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Notable Birthdays for December 1

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Those born on this date include:

- French wax-figure sculptor Marie Tussaud in 1761
- detective novelist Rex Stout in 1886
- former United Mine Workers President W.A. Tony Boyle in 1904
- baseball Hall of Fame member Walter Alston in 1911
- singer/actor Mary Martin in 1913
- soul singer Lou Rawls in 1933
- comedian/filmmaker Woody Allen in 1935 (age 80)
- golf Hall of Fame member Lee Trevino in 1939 (age 76)
- comedian Richard Pryor in 1940
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member John Densmore (The Doors) in 1944 (age 71)
- singer/actor Bette Midler in 1945 (age 70)
- actor Treat Williams in 1951 (age 64)
- model Carol Alt in 1960 (age 55)
- comedian Sarah Silverman in 1970 (age 45)
- and Matthew Shepard, University of Wyoming student killed because he was gay, in 1976.

 


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