Famous Births on 1 Dec

Famous Births on 1 Dec

1081 - Louis VI of France (d. 1137)
1083 - Anna Comnena, Byzantine historian (d. 1153)
1521 - Takeda Shingen, Japanese warlord (d. 1573)
1525 - Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician and astronomer (d. 1600)
1580 - Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, French astronomer (d. 1637)
1690 - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor of England (d. 1764)
1716 - Etienne-Maurice Falconet, French sculptor (d. 1791)
1743 - Martin Heinrich Klaproth, German chemist (d. 1817)
1761 - Marie Tussaud, French creator of wax sculptures (Madame Tussauds) (d. 1850)
1766 - Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (d. 1826)
1792 - Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Russian mathematician (d. 1856)
1844 - Alexandra of Denmark, Danish Queen Consort of Edward VII of the United Kingdom (d. 1925)
1869 - Eligiusz Niewiadomski, Polish assassin of Gabriel Narutowicz (d. 1923)
1873 - Valery Bryusov, Russian poet (d. 1924)
1884 - Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, German painter (d. 1976)
1886 - Rex Stout, American author (d. 1975)
1895 - Henry Williamson, English author (d. 1977)
1896 - Georgy Zhukov, Russian general & Marshal of the Soviet Union (d. 1974)
1901 - Ilona Feher, Hungarian-Jewish violinist (d. 1988)
1905 - Alexander Wilson, Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (d. 1994)
1908 - Georgios Kasassoglou, Greek musician (d. 1984)
1910 - Alicia Markova, English ballerina (d. 2004)
1911 - Walter Alston, American baseball manager (d. 1984)
1911 - Calvin Griffith, Canadian-born baseball executive (d. 1999)
1912 - Minoru Yamasaki, American architect (d. 1986)
1913 - Mary Martin, American actor and singer (d. 1990)
1917 - Marty Marion, American baseball player and manager
1922 - Paul Picerni, American actor
1922 - Vsevolod Bobrov, Soviet ice hockey player (d. 1979)
1923 - Stansfield Turner, American admiral and CIA director
1923 - Morris, Belgian cartoonist (Lucky Luke) (d. 2001)
1925 - Martin Rodbell, American scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1926 - Robert Symonds, American actor (d. 2007)
1928 - Emily McLaughlin, American actress (d. 1991)
1930 - Joachim Hoffmann, German historian (d. 2002)
1931 - Jimmy Lyons, American musician (d. 1986)
1931 - Jim Nesbitt, singer (d. 2007)
1932 - Matt Monro, English singer (d. 1985)
1933 - Fujiko F. Fujio, Japanese cartoon artist (d. 1996)
1933 - Lou Rawls, American singer (d. 2006)
1934 - Billy Paul, American singer
1935 - Woody Allen, American film director, actor, and comedian
1937 - Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American mezzo-soprano (d. 2005)
1937 - Chuck Low, American actor
1937 - Vaira VÄ«Ä·e-Freiberga, 6th President of Latvia
1938 - Sandy Nelson, American drummer
1939 - Lee Trevino, American golfer
1940 - Richard Pryor, American actor, comedian (d. 2005)
1942 - John Crowley, American author
1944 - Pierre Arditi, French film and stage actor
1944 - Eric Bloom, American musician (Blue Öyster Cult)
1944 - John Densmore, American drummer (The Doors)
1944 - Tahar Ben Jelloun, French writer of Moroccan origin
1944 - Daniel Pennac, French writer born in Morocco
1944 - Michael W. Hagee, 33rd Commandant of the United States Marine Corps
1945 - Bette Midler, American actress and singer
1946 - Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer
1947 - Alain Bashung, French singer
1947 - Bob Fulton, English-born Australian rugby league footballer
1948 - George Foster, American baseball player
1948 - Tom Wright, English bishop and theologian
1949 - Sebastián Piñera, Chilean businessman and presidential candidate
1949 - Pablo Escobar, Colombian drug lord (d. 1993)
1950 - Keith Thibodeaux, American actor and drummer
1951 - Jaco Pastorius, American bassist (d. 1987)
1951 - Treat Williams, American actor
1954 - Bob Goen, American television host
1954 - Annette Haven, American pornographic actress
1955 - Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress
1955 - Mark Thompson, American disc jockey and actor
1956 - Julee Cruise, American singer and actress
1958 - Javier Aguirre, Mexican footballer and coach
1958 - Charlene Tilton, American actress
1959 - Wally Lewis, Australian rugby league footballer
1959 - Rick Leventhal, American broadcast journalist
1959 - Billy Childish, English painter, writer and musician
1960 - Carol Alt, American supermodel
1961 - Jeremy Northam, English actor
1961 - Armin Meiwes, German cannibal
1962 - Sylvie Daigle, Canadian speed skater
1962 - Joe Quesada, American comic book writer
1963 - Nathalie Lambert, Quebec short track speed skater
1963 - Arjuna Ranatunga, Sri Lankan cricketer
1963 - Marco Greco, Brazilian racing driver
1964 - Salvatore Schillaci, Italian footballer
1966 - Katherine LaNasa, American actress
1966 - Larry Walker, Canadian baseball player
1967 - Nestor Carbonell, American actor
1968 - Justin Chadwick, British actor and director
1970 - Sarah Silverman, American actress and comedian
1970 - Kirk Rueter, American baseball player
1970 - Jouko Ahola, Finnish strongman
1971 - John Schlimm, American author
1971 - Peter Van de Veire, Belgian radio-presenter
1971 - Dolgorsuren Serjbudee, Mongolian professional wrestler
1971 - Mika Pohjola, Finnish jazz pianist and composer
1971 - Stephanie Finochio, American professional wrestler
1971 - Emily Mortimer, English actress
1972 - Norbert Wójtowicz, Polish historian and theologian
1973 - Jon Theodore, American musician
1974 - Costinha, Portuguese footballer
1974 - David Ludwig, American composer
1975 - Sophia Skou, Danish swimmer
1976 - Matthew Shepard, American murder victim (d. 1998)
1977 - Brad Delson, American guitarist (Linkin Park)
1977 - Jared Fogle, American Subway spokesperson
1978 - Mat Kearney, American singer and songwriter
1979 - Ryan Malone, American Hockey Player
1979 - Angelique Bates, American Actress
1980 - Mohammad Kaif, Indian cricketer
2001 - Aiko, Princess Toshi of Japan

Famous Births on 30 Nov

Famous Births on 30 Nov

1340 - John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France (d. 1416)
1364 - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)
1466 - Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (d. 1560)
1498 - Andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish Augustinian friar, sail-captain and explorer (d. 1568)
1508 - Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (d. 1580)
1554 - Philip Sidney, English courtier, soldier, and writer (d. 1586)
1594 - John Cosin, English clergyman (d. 1672)
1625 - Jean Domat, French jurist (d. 1696)
1637 - Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (d. 1698)
1667 - Jonathan Swift, Irish writer and satirist (d. 1745)
1670 - John Toland, Irish philosopher (d. 1722)
1683 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (d. 1744)
1719 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (d. 1772)
1722 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (d. 1761)
1723 - William Livingston, revolutionary Governor of New Jersey (d. 1790)
1756 - Ernst Chladni, German physicist (d. 1827)
1768 - Jędrzej Śniadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist (d. 1838)
1781 - Alexander Berry, British adventurer (d. 1873)
1796 - Carl Loewe, German composer (d. 1869)
1810 - Oliver Winchester, American gunsmith (d. 1880)
1813 - Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (d. 1890)
1813 - Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (d. 1888)
1817 - Theodor Mommsen, German author, Nobel laureate (d. 1903)
1821 - Frederick Temple, 95th Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1902)
1835 - Mark Twain, American writer (d. 1910)
1836 - Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician (d. 1882)
1840 - Henry Birks, Canadian businessman (d. 1928)
1847 - Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena, 6th President of Brazil (d. 1909)
1857 - Bobby Abel, English cricketer (d. 1936)
1858 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1937)
1863 - Andres Bonifacio, head of the Philippine Revolutionary Movement Katipunan (KKK) (d. 1897)
1869 - Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1937)
1870 - Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme and Alençon (d. 1948)
1872 - Dr. John McCrae, Canadian physician and soldier (d. 1918)
1874 - Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel laureate (d. 1965)
1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (d. 1942)
1889 - Edgar Douglas Adrian, British physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1977)
1898 - Firpo Marberry, American baseball player (d. 1976)
1904 - Clyfford Still, American painter (d. 1980)
1906 - Andrés Henestrosa, Mexican writer (d. 2008)
1907 - Jacques Barzun, French-born historian and author
1909 - Robert Nighthawk, American musician (d. 1967)
1911 - Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (d. 1953)
1912 - Gordon Parks, American photographer and film director (d. 2006)
1915 - Henry Taube, Canadian-born chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
1915 - Brownie McGhee, American blues musician (d.1996)
1918 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor
1920 - Virginia Mayo, American actress (d. 2005)
1924 - Shirley Chisholm, American politician, United States Representatives from New York (d. 2005)
1924 - Allan Sherman, American comedian (d. 1973)
1924 - Elliott Blackstone, American gay and lesbian rights activist (d. 2006)
1926 - Richard Crenna, American actor (d. 2003)
1927 - Robert Guillaume, American actor
1928 - Joe B. Hall, American basketball coach
1929 - Dick Clark, American television host
1929 - Joan Ganz Cooney, American children's television pioneer
1930 - G. Gordon Liddy, American Watergate operative and talk radio host
1931 - Jack Ging, American actor
1931 - Bill Walsh, American football coach (d. 2007)
1932 - Cho Namchul, South Korean professional Go player (d. 2006)
1932 - Bob Moore, American bassist and orchestra leader
1933 - Norman Deeley, English footballer (d. 2007)
1936 - Abbie Hoffman, American activist (d. 1989)
1936 - Dmitri Victorovich Anosov, Russian mathematician
1937 - Tom Simpson, British cyclist (d. 1967)
1937 - Frank Ifield, Australian/British singer
1937 - Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese Writer
1937 - Ridley Scott, British film director
1938 - Jean Eustache, French filmmaker
1943 - Terrence Malick, American director and screenwriter.
1945 - Roger Glover, British bassist (Deep Purple)
1945 - Radu Lupu, Romanian concert pianist
1947 - Sergio Badilla Castillo, Chilean poet
1947 - David Mamet, American playwright
1950 - Chris Claremont, British comic book writer
1951 - June Chadwick, British actress
1951 - Christian Bernard, mystic
1952 - Keith Giffen, American comic book writer and artist
1952 - Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer
1953 - June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters)
1954 - Simonetta Stefanelli, Italian Actress (The Godfather)
1955 - Gordon Liu, Chinese actor
1955 - Richard Burr, American politician
1955 - Billy Idol, British musician
1955 - Kevin Conroy, American Actor (Batman in the DC animated universe)
1957 - Colin Mochrie, Scottish-born Canadian comedian
1957 - Joël Champetier, French Canadian author
1957 - Andrew Calhoun, American musician
1957 - Richard Barbieri, British keyboardist (Porcupine Tree)
1957 - John Ashton, English guitarist (Psychedelic Furs)
1958 - Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder
1958 - Stacey Q, American singer
1959 - Lorraine Kelly, British presenter and journalist
1960 - Gary Lineker, English footballer
1960 - Rich Fields, American television personality
1962 - Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player
1962 - Daniel Keys Moran, American writer
1964 - Jushin Liger, Japanese professional wrestler
1964 - Michael Cudlitz, American actor
1965 - Prince Akishino of Japan
1965 - Aldair, Brazilian footballer
1965 - Lee Klein, American Writer
1965 - Ben Stiller, American actor
1966 - Ed Kemper, American serial killer
1966 - Wil Mara, American author
1966 - David Nicholls, English novelist and screenwriter
1966 - Mika Salo, Finnish Formula 1 Driver
1968 - Des'ree, English singer
1968 - Laurent Jalabert, French cyclist
1969 - Amy Ryan, American actress
1969 - Marc Goossens, Belgian racing driver
1970 - Robert Griffith, former National Football League player
1971 - Ray Durham, American baseball player
1971 - Iván Rodríguez, Puerto Rican baseball player
1972 - Christopher Fitzgerald, American stage actor
1972 - Abel Xavier, Portuguese footballer
1973 - John Moyer, American bassist (Disturbed)
1973 - Jason Reso (aka "Christian Cage"), Canadian professional wrestler
1975 - Mindy McCready, American musician
1975 - Ben Thatcher, Welsh footballer
1976 - Cypher Zero, American circus innovator (New York Circus Arts)
1976 - Josh Lewsey, English rugby union footballer
1977 - Olivier Schoenfelder, French ice dancer
1977 - Iván Guerrero, Honduran footballer
1977 - Kazumi Saitoh, Japanese baseball player
1978 - Clay Aiken, American singer
1978 - Gael García Bernal, Mexican actor
1978 - Emil Steiner, American writer
1979 - Chris Atkinson, Australian rally driver
1979 - Andrés Nocioni, Argentine basketball player
1980 - Jamie Ashdown, English footballer
1981 - Rich Harden, Canadian baseball player
1982 - Jason Pominville, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 - Clémence Poésy, French actress
1982 - Tony Giarratano, American baseball player
1982 - Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
1983 - Adrian Cristea, Romanian footballer
1983 - Andy Akinwolere, English television presenter
1984 - Omahyra Mota, Dominican model/actress
1984 - Nigel de Jong, Dutch footballer
1984 - Alan Hutton, Scottish footballer
1985 - Kaley Cuoco, American actress and model
1986 - Jordan Farmar, National Basketball Association player
1987 - Dougie Poynter, British singer and bassist (McFly)
1987 - Vasilisa Bardina, Russian tennis player
1987 - Ian Hecox, Part of the America Online comedy duo Smosh
1989 - Margaret Nales Wilson, Filipino model
1989 - Chanel Iman, American supermodel
1990 - Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess Grandmaster
1990 - Kara Crane, American actress
1994 - Nyjah Huston, American skateboarder
539 - Gregory of Tours, French bishop and historian (d. 594)

