28th November — Red Planet Day

On this day, 232 notable people were born on 28th November — spanning from 1118 to 2000. From world leaders to artists and scientists, discover who shares this birthday.

28/11/2000

Jackson Yee, Chinese singer, dancer and actor

Yi Yangqianxi, also known as Jackson Yee, is a Chinese actor, singer, and member of boy group TFBoys. Following his boy-band success in the 2010s, he established himself as an actor with his breakthrough role in Better Days (2019), earning multiple Best New Actor awards, including at the Hong Kong Film Awards, the Hundred Flowers Awards, and the Asian Film Awards. He subsequently starred in A Little Red Flower (2020), Nice View (2022), Full River Red (2023), Big World (2024), for which he won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor, and Resurrection (2025).

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28/11/1999

Trey Jemison, American basketball player

Richard Lee "Trey" Jemison III is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Clemson Tigers and UAB Blazers. Jemison won an NBA championship with the Knicks in 2026.

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28/11/1997

Mostafa Mohamed, Egyptian footballer

Mostafa Mohamed Ahmed Abdallah is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Ligue 2 club Nantes and the Egypt national team.

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28/11/1995

Chase Elliott, American race car driver

William Clyde "Chase" Elliott II is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports and part-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet Camaro SS for JR Motorsports.

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28/11/1994

Nao Hibino, Japanese tennis player

Nao Hibino is a Japanese professional tennis player. She has been ranked as high as world No. 56 in singles and No. 43 in doubles by the WTA. Hibino has won three singles titles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She has also won ten singles and eleven doubles tournaments on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour.

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28/11/1993

Bryshere Y. Gray, American actor and rapper

Bryshere Yazuan Gray, professionally known by the stage name Yazz the Greatest is an American actor and rapper, best known for his role as Hakeem Lyon in the Fox primetime musical drama television series Empire. He is also known for his portrayal as Michael Bivins in the 2017 BET miniseries The New Edition Story.

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David Nofoaluma, Australian-Samoan rugby league player

David Nofoaluma is a professional rugby league footballer who plays for the York Knights in the Super League, and internationally for both Serbia and Samoa.

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28/11/1992

Adam Hicks, American actor

Adam Paul Nielson Hicks is an American actor, musician and rapper. His first leading role was in How to Eat Fried Worms. He was also known for playing Luther in the Disney XD series Zeke and Luther and Wendell "Wen" Gifford in the film Lemonade Mouth. He had a recurring role in the second season of Jonas as DZ, and lead role as Boz in Pair of Kings.

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Jarvis Landry, American football player

Jarvis Charles Landry is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for nine seasons. He played college football for the LSU Tigers and was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft. Landry was named to three Pro Bowls with the Dolphins and two with the Cleveland Browns before spending his final season with the New Orleans Saints. He led the league in receptions in 2017 with 112. His 564 career receptions had been the most by a player through their first six seasons in NFL history, until the record was broken in 2025 by Minnesota Vikings WR Justin Jefferson.

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Jake Miller, American singer-songwriter

Jacob Harris Miller is an American singer. In 2013, Miller released his debut album Us Against Them. In 2016, Miller's 7-song EP titled Overnight was released. He later released his second album, 2:00am in LA, as an independent artist in 2017, followed by his third album Silver Lining in 2018. In 2019, he released the EP Based on a True Story, which he largely produced in his own bedroom.

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28/11/1990

Dedryck Boyata, Belgian footballer

Dedryck Anga Boyata is a Belgian former footballer who played as a centre-back or right-back.

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Bradley Smith, English motorcycle racer

Bradley William Smith is a British motorcycle racer acting as a test-rider for the official BMW Motorrad WorldSBK factory team in World Superbikes.

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28/11/1989

Laura Alleway, Australian footballer

Laura Colleen Gloria Brock is an Australian former soccer player who played as a defender. She made her debut for the national team in 2010.

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Jamie Buhrer, Australian rugby league player

Jamie Buhrer is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a second-row, lock and hooker for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Newcastle Knights in the NRL. He also played for NSW City and New South Wales.

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Jesús Montero, Venezuelan baseball player (died 2025)

Jesús Alejandro Montero López was a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners from 2011 to 2015.

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28/11/1988

Joe Cole, English actor

Joseph Michael Cole is an English actor. Some of his most notable roles include Luke in Skins, John Shelby in Peaky Blinders, Marzin and Beckwith in Secret in Their Eyes, Billy Moore in A Prayer Before Dawn, Frank in the Black Mirror episode "Hang the DJ", Sean Wallace in Gangs of London, and Iver Iversen in Against the Ice.

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Scarlett Pomers, American actress and singer-songwriter

Scarlett Noel Pomers is an American actress and former singer. Her most recognizable roles are Naomi Wildman on Star Trek: Voyager (1998–2001) and Kyra Hart on the television series Reba (2001–2007). Her debut EP, titled Insane, was released January 7, 2010.

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28/11/1987

Karen Gillan, Scottish actress

Karen Sheila Gillan is a Scottish actress and filmmaker. She gained recognition for her work in British film and television, particularly for portraying Amy Pond, a primary companion to the Eleventh Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who (2010–2013). Her early film roles include the thriller Outcast (2010) and the romantic comedy Not Another Happy Ending (2013). She worked on the British stage, appearing in John Osborne's play Inadmissible Evidence (2011).

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Craig Kieswetter, South African-English cricketer and golfer

Craig Kieswetter is an English professional golfer and former cricketer who appeared in 71 matches for the England cricket team between 2010 and 2013. Born and raised in South Africa, Kieswetter moved to England to complete his education, and began playing county cricket for Somerset in 2007. Three years later, he made his international debut in a One Day International (ODI) against Bangladesh. A wicket-keeper batsman, he was considered a one-day specialist, and all his international appearances came in ODIs or Twenty20 Internationals.

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28/11/1986

Mouhamadou Dabo, French footballer

Mouhamadou Dabo is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back, but has played left-back. He most recently played for Caen in Ligue 1. Born in Senegal, he has represented France at youth level.

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Taurean Green, American-Georgian basketball player

Taurean James Green is a Georgian-American former professional basketball player who last played for Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). Green played college basketball for the University of Florida, where he was a member of the Florida Gators teams that won back-to-back NCAA national championships in 2006 and 2007. He also played internationally for Georgia after gaining citizenship in June 2010. He is the son of former NBA journeyman Sidney Green.

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28/11/1985

Mike Kostka, Canadian ice hockey player

Michael Christopher Kostka is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Álvaro Pereira, Uruguayan footballer

Álvaro Daniel Pereira Barragán is a Uruguayan former professional footballer. Mainly a left-back, he could perform equally as a left midfielder.

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28/11/1984

Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player

Andrew Michael Bogut is an Australian professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach with the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL).

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Marc-André Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player

Marc-André Fleury is a Canadian former professional hockey goaltender. Drafted out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) first overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2003 NHL entry draft, Fleury played major junior for four seasons with the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. He joined the Penguins in 2003–04. During his 13 seasons with the team, Fleury won Stanley Cup championships in 2009, 2016, and 2017.

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Trey Songz, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor

Tremaine Aldon Neverson, known professionally as Trey Songz, is an American R&B singer and songwriter. After being discovered by record producer Troy Taylor in 2003, Songz signed to his record label, Songbook Entertainment, in a joint venture with Atlantic Records during that same year. His debut album, I Gotta Make It (2005), entered at number 20 on the Billboard 200, while his second album, Trey Day (2007), peaked at number 11. The latter was supported by the single, "Can't Help but Wait", which peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance at the 51st Annual Grammy Awards. His third album, Ready (2009), peaked at number three on the Billboard 200, spawned the Billboard Hot 100-top ten single "Say Aah", and was nominated for Best Contemporary R&B Album at the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards.

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress and producer

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is an American actress and singer. Her first major role was that of Jessica Bennett on the NBC soap opera Passions (1999–2000). She came to wider attention for her roles in the horror series Wolf Lake (2001–2002), the horror films Final Destination 3 (2006) and Death Proof (2007), and the slasher film Black Christmas (2006); by the end of the 2000s she had gained a reputation as a scream queen.

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Naoko Yamada, Japanese anime director

Naoko Yamada is a Japanese animator and director. Working at Kyoto Animation until 2020, she has directed the anime series K-On! (2009–2010) and Tamako Market (2013), and the anime films A Silent Voice (2016), Liz and the Blue Bird (2018) and The Colors Within (2024). In 2021, she directed the original net animation (ONA) The Heike Story under Science Saru. The series premiered on Japanese television in January 2022.

