Gerard Kuiper

Gerard Peter Kuiper was a Dutch-American astronomer, planetary scientist, selenographer, author and professor. He is the eponymous namesake of the Kuiper belt.

7 December 1905

Born on the same birth day (7 December): Alain Blondel • Azzone Visconti • Colin Hendry • Danilo Blanuša • Eckhard Märzke • Fred Rose (politician) • Georges Laraque • Mário Soares • Nick Katz • Peter Tomarken • Tom Waits • Yosano Akiko

Born in the same month (December 1905): Alex Wilson (Canadian sprinter) • Anthony Powell • Dalton Trumbo • Erico Verissimo • Francisco Javier Arana • Irving Kahn • Pierre Brasseur • Robert Henriques • Ruben Nirvi • Simo Häyhä