People born on November 12 176
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Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont
b. 1450 – d. 1486
Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont, Prince of Savoy (d. 1486)
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Johan Rantzau
b. 1492 – d. 1565
Johan Rantzau, German general (d. 1565)
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Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen
b. 1494 – d. 1521
Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen, Princess of Anhalt by birth, by marriage Duchess of Saxony (d. 1521)
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Qi Jiguang
b. 1528 – d. 1588
Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)
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Claude of Valois
b. 1547 – d. 1575
Claude of Valois (d. 1575)
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Albrecht of Hanau-Münzenberg
b. 1579 – d. 1635
Albrecht of Hanau-Münzenberg, German nobleman (d. 1635)
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Jeanne Mance
b. 1606 – d. 1673
Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (d. 1673)
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Richard Baxter
b. 1615 – d. 1691
Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and hymn-writer (b. 1615)
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Diego Luis de San Vitores
b. 1627 – d. 1672
Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary (d. 1672)
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Juana Inés de la Cruz
b. 1651 – d. 1695
Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican nun, poet, and scholar (d. 1695)
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Francis Nicholson
b. 1655 – d. 1727
Francis Nicholson, British Army general and colonial administrator (d. 1727)
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Edward Vernon
b. 1684 – d. 1757
Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (d. 1757)
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Louis Antoine de Bougainville
b. 1729 – d. 1811
Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (d. 1811)
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Gerhard von Scharnhorst
b. 1755 – d. 1813
Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (d. 1813)
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Piet Retief
b. 1780 – d. 1838
Piet Retief, South African ruler (d. 1838)
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Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz
b. 1793 – d. 1831
Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Livonian physician and botanist (d. 1831)
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Thaddeus William Harris
b. 1795 – d. 1856
Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (d. 1856)
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
b. 1815 – d. 1902
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (d. 1902)
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Bahá'u'lláh
b. 1817 – d. 1892
Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)
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Alexander Borodin
b. 1833 – d. 1887
Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)
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Auguste Rodin
b. 1840 – d. 1917
Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator (b. 1840)
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John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh
b. 1842 – d. 1919
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)
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Eduard Müller (Swiss politician)
b. 1848 – d. 1919
Eduard Müller, Swiss lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1919)
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Mikhail Chigorin
b. 1850 – d. 1908
Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician (d. 1908)
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Sun Yat-sen
b. 1866 – d. 1925
Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (d. 1925)
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William Fay
b. 1872 – d. 1947
William Fay, Irish actor and producer (d. 1947)
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Olev Siinmaa
b. 1881 – d. 1948
Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect (d. 1948)
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Maximilian von Weichs
b. 1881 – d. 1954
Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)
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Günther Dyhrenfurth
b. 1886 – d. 1975
Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer (d. 1975)
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Ben Travers
b. 1886 – d. 1980
Ben Travers, English author and playwright (d. 1980)
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DeWitt Wallace
b. 1889 – d. 1981
DeWitt Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest (d. 1981)
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Lily Kronberger
b. 1890 – d. 1974
Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
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Tudor Davies
b. 1892 – d. 1958
Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor and actor (d. 1958)
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Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe
b. 1894 – d. 1976
Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist (d. 1976)
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Manuel Alonso Areizaga
b. 1895 – d. 1984
Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Spanish tennis player (d. 1984)
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Nima Yooshij
b. 1895 – d. 1960
Nima Yooshij, Iranian poet and academic (d. 1960)
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Salim Ali
b. 1896 – d. 1987
Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and author (d. 1987)
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Karl Marx (composer)
b. 1897 – d. 1985
Karl Marx, German composer and conductor (d. 1985)
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Leon Štukelj
b. 1898 – d. 1999
Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (d. 1999)
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Stanley Graham
b. 1900 – d. 1941
Stanley Graham, New Zealand mass murderer (d. 1941)
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James Luther Adams
b. 1901 – d. 1994
James Luther Adams, American minister and theologian (d. 1994)
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Jack Oakie
b. 1903 – d. 1978
Jack Oakie, American actor (d. 1978)
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Max Hoffman
b. 1904 – d. 1981
Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman (d. 1981)
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Louise Thaden
b. 1905 – d. 1979
Louise Thaden, American pilot (d. 1979)
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George Dillon (poet)
b. 1906 – d. 1968
George Dillon, American soldier and poet (d. 1968)
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Harry Blackmun
b. 1908 – d. 1999
Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge (d. 1999)
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Dudley Nourse
b. 1910 – d. 1981
Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1981)
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Buck Clayton
b. 1911 – d. 1991
Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1911)
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Peter Whitehead (racing driver)
b. 1914 – d. 1958
Peter Whitehead, English race car driver (d. 1958)
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Roland Barthes
b. 1915 – d. 1980
Roland Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and critic (d. 1980)
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Paul Emery
b. 1916 – d. 1993
Paul Emery, English race car driver (d. 1993)
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Jean Papineau-Couture
