Birthdays of Personalities on November 02
1528 : Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], Neo latin poet (Collected Works)
1699 : Jean-Baptiste Sim‚on Chardin, French still life painter
1709 : Anna van Hannover, English princess/duchess of Brunswick-Lneburg
1734 : Daniel Boone, frontiersman/explorer (US Hall of Fame-1915)
1741 : Joan Derk van Capellen, leader of Neth Democratic Patriots
1755 : Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, let them eat cake
1795 : James Knox Polk, NC, 11th Pres (D) (1845-1849)
1810 : Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1815 : George Boole, mathematician (Boolean algebra)
1822 : James Byron Gordon, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
1826 : Robert Hopkins Hatton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1826 : William Haines Lytle, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
1828 : Byron Grimes, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1880
1847 : George Sorel, French Socialist thinker/author (violent revolutions)
1857 : Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (Babinski reflex)
1865 : Warren Gamaliel Harding, Ohio, (R) 29th pres (1921-23)
1882 : Leo Perutz, writer
1885 : Harlow Shapley, US, astronomer (studied the galaxies)
1890 : Henry Borginon, Flemish nationalist/senator
1897 : Dennis King, Coventry England, comedian (Devil's Brother)
1897 : Jacob A B "Jack" Bjerknes, Norwegian/US meteorologist (USAF in London)
1899 : Eddy [Charles E] du Perron, Dutch author/poet
xxxx : Prisma, spanish entertainer
1902 : Gyula Illyes, Hungarian author/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes)
1902 : Marius W Holtrop, economist/president (Netherlands Bank)
1905 : Fred Lipmann, watchmaker
1910 : Georges Sch‚had‚, Lebanese poet/playwright (Monsieur Bob'le)
1911 : Odysseus Elytis Alepoudellis, Greece, poet (Nobel 1979)
1913 : Ivor Roberts-Jones, sculptor
1917 : Ann Rutherford, Toronto Canada, TV panelist (Leave It To the Girls)
1919 : Jorge de Sena, Portuguese engineer/poet (Reino da Estupidez)
1921 : Willaim D Schaefer, Maryland, (Gov-D-Md)
1922 : John Pinsent, classical scholar
1927 : John Sainsbury, English billionaire
1928 : Geoffrey Pardoe, engineer
1930 : Denis Gerald Barrington, artist
1932 : Henri Namphy, Cap Hatien Haiti, President of Haiti (1986-88)
1932 : Romano L Mazzoli, (Rep-D-KY, 1971- )
1936 : Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice
1937 : Earl "Speedoo" Carroll, NYC, rocker (Cadillacs, Coasters)
1938 : Jay Traynor, rocker (Jay & The Americans)
1938 : Patrick Buchanan, conservative political columnist
1938 : Ria Beckers-de Bruijn, Dutch MP (PPR)
1939 : Howard Wolpe, (Rep-D-MI, 1979- )
1939 : Pauline Neville-Jones, English diplomat
1940 : Gigi Proletti, Italian entertainer
1941 : Bruce Welch, [Cripps], rocker (Shadows Bognor Regis)
1942 : Shere Hite, St Joseph Missouri, sex therapist (Hite Report)
1943 : Oldrich Pelcak, Czechoslovakia, cosmonaut
1944 : Jeffrey Alan Hoffman, Bkln, PhD/astronaut (STS 51-D, 35, 46, 61, 75)
1947 : Dave Pegg, British pop bassist (Jethro Tull-Crest of a Wave)
1948 : Rich Gooch, rock bassist (Quarterflash)
1952 : Maxine Nightingale, English soul singer
1955 : Frank Gilligan, Queens NY, singer (Mason Dixon-Karen Comes Around)
1958 : Bobby Dall, rocker (Poison-Every Rose Has a Thorn)
1961 : k.d. lang, [Kathy Dawn], Consort Alberta, country singer
1962 : Andrew Elt, singer (Sleeze Beez)
1964 : Arnold van Dongen, pop guitarist (Lo‹s Lane-Amsterdamned)
1967 : Derek Porter, Belfast Ireland, Canadian rower (Oly-gold/silver-92/96)
1968 : Helle Michaelsen, Alborg Denmark, playmate (Aug, 1988)
1968 : Melissa Evridge, Lexington Ky, playmate (Aug, 1990)
1990 : Natasha Smirnoff, daughter of Yakov Smirnov