Howard Finster

Howard Finster was an American artist and Baptist minister from Georgia. He claimed to be inspired by God to spread the gospel through the design of his swampy land into Paradise Garden, a folk art sculpture garden with over 46,000 pieces of art. His creations include outsider art, naïve art, and visionary art. Finster came to widespread notice in the 1980s with his album cover designs for R.E.M. and Talking Heads.

2 December 1916

Born on the same birth day (2 December): Alan Thomson (cricketer) • António Luís de Seabra, 1st Viscount of Seabra • Bill Erwin • Britney Spears • Charles H. Wesley • Claudiu Keșerü • David Hackett Fischer • Emperor Jianwen of Liang • Fernando Consag • Gary Sánchez • Harriet Cohen • Ibrahim Rugova • Ivan Bagramyan • Jake Doran • John Cobb (racing driver) • Juice Wrld • Julie Harris • Nate Mendel • Queen Munjeong • Thomas Bruce, 1st Earl of Elgin • Thomas Pöck • Tommy Jenkins • William Cooper (judge) • Yael Dayan

Born in the same month (December 1916): Ahmed Ben Bella • Betty Grable • Cathy Lewis • Colin McCool • Hugo Peretti • Jerome Beatty Jr. • Leonard Weisgard • Maurice Wilkins • Pérez Prado • Ruth Johnson Colvin • Walt Arfons