Anniversaries 29 November
Birth
![Peter Heylin photo]()
English ecclesiastic and author of polemical, historical, p…
1599–1662
![John Ray photo]()
British botanist
1627–1705
![Charles Thomson photo]()
American patriot leader (1729-1824)
1729–1824
![Amos Bronson Alcott photo]()
American teacher and writer
1799–1888
![William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley photo]()
Lord Chancellor of Great Britain
1801–1881
![Christian Doppler photo]()
mathematician, physicist
1803–1853
![Wendell Phillips photo]()
American abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, orato…
1811–1884
![Morrison Waite photo]()
American politician
1816–1888
![William Ellery Channing (poet) photo]()
American writer
1818–1901
![La Fayette Grover photo]()
American politician
1823–1911
![Louisa May Alcott photo]()
American novelist
1832–1888
![Empress Dowager Cixi photo]()
Chinese empress
1835–1908
![Francis Burnand photo]()
British comic writer and dramatist
1836–1917
![Gertrude Jekyll photo]()
garden designer, artist
1843–1932
![Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg photo]()
German chancellor during World War I
1856–1921
![Georgi Plekhanov photo]()
Russian revolutionary
1856–1918
![Clive Staples Lewis photo]()
Christian apologist, novelist, and Medievalist
1898–1963
![Carlo Levi photo]()
Italian painter
1902–1975
![Vasily Grossman photo]()
Soviet writer and journalist who originally trained as an e…
1905–1964
![John Marks Templeton photo]()
stock investor, businessman and philanthropist
1912–2008
![Taisen Deshimaru photo]()
Japanese Buddhist monk
1914–1982
![Madeleine L'Engle photo]()
American writer
1918–2007
![Vin Scully photo]()
American sports broadcaster
1927
![David Goldblatt photo]()
South African photographer
1930–2018
![Geoffrey Moorhouse photo]()
English journalist and author
1931–2009
![Jacques Chirac photo]()
22nd President of France
1932–2019
![James Rosenquist photo]()
American artist
1933–2017
![Mario Aurelio Poli photo]()
Catholic Cardinal from Argentine.
1947
![John D. Barrow photo]()
British scientist
1952–2020
![Joel Coen photo]()
American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematogra…
1954
![Cathie Linz photo]()
American writer
1954–2015
![Hassan Sheikh Mohamud photo]()
President of Somalia; PDP Chairman; educator; civic, academ…
1955
![Robert Jeffress photo]()
Pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas
1955
![Leo Laporte photo]()
American technology broadcaster, author, and entrepreneur
1956
![Rahm Emanuel photo]()
politician, investment banker, White House Chief of Staff
1959
![Anton Bal photo]()
Roman Catholic archbishop from Papua New Guinea born 1963
1963
![Don Cheadle photo]()
actor, film producer, philanthropist, and author
1964
![Lauren Child photo]()
author and illustrator especially known for Charlie and Lol…
1965
![Sarah Jones (stage actress) photo]()
African-American actress, playwright, and poet from the Uni…
1973
![Simon Amstell photo]()
English comedian, television presenter, screenwriter, and a…
1979
![Game (rapper) photo]()
American rapper, record producer and actor from California
1979
Death
![Thomas Wolsey photo]()
English political figure and cardinal
1473–1530
![Horace Greeley photo]()
American politician and publisher
1811–1872
![James Legge photo]()
missionary in China
1815–1897
![Giacomo Puccini photo]()
Italian composer
1858–1924
![Ernest Barnes photo]()
English mathematician and clergyman
1874–1953
![Ma Zhanshan photo]()
Chinese politician
1885–1950
![Fortunato Depero photo]()
Italian painter, writer, sculptor and graphic designer
1892–1960
![Dorothy Day photo]()
Social activist
1897–1980
![Cary Grant photo]()
British-American film and stage actor
1904–1986
![J. R. D. Tata photo]()
Indian businessman
1904–1993
![Paolo Monti photo]()
Italian photographer
1908–1982
![Maurice Wilkes photo]()
British computer scientist
1913–2010
![Henry Kissinger photo]()
United States Secretary of State
1923–2023
![Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya photo]()
Soviet resistance member of World War II and Heroine of the…
1923–1941
![John Knowles photo]()
American novelist
1926–2001
![Donald O'Brien (actor) photo]()
Italian film and TV actor
1930–2003
![Mark Strand photo]()
Canadian-American poet, essayist, translator
1934–2014
![Jerry Fodor photo]()
American philosopher
1935–2017
![Natalie Wood photo]()
American actress
1938–1981
![David Fleming photo]()
British activist
1940–2010
![George Harrison photo]()
British musician, former member of the Beatles
1943–2001
![Andrew Clements photo]()
American writer
1949–2019
![Joe Dever photo]()
British writer and game designer
1956–2016
![Patrice O'Neal photo]()
American stand-up comedian, radio personality, and actor
1969–2011
