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
Category: Famous Birthdays
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
Famous Birthdays for 23rd November 2022
1221 – Alfonso X ‘the Wise’, King of Castile and Leon, (1252-84), born in Toledo, Spain (d. 1284)
1899 – Marcel Dalio [Israel Moshe Blauschild], French actor (Sabrina, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Casablanca), born in Paris, France (d. 1983)
1908 – Leendert Braat, Dutch sculptor and screenwriter (White World), (d. 1982)
1923 – Daniel Brewster, American politician (Rep-D-Maryland 1963-69), born in Baltimore, Maryland(d. 2007)
1931 – Gloria Lynne [Wilson], American jazz vocalist (Dell Tones), born in Harlem, New York City (d. 2013)
1939 – Betty Everett, American soul singer (Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss), born in Greenwood, Mississippi (d. 2001)
1941 – Franco Nero, Italian actor (Django), born in Parma, Italy
1951 – Jorg Landvoigt, German coxless pairs rower (Olympic gold 1976), born in Brandenburg an der Havel, German Democratic Republic
1966 – Michelle Gomez, Scottish actress (The Flight Attendant), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1974 – Jamie Sharper, linebacker (Baltimore Ravens), born in Richmond, Virginia
Famous Birthdays for 22nd November 2022
1832 – George Henry Chapman, American newspaper editor, lawyer, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Holland, Massachusetts (d. 1882)
1901 – Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish composer, born in Sagunto, Spain (d. 1999)
1914 – Peter Townsend, British war hero, courtier and writer (had a romance with Princess Margaret), born in Rangoon, Burma (d. 1995)
1922 – Eugene Stoner, American firearms designer and inventor of the M16, born in Gosport, Indiana (d. 1997)
1930 – Owen Kay Garriott, American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut (Skylab 3; STS-9), born in Enid, Oklahoma (d. 2019)
1944 – Max Romeo [Smith], Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter, born in St. D’Acre, St. Ann, Jamaica
1946 – Aston Barrett, Jamaican reggae bassist (I Shot the Sheriff)
1964 – Pierre Vercheval, CFL guard (Toronto Argonauts)
1965 – R Duncan Douglas, American biathlete (Olympics 1994), born in NYC, New York
1965 – Mike Benjamin, Euclid Ohio, infielder (Philadelphia Phillies)
Famous Birthdays for 21st November 2022
1561 – Charles Scribani, IFlemish jesuit and author, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1629)
1860 – Tom Horn, American gunfighter and outlaw, born in Scotland County, Missouri (d. 1903)
1943 – Phil Bredesen, American politician
1950 – David Williams, American RandB, pop and rock session and touring guitarist (Michael Jackson; Madonna; Rod Stewart; Bryan Ferry), born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 2009)
1953 – Tina Brown, British journalist (New Yorker, Tattler), born in Maidenhead, United Kingdom
1962 – Steven Curtis Chapman, American musician
1976 – Saleem Elahi, Pakistani cricket batsman (13 Tests, 1 x 50; Lahore City CC, Habib Bank Ltd CC), born in Sahiwal, Pakistan
1980 – Alec Brownstein, American author, director
1983 – Nikki Bella, American pro wrestler, one half of The Bella Twins and reality TV star (Total Divas), born in San Diego, California
1992 – Davido [David Adedeji Adeleke], Nigerian-American singer-songwriter (Fall), born in Atlanta, Georgia