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- Robert Plot (13 December 1640 - 30 April 1696) was an English naturalist, first Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum. Born in Borden, Kent to parents Robert Plot and Elisabeth Patenden, and baptized on 13 December 1640, Plot was educated at the Wye Free School in Kent. He entered Magdalen Hall, Oxford in 1658 where he graduated with a BA in 1661 and an MA in 1664. Plot subsequently taught and served as dean and vice principal at Magdalen Hall while preparing for his BCL and DCL, which he received in 1671 before moving to University College in 1676.
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Carlo Gozzi was born on 13 December 1720 in Venice, Republic of Venice [now Veneto, Italy]. He was a writer, known for Turandot, princesse de Chine (1935), Korol-olen (1970) and Television Theater (1953). He died on 4 April 1806 in Venice, Kingdom of Italy [now Veneto, Italy].- Writer
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Born in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1797 to a Jewish family, Heine was sent
to Hamburg as a young man to work for his rich uncle. He studied at the
universities at Bonn, Berlin and Göttingen, and got a law degree in
1825; he also changed his name to Heinrich Heine to ease his
integration into German society. In 1821 he published his poem
"Gedichte", but after a spat with another poet damaged his reputation,
he moved to Paris to be a journalist. There he met an illiterate
shopgirl named Crecence Eugénie Mirat, whom he married in 1841. Heine's
criticism of Germany won him censorship from his native land, and he
retired permanently to France.
He died in Paris on February 17 1856. Heine was controversial in
Germany, and because of his Jewish origins, his poems had to be marked
as 'author unknown' under the Nazi regime. He influenced many poets and
composers, including Rainer Maria Rilke, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Schubert, Karl Marx, and Robert Schumann.- Mary Ann Todd Lincoln served as First Lady of the United States from 1861 until the assassination of her husband, President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. Mary Lincoln was a member of a large and wealthy, slave-owning Kentucky family. She was well educated. Born Mary Ann Todd, she dropped the name Ann after her younger sister, Ann Todd (later Clark), was born. After finishing school during her teens, she moved to Springfield, Illinois, where she lived with her married sister Elizabeth Edwards. Before she married Abraham Lincoln, she was courted by his long-time political opponent Stephen A. Douglas. The Lincolns had four sons of whom only the eldest, Robert, survived both parents. Their family home and neighborhood in Springfield is preserved at the Lincoln Home National Historic Site. Lincoln staunchly supported her husband throughout his presidency and was active in keeping national morale high during the Civil War. She acted as the White House social coordinator, throwing lavish balls and redecorating the White House at great expense; her spending was the source of much consternation. She was seated next to Abraham when he was assassinated in the President's Box at Ford's Theatre on Tenth Street in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. The deaths of her husband and three of her sons weighed heavily on her. Lincoln suffered from numerous physical and mental health issues during her life. She had frequent migraines, which were exacerbated by a head injury in 1863. She was depressed for much of her life; some historians think she may have had bipolar disorder. She was briefly institutionalized for psychiatric disease in 1875, but later retired to the home of her sister. She died of a stroke in 1882 at age 63.
- Ernst Werner Siemens' family moved to Lübeck in 1823 for economic reasons. Siemens received private lessons and later attended high school in Lübeck. He stopped attending school early. In 1834 he left Lübeck and moved to Berlin. There he became an officer candidate in the artillery of the Prussian army. Siemens was given the opportunity to study mathematics, chemistry, physics and ballistics for three years at the Berlin Engineering and Artillery School. In 1838 he became a lieutenant. The following year, 1839, his mother died and a year later his father died. He remained in the military until 1849. The final move to Berlin took place in 1842. Werner Siemens worked there in the field of telegraphy and earned his money to support his younger siblings. In 1846, Siemens invented the pointer telegraph.
The following year he and the university mechanic J.G. Halske founded the company "Telegraphen-Bauanstalt Siemens & Halske". This company formed the foundation for the later global corporation Siemens. In the revolutionary year of 1848, Siemens received the public contract to equip the Berlin-Frankfurt telegraph line with its pointer telegraph. In 1853 he worked on behalf of the Russian government, for which he renewed the telegraph line in the Tsarist Empire. In 1855 he founded a branch in St. Petersburg. The order situation there developed very positively, so that Siemens was able to successfully survive the domestic economic crisis with these business profits. During this time he invented measuring instruments, relays and other technical achievements. Siemens developed a process for laying deep-sea cables, which he tested in 1857 on behalf of the British government.
