| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Chinua Achebe |
Novelist |
16-Nov-1930 |
|
Things Fall Apart |
| Gene Amdahl |
Engineer |
16-Nov-1922 |
|
Parallel computing pioneer |
| Allison Anders |
Film Director |
16-Nov-1954 |
|
Grace of My Heart |
| Arrow |
Musician |
16-Nov-1949 |
15-Sep-2010 |
Soca performer |
| Gemma Atkinson |
Model |
16-Nov-1984 |
|
Hollyoaks |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe |
Head of State |
16-Nov-1904 |
11-May-1996 |
First President of Nigeria, 1963-66 |
| John W. Bachmann |
Business |
16-Nov-1938 |
|
Partner, Edward Jones |
| Oksana Baiul |
Figure Skating |
16-Nov-1977 |
|
Olympic figure skater |
| Patricia Barry |
Actor |
16-Nov-1921 |
|
Character actress |
| Morton C. Blackwell |
Activist |
16-Nov-1939 |
|
Influential conservative activist |
| Alexander Blok |
Poet |
16-Nov-1880 |
7-Aug-1921 |
Russian Silver Age poet |
| Lisa Bonet |
Actor |
16-Nov-1967 |
|
Denise on The Cosby Show |
| Kimberly J. Brown |
Actor |
16-Nov-1984 |
|
Halloweentown |
| Joseph R. Burton |
Politician |
16-Nov-1852 |
27-Feb-1923 |
US Senator from Kansas, 1901-06 |
| Gus Carr |
Actor |
16-Nov-1983 |
|
Bring It On: All or Nothing |
| Eric Crouch |
Football |
16-Nov-1978 |
|
Winner, 2001 Heisman Trophy |
| Royal Dano |
Actor |
16-Nov-1922 |
15-May-1994 |
The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao |
| Henry G. Davis |
Politician |
16-Nov-1823 |
11-Mar-1916 |
US Senator from West Virginia, 1871-83 |
| Donald DeFreeze |
Criminal |
16-Nov-1943 |
17-May-1974 |
Symbionese Liberation Army |
| Thorold Dickinson |
Film Director |
16-Nov-1903 |
14-Apr-1984 |
Gaslight |
| Ellen Albertini Dow |
Actor |
16-Nov-1918 |
|
Rapping Granny in The Wedding Singer |
| Elizabeth Drew |
Journalist |
16-Nov-1935 |
|
The New Yorker |
| Dwight Gooden |
Baseball |
16-Nov-1964 |
|
Pitcher, New York Mets |
| Noah Gray-Cabey |
Actor |
16-Nov-1995 |
|
Micah Sanders on Heroes |
| Clu Gulager |
Actor |
16-Nov-1928 |
|
The Killers |
| Maggie Gyllenhaal |
Actor |
16-Nov-1977 |
|
Secretary |
| W. C. Handy |
Composer |
16-Nov-1873 |
29-Mar-1958 |
Father of the Blues |
| Marg Helgenberger |
Actor |
16-Nov-1958 |
|
Species |
| Paul Hindemith |
Composer |
16-Nov-1895 |
28-Dec-1963 |
Mathis der Maler |
| Halliwell Hobbes |
Actor |
16-Nov-1877 |
20-Feb-1962 |
British-American character actor |
| Jim Jordan |
Actor |
16-Nov-1896 |
1-Apr-1988 |
Fibber McGee |
| George A. Joulwan |
Military |
16-Nov-1939 |
|
Supreme Allied Commander, 1993-97 |
| George S. Kaufman |
Playwright |
16-Nov-1889 |
2-Jun-1961 |
You Can't Take It With You |
| Aleksandr Kolchak |
Military |
16-Nov-1874 |
7-Feb-1920 |
Supreme Ruler of the Russian State, 1918-20 |
| Dennis Kozlowski |
Business |
16-Nov-1946 |
|
Disgraced CEO of Tyco |
| Diana Krall |
Jazz Musician |
16-Nov-1964 |
|
Sultry jazz sensation |
| Dave Kushner |
Guitarist |
16-Nov-1965 |
|
Guitarist for Velvet Revolver |
| Terry Labonte |
Auto Racing |
16-Nov-1956 |
|
Winston Cup Champion, 1984 and 1996 |
| Barbara Leigh |
Actor |
16-Nov-1946 |
|
Vampirella |
| David Leisure |
Actor |