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28/11/1983

Rostam Batmanglij, American musician and songwriter

Rostam Batmanglij also known mononymously as Rostam, is an American musician, record producer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of the band Vampire Weekend, whose first three albums he produced. Rostam also works as a solo artist and is a member of electro-soul group Discovery. He produced his first number-one album, Vampire Weekend's Contra, when he was 26 years old.

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Tyler Glenn, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

Tyler Aaron Glenn is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is known as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the American rock band Neon Trees and as a solo artist.

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Summer Rae, American football player, wrestler, and actress

Danielle Louise Moinet is an American model, actress and retired professional wrestler and American football player. She is best known for her tenure in WWE from 2011 to 2017, under the ring name Summer Rae. Moinet was a main cast member on the reality show Total Divas during its second and third seasons. Before joining WWE, she played with the Chicago Bliss of the Lingerie Football League.

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Édouard Roger-Vasselin, French tennis player

Édouard Roger-Vasselin is a French professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He won two Grand Slam titles in doubles at the 2014 French Open, partnering Julien Benneteau, and mixed doubles at the 2024 French Open, partnering Laura Siegemund. He also finished runner-up at the Wimbledon Championships in both 2016 and 2019, alongside Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut respectively. Roger-Vasselin reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6 in November 2014, and has won 29 doubles and 1 mixed doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including three Masters titles.

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Nelson Valdez, Paraguayan footballer

Nelson Antonio Haedo Valdez commonly known as Nelson Valdez or Nelson Haedo in Spanish speaking countries, is a Paraguayan professional football coach and a former player who played as a striker for clubs in Paraguay, Germany, Spain, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Greece, the US and for the Paraguay national team between 2000 and 2021. He is the current head coach of Club Libertad.

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Carlos Villanueva, Dominican baseball player

Carlos Manuel Villanueva Paulino is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Diego Padres. He also played in the KBO League for the Hanwha Eagles.

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28/11/1982

Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player

Leandro Mateus Barbosa, also known as Leandrinho Barbosa, is a Brazilian former professional basketball player who is an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represented the senior Brazilian national basketball team. Barbosa previously won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award, with the Suns in 2007, and an NBA championship with the Warriors in 2015. In Brazil, he is also commonly known by his nickname "Leandrinho" Barbosa, and in the United States, Barbosa was nicknamed "the Brazilian Blur", referring to his playing speed. At a height of 1.92 m tall, Barbosa played at the shooting guard position.

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Chris Harris, English motorcycle racer

Christopher Calvin Harris from Truro, Cornwall, nicknamed Bomber, is a Great Britain international motorcycle speedway rider from England.

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Alan Ritchson, American actor, model, singer, and songwriter

Alan Michael Ritchson is an American actor. He made his acting debut as Aquaman/Arthur Curry on The CW superhero series Smallville (2005–10), where he appeared as a guest star between the fifth and tenth seasons. He subsequently had a starring role in the Spike TV sitcom Blue Mountain State (2010–2011), a role he reprised in the 2016 film sequel. He also headlined the SyFy action series Blood Drive (2017), and returned to superhero television as Hank Hall/Hawk on the DC Universe/HBO Max series Titans from 2018 to 2021. He gained wider recognition for portraying the title character in the ongoing Amazon Prime Video action thriller series Reacher since 2022. In his latest film appearance, War Machine (2026), Ritchson depicted an army ranger candidate fighting an extraterrestrial killing machine.

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Raido Villers, Estonian basketball player

Raido Villers is a former Estonian professional basketballer. He spent his whole career with the BC Rakvere Tarvas. He retired from the professional basketball after achieving first medals in the Korvpalli Meistriliiga and Estonian Basketball Cup in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

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28/11/1981

Erick Rowan, American wrestler

Joseph Ruud, better known by his ring name Erick Rowan, is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his tenures in WWE from 2011 to 2020 and again from 2024 to 2026.

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Brian Tevreden, Dutch footballer

Brian Tevreden is a Dutch former professional footballer who now works as general manager for the Suriname national football team.

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28/11/1980

Lisa Middelhauve, German singer-songwriter

Elisabeth Rodermund, known professionally as Lisa Middelhauve, is a German musician, better known as the former lead vocalist and pianist of German symphonic metal band Xandria from early 2000, until April 2008, but returned as their singer in 2010, only to finish the remaining live shows due to their second lead vocalist, Kerstin Bischof's departure.

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Stuart Taylor, English footballer

Stuart James Taylor is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

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28/11/1979

Jaroslav Balaštík, Czech ice hockey player

Jaroslav Balaštík is a Czech former professional ice hockey player who most notably played with HC Zlin in the Czech Extraliga and the Columbus Blue Jackets in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Chamillionaire, American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor

Hakeem Temidayo Seriki, better known by his stage name Chamillionaire, is an American rapper. He began his career in Houston's hip hop scene in the late 1990s. He was briefly signed with the local record label Swishahouse until forming the hip hop duo Color Changin' Click with labelmate Paul Wall in 2002. The two signed with Houston's Paid in Full Entertainment to release the collaborative album Get Ya Mind Correct (2002), which entered the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

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Shy FX, English DJ and producer

Andre Williams, better known as Shy FX, is a British DJ and producer from London. He specialises in drum and bass and jungle music.

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Daniel Henney, American actor and model

Daniel Philip Henney is an American actor. He first came into international prominence with his television debut as Dr. Henry Kim on the Korean drama My Lovely Sam Soon (2005).

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Katarzyna Strączy, Polish tennis player

Katarzyna Strączy is a former Polish tennis player. In her career, she won one ITF singles title and reached a ranking high of world number 215 on 1 March 1999.

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28/11/1978

Brent Albright, American wrestler

Brent Albright is an American retired professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his time with World Wrestling Entertainment, during which he appeared on SmackDown! as Gunner Scott. Aside from WWE, Albright is a one-time NWA World's Heavyweight Champion, having won the title while performing for Ring of Honor.

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Darryl Flahavan, English footballer

Darryl James Flahavan [fla-hay-van] is an English association football coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is the goalkeeper coach at EFL League One club Sheffield Wednesday.

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Aimee Garcia, American actress and writer

Aimee Sandimés Garcia López de Ordóñez is an American actress, filmmaker, and writer. She is known for her television roles as Veronica Palmero in George Lopez (2006–2007), Jamie Batista in Dexter (2011–2013), Yvonne Sanchez in Vegas (2012–2013), and Ella Lopez in Lucifer (2016–2021).

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Freddie Mitchell, American football player

Freddie Lee Mitchell II is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for four seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was chosen as a consensus All-American in 2000 while playing college football for the UCLA Bruins. Philadelphia selected him in the first round of the 2001 NFL draft, and he spent four seasons as a member of the Eagles, culminating in an appearance in Super Bowl XXXIX following the 2004 NFL season.

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Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer

Mehdi Nafti is a Tunisian football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of SD Ponferradina.

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Michael Simpkins, English footballer

Michael James Simpkins is an English former footballer who played for Belper Town. A defender by trade, Simpkins was primarily a left back but now plays in the more familiar role of central defender.

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Haytham Tambal, Sudanese footballer

Haytham Tambal is a former Sudanese football striker. In 2008 in the Sudanese league he scored 21 goals in 20 games. He used to play rivals Al-Hilal Club and Al-Merrikh SC and made a single appearance for South African club, Orlando Pirates.

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28/11/1977

Marlon Broomes, English footballer

Marlon Charles Broomes is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back from 1994 to 2012.

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Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer and manager

Fabio Grosso is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He is currently the head coach of Serie A club Fiorentina.

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Acer Nethercott, English rower (died 2013)

Acer Gary Nethercott was a British coxswain, Olympic silver medallist and double Boat Race winner.

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Gavin Rae, Scottish footballer

Gavin Paul Rae is a Scottish professional football manager and former player.

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Greg Somerville, New Zealand rugby player

Greg Mardon Somerville is a New Zealand retired rugby union player. He is a former All Black and a specialised tighthead prop who can also play loosehead. Somerville made his All Black debut in 2000 against Tonga, a match in which the All Blacks won 102–0. Somerville went 41 test matches before scoring his first, and only test try against Fiji in 2005. Somerville played domestic rugby for Canterbury Rugby Football Union and for the Crusaders in the Super Rugby competition, having played 100 matches for the latter after debuting against the Chiefs in 1999. Somerville's nickname is Yoda, after the fictional character from Star Wars due to their resemblance.