Famous Births on 29 Nov

Famous Births on 29 Nov

1338 - Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, son of Edward III of England (d. 1368)
1427 - Zhengtong, Emperor of China (d. 1464)
1484 - Joachim Vadian, Swiss humanist (d. 1551)
1627 - John Ray, English naturalist (d. 1705)
1690 - Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (d. 1747)
1752 - Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (d. 1819)
1762 - Pierre André Latreille, French zoologist (d. 1833)
1781 - Andrés Bello, Venezuelan poet and philosopher (d. 1865)
1797 - Gaetano Donizetti, Italian composer (d. 1848)
1798 - Alexander Brullov, Russian painter (d. 1877)
1799 - Amos Bronson Alcott, American writer and educator (d. 1888)
1802 - Wilhelm Hauff, German poet and novelist (d. 1827)
1803 - Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist (d. 1853)
1803 - Gottfried Semper, German architect (d. 1879)
1813 - Franz von Miklosich, Slovenian linguist (d. 1891)
1816 - Morrison Waite, American jurist (d. 1888)
1825 - Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist (d. 1893)
1831 - Louisa May Alcott, American novelist (d. 1888)
1835 - Empress Dowager Cixi, Chinese ruler (d. 1908)
1849 - Sir John Ambrose Fleming, British physicist (d. 1945)
1856 - Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg, German statesman (d. 1921)
1857 - Theodor Escherich, German pediatrician (d. 1911)
1874 - Francis Dodd, British artist (d. 1949)
1874 - Egas Moniz, Portuguese physician, neurologist and Nobel laureate (d. 1955)
1876 - Nellie Tayloe Ross, American politician (d. 1977)
1879 - Jacob Gade, Danish composer(d. 1963)
1881 - Julius Raab, Austrian politician (d. 1964)
1888 - Joe Slater, Australian Rules footballer (d. 1917)
1894 - Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (d. 1970)
1895 - Busby Berkeley, American film director and choreographer (d. 1976)
1895 - William Tubman, Liberian politician (d. 1971)
1896 - Yakima Canutt, American actor and stuntman (d. 1986)
1898 - C. S. Lewis, Irish writer (d. 1963)
1899 - Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (d. 1988)
1901 - Mildred Harris, American actress (d. 1944)
1904 - Egon Eiermann, German architect (d. 1970)
1905 - Marcel Lefebvre, French Roman catholic bishop (d. 1991)
1908 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American civil rights leader and politician (d. 1972)
1908 - N. S. Krishnan, Tamil film comedian (d. 1957)
1910 - Antanas Å kÄ—ma, Lithuanian writer, stage actor and director (d. 1961)
1915 - Billy Strayhorn, American musician and composer (d. 1967)
1916 - Fran Ryan, American actress (d. 2000)
1917 - Merle Travis, American singer (d. 1983)
1918 - Madeleine L'Engle, American author (d. 2007)
1920 - Yegor Ligachev, Soviet politician
1921 - Dagmar, American television personality (d. 2001)
1922 - Minnie Miñoso, Cuban baseball player
1927 - Vin Scully, American baseball announcer
1928 - Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter
1928 - Paul Simon, American politician (d. 2003)
1929 - Jackie Stallone, mother of Sylvester Stallone
1930 - Shirley Porter, English politician
1931 - Shintaro Katsu, Japanese actor (d. 1997)
1932 - Jacques Chirac, French politician
1932 - Diane Ladd, American actress
1933 - John Mayall, British blues musician
1933 - James Rosenquist, American artist
1939 - Peter Bergman, American comedian
1939 - Domenico Monardo, American record producer
1940 - Denny Doherty, Canadian singer (The Mamas and the Papas) (d. 2007)
1940 - Chuck Mangione, American musician
1941 - Bill Freehan, American baseball player
1942 - Felix Cavaliere, American musician
1942 - Philippe Huttenlocher, Swiss opera singer
1942 - Maggie Thompson, American magazine editor
1943 - Sue Miller, American author
1946 - Brian Cadd, Australian singer-songwriter
1946 - Silvio Rodríguez, Cuban poet
1947 - Ronnie Montrose, American guitarist
1947 - Petra Kelly, German politician (d. 1992)
1949 - Stan Rogers, Canadian folk musician and songwriter (d. 1983)
1949 - Wayne Cowan, American wrestler
1949 - Jerry Lawler, American wrestler
1949 - Garry Shandling, American comedian
1951 - Barry Goudreau, American musician (Boston)
1951 - Roger Troutman, American musician (d. 1999)
1953 - Christine Pascal, French actress, director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1953 - Alex Grey, American artist
1954 - Joel Coen, American film director, producer, and writer
1954 - Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 2006)
1955 - Howie Mandel, Canadian comedian
1956 - Hinton Battle, American dancer
1956 - Leo Laporte, American television personality
1956 - Eric Laakso, American football player
1957 - Matthew Rubel, CEO of Collective Brands Licensing
1958 - Mario Petrucci, Anglo-Italian Poet and Ecologist
1958 - Michael Dempsey, English musician (The Cure)
1959 - Neal Broten, American ice hockey player
1959 - Kim Delaney, American actress
1959 - Rich Camarillo, American football player
1960 - Howard Johnson, American baseball player
1960 - Cathy Moriarty, American actress
1961 - Tom Sizemore, American actor
1961 - Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese musician
1962 - Andy LaRocque Swedish musician (King Diamond)
1963 - Andrew McCarthy, American actor
1964 - Don Cheadle, American actor
1964 - Cork Graham, American journalist, actor and author
1965 - Ellen Cleghorne, American comedian
1965 - Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese musician (d. 1992)
1967 - John Layfield, American professional wrestler
1968 - Jonathan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block)
1969 - Mariano Rivera, Panamanian baseball player
1969 - Kasey Keller, American soccer player
1969 - Pierre van Hooijdonk, Dutch footballer
1970 - Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer
1971 - Gena Lee Nolin, American actress
1971 - Gregory Byrne, American college administrator
1972 - Brian Baumgartner, American actor
1972 - Larry Joe Campbell, American actor
1972 - Jamal Mashburn, American basketball player
1972 - Minoru Tanaka, Japanese pro-wrestler
1973 - Sarah Jones, American playwright
1973 - Ryan Giggs, Welsh footballer
1974 - Lin Chi-ling, Taiwanese model
1974 - Pavol Demitra, Slovak ice hockey player
1975 - Younis Khan, Pakistani cricketer
1976 - Anna Faris, American actress
1976 - Michalis Kakiouzis, Greek basketball player
1976 - Ehren McGhehey, American actor
1977 - Maria Petrova, Russian figure skater
1978 - Ludwika Paleta, Polish-born actress
1978 - Dimitrious Konstantopolous, Greek footballer
1979 - Simon Amstell, English comedian and television presenter
1979 - Francis Beltrán, Dominican baseball player
1979 - Jayceon Taylor, American rapper
1981 - Nicholas Teo, Malaysian singer and actor
1982 - Lucas Black, American actor
1982 - Krystal Steal, American pornographic actress
1982 - Ashley Force, American race car driver
1983 - Tanner Glass, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Sitti Navarro, Philippine bossa nova artist
1985 - Shannon Brown, American basketball player
1985 - Taguchi Junnosuke, Japanese idol (KAT-TUN)
1987 - Stephen O'Halloran, Irish footballer
1990 - Blake and Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, American actors

