Famous Birthdays on November 21

Voltaire (1694-1778)

French writer, philosopher and playwright (Candide), born in Paris

1724 Jan Ekels the Elder, Amsterdam painter and cartoonist, born in Amsterdam (d. 1781)
1729 Josiah Bartlett, American physician and statesman (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in Amesbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1795)
1742 Alessandro Felici, Italian composer, born in Florence, Italy (d. 1772)
1768 Friedrich Schleiermacher, German theologist and philosopher, born in Breslau, Prussian Silesia (d. 1834)
1773 Robert Brown, Scottish botanist (discovered 'Brownian Motion'), born in Montrose, Scotland (d. 1858)

William Beaumont (1785-1853)

American surgeon and father of gastric physiology, born in Lebanon, Connecticut

1787 Samuel Cunard, Canadian-British shipping magnate and founder (1st regular Atlantic steamship line), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia (d. 1865)
1817 Richard B. Garnett, American Confederate Brigadier General, born in Essex County, Virginia (d. 1863)
1824 Hieronymus Theodor Richter, German mineralogist and co-discoverer of the element indium, born in Dresden, Saxony (d. 1898)
1828 William McComb, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania (d. 1918)
1829 Petrus Augustus de Génestet, Dutch vicar and poet, born in Amsterdam (d. 1861)
1831 John Franklin Miller, American lawyer, businessman, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 1886)

Hetty Green (1834-1916)

American businesswoman and financier whose wealth and miserliness saw her known as the "Witch of Wall Street", born in New Bedford, Massachusetts

1834 Joseph Jackson Bartlett, American attorney, diplomat and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Binghamton, New York (d. 1893)
1840 Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Frederick III, born in Buckingham Palace, London (d. 1901)
1851 Désiré-Joseph Mercier, Belgian philosopher and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, born in Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium (d. 1926)
1852 Francisco Tárrega, Spanish composer, born in Villarreal, Spain (d. 1909)
1853 Hussein Kamel, Sultan of Egypt (1914-17), born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1917)

Benedict XV (1854-1922)

Italian 258th Pope (1914-22), born in Pegli, Genoa, Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia

1857 Manuel Estrada Cabrera, 13th President of Guatemala (1898-1920), born in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala (d. 1924)

Tom Horn (1860-1903)

American gunfighter and outlaw, born in Scotland County, Missouri

1863 Arthur Quiller-Couch, Cornish novelist and editor (The Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250–1900), born in Bodmin, Cornwall (d. 1944)
1867 Vladimir Ipatieff, Russian-American chemist, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1952)
1870 Joe Darling, Australian cricket batsman and captain (34 Tests, 21 as captain; 3 x 100s, TS 178; South Australia CA), born in Glen Osmond, Australia (d. 1946)
1870 Sigfrid Edström, Swedish sports official (4th President International Olympic Committee 1952-64), born in Morlanda, Sweden (d. 1964)
1870 Stanley Jackson, English cricketer (captain of England, governor of Bengal), born in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, Yorkshire, England (d. 1947)
1871 Panayot Pipkov, Bulgarian bandmaster, composer, pedagogue, and (with his son) Antarctic glacier namesake, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (d. 1942)
1877 Louis Campbell-Tipton, American composer, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1921)
1877 Sigfrid Karg-Elert, German composer, born in Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany (d. 1933)
1878 Gustav Radbruch, German lawyer and jurist, born in Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia (d. 1949)
1880 Franz Hessel, German writer, born in Szczecin, Poland (d. 1941)
1881 Arthur Chesney [Kellaway], British stage and screen character actor (The Lodger; Chelsea Life), born in Wandsworth, London, England (d. 1949)
1886 Harold Nicolson, English diplomat and author (Good Behaviour), born in Tehran, Persian Empire (d. 1968)
1894 Corinne Griffith, American actress dubbed "The Orchid Lady of the Screen" (3 Hours, Lilies of Field), born in Texarkana, Texas (d. 1979)
1894 Max Miller [Thomas Henry Sargent], English comedian known as The Cheeky Chappie, born in Brighton, England (d. 1963)
1897 Mollie Steimer, American political prisoner and anarchist agitator, born in Dunaevtsy, Russia (d. 1980)
1898 René Magritte, Belgian surrealist painter (This is Not a Pipe), born in Lessines, Belgium (d. 1967)
1899 Jobyna Ralston, American actress (For Heaven's Sake), born in South Pittsburg, Tennessee (d. 1967)
1900 Alice Calhoun, American silent film actress (Flowing Gold; Between Friends; Pampered Youth), and movie theater owner, born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1966)
1902 Foster Hewitt, Canadian radio broadcaster (Hockey Night in Canada), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 1985)
1902 Mikhail Suslov, Soviet statesman and party ideologist, born in Shakhovskoye, Russian Empire (d. 1982)
1904 Coleman Hawkins, American jazz musician who virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz, born in St. Joseph, Missouri (d. 1969)
1905 David Moule-Evans, English composer and conductor, born in Ashford, Kent, England (d. 1988)
1905 Freddie Lindstrom, American Baseball Hall of Fame utility (New York Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1981)
1907 Charles Korvin [Geza Korvin Karpathi], Austrian actor (Berlin Express, Ship of Fools), born in Piestany, Austria-Hungary (d. 1998)
1907 Jim Bishop, American journalist and author (The Day Lincoln was Shot), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1987)
1907 M Eleonore Lippits, 1st Dutch female missionary doctor (d. 1993)
1908 Elizabeth George Speare, American author (The Witch of Blackbird Pond), born in Melrose, Massachusetts (d. 1994)
1912 Anne Bolt, photo-journalist and trade unionist, born in London (d. 1996)
1912 Eleanor Powell, American stage and screen actress and tap dancer (Born to Dance, Broadway Melody films), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1982)
1913 Roy Boulting, British film director and producer (Desert Victory), born in Bray, Berkshire, Eng (d. 2001)
1916 Sid Luckman, American College-Pro Football HOF quarterback (Columbia University; 4 × NFL C'ship 1940, 41, 43, 46; NFL MVP 1943; 5 × First-team All-Pro; 3 × Pro Bowl; Chicago Bears), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1998)
1917 Sem Presser, Dutch press photographer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1986)
1919 Steve Brodie [John Stevenson], American actor (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), born in El Dorado, Kansas (d. 1992)
1920 Ralph Meeker [Rathgeber], American actor (Mister Roberts, Anderson Tapes, Night Stalker), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota (d. 1988)

Stan Musial (1920-2013)

American Baseball HOF outfielder (24 × MLB All-Star; World Series 1942, 44, 46; NL MVP 1943, 46, 48; 7 × NL batting champion; St Louis Cardinals), born in Donora, Pennsylvania

1921 Vivian Blaine, American actress (Guys & Dolls, Skirts Ahoy), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1995)
1922 Abe Lemons, American basketball coach (Oklahoma City Uni, Pan American Uni; NABC Coach of the Year 1978 Uni of Texas Austin), born in Ryan, Oklahoma (d. 2002)
1922 Maria Casares [Pérez], Spanish-French actress (Orpheus, Lectrice), born in A Coruña, Spain (d. 1996)
1924 Christopher Tolkien, British author and son of J. R. R. Tolkien, born in Leeds, England (d. 2020)
1924 Joseph Campanella, American character actor (Guiding Light, Mannix), born in NYC, New York (d. 2018)
1924 Milka Planinc, Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (1982-86), born in Drniš, Yugoslavia (d. 2010)
1925 Poncke Princen, Dutch anti-Nazi fighter, colonial soldier and human rights activist, born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 2002)
1927 (Carlos) "Charlie" Palmieri, American salsa and charanga music bandleader, musical director, and piano player (Tito Puente; Alegré All-Stars), born in South Bronx, New York City (d. 1988)
1927 Georgia Frontiere, American businesswoman (co-owner Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams 1979–2008), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 2008)
1929 Laurier LaPierre, Canadian journalist, broadcaster and senator, born in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec (d. 2012)
1929 Marilyn French, American author (The Women's Room), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2009)
1931 Jim Ringo, American Pro Football HOF center (7 × First-team All-Pro; 10 × Pro Bowl; Green Bay Packers, Philadelphia Eagles) and coach (Buffalo Bills 1976–77), born in Orange, New Jersey (d. 2007)
1931 Malcolm Williamson, Australian composer, born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2003)
1931 Revaz Dogonadze, Georgian scientist (one of the founders of Quantum electrochemistry), born in Tbilisi, Georgia (d. 1985)
1932 Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer (Symphony and Antiphony), born in Copenhagen; (d. 2016)
1933 Frank Brake, English multi-millionaire
1933 Henry Hartsfield Jr, American astronaut (STS-4; STS-41-D; STS-61-A), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2014)
1933 Jean Shepard, American country singer (Ozark Jubilee), born in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma (d. 2016)
1934 Dietrich Weise, German soccer forward (Eintracht Frankfurt, FSV Mainz) and manager (FC Kaiserslautern, E Frankfurt, F Düsseldorf, Egypt, Liechtenstein), born in Gröben, Germany (d. 2020)
1934 Laurence Luckinbill, actor (Delphi Bureau, Ike), born in Fort Smith, Arkansas
1934 Peter Philpott, Australian cricket spin bowler (8 Tests, 26 wickets, best 5/90; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2021)
1935 Fairuz [Nouhad Haddad], Lebanese singer (Behebak Ya Libnan), born in Zuqaq al-Blat, Beirut, State of Greater Lebanon
1935 Robert Drivas [Choromokos], American stage and screen actor (Cool Hand Luke; Illustrated Man; Our Private World), and theater director, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1986)
1936 James DePreist, American conductor (Mitropoulos Prize, 1964, Oregon Symphony, 1980-2003), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
1936 Victor Chang, Australian physician (d. 1986)
1937 Marlo Thomas [Mrs Phil Donahue], Detroit Mich (That Girl!, Jenny)
1939 R. Budd Dwyer, American politician who committed suicide on TV (d. 1987)
1939 Rick Lenz, actor (Hec Ramsey, Scandalous John), born in Springfield, Illinois
1940 Natalia Makarova, a Soviet-Russian-born prima ballerina and choreographer (Kirov Ballet, 1956-70), born in Leningrad, USSR
1940 Richard Marcinko, American author
1941 Andrew Love, American saxophonist (The Memphis Horns), born in Memphis, Tennessee (d. 2012)
1941 David Porter, American producer, arranger and songwriter ("Soul Man"; "Hold On, I'm Coming"), born in Memphis, Tennessee
1941 İdil Biret, Turkish concert pianist, born in Ankara, Turkey
1941 Juliet Mills, actress (Nanny & the Professor, QB VII), born in London, England
1942 Afa Anoa'i, Samoan-American pro wrestler (WWF Tag Team C'ship x 3 with Sika), born in Western Samoa
1942 Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, German politician
1942 Tweety [Pie], Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Bob Clampett and Friz Freleng (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), first debuts in "A Tale of Two Kitties"
1943 Jacques Laffite, French auto racer (6 x F1 wins, Ligier) and broadcaster (TF1), born in Paris, France
1943 Larry Mahan, American rodeo rider (PRCA All-Around Champion 1966–70, 73; ProRodeo Hall of Fame), born in Salem, Oregon (d. 2023)
1943 Orlando de la Torre, Peruvian soccer defender (39 caps; Sporting Cristal SA), born in Trujillo, Peru (d. 2022)
1943 Phil Bredesen, American politician
1943 Robert Alner, British racehorse trainer (Cheltenham Gold Cup: Cool Dawn 1998), born in Droop, England (d. 2020)
1943 Viktor Sidjak, Russian fencer
1944 Dick Durbin, American politician (Rep-D-IL, 1983-97, Senator-D-IL, 1997-), born in East St. Louis, Illinois
1944 Earl "the Pearl" Monroe, American basketball HOF guard (4 x NBA All-Star; NBA C'ship 1973 NY Knicks; NBA Rookie of the Year 1968 Baltimore Bullets), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1944 Harold Ramis, actor and director (SCTV, Stripes), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2014)
1944 Marcia "Marcy" Carsey, TV executive/producer

Goldie Hawn (77 years old)

1945 American actress (The First Wives Club, Private Benjamin), born in Washington, D.C.

1946 Jacky Lafon, Belgian actress
1946 Jónas Tómasson, Icelandic composer, teacher, and conductor, born in Ísafjörður, Westfjords, Iceland
1947 Steve Webber, American baseball college coach (University of Georgia 1981-96; NCAA C'ship 1990), born in Stockport, Iowa (d. 2022)
1948 Alphonse Mouzon, American jazz musician (Weather Report, Tenacious Records), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 2016)
1948 George Zimmer, American entrepreneur
1948 John "Rabbit" Bundrick, American keyboardist and organist (The Who, The Rocky Horror Picture Show), born in Houston, Texas
1948 Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan, American rock keyboardist and vocalist (War - "Why Can't We Be Friends?"), born in San Diego, California
1949 Anatoliy Kuksov, Ukrainian soccer midfielder (8 caps USSR; FC Zorya Luhansk 489 games) and manager, born in Luhansk, Ukraine (d. 2022)
1949 Barbara Jo Rubin, American jockey (first women to win a race on a major US track), born in Highland, Illinois
1949 Basil Williams, West Indian cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 100s; century on debut 1978), born in Caymanas Estate, St Catherine, Jamaica (d. 2015)
1949 Judith Shatin, American contemporary classical and electronic composer (Hark My Love; Ice Becomes Water), and educator (University of Virginia)
1949 Nickolas Grace, British stage and screen actor (Brideshead Revisited; Heat and Dust; Robin of Sherwood), born in West Kirby, Cheshire, England
1950 Alberto Juantorena, Cuba, 400m dash (Olympic gold 1976)
1950 Bruce Laird, Australian cricket batsman (21 Tests; 23 ODIs; 13 "Supertests" in World Series Cricket), born in Perth, Western Australia
1950 David Williams, American R&B, pop and rock session and touring guitarist (Michael Jackson; Madonna; Rod Stewart; Bryan Ferry), born in Newport News, Virginia (d. 2009)
1950 Gary Pihl, American guitarist (Sammy Hagar), born in Chicago, Illinois
1950 Livingston Taylor, American singer-songwriter ("I Will Be In Love With You"), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1950 Stephen Geyer, American guitarist, and film and television songwriter (Greatest American Hero; Blossom; The Wuzzles), born in Lima, Peru
1951 John Kennedy, American politician (Senator-R-Louisiana 2017-), born in Centreville, Mississippi
1952 Deborah Shelton, actress (Dallas, Ocean Kill, Body Double), born in Washington, D.C.
1952 Eamonn Coghlan, Irish 1500m runner (Olympic 4th 76)
1952 Lorna Luft, American singer and actress (Where the Boys Are-1980), born in Scarsdale, New York
1953 Asa Brebner, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Modern Lovers; The Chartbusters), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2019)
1953 Tina Brown, British journalist (New Yorker, Tattler), born in Maidenhead, United Kingdom
1954 Thomas Rothman, American film executive
1955 Cedric Maxwell, American basketball player
1955 Jacob Desvarieux, French zouk singer, and guitarist (Kassav'), born in Paris, France (d. 2021)
1956 Cherry Jones, American stage and TV actress (Doubt, 24), born in Paris, Tennessee
1956 Mariana Simionescu, Romanian tennis player (1st wife of Björn Borg), born in Tirgu Neamt, Romania
1956 Terri Welles [Knepper], American playboy model (Dec 1980, Playmate of the Year 1981), born in Santa Monica, California
1958 Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater (11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86)
1958 Tim Robinson, cricketer (solid England opener in 29 Tests 1984-89)
1959 Tim Wilkison, American tennis player (6 ATP tiles), born in Shelby, North Carolina
1962 Sabine Busch, German athlete
1962 Steven Curtis Chapman, American musician
1963 Nicollette Sheridan, British actress (Paige-Knots Landing), born in Worthing, England
1963 Peter Bosz, Dutch soccer star (Toulon/Feyenoord)
1964 Liza Tarbuck, British actress (Watching), comedienne, and TVe and radio presenter, born in Liverpool, England
1964 Marjorie Judith Vincent, Miss America (1991), born in Oak Park, Illinois
1964 Olden Polynice, NBA forward/center (Sacramento Kings)
1964 Thomas Everett, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs)
1965 Alexander Siddig, British actor

Björk (57 years old)

1965 Icelandic singer (Like Someone in Love), born in Reykjavik, Iceland

1966 Jerry Fontenot, NFL center/guard (Chicago Bears, New Orleans Saints)
1966 Troy Aikman, American College/Pro Football HOF quarterback (University of Oklahoma, UCLA; Super Bowl 1992 [MVP], 93, 95; 6 x Pro Bowl; Dallas Cowboys) and broadcaster (Fox, ESPN MNF), born in West Covina, California
1967 (Roy) "Tripp" Cromer, American MLB baseball infielder, 1993-2003 (St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers), born in Lake City, North Carolina
1967 Kelly Wearstler [Gallagher], American interior designer and Playboy playmate (Sep, 1994), born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
1967 Ken Block, American rally driver (Hoonigan Racing Division) and co-founder of DC Shoes, born in Long Beach, California (d. 2023)
1967 Toshihiko Koga, Japanese judoka (Olympic gold - 71kgs 1992; silver 1996), born in Kitashigeyasu, Saga, Japan (d. 2021)
1968 Alex James, English bassist
1968 Andy Caddick, English cricket fast bowler (62 Tests, 234 wickets; 54 ODIs, 69 wickets; Somerset), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
1968 Antonio Tarver, light heavyweight boxer (Olympics-br-96), born in Orlando, Florida
1968 Christopher Noxon, American journalist
1968 Tamara Gorski, Canadian actress (Mrs, 'Arris Goes to Paris), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Ken Griffey Jr. (53 years old)

1969 American Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder (13 x MLB All Star, AL MVP 1997; 10 x Gold Glove; Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds), born in Donora, Pennsylvania

1970 Justin Langer, Australian cricket batsman (105 Tests, 23 x 100, HS 250; WACA, Middlesex CCC, Somerset CCC) and coach (Australia 2018-22), born in Perth, Australia
1970 Karen Davila, Filipina broadcast journalist, born in Manila, Philippines
1971 Dahlia Salem, actress (Sofia Carlino-Another World), born in Boston, Massachusetts

Michael Strahan (51 years old)

1971 American Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive end (7 x Pro Bowl; Super Bowl 2007; NY Giants) and broadcaster (Fox NFL Sunday, co-host ABC's Good Morning America), born in Houston, Texas

1971 Ramondo Stallings, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)
1972 David Tua, Samoan boxer
1972 Rain Phoenix, American singer/actress
1973 Brook Kerr, American actress (Passions), born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1973 Danny Kanell, quarterback (NY Giants)
1973 Inés Sastre, Spanish model and actress
1974 Tremain Mack, strong safety (Cincinnati Bengals)
1975 Chad Levitt, running back (Oakland Raiders)
1975 Cherie Johnson, American actress (Punky Brewster - "Cherie"), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1975 Chris Moneymaker, American poker player
1976 Daniel Whiston, British ice skater
1976 Martin Meichelbeck, German footballer
1976 Saleem Elahi, Pakistani cricket batsman (13 Tests, 1 x 50; Lahore City CC, Habib Bank Ltd CC), born in Sahiwal, Pakistan
1977 Bruno Berner, Swiss footballer
1977 Jonas Jennings, American football player
1977 Myles Heskett, Australian musician (Wolfmother)
1977 Tobias Sammet, German singer (Edguy)
1977 Yolande James, Quebec politician
1978 Lucía Jiménez, Spanish actress
1978 Sara Tanaka, American actress
1979 Alex Tanguay, Canadian hockey player
1979 Kim Dong Wan, Korean singer (Shinhwa)
1979 Stromile Swift, American basketball player
1979 Vincenzo Iaquinta, Italian footballer
1980 Alec Brownstein, American author, director
1980 Danielle Hartsell, pairs skater (with partner Steve Hartsell), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
1980 Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong actress and presenter, born in Hong Kong
1980 Hank Blalock, American MLB third baseman, 2002-10 (Texas Rangers), born in San Diego, California
1980 Leonardo González, Costa Rican footballer