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DeMya Walker, American basketball player

DeMya Chakheia Walker is an American former professional basketball player.

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28/11/1976

Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor

Ryan Christian Kwanten is an Australian actor and producer. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. After his stint ended, he joined the American teen drama series Summerland, portraying Jay Robertson. From 2008 to 2014, he played Jason Stackhouse in True Blood. From 2018 to 2019 he produced and starred in the crime drama series The Oath as Steve Hammond. In 2021 he starred in season one of the horror drama anthology series Them as George Bell. In 2022, he portrayed Thomas Weylin in Kindred, a series adaptation based on Octavia E. Butler's celebrated 1979 novel of the same name.

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28/11/1975

Bakarhythm, Japanese comedian, actor, playwright, and composer

Hidetomo Masuno , better known for his stage name Bakarhythm , is a Japanese comedian, narrator, actor, playwright, and lyricist. He is sometimes called Bakarhythm Masuno .

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Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian journalist and author

Eka Kurniawan is an Indonesian writer and screenwriter.

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Park Sung-bae, South Korean footballer

Park Sung-Bae is a South Korean football player.

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Takashi Shimoda, Japanese footballer

Takashi Shimoda is a Japanese former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as the goalkeeping coach for the Japan national team.

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Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Sigurd Wongraven, also known as Satyr, is a Norwegian musician who is the vocalist, guitarist, bassist and keyboardist for the black metal band Satyricon.

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28/11/1974

apl.de.ap, Filipino-American singer and rapper

Allan Pineda Lindo, known professionally as Apl.de.ap, is a Filipino musician based in Los Angeles, California. He is a founding member of the hip hop group Black Eyed Peas. With them, he has been nominated for 16 Grammy Awards; the band won six awards, including Best Pop Vocal Album.

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András Tölcséres, Hungarian footballer and manager

András Tölcséres is a Hungarian football player.

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28/11/1973

Jade Puget, American guitarist and producer

Jade Errol Puget is an American musician and producer, best known as the guitarist for the rock band AFI, the guitarist/writer for the straight edge hardcore band XTRMST, and the keyboardist/synthesizer operator for the electronic duo Blaqk Audio. Puget is vegetarian and straight edge.

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Gina Tognoni, American actress

Gina Tognoni is an American actress, best known for her work with American daytime soap operas. Her most notable performances include Kelly Cramer on One Life to Live, Dinah Marler on Guiding Light and Phyllis Summers on The Young and the Restless.

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28/11/1972

Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer

Paulo José Lopes de Figueiredo is an Angolan former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

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Anastasia Kelesidou, German-Greek discus thrower

Anastasia "Tasoula" Kelesidou is a Greek retired discus thrower best known for winning silver medals at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. During her career she set seven Greek records in discus throw, the best being 67.70 metres.

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Jesper Strömblad, Swedish guitarist and songwriter

Clas Håkan Jesper Strömblad is a Swedish musician who is the guitarist of the bands The Halo Effect, Dimension Zero and Cyhra, and formerly of In Flames and The Resistance. He is best known as the founder and former guitarist/drummer/keyboardist of the pioneering melodic death metal band In Flames, guitarist of the band Sinergy, bassist of Ceremonial Oath and drummer of HammerFall. In 2013, he joined Nightrage as a session guitarist.

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28/11/1970

Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player

Álex López Morón is a retired professional male tennis player from Spain. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 100 achieved on 9 October 1995 and his best doubles ranking is No. 63 reached on 24 July 2000.

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Richard Osman, English television host, director, and producer

Richard Thomas Osman is an English television presenter, producer, and novelist. He is the creator and former co-presenter of the BBC One television quiz show Pointless. He has presented the BBC Two quiz shows Two Tribes and Richard Osman's House of Games, and been a team captain on the comedy panel shows Insert Name Here and The Fake News Show. He has also made regular appearances on British comedy panel shows including Would I Lie to You?, QI, Have I Got News for You and Taskmaster.

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28/11/1969

Nick Knight, English cricketer and sportscaster

Nicholas Verity Knight is an English cricket commentator and former England cricketer. A left-handed opening batsman and a fine fielder, Knight played in 17 Test Matches and 100 One Day Internationals before announcing his retirement from international cricket after the 2003 World Cup.

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Robb Nen, American baseball player and manager

Robb Allen Nen is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. He spent most of his career as a closer. He is the son of former major league first baseman Dick Nen.

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Valeri Nikitin, Estonian wrestler

Valeri Nikitin is an Estonian former wrestler who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

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Sonia O'Sullivan, Irish athlete

Sonia O'Sullivan is an Irish former track and field athlete. She won a gold medal in the 5000 metres at the 1995 World Championships, and a silver medal in the 5000 metres at the 2000 Olympic Games. Her 2000 m world record of 5:25.36, set in 1994 stood until 2017.

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28/11/1968

Darren Bett, English journalist

Darren Victor Bett is an English weather forecaster for the BBC, broadcasting on television and radio. Bett is a main weather presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live and also appears on the BBC News Channel, BBC World News, BBC One and BBC Radio 4.

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28/11/1967

José del Solar, Peruvian footballer and manager

José Guillermo del Solar Alvarez-Calderón is a Peruvian football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder.

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Chris Heaton-Harris, English businessman and politician

Christopher Heaton-Harris is a British former politician who served in the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from September 2022 to July 2024, and as Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from February to September 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Daventry from 2010 to 2024.

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Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and television personality (died 2007)

Vickie Lynn Marshall, known professionally as Anna Nicole Smith, was an American model, actress and television personality. Smith started her modeling career as a Playboy magazine centerfold in May 1992 and won the title of 1993 Playmate of the Year. She later modeled for clothing companies, including Guess, H&M and Heatherette.

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Stephnie Weir, American actress and comedian

Stephnie Carmel Weir is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for being a main cast member and writer on the Fox sketch comedy television series Mad TV from 2000 to 2005, for which she got two Writers Guild of America Award nominations. She had starring roles on several short-lived television sitcoms, including Big Day (2006–2007), The Comedians (2015), and Happy Together (2018–2019), and starred in the 2017 comedy film Room for Rent.

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28/11/1966

Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian-American actress

Garcelle Beauvais is a Haitian-American actress and television personality. She is best known for her starring roles in the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show and the crime drama series NYPD Blue. She also appeared in the films Coming to America (1988) and its sequel, Coming 2 America (2021), White House Down (2013), and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).

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Sam Seder, American actor and political commentator

Samuel Lincoln Seder is an American actor and progressive political commentator. His works include the film Who's the Caboose? (1997) as well as the television shows Beat Cops (2001) and Pilot Season (2004). He also appeared in Next Stop Wonderland (1998) and made guest appearances on Spin City (1997), Sex and the City (2000), America Undercover (2005), and Maron (2015). Since 2010, he has hosted a daily political talk show, The Majority Report with Sam Seder. He also voices Harold Cranwinkle and Hugo, recurring characters on the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers.

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28/11/1965

Erwin Mortier, Belgian author and poet

Erwin Mortier is a Dutch-language Belgian author. Spending his youth in Hansbeke, he later moved to nearby Ghent, where he became city poet (2005–2006).

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Matt Williams, American baseball player and manager

Matthew Derrick Williams, nicknamed "Matt the Bat" and "the Big Marine", is an American professional baseball manager and former third baseman. A right-handed batter, Williams played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, and Arizona Diamondbacks. He managed the Washington Nationals from 2014 to 2015, and was the third base coach for the San Diego Padres from 2022 to 2023 and the San Francisco Giants from 2024 to 2025.

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28/11/1964

Michael Bennet, Indian-American lawyer and politician

Michael Farrand Bennet is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Colorado, a seat he has held since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed to the seat when Senator Ken Salazar became Secretary of the Interior. He previously worked as a managing director for the Anschutz Investment Company, chief of staff to Denver mayor John Hickenlooper, and superintendent of Denver Public Schools. He is married to Susan Daggett.

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John Burkett, American baseball player and bowler

John David Burkett is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He compiled 166 wins against 136 losses, 1,766 strikeouts, and a 4.31 earned run average. He pitched from 1987 to 2003, with the San Francisco Giants, Florida Marlins, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox.