b. 1916 – d. 2000
Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (d. 2000)
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Jo Stafford
b. 1917 – d. 2008
Jo Stafford, American singer (d. 2008)
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France Štiglic
b. 1919 – d. 1993
France Štiglic, Slovenian film director and screenwriter (d. 1993)
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Jackie Washington
b. 1919 – d. 2009
Jackie Washington, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
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Richard Quine
b. 1920 – d. 1989
Richard Quine, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
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Tadeusz Borowski
b. 1922 – d. 1951
Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, author, and journalist (d. 1951)
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Kim Hunter
b. 1922 – d. 2002
Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002)
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Ian Graham
b. 1923
Ian Graham, English archaeologist and explorer
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Rubén Bonifaz Nuño
b. 1923 – d. 2013
Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (d. 2013)
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Sam Jones (musician)
b. 1924 – d. 1981
Sam Jones, American bassist, cellist, and composer (d. 1981)
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Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley
b. 1926 – d. 2016
Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, English lawyer and judge (d. 2016)
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František Šťastný
b. 1927 – d. 2000
František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer and sportscaster (d. 2000)
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Yutaka Taniyama
b. 1927 – d. 1958
Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician and theorist (d. 1958)
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Grace Kelly
b. 1929 – d. 1982
Grace Kelly, American actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco (d. 1982)
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Michael Ende
b. 1929 – d. 1995
Michael Ende, German author and fiction writer (d. 1995)
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Bob Crewe
b. 1930 – d. 2014
Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2014)
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Charles Manson
b. 1934
Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer
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John McGahern
b. 1934 – d. 2006
John McGahern, Irish author and educator (d. 2006)
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Denis DeJordy
b. 1938
Denis DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
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Benjamin Mkapa
b. 1938
Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian journalist and politician, 3rd President of Tanzania
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Mort Shuman
b. 1938 – d. 1991
Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1991)
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Lucia Popp
b. 1939 – d. 1993
Lucia Popp, Slovak-German soprano (b. 1939)
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Michel Audet
b. 1940
Michel Audet, Canadian economist and politician
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Jürgen Todenhöfer
b. 1940
Jürgen Todenhöfer, German judge and politician
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Errol Brown
b. 1943 – d. 2015
Errol Brown, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
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Brian Hyland
b. 1943
Brian Hyland, American pop singer
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Wallace Shawn
b. 1943
Wallace Shawn, American actor, comedian and playwright
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Björn Waldegård
b. 1943 – d. 2014
Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (d. 2014)
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John Walker (musician)
b. 1943 – d. 2011
John Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
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Booker T. Jones
b. 1944
Booker T. Jones, American pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
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Al Michaels
b. 1944
Al Michaels, American sportscaster
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Michael Bishop (author)
b. 1945
Michael Bishop, American author and educator
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Neil Young
b. 1945
Neil Young, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
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Judith Roitman
b. 1945
Judith Roitman, American mathematician and academic
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Alexandra Charles
b. 1946
Alexandra Charles, Swedish businesswoman
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Buck Dharma
b. 1947
Buck Dharma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Patrice Leconte
b. 1947
Patrice Leconte, French director and screenwriter
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Hassan Rouhani
b. 1948
Hassan Rouhani, Iranian lawyer and politician; 7th President of Iran
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Ron Lapointe
b. 1949 – d. 1992
Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1992)
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Jack Reed (politician)
b. 1949
Jack Reed, American soldier and politician
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Barbara Fairchild
b. 1950
Barbara Fairchild, American country and gospel singer-songwriter
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Baaba Maal
b. 1953
Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Paul McNamee
b. 1954
Paul McNamee, Australian tennis player
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Les McKeown
b. 1955
Les McKeown, Scottish pop singer (Bay City Rollers)
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Megan Mullally
b. 1958
Megan Mullally, American actress and singer
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Nick Stellino
b. 1958
Nick Stellino, Italian-American chef and author
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Mykola Vynnychenko (athlete)
b. 1958
Mykola Vynnychenko, Ukrainian race walker
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Vincent Irizarry
b. 1959
Vincent Irizarry, American actor
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Toshihiko Sahashi
b. 1959
Toshihiko Sahashi, Japanese composer
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Maurane
b. 1960
Maurane, Belgian singer and actress
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Nadia Comăneci
b. 1961
Nadia Comăneci, Romanian gymnast and coach
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Enzo Francescoli
b. 1961
Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer
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Kuniko Asagi
b. 1962
Kuniko Asagi, Japanese actress and television host
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Jon Dough
b. 1962 – d. 2006
Jon Dough, American porn actor, director, and producer (d. 2006)
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Mariella Frostrup
b. 1962
Mariella Frostrup, Norwegian journalist and actress
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Mark Hunter (ice hockey)
b. 1962
Mark Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
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Neal Shusterman
b. 1962
Neal Shusterman, American author and poet
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Naomi Wolf
b. 1962
Naomi Wolf, American author and activist
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Vic Chesnutt
b. 1964 – d. 2009
Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1964)
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David Ellefson
