1809 – Thomas Alfred Davies, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Black Lake, New York (d. 1899)
1842 – Ellen Henrietta Richards, American chemist (Amer Home Economics Association-1st Pres), born in Dunstable, Massachusetts (d. 1911)
1884 – Walther Stampfli, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council, born in Büren, Solothurn, Switzerland (d. 1965)
1887 – Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese imperial prince and 30th Prime Minister of Japan, born in Kyoto, Japan (d. 1990)
1924 – F. Sionil José, Filipino novelist (Rosales Saga) and Philippine National Artist for Literature, born in Rosales, Pangasinan, Philippine Islands
1924 – John Backus, American computer scientist and inventor (FORTRAN computer language), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
1973 – Sammy Leung, Hong Kong disc jockey
1978 – Trina [Katrina Laverne Taylor], American rapper (Glamorest Life), born in Miami, Florida
1981 – David Villa, Spanish soccer striker (98 caps; Valencia, Barcelona), born in Langreo, Spain
1987 – Michael Angarano, American actor
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 2nd December 2021
1578 – Agostino Agazzari, Italian composer, born in Siena, Italy (d. 1640)
1813 – Jacob Rosenhaim, Jewish-German composer, born in Mannheim, Germany (d. 1894)
1920 – Robert Moevs, American composer, born in La Crosse, Wisconsin (d. 2007)
1935 – David Hackett Fischer, American educator and historian (Albion’s Seed), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1953 – Meg Griffin, American DJ (WNEW-FM, WPLJ-FM, WKRK-FM)/VJ (V-1)
1958 – George Saunders, American writer (Lincoln in the Bardo), born in Amarillo, Texas
1959 – Greg Barton, American kayaker (Olympics gold K-1 1,000, K-2 1,000 1988), born in Jackson, Michigan
1968 – David Batty, English soccer midfielder (42 caps; Leeds United, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United), born in Leeds, England
1975 – Mark Kotsay, American baseball outfielder and coach (1,914 MLB games; Florida Marlins, Oakland A’s), born in Whittier, California
1992 – Gary Sánchez, Dominican baseball catcher (MLB All Star 2017, 19; NY Yankees), born in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Famous Birthdays for 1st December 2021
1081 – Louis VI ‘The Fat’, King of the Franks (1108-37) (d. 1137)
1850 – Peter Lange-Muller, Danish composer and pianist, born in Frederiksberg, Denmark (d. 1926)
1892 – Charlie Bachman, American College Football Hall of Fame guard and coach (Notre Dame, Florida, Michigan State), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1985)
1927 – Grant Beglarian, American composer, born in Tiflis, Georgia (d. 2002)
1933 – Lou Rawls, American soul singer-songwriter and producer (“You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine”, “Natural Man”), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2006)
1943 – Orton Enderlein, German [GDR] luger (Olympic gold women’s singles 1964; World C’ships gold 1965, 67)), born in Trünzig, Sachsen, Germany
1955 – Uwe Benter, German rowing coxswain (Olympic gold coxed four 1972), born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1970 – Todd Steussie, American NFL guard / tackle (Pro Bowl 1997-98; Minnesota Vikings), born in Canoga Park, California
1973 – Jon Theodore, American drummer ( Queens of the Stone Age), born in Baltimore, Maryland
1990 – Chanel Iman, American model (Victoria’s Secret), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Famous Birthdays for 30th November 2021
1508 – Andrea Palladio [Andrea di Pietro della Gondola], Italian architect (Il Redentore, Venice), born in Padua, Italy (d. 1580)
1602 – Otto von Guericke, German scientist, inventor, and politician, born in Magdeburg, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1686)
1645 – Andreas Werkmeister, German organist and composer, born in Benneckenstein, Germany (d. 1706)
1863 – Gellio Benevenuto Coronaro, Italian pianist and composer, born in Vicenza, Italy (d. 1916)
1884 – Ture Rangström, Swedish composer, born in Stockholm (d. 1947)
1897 – Quinto Maganini, American composer (The Argonauts), born in Fairfield, California (d. 1974)
1932 – David Lightbown, British politician and government whip
1938 – Jean Eustache, French filmmaker
1951 – June Chadwick, British actress
1959 – Sylvia Hanika, German tennis player (WTA Tour Championship 1982), born in Munich, West Germany
Famous Birthdays for 29th November 2021
1834 – Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom, American civil engineer, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Norwich, Vermont (d. 1864)
1872 – Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg, Austrian soprano/director
1899 – Andrija Artuković, Croatian war criminal (d. 1988)
1919 – Pearl Primus, Trinidad-born American dancer (popularized African dance), born in Port of Spain (d. 1994)
1928 – Yolande Betbeze Fox, Miss America 1951, first to refuse to parade in a swimsuit, born in Mobile, Alabama (d. 2016)
1928 – Paul Simon, American politician (U. S. House of Representatives, 1975-85; U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1985-97), born in Eugene, Oregon (d. 2003)