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Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (died 2015)

Roy James Tarpley Jr. was an American professional basketball player. He played the power forward and center positions in the National Basketball Association (NBA), earning an NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1988. In 1995, Tarpley was permanently banned by the NBA due to his drug and alcohol abuse. He played in Europe for Olympiacos, Aris, and Iraklis.

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Sian Williams, English-Welsh journalist

Sian Mary Williams is a Welsh journalist, current affairs presenter, and counselling psychologist.

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28/11/1963

Armando Iannucci, Scottish comedian, actor, director, and producer

Armando Giovanni Iannucci is a Scottish satirist, writer, director, producer, and performer.

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Andrew Jones, English politician

Andrew Hanson Jones is a former British Conservative politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrogate and Knaresborough from 2010 until 2024. He has twice served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Transport and as well as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury.

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Johnny Newman, American basketball player

John Sylvester Newman Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. A 6' 7" and 210 lb (95 kg) swingman, Newman starred at the University of Richmond, before going on to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In his sixteen seasons (1986–2002) in the NBA, he was a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks, Charlotte Hornets, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, Denver Nuggets, and Dallas Mavericks.

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Walt Weiss, American baseball player and manager

Walter William Weiss is an American former professional baseball shortstop and current manager for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB from 1987 through 2000 for the Oakland Athletics, Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies, and Braves. He managed the Rockies from 2013 through 2016. Weiss won the 1988 Rookie of the Year award. He was also a member of the 1998 National League All-Star Team.

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28/11/1962

Matt Cameron, American drummer and songwriter

Matthew David Cameron is an American drummer from San Diego, California. He is most known for his work with the Seattle-based rock bands Soundgarden and Pearl Jam.

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Juan Carlos Rosero, Ecuadorian cyclist (died 2013)

Juan Carlos Rosero García was an Ecuadorian professional road racing cyclist, who competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. After retiring from competition, Rosero became a teacher: he also became a mentor to Richard Carapaz, Ecuador's first European-based professional cyclist and Grand Tour winner, through a cycling club he founded at the school where he was teaching; the club has also produced a number of other professional riders, including Jhonatan Narváez and Jonathan Caicedo. Born in Tumbaco, Quito Canton, Rosero died in Tulcán.

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Jane Sibbett, American actress

Jane Moore Sibbett is an American actress, producer, writer, and director. Her notable roles include Heddy Newman on the Fox television series Herman's Head and Carol Willick on the television series Friends.

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Jon Stewart, American comedian, actor, and television host

Jon Stewart is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, progressive political commentator, actor, activist, and television host. Stewart is known as the host of the satirical news program The Daily Show on Comedy Central from 1999 to 2015 and part-time since 2024. He hosted The Problem with Jon Stewart on Apple TV+ from 2021 to 2023. Stewart has received numerous accolades, including 24 Primetime Emmy Awards, 2 Grammy Awards, and 5 Peabody Awards. He was honored with the Bronze Medallion in 2019 and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2022.

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28/11/1961

Martin Clunes, English actor, singer, and director

Alexander Martin Clunes is an English actor, director, and television presenter. He is best known for portraying Martin Ellingham in the ITV comedy-drama series Doc Martin, Gary Strang in the BBC sitcom Men Behaving Badly, and William Shawcross in William and Mary. Clunes has narrated a number of documentaries for ITV, the first of which was Islands of Britain in 2009. He has since presented a number of documentaries centred on animals. He has also voiced Kipper the Dog in the preschool animated series Kipper.

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Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican filmmaker. His accolades include four Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, seven BAFTA Awards and one Golden Lion as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.

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Klaus Köchl, Austrian politician

Klaus Köchl is an Austrian politician and member of the National Council. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he has represented Carinthia since October 2019. He was a member of the Carinthian Landtag from April 2008 to October 2019.

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28/11/1960

Jorge Domecq, Spanish lawyer and diplomat

Jorge Domecq is a Spanish diplomat who serves as Ambassador of Spain to Greece since 2024. Previously, he served as ambassador of Spain to the Philippines (2011–2014). From February 2015 to January 2020, he was Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency, appointed by Federica Mogherini.

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John Galliano, Gibraltar-born British fashion designer

John Charles Galliano is a British fashion designer. He was the creative director of his eponymous label John Galliano and French fashion houses Givenchy and Dior. From 2014 to 2024, Galliano was the creative director of Paris-based fashion house Maison Margiela. Galliano has been named British Designer of the Year four times. In a 2004 poll for the BBC, he was named the fifth most influential person in British culture.

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Andy Ritchie, English footballer and manager

Andrew Timothy Ritchie is an English former footballer and manager. His career spanned 22 years, during which he played for five different clubs. He began his career at Manchester United, for whom he made 42 league appearances and scored 13 goals. In 1980, he moved south to Brighton & Hove Albion, where he spent three years. He made just over a century of league appearances and scored 26 goals. In 1983, he returned north to sign for Leeds United. In four years, he made over 150 league appearances and scored 44 goals.

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Kenny Wharton, English footballer and coach

Kenneth Wharton is an English former professional footballer, who is the manager of Newcastle Blue Star FC.

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28/11/1959

Miki Matsubara, Japanese composer, lyricist, and singer (died 2004)

Miki Matsubara was a Japanese singer and songwriter. She contributed to the opening and ending theme songs of the anime Gu-Gu Ganmo under the name Suzie Matsubara. Her 1979 debut song "Mayonaka no Door" became a hit, reaching No. 28 on the Oricon chart.

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Nancy Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2014)

Nancy Charest was a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Matane in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2003 to 2007 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. She was defeated by Pascal Bérubé of the Parti Québécois in the 2007 provincial election.

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Judd Nelson, American actor and screenwriter

Judd Asher Nelson is an American actor. His roles include Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime in The Transformers: The Movie, John Bender in The Breakfast Club, Alec Newbury in St. Elmo's Fire, Alex in Cybermutt, Joe Hunt in Billionaire Boys Club, Nick Peretti in New Jack City, Billy Beretti in Empire, and Jack Richmond in the television series Suddenly Susan.

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Stephen Roche, Irish cyclist and sportscaster

Stephen Roche is an Irish former professional road racing cyclist. In a 13-year professional career, he peaked in 1987, becoming the second of only three male cyclists to win the Triple Crown of victories in the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia general classification, plus the World road race championship, the others being Eddy Merckx and Tadej Pogačar. Roche's rise coincided with that of fellow Irishman Sean Kelly.

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28/11/1958

Kriss Akabusi, English sprinter and hurdler

Kezie Uchechukwu Duru Akabusi, MBE, known as Kriss Akabusi, is a British broadcaster and former sprint and hurdling track and field athlete.

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Dave Righetti, American baseball player and coach

David Allan Righetti, nicknamed "Rags", is an American professional baseball coach and former player. A left-handed pitcher, Righetti played in Major League Baseball from 1979 through 1995 for the New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, and Chicago White Sox. He served as the pitching coach for the Giants from 2000 through 2017.

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28/11/1957

Peeter Järvelaid, Estonian historian and scholar

Peeter Järvelaid is an Estonian legal scholar and historian. Järvelaid was a professor in the University of Tallinn, but was degraded to associate professor in 2016. He claims that he has developed semiotic and personality-centered research direction, writing hundreds of articles mostly about the European and Estonian legal history and education, published in Estonian, English, German, French, Russian, Latvian, Finnish, Lithuanian and Swedish. Since 2006 his studies have been increasingly concentrated on the international relations in the 20th century, which among others has required intensive archival researches in German and Polish archives. Since 2012 Järvelaid has placed his research emphasis on the German diplomatic missions, with a specific interest in German diplomatic representation in Tallinn.

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28/11/1956

Fiona Armstrong, English-Scottish journalist and author

Fiona Armstrong, Lady MacGregor is a British television journalist and is Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries. She is also the author of several books and has written for newspapers and made television programmes on Scottish topics including fishing and Scottish clans.

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David Van Day, English singer

David Van Day is an English singer, songwriter and politician who was formerly a member of the pop vocal duo Dollar. He was also in the 1970s vocal group Guys 'n' Dolls, and two latter-day line-ups of Bucks Fizz in the 1990s and 2000s.

