An diesem Tag — 12. November

Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (died 1588)

Claude of Valois, French princess (died 1575)

Albrecht of Hanau-Münzenberg, German nobleman (died 1635)

Jeanne Mance, French-Canadian nurse, founded the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (died 1673)

Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and theologian (died 1691)

Diego Luis de San Vitores, Spanish Jesuit missionary (died 1672)

Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican nun, poet, and scholar (died 1695)

Francis Nicholson, British Army general and colonial administrator (died 1727)

Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (died 1757)

Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (died 1811)

Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general and politician, Prussian Minister of War (died 1813)

Charles Bell, Scottish surgeon and artist (died 1842)

Piet Retief, South African ruler (died 1838)

Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Livonian physician and botanist (died 1831)

Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (died 1856)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (died 1902)

Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader, founded the Baháʼí Faith (died 1892)

Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (died 1887)

Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker (died 1917)

John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1919)

Eduard Müller, Swiss lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Swiss Confederation (died 1919)

Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player and theoretician (died 1908)

Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (died 1925)

William Fay, Irish actor and producer (died 1947)

Olev Siinmaa, Estonian-Swedish architect (died 1948)

Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (died 1954)

Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist and mountaineer (died 1975)

Ben Travers, English author and playwright (died 1980)

DeWitt Wallace, American publisher and philanthropist, co-founded Reader's Digest (died 1981)

Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (died 1974)

Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor and actor (died 1958)

Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist (died 1976)

Manuel Alonso Areizaga, Spanish tennis player (died 1984)

Marguerite Henry, Australian zoologist (died 1982)

Nima Yooshij, Iranian poet and academic (died 1960)

Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and author (died 1987)

Karl Marx, German composer and conductor (died 1985)

Leon Štukelj, Slovenian gymnast (died 1999)

Stanley Graham, New Zealand mass murderer (died 1941)

James Luther Adams, American minister and theologian (died 1994)

Jack Oakie, American actor (died 1978)

Max Hoffman, Austrian-born car importer and businessman (died 1981)

Louise Thaden, American pilot (died 1979)

George Dillon, American soldier and poet (died 1968)

Harry Blackmun, American lawyer and judge (died 1999)

Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (died 1981)

Buck Clayton, American trumpet player and academic (died 1991)

Roland Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and critic (died 1980)

Paul Emery, English racing driver (died 1993)

Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (died 2000)

Jo Stafford, American singer (died 2008)

France Štiglic, Slovenian film director and screenwriter (died 1993)

Richard Quine, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1989)

Tadeusz Borowski, Polish poet, author, and journalist (died 1951)

Kim Hunter, American actress (died 2002)

Ian Graham, English archaeologist and explorer (died 2017)

Loriot, German humorist, actor, and director (died 2011)

Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (died 2013)

Sam Jones, American bassist, cellist, and composer (died 1981)

Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, English lawyer and judge (died 2016)

František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer and sportscaster (died 2000)

Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician and theorist (died 1958)

Michael Ende, German author and fiction writer (died 1995)

Grace Kelly, American actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco (died 1982)

Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2014)

Charles Manson, American cult leader (died 2017)

John McGahern, Irish author and educator (died 2006)

Vavá, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2002)

Ina Balin, American actress (died 1990)

Richard H. Truly, NASA astronaut (died 2024)

Delano Lewis, American diplomat (died 2023)

Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian journalist and politician, 3rd President of Tanzania (died 2020)

Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1991)

Lucia Popp, Slovak soprano (died 1993)

Michel Audet, Canadian economist and politician

Amjad Khan, Indian actor & director (died 1992)

Jürgen Todenhöfer, German judge and politician

Errol Brown, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (died 2015)

Brian Hyland, American pop singer

Wallace Shawn, American actor, comedian and playwright

Björn Waldegård, Swedish racing driver (died 2014)

John Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2011)

Ken Houston, American football player

Booker T. Jones, American pianist, saxophonist, songwriter, and producer

Al Michaels, American sportscaster

Michael Bishop, American author and educator (died 2023)

