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)
• 1698 – Pierre de Rigaud, Canadian-born French Governor (d. 1778)
• 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)
• 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 laureate (d. 1924)
• 1856 – Heber J. Grant, American religious leader (d. 1945)
• 1868 – John Nance Garner, American politician (d. 1967)
• 1869 – André Gide, French writer and Nobel laureate (d. 1951)
• 1877 – Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (d. 1919)
• 1877 – Joan Gamper, Swiss businessman (d. 1930)
• 1878 – Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (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)
• 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 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 laureate
• 1918 – Claiborne Pell, American politician (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Máire Drumm, Irish civil rights activist (d. 1976)
• 1920 – Anne Crawford, British film actor (d. 1956)
• 1921 – Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (d. 2004)
• 1921 – Brian Cleeve, Irish broadcaster (d. 2003)
• 1923 – Dika Newlin, American composer and singer (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Arthur Hiller, Canadian film director
• 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 (inventor), American inventor (d. 2007)
• 1928 – Timothy Beaumont, British noble (d. 2008)
• 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 – 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 – Jesse Colin Young, American musician
• 1941 – Terry Stafford, American singer and songwriter (d. 1996)
• 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 – Valerie Wilson Wesley, American author
• 1947 – Sandy Alderson, American baseball executive
• 1947 – Paloma San Basilio, Spanish singer
• 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 – Art Sullivan, Belgian singer
• 1950 – Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (d. 1978)
• 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 broadcaster
• 1958 – Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
• 1958 – Lee Guetterman, American baseball player
• 1958 – Bruce Payne, English actor
• 1958 – Horse, Scottish singer and songwriter
• 1959 – Frank McAvennie, Scottish footballer
• 1959 – Fabio Parra, Colombian cyclist
• 1959 – Lenore Zann, Australian-Canadian voice actress
• 1959 – Eddie Frierson, American voice actor and stage actor
• 1960 – Léos Carax, French film director
• 1961 – Mariel Hemingway, American actress
• 1961 – Randal L. Schwartz, American computer programmer
• 1961 – Stephen Hough, British concert pianist
• 1962 – Victor Pelevin, Russian writer
• 1962 – Sumi Jo, South Korean operatic soprano
• 1963 – Tony Mowbray, English footballer and manager
• 1963 – Brian Robbins, American actor and director
• 1963 – Hugh Millen, American football player
• 1963 – Winsor Harmon, American actor
• 1963 – Kennedy Pola, Samoan-born American pro football coach
• 1963 – Scoop Jackson, American sportswriter
• 1963 – Corinne Russell, British actress
• 1964 – Robbie Slater, Australian footballer
• 1965 – Mads Mikkelsen, Danish actor
• 1965 – Peter Safran, British-born American film producer and talent agent
• 1966 – Richard Stanley, South African film director
• 1966 – Michael Kenneth Williams, American actor
• 1966 – Ed Ferrara, American pro wrestler and commentator
• 1967 – Mark Ruffalo, American actor
• 1967 – Boris Becker, German tennis player
• 1967 – Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-born Belgian speed skater
• 1967 – Quint Kessenich, American lacrosse player and sportscaster
• 1968 – Rasmus Lerdorf, Greenlandic computer programmer
• 1969 – Marjane Satrapi, Iranian graphic novelist
• 1970 – Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketeer
• 1970 – Stel Pavlou, British novelist
• 1972 – Jay Payton, American baseball player
• 1972 – Russell Hoult, English football goalkeeper
• 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
• 1980 – Shawn Fanning, American Internet entrepreneur (Napster)
• 1980 – Yaroslav Rybakov, Russian athlete
• 1981 – Seweryn Gancarczyk, Polish footballer
• 1981 – Pape Sow, Senegalese basketball player
• 1981 – Ben Adams, English singer
• 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
• 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
• 1991 – Diana Danielle, American/Malaysian actress