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28/11/1955

Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer and sportscaster

Alessandro Altobelli is a former professional Italian footballer who played as a forward, and who won the 1982 World Cup with Italy. Nicknamed Spillo ("Needle") for his slender build, Altobelli was a prolific goalscorer and regarded as one of the greatest and most effective Italian strikers of the late 1970s and 1980s. Altobelli is currently the all-time top scorer in the Coppa Italia, with 56 goals in 93 appearances, and the ninth-highest scoring Italian player in all competitions, with almost 300 career goals.

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Adem Jashari, Kosovan commander (died 1998)

Adem Shaban Jashari was one of the founders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), a Kosovo Albanian separatist militia which fought for the secession of Kosovo from Yugoslavia during the 1990s.

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28/11/1954

Necip Hablemitoğlu, Turkish historian and academic (died 2002)

Necip Hablemitoğlu was a Turkish historian and intellectual. He was assassinated in front of his home in 2002. The perpetrators of this assassination have still not been found. In Ergenekon trial testimony, however, detained suspects Osman Yıldırım claimed that Osman Gürbüz killed him by the motivation of detained suspects Veli Küçük and Muzaffer Tekin for a false flag operation.

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28/11/1953

Alistair Darling, British lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 2023)

Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under prime minister Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 to 2015, representing Edinburgh Central and Edinburgh South West.

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Helen De Michiel, American director and producer

Helen De Michiel is an American director, producer, media arts advocate, strategist and author whose work includes film, television, multimedia installation and digital transmedia.

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Sixto Lezcano, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach

Sixto Joaquin Lezcano Curras is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 12 seasons (1974–1985). He played for five MLB teams and won a Gold Glove during his career.

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Gordon Marsden, English journalist and politician

Gordon Marsden is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Blackpool South from 1997 to 2019.

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28/11/1952

S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress

S. Epatha Merkerson is an American actress. She has received accolades for her work, including an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, four NAACP Image Awards, two Obie Awards, and two Tony Award nominations. She is known for her portrayal of NYPD Lieutenant Anita Van Buren on the NBC police procedural drama series Law & Order, a role she played from 1993 to 2010, appearing in 388 episodes of the series. She is also known for playing Reba the Mail Lady on Pee-wee's Playhouse and Sharon Goodwin in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med since the series premiered in November 2015.

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28/11/1951

Barbara Morgan, American educator and astronaut

Barbara Radding Morgan is an American teacher and a former NASA astronaut. She participated in the Teacher in Space Project as backup to Christa McAuliffe for the 1986 ill-fated STS-51-L mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger. In 1998, eight years after the Teacher in Space Project had ended, she was selected by NASA as an astronaut candidate, training as a mission specialist; astronaut Morgan flew on STS-118 in August 2007. As such, she became the first teacher to go into space.

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28/11/1950

Ed Harris, American actor and producer

Edward Allen Harris is an American actor and filmmaker. Harris received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Apollo 13 (1995), The Truman Show (1998), and The Hours (2002). He also directed and starred in Pollock (2000), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, and Appaloosa (2008).

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Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate

Russell Alan Hulse is an American astrophysicist. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics with Joseph Hooton Taylor "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation". This was the first indirect detection of gravitational waves, later directly detected by Kip Thorne, Barry Barish and Rainer Weiss.

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28/11/1949

Alexander Godunov, Russian-American actor and dancer (died 1995)

Alexander Borisovich Godunov was a Russian-American ballet dancer and film actor. A member of the Bolshoi Ballet, he became the troupe's Premier danseur. In 1979, he defected to the United States. While continuing to dance, he also began working as a supporting actor in Hollywood films. He had prominent roles in films such as Witness (1985) and Die Hard (1988).

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Paul Shaffer, Canadian-American singer, keyboard player, and bandleader

Paul Allen Wood Shaffer is a Canadian musician, actor, and comedian who served as David Letterman's musical director, bandleader, and sidekick on Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015).

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28/11/1948

Beeb Birtles, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Gerard Bertelkamp AM, known professionally as Beeb Birtles, is an Australian musician, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He has been a member of various Australian groups including Zoot (1967–71), Mississippi (1972–74), Little River Band (1975–83) and Birtles Shorrock Goble (2002–07). He has also worked as a solo artist, including releasing an album, Driven by Dreams (2000). In 2004, Birtles and other members of the classic line-up of Little River Band were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

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Mick Channon, English footballer and horse trainer

Michael Roger Channon is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward and represented the England national team in the 1970s. Scoring over 250 goals in his career, mainly for Southampton, he became known for his trademark windmill goal celebration. Channon later became a successful racehorse trainer.

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Agnieszka Holland, Polish film and television director and screenwriter

Agnieszka Holland is a Polish film and television director and screenwriter, best known for her cultural and political contributions to Polish cinema. She began her career as an assistant to directors Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda, and immigrated to France shortly before the 1981 imposition of the martial law in Poland.

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Alan Lightman, American physicist, novelist, and academician

Alan Paige Lightman is an American physicist, writer, and social entrepreneur. He has served on the faculties of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is currently a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT. He is a contributing writer for The Atlantic magazine.

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Dick Morris, American political consultant, journalist, and author

Richard Samuel Morris is an American author, commentator, and former political consultant.

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28/11/1947

Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter (died 1992)

Michel Jean Hamburger, known professionally as Michel Berger, was a French singer and songwriter. He was a figure of France's pop music scene for two decades as a singer. As a songwriter he wrote for artists such as his wife France Gall, Françoise Hardy or Johnny Hallyday. He died of a heart attack at age 44.

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Maria Farantouri, Greek singer and politician

Maria Farantouri or Farandouri is a Greek singer and also a political and cultural activist. She has collaborated with Greek composers such as Mikis Theodorakis, who wrote the score for Pablo Neruda's Canto General, which Farantouri performed worldwide.

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Gladys Kokorwe, Botswana politician and Speaker of The National Assembly

Gladys Keitumetse Theresa Kokorwe was a Botswanan politician who was the Speaker of the National Assembly from 2014 to 2019. She was a member of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).

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28/11/1946

Joe Dante, American director and producer

Joe Dante is an American film director. His films—notably Gremlins (1984) alongside its sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)—often mix the 1950s-style B movie genre with 1960s radicalism and cartoon comedy.

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28/11/1945

Franklin Drilon, Filipino lawyer and politician, 22nd President of the Senate of the Philippines

Franklin Magtunao Drilon is a Filipino lawyer and former politician. He has served thrice as president of the Senate: in 2000, from 2001 to 2006, and from 2013 to 2016.

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28/11/1944

Rita Mae Brown, American novelist, poet, and screenwriter

Rita Mae Brown is an American feminist writer, best known for her coming-of-age autobiographical novel, Rubyfruit Jungle. Brown was active in a number of civil rights campaigns and criticized the marginalization of lesbians within feminist groups. Brown received the Pioneer Award for lifetime achievement at the Lambda Literary Awards in 2015. She is considered a significant Southern lesbian feminist poet and author and is associated with the women's liberation movement and women in print movement.

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28/11/1943

R. B. Greaves, Guyanese-American singer-songwriter (died 2012)

Ronald Bertram Aloysius Greaves III was an American singer who had chart success in 1969 with the pop single "Take a Letter Maria". A number-two hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, this single sold one million copies, and it earned gold record certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Greaves also reached the Top 40 in early 1970 with "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me".

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Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist

Randall Stuart Newman is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, composer, and arranger. Born in Los Angeles to an extended family of Hollywood film composers, he is known for his Americana-inspired songs, non-rhotic Southern-accented singing, and lyrics that are often mordant or satirical and delivered by an unreliable narrator. Since the 1990s, he has worked mainly in film scoring, most popularly for Disney and Pixar.

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Susan Brookes, British television chef and food writer

Susan Brookes is an English television chef, broadcaster and writer. During the 1980s and 1990s, she regularly appeared on the ITV daytime magazine show This Morning, cooking recipes for viewers as the programme's resident chef.

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28/11/1942

Paul Warfield, American football player and sportscaster

Paul Dryden Warfield is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) from 1964 to 1977 for the Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins, except for a year in the World Football League (WFL) with the Memphis Southmen in 1975. He was known for his speed, fluid moves, grace, and jumping ability. A consistent big-play threat throughout his career, his 20.1 average yards per reception is the highest in NFL history among players with at least 300 receptions.

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28/11/1941

Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (died 2015)

Laura Antonelli was an Italian film actress who appeared in 45 films between 1964 and 1991.

