November 22 - Births

Births

1458 – Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
1515 – Marie of Guise, Queen consort of James V of Scotland (d. 1560)
1564 – Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (d. 1610)
1602 – Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Philip IV of Spain (d. 1644)
1635 – Francis Willughby, English biologist (d. 1672)
1643 – Robert Cavelier de La Salle, French explorer (d. 1687)
1690 – François Colin de Blamont, French composer (d. 1760)
1698 – Pierre de Rigaud, Canadian-born French Governor (d. 1778)
1709 – Franz Benda, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1786)
1710 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, German composer (d. 1784)
1721 – Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-born Canadian statesman (d. 1824)
1722 – Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet (d. 1794)
1744 – Abigail Adams, First Lady of the United States (d. 1818)
1767 – Andreas Hofer, Austrian innkeeper and politician (d. 1810)
1780 – Jose Cecilio del Valle, Honduran Politician (d. 1834)
1787 – Rasmus Christian Rask, Danish linguist (d. 1823)
1808 – Thomas Cook, British travel entrepreneur (d. 1892)
1814 – Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (d. 1893)
1819 – George Eliot, British novelist (d. 1880)
1849 – Christian Rohlfs, German artist (d. 1938)
1852 – Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, French diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1856 – Heber J. Grant, American religious leader (d. 1945)
1861 – Ranavalona III, Queen of Madagascar (d. 1917)
1868 – John Nance Garner, American politician, 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives & 32nd Vice President of the United States (d. 1967)
1869 – André Gide, French writer and Nobel laureate (d. 1951)
1870 – Howard Brockway, American composer (d. 1951)
1873 – L.S. Amery, British politician (d. 1955)
1873 – Alfred Bowerman, English cricket player (d. 1947)
1874 – Eugène Balme, French shooter (d. 1914)
1875 – Roscoe Lockwood, American rower (d. 1960)
1876 – Emil Beyer, American gymnast (d. 1934)
1877 – Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (d. 1919)
1877 – Joan Gamper, Swiss businessman (d. 1930)
1878 – Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II (d. 1918)
1884 – Syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani biographer (d. 1953)
1890 – Charles de Gaulle, French military general and statesman (d. 1970)
1893 – Harley J. Earl, American automobile designer (d. 1969)
1897 – Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer (d. 1989)
1898 – Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935)
1899 – Hoagy Carmichael, American composer (d. 1981)
1900 – Tom Macdonald, Welsh journalist and novelist (d. 1980)
1900 – Helenka Adamowska Pantaleoni, American humanitarian, co-founder of U.S. Committee for UNICEF (d. 1987)
1901 – Joaquin Rodrigo, Spanish composer (d. 1999)
1902 – Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (d. 1947)
1902 – Sir Humphrey Gibbs, Rhodesian politician (d. 1990)
1902 – Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1990)
1902 – Emanuel Feuermann, Austrian-born American cellist (d. 1942)
1904 – Louis Néel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
1909 – Mikhail Mil, Russian aviation designer (d. 1970)
1910 – Mary Jackson, American actress (d. 2005)
1913 – Benjamin Britten, British composer (d. 1976)
1913 – Cecilia Muñoz-Palma, Filipino jurist (d. 2006)
1914 – Peter Townsend, British Equerry and air pilot (d. 1995)
1917 – Andrew Fielding Huxley, British scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012)
1918 – Claiborne Pell, American politician (d. 2009)
1919 – Máire Drumm, Irish civil rights activist (d. 1976)
1920 – Anne Crawford, British actress (d. 1956)
1921 – Brian Cleeve, Irish broadcaster (d. 2003)
1921 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian and actor (d. 2004)
1922 – Wiyogo Atmodarminto, Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (d. 2012)
1922 – Eugene Stoner, Designer of the AR-15 Rifle (d. 1997)
1923 – Arthur Hiller, Canadian film director
1923 – Dika Newlin, American composer and singer (d. 2006)
1924 – Geraldine Page, American actress (d. 1987)
1925 – Gunther Schuller, American composer and conductor
1926 – Gene Berce, American basketball player
1926 – Lew Burdette, American baseball player (d. 2007)
1926 – Arthur Jones, American inventor (d. 2007)
1928 – Timothy Beaumont, British noble (d. 2008)
1929 – Staughton Lynd, American historian
1932 – Robert Vaughn, American actor
1932 – Keith Wickenden, British politician (d. 1983)
1934 – Rita Sakellariou, Greek singer (d. 1999)
1936 – Joachim Bißmeier, German actor
1936 – Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah, Bahraini politician
1938 – Henry C. Lee, Chinese-born American criminologist
1938 – John du Pont, American member of the Du Pont family and convicted murderer (d. 2010)
1939 – Allen Garfield, American actor
1939 – Tom West, American computer engineer and industry executive
1939 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician
1940 – Terry Gilliam, American-born British comedian
1940 – Roy Thomas, American comic book writer
1941 – Tom Conti, British actor
1941 – Jacques Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1941 – Terry Stafford, American singer and songwriter (d. 1996)
1941 – Jesse Colin Young, American musician
1942 – Guion Bluford, American astronaut
