Anniversaries 23 November
Birth
![Alfonso X of Castile photo]()
King of Castile
1221–1284
![Li Zhi (philosopher) photo]()
Chinese philosopher
1527–1602
![John Wallis photo]()
English mathematician
1616–1703
![Edward Rutledge photo]()
American politician
1749–1800
![François-Noël Babeuf photo]()
French political agitator and journalist of the French Revo…
1760–1797
![Franklin Pierce photo]()
American politician, 14th President of the United States (i…
1804–1869
![James Thomson (B.V.) photo]()
Scottish writer (1834-1882)
1834–1882
![Billy the Kid photo]()
American cattle rustler, gambler, horse thief, outlaw, cowb…
1859–1881
![Gilbert Parker photo]()
Canadian novelist and British politician
1862–1932
![Ernest King photo]()
United States Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations
1878–1956
![John Rabe photo]()
German businessman
1882–1950
![Harpo Marx photo]()
American comedian
1888–1964
![Alexander Rodchenko photo]()
Russian artist and photographer
1891–1956
![P. F. Strawson photo]()
British philosopher
1919–2006
![Paul Celan photo]()
Romanian poet and translator
1920–1970
![Manuel Fraga Iribarne photo]()
Spanish politician
1922–2012
![Gloria Whelan photo]()
British children's writer
1923
![José Napoleón Duarte photo]()
President of El Salvador
1925–1990
![Christopher Logue photo]()
Poet, screenwriter, actor
1926–2011
![Frank J. Low photo]()
American astronomer
1933–2009
![Ali Shariati photo]()
Iranian academic and activist
1933–1977
![Denis Sassou Nguesso photo]()
President of the Republic of the Congo
1943
![Dennis Nilsen photo]()
British serial killer
1945–2018
![Zoë Wicomb photo]()
South African author resident in Scotland
1948
![Chuck Schumer photo]()
U.S. Senator from the State of New York
1950
![Steven Brust photo]()
American fantasy and science fiction author
1955
![John Schnatter photo]()
American entrepreneur, founder of Papa John's
1961
![Nicolás Maduro photo]()
53rd President of Venezuela
1962
![Jennifer Michael Hecht photo]()
Philosopher, poet, historian, author
1965
![Oded Fehr photo]()
Israeli-American actor
1970
![Laurent Touil-Tartour photo]()
American film director
1971
![Miley Cyrus photo]()
American actor and singer-songwriter
1992
Death
![Elbridge Gerry photo]()
US diplomat and vice president; Massachusetts governor
1744–1814
![Ann Eliza Bleecker photo]()
American poet, correspondent
1752–1783
![John Bowring photo]()
4th Governor of Hong Kong
1792–1872
![George Darley photo]()
Irish poet, novelist, and critic
1795–1846
![Ichabod Spencer photo]()
American minister
1798–1854
![Jagadish Chandra Bose photo]()
Bengali polymath, physicist, biologist, botanist and archae…
1858–1937
![Henry Gantt photo]()
American engineer
1861–1919
![Gustav Radbruch photo]()
German politician
1878–1949
![Miguel Pro photo]()
Mexican Jesuit priest and martyr
1891–1927
![Aaro Hellaakoski photo]()
Finnish writer, poet, geographer and teacher
1893–1952
![André Malraux photo]()
French novelist, art theorist and politician
1901–1976
![E. Wight Bakke photo]()
American sociologist and economist (1903-1971)
1903–1971
![Mary Whitehouse photo]()
British activist
1910–2001
![Colin Cherry photo]()
British scientist
1914–1979
![Roald Dahl photo]()
British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot a…
1916–1990
![Douglass C. North photo]()
American Economist
1920–2015
![Margaret Singer photo]()
clinical psychology
1921–2003
![Idries Shah photo]()
writer and Sufi teacher
1924–1996
![Chun Doo-hwan photo]()
Korean politician and army general
1931–2021
![Liu Shahe photo]()
Chinese writer and poet
1931–2019
![Marion Barry photo]()
American politician and former mayor of Washington, D.C.
1936–2014
![Dan Fante photo]()
American writer
1944–2015
![Texe Marrs photo]()
American writer
1944–2019