1961 – Masayoshi Yamashita, Japanese heavy metal bass guitarist (Loudness), born in Osaka, Japan
1962 – Andy LaRocque [Anders Allhage], Swedish musician and songwriter (King Diamond), born in Gothenburg, Sweden
1978 – Lauren German, American actress (Lucifer), born in Huntington Beach, California
1978 – Ludwika Paleta, Polish-born Mexican actress, born in Kraków, Poland
Famous Birthdays for 28th November 2021
1793 – Carl Jonas Love Almquist, Swedish composer (Tornrosens Buck), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1866)
1876 – Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (early South African googly bowler), born in Swartwater, South Africa (d. 1946)
1936 – Gary Hart, (Sen-D-Co, 1975-86)
1949 – Paul Shaffer, Canadian keyboardist and orchestra leader (SNL, David Letterman), born in Thunder Bay, Ontario
1961 – Patty Zomer, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots – “Windsurfing”), born in Haarlem, The Netherlands
1961 – Martin Clunes, British actor
1963 – Armando Iannucci, comedian and radio producer, born in Glasgow, Scotland
1966 – Sam Seder, American comedian
1984 – Joross Gamboa, Filipino actor
1992 – Kianna Underwood, American actress
Famous Birthdays for 27th November 2021
1127 – Emperor Xiaozong, 11th emperor of the Song dynasty in China (d. 1194)
1787 – Christian Rummel, German conductor and composer, born in Gollachostheim, Bavaria (d. 1849)
1894 – Forrest C. Shaklee, American chiropractor and founder (Shaklee Products), born in Carlisle, Iowa (d. 1985)
1901 – Ted Husing, American sportscaster (Monday Night Fights), born in NYC, New York
1914 – Evangeline Bruce, hostess
1930 – Joe DeNardo, American Meteorologist, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1932 – Ken Schinkel, Canadian ice hockey right wing (NY Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins 636 NHL games) and coach (Pittsburgh Penguins 1972-77), born in Jansen, Saskatchewan (d. 2020)
1944 – Mickey Leland, American politician (Rep-D-TX, 1979-89), born in Lubbock, Texas (d. 1989)
1953 – Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer (Aquarium), born in Leningrad, Soviet Union
1976 – Chad Kilger, Cornwall, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
Famous Birthdays for 26th November 2021
1858 – Katharine Drexel, American philanthropist and Roman Catholic Saint, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1955)
1902 – Gerrit Jan van der Veen [Wolffensperger], Dutch resistance fighter, born in Amsterdam (d. 1944)
1908 – Philipp Mohler, German composer, born in Kaiserslautern, Germany (d. 1982)
1912 – Eric Sevareid, American author and News correspondent (CBS), born in Velva, North Dakota (d. 1992)
1926 – Mauro Bortolotti, Italian composer, born in Narni, Italy (d. 2007)
1932 – Alan Stout, American composer, born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 2018)
1939 – Tina Turner [Anna Mae Bullock], American singer (Ike and Tina – “Proud Mary”; solo -“What’s Love Got To Do With It”), born in Nutbush, Tennessee
1956 – Nico Slothouwer, Dutch poet (Man and his Bag)
1966 – Sue Wicks, American Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame forward (WNBA All Star 2000; NY Liberty), born in Center Moriches, New York
1983 – Chris Hughes, American businessman and co-founder of Facebook, born in Hickory, North Carolina
Famous Birthdays for 25th November 2021
1787 – Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist and composer (Silent Night), born in Hochberg, Austria (d. 1863)
1878 – Georg Kaiser, German playwright (The Burghers of Calais), born in Magdeburg (d. 1945)
1881 – Pope John XXIII [Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli], 261st Pope (1958-63), born in Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy (d. 1963)
1914 – Léon Zitrone, Russian-born French journalist and television host (d. 1995)
1923 – Jaap van Meekren, Dutch TV host (AVRO/RTL4)
1947 – Linda Laflamme, rocker
1956 – Ena Heese, South African costume designer (Willem of Orange)
1960 – Kasey Smith, American heavy metal artist (Danger Danger-Screw It), born in Queens, New York
1964 – Wendy Wyland, American platform diver (Olympic bronze, 1984), born in Jackson, Michigan
1972 – Alessandro Michele, Italian fashion designer (Gucci), born in Rome, Italy
Famous Birthdays for 24th November 2021
1774 – Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (d. 1857)
1920 – Joseph Olutola Olu Odutola Oguntala, soho club owner
1924 – Victor Grinich, Croatian-American businessman (d. 2000)
1934 – Martin Charnin, American Broadway stage singer, dancer (West Side Story), director, and lyricist (Annie), born in New York City (d. 2019)
1935 – Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahraini royal and politician, world’s longest serving Prime Minister of Bahrain (1970-2020), born in Bahrain (d. 2020)
1938 – Charles Starkweather, American Spree Killer (d. 1959)
1939 – Jim Yester, rock vocalist/guitarist (Association), born in Birmingham, Alabama
1951 – Graham Price, British rugby player
1960 – Edgar Meyer, American classical, jazz, and bluegrass bassist, and composer, born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
1977 – Colin Hanks [Dillingham], American actor (Orange County), born in Sacramento, California