The following year, 1858, he founded another branch in London, which was run by his brother Wilhelm Siemens. He also opened a factory in Wollwich to manufacture cables. Between 1862 and 1866, Siemens was a member of the Prussian state parliament for the Progress Party. In this role he opened up the foreign market for products from Germany. In 1866 he discovered the dynamoelectric principle, which turned out to be a significant discovery both technically and economically. Ernst Werner Siemens then built the first dynamo machine and began production in 1879. This marked the beginning of the age of high-voltage technology. In 1868, work began on the approximately 11,000 kilometer long telegraph line between London, Tehran and Calcutta. After around twelve years of construction, the work was completed.
From 1867 onwards, Siemens continued to run the company alone; his partner Halske had left. Siemens' awards include an honorary doctorate, which he received from the University of Berlin in 1860. In 1873 he was admitted to the Prussian Academy of Sciences. In 1888, Emperor Wilhelm I elevated him to the nobility, which is why he now called himself Werner von Siemens. In 1874, von Siemens connected Ireland to America with an Atlantic submarine cable. His suggestions led to the adoption of the first German patent law in 1877. The following year he invented electric street lighting. In 1879, von Siemens developed the world's first electric railway and presented it to the public at the Berlin trade fair in the same year. Two years later he built the world's first electric railway in Berlin, which was put into operation.
In 1880, von Siemens was a co-founder of the "Electrical Engineering Association", today known as VDE - Association of German Electrical Engineers. In 1887 he contributed to the founding of the Physical-Technical Reichsanstalt. Werner von Siemens dedicated his extensive life's work to the scientific foundation of electrical engineering. By 1890, the Siemens Group had 6,000 employees. In addition, he was committed to the technical development of everyday life and to promoting the economy. As an entrepreneur, he also had social responsibility. For example, he founded the "Siemens Pension Fund" to provide for the retirement of his employees. Particularly in the social area, Siemens introduced social policy measures such as the nine-hour day, which were groundbreaking. He wanted to bind his employees to the company. - Phillips Brooks was born on 13 December 1835 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Phillips died on 23 January 1893 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Gustave Luders was born on 13 December 1863 in Bremen, Germany. He was a writer, known for The Prince of Pilsen (1926) and Jekyll & Canada (2009). He was married to Grace Gorsline and Christine Hackett. He died on 24 January 1913 in New York City, New York, USA.- Georg Christensen was born on 13 December 1890 in Aarhus, Denmark. He was an actor, known for The Heir to Skjoldborg (1914), Den sorte familie (1914) and Udenfor loven (1916). He died on 24 June 1915.
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Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych was born on 13 December 1877 in Monastyrok, Podolia, Russian Empire [now Monastyrok, Vinnytsia Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]. Mykola Dmytrovych was a composer, known for Die Hard 2 (1990), The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) and C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005). Mykola Dmytrovych died on 23 January 1921 in Markivka, Podolian Governorate, Ukrainian SSR [now Markivka, Haisin Raion, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine].- Writer
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G.H. Chirgwin was born on 13 December 1854 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Blind Boy (1917), The Blind Boy (1900) and Chirgwin Plays a Scotch Reel (1896). He died on 14 November 1922 in London, England, UK.- Jean Signoret was born on 13 December 1886 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor, known for L'histoire de Marouf (1921), Suzanne (1916) and Le devoir d'abord (1917). He died on 9 October 1923 in Paris, France.
- Valeri Briusov was a Russian writer, poet, dramatist, critic, and
historian. He was one of the founders of Symbolist movement in Russia.
He was born Valeri Yakovlevich Briusov on December 13, 1873, in Moscow,
Russia. His grandfather, Aleksandr Bakulin, was a poet, and his father,
Yakov Briusov, was a wealthy merchant who also published his poems and
stories. Young Briusov grew up in a trilingual environment, he spoke
French and German in addition to his native Russian. He received an
excellent private education; from 1885-1889 he studied at private
Gymnasium of F.I. Kreiman, from 1890-1893 he studied at private
Gymnasium of L.I. Polivanov and was acting in several school plays. At
that time Briusov was romantically involved with a young and beautiful
lady, Elena Kraskova. Her sudden death in 1893 caused him an emotional
trauma, and Briusov expressed himself in writing. He wrote poetry and
drama, as well as translated from English, French and German
literature. In 1893 he wrote his first drama, "The Dekadents (End of a
Century)". At that time Briusov wrote a letter to Paul Verlain and
presented himself as a founder of Symbolism in Russia.
