Larry Martin
Larry Dean Martin was an American vertebrate paleontologist and curator of the Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center at the University of Kansas. Among Martin's work is research on the Triassic reptile Longisquama and theropod dinosaur Caudipteryx and Dakotaraptor. According to the University of Kansas, he "has been a leading opponent of the theory that birds are 'living dinosaurs.'" Later he acknowledged a correlation and further contributed. He has also appeared in a few television documentaries about dinosaurs, including Jurassic Fight Club. Larry Martin, American paleontologist and ornithologist (d. 2013)
8 December 1943
Born on the same birth date (8 December 1943): Bodo Tümmler • December 8 • James Tate (writer) • Mary Woronov
Born on the same birth day (8 December): Alfredo Aceves • Gérard Blanc • Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole • James Tate (writer) • Kevin Harvick • Mary Woronov • Matthew Labyorteaux • Miklós Istvánffy • Nasir Kazmi • Ricky Walford • Roy Firestone • Rudolph Pariser • Scott McTominay • Steve Elkington • Theo Maassen • Wang Anshi • Warren Cuccurullo • Zoe Konstantopoulou
Born in the same month (December 1943): Albert Lee • Andrew Yeom Soo-jung • Bernard C. Parks • December 8 • Emmett Tyrrell • J. Philippe Rushton • Jacqui McShee • Joseph Franklin Ada • Mike Smith (Dave Clark Five) • Queen Silvia of Sweden • Ross M. Lence • Roy White • Susan Isaacs • Terry Peder Rasmussen • Tommy McAvoy