On This Day — December 7
3768 noted people were born and 1996 died on December 7 in our archive, including John Robert Kline, Leopold Kronecker and Luigi Cremona.
Lists people with a recorded full birth or death date; people known only by year are not included.
Born on December 7
John Robert Kline
1891 – 1955
Leopold Kronecker
1823 – 1891
Luigi Cremona
1830 – 1903
Adam Kwiatkowski
b. 1972
Amanda Vanstone
b. 1952
Belan Khamchiev
b. 1960
Bidyut Baran Chaudhuri
b. 1950
Christian Wiener
1826 – 1896
David Helfand
b. 1950
Eleanor J. Gibson
1910 – 2002
Eugenijus Bartulis
b. 1949
Ezekiel, Freiherr von Spanheim
1629 – 1710
Francesca Rossi
b. 1962
Gabriel Marcel
1889 – 1973
Giulio Prosperetti
b. 1946
Huajian Gao
b. 1963
Iveta Radičová
b. 1956
Jacek Chodorowicz
b. 1964
Johan Huizinga
1872 – 1945
Karl Korinek
1940 – 2017
Klaus Tschira
1940 – 2015
Lawrence Freedman
b. 1948
Leonard Goldenson
1905 – 1999
Louis Dollo
1857 – 1931
Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca
b. 1958
Martha Layne Collins
1936 – 2025
Mário Soares
1924 – 2017
Naledi Pandor
b. 1953
Neinar Seli
b. 1959
Nick Katz
b. 1943
Nicolai Ivanovich Andrusov
1861 – 1924
Noam Chomsky
b. 1928
Per Anger
1913 – 2002
Peter Housden
b. 1950
Randy Thornhill
b. 1944
Roin Metreveli
b. 1939
Theodor Schwann
1810 – 1882
Tsiang Tingfu
1895 – 1965
Viktor Bondarev
b. 1959
Vladimir Petrovich Sviridov
1897 – 1963
Wiktor Dega
1896 – 1995
William Barton Rogers
1804 – 1882
A. Frank Martin
1894 – 1982
Albert Lilius
1873 – 1947
Alberto Ruy Sánchez
b. 1951
Alon Harel
b. 1957
Alvaro Dias
b. 1944
Andrzej Czuma
b. 1938
Anne Fine
b. 1947
Arjun Ram Meghwal
b. 1954
Arne Nævra
b. 1953
Avraham Katz
1931 – 1986
Bajrakitiyabha, Princess Rajasarinisiribajra
1978 – 2026
Barbara Browning
b. 1961
Behnaam Aazhang
b. 1957
Bernard C. Parks
b. 1943
Björn Eriksson
b. 1945
Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange
b. 2003
Charles K. Duncan
1911 – 1994
Charles Rosen
1917 – 2002
Chaya Czernowin
b. 1957
Chloe Duckworth
b. 1981
Christian Matras
1900 – 1988
Christian Tønsberg
1813 – 1897
Clinton Thomas Dent
1850 – 1912
Corneille Antoine Jean Abraham Oudemans
1825 – 1906
Dali Jazi
1942 – 2007
Dani Karavan
1930 – 2021
David Lary
b. 1965
David Lyon
b. 1948
Don W. Wilson
b. 1942
Donald C. MacDonald
1913 – 2008
Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd
1919 – 2017
Duncan D. Hunter
b. 1976
Edmund Ezra Day
1883 – 1951
Edward Tuckerman
1817 – 1886
Ehud Kalai
b. 1942
Ellen Burstyn
b. 1932
Enrique Forero
1942 – 2023
Ernst Toch
1887 – 1964
Ernst Uhrlau
b. 1946
Florian Herrmann
b. 1971
Francesco Ferrara
1810 – 1900
François Dufour
b. 1961
George Kitchin
1827 – 1912
Gerard Hengeveld
1910 – 2001
Gerard Kuiper
1905 – 1973
Gertraud Knoll
b. 1958
Giuseppe Gené
1800 – 1847
Gregorio Fontana
1735 – 1803
Hamilton Fish III
1888 – 1991
Henri Mathias Berthelot
1861 – 1931
Henry Augustus Pilsbry
1862 – 1957
Hugh McCulloch
1808 – 1895
Ian Wanless
b. 1969
Ichirō Furutachi
b. 1954
Inke Maris
1948 – 2020
Isaac Hawkins Browne
1745 – 1818
J. B. Sumarlin