Famous Births on 28 Nov

Famous Births on 28 Nov

1118 - Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)
1489 - Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)
1570 - James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)
1598 - Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)
1628 - John Bunyan, English cleric and author (d. 1688)
1632 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer (d. 1687)
1640 - Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)
1661 - Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (d. 1723)
1681 - Jean Cavalier, French Protestant rebel leader (d. 1740)
1700 - Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal (d. 1764)
1700 - Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1770)
1757 - William Blake, British poet (d. 1827)
1772 - Luke Howard, British meteorologist (d. 1864)
1785 - Achille Charles Léon Victor, duc de Broglie, Prime Minister of France (d. 1870)
1792 - Victor Cousin, French philosopher (d. 1867)
1793 - Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish romantic poet (d. 1866)
1805 - John Stephens, American archeologist (d. 1852)
1810 - William Froude, British naval architect (d. 1879)
1820 - Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (d. 1895)
1829 - Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (d. 1894)
1837 - John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor (d. 1920)
1853 - Helen Magill White, first American woman to earn a Ph.D. (d. 1944)
1857 - King Alfonso XII of Spain (d. 1885)
1864 - James Allen English writer (d. 1912)
1864 - Lindley M. Garrison, American Secretary of War (d. 1932)
1866 - Henry Bacon, American architect (d. 1924)
1880 - Alexander Blok, Russian poet (d. 1921)
1881 - Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (d. 1942)
1887 - Ernst Röhm, Nazi official (d. 1934)
1891 - Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist & politician (d. 1949)
1895 - José Iturbi, Spanish pianist (d. 1980)
1896 - Lilia Skala, Austrian actress (d. 1994)
1896 - Dawn Powell, American writer (d. 1965)
1904 - James Eastland, American politician (d. 1986)
1904 - Nancy Mitford, British essayist (d. 1973)
1907 - Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (d. 1990)
1907 - Rose Bampton, American opera singer (d. 2007)
1908 - Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist
1911 - Václav Renč, Czech poet (d. 1973)
1912 - Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962)
1915 - Evald Okas, Estonian painter
1915 - Yves Thériault, Quebec author (d. 1983)
1916 - Mary Lilian Baels, Princess of Rethy, Belgium (d. 2002)
1923 - Gloria Grahame, American actress (d. 1981)
1924 - Dennis Brutus, South African poet
1925 - József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (d. 1978)
1927 - Chuck Mitchell, American actor (d. 1992)
1928 - John Coleman, Australian rules footballer (d. 1973)
1928 - Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (d.1980)
1929 - Berry Gordy Jr., American record company owner
1931 - Dervla Murphy, Irish cyclist and author
1931 - Tomi Ungerer, French graphic artist
1931 - Hope Lange, American actress (d. 2003)
1932 - Ray Perkins, Canadian singer (The Crew-Cuts)
1933 - Joe Knollenberg, American politician
1935 - Prince Hitachi, Japanese royalty
1936 - Gary Hart, American politician
1936 - Celin Romero, Spanish guitarist
1940 - Bruce Channel, American singer
1941 - Laura Antonelli, Italian actress
1942 - Paul Warfield, American football player
1943 - Randy Newman, American composer
1944 - R.B. Greaves, Guyanan singer
1944 - Timothy Krajcir, American serial killer
1946 - Joe Dante, American film director and producer
1947 - Michel Berger, French songwriter (d. 1992)
1947 - Maria Farantouri, Greek singer
1948 - Beeb Birtles, Dutch-born, Australian-raised musician/singer-songwriter; co-founding member of Little River Band
1949 - Paul Shaffer, Canadian orchestra leader
1949 - Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer (d. 1995)
1950 - Ed Harris, American actor
1950 - Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1952 - S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress
1953 - Sixto Lezcano, Puerto Rican baseball player
1955 - Adem Jashari, Albanian freedom fighter
1955 - Jeffrey Byron, American actor
1955 - Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer
1957 - David Van Day, British singer (Dollar)
1958 - Georges Rutaganda, Rwandan war criminal
1958 - Dave Righetti, American baseball player
1959 - Judd Nelson, American actor
1960 - John Galliano, British fashion designer
1961 - Martin Clunes, British actor
1961 - Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican film director
1961 - Jane Sibbett, American actress
1962 - Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (d. 2002)
1962 - Matt Cameron, American drummer (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam)
1962 - Jon Stewart, American comedian
1962 - Paul Dinello, American comedian and actor
1963 - Walt Weiss, American baseball player
1963 - Johnny Newman, American basketball player
1963 - Cornelia Guest, American debutante
1965 - Erwin Mortier, Belgian author
1965 - Matt Williams, American baseball player
1966 - Sam Seder, American comedian
1967 - José del Solar, Peruvian footballer
1967 - Stephnie Weir, American comedian
1967 - Anna Nicole Smith, American television personality (d. 2007)
1968 - Dawn Robinson, American singer (En Vogue)
1969 - Robb Nen, American baseball player
1969 - Lexington Steele (Clifton Britt), American adult film actor
1970 - Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player
1971 - Rob Conway, American professional wrestler
1971 - Fenriz, Norwegian musician (Darkthrone)
1972 - Anastasia Kelesidou, Greek discus thrower
1972 - Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer
1973 - Jade Puget, American musician (AFI)
1974 - Kristian Schmid, Australian actor
1974 - Styles P, American rapper
1974 - András Tölcséres, Hungarian footballer
1974 - apl.de.ap, American rapper (Black Eyed Peas)
1975 - Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian musician (Satyricon (band))
1975 - Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian writer
1977 - Gavin Rae, Scottish footballer
1977 - Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer
1977 - Greg Somerville, New Zealand rugby union footballer
1977 - DeMya Walker, American basketball player
1978 - Freddie Mitchell, American football player
1978 - Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer
1978 - Brent Albright, American professional wrestler
1978 - Ryan Leslie, American producer
1978 - Haytham Tambal, Sudanese footballer
1979 - Daniel Henney, Korean model-actor
1979 - Joel Maximo, American professional wrestler
1979 - Chamillionaire, American rapper
1980 - Stuart Taylor, British footballer
1980 - Lisa Middelhauve, German singer (Xandria)
1982 - Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player
1984 - Trey Songz, American singer
1984 - Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress
1984 - Joross Gamboa, Filipino actor
1984 - Marc-Andre Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player
1985 - Caitlin McClatchey, Scottish swimmer
1988 - Christopher Stringini, American singer
1988 - Scarlett Pomers, American actress
1992 - Kianna Underwood, American actress
1994 - Lola Sanchez, American actress
1997 - Thor Salden, Belgian singer

Famous Births on 27 Nov

Famous Births on 27 Nov

1127 - Emperor Xiaozong of China (d. 1194)
1576 - Shimazu Tadatsune, Ruler of Satsuma (d. 1638)
1582 - Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (d. 1651)
1630 - Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria (d. 1665)
1635 - Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, wife of Louis XIV of France (d. 1719)
1701 - Anders Celsius, Swedish inventor and astronomer (d. 1744)
1710 - Robert Lowth, British bishop (d. 1787)
1746 - Increase Sumner, 5th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1799)
1746 - Robert Livingston, negotiated the Louisiana Purchase from France (d. 1813)
1754 - Georg Forster, German scientist (d. 1794)
1779 - Aimé, duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, French general (d. 1865)
1804 - Julius Benedict, German-born composer (d. 1885)
1809 - Fanny Kemble, British actress (d. 1893)
1833 - Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (d. 1897)
1843 - Elizabeth Stride, victim of Jack the Ripper (d. 1888)
1843 - Cornelius Vanderbilt II, American businessman (d. 1899)
1857 - Charles Scott Sherrington, British physiologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1952)
1867 - Charles Koechlin, French composer (d. 1950)
1871 - Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (d. 1950)
1874 - Charles A. Beard, American historian (d. 1948)
1874 - Chaim Weizmann, 1st President of Israel (d. 1952)
1878 - Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948).
1894 - Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese industrialist (d. 1989)
1894 - Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox saint (d. 1971)
1897 - Vito Genovese, American mafioso (d. 1969)
1898 - Fredric Warburg, publisher and author (d. 1981)
1901 - Ted Husing, American sportscaster (d. 1962)
1903 - Lars Onsager, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1976)
1907 - L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (d. 2000)
1909 - Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician (d. 1967)
1909 - James Agee, American writer (d. 1955)
1911 - David Merrick, American stage producer (d. 2000)
1911 - Fe del Mundo, Filipino pediatrician and National Scientist
1916 - Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (d. 2002)
1917 - Buffalo Bob Smith, American television host (d. 1998)
1920 - Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (d. 1985)
1920 - Buster Merryfield, English actor (d. 1999)
1921 - Alexander Dubček, Slovak politician (d. 1992)
1925 - John Maddox, British science writer and editor
1925 - Marshall Thompson, American actor (d. 1992)
1925 - Ernie Wise, British comedian (d. 1999)
1926 - Barbara Anderson, New Zealand author
1927 - Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian footballer (d. 1987)
1928 - Ronald William "Josh" Kirby, British artist (d. 2001)
1928 - Alekos Alexandrakis, Greek actor (d. 2005)
1930 - Joe DeNardo, Pittsburgh Meteorologist
1932 - Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippine politician (d. 1983)
1933 - Jacques Godbout, French Canadian novelist, journalist and filmmaker
1934 - Ammo Baba, Iraqi-Assyrian footballer
1935 - Al Jackson, American drummer, producer and songwriter (d. 1975)
1935 - Les Blank, American documentary filmmaker
1937 - Gail Sheehy, American writer
1939 - Dave Giusti, American baseball player
1940 - Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (d. 1973)
1941 - Eddie Rabbitt, American singer (d. 1998)
1941 - Aimé Jacquet, French football manager
1942 - Manolo Blahnik, Spanish shoe designer
1942 - Henry Carr, American athlete
1942 - Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist (d. 1970)
1943 - Nicole Brossard, French Canadian poet
1945 - Alain de Cadenet, SPEED Channel personality
1948 - James L. Avery, Sr., American actor
1949 - Masanori Sekiya, Japanese racing driver
1950 - Gran Hamada, Japanese professional wrestler
1951 - Jayne Kennedy, American sportscaster and actress
1952 - James D. Wetherbee, American astronaut
1952 - Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist (Genesis)
1952 - Sheila Copps, Canadian politician
1952 - Kathryn Bigelow, American film director
1953 - Curtis Armstrong, American actor
1953 - Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer (Aquarium)
1954 - Patricia McPherson, American actress
1954 - Kimmy Robertson, American actress best known for her role as Lucy Moran in the TV series Twin Peaks
1955 - Pierre Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player
1955 - Bill Nye (The science guy), American engineer and broadcaster
1956 - William Fichtner, American actor
1957 - Kenny Acheson, Northern Irish racecar driver
1957 - Caroline Kennedy, American journalist
1957 - Kevin O'Connell, American sound re-recording mixer
1958 - Mike Scioscia, American baseball player and manager
1959 - Charlie Burchill, Scottish guitarist and keyboardist (Simple Minds)
1960 - Yulia Tymoshenko, Ukrainian prime minister
1960 - Tim Pawlenty, American politician
1960 - Kevin Henkes, American children's book writer/illustrator
1960 - Ken O'Brien, American football player
1961 - Steve Oedekerk, American film director, actor and comedian
1962 - Charlie Benante, American drummer (Anthrax)
1962 - Mike Bordin, American musician (Faith No More)
1963 - Fisher Stevens, American actor
1964 - Robin Givens, American actress
1966 - Andy Merrill, American voice actor
1967 - Shane Embury, British guitarist/bassist (Napalm Death, among others)
1968 - Michael Vartan, French actor
1970 - Patricia Zentilli, Canadian actress
1971 - Nick Van Exel, American basketball player
1972 - Shane Salerno, American screenwriter
1973 - Twista, American rapper
1973 - Evan Karagias, American professional wrestler
1973 - Samantha Harris, American model and host
1975 - Martin Gramatica, Argentinian-American football player
1976 - Jean Grae, South African-born rapper
1976 - Jaleel White, American actor
1977 - Mika Tan, American pornographic actress
1978 - Tim Yeung, American drummer (Vital Remains)
1978 - Mike Skinner, English musician
1978 - Radek Štěpánek, Czech tennis player
1978 - Shy Love, adult film actress
1978 - Jimmy Rollins, American baseball player
1979 - Ricky Carmichael, American motocross racer
1979 - Hilary Hahn, American violinist
1979 - Shin Hyesung, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
1979 - Teemu Tainio, Finnish footballer
1980 - Michael Yardy, English cricketer
1981 - Matthew Taylor, English footballer
1984 - Domata Peko, American football player
1985 - Alison Pill, Canadian actress
1985 - Klara Ã"sk Elíasdóttir, Icelandic singer
1986 - Suresh Kumar Raina, Indian cricketer
1991 - Nur Atikah Nabilah Binte Muhammad Jufrie, Singaporean Gymnast

