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Birthdays of Personalities on November 25

1507 : Joost de Damhoudere, Flemish lawyer (Praxis rerum criminalium)
1562 : Lope Felix de Vega, Madrid Spain, dramatist/poet (Angelica, Arcadia)
1697 : Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood)
1712 : Charles-Michel abb‚ de l'Ep‚‚, French educator (school for the deaf)
1721 : Willem Crul, admiral (West-Indies)
1823 : Joseph Alexander Cooper, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1910
1825 : Edward Augustus Wild, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1828 : Franjo Racki, Croatian historian/politician
1835 : Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist
1840 : Hugo Verriest, Flemish author/poet (Flemish Movement)
1844 : Karl F Benz, German designer/auto manufacturer (4-taktmotor)
1845 : Jos‚ Maria de Eca de Queiroz (Queir¢s), Portuguese author (Contos)
1846 : Carry Nation, scourge of barkeepers & drinkers
1852 : Johan N Salvator, [Johann Orth], archduke of Austria
1878 : Georg Kaiser, writer
1880 : Leonard S Woolf, English author/husband of Virginia Woolf
1881 : John XXIII, [Angelo Roncalli], Bergamo Italy, 261st pope (1958-63)
1886 : Rex Maupin, St Joseph Mo, orch leader (Tin Pan Alley TV)
1893 : Joseph W Krutch, US naturalist (Was Europe a Success?)
1895 : Anastas I Mikoyan, Armenia, member of Supreme Soviet
1895 : Ludvik Svoboda, Czech general/politician
1895 : Wilhelm Kempff, Juterbog Germany, pianist (Unter dem Zimbelstern)
1899 : William R Burnett, US, author (Little Caesar)
xxxx : J J Jackson, vee-jay (MTV)
xxxx : Mike Fowler, Ct, rocker (Steelheart-She's Gone)
1900 : Helen Gahagan Douglas, Nixon's 1st opponent/(Rep-D-Ca)
1902 : Eddie Shore, Boston Bruins (#2), hall of famer
1903 : Martin Soames, traveller
1909 : Hugh Davson, physiologist/writer
1910 : Leon Poliakov, historian
1912 : Johannes D De Jong, Frisian poet/photographer (Kar £t twa)
1913 : Jack Davies, screenwriter
1914 : Eddie Boyd, blues vocal/pianist (Mississippi)
1915 : Augusto Pinochet, general/president (Chile)
1919 : Chaim Pearl, rabbi
1923 : Jaap van Meekren, Dutch TV host (AVRO/RTL4)
1923 : Mauno Koivisto, president of Finland (1982-94)
1924 : Paul Desmond, US jazz saxophonist
1925 : Jos‚ Napoleon Duarte, president El Salvador
1926 : Murray Schisgal, playwright (Luv)
1926 : Poul [William] Anderson, US, sci-fi author (7 Hugos, Mirkheim)
1928 : James "Jimmy" Johnson, US gospel/blues singer/guitarist
1929 : Jack Hogan, Chapel Hill NC, ator (Combat, Adam 12, Sierra)
1935 : Gloria Steinem, Toledo Ohio, femnist/author (Ms)
1938 : Charles Starkwether, murderer (Texas Tower)
1938 : John "Jack" Baines, mountaineering publisher
1939 : Martin Feldstein, economist (1977 John Bates Clark Medal)
1940 : Percy Sledge, soul singer (When A Man Loves A Woman)
1940 : Richard Furrer, Worgl Germany, astronaut (STS 22)
1942 : Rosa Von Praunheim, [Holger Mischwitzky], Riga Latvia, dir (Affengeil)
1943 : Roy Lynes, rocker (Status Quo)
1947 : Linda Laflamme, rocker
1947 : Val Fuentes, rocker (It's A Beautiful Day)
1948 : Storm Field, [Elliot], NY, weatherman (WABC TV, WCBS TV)
1949 : Rita Jenrette, San Antonio Tx, wife of Rep John Jenrette (D-SC)
1951 : Bucky Dent, all star shortstop (Chicago White Sox, NY Yankees)
1953 : Monique St Pierre, Weisbaden Germany, playmate of year (Nov, 1978)
1955 : Connie Palmen, Dutch author/widow of Ischa Me˜er
1956 : Ena Heese, South African costume designer (Willem of Orange)
1958 : Gary Coveyou, rocker
1959 : Steve Rothery, Brampton, guitarist, (Marillion-Clutching at Straws)
1960 : Amy Grant, Augusta GA, gospel/rock singer (Glory of Love, Baby Baby)
1960 : John F Kennedy Jr, NYC, son of JFK/lawyer/magazine publisher (George)
1960 : Kasey Smith, Queens NY, heavy metal artist (Danger Danger-Screw It)
1966 : Stacy Lattisaw, Wash DC, disco singer (Million Dollar Baby)
1990 : Yasmin van der Meer, 15 millionth Netherlander

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