Arthur Eddington
Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington was an English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician. He was also a philosopher of science and a populariser of science. The Eddington limit, the natural limit to the luminosity of stars, or the radiation generated by accretion onto a compact object, is named in his honour.
28 December 1882
Born on the same birth date (28 December 1882): Lili Elbe
Born on the same birth day (28 December): Ayele Abshero • Bastiaan Lijesen • Chris Ware • Dick Diamonde • Frank McLintock • Jean-Gabriel Eynard • Louise of Savoy (nun) • Mackenzie Rosman • Roy Hattersley • Ryta Turava • Seun Ogunkoya • Stan Lee • Wil van Beveren
Born in the same month (December 1882): Elmer Booth • Fiorello La Guardia • Hans Rebane • Jack Hobbs • Jane Edna Hunter • Joaquín Turina • Lili Elbe • Mina Loy • Otto Neurath • Richard Maury • Shigenori Tōgō • Walther Meissner • Warren Bardsley • Zoltán Kodály