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Birthdays of Personalities on November 16

1587 : Joost van den Vondel, Cologne Germany, Dutch poet/dramatist (Jephtha)
1642 : Cornelis Evertsen the Younger, Dutch buccaneer/lt admiral of Zeeland
1653 : Joan van Hoorn, gov-gen of Neth Indies (1707-09)
1684 : Abraham Alewijn, Dutch poet/playwright (Puiterveense Helleveeg)
1717 : Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, French philosopher/mathematician
1730 : Gualtherius "Wouter" van Doeveren, Zealand-Flanders physician
1762 : Petronella Moens, Frisian author/poetess
1793 : Francis Danby, Irish painter
1822 : Charles Smith Hamilton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1835 : Elliott Warren Rice, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
1854 : Jules van de Heuvel, Belgian lawyer/politician
1857 : Henry Potoni‚, German paleo-botanist/geologist (sapropelium)
1873 : W[illiam] C[hristopher] Handy, Alabama, jazz star (St Louis Blues)
1880 : Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [NS=11/28]
1887 : Philip Frohman, US architect
1888 : Clinton Golden, Penn, founder (United Steelworkers of America)
1888 : Henri [Ferdinand M J] Bosco, French author/poet (Gogol)
1889 : August Croegaert, Flemish liturgist
1889 : George S Kaufman, Pittsburgh Pa, playwright (This is Show Business)
1890 : Elpidio Quirino, president of Philippines (1949-53)
1890 : George Seldes, journalist
1893 : Cornelis J van der Klauw, Dutch biologist/zoologist
1894 : Count Richard Coudenhove Kalergi, Austrian politician
1894 : Mabel Normand, [Muriel Fortescue], Boston MA, comedienne (Mickey)
1895 : Eduard Bagritsky, [Dzhubin], Russ poet/journalist (South-West)
1895 : Michael Arlen, Armenia, English author (An American Verdict)
1896 : Lawrence Tibbett, Bakersfield Calif, baritone (Metropolitan 1923-50)
1896 : Oswald Mosley, baron/British nazi
1899 : Mary Margaret McBride, Paris Mo, radio personality (WOR-AM, NYC)
1902 : Marcel Boereboom, Belgian musicologist
1904 : Eddie Condon, Goodland Ind, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show)
1904 : Frederik van der Meer, Dutch archaeologist/art historian
1904 : Nnamdi Benjamin "Zik" Azikiwe, politician
1905 : Astrid SLT Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden
1912 : Anton [Tom] Koolhaas, author (Weird White)
1916 : Daws Butler, Toledo OH, animation voice (Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound)
1924 : Joep J P de Boer, Dutch MP (CDA)
1929 : Renate Rubinstein, [Tamar], German/Ned's author/columnist (Tamar)
1930 : Alice Adams, sculptor
1930 : Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author (Christmas in Biafra)
1931 : Bob Gibson, rocker
1935 : Elizabeth Drew, journalist (Politics & Money: The Road to Corruption)
1935 : France-Albert Rene, president of Seychelles (1977- )
1938 : Toni Brown, US guitarist/singer/keyboardist (Joy of Cooking)
1941 : Ann Dore McLaughlin, US Secretary of Labor (1987- )
1943 : Winfred "Blue" Lovett, US singer (Manhattans-One Life to Live)
1944 : Hugo Dittberner, writer
1945 : Martine van Hamel, Brussels Belgium, ballerina (NYC Ballet Co)
1948 : Chi Coltrane, US pianist/singer
1949 : Pattie Santos, rocker
1950 : Carl J Meade, Illinos, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 38, STS 50, 64)
1957 : Frank Milton "Pete" Higgins II, VP (Microsoft Desktop)
1958 : Harry Rushakoff, rocker (Concrete Blonde)
1961 : Frank Bruno, British boxer (European champ)
1963 : Gay "Mani" Mournfield, English pop bassist (Stone Roses)
1966 : Tricia Cast, Medford NY, actr (Amanda-Bad News Bear, Young & Restless)
1967 : Gabriel Jongejans, Dutch drummer (Lo‹s Lane)
1968 : Suzi Simpson, Athens Greece, playmate (Jan, 1992)
1971 : Donald Wolf, computer game creator
1973 : Sedrick Shaw, running back (New England Patriots)

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