From 1892-1899 Briusov studied history and literature at Moscow
University. After graduation in 1899, Briusov became a professional
writer, literary translator, and critic. He joined the Moscow
Literary-Artistic Society which was the center of emerging new styles
and trends during the time known as the "Silver Age" of Russian
culture. Briusov was involved in formation of Symbolism and
Neo-Classicism in Russian literature and Arts, and later he saw
emergence of Acmeism, Russian Modern, Cubo-Futurism and other
avant-garde movements. Briusov himself tried a variety of styles in his
numerous poems, albeit his best achievements belong to Symbolism and
Neo-Classicism. From 1904-1906 he was editor of magazines "Vesy" (The
Balance) and "Severnye Tsvety" (Nothern Flowers), and also worked with
the "Skorpion" publishing house. His poetry ranged from sophisticated
eroticism to mythology, legends, and epic subjects. During the 1900s
Briusov's own view of the World was influenced by the situation of "fin
de siecle." He expressed his feelings of "End of Time" in his novel
"Ognenny Angel" (aka.. The Fiery Angel), set in Germany, delivers a
plethora of allusions to modern time, through an artful blend of love
story with history, occult philosophy, and mysticism. It was adapted
into eponymous opera by Sergei Prokofiev.
Briusov expressed his premonitions about inevitable collapse of
urbanized civilization; he described industrialization as a collective
suicide of humankind. Briusov's metaphoric language became even more
sharp and passionate, as he described himself as a "slave of bourgeois
culture" but was still hopelessly addicted to pleasures of his
hedonistic and "classy" lifestyle. In such poems as "Kamenshchik"
(aka.. The Mason), "Umirayushchii koster" (aka.. Dying Fire), and his
book of prose "Zemnaya Os" (aka.. The Earth's axis), Briusov pictured
various ways out of trappings of civilization, such as going back to
nature and organic way of life, or suffer through revolutionary changes
of a decadent society. In real life Briusov became a military
correspondent during the World War I, then suffered from a nervous
breakdown, after he witnessed cruel realities of war and death. His
sci-fi novel "Gora zvezdy" (aka.. Star's Mountain), stories "Vosstanie
Mashin" (aka.. Uprising of Machines, 1908) and "Myatezh Mashin" (aka..
Revolt of Mashines, 1914) show his emergence as a sci-fi writer and
departure from illusionary world of pure Symbolism.
After the Russian revolution of 1917, Briusov was appointed Head of
Committee for Press and Publishing, then worked as Head of Moscow
Public Libraries under Commissar Anatoli Lunacharsky. In 1919 Briusov was
recommended to join the Communist Party, a recommendation he could not
object at the time of dictatorship. From 1919-1921 he was Chairman of
Union of Poets, then from 1921-1923 he was director of Moscow Institute
of Literature and Arts. Briusov edited the first edition of the Soviet
Encyclopedia. He made definitive translations of works by Edgar Allan Poe,
Emile Verharn, Maurice Maeterlinck, Paul Verlain, Romain Rolland, Victor Hugo, Lord Byron and
Oscar Wilde, among others. Briusov's complete translations of "Dr. Faust"
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and "Aeneid" by Virgil belong among the highest achievements
of literary translation into Russian. Briusov revealed the beauty of
Armenian poetry in his numerous translations, he published a
comprehensive book "Poetry of Armenia", a fundamental collection of
Armenian poetry. For his Russian translation of Armenian folk epic
"Sasuntsi David" (aka.. David of Sasuntsi), about the national hero of
the Armenian people, Briusov was designated Poeple's Poet of Armenia
(1923).
Valeri Briusov eventually came to disillusionment with the Soviet
reality after witnessing rapid degradation of culture under the rule of
Soviet Communists. Since the 1900s Briusov indirectly opposed Vladimir Lenin
and wrote that Revolution causes destruction but fails to create a
better world, in return Vladimir Lenin labeled Briusov as "poet-anarchist."
During 1920-1924, when many of his friends emigrated, Briusov expressed
disappointment with his life after the Soviet revolution. Briusov wrote
that he was torn between his naive hopes in revolution, and the truth
that the Russian revolution caused terrible losses and destruction, but
did not deliver on the promise of social justice and freedom. The
unfolding drama of totalitarian dictatorship and grim reality of the
Soviet Communism caused Briusov a depression and a serious illness. He
was found dead in his Moscow apartment on October 9, 1924, and was laid
to rest in Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia.
