![Singer Jim Morrison is among the famous people born on December 8. [Image via The Doors/YouTube]](https://staticr1.blastingcdn.com/media/photogallery/2018/12/8/660x290/b_502x220x82/singer-jim-morrison-is-among-the-famous-people-born-on-december-8-image-via-the-doorsyoutube_2160693.jpg "Singer Jim Morrison is among the famous people born on December 8. [Image via The Doors/YouTube]")
On December 8, there were a number of celebrities born including actress Kim Basinger and singer AnnaSophia Robb. Here are five other individuals who were important in history and share December 8 birthdays.
Horace, poet
Horace was a Roman lyric poet who was alive during the time of Augustus. His birthday was way back on December 8, 65 BC. He died at the age of 56 and left behind the classic "Odes," a collection of Latin lyric poems he'd written.
“But oh, whate’er the sky-led seasons mar,
— Peter Parker (@PParkerWriting) December 8, 2018
Moon upon moon rebuilds it with her beams:
Come we where Tullus and where Ancus are,
And good Aeneas, we are dust and dreams.”
#Horace, born 8 December 65 BC (translated by A.E. #Housman) pic.twitter.com/ITlnHycKnQ
Eli Whitney, inventor
Whitney was born in Westborough, Massachusetts back in 1765 and died in 1825. The man famous for inventing the Cotton Gin would be a mere 253-years-old today.
Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, was born #onthisday in 1765. pic.twitter.com/SrzdPbHQLi
— Catherine Curzon (@MadameGilflurt) December 8, 2018
Jim Morrison, singer
Morrison was the lead singer of popular rock band, The Doors. One of their biggest hits was "Break On Through." In March of 1971 Morris left for Paris to try to get a fresh perspective for himself. Unfortunately, he died months later of a heroin overdose.
Happy Birthday to the man, the myth, the legend...James Douglas Morrison!
— The Doors (@TheDoors) December 8, 2018
Celebrate Jim’s birthday with some epic tunes: https://t.co/midrHNfJ2h #TheDoors #JimMorrison #HappyBirthday pic.twitter.com/6L1czafk74
Sam Kinison, comedian
Sam Kinison was known for his standup comedy which had an intense style and trademark scream with it. He was born in Yakim, Washington in 1953 and died at 38 in California due to being hit by a driver who had been drinking.
Sam Kinison was killed in a car accident with a teenage drunk driver at the age of 38. He would have been 65 today.
— LaughSpin.com (@laughspincom) December 8, 2018
In honor of his would-be birthday, here are ten facts about the comedy legend you might not know.https://t.co/ONiXhzn56t
Diego Rivera, painter
Rivera was born in 1886 in Guanajuato City, Mexico. He helped to establish the Mexican mural movement within Mexican art. In addition to having murals in Mexico City, he also painted murals in United States cities including San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City.
