Francesco Geminiani

Francesco Xaverio Geminiani was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist. BBC Radio 3 once described him as "now largely forgotten, but in his time considered almost a musical god, deemed to be the equal of Handel and Corelli."

5 December 1687

Born on the same birth day (5 December): Adetoun Ogunsheye • Afanasy Fet • Anne Cecil • Arnold Sommerfeld • Catherine Tate • Clinton Hart Merriam • Conan Gray • December 5 • Duane Ross • Gary Allan • Ilja Antonov • John Henry Leech • Kaetlyn Osmond • Kim Simmonds • Luboš Motl • Ronnie O'Sullivan • Strom Thurmond • Ubbo Emmius • Zbigniew Oleśnicki (cardinal) • Zhu Wen

Born in the same month (December 1687): Johann Georg Pisendel