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28/11/1940

Bruce Channel, American singer-songwriter

Bruce Channel is an American singer-songwriter best known for his 1962 number-one hit record "Hey! Baby".

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28/11/1938

Peter Dimond, Australian rugby league player (died 2021)

Peter Dimond was an Australian rugby league footballer who played his club rugby league for Western Suburbs. Born in Dapto, New South Wales, he is the younger brother of former Australian test player and New South Wales representative Bobby Dimond. He is also the father of former Illawarra Steelers, Cronulla Sharks and Canberra Raiders utility Craig Dimond. Peter was named both in the Western Suburbs Team of the Century and the Wests Tigers Team of the Century.

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28/11/1936

Gary Hart, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland

Gary Warren Hart is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer. In 1984, he ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, finishing as the runner-up to Walter Mondale; he ran again for the nomination in 1988, and was initially considered the front-runner, but eventually dropped out amid revelations of extramarital affairs. He represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1975 to 1987.

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28/11/1935

Frik du Preez, South African rugby player

Frederik Christoffel Hendrik "Frik" du Preez is a former South African rugby union player.

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Randolph Stow, Australian-English author and poet (died 2010)

Julian Randolph Stow was an Australian-born writer, novelist and poet.

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28/11/1933

Joe Knollenberg, American soldier and politician (died 2018)

Joseph Kastl Knollenberg was an American politician from Michigan. From 1993 to 2009, he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 9th congressional district and Michigan's 11th congressional district.

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Hope Lange, American actress (died 2003)

Hope Elise Ross Lange was an American film, stage, and television actress. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Selena Cross in the 1957 film Peyton Place. In 1969 and 1970, she twice won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Carolyn Muir in the sitcom The Ghost & Mrs. Muir.

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28/11/1932

Gato Barbieri, Argentinian saxophonist and composer (died 2016)

Leandro "Gato" Barbieri was an Argentine jazz tenor saxophonist who rose to fame during the free jazz movement in the 1960s and is known for his Latin jazz recordings of the 1970s. His nickname, Gato, is Spanish for "cat".

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Terence Frisby, English author and playwright (died 2020)

Terence Peter Michael Frisby was a British playwright, actor, director and producer, best known as the author of the play There's a Girl in My Soup.

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28/11/1930

A.L. "Doodle" Owens, American country music songwriter and singer (died 1999)

Arthur Leo "Doodle" Owens was an American country music songwriter and singer. He had a long songwriting partnership with Dallas Frazier, with whom he wrote "All I Have to Offer You " (1969), "(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again" (1969), "I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me" (1970) and "Then Who Am I" (1974), all number-one country hits for Charley Pride. In the 1980s, Owens wrote many songs with fellow songwriter Dennis Knutson for George Jones and other artists.

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28/11/1929

Berry Gordy, American songwriter and producer, founded Motown Records

Berry Gordy III, also known as Berry Gordy Jr., is an American retired record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer, and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record label and its subsidiaries, which was the highest-earning African-American business for decades.

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28/11/1928

Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist and academic (died 1980)

Arthur Melvin "Art" Okun was an American economist.

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Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer and manager (died 2010)

Piet Steenbergen was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Steenbergen made his debut at Feijenoord and also played for French club Le Havre AC. At Feijenoord he played a total of 229 matches in which he scored 25 times, divided over eleven seasons. He was born and died in Rotterdam.

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28/11/1927

Abdul Halim of Kedah, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (died 2017)

Al-Mu'tassimu Billahi Muhibbuddin Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah was Sultan of Kedah from 1958 until his death in 2017, and served twice as the King of Malaysia from 1970 to 1975 and from 2011 to 2016. He was the first and only ruler to reign as king twice, as well as the oldest elected to the office.

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28/11/1926

Lawrence Turman, American film producer (died 2023)

Lawrence Turman was an American film producer. He was best known for being a producer of The Graduate, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.

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28/11/1925

József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (died 1978)

József Bozsik was a Hungarian footballer who played as a central midfielder. He spent his entire club career at his hometown club, Budapest Honvéd. Bozsik was a key member of the legendary Golden Team as he represented Hungary in various international tournaments. Honvéd named their stadium, Bozsik József Stadion, after him.

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Gigi Gryce, American saxophonist and composer (died 1983)

Gigi Gryce, later in life changing his name to Basheer Qusim, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator.

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28/11/1924

Dennis Brutus, South African journalist, poet, and academic (died 2009)

Dennis Vincent Brutus was a South African activist, educator, journalist and poet best known for his campaign to have South Africa banned from the Olympic Games due to its racial policy of apartheid.

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Johanna Döbereiner, Czech-Brazilian agronomist and academic (died 2000)

Johanna Liesbeth Kubelka Döbereiner was a Brazilian agronomist and pioneer in soil biology.

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28/11/1923

Helen Delich Bentley, American politician (died 2016)

Helen Bentley was an American politician who was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland from 1985 to 1995. Before entering politics, she had been a leading maritime reporter and journalist.

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Gloria Grahame, American actress (died 1981)

Gloria Grahame was an American actress. She began her acting career in theater and in 1944 made her first film for MGM. Many biographies indicate she was born Gloria Grahame Hallward, but she adopted the surname Grahame, her mother's acting name, as her professional name.

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28/11/1919

Keith Miller, Australian cricketer, footballer, and pilot (died 2004)

Keith Ross Miller was an Australian Test cricketer and a Royal Australian Air Force pilot during World War II. Miller is widely regarded as Australia's greatest ever all-rounder. His ability, irreverent manner and good looks made him a crowd favourite. Journalist Ian Wooldridge called Miller "the golden boy" of cricket, leading to him being nicknamed "Nugget".

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28/11/1916

Lilian, Princess of Réthy (died 2002)

Lilian, Princess of Réthy was the second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium. Born in the United Kingdom and raised in Belgium, she became a volunteer as a car driver who transported wounded Belgians and French to the hospital in Bruges during World War II. Lilian married King Leopold III in 1941 and became consort of the Belgian monarch. The couple had three children. She was also a stepmother to Leopold III's children from Queen Astrid and became the "first lady" of Belgium during the first nine years of her stepson King Baudouin's reign. Her charity work revolved around medicine and cardiology.

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Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (died 2014)

Ramón José Velásquez Mujica was a Venezuelan politician, historian, journalist, and lawyer. He served as the president of Venezuela between 1993 and 1994.

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28/11/1915

Evald Okas, Estonian painter and academic (died 2011)

Evald Okas was an Estonian painter, probably best known for his portraits of nudes.

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Yves Thériault, Canadian author (died 1983)

Yves Thériault OC was a Canadian author.

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28/11/1913

Cliff Addison, English chemist and academic (died 1994)

Cyril Clifford Addison, FRS was a British inorganic chemist.

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28/11/1912

Morris Louis, American painter (died 1962)

Morris Louis Bernstein, known professionally as Morris Louis, was an American painter. During the 1950s he became one of the earliest exponents of Color Field painting. While living in Washington, D.C., Louis, along with Kenneth Noland and other Washington painters, formed a loose cohort of artists that is known today as the Washington Color School.

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28/11/1911

Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (died 1973)

Václav Renč was a Czech poet, children's writer, dramatist and translator. Like other Catholic ruralistic writers, his themes included God, traditions and the countryside.

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28/11/1910

Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (died 2014)

Elsie Quarterman was a prominent plant ecologist. She was a professor emerita at Vanderbilt University.

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28/11/1908

Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (died 1997)

Michael Adekunle Ajasin was a Nigerian politician who served as governor of Ondo State from 1979 to 1983 on the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) platform during the Nigerian Second Republic.

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Claude Lévi-Strauss, Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist (died 2009)

Claude Lévi-Strauss was a Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology. He held the chair of Social Anthropology at the Collège de France between 1959 and 1982, was elected a member of the Académie française in 1973 and was a member of the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences in Paris. He received numerous honors from universities and institutions throughout the world.

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28/11/1907

Rose Bampton, American soprano and educator (died 2007)

Rose Bampton was an American opera singer who had an active international career during the 1930s and 1940s. She began her professional career performing mostly minor roles from the mezzo-soprano repertoire in 1929 but later switched to singing primarily leading soprano roles in 1937 until her retirement from the opera stage in 1963.