Maxim Gorky called Briusov "the most refined intellectual" of all Russian
writers of his time. Briusov was the leader of Russian Symbolism during
the cultural revival known as "Silver Age" along with such authors as
'Konstantin Balmont', Aleksandr Blok, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Andrei Bely, Dmitri Merezhkovsky, and
Zinaida Gippius, among others. Briusov's collection of poetry "Venok" (aka..
The Wreth) belongs among the highest achievements in Russian
literature. - Lucien Guitry was born on 13 December 1860 in Paris, France. He was married to Jeanne Desclois and Renée de Pont-Jest. He died on 1 June 1925 in Paris, France.
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American actor-director-writer-producer of silent pictures, formerly a
singer and vaudevillian. A native of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill, he
was one of four sons born to Rocco Beban, a Dalmatian immigrant, and
Johanna Dugan, from County Cork, Ireland.
He exhibited singing talent at an early age and was known in San
Francisco theater circles as "The Boy Baritone." By age 8, according to
a 1920 newspaper interview, "[his] first professional job was singing
at $8 a week at the Vienna Garden on Stockton Street. Then came boy
parts with the McGuire, Rial and Osborne stock company at the Grand
Opera house and the McKee Rankin stock company at the old California,
where I used the name of George Dinks."
After his father continued to block his career choice, getting him
fired from every one of those jobs, he ran away from home at the age of
14. He appeared in light opera and on stage with vaudevillians Weber &
Fields. He recalled in the same 1920 interview that, "Marie Cahill
offered me my first chance on Broadway, when I was about 22, in her
first starring vehicle, the musical comedy 'Nancy Brown,' at the
Bijou."
He played in vaudeville and legit theater for a number of years,
primarily doing caricatured Frenchmen, before making his film debut in
1915. In his play (later film) "Sign of the Rose," (A.K.A. "The Alien")
and in Thomas Ince's "The Italian," he sought to change the stereotype
of Italian immigrants as all being members of The Black Hand (mafioso).
He told the San Francisco Examiner in 1910 that he "learned how to
imitate Italian speech and talk Italian dialect with a proper accent,"
from his childhood days spent teasing and stealing fruit from local
Italian gardeners and grape growers. "Also that was where I first
learned to appreciate Italian character, to recognize that honesty and
industry and gentleness of spirit are its attributes."
He wrote and/or directed many of his later films, few of which survive.
He retired in late 1926 following the death of his wife, the stage
actress Edith Ethel MacBride, and by midsummer, 1928, completed work on
his dream home on a bluff overlooking the Pacific in Playa del Rey,
California. His August 19 housewarming became international news when
two guests, the Western star Tom Mix and the vaudevillian William
Morrissey, duked it out over Morrissey's comment that Mix's horse,
Tony, would have a career in the talkies, because at least he could
snort, but what could Mix do?
Five weeks later, while vacationing at June Lodge Dude Ranch at Big
Pine, California, Beban was thrown from a horse and seriously injured
on September 29, 1928. He died in Los Angeles several days later, from
the effects of the fall and from uremic poisoning. His remains were
cremated.
He was survived by his 14-year-old son,
George Beban Jr., who had appeared with
his father (using the stage name Bob White) in a few films, and who
would have a short career in the 1940's playing supporting roles.
George Beban, Sr. was the grandfather of the cinematographer Richard
Beban, and great-granduncle of the screen and TV writer Richard W.
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Michael Morton was born on 13 December 1862 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Guilty One (1924), Woman to Woman (1923) and On with the Dance (1920). He was married to Florence Mary Speight. He died on 11 January 1931 in London, England, UK.- Niels Th. Thomsen was born on 13 December 1879 in Lemvig, Denmark. Niels Th. was a writer, known for Hvorledes jeg kom til Filmen (1919), The Folly of Sin (1915) and En Sømandsbrud (1914). Niels Th. died on 12 April 1933.
- Rex McDougall was born on 13 December 1878 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921), The Beloved Blackmailer (1918) and My Wife (1918). He died on 30 August 1933 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.
