What happened on November 30 ?

539 - Gregory of Tours, French bishop and historian (d. 594)

1340 - John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France (d. 1416)

1364 - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)

1466 - Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (d. 1560)

1508 - Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (d. 1580)

1554 - Philip Sidney, English courtier, soldier, and writer (d. 1586)

1594 - John Cosin, English clergyman (d. 1672)

1625 - Jean Domat, French jurist (d. 1696)

1637 - Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French historian (d. 1698)

1667 - Jonathan Swift, Irish writer and satirist (d.1745)

1670 - John Toland, Irish philosopher (d. 1722)

1683 - Ludwig Andreas Graf Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (d. 1744)

1719 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (d. 1772)

1722 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (d. 1761)

1723 - William Livingston, revolutionary Governor of New Jersey (d. 1790)

1756 - Ernst Chladni, German physicist (d. 1827)

1768 - J?drzej ?niadecki, Polish writer, physician, chemist and biologist (d. 1838)

1781 - Alexander Berry, British adventurer (d. 1873)

1796 - Carl Loewe, German composer (d. 1869)

1810 - Oliver Winchester, American gunsmith (d. 1880)

1813 - Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (d. 1890)

1813 - Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (d. 1888)

1817 - Theodor Mommsen, German author and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1903)

1835 - Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain), American writer (d. 1910)

1836 - Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician (d. 1882)

1857 - Bobby Abel, English test cricketer (d. 1936)

1858 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1937)

1863 - Andres Bonifacio, head of the Philippine Revolutionary Movement Katipunan (KKK) (d. 1897)

1869 - Gustaf Dalén, Swedish physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)

1874 - Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)

1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian author (d. 1942)

1889 - Edgar Douglas Adrian, British physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1977)

1898 - Firpo Marberry, American baseball player (d. 1976)

1904 - Clyfford Still, American painter (d. 1980)

1907 - Jacques Barzun, French-born historian and author

1912 - Gordon Parks, American photographer, film director, composer and writer

1915 - Brownie McGhee, American blues musician (d.1996)

1915 - Henry Taube, Canadian-born chemist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)

1918 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor

1920 - Virginia Mayo, American actress (d. 2005)

1924 - Shirley Chisholm, American politician (d. 2005)

1924 - Allan Sherman, American comedian (d. 1973)

1926 - Richard Crenna, American actor (d. 2003)

1927 - Robert Guillaume, American actor

1929 - Dick Clark, American television host

1929 - Joan Ganz Cooney, American children's television pioneer

1930 - G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate operative

1931 - Jack Ging, American actor

1931 - Bill Walsh, American football coach

1936 - Abbie Hoffman, American activist (d. 1989)

1937 - Ridley Scott, British film director

1937 - Paul Stookey, American folk singer (Peter, Paul & Mary)

1943 - Terrence Malick, American director and screenwriter.

1945 - Roger Glover, British bassist (Deep Purple)

1947 - David Mamet, American playwright

1951 - Christian Bernard, mystic

1951 - June Chadwick, British actress

1952 - Keith Giffen, American comic book writer and artist

1952 - Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer

1955 - Billy Idol, British musician

1957 - Colin Mochrie, British-born Canadian comedian

1957 - Andrew Calhoun, American musician

1958 - Juliette Bergmann, Dutch bodybuilder

1958 - Stacey Q, American dance-pop singer

1959 - Lorraine Kelly, British presenter and journalist

1960 - Gary Lineker, English international footballer

1962 - Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player

1962 - Daniel Keys Moran, American writer

1965 - Ben Stiller, American actor and writer

1965 - Aldair, Brazilian international footballer

1966 - Ed Kemper, American actor

1968 - Des'ree, British soul/pop singer

1971 - Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez, Puerto Rican baseball player

1971 - Ray Durham, American baseball player

1972 - Abel Xavier, Portuguese international footballer

1973 - Jason Reso, Canadian professional wrestler

1975 - Mindy McCready, American musican

1975 - Ben Thatcher, Welsh international footballer

1976 - Josh Lewsey, England national and London Wasps Rugby union player

1978 - Clay Aiken, American singer

1981 - Rich Harden, Canadian baseball player

1982 - Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress

1985 - Kaley Cuoco, American actress

1987 - Dougie Poynter, British singer and bassist (McFly)

1990 - Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian Chess player