b. 1964
David Ellefson, American bass player and songwriter
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Wang Kuang-hui
b. 1964
Wang Kuang-hui, Taiwanese baseball player and coach
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Barbara Stühlmeyer
b. 1964
Barbara Stühlmeyer, German musicologist, church musician and writer
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Lex Lang
b. 1965
Lex Lang, American voice actor and producer
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Bassim Al-Karbalaei
b. 1967
Bassim Al-Karbalaei, Iraqi Eulogy Reciter
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Disco Inferno (wrestler)
b. 1967
Disco Inferno, American wrestler and manager
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Iryna Khalip
b. 1967
Iryna Khalip, Belarusian journalist
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Michael Moorer
b. 1967
Michael Moorer, American boxer
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Kathleen Hanna
b. 1968
Kathleen Hanna, American singer-songwriter
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Sammy Sosa
b. 1968
Sammy Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player
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Aaron Stainthorpe
b. 1968
Aaron Stainthorpe, English-German singer-songwriter
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Ian Bremmer
b. 1969
Ian Bremmer, American political scientist and author
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Jason Cundy
b. 1969
Jason Cundy, English footballer and sportscaster
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Rob Schrab
b. 1969
Rob Schrab, American writer and artist
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Elektra (wrestling)
b. 1970
Elektra, American wrestler, model, and dancer
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Tonya Harding
b. 1970
Tonya Harding, American figure skater
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Sarah Harmer
b. 1970
Sarah Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Oscar Strasnoy
b. 1970
Oscar Strasnoy, French-Argentine composer
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Chen Guangcheng
b. 1971
Chen Guangcheng, Chinese-American lawyer and activist
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Vassilios Tsiartas
b. 1972
Vassilios Tsiartas, Greek footballer
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Radha Mitchell
b. 1973
Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
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Jason Lezak
b. 1975
Jason Lezak, American swimmer
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Tevin Campbell
b. 1976
Tevin Campbell, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor
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Judith Holofernes
b. 1976
Judith Holofernes, German singer-songwriter and guitarist
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Richelle Mead
b. 1976
Richelle Mead, American author and educator
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Mirosław Szymkowiak
b. 1976
Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer and journalist
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Benni McCarthy
b. 1977
Benni McCarthy, South African footballer
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Lee Murray
b. 1977
Lee Murray, English mixed martial artist
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Alexandra Maria Lara
b. 1978
Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress
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Ashley Williams (actress)
b. 1978
Ashley Williams, American actress
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Matt Cappotelli
b. 1979
Matt Cappotelli, American wrestler and trainer
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Cote de Pablo
b. 1979
Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress
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Lucas Glover
b. 1979
Lucas Glover, American golfer
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Corey Maggette
b. 1979
Corey Maggette, American basketball player and sportscaster
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Matt Stevic
b. 1979
Matt Stevic, Australian footballer and umpire
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Shaun Cooper (musician)
b. 1980
Shaun Cooper, American bass player
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Nur Fettahoğlu
b. 1980
Nur Fettahoğlu, German-Turkish journalist and actress
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Ryan Gosling
b. 1980
Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor, producer and singer
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Charlie Hodgson
b. 1980
Charlie Hodgson, English rugby player
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Annika Becker
b. 1981
Annika Becker, German pole vaulter
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DJ Campbell
b. 1981
DJ Campbell, English footballer
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Sergio Floccari
b. 1981
Sergio Floccari, Italian footballer
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Anne Hathaway
b. 1982
Anne Hathaway, American actress
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Mikele Leigertwood
b. 1982
Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer
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Charlie Morton (pitcher)
b. 1983
Charlie Morton, American baseball player
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Sepp De Roover
b. 1984
Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer
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Sandara Park
b. 1984
Sandara Park, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
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Conrad Rautenbach
b. 1984
Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean race car driver
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Yan Zi (tennis)
b. 1984
Yan Zi, Chinese tennis player
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Arianny Celeste
b. 1985
Arianny Celeste, American model and actress
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Adlène Guedioura
b. 1985
Adlène Guedioura, French-Algerian footballer
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Ignazio Abate
b. 1986
Ignazio Abate, Italian footballer
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Nedum Onuoha
b. 1986
Nedum Onuoha, English footballer
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Jason Day (golfer)
b. 1987
Jason Day, Australian golfer
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Kengo Kora
b. 1987
Kengo Kora, Japanese actor
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Bryan Little
b. 1987
Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player
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Russell Westbrook
b. 1988
Russell Westbrook, American basketball player
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Hiroshi Kiyotake
b. 1989
Hiroshi Kiyotake, Japanese footballer
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Florent Manaudou
b. 1990
Florent Manaudou, French swimmer
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Harmeet Singh (footballer)
b. 1990
Harmeet Singh, Norwegian footballer
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Siim-Sander Vene
b. 1990
Siim-Sander Vene, Estonian basketball player
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Gijs Van Hoecke
b. 1991
Gijs Van Hoecke, Belgian cyclist
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Trey Burke
b. 1992
Trey Burke, American basketball player
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Adam Larsson
b. 1992
Adam Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player
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Luguelín Santos
b. 1993
Luguelín Santos, Dominican sprinter
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Guillaume Cizeron
b. 1994
Guillaume Cizeron, French ice dancer