1932 – 2020
Jacob George Hieronymus van Tets van Goudriaan
1812 – 1885
Jacob Lurie
b. 1977
Jakov Milatović
b. 1986
Jan Michał Rozwadowski
1867 – 1935
Jason Lutes
b. 1967
Jean-Claude Casadesus
b. 1935
Jeffrey Donaldson
b. 1962
Jennifer Carpenter
b. 1979
Jeremias Friedrich Reuß
1700 – 1777
Jinichi Kusaka
1888 – 1972
John Hitt
1940 – 2023
John Lee
b. 1957
John Wood
b. 1952
Josef Hyrtl
1810 – 1894
June Fernández
b. 1984
Kaiser Haq
b. 1950
Karen Mirzoyan
b. 1965
Karl Jordan
1861 – 1959
Katharine Jane Densford
1890 – 1978
Kimi Onoda
b. 1982
Laura Trott
b. 1984
Lawrence H. Gipson
1880 – 1971
Ludvig Ludvigsen Daae
1834 – 1910
Maciej Chmieliński
b. 1971
Mangasha Seyum
b. 1927
Mani Shankar Mukherjee
1933 – 2026
Maria Luisa Spaziani
1922 – 2014
Maria S. Vorontsova
b. 1979
Mary Ellen Rudin
1924 – 2013
María Elósegui
b. 1957
Michel Arrivé
1936 – 2017
Mike Duke
b. 1949
Mohammed Ibn Chambas
b. 1950
Montague Lush
1853 – 1930
Nancy K. Kopp
b. 1943
Nikolai Figurovsky
1923 – 2003
Nina Turner
b. 1967
Niyazi Kızılyürek
b. 1959
Olena Stepaniv
1892 – 1963
Olexandr Maselsky
1936 – 1996
Oreste Mattirolo
1856 – 1947
Per Fugelli
1943 – 2017
Petru Groza
1884 – 1958
Predrag Marković
b. 1955
Redvers Buller
1839 – 1908
Richard Nunns
1945 – 2021
Robert Bickers
b. 1964
Rodrigo Augusto da Silva
1833 – 1889
Roger Van Overstraeten
1937 – 1999
Sergey Kuznetsov
b. 1960
Shulamit Bat-Dori
1904 – 1985
Simon Gindikin
b. 1937
Sreenivasa Rao Jammalamadaka
b. 1944
Stuart Davis
1892 – 1964
Susan Collins
b. 1952
Te Ururoa Flavell
b. 1955
Tempest Anderson
1846 – 1913
Teresa K. Woodruff
b. 1963
Thad Cochran
1937 – 2019
Thomas Noel Mitchell
b. 1939
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande
b. 1957
Tom Frieden
b. 1960
Tsugumasa Muraoka
b. 1972
Viktor Glondys
1882 – 1949
Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor
1744 – 1814
William Dodge James
1854 – 1912
William Earl Britt
b. 1932
William Jesse Goad Land
1865 – 1942
Yasutake Funakoshi
1912 – 2002
Yaël Braun-Pivet
b. 1970
Yekaterina Furtseva
1910 – 1974
Élisabeth Laurin
b. 1952
Aaron Gray
b. 1984
Abdul Sheriff
b. 1939
Abigail Marshall Katung
b. 1973
Abiram Chamberlain
1837 – 1911
Ahmad Marzuk Shaary
b. 1975
Akiko Yosano
1878 – 1942
Al Thornton
b. 1983
Albert W. Jefferis
1868 – 1942
Aldo Oviglio
1873 – 1942
Aleksandr Feklistov
b. 1955
Alexander Campbell King
1856 – 1926
Alexandru Mavrodi
1881 – 1934
Alice Vanderbilt Morris
1874 – 1950
Alla Aleksandrovska
b. 1948
Amara Mohamed Konneh
b. 1972
Ambrosio Guillen
1929 – 1953
Ambrosio Montt Luco
1830 – 1899
Ambrosio Padilla
1910 – 1996
Andres Kasekamp
b. 1966
Andrew Goudelock
b. 1988
Aniruddha B. Pandit
b. 1957
Anis Matta
b. 1968
Anna Soubry
b. 1956
Anna-Karin Hatt
b. 1972
Anne d'Ornano
b. 1936
Anthony Dominic Pellicer
1824 – 1880
Anthony Follett Pugsley
1901 – 1990
Antoine-Jean-Marie Thévenard
1733 – 1815
Anya Shrubsole
b. 1991
… and 3,568 more
Died on December 7
Akito Arima
1930 – 2020
Béla Krekó
1915 – 1994
James Whitbread Lee Glaisher
1848 – 1928
Alexander Wetmore
1886 – 1978
Armin Weiss
