What happened on December 1 ?

1081 - King Louis VI of France (d. 1137)

1083 - Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)

1521 - Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)

1525 - Tadeá? Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)

1580 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)

1690 - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1764)

1716 - Etienne-Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (d. 1791)

1743 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (d. 1817)

1766 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (d. 1826)

1792 - Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1856)

1844 - Alexandra of Denmark, queen of Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1925)

1873 - Valery Bryusov, Russian poet (d. 1924)

1886 - Rex Stout, American author (d. 1975)

1895 - Henry Williamson, English author (d. 1977)

1896 - Georgy Zhukov, Soviet general (d. 1974)

1901 - Ilona Feher, Hungarian-Jewish violinist (d. 1988)

1905 - Alexander Wilson, Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (d. 1994)

1910 - Alicia Markova, English ballerina (d. 2004)

1911 - Walter Alston, baseball manager (d. 1984)

1911 - Calvin Griffith, baseball executive (d. 1999)

1912 - Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (d. 1986)

1913 - Mary Martin, American actor and singer (d. 1990)

1922 - Paul Picerni, American actor

1922 - Vsevolod Bobrov, Soviet athlete, 1958 Winter Olympic Gold medallist for ice hockey (d. 1979)

1923 - Stansfield Turner, American admiral and Central Intelligence Agency director

1930 - Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (d. 2002)

1932 - Matt Monro, English singer (d. 1985)

1933 - Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoon artist (d. 1996)

1935 - Woody Allen, American film director, actor, and comedian

1935 - Lou Rawls, American singer (d. 2006)

1937 - Chuck Low, American actor

1938 - Sandy Nelson, American drummer

1939 - Lee Trevino, American golfer

1940 - Richard Pryor, American actor, comedian (d. 2005)

1942 - John Crowley, American author

1944 - John Densmore, American drummer (The Doors)

1945 - Bette Midler, American actress

1946 - Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer

1948 - George Foster, baseball player

1949 - Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (d. 1993)

1949 - Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and presidential candidate

1950 - Keith Thibodeaux, American actor and drummer

1951 - Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (d. 1987)

1959 - Wally Lewis, Australian rugby player

1960 - Carol Alt, American supermodel

1961 - Jeremy Northam, English actor

1962 - Joe Quesada, American comic book writer and artist, and editor-in-chief at Marvel Comics

1963 - Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer

1971 - Emily Mortimer, English actress

1974 - Costinha, Portuguese footballer

1974 - David Ludwig, American composer

1976 - Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (d. 1998)

1977 - Brad Delson, American guitarist (Linkin Park)

1980 - Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer

2001 - Aiko, Princess Toshi of Japan