Famous Births on 26 Nov

Famous Births on 26 Nov

1288 - Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339)
1436 - Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)
1607 - John Harvard, English-born clergyman (d. 1638)
1609 - Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)
1657 - William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)
1678 - Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771)
1703 - Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)
1731 - William Cowper, English poet (d. 1800)
1792 - Sarah Grimké, American abolitionist and feminist (d. 1873)
1827 - Ellen G. White, American religious leader (d. 1915)
1828 - René Goblet, French politician (d. 1905)
1832 - Mary Edwards Walker, American feminist physician (d. 1919)
1832 - Karl Rudolf König, German physicist (d. 1901)
1847 - Maria Fyodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. 1928)
1857 - Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913)
1858 - Katharine Drexel, Roman Catholic Saint (d. 1955)
1864 - Edward Higgins, 3rd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1947)
1869 - Maud, Queen of Norway (d. 1938)
1876 - Willis Carrier, American engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
1878 - Marshall Taylor, American cyclist (d. 1932)
1885 - Heinrich Brüning, German politician (d. 1970)
1889 - Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (d. 1976)
1894 - James Charles McGuigan, Catholic cardinal archbishop of Toronto (d. 1974)
1894 - Norbert Wiener, American mathematician (d. 1964)
1895 - Bill Wilson, American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971)
1898 - Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize laurete (d. 1973)
1899 - Bruno Hauptmann, German kidnapper of Charles Augustus Lindbergh III (d. 1936)
1904 - Armand Frappier, French-Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991)
1905 - Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1982)
1907 - Ruth Patrick, American botanist
1908 - Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (d. 1989)
1908 - Charles Forte, Scottish hotelier (d. 2007)
1909 - Frances Dee, American actress (d. 2004)
1909 - Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born french playwright (d. 1994)
1910 - Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (d. 1993)
1912 - Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992)
1915 - Earl Wild, American pianist
1919 - Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer
1920 - Daniel Petrie, Canadian-born television and movie director (d. 2004)
1922 - Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
1923 - Pat Phoenix, English actress (d. 1986)
1924 - George Segal, American Pop Sculptor (d. 2000)
1925 - Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003)
1927 - Ernie Coombs, American children's entertainer (d. 2001)
1930 - Berthold Leibinger, German Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
1931 - Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Cardinal Archbishop of Utrecht
1931 - Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1933 - Robert Goulet, American singer and actor (d. 2007)
1937 - Boris Yegorov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1994)
1938 - Porter J. Goss, American Central Intelligence Agency director
1938 - Rodney Jory, Australian physicist
1938 - Rich Little, Canadian comedian and actor
1939 - Tina Turner, American singer and actress
1939 - Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian politician
1941 - Susanne Marsee, American mezzo-soprano
1942 - Michael Devlin, American bass-baritone
1943 - Bruce Paltrow, American producer and director (d. 2002)
1943 - Marilynne Robinson, American writer
1944 - Jean Terrell, American singer (The Supremes)
1945 - Björn von Sydow, Swedish politician
1945 - John McVie, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
1945 - Daniel Davis, American actor
1946 - Art Shell, American football player and coach
1947 - Susanne Zenor, American actress
1947 - Roger Wehrli, American football player
1948 - Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995)
1948 - Claes Elfsberg, Swedish television presenter
1948 - Marianne Muellerleile, American actress
1949 - Vincent A. Mahler, American educator
1949 - Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer
1949 - Juanin Clay, American actress (d. 1995)
1951 - Cicciolina, Italian porno actress and politician
1953 - Hilary Benn, British politician
1953 - Harry Carson, American football player
1954 - Roz Chast, American cartoonist
1954 - Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan militant leader
1956 - Don Lake, Canadian television writer
1956 - Dale Jarrett, American race car driver
1960 - Chuck Eddy, American music journalist
1960 - Harold Reynolds, American baseball player
1961 - Lisa Moretti, American professional wrestler
1962 - Chuck Finley, American baseball pitcher
1963 - Adam Gaynor, American musician (Matchbox Twenty)
1963 - Mario Elie, American basketball player
1964 - Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier
1966 - Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian actress and model
1967 - Ridley Jacobs, West Indian cricketer
1968 - Edna Campbell, Professional women's basketball player, retired 2006
1969 - Shawn Kemp, American basketball player
1969 - Kara Walker, American artist
1970 - Alex Taylor, Argentinian porn star
1970 - John Amaechi, American basketball player
1970 - Dave Hughes, Australian comedian
1971 - Ronald "Winky" Wright, American boxer
1972 - Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
1972 - Chris Osgood, Canadian hockey player (Detroit Red Wings)
1973 - Peter Facinelli, American actor
1974 - Tammy Lynn Michaels, American actress
1975 - Patrice Lauzon, French Canadian figure skater
1976 - Brian Schneider, American baseball player
1976 - Maven Huffman, American professional wrestler
1977 - Ivan Basso, Italian bicyclist
1977 - Forrest Griffin, American MMA-fighter
1977 - John Parrish, American baseball player
1977 - Paris Lenon, American football player
1978 - Matthew Taylor, American bassist (Motion City Soundtrack)
1979 - B.J. Averell, American online tutor and reality television contestant
1980 - Delilah Cotto, Puerto Rican actress, dancer and model
1980 - Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer and actor
1981 - Natalie Gauci, Australian Idol 2007 winner
1981 - Aurora Snow, American pornographic actress
1981 - Gina Kingsbury, Canadian hockey player
1981 - Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
1981 - Stephan Andersen, Danish international footballer
1983 - Chris Hughes, American businessman, co-founder of Facebook
1984 - Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (d. 2007)
1985 - Lil' Fizz, American singer
1986 - Trevor Morgan, American actor
1986 - Konstadinos Filippidis, Greek pole vaulter
1988 - Yumi Kobayashi, Japanese fashion model

Famous Births on 25 Nov

Famous Births on 25 Nov

1454 - Catherine Cornaro, queen of Cyprus (d. 1510)
1501 - Yi Hwang, Confucian scholar (d. 1570)
1562 - Félix Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright (d. 1635)
1577 - Piet Hein, Dutch naval commander and folk hero (d. 1629)
1638 - Catherine of Braganza, Queen of Charles II of England (d. 1705)
1703 - Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
1712 - Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist and developer of 'Signed French' (d. 1789)
1714 - Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783)
1778 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (d. 1856)
1814 - Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. 1878)
1817 - John Bigelow, American statesman and author (d. 1911)
1835 - Andrew Carnegie, British-born industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1919)
1841 - Ernst Schröder, German mathematician (d. 1902)
1843 - Henry Ware Eliot American industrialist, philanthropist and the father of T. S. Eliot (d. 1919)
1844 - Karl Benz, German engineer and inventor (d. 1929)
1845 - José Maria de Eça de Queiroz, Portuguese novelist (d. 1900)
1846 - Carrie Nation, American temperance advocate (d. 1911)
1858 - Alfred Capus, French author (d. 1922)
1862 - Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (d. 1901)
1869 - Ben Lindsey, American judge and social reformer (d. 1934)
1870 - Winthrop Ames, American theatrical director (d. 1937)
1874 - Joe Gans, American boxer (d. 1910)
1876 - Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Grand Duchess of Hesse (d. 1936)
1880 - Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (d. 1960)
1881 - Pope John XXIII (d. 1963)
1883 - Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic (d. 1939)
1883 - Merrill C. Meigs, American newspaper publisher and aviation promoter (d. 1968)
1887 - Nikolai Vavilov, Russian geneticist (d. 1943)
1890 - Isaac Rosenberg, English war poet and artist (d. 1918)
1895 - Helen Hooven Santmyer, American writer (d. 1986)
1895 - Ludvík Svoboda, President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1979)
1895 - Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist (d. 1991)
1896 - Virgil Thomson, American composer and music critic (d. 1989)
1900 - Rudolf Höß, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp (d. 1947)
1901 - Arthur Liebehenschel, Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp (d. 1948)
1902 - Eddie Shore, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1985)
1904 - Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and alpinist (d. 2000)
1904 - Ba Jin, Chinese novelist (d. 2005)
1904 - Lillian Copeland, American athlete (d. 1964)
1907 - John Stuart Hindmarsh, British racing driver and aviator (d. 1938)
1911 - Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter (d. 1984)
1913 - Lewis Thomas, American physician and essayist (d. 1993)
1914 - Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 1999)
1914 - Léon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (d. 1995)
1915 - Augusto Pinochet, Chilean Dictator (d. 2006)
1920 - Noel Neill, American actress
1920 - Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor
1920 - Tuanku Syed Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail, King of Malaysia (d. 2000)
1922 - Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (d. 2005)
1923 - Mauno Koivisto, former president of Finland
1924 - Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, critic, and philosopher.
1926 - Jeffrey Hunter, American actor (d. 1969)
1926 - Poul Anderson, American writer (d. 2001)
1933 - Kathryn Grant, American actress
1936 - Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer
1938 - Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress
1940 - Reinhard Furrer, American physicist and astronaut (d. 1995)
1940 - Joe Gibbs, American football coach
1941 - Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Muslim Sufi, author, spiritual leader (d. 2001)
1941 - Percy Sledge, American musician
1942 - Bob Lind, American folk singer and songwriter
1944 - Ben Stein, American actor
1945 - George Webster, American football player (d. 2007)
1946 - Bev Bevan, English rock drummer (The Move, Electric Light Orchestra)
1947 - Jonathan Kaplan, American filmmaker
1947 - John Larroquette, American actor
1947 - Tracey Walter, American actor
1948 - Jacques P. Dupuis, French Canadian politician
1951 - Arturo Pérez Reverte, Spanish novelist and war reporter
1951 - Bill Morrissey, American musician
1951 - Bucky Dent, American baseball player
1952 - Imran Khan, Pakistani test cricketer
1952 - John Lynch, American politician current governor of New Hampshire
1953 - Jeffrey Skilling, former CEO of Enron
1953 - Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player
1955 - Bruno Tonioli, Italian born British dancer
1956 - Hélène Goudin, Swedish politician
1957 - Bob Ehrlich, Jr., former Maryland governor
1959 - Charles Kennedy, British politician
1959 - Steve Rothery, British guitarist (Marillion)
1960 - Amy Grant, American singer
1960 - John F. Kennedy, Jr., American publisher (d. 1999)
1960 - Kasey Smith, American keyboardist
1962 - Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player
1963 - Bernie Kosar, American football player
1963 - Holly Cole, Canadian jazz singer
1963 - Kevin Chamberlin, American actor
1964 - Mark Lanegan, American musician (Screaming Trees)
1965 - Cris Carter, American football player
1965 - Dougray Scott, Scottish television and film actor
1966 - Tim Armstrong, American musician (Rancid and The Transplants)
1966 - Billy Burke, American actor
1967 - Gregg Turkington, American comedian (as Neil Hamburger) and musician
1967 - Kazuya Nakai, Japanese voice actor
1968 - Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress
1968 - Erick Sermon, American rap music artist
1968 - Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and talk show host
1968 - Galin Nikov, Bulgarian pole vaulter
1969 - Anthony Peeler, American basketball player
1971 - Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player
1971 - Christina Applegate, American actress
1973 - Erick Strickland, American basketball player
1976 - Donovan McNabb, American football player
1976 - Clint Mathis, American soccer player
1977 - Guillermo Cañas, Argentine tennis player
1977 - Marcus Marshall, Australian racing driver
1978 - Ringo Shiina, Japanese musician
1979 - Michael Lehan, National Football League player
1979 - Thea Gilmore, British songwriter
1980 - Josh Lomberger, American professional wrestling backstage interviewer
1980 - Kushan Liyanarachchi, Prominent Live Buddhism Practitioner, Sri Lanka
1980 - Aaron Mokoena, South African soccer player
1981 - Mauricio Rua, Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
1981 - Jared Jeffries, American basketball player
1981 - Jenna Bush, daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
1981 - Barbara Bush, daughter of George W. Bush and Laura Bush
1981 - Xabi Alonso, Spanish international footballer
1983 - Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer/songwriter
1983 - Joey Chestnut, champion competitive eater
1984 - Gaspard Ulliel, French actor
1986 - Katie Cassidy, American singer and actress
1986 - Craig Gardner, English footballer
1986 - Amber Hagerman, American kidnapping and murder victim, basis of the Amber Alert system (d. 1996)