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Alberto Moravia, Italian journalist and author (died 1990)

Alberto Pincherle, known by his pseudonym Alberto Moravia, was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his debut novel Gli indifferenti and for the anti-fascist novel Il conformista, the basis for the film The Conformist (1970) directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. Other novels of his adapted for the cinema are Agostino, filmed with the same title by Mauro Bolognini in 1962; Il disprezzo, filmed by Jean-Luc Godard as Le Mépris ; La noia (Boredom), filmed with that title by Damiano Damiani in 1963 and released in the US as The Empty Canvas in 1964 and La ciociara, filmed by Vittorio De Sica as Two Women (1960). Cédric Kahn's L'Ennui (1998) is another version of La noia.

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28/11/1906

Henry Picard, American golfer (died 1997)

Henry Gilford Picard was an American professional golfer.

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28/11/1904

James Eastland, American planter and politician (died 1986)

James Oliver Eastland was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation in late 1978. Eastland was a segregationist who led the Southern resistance against racial integration during the civil rights movement, often speaking of African Americans as "an inferior race". Eastland has been called the "Voice of the White South" and the "Godfather of Mississippi Politics".

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Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author (died 1973)

Nancy Freeman-Mitford was an English novelist, biographer, and journalist who was regarded as one of the "bright young things" on the London social scene in the inter-war period. She wrote several novels about upper-class life in England and France, and is considered a sharp and often provocative wit. She also has a reputation as a writer of popular historical biographies.

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28/11/1903

Gladys O'Connor, English-Canadian actress (died 2012)

Gladys O'Connor was a British-born Canadian character actress. Born in London, O'Connor moved with her family to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1912, eventually settling in Toronto.

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28/11/1900

Mary Bothwell, Canadian classical vocalist and painter (died 1985)

Mary Bothwell was a Canadian classical vocalist and painter. As a singer she began her career as a contralto, but ultimately ended up performing soprano parts in the opera and concert repertoire.

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28/11/1898

İhap Hulusi Görey, Turkish graphic artist (died 1986)

İhap Hulusi Görey, was the first international Turkish graphic artist best known for his illustrations on posters and labels of several Turkish brands in the Republican era.

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28/11/1896

Dawn Powell, American author and playwright (died 1965)

Dawn Powell was an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and short story writer. Known for her acerbic prose, "her relative obscurity was likely due to a general distaste for her harsh satiric tone." Nonetheless, Stella Adler and author Clifford Odets appeared in one of her plays. Her work was praised by Robert Benchley in The New Yorker and in 1939 she was signed as a Scribner author where Maxwell Perkins, famous for his work with many of her contemporaries, including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe, became her editor. A 1963 nominee for the National Book Award, she received an American Academy of Arts and Letters Marjorie Peabody Waite Award for lifetime achievement in literature the following year. A friend to many literary and arts figures of her day, including author John Dos Passos, critic Edmund Wilson, and poet E. E. Cummings, Powell's work received renewed interest after Gore Vidal praised it in a 1987 editorial for The New York Review of Books. Since then, the Library of America has published two collections of her novels.

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Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress (died 1994)

Lilia Skala was an Austrian and American architect and actress known for her role in the film Lilies of the Field (1963), for which she received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination. During her career, Skala was also nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.

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28/11/1895

José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (died 1980)

José Iturbi Báguena was a Spanish conductor, pianist, harpsichordist and actor.

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28/11/1894

Brooks Atkinson, American theatre critic (died 1984)

Justin Brooks Atkinson was an American theater critic. He worked for The New York Times from 1922 to 1960. In his obituary, the Times called him "the theater's most influential reviewer of his time." Atkinson became a Times theater critic in the 1920s and his reviews became very influential. He insisted on leaving the drama desk during World War II to report on the war, and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his work as the Moscow correspondent for the Times. He returned to the theater beat in the late 1940s, until his retirement in 1960.

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Henry Hazlitt, American economist and philosopher (died 1993)

Henry Stuart Hazlitt was an American journalist, economist, and philosopher known for his advocacy of free markets and classical liberal principles. Over a career spanning more than seven decades, Hazlitt wrote extensively on business, economics, and public policy for prominent publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, The American Mercury, Newsweek, and The New York Times. He is best known for his 1946 book, Economics in One Lesson, a work grounded in the Austrian school of economics and its belief in the importance of individual liberty in economic decision-making.

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28/11/1891

Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (died 1949)

Gregorio Milián Perfecto was a Filipino journalist, politician and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1945 to 1949. A controversial figure who was described as an "apostle of liberal causes", Perfecto was notable for his libertarian views, his colorful writing style, and the frequency of his dissenting opinions while on the Supreme Court.

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Mabel Alvarez, American painter (died 1985)

Mabel Alvarez was an American painter. Her works, often introspective and spiritual in nature, and her style is considered a contributing factor to the Southern California Modernism and California Impressionism movement.

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28/11/1887

Ernst Röhm, German soldier and politician (died 1934)

Ernst Julius Günther Röhm was a German military officer, politician, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. A close friend and early ally of Adolf Hitler, Röhm was the co-founder and leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazi Party's original paramilitary wing, which played a significant role in Hitler's rise to power. He served as chief of the SA from 1931 until his assassination by the SS in 1934 during the Night of the Long Knives.

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28/11/1881

Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist (died 1942)

Stefan Zweig was an Austrian writer. At the height of his literary career in the 1920s and 1930s, he was one of the most widely translated and popular writers in the world.

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28/11/1880

Alexander Blok, Russian poet and playwright (died 1921)

Alexander Alexandrovich Blok was the most well-known Russian lyrical poet during the Silver Age of Russian Poetry.

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28/11/1876

Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (died 1946)

Albert Edward Ernest Vogler was a South African cricketer. A leading all-rounder skilled both at batting and bowling, Vogler played cricket in South Africa prior to becoming eligible to play for Middlesex County Cricket Club in England after serving on the ground staff of the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's. He rose to prominence during the 1906 home Test series and then in England the following year: he was described during the latter as the best bowler in the world by Tip Foster, and named a Wisden Cricketer of the Year.

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28/11/1866

Henry Bacon, American architect, designed the Lincoln Memorial (died 1924)

Henry Bacon was an American Beaux-Arts architect who oversaw the engineering and design of the Lincoln Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., built between 1915 and 1922, shortly before his death in 1924.

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28/11/1864

James Allen, English author and poet (died 1912)

James Allen was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. His best known work, As a Man Thinketh, has been mass-produced since its publication in 1903. It has been a source of inspiration to motivational and self-help authors.

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Lindley Miller Garrison, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Secretary of War (died 1932)

Lindley Miller Garrison was an American lawyer from New Jersey who served as Secretary of War under U.S. President Woodrow Wilson between 1913 and 1916.

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28/11/1861

Adina Emilia De Zavala, American teacher, historian and preservationist of Texas history (died 1955)

Adina Emilia De Zavala was an American teacher, historian and preservationist of Texas history. Her efforts led to saving the Alamo for future generations. She was born to Augustine De Zavala, son of Lorenzo de Zavala, the first Vice President of the Republic of Texas. Adina's mother Julia Tyrrell De Zavala was born in Ireland. In 1994, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Marker number 86 was placed at Alamo Plaza to honor De Zavala. In 2008, Texas Historical marker number 15124 was placed in St. Mary's Cemetery to honor De Zavala's contributions to Texas.

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28/11/1857

Alfonso XII of Spain (died 1885)

Alfonso XII, also known as El Pacificador, was King of Spain from 29 December 1874 to his death in 1885.

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28/11/1853

Helen Magill White, American academic (died 1944)

Helen Magill White was an American classicist and academic. She was the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in the United States.

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28/11/1837

John Wesley Hyatt, American engineer (died 1920)

John Wesley Hyatt was an American inventor. He is known for simplifying the production of celluloid.

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28/11/1829

Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1894)

Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor who founded the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He was the elder brother of Nikolai Rubinstein, who founded the Moscow Conservatory.

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28/11/1820

Friedrich Engels, German-English philosopher, economist, and journalist (died 1895)

Friedrich Engels was a German philosopher, social and political theorist, journalist, businessman, and revolutionary socialist. He is best known for his lifelong collaboration with Karl Marx, with whom he co-authored The Communist Manifesto (1848) and developed the political and philosophical system that came to be known as Marxism. After Marx's death, Engels served as the editor of his works, completing the second and third volumes of Das Kapital.

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28/11/1810

William Froude, English engineer and architect (died 1879)

William Froude was an English engineer, hydrodynamicist and naval architect. He was the first to formulate reliable laws for the resistance that water offers to ships and for predicting their stability.

