Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th century, he was also an outstanding teacher of composition and musical analysis.
10 December 1908
Born on the same birth day (10 December): Ada Lovelace • Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este • Barbara Nichols • Eric Reid • Johann Nicolaus Mempel • Lancelot Blackburne • Lucia Bronzetti • Melvil Dewey • Ray Nance • Stephanie Morgenstern • Summer Phoenix • Taufik Batisah
Born in the same month (December 1908): Alfred Hershey • Amon Göth • Celia Johnson • Concha Piquer • Dennis Morgan • Elliott Carter • Helmut Gollwitzer • Hákun Djurhuus • John A. Volpe • Magnus Pyke • Miklós Szabó (middle-distance runner) • Remedios Varo • Van Heflin • Willard Libby