Famous Births on 24 Nov

Famous Births on 24 Nov

1273 - Alphonso, Earl of Chester, son of Edward I of England (d. 1284)
1394 - Charles, Duke of Orléans, French poet (d. 1465)
1420 - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (d. 1473)
1583 - Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar, Spanish poet (d. 1641)
1615 - Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1690)
1630 - Etienne Baluze, French scholar (d. 1718)
1632 - Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher (d. 1677)
1655 - Charles XI of Sweden (d. 1697)
1690 - Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1750)
1713 - Junipero Serra, Spanish missionary (d. 1784)
1713 - Laurence Sterne, Irish novelist (d. 1768)
1724 - Maria Amalia of Saxony, queen of Spain (d. 1760)
1729 - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800)
1745 - Maria Louisa of Spain, Empress consort of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1792)
1774 - Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)
1784 - Zachary Taylor, 12th President of the United States (d. 1850)
1787 - Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist (d. 1863)
1801 - Ludwig Bechstein, German poet (d. 1860)
1806 - William Webb Ellis, credited with the invention of Rugby (d. 1872)
1811 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1890)
1815 - Grace Darling, English heroine (d. 1842)
1826 - Carlo Collodi, Italian author (d. 1890)
1833 - Antoine Labelle, Quebec catholic priest (d. 1891)
1849 - Frances Hodgson Burnett, British-born author (d. 1924)
1853 - Bat Masterson, American gunfighter (d. 1921)
1859 - Cass Gilbert, American architect (d. 1934)
1864 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, French painter (d. 1901)
1868 - Scott Joplin, Ragtime Composer (d. 1917)
1869 - António Ã"scar Carmona, 97th Prime Minister of Portugal and 11th President of Portugal (d. 1951)
1874 - Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer (d. 1953)
1876 - Walter Burley Griffin, American architect (d. 1937)
1877 - Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (d. 1956)
1881 - Al Christie, Canadian-born film director and producer (d. 1951)
1884 - Itzhak Ben-Zvi, President of Israel (d. 1963)
1886 - Margaret Caroline Anderson, American publisher (d. 1973)
1887 - Erich von Manstein, German military commander (d. 1973)
1888 - Dale Carnegie, American writer (d. 1955)
1888 - Fredrick Willius, American cardiologist (d. 1972)
1893 - Charles F. Hurley, 54th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1946)
1894 - Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (d. 1978)
1897 - Lucky Luciano, American gangster (d. 1962)
1899 - Ward Morehouse, American theater critic and newspaper columnist (d. 1966)
1908 - Libertad Lamarque, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2000)
1911 - Joe Medwick, baseball player (d. 1975)
1911 - Kirby Grant, American actor (d. 1985)
1912 - Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher (d. 1993)
1912 - Garson Kanin, American writer (d. 1999)
1912 - Teddy Wilson, American jazz pianist (d. 1986)
1913 - Geraldine Fitzgerald, Irish-born actress (d. 2005)
1916 - Irwin Allen, American film producer (d. 1991)
1916 - Forrest J. Ackerman, American writer
1917 - Howard Duff, American actor (d. 1990)
1919 - David Kossoff, British actor (d. 2005)
1921 - John Lindsay, American politician (d. 2000)
1924 - Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000)
1925 - William F. Buckley Jr., American writer
1925 - Simon van der Meer, Nobel Prize laureate
1926 - Tsung-Dao Lee, Nobel Prize laureate
1927 - Ahmadou Kourouma, Ivorian writer (d. 2003)
1930 - Bob Friend, baseball player
1934 - Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (d. 1998)
1935 - Ronald Vernie Dellums, U.S. Representative from California
1938 - Charles Starkweather, American Spree Killer (d. 1959)
1938 - Oscar Robertson, American basketball player
1938 - Willy Claes, Belgian politician
1940 - Eric Wilson, Canadian children's author.
1940 - Don Metz, American architect
1940 - Paul Tagliabue, retired commissioner of the National Football League
1941 - Pete Best, British musician
1941 - Donald "Duck" Dunn, American musician, Booker T. and the M.G.'s
1942 - Billy Connolly, Scottish comedian
1942 - Marlin Fitzwater, White House Press Secretary
1943 - Robin Williamson, Scottish musician
1943 - Dave Bing, American basketball player
1944 - Ibrahim Gambari, Nigerian scholar
1945 - Lee Michaels, American musician and singer
1946 - Penelope Jones Halsall (aka: Caroline Courtney, Melinda Wright, Lydia Hitchcock, Penny Jordan, Annie Groves)
1946 - Ted Bundy, American serial killer (d. 1989)
1947 - Dave Sinclair, English musician (Caravan, Hatfield and the North)
1947 - Dwight Schultz, American actor
1948 - Spider Robinson, science fiction author
1948 - Steve Yeager, baseball player
1949 - Shane Bourne, Australian comedian and actor
1951 - Chet Edwards, American politician
1952 - Thierry Lhermitte, French comedian and actor
1952 - Norbert Haug, German motorsport executive (Mercedes Benz)
1953 - Glenn Withrow, American actor
1954 - Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker
1955 - Ian Botham, England test cricketer
1955 - Elvis Ramone, American drummer (The Ramones)
1955 - Takashi Yuasa, Japanese lawyer
1955 - Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Swedish politician
1957 - Edward Stourton, British radio presenter
1957 - Denise Crosby, American actress
1958 - Roy Aitken, Scottish former footballer
1958 - Alain Chabat, French actor and director
1960 - Amanda Wyss, American actress
1960 - Edgar Meyer, American bassist and composer
1961 - Carlos Carnero, Spanish member of parliament
1961 - Arundhati Roy, Indian writer
1962 - John Kovalic, British-born cartoonist
1962 - John Squire, British guitarist (The Stone Roses)
1964 - Garret Dillahunt, American actor
1964 - Brad Sherwood, American comedian
1964 - Tony Rombola, American guitarist (Godsmack)
1965 - Kim Roe-ha, South Korean actor
1965 - Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress
1966 - Paul Robinett, American internet personality
1966 - Russell Watson, British singer
1967 - Cal Eldred, American baseball player
1968 - Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
1969 - Rob Nicholson, American musician
1970 - Julieta Venegas, Mexican singer
1970 - Doug Brien, American football placekicker
1971 - Cosmas Ndeti, three-time Boston Marathon winner
1971 - Keith Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 - Stephen Merchant, British comedian
1974 - Taro Yamamoto, Japanese actor
1975 - Thomas Kohnstamm, American writer
1976 - Dave Aizer, American television host
1976 - Chen Lu, Chinese figure skater
1976 - Christian Laflamme, Canadian ice hockey player
1977 - Colin Hanks, American actor
1978 - Katherine Heigl, American actress
1980 - Beth Phoenix, American professional wrestler
1982 - Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby league footballer
1983 - Karine Vanasse, Quebec actress
1983 - Meredith Henderson, Canadian actress
1983 - Dean Ashton, English footballer
1985 - Julia Alexandratou, Greek fashion model and singer
1985 - Tony Hunt, National Football League player
1987 - Megan Mullins, American singer
1989 - Johnny Exantus, Hatian soccer player
1998 - Bridger Palmer, American child actor
1998 - Brecken Palmer, American child actor

Famous Births on 23 Nov

Famous Births on 23 Nov

1221 - King Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284)
1402 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)
1417 - William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)
1553 - Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)
1616 - John Wallis, English mathematician (d. 1703)
1632 - Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)
1641 - Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720)
1705 - Thomas Birch, English historian (d. 1766)
1715 - Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (d. 1799)
1719 - Spranger Barry, Irish actor (d. 1777)
1749 - Edward Rutledge, U.S. statesman (d. 1800)
1760 - François-Noël Babeuf, French revolutionary (d. 1797)
1785 - Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (d. 1853)
1804 - Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (d. 1869)
1820 - Isaac Todhunter, British mathematician (d. 1884)
1837 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
1859 - Billy The Kid, American outlaw (d. 1881(?))
1860 - Hjalmar Branting, Prime Minister of Sweden, and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)
1861 - Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (d. 1939)
1864 - Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (d. 1936)
1869 - Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (d. 1942)
1875 - Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (d. 1933)
1876 - Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (d. 1946)
1883 - José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (d. 1949)
1887 - Eduardo Corrochio, Spanish-born dancer (d. 1943)
1887 - Boris Karloff, British actor (d. 1969)
1887 - Henry Moseley, English physicist (d. 1915)
1888 - Harpo Marx, American comedian (d. 1964)
1889 - Harry Sunderland, Australian rugby league identity (d. 1964)
1890 - El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
1892 - Erté, French artist (d. 1990)
1897 - Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. 1999)
1897 - Karl Gebhardt, Nazi doctor (d. 1948)
1902 - Victor Jory, Canadian actor (d. 1982)
1907 - Lars Leksell, Swedish physician (d. 1986)
1908 - Nelson S. Bond, American science fiction writer (d. 2006)
1909 - Nigel Tranter, British historian and writer (d. 2000)
1912 - George O'Hanlon, American actor (d. 1989)
1914 - Michael Gough, English actor
1914 - Roger Avon, Durham actor (d. 1998)
1915 - John Dehner, American actor (d. 1992)
1920 - Paul Celan, Romanian-born German poet (d. 1970)
1920 - Wayne Thiebaud, American painter
1921 - Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960)
1922 - Manuel Fraga Iribarne, president of Spanish Galicia
1923 - Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (d. 1986)
1923 - Daniel Brewster, American democrat (d. 2007)
1923 - R. L. Burnside, American musician (d. 2005)
1924 - Paula Raymond, American actress (d. 2003)
1924 - Colin Macmillan Turnbull, British-born anthropologist (d. 1994)
1924 - Anita Linda, Filipino actress
1925 - Johnny Mandel, American songwriter
1925 - José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran politician (d. 1990)
1926 - Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher
1927 - Guy Davenport, American author, artist, and scholar (d. 2005)
1928 - Jerry Bock, American Broadway composer
1929 - Hal Lindsey, American evangelist and Christian writer
1930 - Jack McKeon, American baseball manager
1931 - Dervla Murphy, Irish traveller and author
1931 - Gloria Lynne, American singer
1932 - Michel David-Weill, French investment banker
1933 - Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer
1934 - Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (d. 1994)
1934 - Robert Towne, American screenwriter and director
1935 - Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
1936 - Robert Barnard, British mystery writer
1938 - Esko Nikkari, Finnish actor
1939 - Betty Everett, American singer (d. 2001)
1940 - Luis Tiant, Cuban baseball player
1941 - Franco Nero, Italian actor
1942 - Susan Anspach, American actress
1943 - Sue Nicholls, British actress
1943 - Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
1944 - Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-born film producer and writer
1944 - James Toback, American writer and director
1945 - Jerry Harris, American sculptor
1945 - Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer
1945 - Steve Landesberg, American actor
1945 - Keith Hampshire, English singer-songwriter
1946 - Bobby Rush, American politician
1946 - Giorgos Koudas, Greek footballer
1946 - Diana Quick, English actress
1948 - Bruce Vilanch, American comedy writer
1950 - Chuck Schumer, American politician
1951 - David Rappaport, English actor (d. 1990)
1952 - Bill Troiano, musician
1953 - Francis Cabrel, French singer
1954 - Bruce Hornsby, American musician
1954 - Glenn Brummer, American baseball player
1954 - Ross Brawn, British Honda Racing F1 team principal
1955 - Steven Brust, American author
1955 - Ludovico Einaudi, Italian composer and pianist
1955 - Mary Landrieu, American politician, senior senator of Louisiana
1959 - Maxwell Caulfield, British actor
1959 - Dominique Dunne, American actress (d. 1982)
1960 - Robin Roberts, American television reporter
1961 - Merv Hughes, Australian cricketer
1961 - Keith Ablow, American psychiatrist and author
1963 - Joe Ahearne, British television director
1963 - Mamoru Takuma, Japanese mass murderer and rapist (d. 2004)
1964 - Frank Rutherford, Bahamian athlete
1965 - Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet and historian
1966 - Jerry Kelly, American professional golfer
1966 - Vincent Cassel, French actor
1968 - Hamid Hassani, Iranian lexicographer
1968 - Kirsty Young, Scottish television journalist
1969 - Jonathan Seet, Canadian singer
1970 - Oded Fehr, Israeli actor
1970 - Zoë Ball, British television and radio presenter
1971 - Lisa Arch, American actress
1972 - Chris Adler, American musician (Lamb of God)
1973 - Trick Daddy, American rapper
1974 - Jamie Sharper, American football player
1974 - Saku Koivu, Finnish ice hockey player
1976 - Page Kennedy, American actor
1977 - Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver
1977 - Adam Eaton, American baseball player
1978 - Kayvan Novak, English actor
1979 - Kelly Brook, English actress/model
1980 - David Britz, American nano-technologist
1980 - Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
1982 - Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice-hockey player
1982 - Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
1984 - Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer
1985 - Ahn Hyun-Soo, South Korean short track skater
1987 - Nicklas Backstrom, Swedish ice hockey player
1991 - Anurag Kashyap, 2005 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion
1992 - Miley Cyrus, American actress and singer
912 - Otto I the Great, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)

