Who was born on December 2?
– 1728 – Ferdinando Galiani – Italian economist.
– 1825 – Krisjanis Valdemar (1891) – Latvian writer, folklorist and educator.
– 1825 – Pedro II (1891) – the second and last emperor of Brazil (1831-1889).
– 1837 – Joseph Bell (1911) – British surgeon, prototype of Sherlock Holmes.
– 1859 – Georges-Pierre Seurat – French painter, founder of neo-impressionism.
– 1885 – George Minot (1950) – American pathophysiologist and hematologist, Nobel Prize laureate (1934).
– 1898 – Indra Lal Roy (1918) – Indian pilot, participant in World War I.
– 1921 – Ramz Bobojon (2008) – poet and playwright, People’s Poet of Uzbekistan (1981).
– 1923 – Maria Callas (1977) – American opera singer.
– 1946 – Nasir Muhammad – Uzbek poet.
– 1946 – Gianni Versace (1997) – Italian fashion designer and designer.
– 1948 – Antonin Panenka – Czech footballer, European champion (1976).
– 1973 – Monica Seles – American professional tennis player.
– 1978 – Nelly Furtado – Canadian singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer and actress.
– 1981 – Britney Spears – American pop singer, songwriter, actress.