Birthdays in History on November 28

  • November
  • 1118 Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)
  • 1489 Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)
  • 1570 James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)
  • 1598 Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)
  • 1607 Pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento
  • 1628 John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress)
  • 1640 Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648)
  • 1650 John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25]
  • 1661 Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (d. 1723)
  • 1681 Jean Cavalier, French Protestant rebel leader (d. 1740)
  • 1700 Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal (d. 1764)
  • 1700 Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1770)
  • 1704 Jacob Mossel, governor-general (Dutch East Indies)

Person of interestWilliam Blake

1757 William Blake, English poet and artist (Songs of Innocence & Experience), born in London, England (d. 1827)

Poet and Artist William Blake
Poet and Artist
William Blake
  • 1770 F Louise W, daughter of viceroy Willem V & Wilhelmina of Prussia
  • 1772 Luke Howard, British meteorologist (d. 1864)

  • 1777 Georg A Kestner, German art collector/diplomat
  • 1785 Achille-Charles, duc de Broglie, French PM (1835-36)
  • 1792 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education
  • 1805 John Stephens, US archaeologist; founded study of Central America
  • 1810 William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect
  • 1811 Maximilian II Jozef, king of Bayern (1848-64)
  • 1820 Freidrich Engels, German social philosopher (Communism), born in Barmen, Germany (d. 1895)
  • 1820 Friedrich Engels, German social philosopher; Marx's collaborator
  • 1820 Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1862)
  • 1837 John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor who simplified the production of celluloid, born in Starkey, New York (d. 1920)
  • 1853 Helen Magill White, first American woman to earn a Ph.D. (d. 1944)
  • 1854 Gottlieb J Haberlandt, Hungarians/German botanist
  • 1857 Alfonso XII, king of Spain (1874-85)
  • 1864 Carel A Lion Cachet, lithographer/wood carver
  • 1864 James Allen English writer (d. 1912)
  • 1864 Lindley M. Garrison, American Secretary of War (d. 1932)

Person of interestHenry Bacon

1866 Henry Bacon, American architect (Lincoln Memorial), born in Watseka, Illinois (d. 1924)

Architect Henry Bacon
Architect
Henry Bacon
  • 1878 Jozef van Mierlo, Belgian Jesuit/literary (Hadewych)
  • 1880 Alexander A Block, Russian poet (Dvenatsat) [OS=11/16]
  • 1880 Marinus van Meel, 1st Dutch aviator
  • 1881 Stefan Zweig, Austrian poet, essayist and dramatist (Beware of Pity), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1942)
  • 1887 Ernst Rohm, German staff member/Bolivian leader/SA
  • 1891 Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist & politician (d. 1949)
  • 1894 Brooks Atkinson, drama critic (Broadway theater namesake)
  • 1896 Dawn Powell, American writer (d. 1965)

  • 1897 Uno Chiyo, Japanese writer (Confessions of Love), born in Iwakuni (d. 1996)
  • 1904 James O Eastland, (Sen-D-Miss)
  • 1904 Nancy Mitford, English author (Love in a Cold Climate), one of the Mitford sisters, born in London (d. 1973)
  • 1907 Alberto Moravia, [Pincherle], Italian author (Indifferent Ones)
  • 1908 Arturo Frondizi, president Argentina (1958-62)
  • 1908 Claude Lévi-Strauss, French social anthropologist and ethnologist (structuralism), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2009)
  • 1909 Aleksandar Rankovic, Yugoslavic partisan/vice-premier
  • 1911 Václav Renč, Czech poet (d. 1973)
  • 1912 Heinz Galinski, President (Central council for Jews in Germany)
  • 1912 Morris Louis, American painter (post abstract)
  • 1913 Hugo Pos, Suriname/Neth WW II prosecutor of minor war crimes Tokyo
  • 1915 Evald Okas, Estonian painter
  • 1916 Lilian Baels, English 2nd wife of Belgian king Leopold III
  • 1922 Helen Kinney Copley, newspaper publisher
  • 1923 Helen Delich Bentley, American politician (Rep-R-MD, 1985-95 ), born in Ruth, Nevada (d. 2016)
  • 1923 Phyllis Jenkins, literary & theatrical agent community activist
  • 1923 Ted Stevens, (Sen-R-AK, 1968- )
  • 1928 Edward LeBone Molotlegi, chief of the Bafokeng
  • 1928 Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (d. 1980)

Person of interestBerry Gordy

1929 Berry Gordy, record company owner (Motown), born in Detroit, Michigan

Record Company Owner Berry Gordy
Record Company Owner
Berry Gordy
  • 1931 Dervla Murphy, travel author (Full Tilt, In Ethiopia with a Mule)
  • 1931 Ian Skipper, English businessman/multi-millionaire (Heritage Projects)
  • 1931 Rinus Ferdinandusse, editor/author (Nude on Fence)
  • 1931 Thomas Enders, diplomat
  • 1933 Joe Knollenberg, (Rep-R-Michigan)
  • 1935 Randolph Stow, author/poet (Suburbs of Hell)
  • 1935 Prince Hitachi, Japanese royalty
  • 1936 Gary Hart, (Sen-D-Co, 1975-86)
  • 1942 Manolo Blahnik, Santa Cruz de La Palma Spain, shoe designer
  • 1944 Timothy Krajcir, American serial killer
  • 1946 Joe Dante, director (Matinee, Twilight Zone, Police Squad, Gremlins)
  • 1946 Susan Spencer, American correspondent (48 Hours) [1946 approx], born in Memphis Tennessee
  • 1949 Victor Ostrovsky, Canadian/Israel, Mossad agent (By Way of Deception)
  • 1955 Adem Jashari, Albanian freedom fighter
  • 1958 Georges Rutaganda, Rwandan war criminal
  • 1959 R Glynn Holt, Plainveiw Texas, PhD/astronaut (STS 73 alt)
  • 1959 Stephen Roche, bicylist
  • 1960 John Galliano, Gibraltar, British fashion designer
  • 1964 Cornelia Guest, debutante (Debutante's Guide to Life)
  • 1965 Erwin Mortier, Belgian author
  • 1975 Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian writer
  • 1978 Ryan Leslie, American producer
  • 1981 Sharon Needles [Aaron Coady], American drag queen, recording artist and TV performer (RuPaul's Drag Race season 4 winner), born in Newton, Iowa

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