History Births on November 21

Stanley Jackson, English cricketer and politician (d. 1947)

#Stanley_Jackson

Dave Molyneux, Manx motorcycle racer

#Dave_Molyneux

Andrew Caddick, New Zealand-English cricketer

#Andrew_Caddick

Anne de Xainctonge, French saint, founded the Society of the Sisters of Saint Ursula of the Blessed Virgin (d. 1621)

#Anne_de_Xainctonge

Peni Terepo, New Zealand rugby league player

#Peni_Terepo

Daniel Bradshaw, Australian footballer

#Daniel_Bradshaw

Olav Duun, Norwegian author and educator (d. 1939)

#Olav_Duun

Samuel Cunard, Canadian businessman, founded the Cunard Line (d. 1865)

#Samuel_Cunard

Alexander Berkman, Lithuanian-American activist and author (d. 1936)

#Alexander_Berkman

Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, Italian poet and academic (d. 1768)

#Carlo_Innocenzo_Frugoni

Álvaro Bautista, Spanish motorcycle racer

#Álvaro_Bautista

Jobyna Ralston, American actress (d. 1967)

#Jobyna_Ralston

Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German educator and politician

#Heidemarie_Wieczorek-Zeul

Marlo Thomas, American actress, producer, and activist

#Marlo_Thomas

Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (d. 1973)

#Norm_Smith

Stromile Swift, American basketball player

#Stromile_Swift

Joseph Plumb Martin, American sergeant (d. 1850)

#Joseph_Plumb_Martin

Len Väljas, Canadian skier

#Len_Väljas

Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982)

#Eleanor_Powell

Harold Ramis, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)

#Harold_Ramis

Lewis H. Morgan, American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist (d. 1881)

#Lewis_H._Morgan

Hussein Kamel of Egypt (d. 1917)

#Hussein_Kamel_of_Egypt

Brian McNamara, American actor, director, and producer

#Brian_McNamara

Ken Griffey Jr., American baseball player and actor

#Ken_Griffey_Jr.

Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (d. 2010)

#Freddy_Beras-Goico

Natalia Makarova, Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress

#Natalia_Makarova

Hetty Green, American businesswoman and financier (d. 1916)

#Hetty_Green

Alan Smith, English football player

#Alan_Smith_(footballer,_born_1962)

Joe Darling, Australian cricketer and politician (d. 1946)

#Joe_Darling

Mervyn Davies, Baron Davies of Abersoch, Welsh banker and politician

#Mervyn_Davies,_Baron_Davies_of_Abersoch

Voltaire, French historian, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1778)

#Voltaire

Leo Politi, Italian-American author and illustrator (d. 1996)

#Leo_Politi

Cherry Jones, American actress

#Cherry_Jones

Ben Bishop, American ice hockey player

#Ben_Bishop

Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress and singer

#Lucía_Jiménez

Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of Justice (d. 1949)

#Gustav_Radbruch

Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer

#Jesús_Navas

Hank Blalock, American baseball player

#Hank_Blalock

Justin Tucker, American football player

#Justin_Tucker

Mollie Steimer, Russian-American activist (d. 1980)

#Mollie_Steimer

Jamie Langley, English rugby player

#Jamie_Langley

Joseph Campanella, American actor (d. 2018)

#Joseph_Campanella

Ralph Meeker, American actor (d. 1988)

#Ralph_Meeker

Phil Bredesen, American businessman and politician, 48th Governor of Tennessee

#Phil_Bredesen

Justin Langer, Australian cricketer and coach

#Justin_Langer

William Wakefield Baum, American cardinal (d. 2015)

#William_Wakefield_Baum

Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, German composer, critic, and theorist (d. 1795)

#Friedrich_Wilhelm_Marpurg

Antonio Tarver, American boxer, sportscaster, and actor

#Antonio_Tarver

Michael Strahan, American football player, actor, and talk show host

#Michael_Strahan

Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter

#Björk

Catharina Questiers, Dutch poet (d. 1669)

#Catharina_Questiers

Goldie Hawn, American actress, singer, and producer

#Goldie_Hawn

Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (d. 2008)

#Georgia_Frontiere

Zeng Guofan, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (d. 1872)

