1680 – Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, Flemish composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1730)
1727 – Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist, born in Châtillon-les-Dombes, France (d. 1773)
1882 – Wyndham Lewis, English author (Tarr, Apes of God) and co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art, born in Amherst, Nova Scotia (d. 1957)
1935 – Pervis Staples, American gospel vocalist (The Staple Singers -“Uncloudy Day”), born in Drew, Mississippi (d. 2021)
1945 – (Percy) Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lankan politician (Prime Minister, 2018-2022; President, 2005-15}, born in Weeraketiya, British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
1948 – Andrea Marcovicci, American actress (Berrengers – “Gloria”; Trapper John, M.D. – “Fran”), born in NYC, New York
1962 – Vladimir Vladimirovich Karashtin, Russian cosmonaut
1965 – Mark Petkovsek, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals), born in Beaumont, Texas
1970 – Elizabeth Anne Allen, American actress
1983 – Jon Lech Johansen, Norwegian software developer (DeCSS software), born in Harstad, Norway
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Famous Birthdays for 17th November 2022
331 – Julian ‘the Apostate’, Roman Emperor (361-63) tried to re-instate paganism, born in Constantinople (d. 363)
1790 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician (d. 1868)
1894 – Eelco van Kleffens, Dutch minister of Foreign affairs (1939-46) and diplomat (d. 1983)
1905 – Arthur Chipperfield, Australian cricketer (batsman and leggie 99 on Test debut), born in Ashfield, New South Wales (d. 1987)
1959 – William R. Moses, American actor (Cole-Falcon Crest), born in Los Angeles, California
1964 – Michelle Knox-Zaloom, rower (Olympics 1996), born in Annapolis, Maryland
1965 – Winthrop Graham, Jamaica, 4x400m runner (Olympic silver 1988)
1965 – Paul Sorrento, Somerville MA, infielder (Seattle Mariners)
1969 – Ryotaro Okiayu, Japanese voice actor
1971 – Audra Keller, Macon Georgia, tennis star (1993 Futures-Evansville IN)
Famous Birthdays for 16th November 2022
1609 – Henrietta Maria, French-born daughter of Henry IV of France and Queen Consort of England (d. 1669)
1840 – Frederick Scotson Clark, English organist and composer, born in Southwark, London (d. 1883)
1873 – W. C. Handy, American composer and musician known as the “Father of the Blues” (Memphis Blues, St Louis Blues), born in Florence, Alabama (d. 1958)
1907 – Burgess Meredith, American actor (Mr Novak, The Penguin in Batman, Rocky), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1997)
1908 – Sœur Emmanuelle, Belgian-French religious sister, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2008)
1935 – Elizabeth Drew, American journalist (Politics and Money: The Road to Corruption), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
1942 – Joanna Pettet, British actress (Knots Landing, Cry of the Innocent), born in London
1948 – Sammy Figueroa, American jazz-funk-Latin-rock session and touring percussionist (Raíces; Chic; Sonny Rollins; Average White Band), born in The Bronx, New York City
1970 – Martha Plimpton, American actress (Goonies, Mosquito Coast), born in NYC, New York
1972 – Missi Pyle, American actress
Famous Birthdays for 15th November 2022
1886 – René Guénon, French-Egyptian author (d. 1951)
1897 – Aneurin Bevan, British politician (d. 1960)
1897 – Sacheverell Sitwell, English author (People’s Palace), born in Scarborough, England (d. 1988)
1922 – Giorgio Manganelli, writer
1941 – Heathcote Williams [John Henly Heathcote Williams], British poet, actor and political activist, born in Helsby, Cheshire (d. 2017)
1956 – Zlatko Kranjčar, Croatian soccer striker (2 caps; Dinamo Zagreb, Rapid Wien) and manager (Croatia, Montenegro, Dinamo Zagreb), born in Zagreb, Croatia (d. 2021)
1970 – Jack Ingram, American singer and songwriter
1976 – Jessica Amey, 100m butterfly/4 x 100 (Olympics 1996), born in Montreal, Quebec
1985 – Lily Aldridge, American model (Victoria’s Secret), born in Santa Monica, California
1987 – Ian Hecox, Member of Smosh
Famous Birthdays for 14th November 2022
1746 – Giulio Gabrielli the Younger, Italian Cardinal (served Pius VII), born in Rome, Italy (d. 1822)
1802 – August Pott, German philologist (Etymology Forschungen), born in Nettelrede, Germany (d. 1887)
1863 – Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and inventor (bakelite plastics), born in Ghent, Belgium (d. 1944)
1897 – John Steuart Curry, American painter and lithographer (Baptism in Kansas), born in Dunavant, Kansas (d. 1946)
1904 – Marya Mannes, American author (The Reporter), born in NYC, New York (d. 1990)
1930 – Charles De Sorgher, Belgian bobsledder
1935 – Don Stewart, actor (Guiding Light)
1971 – Marco Leonardi, Italian-Australian actor
1973 – Moka Only [Daniel Denton], Canadian rapper, born in Langford, British Columbia
1990 – Jessie Jacobs, Australian actress and singer (d. 2008)
Famous Birthdays for 13th November 2022
1759 – Timothy Olmstead, early American composer (d. 1848)
1854 – George Whitfield Chadwick, American composer (Judi Van Winke), born in Lowell, Massachusetts (d. 1931)
1868 – Pierre Maurice, Swiss composer, born in Allaman, Switzerland (d. 1936)
1907 – Josef Kjellgren, Swedish writer (Guldkedjan), born in Mörkö, Södermanland, Sweden (d. 1948)