16-Nov-1950 |
|
Joe Isuzu |
| Harry Lennix |
Actor |
16-Nov-1964 |
|
Boyd Langton on Dollhouse |
| Licia Maglietta |
Actor |
16-Nov-1954 |
|
Bread and Tulips |
| Mary Margaret McBride |
Radio Personality |
16-Nov-1899 |
7-Apr-1976 |
Daytime radio talk show host |
| Dean McDermott |
Actor |
16-Nov-1966 |
|
Constable Turnbull on Due South |
| Donna McKechnie |
Dancer |
16-Nov-1942 |
|
A Chorus Line |
| Terence McKenna |
Author |
16-Nov-1946 |
3-Apr-2000 |
Mushrooms, UFOs, end of fractal time |
| Robin McKinley |
Author |
16-Nov-1952 |
|
The Hero and the Crown |
| Ann Dore McLaughlin |
Government |
16-Nov-1941 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 1987-89 |
| Burgess Meredith |
Actor |
16-Nov-1908 |
9-Sep-1997 |
Rocky and Grumpy Old Men |
| Garnet Mimms |
Singer |
16-Nov-1933 |
|
R&B and gospel vocalist |
| Shigeru Miyamoto |
Business |
16-Nov-1952 |
|
Nintendo Game Designer |
| Oswald Mosley |
Politician |
16-Nov-1896 |
3-Dec-1980 |
Founder of the British Union of Fascists |
| Mabel Normand |
Actor |
16-Nov-1892 |
22-Feb-1930 |
Tillie's Punctured Romance |
| Charles Eliot Norton |
Scholar |
16-Nov-1827 |
21-Oct-1908 |
American man of letters |
| Robert Nozick |
Philosopher |
16-Nov-1938 |
23-Jan-2002 |
Libertarian philosopher |
| Barbara Payton |
Actor |
16-Nov-1927 |
8-May-1967 |
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye |
| Dan Penn |
Songwriter |
16-Nov-1941 |
|
Soul songwriter, Dark End of the Street |
| George O. Petrie |
Actor |
16-Nov-1912 |
16-Nov-1997 |
Harv Smithfield on Dallas |
| Joanna Pettet |
Actor |
16-Nov-1942 |
|
Casino Royale |
| Martha Plimpton |
Actor |
16-Nov-1970 |
|
The Goonies |
| Missi Pyle |
Actor |
16-Nov-1972 |
|
Bringing Down the House |
| Maeve Quinlan |
Actor |
16-Nov-1964 |
|
South of Nowhere |
| Elpidio Quirino |
Head of State |
16-Nov-1890 |
29-Feb-1956 |
6th President of the Philippines |
| Steve Railsback |
Actor |
16-Nov-1948 |
|
Helter Skelter |
| Steven A. Raymund |
Business |
16-Nov-1955 |
|
CEO of Tech Data, 1986-2006 |
| Anton Rubinstein |
Pianist |
16-Nov-1829 |
8-Nov-1894 |
The Tower of Babel |
| Herbert Sandler |
Philanthropist |
16-Nov-1931 |
|
Golden West Financial |
| Miguel Sandoval |
Actor |
16-Nov-1951 |
|
D.A. Manuel Devalos on Medium |
| José Saramago |
Author |
16-Nov-1922 |
18-Jun-2010 |
Brilliant Portuguese novelist |
| Kevin Shelley |
Government |
16-Nov-1955 |
|
California Secretary of State, 2003-05 |
| Guy Stockwell |
Actor |
16-Nov-1934 |
6-Feb-2002 |
Beau Geste |
| Amare Stoudemire |
Basketball |
16-Nov-1982 |
|
New York Knicks' power forward/center |
| Hubert Sumlin |
Guitarist |
16-Nov-1931 |
|
Blues guitarist, singer |
| Tiberius |
Royalty |
16-Nov-42 BC |
16-Mar-37 AD |
Roman Emperor, 14-37 AD |
| Peter Viertel |
Novelist |
16-Nov-1920 |
4-Nov-2007 |
White Hunter, Black Heart |
| Jo Jo White |
Basketball |
16-Nov-1946 |
|
Boston Celtics, 1969-79 |
| Sheree Zampino |
Relative |
16-Nov-1967 |
|
Ex-Wife of Will Smith |
| Warren Zimmermann |
Diplomat |
16-Nov-1934 |
2-Feb-2004 |
US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1989-92 |