November 26 - Births

Births

1436 – Princess Catherine of Portugal, writer (d. 1463)
1604 – Johannes Bach, German composer and musician (d. 1673)
1607 – John Harvard, English-born clergyman (d. 1638)
1609 – Henry Dunster, English president of Harvard College (d. 1659)
1657 – William Derham, English minister and writer (d. 1735)
1678 – Jean Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist (d. 1771)
1703 – Theophilus Cibber, English actor and writer (d. 1758)
1731 – William Cowper, English poet (d. 1800)
1792 – Sarah Grimké, American abolitionist and feminist (d. 1873)
1827 – Ellen G. White, American leader of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church (d. 1915)
1828 – Robert Battey, American surgeon (d. 1895)
1828 – René Goblet, French politician (d. 1905)
1832 – Mary Edwards Walker, American feminist physician (d. 1919)
1832 – Karl Rudolf König, German physicist (d. 1901)
1847 – Maria Fyodorovna, Princess of Denmark and Empress of Russia (d. 1928)
1853 – Bat Masterson, American Old West figure (d. 1921)
1857 – Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist (d. 1913)
1858 – Katharine Drexel, Roman Catholic Saint (d. 1955)
1864 – Edward Higgins, 3rd General of The Salvation Army (d. 1947)
1869 – Maud, Queen of Norway (d. 1938)
1876 – Willis Carrier, American engineer and inventor (d. 1950)
1878 – Marshall Taylor, American cyclist (d. 1932)
1885 – Heinrich Brüning, German politician (d. 1970)
1889 – Albert Dieudonné, French actor and novelist (d. 1976)
1894 – Norbert Wiener, American mathematician (d. 1964)
1894 – James Charles McGuigan, Catholic cardinal archbishop of Toronto (d. 1974)
1895 – William Griffith "Bill" Wilson, American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971)
1897 – Wim Hesterman, Dutch boxer (d. 1971)
1898 – Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
1899 – Bruno Hauptmann, German kidnapper of Charles Augustus Lindbergh III (d. 1936)
1902 – Maurice McDonald, American fast food pioneer (d. 1971)
1904 – Armand Frappier, French-Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991)
1905 – Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1982)
1907 – Ruth Patrick, American botanist
1908 – Charles Forte, Scottish hotelier (d. 2007)
1908 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (d. 1989)
1909 – Fritz Buchloh, German football player and coach (d. 1998)
1909 – Frances Dee, American actress (d. 2004)
1909 – Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born French playwright (d. 1994)
1910 – Cyril Cusack, Irish actor (d. 1993)
1912 – Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992)
1914 – Charles Breijer, Dutch photographer (d. 2011)
1915 – Earl Wild, American pianist (d. 2010)
1918 – Patricio Aylwin, former President of Chile
1919 – Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer
1920 – Daniel Petrie, Canadian-born television and movie director (d. 2004)
1921 – Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman (d. 2012)
1922 – Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist (d. 2000)
1923 – Pat Phoenix, English actress (d. 1986)
1924 – George Segal, American Pop Sculptor (d. 2000)
1924 – Michael Holiday, British singer (d. 1963)
1925 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003)
1927 – Ernie Coombs, American children's entertainer (d. 2001)
1928 – Nishida Tatsuo, Japanese academic (d. 2012)
1930 – Berthold Leibinger, German entrepreneur and philanthropist
1931 – Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentine activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1931 – Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Dutch Cardinal Archbishop of Utrecht
1933 – Robert Goulet, American singer and actor (d. 2007)
1933 – Stanley Long, English director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2012)
1937 – Boris Yegorov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 1994)
1938 – Porter J. Goss, American Central Intelligence Agency director
1938 – Rodney Jory, Australian physicist
1938 – Rich Little, Canadian comedian and actor
1939 – Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia
1939 – Tina Turner, American singer and actress
1939 – Wayland Flowers, American Puppeteer (d. 1988)
1940 – Enrico Bombieri, Italian mathematician
1940 – Kotozakura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53rd Yokozuna (d. 2007)
1941 – Susanne Marsee, American mezzo-soprano
1942 – Olivia Cole, American actress
1942 – Dang Thuy Tram, Vietnamese civilian doctor (d. 1970)