- Ivo Dawson was born on 13 December 1877 in Valetta, Malta. He was an actor, known for The Great Adventure (1921), The Truth About Husbands (1920) and After the Verdict (1929). He was married to Constance Dawson. He died on 7 March 1934 in Marylebone, London, England, UK.
- Benjamin Young was born on 13 December 1851 in Pitcairn Island, South Pacific. He was married to Rebecca Holman Ascension McCoy. He died on 16 August 1934 in Pitcairn Island, South Pacific.
- Harry Todd was born on 13 December 1863 in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for One Is Guilty (1934), Ten Nights in a Bar-Room (1931) and Tea: With a Kick! (1923). He was married to Margaret Joslin. He died on 15 February 1935 in Glendale, California, USA.
- Joseph Bowers was born on 13 December 1896 in Austria. He died on 27 April 1936 in Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California, USA.
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John B. O'Brien was born on 13 December 1884 in Roanoke, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Handicap (1925), Destiny's Toy (1916) and Father Tom (1921). He died on 15 August 1936 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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George Daly was born on 13 December 1888 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Excuse My Glove (1936). He died on 24 February 1937 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Max Vodnoy was born on 13 December 1893 in Russia. He was an actor, known for The Singing Blacksmith (1938) and Green Fields (1937). He died on 27 May 1939 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Luciano Molinari was born on 13 December 1880 in Garlasco, Lombardy, Italy. He was an actor, known for Senza amore (1921), La scala di seta (1920) and Un duello nell'ombra (1916). He died on 27 July 1940 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy.
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Edward LeSaint was born on 13 December 1870 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Modern Times (1936), Merely Mary Ann (1920) and Only a Shop Girl (1922). He was married to Stella Razeto. He died on 10 September 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Andrew Soutar was born on 13 December 1879 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Phantom in the House (1929), The Sealed Envelope (1919) and Butterflies in the Rain (1926). He died on 24 November 1941 in St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK.
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Yevgeni Petrov was born Evgeni Petrovich Kataev on November 30, 1902,
in Odessa, Russian Empire (Now Odesa, Ukraine). His father, named Petr
Kataev, was a teacher. Petrov graduated from Classical Gymnasium in
1920, and became a news correspondent for the Ukrainian Telegraph
Agency. From 1921-1923 he was a criminologist and homicide inspector in
Odessa. In 1923 Petrov moved to Moscow and became a journalist in a
Soviet magazine "Krasny Perets" (Red Pepper). With the help from his
brother, Valentin Kataev, who was already a popular writer, Petrov made
connections in the Moscow literary milieu.
In 1925 he met Ilya Ilf and a year later they started writing together.
Their first novel titled 'Dvenadtsat Stulev' (Twelve Chairs) was
published in 1928. It's main character, named Ostap Bender, became a
popular synonym for a charming and smooth criminal. The book had
instant success with the general public, but was bashed by the Soviet
critics, because it satirized the loss of civility and degradation of
cultural values in the Soviet Union. The book was praised by such
writers as Vladimir Mayakovsky and later by Vladimir Nabokov. Their second novel by Ilf and
Petrov was 'Zolotoi Telenok' (Golden Calf), published in 1931, in a
magazine, then in 1933, as a book. Both novels became bestsellers in
the Soviet Union. Several film and TV adaptations were made in the
Soviet Union by such directors as Leonid Gaidai and Mark Zakharov, among others. In
1970, an American adaptation was made by director Mel Brooks starring
Frank Langella as Ostap Bender. The character of Ostap Bender was portrayed by
such renown Russian actors as Sergey Yurskiy, Archil Gomiashvili, Andrey Mironov, and
Oleg Menshikov.
In 1933-1934 Ilf and Petrov traveled across Europe. In 1935 they made a
journey by car about the United States, which gave them material for a
popular book 'Odnoetazhnaya Amerika' (The One-Storey America 1937).
Ilya Ilf died of tuberculosis on April 13, 1937. His partner, Yevgeni
Petrov, died in a plane crash on July 2, 1942, on a flight from
Sevastopol to Moscow.
In 1948 Andrei Zhdanov attacked many Soviet intellectuals and banned the books
of Ilf and Petrov among others. The Communist Party ordered their books
banned and removed from all public libraries across the Soviet Union.
Eight years later the ban was lifted during the political "Thaw"
initiated by Nikita Khrushchev in 1956.- Hans Joachim Marseille flew 382 missions and credited with 158 enemy aircraft destroyed. he was one of only 27 Germans to be awarded the Diamonds to the Knight's Cross, Oak Leaves and Swords. He was feared by the Allies as Yellow 14, but also respected for his chivalry in trying to save the lives of some of his victims. No other German pilot scored as many victories over the Western Allies.
