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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
G. Steven Agee
Judge
12-Nov-1952   4th Circuit Court of Appeals
James F. Amos
Military
12-Nov-1946   Commandant, US Marine Corps
Juana de Asbaje
Poet
12-Nov-1651 17-Apr-1695 America's first feminist poet
Warren R. Austin
Politician
12-Nov-1877 25-Dec-1962 US Senator from Vermont, 1931-46
Bahá'u'lláh
Religion
12-Nov-1817 29-May-1892 Founder of Baha'i
Ina Balin
Actor
12-Nov-1937 20-Jun-1990 The Patsy
Roland Barthes
Critic
12-Nov-1915 23-Mar-1980 Structuralist literary critic, S/Z
Harry Blackmun
Judge
12-Nov-1908 4-Mar-1999 US Supreme Court Justice, 1970-94
Aleksandr Borodin
Composer
12-Nov-1833 27-Feb-1887 Prince Igor
Tadeusz Borowski
Author
12-Nov-1922 1-Jul-1951 This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
Jack Butler
Football
12-Nov-1927   Former Pittsburgh Steelers DB
Tevin Campbell
Singer
12-Nov-1976   Always In My Heart
Sunset Carson
Actor
12-Nov-1920 1-May-1990 B-Movie cowboy
Vic Chesnutt
Singer/Songwriter
12-Nov-1964 25-Dec-2009 Wheelchair-bound folk singer
Nadia Comaneci
Gymnastics
12-Nov-1961   Olympic gymnast
Joseph Coors, Sr.
Business
12-Nov-1917 15-Mar-2003 Ultraconservative beer baron
Jacques de Larosiere
Government
12-Nov-1929   IMF Director 1978-87
Jon Dough
Pornstar
12-Nov-1962 27-Aug-2006 Pornstar with split-stream ejaculations
Ernie Fletcher
Politician
12-Nov-1952   Governor of Kentucky, 2003-07
Lucas Glover
Golf
12-Nov-1979   Winner, 2009 US Open
Amon Goeth
Criminal
12-Nov-1908 13-Sep-1946 Ran concentration camp at Plaszow
Ryan Gosling
Actor
12-Nov-1980   Murder by Numbers
Kathleen Hanna
Musician
12-Nov-1969   Riot Grrrl extraordinaire
Tonya Harding
Figure Skating
12-Nov-1969   Figure skater caused Olympic sized scandal
Cliff Harris
Football
12-Nov-1948   Dallas Cowboys, 1970-79
Fred Hassan
Business
12-Nov-1945   CEO of Schering-Plough
Anne Hathaway
Actor
12-Nov-1982   The Princess Diaries
Kim Hunter
Actor
12-Nov-1922 11-Sep-2002 Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire
Tamala Jones
Actor
12-Nov-1974   Next Friday
Kenton Keith
Diplomat
12-Nov-1939   US Ambassador to Qatar, 1992-95
Grace Kelly
Royalty
12-Nov-1929 14-Sep-1982 American-born Princess of Monaco
Tracy Kidder
Author
12-Nov-1945   The Soul of a New Machine
Jeff Kottkamp
Politician
12-Nov-1960   Lt. Governor of Florida
Alexandra Maria Lara
Actor
12-Nov-1978   Downfall
Patrice Leconte
Film Director
12-Nov-1947   The Girl on the Bridge
Delano E. Lewis
Diplomat
12-Nov-1938   US Ambassador to South Africa, 2000-01
Sam Lloyd
Actor
12-Nov-1963   Ted Buckland on Scrubs
Charlotte MacLeod
Novelist
12-Nov-1922 14-Jan-2005 Mystery novelist, Peter Shandy Series
Conrad L. Mallett, Jr.
