November 26 - Births

Births

• 1288 – Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan (d. 1339)
• 1436 – Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)
• 1607 – John Harvard, English-born clergyman (d. 1638)
• 1609 – Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)
• 1657 – William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)
• 1678 – Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771)
• 1703 – Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)
• 1731 – William Cowper, English poet (d. 1800)
• 1792 – Sarah Grimké, American abolitionist and feminist (d. 1873)
• 1827 – Ellen G. White, American religious leader (d. 1915)
• 1828 – Robert Battey, American Surgeon (d. 1895)
• 1828 – René Goblet, French politician (d. 1905)
• 1832 – Mary Edwards Walker, American feminist physician (d. 1919)
• 1832 – Karl Rudolf König, German physicist (d. 1901)
• 1847 – Maria Fyodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. 1928)
• 1853 – Bat Masterson, American Old West figure (d. 1921)
• 1857 – Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913)
• 1858 – Katharine Drexel, Roman Catholic Saint (d. 1955)
• 1864 – Edward Higgins, 3rd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1947)
• 1869 – Maud, Queen of Norway (d. 1938)
• 1876 – Willis Carrier, American engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
• 1878 – Marshall Taylor, American cyclist (d. 1932)
• 1879 – Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian (d. 1950)
• 1885 – Heinrich Brüning, German politician (d. 1970)
• 1889 – Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (d. 1976)
• 1894 – Norbert Wiener, American mathematician (d. 1964)
• 1894 – James Charles McGuigan, Catholic cardinal archbishop of Toronto (d. 1974)
• 1895 – Bill Wilson, American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous(d. 1971)
• 1898 – Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Bruno Hauptmann, German kidnapper of Charles Augustus Lindbergh III (d. 1936)
• 1902 – Maurice McDonald, American fast food pioneer (d. 1971)
• 1904 – Armand Frappier, French-Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991)
• 1905 – Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1982)
• 1907 – Ruth Patrick, American botanist
• 1908 – Charles Forte, Scottish hotelier (d. 2007)
• 1908 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (d. 1989)
• 1909 – Fritz Buchloh, German football player and coach (d. 1998)
• 1909 – Frances Dee, American actress (d. 2004)
• 1909 – Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born French playwright (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (d. 1993)
• 1912 – Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992)
• 1915 – Earl Wild, American pianist (d. 2010)
• 1918 – Patricio Aylwin, former President of Chile
• 1919 – Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer
• 1920 – Daniel Petrie, Canadian-born television and movie director (d. 2004)
• 1922 – Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Pat Phoenix, English actress (d. 1986)
• 1924 – George Segal, American Pop Sculptor (d. 2000)
• 1925 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003)
• 1927 – Ernie Coombs, American children's entertainer (d. 2001)
• 1930 – Berthold Leibinger, German Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
• 1931 – Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine activist, recipient of theNobel Peace Prize
• 1931 – Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Cardinal Archbishop of Utrecht
• 1933 – Robert Goulet, American singer and actor (d. 2007)
• 1937 – Boris Yegorov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1994)
• 1938 – Porter J. Goss, American Central Intelligence Agencydirector
• 1938 – Rodney Jory, Australian physicist
• 1938 – Rich Little, Canadian comedian and actor
• 1939 – Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia
• 1939 – Tina Turner, American singer and actress
• 1939 – Wayland Flowers, American Puppeteer (d. 1988)
• 1940 – Enrico Bombieri, Italian mathematician
• 1940 – Kotozakura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53^rdYokozuna (d. 2007)
