurzbach, German composer, born in Hohndorf, Germany (d. 1997)
Dec 13 Talcott Parsons, American sociologist, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 1979)
Dec 14 Billy Burke, American golfer (US Open 1931), born in Naugatuck, Connecticut (d. 1972)
Dec 14 Frances Bavier, American Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress (The Andy Griffith Show & Mayberry, RFD - "Aunt Bee"), born in New York City (d. 1989)
Dec 14 Viola Wells [Evans], American jazz, blues, and gospel singer, born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1984)
Dec 15 Nudie Cohn, Ukrainian-American tailor (created the rhinestone 'nudie suits' worn by musicians), born in Kiev, Russian Empire (d. 1984) [1]
Dec 15 Robert F. Bradford, American politician (57th Governor of Massachusetts), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1983)
Dec 17 Albert Drach, Austrian-Jewish writer, born in Vienna (d. 1995)
Dec 19 Dusolina Giannini, Italian-American dramatic soprano (New York Metropolitan Opera, 1935-42), and teacher, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1986)
Dec 19 Leonard Hirsch, Irish violinist and orchestra leader (RAF Symphony Orchestra), born in Dublin (d. 1995) [1]

Ralph Richardson (1902-1983)

Dec 19 English actor (Anna Karenina, Doctor Zhivago), born in Cheltenham, England

Dec 19 Sol Hoʻopiʻi [Kaʻaiʻai], Native Hawaiian acoustic and electric lap steel guitar virtuoso, born in Honolulu, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii (d. 1953)
Dec 20 George Edward Alexander Windsor, British nobleman (Duke of Kent), and RAF officer, born in York Cottage, United Kingdom (d. 1942)
Dec 20 Max Lerner, American journalist (NY Post) and educator, born in Minsk, Russia (d. 1992)
Dec 20 Sidney Hook, American philosopher (The Paradoxes of Freedom), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1989)
Dec 21 Peetie Wheatstraw [William Bunch], American blues singer, songwriter, and piano player, born in Cotton Plant, Arkansas (d. 1941)
Dec 22 Joe Adonis, Italian American crime-syndicate boss in NY & NJ, born in Montemarano, Italy (d. 1971)
Dec 22 Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general and WWII hero known as the "Liberator of Paris", born in Belloy-Saint-Léonard, France (d. 1947)
Dec 23 Charan Singh, Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (1979-80), born in Noorpur District, British India (d. 1987)
Dec 23 Norman Maclean, American author (A River Runs Through It and Other Stories), born in Clarinda, Iowa, (d. 1990)
Dec 25 Barton Maclane, American actor (The Quarterback, I Dream of Jeannie), born in Columbia, South Carolina (d. 1969)
Dec 26 Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan, Russian painter (d. 1980)
Dec 27 Ferenc Szabó, Hungarian composer (Lúdas Matyi, Légy jó mindhalálig), born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1969)
Dec 28 Mortimer J. Adler, American philosopher and author (Encyclopedia Brittanica), born in New York City (d. 2001)
Dec 28 Shen Congwen, Chinese writer (Long River), born in Zhen'gan, Hunan Province (d. 1988)
Dec 29 Nels Stewart, Canadian Hockey HOF center (Stanley Cup 1925 Montreal Maroons; Hart Memorial Trophy 1926, 30), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1957)
Dec 31 Lionel Daunais, Quebec singer and composer, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1982)