November 17 - Births

Births

• 9 – Vespasian, Roman emperor (d. 79)
• 1503 – Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1572)
• 1576 – Roque González de Santa Cruz, Paraguayan missionary (d. 1628)
• 1587 – Joost van den Vondel, Dutch playwright (d. 1679)
• 1612 – Dorgon, Manchu son of Nurhaci (d. 1650)
• 1681 – Pierre François le Courayer, French theologian (d. 1776)
• 1685 – Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de La Vérendrye, Canadian military officer and explorer (d. 1749)
• 1729 – Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain (d. 1785)
• 1749 – Nicolas Appert, French chef, inventor of canning (d. 1841)
• 1753 – Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg, American clergyman and botanist (d. 1815)
• 1755 – Louis XVIII of France (d. 1824)
• 1765 – Jacques MacDonald, French marshal (d. 1840)
• 1790 – August Ferdinand Möbius, German mathematician (d. 1868)
• 1793 – Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter (d. 1865)
• 1816 – August Wilhelm Ambros, Austrian composer (d. 1876)
• 1827 – Petko Slaveykov, Bulgarian poet (d. 1895)
• 1835 – Andrew L. Harris, American general and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (d. 1915)
• 1854 – Hubert Lyautey, French general (d. 1934)
• 1857 – Joseph Babiński, French neurologist (d. 1932)
• 1866 – Voltairine de Cleyre, American author and activist (d. 1912)
• 1868 – Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist (d. 1918)
• 1877 – Frank Calder, English-Canadian journalist and businessman (d. 1943)
• 1878 – Grace Abbott, American social worker (d. 1939)
• 1878 – Augustus Goessling, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1963)
• 1878 – Lise Meitner, Austrian physicist (d. 1968)
• 1886 – Walter Terence Stace, English philosopher (d. 1967)
• 1887 – Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English army officer (d. 1976)
• 1895 – Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher (d. 1975)
• 1895 – Gregorio López, Mexican journalist, author, and poet (d. 1966)
• 1896 – Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (d. 1934)
• 1897 – Frank Fay, American actor (d. 1961)
• 1899 – Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American sound designer (d. 1971)
• 1901 – Walter Hallstein, German politician and diplomat, 1st President of the European Commission (d. 1982)
• 1901 – Lee Strasberg, Austrian director (d. 1982)
• 1902 – Eugene Wigner, Hungarian physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)
• 1904 – Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor (d. 1988)
• 1905 – Mischa Auer, American actor (d. 1967)
• 1905 – Astrid of Sweden (d. 1935)
• 1906 – Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, co-founded the Honda Motor Company (d. 1991)
• 1906 – Rollie Stiles, American baseball player (d. 2007)
• 1907 – Israel Regardie, English occultist and author (d. 1985)
• 1911 – Christian Fouchet, French politician (d. 1974)
• 1916 – Shelby Foote, American historian and author (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Camillo Felgen, Luxembourgian singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1921 – Albert Bertelsen, Danish painter
• 1922 – Stanley Cohen, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1923 – Hubertus Brandenburg, Swedish bishop (d. 2009)
• 1923 – Mike Garcia, American baseball player (d. 1986)
• 1923 – Aristides Pereira, Portuguese-Cape Verdean politician, 1st President of Cape Verde (d. 2011)
• 1923 – Bert Sutcliffe, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2001)
• 1924 – Leonid Kogan, Russian violinist (d. 1982)
• 1925 – Jean Faut, American baseball player
• 1925 – Rock Hudson, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1925 – Charles Mackerras,American-Australian conductor (d. 2010)
• 1926 – Robert Brown, American actor
• 1927 – Robert Drasnin, American clarinet player and composer
• 1927 – Fenella Fielding, English actress
• 1928 – Arman, French-American painter and sculptor (d. 2005)
• 1928 – Rance Howard, American actor
• 1929 – Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (d. 1999)
• 1930 – Bob Mathias, American decathlete, actor, and politician (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Orlando Peña, Cuban baseball player
• 1934 – Jim Inhofe, American politician, 32nd Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma
• 1935 – Bobby Joe Conrad, American football player
• 1935 – Toni Sailer, Austrian skier (d. 2009)
• 1936 – Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005)
• 1937 – Peter Cook, English comedian and actor (d. 1995)
• 1938 – Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 – Auberon Waugh, English author (d. 2001)
• 1940 – Luke Kelly, Irish singer and banjo player (The Dubliners) (d. 1984)
• 1940 – Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish composer, author, and poet (d. 2002)
• 1942 – Bob Gaudio, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Four Seasons)
• 1942 – Kang Kek Iew, Cambodian criminal
• 1942 – Martin Scorsese, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor
• 1942 – István Rosztóczy, Hungarian microbiologist
• 1943 – Lauren Hutton, American actress
• 1944 – Jim Boeheim, American basketball player and coach
• 1944 – Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter (The Byrds, The New Christy Minstrels, and Dillard & Clark) (d. 1991)
• 1944 – Danny DeVito, American actor, director, and producer
• 1944 – Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect, designed the Seattle Central Library
• 1944 – Lorne Michaels, Israeli-American television producer, created Saturday Night Live
• 1944 – Tom Seaver, American baseball player
• 1945 – Elvin Hayes, American basketball player
