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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Birdman of Alcatraz
Criminal
28-Jan-1890 22-Nov-1963 Subject of Burt Lancaster movie
Mary Kay Ash
Business
12-May-1918 22-Nov-2001 Cosmetics mogul
Parley Baer
Actor
5-Aug-1914 22-Nov-2002 Chester on Gunsmoke radio
Maurice Béjart
Choreographer
1-Jan-1927 22-Nov-2007 Innovative ballet choreographer
Blackbeard
Criminal
c. 1680 22-Nov-1718 Infamous pirate
Ray Blanton
Politician
10-Apr-1930 22-Nov-1996 Governor of Tennessee, 1975-79
W. Haydon Burns
Politician
17-Mar-1912 22-Nov-1987 Mayor of Jacksonville, 1949-65
María Casares
Actor
21-Nov-1922 22-Nov-1996 Orpheus
Robert Clive
Military
29-Sep-1725 22-Nov-1774 Conquered India for Britain
Michael Conrad
Actor
16-Oct-1925 22-Nov-1983 Sgt. Esterhaus on Hill Street Blues
Scatman Crothers
Jazz Musician
23-May-1910 22-Nov-1986 Jazz musician and actor
Rupert Davies
Actor
22-May-1916 22-Nov-1976 Inspector Maigret
James J. Davis
Government
27-Oct-1873 22-Nov-1947 US Secretary of Labor, 1921-30
Arthur Eddington
Astronomer
28-Dec-1882 22-Nov-1944 Eddington luminosity
George Ferris
Engineer
14-Feb-1859 22-Nov-1896 Ferris Wheel
George Finch
Chemist
4-Aug-1888 22-Nov-1970 Oxygen for mountain climbing
John Gilling
Film Director
29-May-1912 22-Nov-1984 The Plague of the Zombies
Asaph Hall
Astronomer
15-Oct-1829 22-Nov-1907 Discovered the moons of Mars
John Hanson
Politician
3-Apr-1715 22-Nov-1783 President of the Continental Congress
Lorenz Hart
Songwriter
2-May-1895 22-Nov-1943 Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart
Sterling Holloway
Actor
4-Jan-1905 22-Nov-1992 Voice of Winnie the Pooh
Shemp Howard
Actor
4-Mar-1895 22-Nov-1955 Stooge who replaced Curly
Michael Hutchence
Musician
22-Jan-1960 22-Nov-1997 INXS
Aldous Huxley
Author
26-Jul-1894 22-Nov-1963 Brave New World
Adele Jergens
Actor
26-Nov-1917 22-Nov-2002 Ladies of the Chorus
John F. Kennedy
Head of State
29-May-1917 22-Nov-1963 35th US President, 1961-63
Theodore Kosloff
Dancer
22-Jan-1882 22-Nov-1956 Why Change Your Wife?
Hans Krebs
Scientist
25-Apr-1900 22-Nov-1981 Tricarboxylic acid cycle
Mark Lenard
Actor
15-Oct-1924 22-Nov-1996 Ambassador Sarek on Star Trek
C. S. Lewis
Novelist
29-Nov-1898 22-Nov-1963 Chronicles of Narnia
Jack London
Novelist
12-Jan-1876 22-Nov-1916 Call of the Wild
Lynn Margulis
Biologist
5-Mar-1935 22-Nov-2011 Origin of eukaryotic organelles
A. E. W. Mason
Novelist
7-May-1865 22-Nov-1948 The Four Feathers
John W. McCormack
Politician
21-Dec-1891 22-Nov-1980 Speaker of the House, 1962-70
Raymond D. Mindlin
Engineer
17-Sep-1906 22-Nov-1987 Mindlin's problem
Joanna Moore
Actor
10-Nov-1934 22-Nov-1997 Walk on the Wild Side
Moroni Olsen
Actor
27-Jun-1889 22-Nov-1954 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
James H. Price
Politician
7-Sep-1878 22-Nov-1943 Governor of Virginia, 1938-42
Walter Reed
Scientist
13-Sep-1851 22-Nov-1902 Proved mosquitos spread Yellow Fever
Gerald A. Soffen
Astronomer
7-Feb-1926 22-Nov-2000 Viking I mission to mars
Arthur Sullivan
Composer
13-May-1842 22-Nov-1900 Gilbert & Sullivan
Paul Taffanel
Musician
16-Sep-1844 22-Nov-1908 Flautist, French Flute School
Paul Vario
Criminal
9-Jul-1914 22-Nov-1988 Lucchese Crime Family
Andrei Vyshinsky
Government
10-Dec-1883 22-Nov-1954 Soviet Prosecutor General during the Great Purge
Thurlow Weed
Journalist
15-Nov-1797 22-Nov-1882 Newspaperman and Anti-Mason
Mae West
Actor
17-Aug-1893 22-Nov-1980 Go up and see her sometime
Henry Wilson
Politician
16-Feb-1812 22-Nov-1875 Vice President under Grant




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