Judith Roitman, American mathematician and academic

Neil Young, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

Alexandra Charles, Swedish businesswoman

Buck Dharma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Patrice Leconte, French director and screenwriter

Hassan Rouhani, Iranian lawyer and politician; 7th President of Iran

Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1992)

Jack Reed, American soldier and politician

Barbara Fairchild, American country and gospel singer-songwriter

Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer-songwriter and guitarist

Paul McNamee, Australian tennis player

Les McKeown, Scottish pop singer (died 2021)

Tim Samaras, American engineer, storm chaser (died 2013)

Ivan Šuker, Croatian politician and economist (died 2023)

Megan Mullally, American actress and singer

Mykola Vynnychenko, Ukrainian race walker

Vincent Irizarry, American actor

Toshihiko Sahashi, Japanese composer

Maurane, Belgian singer and actress (died 2018)

Nadia Comăneci, Romanian gymnast and coach

Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer

Mariella Frostrup, British journalist and actress

Mark Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager

Neal Shusterman, American author and poet

Naomi Wolf, American author and journalist

Michael Rogers (publisher), American media executive, journalist, and fundraiser

Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)

David Ellefson, American bass player and songwriter

Wang Kuang-hui, Taiwanese baseball player and coach

Barbara Stühlmeyer, German musicologist, church musician and writer

Lex Lang, American voice actor and producer

Bassim Al-Karbalaei, Iraqi Eulogy Reciter

Disco Inferno, American wrestler and manager

Iryna Khalip, Belarusian journalist

Michael Moorer, American boxer

Grant Nicholas, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kathleen Hanna, American singer-songwriter

Sammy Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player

Ian Bremmer, American political scientist and author

Jason Cundy, English footballer and sportscaster

Rob Schrab, American writer and artist

Elektra, American wrestler, model, and dancer

Tonya Harding, American figure skater

Oscar Strasnoy, French-Argentine composer

Chen Guangcheng, Chinese-American lawyer and activist

Rebecca Wisocky, American actress

Vasilios Tsiartas, Greek footballer

Radha Mitchell, Australian actress

Ethan Zohn, American pro soccer player and Survivor: Africa winner

Tamala Jones, American actress

Kiara Bisaro, Canadian mountain biker

Jason Lezak, American swimmer

Tevin Campbell, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor

Judith Holofernes, German singer-songwriter and guitarist

Richelle Mead, American author and educator

Benni McCarthy, South African footballer

Lee Murray, English mixed martial artist

Ashley Williams, American actress

Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress

Lucas Glover, American golfer

Nur Fettahoğlu, German-Turkish journalist and actress

Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor, producer and singer

Charlie Hodgson, English rugby player

Annika Becker, German pole vaulter

DJ Campbell, English footballer

Anne Hathaway, American actress

Charlie Morton, American baseball player

Jorge Masvidal, American Mixed Martial Artist

Omarion, American singer, songwriter, actor and dancer

Sandara Park, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

Adlène Guedioura, French-Algerian footballer

Jason Day, Australian golfer

Kengo Kora, Japanese actor

Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player

Russell Westbrook, American basketball player

Florent Manaudou, French swimmer

Marcell Ozuna, Dominican baseball player

Harmeet Singh, Norwegian footballer

Siim-Sander Vene, Estonian basketball player

Cairo Santos, Brazilian gridiron football player

Gijs Van Hoecke, Belgian cyclist

Dāvis Bertāns, Latvian basketball player

Trey Burke, American basketball player

Adam Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Luguelín Santos, Dominican sprinter

Tomáš Hertl, Czech ice hockey player

Guillaume Cizeron, French ice dancer

Kseniya Alexandrova, Russian model (died 2025)

Thomas Lemar, French footballer

xQc, Canadian online streamer

Dexter Lawrence, American football player

Jules Koundé, French footballer

Elias Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player

Choi Yoo-jung, South Korean singer, dancer, rapper, and actress

Raffey Cassidy, English actress

Paolo Banchero, Italian-American basketball player

Tino Livramento, English footballer

Leonardo Puglisi, Australian journalist