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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Troy Aikman
Football
21-Nov-1966   Cowboys all-time passing yards leader
Kenneth H. Bacon
Journalist
21-Nov-1944 15-Aug-2009 President of Refugees International, 2001-09
Beryl Bainbridge
Novelist
21-Nov-1934 2-Jul-2010 Master Georgie
William Beaumont
Doctor
21-Nov-1785 25-Apr-1853 Observed human digestion
Pope Benedict XV
Religion
21-Nov-1854 22-Jan-1922 Sat out World War I
Alexander Berkman
Anarchist
21-Nov-1870 28-Jun-1936 A.B.C. of Anarchism
Bjork
Singer/Songwriter
21-Nov-1965   Eccentric Icelandic performer
Vivian Blaine
Actor
21-Nov-1921 9-Dec-1995 Guys and Dolls
Roy Boulting
Film Director
21-Nov-1913 5-Nov-2001 There's a Girl in My Soup
Phil Bredesen
Politician
21-Nov-1943   Governor of Tennessee, 2003-11
Steve Brodie
Actor
21-Nov-1919 9-Jan-1992 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Anthony G. Brown
Politician
21-Nov-1961   Lt. Governor of Maryland
Tina Brown
Editor
21-Nov-1953   The Daily Beast and Newsweek
Chauncey H. Browning, Jr.
Attorney
21-Nov-1934 1-Jan-2010 Attorney General of West Virginia, 1969-85
Joseph Campanella
Actor
21-Nov-1933   The Colbys
María Casares
Actor
21-Nov-1922 22-Nov-1996 Orpheus
Yvette Clarke
Politician
21-Nov-1964   Congresswoman, New York 11th
Sir Samuel Cunard
Business
21-Nov-1787 28-Apr-1865 Founder, Cunard Lines
Andrew Davis
Film Director
21-Nov-1946   The Fugitive
Robert Drivas
Actor
21-Nov-1938 29-Jun-1986 Bad Habits
Dick Durbin
Politician
21-Nov-1944   US Senator from Illinois
R. Budd Dwyer
Government
21-Nov-1939 22-Jan-1987 Suicided in front of TV cameras
Chaka Fattah
Politician
21-Nov-1956   Congressman, Pennsylvania 2nd
Henry Richard Vassall Fox
Politician
21-Nov-1773 22-Oct-1840 3rd Baron Holland
Marilyn French
Author
21-Nov-1929 2-May-2009 The Women's Room
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Baseball
21-Nov-1969   All-Star outfielder
Coleman Hawkins
Jazz Musician
21-Nov-1904 19-May-1969 Jazz tenor saxophonist
Goldie Hawn
Actor
21-Nov-1945   Private Benjamin
John Hough
Film Director
21-Nov-1941   The Legend of Hell House
Alex James
Bassist
21-Nov-1968   Bassist for Blur
Carly Rae Jepsen
Singer
21-Nov-1985   Tug of War
Dr. John
Musician
21-Nov-1940   Right Place, Wrong Time
Mary Johnston
Novelist
21-Nov-1870 9-May-1936 To Have and To Hold
Cherry Jones
Actor
21-Nov-1956   The Heiress
Charles Korvin
Actor
21-Nov-1907 18-Jun-1998 Interpol Calling
Laurence Luckinbill
Actor
21-Nov-1934   The Boys in the Band
Sid Luckman
Football
21-Nov-1916 5-Jul-1998 Chicago Bears QB, Hall of Famer
Lorna Luft
Actor
21-Nov-1952   Daughter of Judy Garland
James Mackay
Historian
21-Nov-1936 12-Aug-2007 Plagiarising historian
René Magritte
Painter
21-Nov-1898 15-Aug-1967 Ceci n'est pas une pipe
Jena Malone
Actor
21-Nov-1984   Saved!
Brian McNamara
Actor
21-Nov-1960   Michael Holden on Army Wives
Ralph Meeker
Actor
21-Nov-1920 5-Aug-1988 Kiss Me Deadly
Juliet Mills
Actor
21-Nov-1941   The Rare Breed
Earl Monroe
Basketball
21-Nov-1944   Earl the Pearl
Lewis Henry Morgan
Anthropologist
21-Nov-1818 17-Dec-1881 Ancient Society
William H. Murray
Politician
21-Nov-1869 15-Oct-1956 Governor of Oklahoma, 1931-35
Stan Musial
Baseball
21-Nov-1920   St. Louis Cardinals
Alferd Packer
Criminal
21-Nov-1842 23-Apr-1907 Celebrated cannibal killer
John D. Petersen
Educator
21-Nov-1947   President, University of Tennessee System
Rain Phoenix
Singer
21-Nov-1972   Papercranes vocalist
Ingrid Pitt
Actor
21-Nov-1937 23-Nov-2010 Countess Dracula
Eleanor Powell
Dancer
21-Nov-1912 11-Feb-1982 Lady Be Good
Jobyna Ralston
Actor
21-Nov-1899 22-Jan-1967 Wings
Harold Ramis
Comic
21-Nov-1944   Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters
Alfred Regnery
Publisher
21-Nov-1942   The American Spectator
Cynthia Rhodes
Actor
21-Nov-1956   Flashdance
Jim Ringo
Football
21-Nov-1931 19-Nov-2007 NFL Hall of Famer
Michael Rispoli
Actor
21-Nov-1965   Jackie Aprile on The Sopranos
Tom Rooney
Politician
21-Nov-1970   Congressman, Florida 16th
Friedrich Schleiermacher
Philosopher
21-Nov-1768 12-Feb-1834 A founder of Protestant theology
Granville Sharp
Activist
21-Nov-1735 6-Jul-1813 English abolitionist
Deborah Shelton
Actor
21-Nov-1948   Mandy Winger on Dallas
Jean Shepard
Country Musician
21-Nov-1933   Beautiful Lies
Nicollette Sheridan
Actor
21-Nov-1963   Spy Hard
Alexander Siddig
Actor
21-Nov-1965   Dr. Julian Bashir on DS9
Jimmi Simpson
Actor
21-Nov-1975   Lloyd Lowery on Breakout Kings
Michael Strahan
Football
21-Nov-1971   NY Giants Defensive End
Marlo Thomas
Actor
21-Nov-1937   That Girl
Niall Toibin
Actor
21-Nov-1929   Fr. MacAnally on Ballykissangel
Voltaire
Author
21-Nov-1694 30-May-1778 Candide
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Business
21-Nov-1834 4-Apr-1914 Founder of Weyerhaeuser Company
George Zimmer
Business
21-Nov-1948   Founder and CEO of Men's Wearhouse




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