What happened on November 18 ?

1522 - Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Flemish general and statesman (d. 1568)

1647 - Pierre Bayle, French philosopher (d. 1706)

1772 - Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, German prince (d. 1806)

1785 - David Wilkie, British artist (d. 1841)

1786 - Carl Maria von Weber, German composer (d. 1826)

1787 - Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor and photographer (d. 1851)

1804 - Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora, Italian general and statesman (d. 1878)

1832 - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Swedish explorer (d. 1901)

1836 - Sir William S. Gilbert, British dramatist (d. 1911)

1836 - Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist and founder of criminology (d. 1909)

1839 - August Kundt, German physicist (d. 1894)

1856 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia (d. 1929)

1861 - Dorothea Dix, American activist (d. 1887)

1870 - Dorothy Dix, pseudonym of US journalist Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer (d. 1951)

1874 - Clarence Day, American author (d. 1935)

1882 - Jacques Maritain, French philosopher (d. 1973)

1883 - Carl Vinson, U.S. Congressman (d. 1981)

1897 - Patrick Blackett, British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1974)

1898 - Joris Ivens, Dutch filmmaker (d. 1989)

1899 - Eugene Ormandy, Hungarian-born conductor (d. 1985)

1901 - George Gallup, American statistician and opinion pollster (d. 1984)

1906 - Klaus Mann, German writer (d. 1949)

1906 - George Wald, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1997)

1907 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (Buena Vista Social Club) (d. 2003)

1908 - Imogene Coca, American actress and comedienne (d. 2001)

1909 - Johnny Mercer, American lyricist (d. 1976)

1916 - Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (d. 1963)

1919 - Jocelyn Brando, American actress (d. 2005)

1922 - Luis Somoza Debayle, Nicaraguan president (d. 1967)

1923 - Alan Shepard, American astronaut (d. 1998)

1925 - Gene Mauch, baseball manager (d. 2005)

1927 - Hank Ballard, American musician (d. 2003)

1935 - Rudolf Bahro, German dissident (d. 1997)

1939 - Margaret Atwood, Canadian writer

1939 - Brenda Vaccaro, American actress

1940 - Qaboos ibn Sa?id, Sultan of Oman

1941 - David Hemmings, British actor (d. 2003)

1942 - Linda Evans, American actress

1944 - Susan Sullivan, American actress

1944 - Wolfgang Joop, German artist, fashion designer and art collector

1946 - Alan Dean Foster, American author

1947 - Jameson Parker, American actor

1948 - Andrea Marcovicci, American singer and actress

1948 - Jack Tatum, American football player

1950 - Eric Pierpoint, American actor

1951 - Justin Raimondo, American author

1952 - Delroy Lindo, British actor

1953 - Alan Moore, British comic book writer and novelist

1954 - John Parr, British pop singer

1956 - Noel Brotherston, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1995)

1956 - Warren Moon, American football player

1957 - Seán Mac Falls, Irish-born poet

1958 - Laura Miller, Mayor of Dallas, Texas

1959 - Jimmy Quinn, Northern Irish footballer and football manager

1960 - Kim Wilde, British singer

1962 - Kirk Hammett, American guitarist (Metallica)

1963 - Dante Bichette, baseball player

1963 - Peter Schmeichel, Danish footballer

1963 - Len Bias, American basketball player (d. 1986)

1966 - Jorge Camacho, Spanish poet

1968 - Barry Hunter, Northern Irish footballer and football manager

1968 - Gary Sheffield, baseball player

1968 - Owen Wilson, American actor

1969 - Sam Cassell, American basketball player

1970 - Peta Wilson, Australian actress

1973 - Nic Pothas, South African/English Wicket-keeper

1974 - Chloë Sevigny, American actress

1975 - David Ortiz, Dominican Major League Baseball player

1976 - Martin Bertram, author of Vanity of Vanities

1977 - Trent Barrett, Australian rugby league player

1977 - Fabolous, American rapper

1978 - Damien Johnson, Northern Irish footballer

1983 - Jon Johansen, Norwegian software developer

1984 - Jonathan "Johnny Christ" Seward, American musician (Avenged Sevenfold)

1985 - Rex Goudie, Canadian singer