1887 – Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese imperial prince and 30th Prime Minister of Japan, born in Kyoto, Japan (d. 1990)
1894 – Bert Baston, American College Football Hall of Fame end (University of Minnesota), born in St. Louis Park, Minnesota (d. 1979)
1899 – Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (1960-64), born in Takehara, Hiroshima, Japan (d. 1965)
1905 – Les Ames, English cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (47 Tests, 97 dismissals, 2,434 runs @ 40.56), born in Elham, Kent, England (d. 1990)
1924 – F. Sionil José, Filipino novelist (Rosales Saga) and Philippine National Artist for Literature, born in Rosales, Pangasinan, Philippine Islands
1953 – Franz Klammer, Austrian alpine skier (Olympic gold downhill 1976; World C’ships gold combined 1974, downhill 1976), born in Mooswald, Carinthia, Austria
1963 – Terri Schiavo, American right to die figure (d. 2005)
1973 – Holly Marie Combs, American actress (Picket Fences; Charmed), born in San Diego, California
1990 – Christian Benteke, Belgian soccer striker (93 caps; Genk, Crystal Palace, Liverpool, Aston Villa), born in Kinshasa, Zaire
2005 – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 2nd December 2022
1760 – John Breckinridge, American lawyer (5th United States Attorney General) and politician (U.S. Senator from Kentucky), born in Augusta County, Virginia (d. 1806)
1777 – Henry Doeff, Dutch trader in Japan and translator (wrote Dutch-Japanese dictionary) (d. 1835)
1899 – John Cobb, British speed record holder (World Land Speed Record 1938-39, 47), born in Esher, Surrey, England (d. 1952)
1916 – John Bentley, British actor (African Patrol, Crossroads), born in Birmingham, England (d. 2009)
1926 – Hobie Billingsley, American ISHOF diving coach (Indiana University 1959-89; 6 x NCAA team championships; US Olympic team 1968, 72, 76), born in Erie, Pennsylvania (d. 2022)
1935 – David Hackett Fischer, American educator and historian (Albion’s Seed), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1937 – Brian Lumley, English sci-fi author (Compleat Crow, Psychomech), born in County Durham, England
1944 – Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovar nationalist writer and President of Kosovo (1992-2006), born in Crnce, Democratic Federal Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) (d. 2006)
1949 – Ron Raines, American actor (Alan Spaulding-Guiding Light), born in Texas City, Texas
1971 – Rachel McQuillan, Australian tennis player (5 WTA, 21 ITF titles), born in Newcastle, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 1st December 2022
1083 – Anna Comnena, Byzantine princess and historian (Alexiad), born in the Great Palace of Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (d. 1153)
1566 – Philip, earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, governor of Ft Gorinchem and Nijmegen (d. 1695)
1761 – Marie Tussaud, French founder of Madame Tussaud’s wax museum, born in Strasbourg (d. 1850)
1766 – Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin, Russian writer (d. 1826)
1905 – Charles G. Finney, American fantasy author (Circus of Dr Lao), born in Sedalia, Missouri (d. 1984)
1906 – Jean Cartan, French composer, born in Nancy (d. 1932)
1910 – Alicia Markova, English ballerina and choreographer (Diaghilev’s Ballet Russe 1925-32), born in London (d. 2004)
1932 – Robert T. Herres, American air force officer (Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff), born in Denver, Colorado (d. 2008)
1938 – Bill Playle, New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand (d. 2019)
1970 – Sarah Silverman, American actress and comedian (The Sarah Silverman Program, I Smile Back), born in Bedford, New Hampshire
Famous Birthdays for 30th November 2022
1817 – Theodor Mommsen, German historian and scholar (Imperial Lives, Nobel Prize in Literature 1902), born in Garding, Duchy of Schleswig (d. 1903)
1858 – Jagadish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist, polymath and writer, born in Munshiganj, British India (d. 1937)
1907 – Jacques Barzun, French author (The House of Intellect), born in Créteil, France (d. 2012)
1907 – Gyorgy Ranki, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest (d. 1992)
1928 – Joe B. Hall, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA Division I C’ship 1978; University of Kentucky 1972-85), born in Cynthiana, Kentucky (d. 2022)
1952 – Mandy Patinkin, American stage and screen actor (Yentl, The Princess Bride, Homeland), and singer (Sunday in the Park with George; Evita), born in Chicago, Illinois
1974 – Marina de Tavira, Mexican actress (Roma), born in Mexico City, Mexico
1977 – Olivier Schoenfelder, French ice dancer
1978 – Clay Aiken, American pop singer
1985 – Kaley Cuoco, American actress (The Big Bang Theory), born in Camarillo, California
Famous Birthdays for 29th November 2022
1832 – Louisa May Alcott, American author (Little Women), born in Germantown, Pennsylvania (d. 1888)
1839 – Ludwig Anzengruber, Austrian playwright (Der Schandfleck), born in Vienna (d. 1889)
1899 – Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (d. 1988)
1914 – Edith Tilton Penrose, American-born British economist (The Theory of the Growth of the Firm), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1996)
1927 – Rupert Crosse, American actor, 1st African-American to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award (The Reivers), born in NYC, New York (d. 1973)
1932 – Antoine Tisné, French composer, born in Lourdes, France (d. 1998)
1933 – John Lamb, American jazz double bassist (Duke Ellington Orchestra), born in Vero Beach, Florida
1941 – (Myrna Joy) “Jody” Miller, American Grammy Award-winning pop and country music singer (“He Walks Like A Man”: “Queen of the House”), born in Phoenix, Arizona (d. 2022)
