Monday, November 29, 2010

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)

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