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28/11/1805

John Lloyd Stephens, American archaeologist and explorer (died 1852)

John Lloyd Stephens was an American explorer, writer, and diplomat. He was a pivotal figure in the rediscovery of Maya civilization throughout Middle America. He was also a driving force behind the building of the Panama Canal Railway in the 1850s, which in turn was instrumental to the construction of the Panama Canal.

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28/11/1804

William Weston, English-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Tasmania (died 1888)

William Pritchard Weston was the third Premier of Tasmania.

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28/11/1793

Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish poet, composer, and critic (died 1866)

Carl Jonas Love Ludvig Almqvist was a Swedish author, romantic poet, romantic critic of political economy, realist, composer and social critic.

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28/11/1792

Victor Cousin, French philosopher and academic (died 1867)

Victor Cousin was a French philosopher. He was the founder of "eclecticism", a briefly influential school of French philosophy that combined elements of German idealism and Scottish Common Sense Realism. As the administrator of public instruction for over a decade, Cousin also had an important influence on French educational policy.

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28/11/1785

Victor de Broglie, French lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (died 1870)

Victor de Broglie, 3rd Duke of Broglie, briefly Victor de Broglie, was a French peer, statesman, and diplomat. He was the third duke of Broglie and served as president of the Council during the July Monarchy, from August 1830 to November 1830 and from March 1835 to February 1836. Victor de Broglie was close to the liberal Doctrinaires who opposed the ultra-royalists and were absorbed, under Louis Philippe I's rule, by the Orléanists.

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28/11/1774

Maria Antonia of Parma (died 1841)

Maria Antonia of Parma was a Princess of Parma, daughter of Duke Ferdinand I, Duke of Parma, and Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria.

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28/11/1772

Luke Howard, English chemist and meteorologist (died 1864)

Luke Howard was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science. His lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds, which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society. Because of this, Howard is referred to as "The Godfather of Clouds", the "namer of the clouds", and the "father of meteorology".

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28/11/1760

Maria Teresa Poniatowska, Polish noblewoman (died 1834)

Maria Teresa Antoinette Josephine Poniatowska was a Polish noblewoman. She was the niece of king Stanisław August Poniatowski and sister of Prince Józef Poniatowski.

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28/11/1757

William Blake, English poet and painter (died 1827)

William Blake was an English poet, painter and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his life, Blake has become a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual art of the Romantic Age. What he called his "prophetic works" were said by the 20th-century critic Northrop Frye to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language". While he lived in London his entire life, except for three years spent in Felpham, he produced a diverse and symbolically rich collection of works, which embraced the imagination as "the body of God", or "human existence itself".

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28/11/1700

Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer and mathematician (died 1764)

Nathaniel Bliss was an English astronomer who served as the Astronomer Royal from 1762 to 1764. Bliss studied at Oxford University and later became the Savilian Professor of Geometry. He made important meridian observations of a comet and a solar eclipse visible from Greenwich, and many of his observations proved useful in solving the longitude problem, and were bought by the Board of Longitude after his death.

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Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (died 1770)

Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach was Queen of Denmark and Norway by marriage to King Christian VI of Denmark and Norway.

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28/11/1694

Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (died 1728)

Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen was a German prince of the House of Ascania and ruler of the principality of Anhalt-Köthen. Today, he is best remembered for employing Johann Sebastian Bach as his Kapellmeister between 1717 and 1723.

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28/11/1682

Betty Parris, woman from Salem in Massachusetts who accused others of being witches (died 1760)

Elizabeth Parris was one of the young girls who accused other people of being witches during the Salem witch trials. The accusations made by Parris and her cousin Abigail Williams caused the direct death of 20 Salem residents: 19 were hanged, while another, Giles Corey, was pressed to death.

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28/11/1681

Jean Cavalier, French rebel leader (died 1740)

Jean Cavalier, was the Occitan Huguenot chief of the Camisards. He was born at Mas Roux, a small hamlet in the commune of Ribaute near Anduze, southern France.

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28/11/1661

Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (died 1723)

Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, styled Viscount Cornbury between 1674 and 1709, was an English Army officer, politician and colonial administrator. He was propelled into the forefront of English politics when he and part of his army defected from the Catholic King James II to support the newly arrived Protestant contender, William III of Orange. These actions were part of the beginning of the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Cornbury's choice to support his cousin Anne instead of William after the rebellion cost him his military commission. However, Cornbury's support of King William's reign eventually earned him the governorship of the provinces of New York and New Jersey; he served between 1701 and 1708.

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28/11/1640

Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish captain and explorer (died 1698)

Willem Hesselsz de Vlamingh was a Dutch sea captain who explored the central west coast of New Holland (Australia) in the late 17th century, where he landed in what is now Perth on the Swan River. The purpose of the mission was to look for survivors of the Ridderschap van Holland: this effort proved fruitless, but de Vlamingh charted parts of the continent's western coast.

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28/11/1632

Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and manager (died 1687)

Jean-Baptiste Lully was an Italian-French composer, dancer and instrumentalist, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV and became a French subject in 1661. He was a close friend of the playwright Molière, with whom he collaborated on numerous comédie-ballets, including L'Amour médecin, George Dandin ou le Mari confondu, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Psyché and his best known work, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme.

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28/11/1631

Abraham Brueghel, Flemish Baroque painter (died 1690)

Abraham Brueghel was a Flemish painter from the famous Brueghel family of artists. He emigrated at a young age to Italy where he played an important role in the development of the style of decorative Baroque still lifes.

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28/11/1628

John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author (died 1688)

John Bunyan was an English writer and nonconformist preacher. He is best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory The Pilgrim's Progress, which also became an influential literary model. In addition to The Pilgrim's Progress, Bunyan wrote nearly sixty titles, many of them expanded sermons.

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28/11/1598

Hans Nansen, Danish lawyer and politician (died 1667)

Hans Nansen was a Danish statesman.

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28/11/1592

Hong Taiji, Emperor of China (died 1643)

Hong Taiji, sometimes rendered as Huang Taiji and occasionally referred to as Abahai in Western literature, also known by his temple name Emperor Taizong of Qing, was the second khan of the Later Jin dynasty and the founding emperor of the Qing dynasty. He was responsible for consolidating the empire that his father Nurhaci had founded and laid the groundwork for the conquest of the Ming dynasty, although he died before this was accomplished. He conquered Inner Mongolia and the remainder of Manchuria and invaded Korea, which became a Qing tributary state. He was also responsible for changing the name of the Jurchens to "Manchu" in 1635, and changing the name of his dynasty from "Great Jin" to "Great Qing" in 1636.

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28/11/1570

James Whitelocke, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of Chester (died 1632)

Sir James Whitelocke SL was an English judge and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1610 and 1622.

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28/11/1489

Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland, wife of James IV of Scotland, daughter of Henry VII of England (died 1541)

Margaret Tudor was Queen of Scotland from 1503 until 1513 as the wife of James IV. She then served as regent of Scotland during her son's minority, and fought to extend her regency. Margaret was the eldest daughter and second child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York, and the elder sister of Henry VIII. Through her descendants, the House of Stuart eventually acceded to the thrones of England and Ireland, culminating in the "Union of the Crowns" under her great-grandson James VI and I in 1603 following the death of her niece Elizabeth I.

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28/11/1470

Wen Zhengming, artist during the Ming dynasty (died 1559)

Wen Zhengming, born Wen Bi (文璧), was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming dynasty. He was regarded as one of the Four Masters of Ming painting.

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28/11/1293

Yesün Temür, Chinese emperor (died 1328)

Yesün Temür was a great-grandson of Kublai Khan and an emperor of the Yuan dynasty from 1323 to 1328. Apart from being Emperor of China, he is regarded as the 10th Khagan of the Mongol Empire, although it was only nominal due to the division of the empire. In Chinese historiography, Yesün Temür, who was very fond of the traditional ways of the Mongols, is commonly known as the Taiding Emperor of Yuan based on his first era name. His name means "nine iron" in the Mongolian language.

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28/11/1118

Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (died 1180)

Manuel I Komnenos was a Byzantine emperor of the 12th century who reigned over a crucial turning point in the history of Byzantium and the Mediterranean. His reign saw the last flowering of the Komnenian restoration, during which the Byzantine Empire experienced a resurgence of military and economic power and enjoyed a cultural revival.

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