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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edgar Adrian
Scientist
30-Nov-1889 4-Aug-1977 Electricity within nerve cells
Clay Aiken
Singer
30-Nov-1978   American Idol
Prince Akishino
Royalty
30-Nov-1965   Second son of Emperor Akihito
Maryon Allen
Politician
30-Nov-1925   US Senator from Alabama, 1978
Edward Artemiev
Composer
30-Nov-1937   Electroacoustic composer, scored Solaris
Jacques Barzun
Historian
30-Nov-1907   From Dawn to Decadence
Gael García Bernal
Actor
30-Nov-1978   The Motorcycle Diaries
Michael Beschloss
Historian
30-Nov-1955   The Conquerors
J. C. Bose
Botanist
30-Nov-1858 23-Nov-1937 Plant physiology
Adolphe-William Bouguereau
Painter
30-Nov-1835 19-Aug-1905 The Abduction of Psyche
Richard Burr
Politician
30-Nov-1955   US Senator from North Carolina
Semyon Bychkov
Conductor
30-Nov-1952   Conductor, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne
Casimir IV
Royalty
30-Nov-1427 7-Jun-1492 King of Poland, 1447-92
Shirley Chisholm
Politician
30-Nov-1924 1-Jan-2005 First black woman elected to US House
Winston Churchill
Head of State
30-Nov-1874 24-Jan-1965 WWII Prime Minister of England
Dick Clark
TV Personality
30-Nov-1929 18-Apr-2012 American Bandstand
Lauren Cohan
Actor
30-Nov-1982   Maggie Greene on The Walking Dead
Joan Ganz Cooney
Film/TV Producer
30-Nov-1929   Producer of Sesame Street
Richard Crenna
Actor
30-Nov-1927 18-Jan-2003 Our Miss Brooks
Barbara Cubin
Politician
30-Nov-1946   Congresswoman from Wyoming, 1995-2009
Kaley Cuoco
Actor
30-Nov-1985   Bridget on 8 Simple Rules...
Elisha Cuthbert
Actor
30-Nov-1982   The Girl Next Door
Gustaf Dalén
Inventor
30-Nov-1869 9-Dec-1937 Automatic sun valve
William Dear
Film Director
30-Nov-1943   Angels in the Outfield
Stephen Dillane
Actor
30-Nov-1956   Welcome to Sarajevo
Andrea Doria
Military
30-Nov-1466 25-Nov-1560 Genoese condottiere admiral
Angier Biddle Duke
Diplomat
30-Nov-1915 29-Apr-1995 US Ambassador to Spain, 1965-68
Nelsan Ellis
Actor
30-Nov-1977   Lafayette Reynolds on True Blood
Glenn English
Politician
30-Nov-1940   Congressman from Oklahoma, 1975-94
Mike Espy
Government
30-Nov-1953   US Secretary of Agriculture, 1993-94
Cyrus W. Field
Business
30-Nov-1819 12-Jul-1892 First Transatlantic cable
William H. Gates, Sr.
Philanthropist
30-Nov-1925   Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Jessalyn Gilsig
Actor
30-Nov-1971   Terri Schuester on Glee
Rob Grill
Musician
30-Nov-1943 11-Jul-2011 Lead Vocalist, The Grass Roots
Robert Guillaume
Actor
30-Nov-1927   Benson
Joe B. Hall
Basketball
30-Nov-1928   Kentucky Head Coach, 1972-85
Bill Halter
Politician
30-Nov-1960   Lt. Governor of Arkansas
Charles Hawtrey
Actor
30-Nov-1914 27-Oct-1988 Carry On...
Chic Hecht
Politician
30-Nov-1928 15-May-2006 US Senator from Nevada, 1983-89
Abbie Hoffman
Activist
30-Nov-1936 12-Apr-1989 Steal This Book
Michael Hoffman
Film Director
30-Nov-1956   One Fine Day
P. J. Hogan
Film Director
30-Nov-1962   Muriel's Wedding
Larry Hoover
Criminal
30-Nov-1950   Gangster Disciples
Henry Horner
Politician
30-Nov-1878 6-Oct-1940 Governor of Illinois, 1933-40
Geoffrey Household
Novelist
30-Nov-1900 4-Oct-1988 Rogue Male
Deal Hudson
Religion
30-Nov-1949   Karl Rove's favorite Catholic
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr.
