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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Robert S. Abbott
Publisher
24-Nov-1868 29-Feb-1940 Chicago Defender
Forrest J. Ackerman
Author
24-Nov-1916 4-Dec-2008 Mr. Science Fiction
Margaret Anderson
Author
24-Nov-1886 18-Oct-1973 Founder of the Little Review
Alben W. Barkley
Politician
24-Nov-1877 30-Apr-1956 US Vice President, 1949-53
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Head of State
24-Nov-1884 23-Apr-1963 President of Israel, 1952-63
Pete Best
Drummer
24-Nov-1941   Original drummer for The Beatles
Bev Bevan
Drummer
24-Nov-1945   Drummer for ELO
Dave Bing
Basketball
24-Nov-1943   NBA Hall of Famer, Detroit mayor
Roman Bohnen
Actor
24-Nov-1894 24-Feb-1949 Of Mice and Men
Aurelia E. Brazeal
Diplomat
24-Nov-1943   US Ambassador to Ethiopia, 2002-05
Henry Thomas Buckle
Historian
24-Nov-1821 29-May-1862 History of Civilization in England
William F. Buckley
Columnist
24-Nov-1925 27-Feb-2008 National Review
Ted Bundy
Criminal
24-Nov-1946 24-Jan-1989 Serial killer, blamed pornography
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Novelist
24-Nov-1849 29-Oct-1924 Little Lord Fauntleroy
António Σscar Carmona
Head of State
24-Nov-1869 18-Apr-1951 President of Portugal, 1926-51
Dale Carnegie
Author
24-Nov-1888 1-Nov-1955 How to Win Friends and Influence People
Alain Chabat
Actor
24-Nov-1958   Night at the Museum
Charles, duc d'Orléans
Poet
24-Nov-1394 4-Jan-1465 Medieval French courtly poet
Willy Claes
Politician
24-Nov-1938   Belgian minister
Jared Cohen
Government
24-Nov-1981   Children of Jihad
Billy Connolly
Comic
24-Nov-1942   Scottish comedian
Denise Crosby
Actor
24-Nov-1957   Tasha Yar on Star Trek
Grace Darling
unspecified
24-Nov-1815 20-Oct-1842 Rescuer of wreck Forfarshire
Ron Dellums
Politician
24-Nov-1935   Mayor of Oakland, 2007-11
Garret Dillahunt
Actor
24-Nov-1964   Burt Chance on Raising Hope
Howard Duff
Actor
24-Nov-1913 8-Jul-1990 Sam Spade on old time radio
Donald "Duck" Dunn
Bassist
24-Nov-1941 13-May-2012 Booker T & the M.G.'s
E. R. Eddison
Novelist
24-Nov-1882 18-Aug-1945 The Worm Ouroboros
Chet Edwards
Politician
24-Nov-1951   Congressman from Texas, 1991-2011
René Enríquez
Actor
24-Nov-1933 23-Mar-1990 Lt. Ray Calletano on Hill Street Blues
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Actor
24-Nov-1913 17-Jul-2005 Wuthering Heights
Marlin Fitzwater
Government
24-Nov-1942   White House Press Secretary 1987-93
Cass Gilbert
Architect
24-Nov-1859 17-May-1934 Woolworth Building
Lola Glaudini
Actor
24-Nov-1971   Criminal Minds
Dan Glickman
Politician
24-Nov-1944   Former Congressman, President of the MPAA
Colin Hanks
Actor
24-Nov-1977   Son of Tom Hanks
Katherine Heigl
Actor
24-Nov-1978   Isobel Stevens on Grey's Anatomy
Paul Helmke
Politician
24-Nov-1948   Mayor of Fort Wayne, IN, 1988-2000
Shirley Henderson
Actor
24-Nov-1965   Trainspotting
Sarah Hyland
Actor
24-Nov-1990   Haley Dunphy on Modern Family
Vanessa Incontrada
TV Personality
24-Nov-1978   Italian model, actress, TV host
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Scholar
24-Nov-1946   Annenberg Public Policy Center
John Henry Johnson
Football
24-Nov-1929 3-Jun-2011 NFL Hall of Fame Fullback
Stan Jones
Football
24-Nov-1931 21-May-2010 Hall of Fame Lineman, Chicago Bears
Scott Joplin
Musician
24-Nov-1868 1-Apr-1917 The King of Ragtime
John Justin
Actor
24-Nov-1917 29-Nov-2002 The Thief of Bagdad
Garson Kanin
Screenwriter
24-Nov-1912 13-Mar-1999 It Should Happen to You
David Kossoff
Actor
24-Nov-1919 23-Mar-2005 The Mouse That Roared
Emir Kusturica
Film Director
24-Nov-1954   Underground
Lilli Lehmann
Singer
24-Nov-1848 17-May-1929 Operatic, Wagnerian soprano
Thierry Lhermitte
Actor
24-Nov-1952   The Dinner Game
John Lindsay
Politician
24-Nov-1921 19-Dec-2000 Mayor of New York City, 1966-73
Stanley Livingston
Actor
24-Nov-1950   Chip Douglas on My Three Sons
Abner Louima
Victim
24-Nov-1966   New York's Rodney King
Morris Louis
Painter
24-Nov-1912 7-Sep-1962 Abstract expressionist
Lucky Luciano
Criminal
24-Nov-1897 26-Jan-1962 Founder of Murder, Inc.
John A. Luke, Jr.
Business
24-Nov-1948   CEO of MeadWestvaco
Joe Medwick
Baseball
24-Nov-1911 21-Mar-1975 MLB Hall of Famer
Stephen Merchant
Film/TV Producer
24-Nov-1974   The Office, Extras
George Moscone
Politician
24-Nov-1929 27-Nov-1978 Mayor of San Francisco, 1976-78
Craig G. Naylor
Business
24-Nov-1948   Former DuPont VP
Ricardo Piglia
Author
24-Nov-1941   The Absent City
Oscar Robertson
Basketball
24-Nov-1938   NBA's Most Valuable Player 1964
Rick Ross
Activist
24-Nov-1952   Cult expert, deprogrammer
Arundhati Roy
Author
24-Nov-1961   The God of Small Things
Dwight Schultz
Actor
24-Nov-1947   Murdoch on The A-Team
Baruch de Spinoza
Philosopher
24-Nov-1632 21-Feb-1677 Rationalist, lensmaker
Charles Starkweather
Criminal
24-Nov-1938 25-Jun-1959 Spree killer
Laurence Sterne
Novelist
24-Nov-1713 18-Mar-1768 Tristram Shandy
Alexander Suvorov
Military
24-Nov-1729 18-May-1800 Russian general, fought Turks, French
Paul Tagliabue
Football
24-Nov-1940   Commissioner of the NFL, 1989-2006
Zachary Taylor
Head of State
24-Nov-1784 9-Jul-1850 12th President of the United States
Craig Thomas
Novelist
24-Nov-1942   Firefox
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Painter
24-Nov-1864 9-Sep-1901 Dwarfish painter of France's Moulin Rouge
Linda Tripp
Government
24-Nov-1949   Monica Lewinsky's confidant
Simon van der Meer
Physicist
24-Nov-1925 4-Mar-2011 Co-Discovered W and Z particles
William H. Vanderbilt
Politician
24-Nov-1901 14-Apr-1981 Governor of Rhode Island, 1939-41
Erich von Manstein
Military
24-Nov-1887 10-Jun-1973 Nazi general
Russell Watson
Singer
24-Nov-1966   People's Tenor
Amanda Wyss
Actor
24-Nov-1960   A Nightmare On Elm Street




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