• 1941 – Susanne Marsee, American mezzo-soprano
• 1942 – Olivia Cole, American actress
• 1942 – Michael Devlin, American bass-baritone
• 1943 – Bruce Paltrow, American producer and director (d. 2002)
• 1943 – Marilynne Robinson, American writer
• 1944 – Jean Terrell, American singer (The Supremes)
• 1945 – Daniel Davis, American actor
• 1945 – John McVie, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
• 1945 – Björn von Sydow, Swedish politician
• 1946 – Art Shell, American football player and coach
• 1947 – Susanne Zenor, American actress
• 1947 – Roger Wehrli, American football player
• 1948 – Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995)
• 1948 – Claes Elfsberg, Swedish television presenter
• 1948 – Marianne Muellerleile, American actress
• 1949 – Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer
• 1949 – Juanin Clay, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1949 – Martin Lee, British singer and member of pop groupBrotherhood of Man
• 1949 – Vincent A. Mahler, American educator
• 1951 – Cicciolina, Italian porno actress and politician
• 1953 – Hilary Benn, British politician
• 1953 – Harry Carson, American football player
• 1954 – Roz Chast, American cartoonist
• 1954 – Velupillai Prabhakaran, Leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Ceylon (d. 2009)
• 1956 – Dale Jarrett, American race car driver
• 1956 – Don Lake, Canadian television writer
• 1956 – Keith Vaz, UK Member of Parliament
• 1960 – Chuck Eddy, American music journalist
• 1960 – Harold Reynolds, American baseball player
• 1961 – Lisa Moretti, American professional wrestler
• 1962 – Chuck Finley, American baseball pitcher
• 1963 – Adam Gaynor, American musician (Matchbox Twenty)
• 1963 – Mario Elie, American basketball player
• 1964 – Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier
• 1965 – Scott Adsit, American actor
• 1966 – Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian actress and model
• 1966 – Fahed Dermech, Tunisian footballer
• 1967 – Ridley Jacobs, West Indian cricketer
• 1968 – Edna Campbell, American basketball player
• 1969 – Shawn Kemp, American basketball player
• 1969 – Kara Walker, American artist
• 1970 – Dave Hughes, Australian comedian
• 1970 – John Amaechi, American-born British basketball player
• 1971 – Ronald "Winky" Wright, American boxer
• 1972 – Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
• 1972 – Chris Osgood, Canadian hockey player (Detroit Red Wings)
• 1973 – Kristin Bauer, American actress
• 1973 – Peter Facinelli, American actor
• 1974 – Tammy Lynn Michaels, American actress
• 1975 – Patrice Lauzon, French Canadian figure skater
• 1975 – DJ Khaled, Palestinian-American hip-hop/rap artist, DJ and producer
• 1976 – Maven Huffman, American professional wrestler
• 1976 – Brian Schneider, American baseball player
• 1976 – Andreas Augustsson, Swedish footballer
• 1977 – Ivan Basso, Italian bicyclist
• 1977 – John Parrish, American baseball player
• 1977 – Paris Lenon, American football player
• 1978 – Matthew Taylor, American bassist (Motion City Soundtrack)
• 1979 – B.J. Averell, American reality television contestant
• 1980 – Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer and actor
• 1980 – Jason Anthony Griffith, American video game voice actor
• 1981 – Stephan Andersen, Danish footballer
• 1981 – Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
• 1981 – OJ Da Juiceman, American Rapper
• 1981 – Gina Kingsbury, Canadian hockey player
• 1981 – Natalie Gauci, Australian singer
• 1982 – Keith Ballard, American hockey player
• 1982 – Dallas Johnson, Australian rugby league player
• 1983 – Chris Hughes, American businessman, co-founder ofFacebook
• 1984 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (d. 2007)
• 1986 – Konstadinos Filippidis, Greek pole vaulter
• 1986 – Trevor Morgan, American actor
• 1986 – Alberto Sgarbi, Italian rugby player
• 1987 – Kat DeLuna, American singer
• 1988 – Yumi Kobayashi, Japanese fashion model
• 1990 – Danny Welbeck, English footballer
• 1990 – Chipmunk, British rapper
• 1992 – Louis Ducruet, son of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
• 1993 – Erena Ono, Japanese actress and member of AKB48