1942 – Felix Cavaliere, American rock singer, songwriter, and keyboardist (Rascals – “Lonely Too Long”, “People Got to Be Free”), born in Pelham. New York
1987 – Stephen O’Halloran, Irish footballer, born in Cobh, Republic of Ireland
Famous Birthdays for 28th November 2022
1661 – Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (d. 1723)
1811 – Maximilian II of Bavaria, King of Bavaria (1848-64), born in Munich (d. 1864)
1841 – E. M. Grace, English cricket all-rounder (1 Test, HS 36; Gloucestershire CCC), born in Bristol, England (d. 1911)
1923 – Lorna Beal (née Larter), Australian cricket wicket-keeper (7 Tests; 16 dismissals), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2020)
1940 – Clem Curtis, British singer (The Foundations), born in Trinidad
1948 – Agnieszka Holland, Polish actress and director (Europa Europa), born in Warsaw, Poland
1964 – John Burkett, American baseball pitcher (MLB All Star, NL wins leader 1993 SF Giants; All Star 2001 Atlanta Braves), born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania
1970 – Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player, born in Barcelona, Spain
1984 – Joross Gamboa, Filipino actor
1988 – Christopher Stringini, American pop singer (US5), born in Wheaton, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 27th November 2022
1635 – Françoise d’Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France, born in Niort, Kingdom of France (d. 1719)
1691 – Josef Antonín Plánický, Czech composer, born in Manětín, Czech Republic (d. 1732)
1833 – Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, granddaughter of George III, grandmother of Edward VIII and George VI and great-grandmother of Elizabeth II, born in Hanover, Germany (d. 1897)
1894 – Amphilochius of Pochayiv [Yakov Varnavovich Golovatyuk], Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint, born in Mala Ilovytsya, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine (d. 1971)
1909 – Donald John Urquhart, English librarian, born in Whitley Bay, England (d. 1994)
1921 – Alexander Dubček, Slovak politician who headed the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and was deposed after the Soviet invasion, born in Uhrovec, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) (d. 1992)
1929 – Billy Nair, South African union/SACP leader (20 yrs in Robbeneiland Prison)
1946 – Betty Weiss, American pop singer (The Shangri-Las – “Leader of the Pack”), born in Jamaica, Queens, NYC
1951 – Kathryn Bigelow, American director, producer and writer (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty), born in San Carlos, California
1966 – Andy Merrill, American voice actor, born in Newark, Ohio
Famous Birthdays for 26th November 2022
1818 – Louis Lacombe, French pianist and composer, born in Bourges, France (d. 1884)
1878 – (Marshall) “Major” Taylor, American track cyclist (first African-American world champion; 1899 World Track C’ships), born in Indianapolis, Indiana (d. 1932)
1907 – Henry “Hot Lips” Levine, British-American dixieland jazz trumpeter and bandleader, born in London England (d. 1989)
1908 – Philipp Mohler, German composer, born in Kaiserslautern, Germany (d. 1982)
1943 – Jerry Kleczka, American politician (Rep-D-WI, 1984-2005), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2017)
1943 – Marilynne Robinson, American writer (Gilead), born in Sandpoint, Idaho
1944 – Jean Terrell, American singer (The Supremes, 1970-73), born in Belzoni, Mississippi
1953 – Shelley Moore Capito, American politician (Senator-R-West Virginia, Rep-R-WV 2001-15), born in Glen Dale, West Virginia
1969 – Sam Militello, American baseball player, born in Tampa, Florida
1970 – Dave Hughes, Australian comedian (Hughesy, We Have a Problem), born in Warrnambool, Victoria
Famous Birthdays for 25th November 2022
1852 – Johan Salvator, Archduke of Austria, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1890)
1909 – Hugh Davson, English physiologist (protein sandwich model), born in London (d. 1996)
1914 – Léon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (d. 1995)
1945 – Patrick Nagel, American artist (d. 1984)
1945 – Bev Bevan, English drummer (Electric Light Orchestra), born in Birmingham, England
1951 – Bucky Dent, all star shortstop (Chicago White Sox, NY Yankees)
1951 – Johnny Rep, Dutch soccer player
1951 – Bill Morrissey, American folk singer-songwriter (Inside), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 2011)
1963 – Steve Ave, St Germain Enlay France, US 1500m runner
1971 – Dominic Cummings, English political strategist (Vote Leave campaign), born in Durham, England
Famous Birthdays for 24th November 2022
1713 – Junipero Serra, Spanish missionary priest who founded the 1st missions in California, born in Petra, Majorca (d. 1784)
1795 – Josif Josifovich Genishta, Russian composer (d. 1853)
1932 – Bill Squires, American track and field coach (Greater Boston Track Club: Bill Rodgers, Alberto Salazar, Dick Beardsley, Greg Meyer; Boston State College 1965-78), born in Arlington, Massachusetts (d. 2022)
1934 – Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer (St Florian; Life With An Idiot), born in Engels, Volga-German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (d. 1998)
1939 – Jim Northrup, baseball player
1942 – Marlin Fitzwater, American journalist and press secretary to US Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, born in Salina, Kansas
1948 – Ashok Gandotra, cricketer (in Rio de Janiero Two Tests for India 1969)
1950 – Bob Burns, American drummer (Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1964-74), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 2015)
1964 – Garret Dillahunt, American actor
1968 – Bülent Korkmaz, Turkish footballer