Famous Births on 22 Nov

Famous Births on 22 Nov

1458 - Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
1515 - Marie of Guise, Queen consort of James V of Scotland and regent of Scotland (d. 1560)
1564 - Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (d. 1610)
1602 - Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Philip IV of Spain (d. 1644)
1635 - Francis Willughby, English biologist (d. 1672)
1643 - Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer (d. 1687)
1698 - Pierre de Rigaud, Canadian-born French Governor (d. 1778)
1710 - Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (d. 1784)
1721 - Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-born Canadian statesman (d. 1824)
1722 - Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet (d. 1794)
1767 - Andreas Hofer, Tyrolian patriot (d. 1810)
1787 - Rasmus Christian Rask, Danish linguist (d. 1823)
1808 - Thomas Cook, British travel entrepreneur (d. 1892)
1814 - Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (d. 1893)
1819 - George Eliot, British novelist (d. 1880)
1849 - Christian Rohlfs, German artist (d. 1938)
1852 - Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, Nobel laureate (d. 1924)
1856 - Heber J. Grant, American religious leader (d. 1945)
1868 - John Nance Garner, U.S. Vice President (d. 1967)
1869 - André Gide, French writer and Nobel laureate (d. 1951)
1877 - Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (d. 1919)
1877 - Joan Gamper, Swiss-born businessman and founder of FC Barcelona (d. 1930)
1884 - Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani biographer of Muhammad (d. 1953)
1890 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (d. 1970)
1893 - Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (d. 1969)
1897 - Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer (d. 1989)
1898 - Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935)
1899 - Hoagy Carmichael, American composer (d. 1981)
1900 - Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and novelist (d. 1980)
1901 - Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (d. 1999)
1902 - Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (d. 1947)
1902 - Sir Humphrey Gibbs, Rhodesian politician (d. 1990)
1902 - Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1990)
1904 - Louis Eugène Félix Néel, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2000)
1909 - Mikhail Mil, Russian aviation designer (d. 1970)
1913 - Benjamin Britten, British composer (d. 1976)
1913 - Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, first female Philippine Supreme Court Justice (d. 2006)
1914 - Peter Townsend, British Equerry and air pilot (d. 1995)
1917 - Andrew Fielding Huxley, British scientist, Nobel laureate
1918 - Claiborne Pell, American politician
1919 - Máire Drumm, Irish civil rights activist (d. 1976)
1920 - Anne Crawford, British film actor (d. 1956)
1921 - Brian Cleeve, Irish broadcaster (d. 2003)
1921 - Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (d. 2004)
1923 - Dika Newlin, American composer and singer (d. 2006)
1923 - Arthur Hiller, Canadian film director
1924 - Geraldine Page, American actress (d. 1987)
1925 - Gunther Schuller, American composer and conductor
1926 - Lew Burdette, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1926 - Arthur Jones (inventor), American inventor (d. 2007)
1928 - Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (d. 2008)
1929 - Aleksandar Popović, Serbian dramatist (d. 1996)
1932 - Robert Vaughn, American actor
1936 - Joachim Bißmeier, German actor
1938 - Henry C. Lee, Chinese-born American criminologist
1939 - Tom West, American astrophysicist
1939 - Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician
1940 - Roy Thomas, American comic book writer
1940 - Terry Gilliam, American-born British comedian
1941 - Tom Conti, British actor
1941 - Jacques Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1941 - Jesse Colin Young, American musician
1941 - Terry Stafford, American singer and songwriter (d. 1996)
1942 - Guion Bluford, American astronaut
1943 - Billie Jean King, American tennis
1943 - Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player
1945 - Tom Freston, American television executive
1946 - Aston Barrett, Jamaican musician (The Wailers Band)
1947 - Valerie Wilson Wesley, American author
1947 - Sandy Alderson, American baseball executive
1947 - Paloma San Basilio, Spanish singer
1948 - Radomir Antić, Serbian football manager
1949 - Richard Carmona, Surgeon General of the United States
1949 - David Pietrusza, American baseball historian
1950 - Tina Weymouth, American musician (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
1950 - Steven Van Zandt, American musician
1950 - Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (d. 1978)
1951 - Kent Nagano, American conductor
1953 - Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (d. 1994)
1953 - Billy M. Sprague, American rocket scientist
1956 - Lawrence Gowan, Canadian singer (Styx)
1956 - Richard Kind, American actor
1958 - Horse McDonald, Scottish singer and songwriter
1958 - Lee Guetterman, American baseball player
1958 - Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
1959 - Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer
1959 - Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist
1960 - Bruce Payne, English actor
1960 - Léos Carax, French film director
1961 - Stephen Hough, British concert pianist
1961 - Randal L. Schwartz, American computer programmer
1961 - Mariel Hemingway, American actress
1962 - Victor Pelevin, Russian writer
1963 - Scoop Jackson, American sports journalist
1964 - Robbie Slater, Australian former footballer
1965 - Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor
1965 - Peter Safran, British-born American film producer and talent agent
1966 - Richard Stanley, South African film director
1967 - Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-born Belgian speed skater
1967 - Boris Becker, German tennis player
1967 - Mark Ruffalo, American actor
1968 - Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic computer programmer
1969 - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian graphic novelist
1970 - Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketeer
1970 - Stel Pavlou, British novelist
1972 - Jay Payton, American baseball player
1974 - Joe Nathan, American baseball player
1974 - David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater
1975 - Aiko, Japanese singer
1976 - Adrian Bakalli, Belgian footballer
1976 - Torsten Frings, German footballer
1976 - Regina Halmich, German female boxer
1976 - Ville Valo, Finnish singer (HIM)
1977 - Michael Preston, English footballer
1978 - Karen O, American singer (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
1979 - Chris Doran, Irish singer
1980 - Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian athlete
1980 - Shawn Fanning, American Internet entrepreneur (Napster)
1981 - Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish footballer
1981 - Pape Sow, Senegalese basketball player
1981 - Ben Adams, English singer
1982 - Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Nigerian footballer
1982 - Charlene Choi Cheuk Yin, Hong Kong singer (Twins)
1982 - Alasdair Duncan, Australian novelist
1983 - Peter Ramage, English footballer
1983 - Tyler Hilton, American singer and actor
1983 - Corey Beaulieu, American guitarist (Trivium)
1984 - Scarlett Johansson, American actress
1984 - Kate Ground, Canadian adult internet model
1985 - Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer
1986 - Oscar Pistorius, South African paralympic athlete
1987 - Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer
1988 - Suresh Guptara and Jyoti Guptara, British-Indian novelists

Famous Births on 21 Nov

Famous Births on 21 Nov

1495 - John Bale, English churchman (d. 1563)
1567 - Anne de Xainctonge, French saint (d. 1621)
1692 - Carlo Innocenzio Maria Frugoni, Italian poet (d. 1768)
1694 - Voltaire, French philosopher (d. 1778)
1729 - Josiah Bartlett, Second Signer of the Declaration of Independence
1744 - Abigail Adams, first lady of the second president of the u.s (d. 1818)
1761 - Dorothy Jordan, British actress (d. 1816)
1768 - Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher, German theologian (d. 1834)
1787 - Samuel Cunard, Canadian-born shipping magnate (d. 1865)
1811 - Zeng Guofan, Chinese military (d. 1872)
1835 - Hetty Green, American businesswoman (d. 1916)
1840 - Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain and German Empress (d. 1901)
1852 - Francisco Tárrega, father of modern classical guitar (d. 1909)
1854 - Pope Benedict XV (d. 1922)
1860 - Tom Horn, American gunman (d. 1903)
1870 - Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (d. 1964)
1870 - Joe Darling, Australian cricketer (d. 1946)
1878 - Gustav Radbruch, German law professor (d. 1949)
1886 - Harold Nicolson, British diplomat (d. 1968)
1897 - Mollie Steimer anarchist agitator (d. 1980)
1898 - René Magritte, Belgian painter (d. 1967)
1899 - Jobyna Ralston, American actress (d. 1967)
1902 - Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio pioneer (d. 1985)
1904 - Coleman Hawkins, American musician (d. 1969)
1908 - Elizabeth George Speare, American author (d. 1994)
1912 - Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1983)
1913 - Roy Boulting, British film director (d. 2001)
1916 - Sid Luckman, American football player (d. 1998)
1919 - Steve Brodie, American actor (d. 1992)
1920 - Stan Musial, American baseball player
1920 - Ralph Meeker, American actor (d. 1988)
1921 - Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer (d. 1996)
1922 - Maria Casares, Spanish-born actress (d. 1996)
1922 - Abe Lemons, American basketball coach
1924 - Christopher Tolkien, British author
1927 - Georgia Frontiere, co-owner of the St. Louis Rams (d. 2008)
1929 - Marilyn French, American feminist writer
1929 - Laurier LaPierre, Canadian journalist, broadcaster and senator
1931 - Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian scientist (d. 1985)
1931 - Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer (d. 2003)
1933 - Joseph Campanella, American actor
1935 - Fairuz, Lebanese singer
1936 - Victor Chang, Australian physician (d. 1986)
1937 - Marlo Thomas, American actress
1939 - Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician
1939 - Budd Dwyer, American politician (d. 1987)
1940 - Dr. John, American musician
1940 - Richard Marcinko, American author
1941 - Ä°dil Biret, Turkish pianist
1941 - Juliet Mills, British actress
1942 - Afa Anoa'i, Samoan/American wrestler
1942 - Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German politician
1943 - Jacques Laffite, French former racing driver
1943 - Viktor Sidjak, Russian fencer
1943 - Larry Mahan, American rodeo cowboy
1943 - Phil Bredesen, American politician
1944 - Richard Durbin, American politician
1944 - Earl Monroe, American basketball player
1944 - Harold Ramis, American actor/director
1945 - Goldie Hawn, American actress
1946 - Jacky Lafon, Belgian actress
1948 - George Zimmer, American entrepreneur
1948 - Alphonse Mouzon, American jazzist
1950 - Stephen Geyer, American film & television songwriter
1950 - Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete
1952 - Lorna Luft, American actress and singer, daughter of Judy Garland
1954 - Thomas Rothman, American film executive
1955 - Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player
1956 - Ed Kaz, American journalist
1962 - Steven Curtis Chapman, American musician
1962 - Sabine Busch, German athlete
1963 - Nicollette Sheridan, British actress
1964 - Olden Polynice, Haitian basketball player
1964 - Liza Tarbuck, British entertainer
1964 - Shane Douglas, American wrestler
1965 - Alexander Siddig, British actor
1965 - Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (d. 1993)
1965 - Björk, Icelandic singer
1966 - Troy Aikman, American football player
1967 - Tripp Cromer, American baseball player
1967 - Toshihiko Koga, Japanese Judoka
1968 - Alex James, English bassist
1968 - Christopher Noxon, American journalist
1969 - Ken Griffey, Jr., American baseball player
1970 - Justin Langer, Australian cricketer
1971 - Michael Strahan, American football player
1972 - Rain Phoenix, American singer/actress
1972 - David Tua, Samoan boxer
1973 - Brook Kerr, American actress
1973 - Inés Sastre, Spanish model and actress
1974 - Kelsi Marie Osborn, American Singer (SHeDAISY)
1975 - Chris Moneymaker, American poker player
1975 - Cherie Johnson, American actress
1976 - Dasha, Czech adult actress
1976 - Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer
1976 - Daniel Whiston, British ice skater
1977 - Yolande James, Quebec politician
1977 - Tobias Sammet, German singer (Edguy)
1977 - Jonas Jennings, American football player
1977 - Myles Heskett, Australian musician (Wolfmother)
1977 - Bruno Berner, Swiss footballer
1978 - Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress
1978 - Sara Tanaka, American actress
1979 - Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer
1979 - Kim Dong Wan, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
1979 - Alex Tanguay, Canadian hockey player
1979 - Stromile Swift, American basketball player
1980 - Hank Blalock, American baseball player
1980 - Alec Brownstein, American author, director
1980 - Leonardo González, Costa Rican footballer
1980 - Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong Actress
1981 - Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer
1981 - Piet Rinke, Zimbabwean cricketer
1981 - Wesley Britt, American football player
1982 - Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer
1982 - Ryan Starr, American singer
1983 - Jamie Langley, English rugby player
1984 - Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer
1984 - Jena Malone, American Actress
1985 - Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer
1987 - Brian Douwes, Dutch kickboxer and martial artist

