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ISSUE 156 - December 1, 2023 - Stamp News Online Magazine

Famous December Birthdays

Each of the stamps shown below depict a famous person or their accomplishment whose birthday is in December. Learn about these famous people born in December from links to www.henri-matisse.net, www.westminster-abbey.org, www.postalheritage.org.uk, www.civilwar.org, www.edvardmunch.info, and other websites. Famous birthdays for December include: Georges Seurat, Jay-Z, Walter Elias Disney, Lynn Fontanne, Emily Dickinson, and Frank Sinatra to name a few.



December 1, 1945 - Bette Midler, http://www.imdb.com



December 2, 1859 - Georges Seurat, http://www.biography.com

December 2, 1859 - Georges Seurat

December 2, 1859 - Georges Seurat, http://www.georgesseurat.org



December 2, 1981 - Britney Spears, http://www.imdb.com



December 3, 1755 - Gilbert Stuart, http://www.metmuseum.org

December 3, 1755 - Gilbert Stuart



December 3, 1795 - Rowland Hill, http://www.westminster-abbey.org

December 3, 1795 - Rowland Hill

December 3, 1795 - Rowland Hill



December 4, 1969 - Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter), http://en.wikipedia.org



December 4, 1973 - Tyra Banks, http://www.biography.com

December 5, 1839 - George Armstrong Custer, http://www.pbs.org

December 5, 1839 - George Armstrong Custer

December 5, 1839 - George Armstrong Custer



December 5, 1901 - Walter Elias Disney, http://www.biography.com



December 5, 1901 - Walter Elias Disney, http://www.waltdisney.org

December d6, 1886 - Joyce Kilmer, http://www.bartleby.com, http://www.poemhunter.com



December 6, 1887 - Lynn Fontanne, http://www.imdb.com

December 6, 1887 - Lynn Fontanne, http://www.tenchimneys.org

December 6, 1887 - Lynn Fontanne

December 7, 1761 - Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marie-Tussaud

December 7, 1761 - Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud

December 7, 1956 - Larry Bird, http://www.biography.com



December 8, 65 BC - Horace, http://www.poets.org



December 8, 65 BC - Horace, http://www.poetryfoundation.org



December 8, 65 BC - Horace



December 8, 1943 - Jim Morrison



December 8, 1943 - Jim Morrison, http://www.biography.com

December 8, 1943 - Jim Morrison



December 8, 1765 - Eli Whitney, http://www.eliwhitney.org

December 8, 1765 - Eli Whitney

December 8, 1765 - Eli Whitney



December 9, 1608 - John Milton, http://www.poets.org



December 9, 1608 - John Milton, http://www.luminarium.org

December 9, 1608 - John Milton



December 9, 1909 - Douglas Fairbanks Jr., http://www.tcm.com

December 9, 1909 - Douglas Fairbanks Jr., http://www.imdb.com

December 9, 1909 - Douglas Fairbanks Jr.



December 10, 1830 - Emily Dickinson, http://www.poetryfoundation.org

December 10, 1830 - Emily Dickinson, http://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org

December 10, 1830 - Emily Dickinson



December 11, 1981 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, http://www.nobelprize.org

December 11, 1981 - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, http://www.nytimes.com



December 12, 1863 - Edvard Munch



December 12, 1863 - Edvard Munch



December 12, 1863 - Edvard Munch



December 12, 1915 - Frank Sinatra, http://www.imdb.com

December 12, 1915 - Frank Sinatra

December 12, 1915 - Frank Sinatra



December 13, 1924 - Larry Doby, http://baseballhall.org

December 13, 1924 - Larry Doby

December 13, 1924 - Larry Doby



December 14, 1895 - King George VI, http://www.biography.com



December 14, 1895 - King George VI, http://en.wikipedia.org



December 14, 1895 - King George VI

December 14, 1895 - King George VI



December 15, 1832 - Gustave Eiffel, http://inventors.about.com

December 15, 1832 - Gustave Eiffel, http://www.nps.gov

December 15, 1832 - Gustave Eiffel, http://en.structurae.de

December 15, 1832 - Gustave Eiffel



December 16, 1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven



December 16, 1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, http://www.classical.net