1943 – Peter Adair, American filmmaker
1943 – Roger L. Simon, American novelist and screenwriter
1943 – Billie Jean King, American tennis player
1943 – Yvan Cournoyer, Canadian ice hockey player
1945 – Tom Freston, American television executive
1946 – Aston Barrett, Jamaican musician (The Wailers Band)
1947 – Sandy Alderson, American baseball executive
1947 – Paloma San Basilio, Spanish singer
1947 – Valerie Wilson Wesley, American author
1947 – Rod Price, English guitarist (Foghat) (d. 2005)
1948 – Radomir Antić, Serbian football manager
1948 – Stewart Graeme Guthrie, New Zealand Police officer (d. 1990)
1949 – Richard Carmona, American physician and 17th Surgeon General of the United States
1949 – David Pietrusza, American baseball historian
1950 – Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (d. 1978)
1950 – Jim Jefferies, Scottish football manager
1950 – Art Sullivan, Belgian singer
1950 – Steven Van Zandt, American musician
1950 – Tina Weymouth, American musician (Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club)
1951 – Kent Nagano, American conductor
1953 – Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (d. 1994)
1955 – James Edwards, American basketball player
1956 – Lawrence Gowan, Canadian singer (Styx)
1956 – Richard Kind, American actor
1957 – Donny Deutsch, American television personality and advertising executive
1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
1958 – Lee Guetterman, American baseball player
1958 – Bruce Payne, English actor
1958 – Horse, Scottish singer and songwriter
1959 – Eddie Frierson, American voice actor and stage actor
1959 – Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer
1959 – Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist
1959 – Lenore Zann, Australian-Canadian voice actress
1960 – Léos Carax, French film director
1961 – Mariel Hemingway, American actress
1961 – Stephen Hough, British concert pianist
1961 – Randal L. Schwartz, American computer programmer
1962 – Victor Pelevin, Russian writer
1962 – Sumi Jo, South Korean operatic soprano
1962 – Rezauddin Stalin, Bangladeshi poet and TV personality
1963 – Winsor Harmon, American actor
1963 – Scoop Jackson, American sportswriter
1963 – Hugh Millen, American football player
1963 – Tony Mowbray, English footballer and manager
1963 – Kennedy Pola, Samoan-born American pro football coach
1963 – Brian Robbins, American actor and director
1963 – Corinne Russell, British actress
1964 – Robbie Slater, Australian footballer
1965 – Jörg Jung, German footballer
1965 – Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor
1965 – Peter Safran, British-born American film producer and talent agent
1966 – Ed Ferrara, American pro wrestler and commentator
1966 – Richard Stanley, South African film director
1966 – Michael Kenneth Williams, American actor
1967 – Boris Becker, German tennis player
1967 – Quint Kessenich, American lacrosse player and sportscaster
1967 – Mark Ruffalo, American actor
1967 – Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-born Belgian speed skater
1968 – Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic computer programmer
1969 – Byron Houston, American basketball player and convicted sex offender
1969 – Marjane Satrapi, Iranian graphic novelist
1970 – Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketer
1970 – Stel Pavlou, British novelist
1972 – Jay Payton, American baseball player
1972 – Russell Hoult, English footballer
1973 – Chad Trujillo, American astronomer
1974 – Joe Nathan, American baseball player
1974 – David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater
1975 – Aiko, Japanese singer
1976 – Adrian Bakalli, Belgian footballer
1976 – Torsten Frings, German footballer
1976 – Regina Halmich, German female boxer
1976 – Ville Valo, Finnish singer (HIM)
1977 – Annika Norlin, Swedish pop singer
1977 – Michael Preston, English footballer
1978 – Karen O, American singer (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
1979 – Chris Doran, Irish singer
1979 – Christian Terlizzi, Italian footballer
1980 – Shawn Fanning, American Internet entrepreneur (Napster)
1980 – Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian athlete
1980 – David Artell, English footballer
1981 – Ben Adams, English singer
1981 – Joleigh Fioravanti, American actress
1981 – Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish footballer
1981 – Pape Sow, Senegalese basketball player
1982 – Yakubu Aiyegbeni, Nigerian footballer
1982 – Charlene Choi, Hong Kong singer (Twins)
1982 – Alasdair Duncan, Australian novelist
1982 – Isild Le Besco, French actress
1983 – Corey Beaulieu, American guitarist (Trivium)
1983 – Tyler Hilton, American singer and actor
1983 – Peter Ramage, English footballer
1984 – Scarlett Johansson, American actress
1985 – Austin Brown, American singer
1985 – Asamoah Gyan, Ghanaian footballer
1985 – Mandy Minella, Luxembourgian tennis player
1985 – James Roby, English rugby league footballer
1985 – DeVon Walker, American football player
1986 – Oscar Pistorius, South African paralympic athlete
1987 – Marouane Fellaini, Belgian footballer of Moroccan descent
1988 – Jamie Campbell Bower, English actor
1988 – Jyoti Guptara, British/Swiss novelist
1988 – Suresh Guptara, Indian novelist
1988 – Austin Romine, American baseball player
1989 – Gabriel Torje, Romanian footballer
1989 – Chris Smalling, English footballer
1991 – Diana Danielle, American/Malaysian actress
1991 – Saki Shimizu, Japanese singer (Berryz Kobo)