Famous Births on 20 Nov

Famous Births on 20 Nov

1602 - Otto von Guericke, German physicist (d. 1686)
1620 - Peregrine White, first English child born in the Plymouth Colony (d. 1704)
1621 - Avvakum, Russian priest and writer (d. 1682)
1625 - Paulus Potter, Dutch painter (d. 1654)
1660 - Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German theologian (d. 1741)
1750 - Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
1761 - Pope Pius VIII (d. 1830)
1762 - Pierre André Latreille, French entomologist (d. 1833)
1765 - Sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval captain (d. 1819)
1781 - Karl Friedrich Eichhorn, German jurist (d. 1854)
1839 - Christian Wilberg, German painter (d. 1882)
1841 - Victor D'Hondt, Belgian mathematician (d. 1901)
1841 - Wilfrid Laurier, seventh Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1919)
1851 - Queen Margherita of Italy (d. 1926)
1858 - Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author, Nobel laureate (d. 1940)
1864 - Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Swedish writer (d. 1931)
1866 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American judge (d. 1944)
1869 - Clark Griffith, Baseball manager (d. 1955)
1874 - James Michael Curley, 53rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1958)
1880 - George McBride, baseball player (d. 1973)
1882 - Andy Coakley, baseball player and long-time coach at Columbia University (d. 1963)
1884 - Norman Thomas, American social reformer (d. 1968)
1886 - Karl von Frisch, Austrian zoologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)
1889 - Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (d. 1953)
1896 - Yevgenia Ginzburg, Russian writer (d. 1977)
1900 - Chester Gould, creator of comic strips (Dick Tracy) (d. 1985)
1903 - Alexandra Danilova, Russian ballerina (d. 1997)
1903 - Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educationist (d. 1981)
1907 - Fran Allison, American , early television personality, (Kukla, Fran and Ollie) (d. 1989)
1907 - Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director (d. 1977)
1908 - Alistair Cooke, British-born journalist (d. 2004)
1910 - Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (d. 1944)
1912 - Otto von Habsburg, Austrian-German nobleman, head of the Habsburg house
1913 - Judy Canova, American actress (d. 1983)
1914 - Emilio Pucci, Italian fashion designer (d. 1992)
1915 - Kon Ichikawa, iconic Japanese film director
1916 - Evelyn Keyes, American actress
1917 - Robert Byrd, American politician
1917 - Bobby Locke, South African golfer (d. 1987)
1921 - Phyllis Thaxter, American actress
1921 - Jim Garrison, American district attorney and judge (d. 1992)
1923 - Nadine Gordimer, South African writer, Nobel laureate
1924 - Benoît Mandelbrot, Polish-born French mathematician
1925 - Robert F. Kennedy, American politician (d. 1968)
1925 - Maya Plisetskaya, Russian ballet dancer
1926 - Andrzej W. Schally, Polish-born endocrinologist, Nobel laureate
1926 - Terry Hall, English ventriloquist (d. 2007)
1926 - Kaye Ballard, American comic actress
1927 - Estelle Parsons, American actress
1928 - Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor
1928 - John Disley, Welsh athlete
1929 - Don January, American professional golfer
1932 - Richard Dawson, English-born actor and game show host
1936 - Don DeLillo, American author
1937 - René Kollo, German tenor
1937 - Ruth Laredo, American pianist (d. 2005)
1937 - Eero Mäntyranta, Finnish cross-country skier
1937 - Viktoriya Tokareva, Russian playwright
1939 - Dick Smothers, American comedian
1940 - Bob Einstein, American actor and comedian (Super Dave Osborne)
1941 - Haseena Moin, Pakistani television drama writer and Urdu playwright
1942 - Joe Biden, American politician
1942 - Norman Greenbaum, American singer
1942 - Meredith Monk, American composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer
1942 - Paulos Faraj Rahho, Iraqi Chaldean Catholic bishop (d. 2008)
1943 - Veronica Hamel, American actress
1944 - Louie Dampier, American basketball player
1945 - Nanette Workman, American-born Canadian singer and actress
1945 - Rick Monday, American baseball player
1946 - Duane Allman, American guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band) (d. 1971)
1946 - Greg Cook, American football player
1946 - Judy Woodruff, American TV anchor
1947 - Joe Walsh, American musician
1948 - John R. Bolton, American ambassador
1948 - Barbara Hendricks, American-born singer
1948 - Richard Masur, American actor
1949 - Thelma Drake, American politician
1951 - David Walters, American politician
1952 - John Van Boxmeer, National Hockey League player
1954 - Frank Marino, Canadian Guitarist (Rock, Blues, Jazz)
1954 - Berit Andnor, Swedish politician
1954 - Steve Dahl, American radio personality
1956 - Bo Derek, American actress
1956 - Mark Gastineau, American football player
1957 - Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (d. 1985)
1957 - Mike Craven, former English professional footballer
1958 - Rickson Gracie, Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
1959 - James P. McGovern, American politician
1959 - Sean Young, American actress
1960 - Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor and television host
1961 - Larry Karaszewski, American screenwriter
1961 - Tim Harvey, British racing driver
1961 - Dave Watson, English footballer
1963 - Timothy Gowers, British mathematician
1963 - Ming-Na Wen, Macau-born actress
1965 - Yoshiki Hayashi, Japanese musician (X Japan)
1965 - Sen Dog, Cuban rapper (Cypress Hill)
1965 - Mike D, American musician (Beastie Boys)
1966 - Kevin Gilbert, American musician (d. 1996)
1966 - Jill Thompson, American comic book writer and artist
1967 - Chris Childs, American basketball player
1967 - Teoman, Turkish rock singer
1969 - Callie Thorne, American actor
1970 - Joe Zaso, American actor
1970 - Geoffrey Keezer, American jazz pianist
1970 - Delia Gonzalez, American boxer
1970 - Matt Blunt, American politician
1971 - Joey Galloway, American football wide receiver
1971 - Joel McHale, American actor and comedian
1972 - Sheema Kalbasi, Iranian born poet
1975 - Dierks Bentley, American singer
1975 - J. D. Drew, American baseball player
1975 - Davey Havok, singer (AFI)
1976 - Theodoros Velkos, badminton player
1976 - Jason Thompson, Canadian actor
1976 - Dominique Dawes, American gymnast
1977 - Rudy Charles, American professional wrestling referee
1977 - Josh Turner, American singer
1978 - Ryan Leslie, American singer/songwriter
1978 - Freya Lin, Taiwanese singer
1978 - Nadine Velazquez, American actress and model
1979 - Maree Bowden, New Zealand netball player (Silver Ferns)
1979 - Ericson Alexander Molano, Colombian gospel singer
1980 - James Chambers, English footballer
1981 - Carlos Boozer, American basketball player
1981 - Kimberley Walsh, English singer (Girls Aloud)
1982 - Margo Stilley, American actress
1984 - Ferdinando Monfardini, Italian racing driver
1985 - Dan Byrd, American actor
1985 - Juan Cruz Álvarez, Argentine racing driver
1986 - Oli Sykes, English musician
1986 - Aaron Yan, Taiwanese singer and actor
1989 - Cody Linley, American actor
1989 - Tyga, American rapper
1990 - Sam Burton, English footballer
1999 - Prince Umberto of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
1999 - Princess Sofia of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
2000 - Connie Talbot, English singer
270 - Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)