Government
30-Nov-1889 21-Jan-1950 US Solicitor General, 1929-30
Billy Idol
Musician
30-Nov-1955   Sneering faux punk rocker
Bo Jackson
Baseball
30-Nov-1962   Bo Knows
Marek Kanievska
Film Director
30-Nov-1951   Less Than Zero
Mary Lasker
Activist
30-Nov-1900 21-Feb-1994 Health care advocate
Gary Lewis
Actor
30-Nov-1957   Gangs of New York
G. Gordon Liddy
Government
30-Nov-1930   Watergate criminal, talk-show-host
David Lindsay-Abaire
Playwright
30-Nov-1969   Rabbit Hole
Carl Loewe
Composer
30-Nov-1796 20-Apr-1869 German composer of ballads
Terrence Malick
Film Director
30-Nov-1943   Badlands
David Mamet
Author
30-Nov-1947   Glengarry Glen Ross
Virginia Mayo
Actor
30-Nov-1920 17-Jan-2005 South Sea Woman
Mindy McCready
Country Musician
30-Nov-1975   Troubled country music singer
Jack Metcalf
Politician
30-Nov-1927 15-Mar-2007 Congressman from Washington, 1995-2001
Jim Mitchell
Film Director
30-Nov-1943 12-Jul-2007 Pornographer; shot and killed brother Artie
Colin Mochrie
Actor
30-Nov-1957   This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Theodor Mommsen
Historian
30-Nov-1817 1-Nov-1903 Roman History
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Novelist
30-Nov-1874 24-Apr-1942 Anne of Green Gables
Daniel Keys Moran
Novelist
30-Nov-1962   The Long Run
Daniel Myrick
Film Director
30-Nov-1962   The Blair Witch Project
Kristi Noem
Politician
30-Nov-1971   Congresswoman, South Dakota
Andrea Palladio
Architect
30-Nov-1518 19-Aug-1580 The Four Books of Architecture
Gordon Parks
Film Director
30-Nov-1912 7-Mar-2006 Shaft
Mandy Patinkin
Actor
30-Nov-1952   Dead Like Me
Henry B. Payne
Politician
30-Nov-1810 9-Sep-1896 US Senator from Ohio, 1885-91
Aulana L. Peters
Business
30-Nov-1941   Former Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
Joseph Carlton Petrone
Diplomat
30-Nov-1922   US Ambassador to UN in Europe, 1987-89
Kevin Phillips
Pundit
30-Nov-1940   Political commentator
June Pointer
Musician
30-Nov-1953 11-Apr-2006 The Pointer Sisters
Dougie Poynter
Bassist
30-Nov-1987   Bassist for McFly
Stacey Q
Singer
30-Nov-1958   Two of Hearts
J. C. Quinn
Actor
30-Nov-1940 10-Feb-2004 The Abyss
Dania Ramirez
Actor
30-Nov-1979   She Hate Me
Rex Reason
Actor
30-Nov-1928   Adam MacLean on Man Without a Gun
Perrey Reeves
Actor
30-Nov-1970   Entourage
Ray M. Robinson
Business
30-Nov-1947   Former AT&T executive
Amy Ryan
Actor
30-Nov-1969   Gone Baby Gone
Andrew V. Schally
Scientist
30-Nov-1926   Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides)
Ridley Scott
Film Director
30-Nov-1937   Alien
Henry Selick
Film Director
30-Nov-1952   The Nightmare Before Christmas
Sir Philip Sidney
Author
30-Nov-1554 17-Oct-1586 The Defence of Poesie
Simonetta Stefanelli
Actor
30-Nov-1954   Apollonia in The Godfather
Donald Ogden Stewart
Author
30-Nov-1894 2-Aug-1980 The Philadelphia Story
Clyfford Still
Painter
30-Nov-1904 23-Jun-1980 Abstract expressionist
Ben Stiller
Actor
30-Nov-1965   There's Something About Mary
Lawrence H. Summers
Economist
30-Nov-1954   US Treasury Secretary, 1999-2001
Jonathan Swift
Author
30-Nov-1667 19-Oct-1745 Gulliver's Travels
Henry Taube
Chemist
30-Nov-1915 16-Nov-2005 Mechanisms of electron transfer
R. H. Tawney
Scholar
30-Nov-1880 16-Jan-1962 The Acquisitive Society
Frederick Temple
Religion
30-Nov-1821 23-Dec-1902 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1896-1902
Richard Threlkeld
Journalist
30-Nov-1937 13-Jan-2012 CBS and ABC News Correspondent, 1965-98
Patricia A. Tracey
Military
30-Nov-1950   Former Vice Admiral, US Navy
Mark Twain
Author
30-Nov-1835 21-Apr-1910 Huckleberry Finn
Rupert Wainwright
Film Director
30-Nov-1961   Stigmata
Eamonn Walker
Actor
30-Nov-1959   Kareem Said on Oz
Bill Walsh
Football
30-Nov-1931 30-Jul-2007 49ers Head Coach, 1979-88
Margaret Whitton
Actor
30-Nov-1950   The Secret of My Succe$s
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Actor
30-Nov-1918   The F.B.I.




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