1943 – Bruce Paltrow, American producer and director (d. 2002)
1943 – Marilynne Robinson, American writer
1943 – Dale Sommers, American radio host (d. 2012)
1944 – Jean Terrell, American singer (The Supremes)
1945 – Daniel Davis, American actor
1945 – John McVie, British musician (Fleetwood Mac)
1945 – Michael Omartian, Armenian-American singer-songwriter, keyboardist, and music producer
1945 – Björn von Sydow, Swedish politician
1946 – Art Shell, American football player and coach
1946 – Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (d. 2012)
1947 – Roger Wehrli, American football player
1947 – Susanne Zenor, American actress
1948 – Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian basketball player (d. 1995)
1948 – Claes Elfsberg, Swedish television presenter
1948 – Marianne Muellerleile, American actress
1949 – Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer
1949 – Juanin Clay, American actress (d. 1995)
1949 – Martin Lee, British singer (Brotherhood of Man)
1949 – Vincent A. Mahler, American educator
1951 – Cicciolina, Italian pornographic actress and politician
1953 – Hilary Benn, British politician
1953 – Harry Carson, American football player
1954 – Roz Chast, American cartoonist
1954 – Velupillai Prabhakaran, Leader of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, Ceylon (d. 2009)
1956 – Dale Jarrett, American race car driver
1956 – Don Lake, Canadian television writer
1956 – Keith Vaz, British politician
1959 – Jerry Schemmel, American sportscaster
1960 – Chuck Eddy, American music journalist
1960 – Harold Reynolds, American baseball player
1961 – Lisa Moretti, American professional wrestler
1961 – Marcy Walker, American actress
1962 – Chuck Finley, American baseball player
1963 – Adam Gaynor, American musician (Matchbox Twenty)
1963 – Mario Elie, American basketball player
1964 – Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier
1965 – Scott Adsit, American actor
1966 – Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian actress and model
1966 – Fahed Dermech, Tunisian footballer
1967 – Ridley Jacobs, West Indian cricketer
1968 – Edna Campbell, American basketball player
1969 – Shawn Kemp, American basketball player
1969 – Kara Walker, American artist
1970 – Dave Hughes, Australian comedian
1970 – John Amaechi, American-born British basketball player
1971 – Ronald "Winky" Wright, American boxer
1971 – Ryan Robbins, Canadian actor
1971 – Vicki Pettersson, American author
1972 – Arjun Rampal, Indian actor
1972 – Chris Osgood, Canadian hockey player
1973 – Kristin Bauer van Straten, American actress
1973 – Peter Facinelli, American actor
1974 – Tammy Lynn Michaels, American actress
1975 – Patrice Lauzon, French Canadian figure skater
1975 – DJ Khaled, Palestinian-American hip-hop/rap artist, DJ and producer
1976 – Maven Huffman, American professional wrestler
1976 – Brian Schneider, American baseball player
1976 – Andreas Augustsson, Swedish footballer
1977 – Ivan Basso, Italian bicyclist
1977 – Paris Lenon, American football player
1977 – John Parrish, American baseball player
1978 – Matthew Taylor, American bassist (Motion City Soundtrack)
1979 – B.J. Averell, American reality television contestant
1980 – Jason Anthony Griffith, American video game voice actor
1980 – Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer and actor
1981 – Stephan Andersen, Danish footballer
1981 – Natasha Bedingfield, British singer
1981 – Natalie Gauci, Australian singer
1981 – OJ Da Juiceman, American rapper
1981 – Gina Kingsbury, Canadian hockey player
1982 – Keith Ballard, American hockey player
1982 – Dallas Johnson, Australian rugby league player
1983 – Chris Hughes, American businessman, co-founder of Facebook
1984 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (d. 2007)
1986 – Konstadinos Filippidis, Greek pole vaulter
1986 – Bauke Mollema, Dutch cyclist
1986 – Trevor Morgan, American actor
1986 – Alberto Sgarbi, Italian rugby player
1986 – Kanae Itō, Japanese voice actress
1987 – Georgios Tzavelas, Greek footballer
1988 – Blake Harnage, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (VersaEmerge)
1988 – Yumi Kobayashi, Japanese model
1990 – Avery Bradley, American basketball player
1990 – Danny Welbeck, English footballer
1990 – Chip, British rapper
1990 – Rita Ora, British singer
1991 – Manolo Gabbiadini, Italian footballer
1992 – Louis Ducruet, son of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
1993 – Erena Ono, Japanese actress and singer (AKB48)