Famous New Year Babies
Famous new year babies are a symbol and representation of a new start commonly a new year and are seen in editorial cartoons. Babies symbolize the birth of a next year, similarly, as we celebrate a birthday of a baby every year. As each year passes by, the babies are used to represent a fresh start comprising of all the innocence, freshness and the power to succeed in life and achieve the target goals.
There are various myths associated with the baby new year but the stereotypical representation that can be seen on the web shows a male infant wearing just a diaper, a hat and sash across his torso, showing a new year ahead and representing the further generation. New year is a festive season all over the world and the celebration on this day is really huge and entertaining.
A baby is associated with birth, whether be male or female, famous new year babies are a popular symbol during the new year. Normally, the mythical baby new year is always male but it is not important, a female too can be associated with new year babies. Moreover, people those are born on the first day of new year are also known new year babies. In fact, in many societies, they are said to be the luckiest babies.
Famous New Year's Babies in History
The custom of using a baby to signify the New Year has been very popular in Western Civilization. It started in Greece about 600 B.C. when representation of the God Dionysus carrying a baby in a basket was used to symbolize the rebirth of the New Year. The Catholic Church objected to this because it was a pagan principle. A cooperate was met when the Catholic Church agreed to this symbol only if it represented the Christ child.
Famous New Year's Babies in History
- 1431 - Pope Alexander VI
- 1704 - Soame Jenyns, English writer
- 1735 - Paul Revere, American patriot
- 1833 - Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect
- 1848 - John Goff, Irish lawyer
- 1854 - Sir James George Frazer, Scottish anthropologist
- 1860 - George Washington Carver, American educator
- 1863 - Pierre de Coubertin, French Olympic
Games initiator - 1874 - Gustave Whitehead, German-born inventor
- 1876 - Harriet Brooks, Canadian physicist
- 1878 - Agner Krarup Erlang, Danish scientist
- 1879 - E. M. Forster, English novelist
- 1881 - Vajiravudh, King of Thailand
- 1883 - Gabrielle Chanel, French Designer
- 1887 - Wilhelm Canaris, German admiral
- 1890 - Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer
- 1892 - Artur Rodzinski, Croatian conductor
- 1894 - Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician
- 1895 - J. Edgar Hoover, American FBI director
- 1900 - Xavier Cugat, Spanish musician
- 1906 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter
- 1909 - Barry M. Goldwater, American politician
- 1912 - Kim Philby, British spy
- 1919 - J. D. Salinger, American novelist
- 1922 - Rocky Graziano, American boxer
- 1930 - Hossain Mohammad Ershad, President of Bangladesh
- 1942 - Martin Frost, American politician
- 1942 - Gennadi Sarafanov, Soviet cosmonaut
- 1943 - Don Novello, American actor
- 1944 - Zafarullah Khan Jamali former PM of Pakistan
- 1946 - Rivelino, Brazilian football player
- 1951 - Ashfaq Hussain, Urdu poet
- 1960 - Adelaide Ferreira, Portuguese singer
- 1961 - Mark Wingett, British actor
- 1964 - Dedee Pfeiffer, American actress
- 1966 - Anna Burke, Australian politician
- 1970 - Kimberly Page, American actress
- 1972 - Lilian Thuram, French footballer
- 1975 - Sonali Bendre, Indian actress
- 1975 - Joe Cannon, American soccer player
- 1975 - Robert Westerholt, Dutch guitarist (Within Temptation)
- 1978 - Nina Bott, German actress
- 1978 - Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, Indian spiritual guru
- 1979 - Brody Dalle, Australian singer (The Distillers)
- 1979 - Koichi Domoto, Japanese artist
- 2000 - Kala Sosefina Mileniume Kauvaka,
Tongan baby born first in new millennium