1632 – Baruch “Benedict” de Spinoza, Amsterdam, rationalist philosopher
1784 – Zachary Taylor, 12th US President (Mar 5, 1849 – July 9, 1850), born in Barboursville, Virginia (d. 1850)
1886 – Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish artist (L’art et Son Avenir)
1913 – Gisela Mauermeyer, German discus thrower (Olympic gold 1936)
1918 – Roley Jenkins, cricketer (English leg-spinner 1948-52)
1930 – Yale Lary, American NFL safety Hall of Famer (Detroit Lions), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2017)
1941 – Gary Boyle, rocker (Isotope)
1965 – Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress
1971 – Keith Primeau, NHL forward (Carolina, Detroit), born in Toronto, Ontario
1989 – Johnny Exantus, Hatian soccer player
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 23rd November 2019
1888 – Nana Bryant, American actress (Ladies of the Chorus), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1955)
1890 – El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
1907 – Lars Leksell, Swedish physician (d. 1986)
1908 – Nelson S. Bond, American sci-fi writer (d. 2006)
1908 – Leendert P J Braat, Dutch sculptor/screenwriter
1914 – Roger Avon, British actor (Doctor Who, Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.), born in Jarrow, Tyne and Wear, England (d. 1998)
1933 – Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and revolutionary
1944 – Peter Lindbergh [Brodbeck], German fashion photographer and director, born in Lissa, German occupied Poland (d. 2019)
1967 – Brian Glynn, Iserlohn Ger, NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers)
1973 – Reggie Green, NFL guard (Seattle Seahawks), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Famous Birthdays for 22nd November 2019
1709 – Frantisek Benda, composer
1832 – George Henry Chapman, American newspaper editor, lawyer, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Holland, Massachusetts (d. 1882)
1869 – Andre Gide, French writer (Lafcadio’s Adventures-Nobel 1947), born in Paris (d. 1951)
1898 – Wiley Post, Grand Plain Tx, aviator/parachutist (crashed in Alaska)
1913 – Benjamin Britten, Lowestoft Suffolk England, composer (Beggar’s Opera)
1939 – Tom West, American astrophysicist
1953 – Billy M. Sprague, American rocket scientist
1967 – Donald Hollas, quarterback (Oakland Raiders)
1969 – Katrin Krabbe, Neubrandenburg German DR, 100m/200m (World Champ 1991)
1978 – Magdalena Grzybowska, Polish tennis star (1995 Futures Slovakia), born in Poznań, Poland
Famous Birthdays for 21st November 2019
1561 – Charles Scribani, IFlemish jesuit and author, born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1629)
1870 – Joe Darling, Australian cricketer (Australian lefty batsman at turn of century), born in Glen Osmond, Australia (d. 1946)
1886 – Harold Nicolson, English diplomat/author (Good Behaviour)
1913 – Roy Boulting, British film director (d. 2001)
1933 – Jean Shepard, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee), born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma (d. 2016)
1946 – Jonas Tomasson, composer
1950 – Livingston Taylor, rocker (I Will be in Love With You), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1958 – Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater (11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86)
1965 – Bjork, Icelandic singer (Like Someone in Love), born in Reykjavik, Iceland
1982 – Ryan Starr, American singer
Famous Birthdays for 20th November 2019
1726 – Oliver Wolcott, American judge, signed US Declaration of Independence, born in Windsor, Connecticut (d. 1797) [NS=Dec 1]
1765 – Sir Thomas Fremantle, British naval captain (d. 1819)
1897 – Lores Bonney, Australian aviator, 1st female solo flight Australia to UK, born in Pretoria, South Africa (d. 1994)
1907 – Fran Allison, American actress (Kukla, Fran and Ollie), born in La Porte City, Iowa (d. 1989)
1916 – Evelyn Keyes, American actress (Adventure of Martin Eden), born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2008)
1925 – Kaye Ballard, American actress and comedienne (Kaye-Mothers-in-Law), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2019)
1946 – Ray Stiles, English musician (Mud, The Hollies), born in Guildford
1956 – Sergei Gayevich Severin, Russian cosmonaut
1978 – Freya Lin, Taiwanese singer, born in Taiwan
1979 – Ericson Alexander Molano, Colombian gospel singer, born in Pereira, Colombia
