Birthdays of Personalities on November 22
1511 : Erasmus Reinhold, Germany, mathematician (calculated planetary table)
1515 : Marie Guise, French wife of king James V of Scotland
1535 : John, the Old, earl of Nassau/tribal father Neth royal family
1579 : Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, Dutch lawyer/pastor/lyricist
1606 : Pieter II de Jode, Flemish engraver/publisher
1643 : Ren‚ R Cavelier sieur de La Salle, French explorer
1767 : Andreas Hofer, Tirol nationalist
1771 : Paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/St-Eustatius/Cura‡ao/Dutch-West Indies
1805 : Benjamin Hugur, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
1808 : Thomas Cook, founder (Cook travel bureau)
1818 : Samuel Gibbs French, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
1819 : George Eliot, [Mary A Evans], England, author (Silas Marner)
1823 : Nathan Kimball, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898
1832 : George Henry Chapman, Bvt Maj Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1882
1835 : Frank Crawford Armstrong, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1849 : Friedrich von Bernhardi, Ger historian (Germany & the Next War)
1852 : Paul H B d'Estornelles de Constant, French diplomat/pacifist
1856 : Heber J Grant, Salt Lake City, 7th pres of Mormon church
1857 : George Gissing, English author (Thyrza, Crown of Life)
1868 : John Nance Garner, (D) 32nd VP (1933-41)
1869 : Andr‚ Gide, France, novelist (Lafcadio's Adventures-Nobel 1947)
1873 : Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India)
1875 : Georges Rency, Belgian poet
1877 : Endre Ady, Hungarian poet (Uj versek, V‚r ‚s arany)
1888 : Tarzan, of the Apes, according to Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel
1890 : Charles de Gaulle, Lille, France, Pres of France (1958-69)
1891 : Edward Bernays, PR expert
1891 : Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Theory of Money & Capital)
1896 : Nikolai S Tichonov, Russian writer (against Pasternak) [OS]
1898 : Wiley Post, Grand Plain Tx, aviator/parachutist (crashed in Alaska)
xxxx : Mike Cripps, rock guitarist (LA Guns-It's Over Now)
xxxx : Paloma San Basilio, Madrid Spain, spanish singer (Evita)
1902 : Emanuel Feuermann, Kolomea Galicia, cellist (Chicago Symph Orch)
1903 : Herbert Sally Frankel, economist
1904 : Louis N‚el, French physicist (Nobel 1970)
1905 : James Burnham, philosopher (Coming Defeat of Communism)
1908 : Michael Balfour, historian
1909 : Theodorus H J Zwartkruis, Bishop of Haarlem Netherlands (1966-83)
1912 : Doris Duke, NYC, multi-millionaire (American Tobacco heiress)
1912 : Eric Stuart Woord, archaeologist
1914 : Peter Woolridge Townsend, war hero courtier writer
1918 : Claiborne Pell, (Sen-D-RI, 1961- )
1919 : Wilfred Norman Aldridge, biochemist/toxicologist
1921 : Rodney Dangerfield, [John Cohen], Babylon NY, comedian (Caddyshack)
1924 : Geraldine Page, Kirksville Mo (Interiors, Trip to Bountiful)
1927 : Grady "Fats" Jackson, tenor sax player
1930 : John Paul Schiffer
1930 : Owen Kay Garriott, Enid Oklahoma, astronaut (Skylab 3, STS 9)
1937 : Zenon Jankowski, Poland cosmonaut (Soyuz 30 backup)
1940 : Terry Gilliam, Minneapolis, comedy author-animator (Monty Python)
1941 : Ron McClure, rocker (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
1942 : Guion Steward Bluford Jr, Phila, Col USAF/astr (STS 8, 61A, 39, 53)
1942 : Steve Caldwell, rocker (Orleans)
1943 : Floyd Sneed, Calgary, rock drummer (Three Dog Night-Joy to the World)
1943 : George W [Buddy] Darden, (Rep-D-GA, 1983- )
1944 : Robert Iliffe, English publisher (Coventry Evening Telegraph)
1946 : Aston Barrett, Jamaican reggae bassist (I Shot the Sheriff)
1946 : Hans Kombrink, sociologist/Dutch undersecretary of Finance (PvdA)
1947 : Alfredo Cristiani, president of El Salvador (1989-94)
1947 : Rod Price, rocker (Foghat)
1950 : Little Steven, [Van Zandt], Asbury Park NJ, rocker (Born to Run)
1950 : [Ma]Tina Weymouth, Coronado CA, rock bassist (Talking Heads-& She Was)
1957 : Sharon Bailey, rocker (Amazulu-Excitable)
1960 : Eg White, rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
1962 : Cleo Fields, (Rep-D-Louisiana)
1963 : Corinne Russell, Birmingham England, comedienne (Benny Hill Show)