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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Steve Alford
Basketball
23-Nov-1964   Head Coach, UNM
Prospero Alpini
Botanist
23-Nov-1553 23-Nov-1616 De Plantis Aegypti liber
Susan Anspach
Actor
23-Nov-1942   Five Easy Pieces
Emmett Ashford
Baseball
23-Nov-1914 1-Mar-1980 Baseball's first black umpire
Chris Bell
Politician
23-Nov-1959   Congressman from Texas, 2003-05
Dennis R. Beresford
Business
23-Nov-1938   FASB Chairman, 1987-97
Billy the Kid
Criminal
23-Nov-1859 14-Jul-1881 Frontier outlaw
Jerry Bock
Composer
23-Nov-1928 3-Nov-2010 Fiorello!
Hjalmar Branting
Politician
23-Nov-1860 24-Feb-1925 Swedish Prime Minister
Daniel Brewster
Politician
23-Nov-1923 19-Aug-2007 US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69
William E. Brock
Politician
23-Nov-1930   US Secretary of Labor, 1985-87
Kelly Brook
Model
23-Nov-1979   House of 9
R. L. Burnside
Musician
23-Nov-1926 1-Sep-2005 A Ass Pocket of Whiskey
Vincent Cassel
Actor
23-Nov-1966   Irréversible
Maxwell Caulfield
Actor
23-Nov-1959   The Real Blonde
Paul Celan
Poet
23-Nov-1920 20-Apr-1970 Todesfuge
Otis Chandler
Publisher
23-Nov-1927 27-Feb-2006 Publisher of the L.A. Times, 1960-80
Miley Cyrus
Actor
23-Nov-1992   Hannah Montana
Guy Davenport
Author
23-Nov-1927 4-Jan-2005 Thasos and Ohio
John Dehner
Actor
23-Nov-1915 4-Feb-1992 Carousel
Jim Doyle
Politician
23-Nov-1945   Governor of Wisconsin, 2003-11
Ellen Drew
Actor
23-Nov-1915 3-Dec-2003 If I Were King
José Napoleón Duarte
Head of State
23-Nov-1925 23-Feb-1990 President of El Salvador, 1984-89
Dominique Dunne
Actor
23-Nov-1959 4-Nov-1982 Poltergeist
Erté
Artist
23-Nov-1892 21-Apr-1990 Art deco fashion designer and artist
Joe Eszterhas
Screenwriter
23-Nov-1944   Showgirls, Basic Instinct
Ruth Etting
Singer
23-Nov-1896 24-Sep-1978 Love Me or Leave Me
Manuel de Falla
Composer
23-Nov-1876 14-Nov-1946 La Vida Breve
Oded Fehr
Actor
23-Nov-1970   Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Marion B. Folsom
Business
23-Nov-1893 27-Sep-1976 HEW Secretary, 1955-58
Peter Gennaro
Dancer
23-Nov-1919 28-Sep-2000 Broadway choreographer
Michael Gough
Actor
23-Nov-1917 17-Mar-2011 Alfred in Batman films
Shane Gould
Swimmer
23-Nov-1956   Swimmer, 5 Olympic Medals in 1972
Lucas Grabeel
Actor
23-Nov-1984   High School Musical
Marcia Griffiths
Singer
23-Nov-1949   The Queen of Reggae
Steve Harvey
Comic
23-Nov-1956   The Steve Harvey Show
John Henton
Comic
23-Nov-1960   Obie on Living Single
Lew Hoad
Tennis
23-Nov-1934 3-Jul-1994 Winner of 13 Grand Slam titles
Bruce Hornsby
Musician
23-Nov-1954   Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Victor Jory
Actor
23-Nov-1902 12-Feb-1982 Cat-Women of the Moon
Tom Joyner
Radio Personality
23-Nov-1949   The Tom Joyner Morning Show
Boris Karloff
Actor
23-Nov-1887 2-Feb-1969 Horror actor
Dick Kazmaier
Football
23-Nov-1930   Winner, 1951 Heisman Trophy
Vo Van Kiet
Head of State
23-Nov-1922 11-Jun-2008 Prime Minister of Vietnam, 1991-97
Ernest J. King
Military
23-Nov-1878 25-Jun-1956 Chief of Naval Operations, 1942-45
Julius Albert Krug
Government
23-Nov-1907 26-Mar-1970 US Secretary of the Interior, 1946-49
Kurupt
Rapper
23-Nov-1972   Callin' Out Names
Steve Landesberg
Actor
23-Nov-1945 20-Dec-2010 Dietrich on Barney Miller
Mary Landrieu
Politician
23-Nov-1955   US Senator from Louisiana
Frank J. Low
Astronomer
23-Nov-1933 11-Jun-2009 Infrared astronomy
Carlos F. Lucero
Judge
23-Nov-1940   10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Derek Mahon
Poet
23-Nov-1941   Night-Crossing
Harpo Marx
Actor
23-Nov-1888 28-Sep-1964 Silent harp-playing Marx Brother
George B. McClellan, Jr.