- Frédéric de Jongh was born on 13 December 1897 in Brussels, Brussels-Capital, Belgium. He was married to Alice Decarpentrie. He died on 28 March 1944 in Mont-Valérien, Suresnes, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France.
- Paul M. Bryan was born on 13 December 1872 in Sylvania, Georgia, USA. He was a writer, known for The Fast Express (1924), The Steel Trail (1923) and The Hound of Silver Creek (1928). He was married to Ethel. He died on 4 August 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Emily Carr was born on 13 December 1871 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She died on 2 March 1945 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
- Max Hoffman Jr. was born on 13 December 1902 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Radio Patrol (1937), Freckles Comes Home (1942) and Sergeant Murphy (1938). He was married to Luana Walters, Helen Kane, Thelma White and Norma Terris. He died on 31 March 1945 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Minoru Takase was born on 13 December 1890 in Hokkaido, Japan. He was an actor, known for Professional Killer (1932), A Page of Madness (1926) and Oatsurae Jirôkichi kôshi (1931). He died on 19 November 1947.
- Dean Raymond was born on 13 December 1864 in Thorold, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Winning of Beatrice (1918), The Wild Girl (1917) and The Boy Girl (1917). He died on 19 December 1948 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
- Kenneth Lawton was born on 13 December 1875 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936). He died on 10 March 1949 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
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Henry Schuster was born on 13 December 1894 in Wyoming, USA. He died on 18 April 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Adrienne Kroell was born on 13 December 1892 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Royal Box (1914), Subterfuge (1912) and The Pink Opera Cloak (1913). She died on 2 October 1949 in Evanston, Illinois, USA.
- Eugen Medek was born on 13 December 1905 in Náchod, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. Eugen was an actor, known for Vlcie diery (1948). Eugen died on 29 October 1949 in Martin, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia].
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Maurice Goldberg was born on 13 December 1881. He died on 24 November 1949 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.- Anna Mária Tahy was born on 13 December 1915 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Egy nap a világ (1944), Boldoggá teszlek (1944) and Tilos a szerelem (1943). She was married to Dobosi Szabó, László. She died on 13 January 1950 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Edward Childs Carpenter was born on 13 December 1872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Edward Childs was a writer, known for The Major and the Minor (1942), Captain Courtesy (1915) and The Perfect Gentleman (1935). Edward Childs was married to Helen Alden Knipe. Edward Childs died on 28 June 1950 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK.
- Camelia was born on 13 December 1919 in Alexandria, Egypt. She was an actress, known for Shari al-bahlawan (1949), Akher kedba (1950) and Waladi (1949). She died on 31 August 1950 in El Buhayra, Egypt.
- Harry Stafford was born on 13 December 1873 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Find the Witness (1937), The Winner (1913) and Follies Parisiennes (1940). He died on 16 September 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Johnny Mitchell was born on 13 December 1918 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Pillow to Post (1945), Mr. Skeffington (1944) and Laugh Your Blues Away (1942). He died on 19 January 1951 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Dorothy Speare was born on 13 December 1897 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. She was a writer, known for One Night of Love (1934). She was married to Charles J. Hubbard Jr. (explorer) and Franklin Butler Christmas (banker). She died on 3 February 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- Aimilios Veakis was born on 13 December 1884 in Piraeus, Greece. He was an actor, known for Astero (1929), The Voice of the Heart (1943) and Maria Pentagiotissa (1927). He died on 29 June 1951 in Athens, Greece.
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George Ovey was born on 13 December 1870 in Trenton, Missouri, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Pirate of Panama (1929), Hit the Deck (1929) and Strings of Steel (1926). He was married to Louise Horner. He died on 23 September 1951 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Mimi Forsythe was born on 13 December 1921 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for Sensations of 1945 (1944) and Three Russian Girls (1943). She was married to James Parnell Turner, Warren Leslie McCanless and Benedict Bogeaus. She died on 17 August 1952 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- J.G. Selby was born on 13 December 1884 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Wife Hunters (1922). He was married to Susie Ophelia Young, Willie H Holland Johnson and Paulette Sadie Williams Coleman. He died on 28 August 1952 in Los Angeles, California, USA.