November 23 - Births

Births

912 – Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 973)
1221 – King Alfonso X of Castile (d. 1284)
1402 – Jean de Dunois, French soldier (d. 1468)
1417 – William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)
1553 – Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)
1616 – John Wallis, English mathematician (d. 1703)
1632 – Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (d. 1707)
1641 – Anthonie Heinsius, Dutch statesman (d. 1720)
1687 – Jean Baptiste Senaillé, French born Baroque composer and violin virtuoso (d. 1730)
1705 – Thomas Birch, English historian (d. 1766)
1715 – Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (d. 1799)
1719 – Spranger Barry, Irish actor (d. 1777)
1749 – Edward Rutledge, American statesman (d. 1800)
1760 – François-Noël Babeuf, French revolutionary figure (d. 1797)
1781 – Theodor Valentin Volkmar, German politician (d. 1847)
1785 – Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest (d. 1853)
1803 – Theodore Dwight Weld, American abolitionist (d. 1895)
1804 – Franklin Pierce, 14th President of the United States (d. 1869)
1820 – Isaac Todhunter, British mathematician (d. 1884)
1837 – Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1923)
1838 – Stephanos Skouloudis, Greek banker and diplomat (d. 1928)
1855 – Stevan Sremac, Serbian writer (d. 1906)
1859 – Billy the Kid, American outlaw (d. 1881)
1860 – Hjalmar Branting, Swedish diplomat; Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1925)
1861 – Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (d. 1939)
1864 – Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (d. 1936)
1869 – Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (d. 1942)
1871 – William Watt, Premier of Victoria, Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives (d. 1946)
1875 – Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian literary critic and politician (d. 1933)
1876 – Manuel de Falla, Spanish composer (d. 1946)
1878 – Frank Pick, British transport administrator (d. 1941)
1883 – José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (d. 1949)
1887 – Eduardo Corrochio, Spanish dancer (d. 1943)
1887 – Boris Karloff, British actor (d. 1969)
1887 – Henry Moseley, English physicist (d. 1915)
1888 – Harpo Marx, American comedian (d. 1964)
1889 – Nelly's, Greek photographer (d. 1998)
1889 – Harry Sunderland, Australian rugby league administrator and journalist (d. 1964)
1890 – El Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (d. 1941)
1892 – Erté, French artist (d. 1990)
1896 – Venere Pizzinato, Italian supercentenarian (d. 2011)
1896 – Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (d. 1960)
1897 – Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. 1999)
1897 – Karl Gebhardt, German Nazi figure (d. 1948)
1899 – Manuel dos Reis Machado, Brazilian martial artist (d. 1974)
1902 – Aaron Bank, American Office of Strategic Services figure (d. 2004)
1902 – Victor Jory, Canadian actor (d. 1982)
1907 – Lars Leksell, Swedish physician (d. 1986)
1908 – Nelson S. Bond, American writer (d. 2006)
1909 – Nigel Tranter, British historian and writer (d. 2000)
1912 – George O'Hanlon, American actor (d. 1989)
1914 – Roger Avon, English actor (d. 1998)
1914 – Wilson Tucker, American author (d. 2006)
1915 – John Dehner, American actor (d. 1992)
1916 – Michael Gough, English actor (d. 2011)
1916 – P. K. Page, Canadian poet (d. 2010)
1920 – Paul Celan, Romanian-born German poet (d. 1970)
1920 – Wayne Thiebaud, American painter
1921 – Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (d. 1960)
1922 – Manuel Fraga Iribarne, Spanish Galicia politician (d. 2012)
1923 – Daniel Brewster, American politician (d. 2007)
1923 – Billy Haughton, American harness driver and trainer (d. 1986)
1923 – Julien J. LeBourgeois, American admiral (d. 2012)
1924 – Anita Linda, Filipino actress
1924 – Paula Raymond, American actress (d. 2003)
1924 – Colin Turnbull, British anthropologist (d. 1994)
1925 – Johnny Mandel, American songwriter
1925 – José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran politician (d. 1990)
1926 – Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher (d. 2011)
1926 – R. L. Burnside, American musician (d. 2005)
1927 – Guy Davenport, American author and scholar (d. 2005)
1927 – Angelo Sodano, Italian prelate and Cardinal
1928 – Jerry Bock, American musical theatre composer (d. 2010)
1929 – Hal Lindsey, American evangelist
1930 – Jack McKeon, American baseball manager
1931 – Gloria Lynne, American singer
1932 – Michel David-Weill, French investment banker
1933 – Ali Shariati, Iranian sociologist and revolutionary
1933 – Krzysztof Penderecki, Polish composer
1934 – Lew Hoad, Australian tennis player (d. 1994)
1934 – Robert Towne, American screenwriter and director
1935 – Vladislav Volkov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1971)
1936 – Robert Barnard, British mystery writer