Politician
23-Nov-1865 30-Nov-1940 Mayor of New York City, 1904-09
Jack McKeon
Baseball
23-Nov-1930   Former Manager, Florida Marlins
John G. Medlin, Jr.
Business
23-Nov-1933 7-Jun-2012 CEO of Wachovia, 1977-93
Livingston T. Merchant
Diplomat
23-Nov-1903 15-May-1976 Twice US Ambassador to Canada
Chad Mirkin
Chemist
23-Nov-1963   International Institute for Nanotechnology
Guy Molinari
Politician
23-Nov-1928   Congressman from New York, 1981-89
Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley
Physicist
23-Nov-1887 10-Aug-1915 Confirmed importance of atomic number
Franco Nero
Actor
23-Nov-1941   Dragged coffin in Django
F. Donald Nixon
Relative
23-Nov-1914 27-Jun-1987 Nixon's brother, got $205K from Hughes
José Clemente Orozco
Painter
23-Nov-1883 7-Sep-1949 20th c. Mexican muralist
Otto I
Royalty
23-Nov-912 AD 7-May-973 AD Holy Roman Emperor
Jonathan Papelbon
Baseball
23-Nov-1980   Closing pitcher, Boston Red Sox
Krzysztof Penderecki
Composer
23-Nov-1933   Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima
Matthew Perkins
Business
23-Nov-1911 31-Dec-1990 Founder of Perkins Restaurant and Bakery
Franklin Pierce
Head of State
23-Nov-1804 8-Oct-1869 14th President of the U.S.
Paula Raymond
Actor
23-Nov-1924 31-Dec-2003 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Salli Richardson
Actor
23-Nov-1967   Allison Blake on Eureka
Robin Roberts
TV Personality
23-Nov-1960   Good Morning America
Stephen Roberts
Film Director
23-Nov-1895 17-Jul-1936 The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Bobby Rush
Politician
23-Nov-1946   Congressman, Illinois 1st
Jonathan Sadowski
Actor
23-Nov-1979   She's the Man
Sai Baba
Religion
23-Nov-1926 24-Apr-2011 Sex-crazed avatar
Barry R. Schaller
Judge
23-Nov-1938   Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Chuck Schumer
Politician
23-Nov-1950   US Senator from New York
George F. Shafer
Politician
23-Nov-1888 13-Aug-1948 Governor of North Dakota, 1929-32
Sir Run Run Shaw
Film/TV Producer
23-Nov-1907   Kung fu movie mogul
Lloyd C. Stark
Politician
23-Nov-1886 17-Sep-1972 Governor of Missouri, 1937-41
P. F. Strawson
Philosopher
23-Nov-1919 13-Feb-2006 Individuals
Randy Tate
Politician
23-Nov-1965   Congressman from Washington, 1995-97
James Toback
Film Director
23-Nov-1944   The Pick-up Artist
Robert Towne
Screenwriter
23-Nov-1934   Personal Best
Fyodor Tyutchev
Poet
23-Nov-1803 15-Jul-1873 Russian Golden Age poet
Bruce Vilanch
Author
23-Nov-1948   The fat guy who writes everyone's jokes
André Villeneuve
Business
23-Nov-1944   Chairman of Euronext.LIFFE
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Physicist
23-Nov-1837 9-Mar-1923 Investigated states of matter
John Wallis
Mathematician
23-Nov-1616 28-Oct-1703 Arithmetica Infinitorum
J. Steven Whisler
Business
23-Nov-1954   CEO of Phelps Dodge, 2000-07
Jacqueline White
Actor
23-Nov-1922   The Narrow Margin
Chalmers P. Wylie
Politician
23-Nov-1920 14-Aug-1998 Congressman from Ohio, 1967-93




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