Sir Wilfred Laurier! The best damn PM this nation has known! A true nation-builder… as opposed to the current CPC PM who can be better termed as a nation-destroyer…
Who else was born on November 20? Well, Bo Derek for one!
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fran Allison | 20-Nov-1907 | 13-Jun-1989 | Kukla, Fran and Ollie | |
| Duane Allman | 20-Nov-1946 | 29-Oct-1971 | Guitarist, The Allman Brothers | |
| Scott Angelle | 20-Nov-1961 | Lt. Governor of Louisiana | ||
| Robert Armstrong | 20-Nov-1890 | 20-Apr-1973 | King Kong | |
| Kaye Ballard | 20-Nov-1926 | The Mothers-in-Law | ||
| Charles Berlitz | 20-Nov-1914 | 18-Dec-2003 | Language lessons and specultive non-fiction | |
| Alan H. Bible | 20-Nov-1909 | 12-Sep-1988 | US Senator from Nevada, 1954-74 | |
| Joseph Biden | 20-Nov-1942 | Vice President of the United States | ||
| Benny Binion | 20-Nov-1904 | 25-Dec-1989 | Founder, World Series of Poker | |
| Matt Blunt | 20-Nov-1970 | Governor of Missouri, 2005-09 | ||
| John Bolton | 20-Nov-1948 | US Ambassador to the UN, 2005-06 | ||
| Carlos Boozer | 20-Nov-1981 | Chicago Bulls forward | ||
| Claude G. Bowers | 20-Nov-1878 | 21-Jan-1958 | The Tragic Era | |
| Dan Byrd | 20-Nov-1985 | Travis Cobb on Cougar Town | ||
| Robert Byrd | 20-Nov-1917 | 28-Jun-2010 | US Senator, former klan member | |
| Judy Canova | 20-Nov-1913 | 5-Aug-1983 | Comic actress, vaudevillian | |
| Thomas Chatterton | 20-Nov-1752 | 24-Aug-1770 | Fabricated as Thomas Rowley | |
| June Christy | 20-Nov-1925 | 21-Jun-1990 | Something Cool | |
| Henri-Georges Clouzot | 20-Nov-1907 | 12-Jan-1977 | The Wages of Fear | |
| William W. Coblentz | 20-Nov-1873 | 15-Sep-1962 | Infrared spectroscopy | |
| Alistair Cooke | 20-Nov-1908 | 29-Mar-2004 | Alistair Cooke’s America | |
| Franklin Cover | 20-Nov-1928 | 5-Feb-2006 | Tom Willis on The Jeffersons | |
| James M. Curley | 20-Nov-1874 | 12-Nov-1958 | Four-time Mayor of Boston | |
| Mike D | 20-Nov-1965 | Beastie Boys | ||
| Dominique Dawes | 20-Nov-1976 | Olympic gymnast, Magnificent Seven | ||
| Richard Dawson | 20-Nov-1932 | 2-Jun-2012 | Host of Family Feud, 1976-85 | |
| Don DeLillo | 20-Nov-1936 | White Noise | ||
| Reginald Denny | 20-Nov-1891 | 16-Jun-1967 | English actor and RC airplane popularizer | |
| Bo Derek | 20-Nov-1956 | 10 | ||
| Douglas Dick | 20-Nov-1920 | Carl Herrick on Waterfront | ||
| Gail Ann Dorsey | 20-Nov-1962 | Bowie bassist and solo artist | ||
| Jeff Dowd | 20-Nov-1949 | The Dude | ||
| Thelma Drake | 20-Nov-1949 | Congresswoman from Virginia, 2005-09 | ||
| J. D. Drew | 20-Nov-1975 | Boston Red Sox | ||
| Matt Fong | 20-Nov-1953 | 1-Jun-2011 | Strategic Advisory Group | |
| Karl von Frisch | 20-Nov-1886 | 12-Jun-1982 | Researched bee communications | |
| Jim Garrison | 20-Nov-1921 | 21-Oct-1992 | New Orleans DA investigated JFK’s assassination | |
| Mark Gastineau | 20-Nov-1956 | New York Jets defensive line | ||
| Nadine Gordimer | 20-Nov-1923 | South African novelist | ||
| Chester Gould | 20-Nov-1900 | 11-May-1985 | Creator of Dick Tracy | |
| Norman Greenbaum | 20-Nov-1942 | Spirit in the Sky | ||
| Veronica Hamel | 20-Nov-1943 | Joyce Davenport on Hill Street Blues | ||
| Laura Harris | 20-Nov-1976 | Daisy Adair in Dead Like Me | ||
| Davey Havok | 20-Nov-1975 | AFI | ||
| Edwin Hubble | 20-Nov-1889 | 28-Sep-1953 | Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble’s Law | |
| Daniel Ernst Jablonski | 20-Nov-1660 | 25-May-1741 | Worked to unite protestantism | |
| Don January | 20-Nov-1929 | Winner, 1967 PGA Championship | ||
| Phil Joanou | 20-Nov-1961 | Gridiron Gang | ||
