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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joe Adonis
Criminal
22-Nov-1902 26-Nov-1971 Mafia boss, eventually deported
Styles Bridges
Politician
9-Sep-1898 26-Nov-1961 Governor and Senator from New Hampshire
Philippe de Broca
Film Director
15-Mar-1933 26-Nov-2004 King of Hearts
John Browning
Inventor
23-Jan-1855 26-Nov-1926 Best gun designer of all time
Cyril Connolly
Critic
10-Sep-1903 26-Nov-1974 Enemies of Promise
Robert Coote
Actor
4-Feb-1909 26-Nov-1982 My Fair Lady
Tommy Dorsey
Musician
19-Nov-1905 26-Nov-1956 Popular bandleader
Wild Bill Elliott
Actor
16-Oct-1903 26-Nov-1965 1940s movie cowboy
Oliver Ellsworth
Judge
29-Apr-1745 26-Nov-1807 US Chief Justice, 1796-1800
Vincenzo Gioberti
Philosopher
5-Apr-1801 26-Nov-1852 Rinnovamenlo civile d'Italia
Benjamin Apthorp Gould
Astronomer
27-Sep-1824 26-Nov-1896 American astronomer and star-catalogist
Gordon Gray
Government
30-May-1909 26-Nov-1982 Secretary of the Army, 1949-50
Joan Hammond
Singer
24-May-1912 26-Nov-1996 Operatic soprano
Karl August von Hardenberg
Diplomat
31-May-1750 26-Nov-1822 Prussian statesman
Bill Hartack
Jockey
9-Dec-1932 26-Nov-2007 Five-time Kentucky Derby winner
Myra Hess
Pianist
25-Feb-1890 26-Nov-1965 Held lunchtime concerts during WWII
Queen Isabella
Royalty
22-Apr-1451 26-Nov-1504 Bankrolled Columbus, persecuted Jews
Leander Starr Jameson
Head of State
9-Feb-1853 26-Nov-1917 Last Prime Minister of Capetown
Bob Johnson
Hockey
4-Mar-1931 26-Nov-1991 Badger Bob, coach and Hall of Famer
Frank E. Lucas
Politician
4-Aug-1876 26-Nov-1948 Governor of Wyoming, 1924-25
William C. Marland
Politician
26-Mar-1918 26-Nov-1965 Governor of West Virginia, 1953-57
John Loudon McAdam
Inventor
21-Sep-1756 26-Nov-1836 Macadam method of roads
Ashley Montagu
Anthropologist
28-Jun-1905 26-Nov-1999 The Natural Superiority of Women
Coventry Patmore
Poet
23-Jul-1823 26-Nov-1896 The Unknown Eros
Sir Charles G. D. Roberts
Poet
10-Jan-1860 26-Nov-1943 Earth's Enigmas
Rachel Roberts
Actor
20-Sep-1927 26-Nov-1980 This Sporting Life
Frank Rosolino
Jazz Musician
20-Aug-1926 26-Nov-1978 Jazz trombonist, Turn Me Loose!
Edwin E. Salpeter
Astronomer
3-Dec-1924 26-Nov-2008 Quantitative electron microscopic autoradiography
Duncan Sandys
Politician
24-Jan-1908 26-Nov-1987 UK Colonial Secretary, 1962-64
Harry Smith
Musicologist
29-May-1923 26-Nov-1991 Anthology of American Folk Music
Robert Smith
Government
3-Nov-1757 26-Nov-1842 US Secretary of the Navy, 1801-09
Sojourner Truth
Activist
c. 1797 26-Nov-1883 Abolitionist, former slave
Bushrod Washington
Judge
5-Jun-1762 26-Nov-1829 US Supreme Court Justice, 1799-1829
Charles E. Whittaker
Judge
22-Feb-1901 26-Nov-1973 US Supreme Court Justice, 1957-62
Verne Winchell
Business
30-Oct-1915 26-Nov-2002 Founder of Winchell's Donuts


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