#Zeng_Guofan

Lorna Luft, American actress and singer

#Lorna_Luft

Eesha Karavade, Indian chess player

#Eesha_Karavade

Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

#Cedric_Maxwell

Laurence Luckinbill, American actor, director, and playwright

#Laurence_Luckinbill

Gary Pihl, American guitarist Boston

#Gary_Pihl

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer (d. 2016)

#Pelle_Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

#Isaac_Bashevis_Singer

Livingston Taylor, American singer-songwriter and musician

#Livingston_Taylor

Nicollette Sheridan, English actress

#Nicollette_Sheridan

R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (d. 1987)

#R._Budd_Dwyer

Michel Suleiman, Lebanese general and politician, 16th President of Lebanon

#Michel_Suleiman

David Porter, American songwriter, musician, and producer

#David_Porter_(musician)

Brian Ritchie, American bass player and songwriter

#Brian_Ritchie

Peter Koppes, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

#Peter_Koppes

Conor Maynard, English singer-songwriter

#Conor_Maynard

Richard Marcinko, American commander and author

#Richard_Marcinko

Jonny Magallón, Mexican footballer

#Jonny_Magallón

Lonnie Jordan, American singer-songwriter War (U.S. band)

#Lonnie_Jordan

Alex Tanguay, Canadian ice hockey player

#Alex_Tanguay

Alphonse Mouzon, American jazz drummer (d. 2016)

#Alphonse_Mouzon

Henri Laborit, French physician and philosopher (d. 1995)

#Henri_Laborit

Charles Dunstone, English businessman, co-founded Carphone Warehouse

#Charles_Dunstone

Stanley Kalms, Baron Kalms, English businessman

#Stanley_Kalms,_Baron_Kalms

Michael Wilson, Australian footballer

#Michael_Wilson_(Australian_footballer)

Earl Monroe, American basketball player and sportscaster

#Earl_Monroe

Marjan Rožanc, Slovenian journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1990)

#Marjan_Rožanc

Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)

#Stan_Musial

Pope Benedict XV (d. 1922)

#Pope_Benedict_XV

Konishiki Yasokichi I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 17th Yokozuna (d. 1914)

#Konishiki_Yasokichi_I

Carly Rae Jepsen, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

#Carly_Rae_Jepsen

Josiah Bartlett, American physician and politician, 6th Governor of New Hampshire (d. 1795)

#Josiah_Bartlett

Colleen Ballinger, American comedian, actress, and singer

#Colleen_Ballinger

Janne Kristiansen, Norwegian lawyer and jurist

#Janne_Kristiansen

Jacques Laffite, French race car driver and sportscaster

#Jacques_Laffite

Leonardo González, Costa Rican footballer

#Leonardo_González

Francisco Tárrega, Spanish guitarist and composer (d. 1909)

#Francisco_Tárrega

Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (d. 1987)

#Harekrushna_Mahatab

Lewis Dunk, English footballer

#Lewis_Dunk

Dick Durbin, American lawyer and politician

#Dick_Durbin

Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian cardinal and theologian (d. 1926)

#Désiré-Joseph_Mercier

Laurier LaPierre, Canadian historian, journalist, and politician (d. 2012)

#Laurier_LaPierre

Cecil M. Harden, American politician (d. 1984)

#Cecil_M._Harden

Jean Shepard, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2016)

#Jean_Shepard

Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1969)

#Coleman_Hawkins

Dárvin Chávez, Mexican footballer

#Dárvin_Chávez

Daniel Whiston, English figure skater

#Daniel_Whiston

Saúl Ñíguez, Spanish footballer

#Saúl_Ñíguez

Gunnar Kangro, Estonian mathematician, author, and academic (d. 1975)

#Gunnar_Kangro

Foster Hewitt, Canadian sportscaster (d. 1985)

#Foster_Hewitt

Ken Block, American race car driver

#Ken_Block

Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (d. 1968)

#Harold_Nicolson

Evgeny Bareev, Russian chess player and coach

#Evgeny_Bareev

Almaz Ayana, Ethiopian sprinter

#Almaz_Ayana

Mikhail Suslov, Russian soldier, economist, and politician (d. 1982)

#Mikhail_Suslov

Will Buckley, English footballer

#Will_Buckley_(footballer)

Shane Douglas, American wrestler and manager

#Shane_Douglas

William Beaumont, American surgeon, "Father of Gastric Physiology" (d. 1853)

