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Birthdays of Personalities on November 26

1607 : John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard Univ
1663 : Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian poet (Obras Dramaticas)
1731 : William Cowper, England, pre-romantic poet (His Task) [NS]
1736 : Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher (Mercure de France)
1754 : Georg Forster, writer
1792 : Sarah Moore Grimk‚, American abolitionist/women's rights advocate
1795 : Carl P Fohr, German painter
1795 : Cornelis P J Elout, Dutch military/resident of West Sumatra
1810 : William G Armstrong, of Cragside, Baron/British const (hydr crane)
1816 : William Henry Talkbot Walker, Major General (Confederate Army)
1827 : Alfred Moore Scales, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1892
1832 : Mary Edwards Walker, US, doctor/women's rights leader
1850 : Henricus Van de Wetering, archbishop of Utrecht (1895-1929)
1857 : Ferdinand de Saussure, Switz, linguist (Cours de Laguistique Gener le)
1862 : Mark A Stein, archaeologist
1864 : Herman Gorter, Dutch socialist/poet (May, Tiny Hero's Poem)
1874 : Edmond Fleg[enheimer], Swiss/French author (Ecoute Isra‰l)
1876 : Bart A van der Leck, Dutch painter (Style)
1876 : Willis Haviland Carrier, developed air-conditioning equipment
1883 : Milh ly Babits, Hungarian literary (Laodameia)
1888 : Franz Jung, writer
1894 : Norbert Wiener, US, mathematician/discovered cybernetics
1895 : Bertil Lindblad, Swedish astronomer (Milky Way system)
xxxx : Jamie, rapper (All-4-One - So Much in Love)
xxxx : Linda Davis, country performer
1901 : Philippus J Idenburg, Dutch statistician
1902 : Gerrit Jan van der Veen, [Wolffensperger], Dutch resistance fighter
1908 : Charles Forte, Italian/British hotel magnate (Savoy)
1911 : Raymond Scheyven, Belgian minister of Economic Affairs
1911 : Ronald Diggens, English fabric manufacturer/multi-millionaire
1912 : Eric Sevareid, Velva ND, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)
1912 : Eugene Ionesco, Slatina Romania, dramatist (Rhinoceros)
1913 : Joshua William Steward, polymath
1915 : Th˜s Mauve, Dutch painter/wood engraver
1918 : Patricio Aylwin, president of Chile (1990-94)
1919 : Frederik Pohl, US, sci-fi author (3 Hugo, Gateway, Bipohl)
1920 : Paul T B Rodenko, poet/author (Stolen Lover)
1921 : Francoise Gilot, painter, designer, author living legacy award, 1984
1922 : Charles M Schulz, Minneapolis MN, cartoonist (Peanuts)
1924 : George Segal, NY, sculptor lifelike mixed-media figures (Bus Driver)
1925 : Eugene Istomin, NYC, pianist (Leventritt Award-1943)
1926 : Joyce McCartan, peace campaigner
1929 : Lorraine Macleod, dancer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun)
1931 : Adolfo P‚rez Esquivel, Buenos Argentina, (1980 Nobel Peace Prize)
1931 : Adrianus J "Cardinal" Simonis, archbishop of Utrecht
1932 : Marten Beinema, Dutch MP (CDA)
1933 : Garrett "Garnet" Mimms, US singer (Enchanters-Cry Baby)
1936 : Margaret Boden, philosopher
1937 : Boris Borisovich Yegorov, USSR, doctor/cosmonaut (Voskhod I)
1937 : Garnett Mimms, rocker
1938 : Elizabeth E Bailey, university dean (Carnegie Mellon)
1938 : Jeremy Boorda, admiral
1938 : Porter J Goss, (Rep-R-Florida)
1938 : Tina Turner, [Anna Mae Bullock], Brownsville Tx, singer (Proud Mary)
1941 : Jeff Torborg, baseball player
1943 : Gerald D Kleczka, (Rep-D-WI, 1984- )
1943 : Paul Burnett, English disc-jockey
1944 : Alan Henderson, Belfast, rock bassist (Them)
1944 : Jean Terrell, Texas, rocker (Supremes)
1945 : John McVie, British rock bassist (Fleetwood Mac-Rumours, Tusk)
1946 : Angus Suttie, English potter
1946 : Burt Reiter, rocker (Focus)
1949 : Maggie Donnelly, bag lady
1951 : La Cicciolina, [Ilona Staller], Budapest Hungary, Italian MP
1955 : Tracy [Raye] Hickman, US, sci-fi author (Dragons of Spring Dawning)
1956 : Nico Slothouwer, Dutch poet (Man & his Bag)
1958 : Steve Buyer, (Rep-R-Indiana)
1969 : Sam Militello, baseball player
1974 : Jamie Jones, singer (All 4 One)
1981 : Jamie Fiske, liver transplant recipient
1992 : Louis Ducrut, prince/son of Princess Stephanie & Daniel Ducrut

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