| Goodluck Jonathan | 20-Nov-1957 | President of Nigeria | ||
| Aubrey Jones | 20-Nov-1911 | 10-Apr-2003 | Former MP, Birmingham Hall Green | |
| Richard B. Kelson | 20-Nov-1946 | CFO of Alcoa, 1997-2006 | ||
| Robert F. Kennedy | 20-Nov-1925 | 6-Jun-1968 | Slain Presidential candidate | |
| Evelyn Keyes | 20-Nov-1916 | 4-Jul-2008 | Gone with the Wind | |
| Selma Lagerlöf | 20-Nov-1858 | 16-Mar-1940 | First female Nobel Prize for Literature | |
| Kenesaw Mountain Landis | 20-Nov-1866 | 25-Nov-1944 | First Commissioner of Baseball | |
| Charles R. Larson | 20-Nov-1936 | C-in-C, US Pacific Command, 1991-94 | ||
| Wilfrid Laurier | 20-Nov-1841 | 17-Feb-1919 | Canadian Prime Minister | |
| Cody Linley | 20-Nov-1989 | Jake Ryan on Hannah Montana | ||
| Sabrina Lloyd | 20-Nov-1970 | Sliders | ||
| Bobby Locke | 20-Nov-1917 | 9-Mar-1987 | Won the British Open four times | |
| Princeton Lyman | 20-Nov-1935 | US Ambassador to South Africa, 1992-95 | ||
| Benoit Mandelbrot | 20-Nov-1924 | 14-Oct-2010 | Fractal mathematician | |
| Richard Masur | 20-Nov-1948 | Who’ll Stop the Rain | ||
| James McGovern | 20-Nov-1959 | Congressman, Massachusetts 3rd | ||
| Joel McHale | 20-Nov-1971 | The Soup | ||
| Theodore R. McKeldin | 20-Nov-1900 | 10-Aug-1974 | Governor of Maryland, 1951-59 | |
| Richard A. Meserve | 20-Nov-1944 | President of the Carnegie Institution | ||
| David Mills | 20-Nov-1961 | 30-Mar-2010 | Writer for The Wire | |
| Ming-Na | 20-Nov-1963 | ER, voice of Mulan | ||
| Meredith Monk | 20-Nov-1942 | Vocalist and “interdisciplinary performance” artist | ||
| Toni Onley | 20-Nov-1928 | 29-Feb-2004 | British Columbia’s flying artist | |
| Super Dave Osborne | 20-Nov-1942 | Underwhelming daredevil | ||
| Ray Ozzie | 20-Nov-1955 | Microsoft Chief Software Architect | ||
| Estelle Parsons | 20-Nov-1927 | Character and TV actress | ||
| Ron Ramsey | 20-Nov-1955 | Lt. Governor of Tennessee | ||
| Rod La Rocque | 20-Nov-1898 | 15-Oct-1969 | Braveheart | |
| Russell Rouse | 20-Nov-1913 | 2-Oct-1987 | Pillow Talk | |
| Josiah Royce | 20-Nov-1855 | 14-Sep-1916 | The Religious Aspect of Philosophy | |
| Dick Smothers | 20-Nov-1939 | A Smothers Brother | ||
| Andre Soltner | 20-Nov-1932 | Chief chef, Lutece | ||
| James Murray Spangler | 20-Nov-1848 | 22-Jan-1915 | Invented the upright vacuum cleaner | |
| Margaret Spellings | 20-Nov-1957 | Secretary of Education | ||
| Beryl W. Sprinkel | 20-Nov-1923 | 22-Aug-2009 | Council of Economic Advisers, 1985-89 | |
| Phyllis Thaxter | 20-Nov-1921 | 14-Aug-2012 | The World of Henry Orient | |
| Norman Thomas | 20-Nov-1884 | 19-Dec-1968 | American Socialist Party | |
| Jason Thompson | 20-Nov-1976 | General Hospital | ||
| Callie Thorne | 20-Nov-1969 | Sheila Keefe on Rescue Me | ||
| Zeffie Tilbury | 20-Nov-1863 | 24-Jul-1950 | The Grapes of Wrath | |
| Josh Turner | 20-Nov-1977 | Your Man | ||
| Nadine Velazquez | 20-Nov-1978 | Catalina on My Name Is Earl | ||
| Pope Pius VIII | 20-Nov-1761 | 30-Nov-1830 | Pope for 20 months, maybe poisoned | |
| Joe Walsh | 20-Nov-1947 | Life’s Been Good To Me | ||
| David Walters | 20-Nov-1951 | Governor of Oklahoma, 1991-95 | ||
| Lewis Waterman | 20-Nov-1836 | 1-May-1901 | Fountain pen | |
| Edvard Westermarck | 20-Nov-1862 | 3-Sep-1939 | The Origin & Development of Moral Ideas | |
| Judy Woodruff | 20-Nov-1946 | PBS newscaster | ||
| Hu Yaobang | 20-Nov-1915 | 15-Apr-1989 | Chinese Communist leader, 1980-87 | |
| Sean Young | 20-Nov-1959 | Replicant in Blade Runner |
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And you, no? Belated Happy Birthday, unless I’m mistaken, in which case…carry on.