1938 – Esko Nikkari, Finnish actor
1939 – Betty Everett, American singer (d. 2001)
1940 – Luis Tiant, Cuban baseball player
1941 – Franco Nero, Italian actor
1942 – Susan Anspach, American actress
1943 – Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
1943 – Sue Nicholls, British actress
1943 – David Nolan, American political activist (d. 2010)
1944 – Joe Eszterhas, Hungarian-born American producer and screenwriter
1944 – James Toback, American writer and director
1945 – Jim Doyle, American politician
1945 – Keith Hampshire, English singer-songwriter
1945 – Jerry Harris, American sculptor
1945 – Steve Landesberg, American actor and comedian (d. 2010)
1945 – Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer
1946 – Giorgos Koudas, Greek footballer
1946 – Diana Quick, English actress
1946 – Bobby Rush, American politician
1947 – Jean-Pierre Foucault, French television host
1948 – Bruce Vilanch, American comedy writer
1948 – Frank Worthington, English footballer
1949 – Tom Joyner, American radio personality
1949 – Alan Paul, one of the founding members of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer
1949 – Sandra Stevens, British singer (Brotherhood of Man)
1949 – Jerry verDorn, American actor
1950 – Maik Galakos, Greek footballer
1950 – Chuck Schumer, American politician
1951 – David Rappaport, English actor (d. 1990)
1952 – Bill Troiano, American musician
1953 – Rick Bayless, American chef and restaurateur
1953 – Francis Cabrel, French singer
1953 – Johan de Meij, Dutch conductor and composer
1954 – Ross Brawn, English motorsport engineer
1954 – Glenn Brummer, American baseball player
1954 – Bruce Hornsby, American musician
1955 – Steven Brust, American author
1955 – Ludovico Einaudi, Italian composer and pianist
1955 – Dinos Kouis, Greek footballer
1955 – Mary Landrieu, American politician
1959 – Maxwell Caulfield, British actor
1959 – Dominique Dunne, American actress (d. 1982)
1960 – Robin Roberts, American journalist
1961 – Keith Ablow, American psychiatrist and author
1961 – Merv Hughes, Australian cricketer
1961 – John Schnatter, American businessman, founded Papa John's Pizza
1963 – Mamoru Takuma, Japanese convicted murderer and rapist (d. 2004)
1964 – Frank Rutherford, Bahamian athlete
1965 – Jennifer Michael Hecht, American poet and historian
1965 – J. T. the Brick, American sports talk radio host
1966 – Vincent Cassel, French actor
1966 – Jerry Kelly, American professional golfer
1966 – Russell Watson, English tenor
1967 – Gary Kirsten, South African cricketer
1967 – Salli Richardson, American actress
1968 – Hamid Hassani, Iranian scholar and lexicographer
1968 – Kirsty Young, Scottish television journalist
1969 – Mike Lünsmann, German footballer
1969 – Jonathan Seet, Canadian singer
1970 – Zoë Ball, British television and radio presenter
1970 – Oded Fehr, Israeli actor
1970 – Danny Hoch, American actor
1970 – Karsten Mueller, German chess grandmaster and author
1971 – Lisa Arch, American actress
1971 – Vin Baker, American basketball player
1971 – Khalid Al-Muwallid, Saudi footballer
1971 – Chris Hardwick, American comedian
1972 – Chris Adler, American drummer (Lamb of God)
1972 – Alf-Inge Haaland, Norwegian footballer
1974 – Juventud Guerrera, Mexican professional wrestler
1974 – Jamie Sharper, American football player
1974 – Saku Koivu, Finnish ice hockey player
1974 – Malik Rose, American basketball player
1976 – Page Kennedy, American actor
1976 – Murat Salar, Turkish footballer
1976 – Kohei Suwama, Japanese professional wrestler
1977 – Myriam Boileau, Canadian diver
1977 – Adam Eaton, American baseball player
1978 – Ali Güneş, Turkish footballer
1978 – Alison Mosshart, American musician
1978 – Kayvan Novak, English actor
1979 – Kelly Brook, English actress and model
1979 – Nihat Kahveci, Turkish footballer
1980 – Ishmael Beah, Sierra-Leone born American author
1980 – David Britz, American nano-technologist
1980 – Jonathan Papelbon, American baseball player
1982 – Colby Armstrong, Canadian ice-hockey player
1982 – Dallas Johnson, Australian rugby league player
1982 – Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter
1983 – Thomas Pridgen, American musician
1983 – Nasser Al-Shamrani, Saudi Arabian footballer
1983 – Fatih Yiğituşağı, Turkish footballer
1984 – Lucas Grabeel, American actor and singer
1984 – Amruta Khanvilkar, Indian actress
1985 – Ahn Hyun-Soo, South Korean short track skater
1986 – Gia Johnson, British fashion model
1986 – Maxene Magalona, Filipina actress
1986 – Luigi Scaglia, Italian footballer
1987 – Nicklas Bäckström, Swedish ice hockey player
1987 – Nicole Polizzi, Chilean-born American reality television personality
1988 – Saab Magalona, Filipina actress
1988 – Sebastian Nachreiner, German footballer
1990 – Alena Leonova, Russian figure skater
1992 – Miley Cyrus, American actress and singer
1998 – Bradley Steven Perry, American child actor