Business
12-Nov-1953   Chief Justice of Michigan, 1997-99
Charles Manson
Criminal
12-Nov-1934   Helter Skelter
John McGahern
Novelist
12-Nov-1934 30-Mar-2006 Amongst Women
Al Michaels
Sports Journalist
12-Nov-1944   Sportscaster, believes in miracles
Peter Milliken
Politician
12-Nov-1946   Speaker, Canadian House of Commons
Norm Mineta
Politician
12-Nov-1931   Congressman from California, 1975-95
James P. Mitchell
Government
12-Nov-1900 19-Oct-1964 US Secretary of Labor, 1953-61
Keith Mitchell
Head of State
12-Nov-1946   Prime Minister of Grenada
Radha Mitchell
Actor
12-Nov-1973   Love and Other Catastrophes
Megan Mullally
Actor
12-Nov-1958   Karen Walker on Will & Grace
Andres Nevares
Attorney
12-Nov-1944   Nevares Sanchez-Alvarez & Mendez
Richard Ney
Actor
12-Nov-1916 18-Jul-2004 Mrs. Miniver
Seth Barnes Nicholson
Astronomer
12-Nov-1891 2-Jul-1963 Four satellites of Jupiter
Jack Oakie
Actor
12-Nov-1903 23-Jan-1978 The Great Dictator
David W. Ogden
Attorney
12-Nov-1953   Deputy US Attorney General
Omarion
Musician
12-Nov-1984   B2K, later solo artist
Cote de Pablo
Actor
12-Nov-1979   Ziva David on Navy NCIS
Craig Parker
Actor
12-Nov-1970   Haldir in LOTR films
Rosendo Parra
Business
12-Nov-1959   Senior VP, Dell Computers
Anne Parrish
Novelist
12-Nov-1888 5-Sep-1957 Loads of Love
Cristina Peri Rossi
Author
12-Nov-1941   Los Museos Abandonados
Richard Quine
Film Director
12-Nov-1920 10-Jun-1989 Bell Book and Candle
Brian Rawlinson
Actor
12-Nov-1931 23-Nov-2000 Robert Onedin on The Onedin Line
Lord Rayleigh
Physicist
12-Nov-1842 30-Jun-1919 Why the sky is blue
Jack Reed
Politician
12-Nov-1949   US Senator from Rhode Island
Richard Roberts
Religion
12-Nov-1948   President of Oral Roberts University
Joe M. Rodgers
Business
12-Nov-1933 2-Feb-2009 US Ambassador to France, 1985-89
Auguste Rodin
Sculptor
12-Nov-1840 17-Nov-1917 Sculptor in bronze
Chase T. Rogers
Judge
12-Nov-1956   Connecticut Chief Justice
R. T. Rybak
Politician
12-Nov-1955   Mayor of Minneapolis
Cécilia Sarkozy
First Lady
12-Nov-1957   Former First Lady of France
Edward Schillebeeckx
Religion
12-Nov-1914 23-Dec-2009 Catholic theologian
David Schwimmer
Actor
12-Nov-1966   Ross on Friends
Wallace Shawn
Actor
12-Nov-1943   Ate dinner with Andre
Milward L. Simpson
Politician
12-Nov-1897 10-Jun-1993 Governor and Senator from Wyoming
Sammy Sosa
Baseball
12-Nov-1968   Caught with a corked bat
Michael G. Sotirhos
Business
12-Nov-1928   US Ambassador to Greece, 1989-93
Jo Stafford
Singer
12-Nov-1917 16-Jul-2008 You Belong to Me
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Activist
12-Nov-1815 26-Oct-1902 National Woman Suffrage Association
Booker T
Musician
12-Nov-1944   Booker T and the MG's
Grant Teaff
Football
12-Nov-1933   Baylor Head Football Coach, 1972-92
Natalia Tena
Actor
12-Nov-1984   Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Jacques Tourneur
Film Director
12-Nov-1904 19-Dec-1977 Original 1942 Cat People
Richard H. Truly
Astronaut
12-Nov-1937   NASA Administrator, 1989-92
Letitia Tyler
First Lady
12-Nov-1790 10-Sep-1842 First wife of US President John Tyler
DeWitt Wallace
Business
12-Nov-1889 30-Mar-1981 Founder of Reader's Digest
Angela Watson
Actor
12-Nov-1975   Karen Foster on Step by Step
Diane Watson
Politician
12-Nov-1933   Congresswoman from California, 2001-11
Russell Westbrook
Basketball
12-Nov-1988   Oklahoma City Thunder point guard
Richard A. Whiting
Composer
12-Nov-1891 10-Feb-1938 Ain't We Got Fun?
Robert Willan
Doctor
12-Nov-1757 17-Apr-1812 Dermatologist, On cutaneous diseases
Ashley Williams
Actor
12-Nov-1978   Good Morning Miami
Naomi Wolf
Author
12-Nov-1962   The Beauty Myth
Donald W. Wuerl
Religion
12-Nov-1940   Archbishop of Washington DC
Sun Yat-sen
Head of State
12-Nov-1866 12-Mar-1925 President of China, 1911-12
Neil Young
Singer/Songwriter
12-Nov-1945   Harvest




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