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Birthdays of Personalities on November 08

1572 : Johan Sigismund, elector of Brandenburg/duke of Prussia
1622 : Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen, Dutch baptist pastor (Lambs' War)
1622 : Karl X Gustaf, King of Sweden (1654-60)
1647 : Pierre Bayle, French/Neth theologist/philosopher/writer
1656 : Edmund Halley, English astronomer (comet of Halley) [OS=Oct 29]
1715 : Elisabeth C van Brunswick-Bevern, wife of Frederik II "the Great"
1760 : Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, South Neth earl/general
1814 : Girolamo/Jeromin de Rada, Albanian poet (Skanderbeku)
1817 : Claudius Wistar Sears, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1891
1817 : Theodoor J Canneel, Flemish painter
1829 : Samuel Wylie Crawford, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1892
1830 : Oliver Otis Howard, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1909
1831 : Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India
1834 : Johann C F Z”llner, German astronoom (astro photo meter)
1848 : Gottlob Frege, Germany, mathematician/logician (Begriffsschrift)
1854 : Jean R‚ville, French vicar/theologist (Liberal Protestantism)
1863 : Ren‚ [Raphael] Viviani, French historian/social premier (1914-15)
1876 : Frank L Gillespie, Ark, founded Supreme Life Insurance Company
1878 : Marshall Walter "Major" Taylor, world champion cyclist (1899)
1895 : Hermann Schey, German/Neth singer
1897 : Dorothy Day, author (Stump the Authors)
1900 : Margaret Mitchell, author (Gone With the Wind)
1901 : Gheorge Gheorghiu Dej, Romania party leader/president
1902 : Mihail A Suslov, Soviet-party ideologist [NS=Nov 22]
1905 : Richard Nicholson, musician
1907 : Otto Brenner, German worker's union leader
1909 : Alberto Erede, Italian conductor
1912 : Joseph Fattorini, businessman
1914 : Lute T de Cock, student/resistance fighter
1916 : Peter Weiss, Germany, Swedish author/dramatist/novelist (Marat/Sade)
1921 : Jerome Hines, [Heinz], Hollywood Calif, basso (I am The Way)
1922 : Christiaan Barnard, S Africa, surgeon (perform 1st heart transplant)
1923 : Dmitri T Jazov, Russian minister of defense (1991 coup)
1927 : Patti Page, [Clara Ann Fowler], Claremont Ok, singer (Tennessee Waltz)
1930 : Edmund Happold, engineer
1931 : Morley Safer, Toronto Calif, TV newscaster (60 Minutes)
1932 : Richard E Lawyer, LA Calif, astronaut
1934 : Roberta Hazard, USN Admiral
1936 : Edward George Gibson, Buffalo NY, astronaut (Skylab 4)
1936 : Viscount Mountgarret, [Butler], English large landowner
1938 : John Asprey, British jeweler/multi-millionaire
1942 : Aleksandr Yakovlevich Kramarenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1942 : Gerald Alston, US singer (Manhattans-Crazy)
1944 : Bonnie Bramlett, rock vocalist (Delandy & Bonnie)
1944 : Rodney Desborough Slater, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band)
1945 : David Jessel, British TV-reporter
1945 : Roy Wood, Birmingham England, rock vocalist/celloist (ELO)
1947 : Margaret Rhea Seddon, Murfreesboro Tenn, MD/astro (STS 51D, 40, SK:58)
1947 : Minnie Ripperton, Chicago, singer (Loving You)
1948 : Dale A Gardner, Fairmont Minn, Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 8, STS 51A)
1949 : Al Berger, rocker
1949 : Bonnie Raitt, Burbank CA, country singer (Green Light, The Glow)
1951 : Larry Burnette, rocker (Firefall)
1951 : Mary Hart, Sioux Falls SD, TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight)
1952 : Christie Ann Hefner, daughter of Hugh Hefner, CEO (Playboy)
1954 : Rickie Lee Jones, Chicago, singer (Chuck E's in Love)
1958 : Terry Lee Miall, England, rock drummer (Adam & The Ants)
1967 : Rhonda Kottke, Minneapolis Minn, WPVA volleyballer
1968 : Jose Offerman, San Pedro de Macoris, infielder (KC Royals)

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