1939 – Idris Muhammad [Leo Morris], American jazz drummer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2014)
1943 – André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician, born in Granby, Canada (d. 1977)
1956 – Bill Scanlon, American tennis player (World #9 1984; 6 x ATP titles), born in Dallas, Texas (d. 2021)
1969 – Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
1977 – Chanel Cole [Whalley], New Zealand-born Australian singer (Spook), born in Hamilton, New Zealand
2002 – Emma Raducanu, British tennis player (US Open 2021), born in Toronto, Canada
Famous Birthdays for 12th November 2022
1755 – Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussia general and Minister of War (1808-10) who reformed the Prussian army, born in Bordenau, Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1813)
1924 – Sam Jones, American jazz double bassist (Cannonball Adderly), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 1981)
1934 – Charles Manson, American criminal, murderer and cult leader (Manson Family), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2017)
1940 – Michel Audet, Quebec economist and politician, born in Jonquière, Quebec
1945 – Valerie Leon, English actress (Blood from Mummy’s Tomb), born in London, England
1948 – Hassan Rouhani, Iranian politician (President of Iran 2013-), born in Sorkheh, Semnan
1952 – Ronald Burkle, American entrepreneur (Yucaipa Companies), born in Pomona, California
1963 – Damon Galgut, South African playwright and writer (2021 Booker Prize), born in Pretoria, South Africa
1984 – Jorge Masvidal, American mixed martial artist (UFC), born in Miami, Florida
1990 – James McCarthy, Scottish footballer (Celtic), born in Glasgow, Scotland
Famous Birthdays for 11th November 2022
1050 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1084–1105), born in Goslar, Kaiserpfalz (d. 1106)
1788 – Mikhail Vielgorsky, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1856)
1836 – Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American editor and writer (The Story of a Bad Boy), born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (d. 1907)
1888 – Abul Kalam Azad, 1st Minister of Education in the Indian government, born in Makkah, Hejaz Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (d. 1958)
1909 – Robert Ryan, American actor (Billy Budd, The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Day), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1973)
1939 – Denise Alexander, American actress (Mary McKinnon-Another World, Lesley Webber-General Hospital), born in NYC, New York
1943 – Karin Kent [Janneke Kanteman], Dutch pop singer (“Will You Dance With Me All Night?”), born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1946 – Corrine Brown, American politician convicted on corruption charges (Rep-D-Florida 1993-2017), born in Jacksonville, Florida
1969 – Jeff Sydner, NFL wide receiver/punt returner (NY Jets), born in Columbus, Ohio
1978 – Lou Vincent, New Zealand cricketer, born in Warkworth, New Zealand
Famous Birthdays for 10th November 2022
1433 – Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1467-77), born in Dijon, France (d. 1477)
1735 – Granville Sharp, English abolitionist, born in Durham, England (d. 1813)
1891 – Carl W. Stalling, American film composer (Disney’s Silly Symphonies; Warner Brothers Cartoons), born in Lexington, Missouri (d. 1972)
1893 – John P. Marquand, American writer (The Late George Apley), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1960)
1907 – Jane Froman, American singer (Jane Froman’s USA Canteen), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1980)
1920 – Tod Andrews, American actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage), born in NYC, New York (d. 1972)
1956 – Matt Craven, Canadian actor (Juror, Killer, K2), born in Port Colborne, Ontario
1972 – Dick Kooijman, Dutch soccer player (Heracles, FC Groningen, Az), born in Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands
1979 – Warren Wolf, American jazz vibraphonist, born in Baltimore, Maryland
1991 – Zo In-sung, South Korean actor (Something Happened in Bali; That Winter, the Wind Blows), born in Seoul, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 9th November 2022
1732 – Julie de Lespinasse, French aristocrat, hostess and writer, born in Lyon, France (d. 1776)
1868 – Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress (Dinner at 8, Min and Bill), born in Cobourg, Ontario (d. 1934)
1877 – Sergei Aleksi [Alexy], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1970)
1904 – Viktor Brack, German Nazi physician and war criminal, born in Haaren, Rhine Province, German Empire (d. 1948)
1934 – Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden (1986-91, 94-96), born in Borås, Älvsborg County, Sweden
1937 – Clyde Wells, Canadian politician, 5th Premier of Newfoundland, born in Buchans Junction, Newfoundland
1942 – Tom Weiskopf, American golfer (British Open 1973; US Senior Open 1995), born in Massillon, Ohio (d. 2022)
1961 – Jill Dando, British television presenter, born in Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom (d. 1999)
1968 – Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist, born in Celano, Italy
1970 – Chantal Brunner, long jumper (Olympics 1996), born in Wellington, New Zealand