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Birthdays of Personalities on November 18

1527 : Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter/sculptor
1787 : Louis-Jacques-Mand‚ Daguerre, French painter (daguerreotype)
1787 : Sojourner Truth, abolitionist/feminist
1803 : Cornelius Broere, Dutch priest/poet
1810 : Asa Gray, Sauquoit NY, botanist (Flora of North America)
1810 : Benjamin Stone Roberts, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1875
1812 : Jesse Johnson Finley, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
1824 : Franz Sigel, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
1824 : Isham Nicholas Hayne, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
1832 : Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskj”ld, Sweden, Arctic explorer
1835 : Americus Vespucius Rice, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1904
1835 : Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist/criminologist
1836 : M ximo G¢mez, BanŒ, general (Cuba)
1839 : August A Kundt, German physicist (sound vibration, test of Kundt)
1845 : John F Mellaerts, Flemish social worker (1st Belgian farm gilde)
1846 : Aloys, Liechtenstein nobleman/politician
1863 : Richard Dehmel, writer
1869 : James E Sullivan, founder (Amateur Athletic Union)
1874 : Carrie White, oldest US woman (dies Nov 1990 at 116)
1874 : Clarence Shepard Day, NYC, author (Life with Father)
1877 : Arthur C Pigou, English economist (Wealth & welfare)
1882 : Amelita Galli-Curci, Italy, operatic soprano (Cave of the Winds)
1882 : Jacques Maritain, France, Catholic philosopher (exponent of St Thomas)
1882 : Wyndham Lewis, English author/painter (Tarr, Apes of God)
1887 : Dorothy Dix, [Elizabeth Gilmer], journalist (advice to the lovelorn)
1889 : Maria Realino, [Frederikus Janssen], teacher (Botany of Cura‡ao)
1897 : Jules Buffano, St Louis Mo, pianist (Jimmy Durante Show)
1897 : Patrick M S Blackett, British physicist (nuclear reaction, Nobel 1948)
1899 : Eugene Ormandy, [Blau], Budapest Hungary, conductor (Phila Orch)
xxxx : Herman Rarebell, rock drummer (Scorpions-Wind of Change)
1900 : Constantin Alajalov, Russia, artist (Ditters & Jitters)
1900 : Howard Thurman, theologian/author (Deep River, Deep in the Hunger)
1901 : George Gallup, Jefferson Iowa, public opinion pollster (Gallup Poll)
1902 : Jírgen Nielsen, Danish author (regional novels)
1904 : Theodore DN Besterman, British bibliographer
1906 : George Wald, US, physiologist/biologist (eye, Nobel 1967)
1906 : Klaus Mann, German/US author (Mephisto)/son of Thomas Mann
1907 : Halldis Vesaas-Moren, Norwegian author/poetess
1908 : Imogene Coca, Phila, comedienne (Your Show of Shows, Grindl)
1909 : Johnny Mercer, Savannah Ga, lyricist (Moon River, Old Black Magic)
1910 : Friedrich Weinreb, Polish/Neth theologist/economist
1912 : Jaap Meijer, [Saul van Messel], Dutch historian/rabbi in Paramaribo
1916 : James L Lyons, jazz promoter
1920 : Alfred William Bedford, test pilot
1922 : Luis Somoza Debayle, president of Nicaragua (1956-63)
1922 : Viktor Afanasiev, editor (Pravda)
1923 : Alan B Shepard Jr, East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro (Merc 3, Ap 14)
1926 : Dorothy Collins, Windsor Ontario, singer (Your Hit Parade)
1926 : Kim Besly, activist
1928 : Mickey Mouse, cartoon strip
1929 : William Joseph "Pete" Knight, astronaut/test pilot (X-15)
1935 : Frank Joseph Kofsky, teacher/writer
1936 : Don E Cherry, US jazz trumpeter
1936 : Hank Ballard, Detroit, rocker (The Twist (pre Chubby Checker)
1939 : John Cheek, Falkland Islands advocate
1939 : Margaret E Atwood, author/poet
1942 : Jeffrey Siegel, Chicago Ill, pianist (Chicago Symph)
1942 : Linda Evans, Hartford, actr (Dynasty, Big Valley, Beach Blanket Bingo)
1942 : Qabus bin Said, sultan of Oman (1970- )
1946 : Alan Dean Foster, US, sci-fi author (Midworld, Flinx in Flux)
1946 : Amanda Lear, French singer
1948 : Ural Nazibovich Sultanov, Russian cosmonaut
1949 : Bonnie St Claire, [Cornelia Swart], Dutch singer (Tame me Tiger)
1950 : Graham Parker, musician (Live Sparks, Mercury Poisoning)
1951 : Mark N Brown, Valparaiso In, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 28, 48, 66)
1953 : John McFee, rock guitarist (Doobie Brothers, Clover)
1954 : Guy Innes-Ker duke of Roxburghe, English large landowner
1960 : Kim Wilde, [Smith], England, rock vocalist (You Keep Me Hanging On)
1961 : Janice Lynn Kuehnemund, St Paul Minn, rocker (Vixen-Rev It Up)
1962 : Kirk Hammett, US heavy-metal guitarist (Metallica-Master of Puppets)
1962 : Vladimir Vladimirovich Karashtin, Russian cosmonaut
1973 : Steve Christopher Petree, Okla, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See)

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