| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |
