Birthdays in History on November 12

1606 Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian settler who founded the first hospital in North America, born in Langres, France (d. 1673)

1615 Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)
1651 Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexican poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno)
1729 Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)
1746 Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles, Beaugency, French inventor and balloonist who, with Nicholas Robert, was the first to take flight in a hydrogen balloon
1755 Gerhard JD von Scharnhorst, Prussia milt/minister of War (1807-10)
1757 Jacobus Bellamy, [Zelandus], Zealand poet
1786 John Burke, Irish genealogist (Burke's Peerage)
1790 Letitia Christian Tyler, 1st wife of President Tyler

1815 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American women's rights activist, born in Johnstown, New York (d. 1902)

1840 Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (Kiss, Thinker), born in Paris, France (d. 1917)

1841 John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and discoverer of argon (Nobel Prize 1904), born in Maldon, Essex, England (d. 1919)

1848 Eduard Müller, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1919)
1853 Oskar Panizza, German writer (Das Liebeskonzil), born in Bad Kissingen, Bavaria (d. 1921)

1866 Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and father of modern China, born in Xiangshan [now Zhongshan], Guangdong, Qing Dynasty (d. 1925)

1881 Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (d. 1948)
1881 Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)
1886 Rad Kortenhorst, Dutch politician (KVP)
1886 Ben Travers, British playwright (d. 1980)
1889 DeWitt Wallace, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
1891 Seth Barnes Nicholson, American astronomer who discovered four satellites of Jupiter, born in Springfield, Illinois

1908 Amon Göth, Austrian SS commandant of the Płaszów concentration camp, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1946)

1911 Luc Estang, [Lucien Bastard], French writer (Stigmates)
1911 William Thomas Pennar Davies, poet author/theologian
1914 Edward "Henricus" Schillebeeckx, Dutch theologist
1915 Roland Barthes, French literary critic (L'Empire des Signer)
1917 Joseph Coors, CEO (Adolph Coors Co Brewery)
1924 Audouin Dollfus, French Astronomer (discovered Janus, a moon of Saturn), born in Paris, France
1926 Jack Ryan, American inventor (Barbie Doll, Hot Wheels, Chatty Cathy)
1927 Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician (d. 1958)
1928 Johan B W Polak, Dutch publisher/publicist (Bloom of Decadence)
1929 Michael Ende, German fantasy and children's writer (The Neverending Story), born in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria (d. 1995)
1930 Tonke Dragt, Dutch children book author (Towers of February)
1931 Norman Y Mineta, (Rep-R-CA, 1975- )

1933 Jalal Talabani, Iraqi-Kurdish politician and President of Iraq (2005-2014), born in Kelkan, Iraq (d. 2017)

1934 Charles Manson, American criminal, murderer and cult leader (Manson Family), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2017)

1937 Peter Lloyd, British MP
1937 Richard H Truly, Fayette Miss, Rear Adm USN/astro (STS T-2, T-4, 2, 8)
1940 Ria Lubbers, wife of Dutch premier Ruud Lubbers
1940 Michel Audet, Quebec economist and politician
1940 Jürgen Todenhöfer, German politician
1944 Johan van Doorn, [Johnny the Selfkicker], Dutch poet (War & Porridge)
1945 Michael Bishop, American sci-fi author (Nebula, Stolen Faces)
1945 Tracy Kidder, American journalist and author
1947 Patrice Leconte, director (Monsieur Hire, Hairdresser's Husband)
1948 Hassan Rouhani, Iranian politician (President of Iran 2013-), born in Sorkheh, Semnan
1949 Jack Reed, (Rep-D-Rhode Island)
1952 Ronald Burkle, American entrepreneur
1957 Tim Samaras, Lakewood, Col., tornado chaser (Storm Chasers), (d. 2013)
1958 Nick Stellino, Italian-American television chef
1960 Bertice Berry, talk show host (Bertice)
1962 Naomi Wolf, American author and feminist
1962 Neal Shusterman, American author
1969 Ian Bremmer, American political scientist
1969 Johnny Gosch, American kidnap victim
1973 Mayte Garcia, American dancer
1987 Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player