1927 – 2010
Cecilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin
1900 – 1979
Charles Holmes
1868 – 1936
Costantino Bresciani Turroni
1882 – 1963
Ferdinand de Lesseps
1805 – 1894
Fuad Hassan
1929 – 2007
George Howard Darwin
1845 – 1912
George Kistiakowsky
1900 – 1982
Gunnar Helén
1918 – 2002
Jean Mermoz
1901 – 1936
Jeane Kirkpatrick
1926 – 2006
John George Findlay
1862 – 1929
Martin Rodbell
1925 – 1998
Pasquale Villari
1826 – 1917
Robert Liston
1794 – 1847
Rube Goldberg
1883 – 1970
Sir Frederick Treves, 1st Baronet
1853 – 1923
Thornton Wilder
1897 – 1975
Walter Noddack
1893 – 1960
Albert Kurland
1914 – 2008
Alexandru Moșanu
1932 – 2017
Asim Peco
1927 – 2011
Belisario Betancur
1923 – 2018
Bengt Robertson
1935 – 2008
Bent Fuglede
1925 – 2023
Bernard Keble Sandwell
1876 – 1954
Blaže Koneski
1921 – 1993
C. M. T. Cold
1863 – 1934
Camilo Mori
1896 – 1973
Carl Hewitt
1944 – 2022
Cecil Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan
1850 – 1930
Charles Mitchell
1836 – 1899
Christine Choy
1952 – 2025
Constantin von Tischendorf
1815 – 1874
Denis Rogers
1917 – 1987
Edmond Saglio
1828 – 1911
Fernando Quiroga y Palacios
1900 – 1971
Frank Wilson
1859 – 1918
Frederick Fennell
1914 – 2004
Frīdrihs Vesmanis
1875 – 1941
Félix Candela
1910 – 1997
Félix Charpentier
1858 – 1924
Félix Houphouët-Boigny
1905 – 1993
Gabriel Jeantet
1906 – 1978
Geoff Harcourt
1931 – 2021
George Killian
1924 – 2017
George Miksch Sutton
1898 – 1982
Gerard Bucknall
1894 – 1980
Gian-Reto Plattner
1939 – 2009
Giuseppe Albini
1863 – 1933
Giuseppe Francica-Nava de Bontifè
1846 – 1928
Giuseppe Frigo
1935 – 2019
Greg Tate
1957 – 2021
Griffith Evans
1835 – 1935
Helen Porter
1899 – 1987
Henry Fillmore
1881 – 1956
Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft
1881 – 1947
Hildegard Hamm-Brücher
1921 – 2016
Innocent IV
Irina Fyodorova
1931 – 2010
James H. Pomerene
1920 – 2008
Janusz Sanocki
1954 – 2020
John E. Baldwin
1931 – 2010
John R. Dellenback
1918 – 2002
John Stanley
1846 – 1931
John Strong Newberry
1822 – 1892
José Donoso
1924 – 1996
Jón Sigurðsson
1811 – 1879
Katarzyna Łaniewska
1933 – 2020
Kathleen Courtney
1878 – 1974
Ko Chun-hsiung
1945 – 2015
Kuni Asaakira
1901 – 1959
Kwan Cho-yiu
1907 – 1971
Lionel Beaumont Thomas
1893 – 1942
Lolita Aniyar de Castro
1937 – 2015
Louis Didier Jousselin
1776 – 1858
Ludwig Knaus
1829 – 1910
Lyuben Berov
1925 – 2006
Marlyn Meltzer
1922 – 2008
Michiko Ishii
1933 – 2012
Nicholas Murray Butler
1862 – 1947
Nicolas Levasseur
1791 – 1871
Olimpiada Kozlova
1906 – 1986
Orlando Plummer
1836 – 1913
Peter von Rittinger
1811 – 1872
Philippe Maystadt
1948 – 2017
Pierre Paul Déhérain
1830 – 1902
Reginald Edward Stubbs
1876 – 1947
Richard Amphlett
1809 – 1883
Richard Joseph Hughes
1909 – 1992
Robert Graves
1895 – 1985
Roelof Kruisinga
1922 – 2012
Rushdi al-Shawa
1889 – 1965
Russell Burton Reynolds
1894 – 1970
Sir Charles Monro, 1st Baronet
1860 – 1929
Toby Low, 1st Baron Aldington
1914 – 2000
Tristan Bernard
1866 – 1947
Vidyagauri Neelkanth
1876 – 1958
Vlado Gotovac