December 16, 1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven



December 16, 1901 - Margaret Mead, http://www.interculturalstudies.org

December 16, 1901 - Margaret Mead, http://www.biography.com

December 16, 1901 - Margaret Mead



December 17, 1894 - Arthur Fiedler, http://www.pbs.org

December 17, 1894 - Arthur Fiedler, http://www.youtube.com



December 18, 1886 - Ty Cobb

December 18, 1886 - Ty Cobb, http://baseballhall.org



December 18, 1946 - Steven Spielberg, http://www.imdb.com



December 18, 1946 - Steven Spielberg, http://en.wikipedia.org



December 19, 1915 - Edith Piaf, http://www.biography.com



December 19, 1915 - Edith Piaf



December 19, 1915 - Edith Piaf, http://www.youtube.com

December 20,1881 - Branch Rickey, http://baseballhall.org, http://trailers.apple.com (Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey in "42")



December 21, 1603 - Roger Williams



December 21, 1937 - Jane Fonda, http://www.imdb.com



December 21, 1940 - Frank Zappa

December 21, 1940 - Frank Zappa, http://www.youtube.com



December 22, 1858 - Giacomo Puccini, http://www.classical.net



December 22, 1858 - Giacomo Puccini, http://www.youtube.com



December 22, 1912 - Claudia A. "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson, http://www.pbs.org



December 22, 1912 - Claudia A. "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson, https://www.wildflower.org/



December 23, 1908 - Yousuf Karsh, http://www.karsh.org/

December 23, 1908 - Yousuf Karsh, http://121clicks.com



December 24, 1809 - Christopher "Kit" Carson, http://www.pbs.org

December 24, 1809 - Christopher "Kit" Carson, http://www.biography.com

December 24, 1809 - Christopher "Kit" Carson



December 24, 1905 - Howard Hughes, Cinderella issue, TYDOL FLYING "A" POSTER STAMPS OF 1940 - #19, HOWARD HUGHES - ROUND THE WORLD, http://www.biography.com

December 24, 1905 - Howard Hughes, http://history1900s.about.com

December 24, 1905 - Howard Hughes

December 24, 1905 - Howard Hughes

December 24, 1905 - Howard Hughes



December 25, 1899 - Humphrey Bogart

December 25, 1899 - Humphrey Bogart, http://www.youtube.com (The African Queen, Trailer)



December 25 - Jesus: "scholars estimate . . . his year of birth to be around 6-4 BC" (from Wikipedia.com, Chronology of Jesus), http://www.ucg.org



December 25 - Jesus: "scholars estimate . . . his year of birth to be around 6-4 BC" (from Wikipedia.com, Chronology of Jesus), http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org



December 25 - Jesus: "scholars estimate . . . his year of birth to be around 6-4 BC" (from Wikipedia.com, Chronology of Jesus), http://www.biography.com



December 25 - Jesus: "scholars estimate . . . his year of birth to be around 6-4 BC" (from Wikipedia.com, Chronology of Jesus)



December 25, 1924 - Rod Serling, http://www.pbs.org

December 25, 1924 - Rod Serling



December 26, 1893 - Mao Tse-Tung (Zedong), http://en.wikipedia.org



December 26, 1893 - Mao Tse-Tung (Zedong), http://www.biography.com

December 27, 1822 - Louis Pasteur

December 27, 1822 - Louis Pasteur, http://www.biography.com

December 27, 1901 - Marlene Dietrich



December 27, 1901 - Marlene Dietrich, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000017/



December 28, 1856 - (Thomas) Woodrow Wilson, http://www.whitehouse.gov

December 28, 1856 - (Thomas) Woodrow Wilson



December 29, 1876 - Pablo Casals, http://pablocasals.com

December 29, 1876 - Pablo Casals, http://www.youtube.com

December 30, 1935 - Sandy Koufax, http://baseballhall.org



December 30, 1935 - Sandy Koufax, http://en.wikipedia.org

December 30, 1975 - Eldrick Tont 'Tiger' Woods



December 30, 1975 - Eldrick Tont 'Tiger' Woods, http://en.wikipedia.org

December 30, 1984 - LeBron James, http://en.wikipedia.org

December 30, 1984 - LeBron James

December 31, 1869 - Henri Matisse

December 31, 1869 - Henri Matisse, http://www.metmuseum.org

December 31, 1869 - Henri Matisse

December 31, 1941 - Sir Alex Ferguson, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Ferguson

December 31, 1941 - Sir Alex Ferguson (lower right stamp holding the European Cup as manager of the Manchester United UEFA winners).

December 31, 1948 - Donna Summer, http://www.allmusic.com, http://www.youtube.com

 
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