Famous Births on 19 Nov

Famous Births on 19 Nov

1464 - Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (d. 1526)
1563 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (d. 1626)
1597 - Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1660)
1600 - King Charles I of England (d. 1649)
1600 - Leo Aitzema, Dutch historian and statesman (d. 1669)
1617 - Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (d. 1655)
1700 - Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (d. 1770)
1711 - Mikhail Lomonosov, Russian writer and polymath (d. 1765)
1722 - Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (d. 1810)
1722 - Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (d. 1809)
1752 - George Rogers Clark, American military leader (d. 1818)
1802 - Solomon Foot, American politician (d. 1866)
1805 - Ferdinand de Lesseps, French diplomat and Suez Canal engineer (d. 1894)
1812 - Karl Schwarz, German theologian (d. 1885)
1831 - James A. Garfield, 20th President of the United States (d. 1881)
1833 - Wilhelm Dilthey, German philosopher (d. 1911)
1834 - Georg Hermann Quincke, German physicist (d. 1924)
1835 - Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indian Queen (d. 1858)
1843 - Richard Avenarius, German philosopher (d. 1896)
1859 - Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer (d. 1935)
1862 - Billy Sunday, American evangelist (d. 1935)
1875 - Mikhail I. Kalinin, President of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet (d. 1946)
1876 - Tatyana Alexeyevna Afanasyeva, Russian/Dutch mathematician (d. 1964)
1883 - Ned Sparks, Canadian actor (d. 1957)
1887 - James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1955)
1888 - José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player (d. 1942)
1889 - Clifton Webb, American actor (d. 1966)
1892 - Huw Thomas Edwards, Welsh trade unionist and politician (d. 1970)
1893 - René Voisin, French classical trumpet player (d. 1952)
1894 - Américo Tomás, Portuguese admiral and politician, 14th President of Portugal (d. 1987)
1895 - Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer (d. 1989)
1896 - Georgy Zhukov, Russian general (d. 1974)
1897 - Quentin Roosevelt, son of United States President Theodore Roosevelt (d. 1918)
1898 - Arthur R. von Hippel, German-born physicist (d. 2003)
1899 - Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei, influential Shia Islamic scholar (d. 1992)
1899 - Allen Tate, American poet and critic (d. 1979)
1900 - Mikhail Lavrentyev, Russian scientist (d. 1980)
1900 - Anna Seghers, German writer (d. 1983)
1900 - Bunny Ahearne, Irish ice hockey promoter (d. 1985)
1905 - Tommy Dorsey, American bandleader (d. 1956)
1907 - Jack Schaefer, American author (d. 1991)
1909 - Peter Drucker, American management theorist (d. 2005)
1910 - Adrian Conan Doyle, son of Arthur Conan Doyle (d. 1970)
1912 - George Emil Palade, Romanian cell biologist, Nobel laureate
1915 - Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
1917 - Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (d. 1984)
1919 - Alan Young, British-born American actor (Mister Ed)
1919 - Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian film director (d. 2006)
1920 - Gene Tierney, American actress (d. 1991)
1921 - Roy Campanella, American baseball player (d. 1993)
1921 - Peter Ruckman, American Baptist minister
1922 - Salil Chowdhury, Indian music composer, poet, writer, dramatist and filmmaker (d. 1995)
1922 - Yuri Knorozov, Russian epigrapher (d. 1999)
1924 - William Russell, British actor
1925 - Zygmunt Bauman, Polish Sociologist
1926 - Jeane Kirkpatrick, U. S. Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 2006)
1929 - Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian musician
1929 - Norman Cantor, Canadian medieval scholar (d. 2004)
1933 - Larry King, American TV personality
1933 - Jerry Sheindlin, American jurist; husband of Judith Sheindlin
1935 - Jack Welch, American businessman
1935 - Rashad Khalifa, Egyptian imam (d. 1990)
1936 - Dick Cavett, American talk show host
1936 - Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1938 - Ted Turner, American businessman
1939 - Tom Harkin, American politician
1941 - Dan Haggerty, American actor
1941 - Tommy Thompson, former U.S. Governor of Wisconsin
1942 - Sharon Olds, American poet
1942 - Calvin Klein, American clothing designer
1943 - Aurelio Monteagudo, Cuban-born Major League Baseball player (d. 1990)
1943 - Fred Lipsius, American musician (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1944 - Agnes Baltsa, Greek mezzo-soprano
1944 - Dennis Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
1945 - Bobby Tolan, American baseball player
1947 - Bob Boone, American baseball player and manager
1947 - Lamar S. Smith, American politician
1949 - Ahmad Rashad, American football player and sportscaster
1949 - Nigel Bennett, English actor
1951 - Zeenat Aman, Indian actress
1951 - Lord Falconer of Thoroton, British lawyer and politician
1953 - Robert Beltran, American actor
1953 - Tom Villard, American actor (d. 1994)
1954 - Kathleen Quinlan, American actress
1955 - Sam Hamm, American screenwriter
1956 - Glynnis O'Connor, American actress
1956 - Ann Curry, American journalist
1957 - Ofra Haza, Israeli singer (d. 2000)
1958 - Michael Wilbon, sports analyst
1958 - Terrence "T.C." Carson, American actor
1959 - Allison Janney, American actress
1960 - Elizabeth Hulette, American professional wrestling manager (d. 2003)
1960 - Matt Sorum, American musician (Velvet Revolver)
1961 - Meg Ryan, American actress
1962 - Dodie Boy Peñalosa, Philippine boxer
1962 - Jodie Foster, American actress
1963 - Terry Farrell, American actress
1963 - Jon Potter, British field hockey player
1963 - Zsuzsanna Jánosi, Hungarian fencer
1965 - Laurent Blanc, French footballer
1965 - Sean Hughes, Irish comedian
1966 - Rocco DiSpirito, American chef
1966 - Jason Scott Lee, American actor
1966 - Gail Devers, American athlete
1968 - Karina, Venezuelan singer
1969 - Erika Alexander, American actress
1969 - Philippe Adams, Belgian racing driver
1969 - Richard Virenque, French cyclist
1970 - Justin Chancellor, English bassist (Tool)
1971 - Alice Peacock, American folk singer
1971 - Jeremy McGrath, American motorcycle racer
1972 - Sandrine Holt, Canadian actress
1973 - Ryukishi07, Japanese mystery writer
1973 - Savion Glover, American dancer and choreographer
1973 - Billy Currington, American singer and songwriter
1973 - Takashi Matsumoto, Japanese photographer and business person
1975 - Sushmita Sen, Indian beauty queen and actress
1976 - Stylianos Venetidis, Greek soccer player
1976 - Benny Vansteelant, Belgian duathlete (d. 2007)
1976 - Petr Sýkora, Czech ice hockey player
1976 - Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter
1977 - Kerri Strug, American gymnast
1978 - Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová, Czech athlete
1978 - Matt Dusk, Canadian jazz musician / vocalist
1979 - Keith Buckley - American singer (Every Time I Die)
1979 - John-Ford Griffin, American baseball player
1979 - Leam Richardson, English soccer player
1979 - Larry Johnson, American football player
1979 - Ryan Howard, American baseball player
1980 - Courtney Anderson, American football player
1980 - Adele Silva, English actress
1983 - Chandra Crawford, Canadian cross-country skier
1983 - Daria Werbowy, Ukranian-Canadian Supermodel
1985 - Chris Eagles, English footballer
1988 - Patrick Kane, American ice hockey player
1997 - McCaughey septuplets, world's first surviving set of septuplets

Famous Births on 18 Nov

Famous Births on 18 Nov

1522 - Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)
1630 - Eleanor Gonzaga, Empress of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)
1647 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (d. 1706)
1727 - Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist (d. 1773)
1772 - Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (d. 1806)
1774 - Wilhelmine of Prussia, queen of the Netherlands (d. 1837)
1785 - David Wilkie, British artist (d. 1841)
1786 - Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (d. 1826)
1787 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (d. 1851)
1804 - Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (d. 1878)
1832 - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Swedish explorer (d. 1901)
1836 - Sir William S. Gilbert, British dramatist (d. 1911)
1836 - Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist and founder of criminology (d. 1909)
1839 - August Kundt, German physicist (d. 1894)
1856 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (d. 1929)
1861 - Dorothy Dix, pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (d. 1951)
1874 - Clarence Day, American author (d. 1935)
1882 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (d. 1963)
1882 - Jacques Maritain, French philosopher (d. 1973)
1883 - Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (d. 1981)
1897 - Patrick Blackett, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)
1898 - Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker (d. 1989)
1899 - Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-born conductor (d. 1985)
1901 - George Gallup, American statistician and opinion pollster (d. 1984)
1904 - Jean Paul Lemieux, Quebec painter (d. 1990)
1906 - Klaus Mann, German writer (d. 1949)
1906 - George Wald, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1997)
1906 - Alec Issigonis, Greek-British car designer, developer of the Mini (d. 1988)
1907 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003)
1908 - Imogene Coca, American actress and comedian (d. 2001)
1909 - Johnny Mercer, American lyricist (d. 1976)
1911 - Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (d. 2000)
1915 - Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2004)
1917 - Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (d. 1957)
1918 - Tasker Watkins, Welsh World War II hero (d. 2007)
1919 - Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. 2005)
1920 - Mustafa Khalil, Prime Minister of Egypt (d. 2008)
1922 - Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan president (d. 1967)
1923 - Ted Stevens, American politician
1923 - Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998)
1924 - Alexander Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart, president of the European Court of Justice (d. 2000)
1925 - Gene Mauch, American baseball manager (d. 2005)
1927 - Hank Ballard, American musician (d. 2003)
1928 - Otar Gordeli, Georgian composer
1932 - Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973)
1934 - Vassilis Vassilikos, Greek writer, Greece's ambassador to UNESCO
1935 - Rudolf Bahro, German dissident (d. 1997)
1936 - Don Cherry, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1995)
1939 - Margaret Atwood, Canadian writer
1939 - Brenda Vaccaro, American actress
1940 - Qaboos ibn Sa’id, Sultan of Oman
1941 - David Hemmings, British actor (d. 2003)
1942 - Linda Evans, American actress
1942 - Susan Sullivan, American actress
1944 - Wolfgang Joop, German artist, fashion designer and art collector
1946 - Alan Dean Foster, American author
1947 - Jameson Parker, American actor
1948 - Andrea Marcovicci, American singer and actress
1948 - Jack Tatum, American football player
1950 - Graham Parker, English singer
1950 - Eric Pierpoint, American actor
1951 - Justin Raimondo, American author
1952 - Peter Beattie, 36th Premier of Queensland
1952 - Delroy Lindo, British actor
1953 - Alan Moore, British comic book writer and novelist
1953 - Kevin Nealon, American comedian and actor
1954 - John Parr, British pop singer
1954 - Evan Gray, New Zealand cricketer
1955 - Carter Burwell, American composer
1956 - Warren Moon, American football player
1956 - Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1995)
1957 - Seán Mac Falls, Irish-born poet
1958 - Daniel Brailovsky, Argentine football manager
1958 - Oscar Nunez, Cuban American actor
1959 - Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and football manager
1960 - Kim Wilde, British singer
1960 - Elizabeth Perkins, American actress
1962 - Jamie Moyer, American baseball player
1962 - Kirk Hammett, American guitarist (Metallica)
1963 - Dante Bichette, American baseball player
1963 - Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer
1963 - Len Bias, American basketball player (d. 1986)
1966 - Jorge Camacho, Spanish poet
1967 - Jocelyn Lemieux, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 - Owen Wilson, American actor
1968 - Gary Sheffield, American baseball player
1968 - Romany Malco, American actor and music producer
1968 - Barry Hunter, Northern Irish footballer and manager
1969 - Sam Cassell, American basketball player
1969 - Duncan Sheik, American Singer/Songwriter
1969 - Ahmed Helmi, Egyptian Actor
1970 - Peta Wilson, Australian actress
1970 - Johan Liiva, Sweden vocalist (Arch Enemy)
1970 - Megyn Kelly, American television news anchor
1970 - Mike Epps, American actor
1970 - Elizabeth Anne Allen, American Actress
1972 - Jessi Alexander, American country music singer/songwriter
1972 - Robert Shapiro, American politician/humorist
1973 - Nic Pothas, South African/English wicket-keeper
1974 - Chloë Sevigny, American actress
1975 - Shawn Camp, American baseball player
1975 - Anthony McPartlin, British actor and television presenter
1975 - Jason Williams, American basketball player
1975 - David Ortiz, Dominican baseball player
1976 - Shagrath, Norwegian singer (Dimmu Borgir)
1976 - Mona Zaki, Egyptian Actress
1977 - Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league footballer
1977 - Fabolous, American rapper
1978 - Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer
1980 - Luke Chadwick, English footballer
1980 - François Duval, Belgian rally driver
1980 - Dustin Kensrue, American Singer/Songwriter (Thrice)
1980 - Okada Junichi, singer and actor (member of V6)
1981 - Christina Vidal, American actress
1981 - Gian Magdangal, Filipino singer and actor
1983 - Jon Johansen, Norwegian software developer
1983 - Travis Buck, American baseball player
1984 - Ryohei Chiba, member of Japanese boy band w-inds.
1984 - Johnny Christ, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)
1985 - Christian Siriano, Winner of Project Runway, Season 4
1986 - Nic Sampson, New Zealand actor
1988 - Jeffrey Jordan, son of Michael Jordan
1988 - Montanna Thompson, English actress
1992 - Nathan Kress, American actor