1930 – 2000
William John Macleay
1820 – 1891
Wojciech Weiss
1875 – 1950
Zaza Urushadze
1966 – 2019
Ahmed Cemal Eringen
1921 – 2009
Alan Longhurst
1925 – 2023
Albinus Nance
1848 – 1911
Alex Johnstone
1961 – 2016
Alexander Gorbatov
1891 – 1973
Aloysius Schmitt
1909 – 1941
Andrea Rabagliati
1843 – 1930
Antoni Stefanowicz
1858 – 1929
Arne Kildal
1885 – 1972
Art Larsen
1925 – 2012
Arthur Blyth
1823 – 1891
Arthur Holland
1862 – 1927
Ataur Rahman Khan
1905 – 1991
August Eisenmenger
1830 – 1907
Auguste Ottin
1811 – 1890
Ava Helen Pauling
1903 – 1981
Avraham Shekhterman
1910 – 1986
Azie Taylor Morton
1936 – 2003
Barbara Howard
1926 – 2002
Basil Embry
1902 – 1977
Benn Levy
1900 – 1973
Berkley Bedell
1921 – 2019
Bernardo de Sandoval y Rojas
1546 – 1618
Bernhard Brinkmann
1952 – 2022
Bijan Allipour
1949 – 2023
Billy Bremner
1942 – 1997
Boris Brutskus
1874 – 1938
Bump Elliott
1925 – 2019
Cal Lepore
1919 – 2002
Carl Schuchhardt
1859 – 1943
Carlo Pepoli
1796 – 1881
Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.
1940 – 2005
Charles Edward Munroe
1849 – 1938
Charles Koffi Diby
1957 – 2019
Charles Saunders
1715 – 1775
Chester Stock
1892 – 1950
Christopher Hogg
1936 – 2021
Chuck Yeager
1923 – 2020
Clara Haskil
1895 – 1960
Claude Stokes
1875 – 1948
Cosme de la Torriente y Peraza
1872 – 1956
David Ellenson
1947 – 2023
David Richmond
1941 – 1990
Denis Decrès
1761 – 1820
Dexter M. Ferry Jr.
1873 – 1959
Dmitri Borgmann
1927 – 1985
Donald Kreider
1931 – 2006
Doug Scott
1941 – 2020
Edith Ogden Heidel
1870 – 1956
Edme Joachim Bourdois de La Motte
1754 – 1835
Edmund Pery, 1st Earl of Limerick
1758 – 1844
Edward Joseph Gardner
1898 – 1950
Edward Rell Madigan
1936 – 1994
Elizabeth Edwards
1949 – 2010
Evan Wisdom
1869 – 1945
Fabrizio Serbelloni
1695 – 1775
Ferdinand Pecora
1882 – 1971
Firmilian of Skopje
1852 – 1903
Forest Ray Moulton
1872 – 1952
Francis Marshall
1867 – 1922
Francis Stadsvold
1891 – 1965
Francisco Bográn
1852 – 1926
Francisco González Guinán
1841 – 1932
Francisco Manuel Sánchez de Tagle
1782 – 1847
Frank B. Gary
1860 – 1922
Frank M. Coffin
1919 – 2009
Franklin Edgerton
1885 – 1963
Franklin Van Valkenburgh
1888 – 1941
Frans Weisz
1938 – 2025
François-Auguste Parseval-Grandmaison
1759 – 1834
Frederik, Hereditary Prince of Denmark
1753 – 1805
Gabriel Biel
1418 – 1495
George Allison Whiteman
1919 – 1941
George Armitstead, 1st Baron Armitstead
1824 – 1915
George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon
1649 – 1716
George H. Cannon
1915 – 1941
George Laffer
1866 – 1933
George Lewis Scott
1708 – 1780
Gilbert Durand
1921 – 2012
Gordon Beecher
1904 – 1973
Gordon Pirie
1931 – 1991
Gordon Rattray Taylor
1911 – 1981
Guy Stern
1922 – 2023
Hamilton Lamb
1900 – 1943
Hans Posse
1879 – 1942
Hansruedi von Gunten
1928 – 2021
Hardie Albright
1903 – 1975
Harry Jerome
1940 – 1982
Harry Morgan
1915 – 2011
Heinrich Ernst Göring
1838 – 1913
Henry C. Smith
1856 – 1911
Henry Doctor, Jr.
1932 – 2007
Henry Hayes Lockwood
1814 – 1899
Henry Simmons Frieze
1817 – 1889
… and 1,796 more