Who was born on December 1?
– 1743 – Martin Heinrich – German chemist, discoverer of uranium, zirconium, titanium, cerium, tellurium.
– 1792 – Nikolai Lobachevsky – Russian mathematician.
– 1873 – Bryusov Valery (1924) – Russian writer, playwright.
– 1888 – Vasily Blucher – Soviet military, political and party figure, Marshal of the Soviet Union.
– 1896 – Georgy Zhukov – Soviet Army commander, 4 times Hero of the Soviet Union.
– 1905 – Ibrohimov Sobirjon (1974) – Scientist who served in Uzbekistan (1972).
– 1913 – Mansurov Rustam – actor, People’s Artist of Uzbekistan (1952).
– 1918 – Boymuhamedov Khosil (1990) – academician (1979), Honored Scientist of Uzbekistan (1976).
– 1918 – Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan – first president of the UAE.
– 1925 – Martin Rodbell – American biochemist and endocrinologist, Nobel Prize winner (1994).
– 1937 – Vaira Vike-Freiberga – 6th president of Latvia.
– 1945 – Gennagi Khazanov – actor, master of the comedy genre.
– 1982 – Khasan Baroev – Greco-Roman wrestler, Olympic champion 2004), two-time world and European champion.
– 1991 – Sun Yan – Chinese swimmer, three-time Olympic and 11-time world champion.
– 1992 – Sitora Alimjonova – Uzbek film actress, singer.