• 1945 – Roland Joffé, English-French director
• 1946 – Martin Barre, English guitarist and songwriter (Jethro Tull)
• 1946 – Terry Branstad, American politician, 39th Governor of Iowa
• 1947 – Robert "Stewkey" Antoni American singer and keyboard player (Nazz and Fuse)
• 1947 – Steven E. de Souza, American director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1947 – Inky Mark, Canadian politician
• 1948 – Howard Dean, American physician and politician, 79th Governor of Vermont
• 1948 – East Bay Ray, American guitarist (Dead Kennedys)
• 1949 – John Boehner, American politician
• 1949 – Nguyen Tan Dung, Vietnamese politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam
• 1950 – Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver (d. 2010)
• 1951 – Butch Davis, American football coach
• 1951 – Dean Paul Martin, American singer, actor, and tennis player (Dino, Desi & Billy) (d. 1987)
• 1951 – Stephen Root, American actor
• 1952 – Ties Kruize, Dutch field hockey player
• 1953 – Babis Tennes, Greek football manager
• 1954 – Chopper Read, Australian author
• 1955 – Yolanda King, American daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 2007)
• 1955 – Dennis Maruk, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 – Dan Schnurrenberger, American canoe racer
• 1956 – Graham Jones, English psychologist and author
• 1957 – Debbie Thrower, English journalist
• 1958 – Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, American actress and singer
• 1959 – Terry Fenwick, English footballer
• 1959 – William R. Moses, American actor
• 1960 – RuPaul, American drag queen performer, actor, and singer
• 1960 – Michael Hertwig, German footballer
• 1960 – Mandy Yachad, South African cricketer
• 1961 – Robert Stethem, American navy diver (d. 1985)
• 1961 – Pat Toomey, American politician
• 1962 – Dédé Fortin, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Les Colocs) (d. 2000)
• 1963 – Randy Black, Canadian drummer (Annihilator and Primal Fear)
• 1964 – Ralph Garman, American actor and radio host
• 1964 – Susan Rice, American diplomat, 27th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
• 1964 – Mitch Williams, American baseball player
• 1965 – Amanda Brown, Australian violinist and composer (The Go-Betweens)
• 1966 – Ben Allison, American bassist and composer
• 1966 – Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Gods and Monsters) (d. 1997)
• 1966 – Kate Ceberano, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1966 – Richard Fortus, American guitarist (Guns N' Roses and Love Spit Love)
• 1966 – Daisy Fuentes, Cuban model and actress
• 1966 – Sophie Marceau, French actress
• 1967 – Tab Benoit American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – Sean Miller, American basketball player and coach
• 1969 – Ryōtarō Okiayu, Japanese voice actor
• 1969 – Jean-Michel Saive, Belgian table tennis player
• 1969 – Rebecca Walker, American author
• 1970 – Paul Allender, English guitarist and songwriter (Cradle of Filth and The Blood Divine)
• 1972 – Kimya Dawson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Moldy Peaches)
• 1972 – Joanne Goode, English badminton player
• 1972 – Leonard Roberts, American actor
• 1973 – Andreas Hedlund, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer (Vintersorg, Borknagar, Cronian, Fission, Waterclime, and Otyg)
• 1973 – Eli Marrero, American baseball player
• 1973 – Bernd Schneider, German footballer
• 1973 – Alexei Urmanov, Russian figure skater
• 1974 – Leslie Bibb, American actress
• 1974 – Berto Romero, Spanish comedian and actor
• 1975 – Kinga Baranowska, Polish mountaineer
• 1975 – Roland de Marigny, South African-Italian rugby player
• 1975 – Lord Infamous, American rapper (Three 6 Mafia)
• 1975 – Jerome James, American basketball player
• 1976 – Jacqueline Aguilera, Venezuelan model, Miss World 1995
• 1976 – Brandon Call, American actor
• 1976 – Diane Neal, American actress
• 1977 – Ryk Neethling, South African swimmer
• 1977 – Paul Shepherd, English footballer
• 1978 – Glen Air, Australian rugby player
• 1978 – Zoë Bell, New Zealand actress and stuntwoman
• 1978 – Rachel McAdams, Canadian actress
• 1978 – Reggie Wayne, American football player
• 1979 – Matthew Spring, English footballer
• 1980 – Brad Bradley, American wrestler
• 1980 – Isaac Hanson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Hanson)
• 1980 – Israel Idonije, Nigerian-Canadian football player
• 1980 – Mercedes Martinez, American wrestler
• 1981 – Sarah Harding, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Girls Aloud)
• 1982 – Lucy Durack, Australian actress and singer
• 1982 – Katie Feenstra-Mattera, American basketball player
• 1982 – Otacílio Mariano Neto, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Yusuf Pathan, Indian cricketer
• 1982 – Hollie Smith, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1983 – Yiannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player
• 1983 – Ryan Bradley, American figure skater
• 1983 – Ryan Braun, American baseball player
• 1983 – Trevor Crowe, American baseball player
• 1983 – Harry Lloyd, English actor
• 1983 – Nick Markakis, American baseball player
• 1983 – Scott Moore, American baseball player
• 1983 – Christopher Paolini, American author
• 1984 – Amanda Evora, American figure skater
• 1984 – Park Han-byul, South Korean actress
• 1985 – Panbanisha, American chimpanzee (d. 2012)
• 1986 – Nani, Portuguese footballer
• 1986 – Luis Aguiar, Uruguayan footballer
• 1986 – Fabio Concas, Italian footballer
• 1987 – Craig Noone, English footballer
• 1987 – Gemma Spofforth, English swimmer
• 1990 – Shanica Knowles, American actress and singer
• 1992 – Darian Weiss, American actor
• 1994 – Raquel Castro, American actress and singer