#William_Beaumont

Rich Johnston, English author and critic

#Rich_Johnston

Alec Brownstein, American author and director

#Alec_Brownstein

Alex James, English singer-songwriter, bass player

#Alex_James_(musician)

Kristof Goddaert, Belgian cyclist (d. 2014)

#Kristof_Goddaert

Troy Aikman, American football player and sportscaster

#Troy_Aikman

Juliet Mills, English-American actress

#Juliet_Mills

Georgie Twigg, English field hockey player

#Georgie_Twigg

Dr. John, American singer-songwriter and pianist

#Dr._John

Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer and educator (d. 1933)

#Sigfrid_Karg-Elert

Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Norwegian poet and author (d. 1900)

#Sigbjørn_Obstfelder

Amanda Lepore, American model and singer

#Amanda_Lepore

Fabian Delph, English footballer

#Fabian_Delph

Henry Hartsfield, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2014)

#Henry_Hartsfield

Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologian, philosopher, and scholar (d. 1834)

#Friedrich_Schleiermacher

Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer

#Vincenzo_Iaquinta

Victoria, Princess Royal of England (d. 1901)

#Victoria,_Princess_Royal

Tina Brown, English-American journalist and author

#Tina_Brown

Jena Malone, American actress and singer

#Jena_Malone

John Bale, English bishop and historian (d. 1563)

#John_Bale

Steven Curtis Chapman, American Christian music singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, actor, author, and social activist

#Steven_Curtis_Chapman

Michael Batiste, American former professional basketball player

#Michael_Batiste

Dani King, English cyclist

Preston Zimmerman, American soccer player

Stefan Glarner, Swiss footballer

Nicola Silvestri, Italian footballer

Georgios Kalogiannidis, Greek archer

Ioana Ciolacu, Romanian fashion designer

Ain?rs Kovals, Latvian javelin thrower

Wesley Britt, American football player

Jonas Jennings, American football player

Yolande James, Canadian lawyer and politician

Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer

Saleem Elahi, Pakistani cricketer

Mihaela Botezan, Romanian long-distance runner

Darrell Cavens, Canadian co-founder and former CEO of e-commerce company Zulily

Rain Phoenix, American actress and singer

Karen Davila, Filipino journalist

Toshihiko Koga, Japanese martial artist

Tripp Cromer, American baseball player

Thanasis Kolitsidakis, Greek footballer

Reggie Lewis, American basketball player (d. 1993)

Stefan Sonnenfeld, American businessman, co-founded Company 3

Olden Polynice, Haitian-American basketball player and coach

Liza Tarbuck, English actress, television & radio presenter

João Domingos Pinto, Portuguese footballer and manager

Mark Bailey, English rugby player, author, and educator

Sergei Ratnikov, Estonian footballer and manager

Glenn Ridge, Australian radio and television host and producer

Fiona Pitt-Kethley, English journalist, author, and poet

Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge (d. 2015)

George Zimmer, American businessman, founded Men's Wearhouse

Ingrid Pitt, Polish-English actress (d. 2010)

Victor Chang, Chinese-Australian surgeon (d. 1991)

Peter Philpott, Australian cricketer

Etta Zuber Falconer, American educator and mathematician (d. 2002)

Beryl Bainbridge, English author and screenwriter (d. 2010)

Malcolm Williamson, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2003)

Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian chemist and physicist (d. 1985)

Lewis Binford, American archaeologist and academic (d. 2011)

Marilyn French, American author and academic (d. 2009)

Veljko Kadijevi?, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (d. 2014)

Christopher Tolkien, English author and academic

Milka Planinc, Yugoslav politician, 28th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (d. 2010)

Abe Lemons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2002)

Donald Sheldon, American pilot (d. 1975)

Paul Bogart, American director and producer (d. 2012)

Sid Luckman, American football player and soldier (d. 1998)

Nusret Fi?ek, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (d. 1990)

Roy Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)

John Boulting, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1985)

Elizabeth George Speare, American author and educator (d. 1994)

Buck Ram, American songwriter and music producer (d. 1991)

Georgina Battiscombe, British biographer (d. 2006)

René Magritte, Belgian painter (d. 1967)

Ludwik Gorzkowski, Polish politician, physicist and revolutionary activist (d. 1857)