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Birthdays of Personalities on November 30

1340 : John duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector
1373 : Ferdinand I, the Righteous, king of Aragon/Sicily
1427 : Kazimierz IV, king of Poland (1447-92)
1466 : Andrea Doria, Genoese statesman/admiral
1485 : Veronica Gambara, Italian poetess
1508 : Andrea Palladio, [Andrea di Pietro della Gondola], architect
1554 : Philip Sidney, England, poet/statesman/soldier (Arcadia)
1622 : Thomas of Apshoven, Flemish painter, baptized
1667 : Jonathan Swift, Engl, satirist (Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal)
1699 : Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway
1726 : Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver
1793 : Johann Lukas Sch”nlein, helped establish scientific medicine
1810 : Oliver Fisher Winchester, rifle maker (Winchester)
1813 : Hermann Kurz, German author/poet
1813 : Louise Ackermann-Choquet, French author (Pens‚es)
1817 : Theodor Mommsen, Germ, historian/author (Imperial Lives, Nobel 1902)
1821 : Gustavus Woodson Smith, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1896
1826 : George Washington Deitzler, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1827 : Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary lawyer/senator
1827 : Ernest H Baillon, French botanist (History of Plants)
1828 : Jedediah Hotchkiss, Engineer (Confederate Army), died in 1899
1835 : Mark Twain, [Samuel L Clemens], author (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn)
1843 : J¢zsef Kiss, Hungarian literary (Zsid¢ Dalok)
1855 : Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of Agriculture/Finance
1861 : French Gailliard, Belgian painter (Zeustempel in Athens)
1863 : Andres Bonifacio, leader of 1896 Philippine revolt against Spain
1874 : Winston Churchill, (C) Brit PM (1940-45, 1951-55, Nobel 1953)
1885 : Albrecht (von) Kesselring, German fieldmarshal (Poland/Netherland)
1889 : Edgar D Adrian, English physiologist (Nobel 1932)
1890 : Oege Bakker, Dutch economist
xxxx : Maxwell Smart, fictional character (86-Get Smart)
1900 : Korneel Goossens, Flemish literature/art historian
1903 : Germaine Emilie Madame Gres Krebs, haute Couturist
1904 : Clyfford Still, US, abstract painter
1904 : Philip Burton, teacher/writer/dramatist
1906 : Marina, princess of Greece/Denmark/husband of English prince George
1907 : Jacques Barzun, France, author (The House of Interlect)
1910 : Paul Cerutti, Monaco, trap shooter, disqualified for drugs in 76 oly
1912 : Constant Stotijn, Dutch oboist (Residence Orchestra)
1913 : John K M McCaffery, Moscow Idaho, TV host (One Minute Please)
1914 : Brownie McGhee, Knoxville TN, blues guitarist
1915 : Angier Biddle Duke, NYC, US Ambassador (Spain)
1915 : Henry Taube, chemist (Nobel 1983)
1915 : Walter Brown "Brownie" McGhee, blues singer/guitarist
1919 : Anne S Wadman, Frisian literary (Fioele & faem, Smearlappen)
1919 : Jan Elburg, [Joannes G], Dutch poet (Through the Night)
1924 : Allan Sherman, parody singer/songwriter (Hello Muddah, Hello Fardah)
1924 : Shirley Chisholm, (Rep-D-NY)
1925 : Maxwell Street Jimmy Charles Davis Thomas, blues musician
1928 : Chic Hecht, (Sen-R-NV, 1983- )
1929 : Dick Clark, Mt Vernon NY, TV Host (American Bandstand)
1929 : Joan Ganz Cooney, Phoenix Az, TV exec (Children's TV Workshop)
1930 : G[eorge] Gordon Liddy, head CIA/ate a rat/Watergate felon/radio host
1930 : William H Dana, Pasadena Calif, test pilot (X-15)
1931 : Gnther Herbig, Usti-nad-Labem Czech, conductor (East Berlin Orch)
1932 : David Lincoln Lightbown, politician
1933 : Linwood C Ivey, NC, (Mayor-Garysburg NC)
1936 : Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author (Steal this Book)
1936 : Michael Jinks, child care pioneer
1937 : Jimmy Bowen, rocker
1937 : Paul Stookey, Balt, singer (Peter, Paul & Mary-Wedding Song)
1937 : Richard Threlkeld, newscaster (ABC-TV)
1939 : Walter Weller, Vienna Austria, conductor (Vienna Tonkstler Orch)
1940 : Glenn English, (Rep-D-OK, 1975- )
1943 : J[ames] J[ay] Barnes, US gospel/singer (Please Let Me In)
1943 : Leo Lyons, Standbridge Beds, rock bassist (Ten Years After)
1943 : M A M "Th˜s" W”ltgens, Mayor (Kerkrade Neth)
1943 : Oscar Harris, Surinames/Dutch singer (Try a Little Love)
1943 : Thijs [MAM] W”ltgens, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1944 : Luther T Ingram, US singer/songwriter (I'll Be Your Shelter)
1944 : Rob Grill, LA Calif, rock bassist/vocalist (Grass Roots)
1945 : Michael Joyce, stage manager
1945 : Radu Lupu, Galati Romania, pianist (Enesco 1st prize-1967)
1945 : Roger Glover, British hard rock bassist (Episode Six-Deep Purple)
1947 : David Mamet, Chicago, playwright/dir (Speed the Plow, House of Games)
1949 : Arthur Lee Washington Jr, Neptune NJ, murderer (FBI Most Wanted)
1950 : Greg Gordon, rock vocalist (Boys Band)
1953 : Mike Espy, (Rep-D-Mississippi)
1953 : Shuggie Otis, rocker
1954 : George McArdle, rock bassist (Little River Band Melbourne
1954 : June Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-I'm So excited)
1955 : Billy Idol, [William Broad], rocker (White Wedding)
1963 : Tianna Taylor, XXX actress (Hooter Haven, Route 69)
1969 : Carrie Jean Yazel, Huntington Beach Calif, playmate (May, 1991)
1970 : Des'ree, rhythm & blues singer
1970 : James Brown, tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1971 : Ivan Rodriguez, Vega Baja Puerto Rico, catcher (Texas Rangers)
1975 : Mindy McCready, country/western singer

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