Famous Birthdays for 19th November 2019
1827 – Isaac Munroe St John, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1880)
1885 – Erskine Sanford, American actor (Citizen Kane, Angel on My Shoulder), born in Trinidad, Colorado (d. 1969)
1908 – Mikhail Ivanovich Chulaki, composer
1922 – Yuri Knorozov, Russian epigrapher (d. 1999)
1936 – Emin Aristakesian, Armenian composer, born in Yerevan, Armenia, USSR (d. 1996)
1949 – Mickey Lee Davis Jr, Tenn, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1961 – Grant Ledyard, Winnipeg, NHL defenseman (Dallas Stars)
1975 – Sushmita Sen, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, Indian actress and model, crowned 43rd Miss Universe in 1994
1976 – Stylianos Venetidis, Greek soccer player
1988 – Patrick Kane, American ice hockey player
Famous Birthdays for 18th November 2019
1727 – Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist, born in Châtillon-les-Dombes, France(d. 1773)
1742 – Félix Máximo López, Spanish composer, born in Madrid, Spain (d. 1821)
1787 – Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (daguerreotype), born in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France (d. 1851)
1863 – Richard Dehmel, writer
1900 – Howard Thurman, theologian/author (Deep River, Deep in the Hunger)
1922 – Luis Somoza Debayle, President of Nicaragua (1956-63), born in León, Nicaragua (d. 1967)
1928 – Otar Gordeli, Georgian composer
1948 – Ural Nazibovich Sultanov, Russian cosmonaut
1968 – Lubomir Sekeras, Liptovsky CZE, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia)
1985 – Allyson Felix, American athlete (6-time Olympic gold 200m/400m/relays 2008, 12, 16), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 16th November 2019
1766 – Rodolphe Kreutzer, French composer (La mort d’Abel) and virtuoso violinist, born in Versailles, France (d. 1831)
1847 – Edmund James Flynn, Canadian politician (10th Premier of Quebec), born in Percé, Canada (d. 1927)
1889 – Luis Cluzeau-Mortet, Uruguayan composer, born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 1957)
1890 – George Seldes, American investigative journalist, born in Alliance Colony, New Jersey (d. 1995)
1896 – Lawrence Tibbett, American baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50), born in Bakersfield, California (d. 1960)
1946 – Barbara Leigh, Ringgold Ga, actress (Vampirella)
1949 – William Ackerman, American guitarist and composer, founder of Windham Hill Records, born in Palo Alto, California
1966 – Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein), born in East Berlin, East Germany
1973 – Howard Smothers, NFL guard (Philadelphia Eagles)
1992 – Jacob Joseph Worton, American twin actor (Baby’s Day Out), born in Newark, Delaware
Famous Birthdays for 15th November 2019
1316 – Jean I, King of France (Nov 15-19, 1316) (he lived only 5 days)
1556 – Jacques-Davy Duperron, French cardinal (d. 1618)
1904 – Tilly Losch, Austrian dancer and actress (Duel in the Sun, Garden of Allah), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1975)
1917 – Gerardus H de Bold, bishop of Breda (1962-67)
1931 – Jan Terlouw, Dutch politician (D-66) and author (Winters in Wartime)
1981 – Natalie Lacuesta, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics 1996), born in Chicago, Illinois
1981 – Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer (British Open 2007, ANA Inspiration 2008), born in Guadalajara, Mexico
1983 – Laura Smet, French actress
1990 – Kanata Hongō, Japanese actor
1991 – Shailene Woodley, American Actress (The Fault in Our Stars), born in San Bernardino County, California
Famous Birthdays for 14th November 2019
1511 – Janus Secundus, neo latin poet (Basia)
1893 – Carlo Emilio Gadda, Italian writer, born in Milan (d. 1973)
1905 – John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (d. 1964)
1906 – Louise Brooks, silent screen star (American Venus, Pandora’s Box)
1930 – Ornelio Martina, Antillian author/governor of Curacao
1947 – P. J. O’Rourke, American journalist and satirist (Parliament of Whores, Easy Money), born in Toledo, Ohio
1948 – Prince Charles [Charles Philip Arthur George], Prince of Wales/Duke of Cornwall, born in London
1948 – Ian Stanley, Australian golfer (British Senior Open 2001), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2018)
1964 – Bill Hemmer, American television news reporter
1969 – Butch Walker, Rome Ga, heavy metal guitarist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)