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Nestor Carbonell won the 2024 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role in the FX series Shōgun.
Famous Birthdays on December 1
1967 — Nestor Carbonell
American actor
December 1 has 220 recorded notable births across history, from 624 to 2008. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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624 – 2008
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Major events on December 1
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- 1989 Cold War: East Germany's parliament abolishes the constitutional provision granting the Communist Party the leading role in the state. Source
- 1862 American Civil War: In his second State of the Union Address, President Abraham Lincoln reaffirms the necessity of ending slavery as ordered ten weeks earlier in the Emancipation Proclamation. Source
- 1834 Slavery is abolished in the Cape Colony in accordance with the Slavery Abolition Act 1833. Source
- 2000 Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history. Source
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Trevino won six major championships and 29 PGA Tour events over the course of his career.
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DeSean Jackson played college football as a wide receiver for the California Golden Bears, where he was recognized as a two-time, first-team All-American in 2006 and 2007.
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700 slugging percentage (SLG) and 30 stolen bases in the same season, on his way to winning the National League (NL) Most Valuable Player Award (MVP).
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Louis VI, called the Fat or the Fighter, reigned as King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137.
More major people born on December 1
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1939
Lee Trevino
American golfer and sportscaster
Lee Buck Trevino is an American retired professional golfer who is regarded as one of the greatest players in golf history. He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981.
1986
DeSean Jackson
American football player
DeSean William Jackson is an American college football coach and former player who is the head football coach at Delaware State University.
1966
Larry Walker
Canadian baseball player and coach
Larry Kenneth Robert Walker is a Canadian former professional baseball right fielder. During his 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he played with the Montreal Expos, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis Cardinals.
1081
Louis VI
French king (died 1137)
Louis VI, called the Fat or the Fighter, reigned as King of the Franks from 1108 to 1137. Like his father Philip I, Louis made a lasting contribution to centralizing the institutions of royal power.
1966
Andrew Adamson
New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
Andrew Ralph Adamson is a New Zealand film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator.
1926
Keith Michell
Australian actor (died 2015)
Keith Joseph Michell was an Australian actor who worked primarily in the United Kingdom, and was best known for his television and film portrayals of King Henry VIII.
1083
Anna Komnene
Byzantine medical doctor and scholar (died 1153)
Anna Komnene, commonly Latinized as Anna Comnena, was a Byzantine Greek princess and historian. She is the author of the Alexiad, an account of the reign of her father, Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
1947
Alain Bashung
French singer-songwriter and actor (died 2009)
Alain Bashung was a French singer, songwriter and actor. Credited with reviving the French chanson in "a time of French musical turmoil", he is often regarded as the most important French rock musician after Serge…
1871
Archie MacLaren
English cricketer (died 1944)
Archibald Campbell MacLaren was an English cricketer who captained the England cricket team at various times between 1898 and 1909.
1910
Alicia Markova
English ballerina and choreographer (died 2004)
Dame Alicia Markova DBE was a British ballerina and a choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet.
1917
Marty Marion
American baseball player and manager (died 2011)
Martin Whiteford Marion, nicknamed "Slats", "the Octopus", and "Mr. Shortstop", was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager. He played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St.
1964
Jo Walton
Welsh-Canadian author and poet
Jo Walton is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet.
1933
Violette Verdy
French ballerina (died 2016)
Violette Verdy was a French ballerina, choreographer, teacher, and writer who worked as a dance company director with the Paris Opera Ballet in France and the Boston Ballet in the United States.
1961
Safra Catz
Israeli-American businesswoman and boss of Oracle
Safra Ada Catz is an Israeli-American business executive. She is the executive vice chair and former CEO of Oracle Corporation. She has been an executive at Oracle since April 1999, and a board member since 2001.
1911
Calvin Griffith
Canadian-American businessman (died 1999)
Calvin Robertson Griffith, born Calvin Griffith Robertson, was a Canadian-born American Major League Baseball team owner.
1976
Tomasz Adamek
Polish boxer
Tomasz "Tomek" Adamek is a Polish former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2018.
1977
Sophie Guillemin
French actress
Sophie Guillemin is a French actress. She has appeared in such films as L'Ennui, Harry, He's Here to Help, Un chat un chat, and A la folie, pas du tout.
1969
Richard Carrier
American author and blogger
Richard Cevantis Carrier is an American historian, author, and Christ myth theorist.
1991
Sun Yang
Chinese swimmer
Sun Yang is a Chinese Olympic and former world-record-holding competitive swimmer. In 2012, Sun became the first Chinese athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in men's swimming.