Some famous birthdays today:

• Jacques Chirac (politician, statesperson, born November 29, 1932)
• Gaetano Donizetti (composer, born November 29, 1797)
• C. S. Lewis (screenwriter, novelist, children's writer, science fiction writer, writer, autobiographer, poet, essayist, philosopher, university teacher, theologian, literary critic, medievalist, philologist, literary scholar, born November 29, 1898)
• Empress Dowager Cixi (politician, born November 29, 1835)
• Béla IV of Hungary (politician, born November 22, 1206)
• Christian Doppler (astronomer, mathematician, physicist, professor, pedagogue, academic, born November 29, 1803)
• Zhengtong Emperor (ruler, born November 20, 1427)
• Emperor Zhongzong of Tang (monarch, born November 26, 656)
• Ii Naosuke (politician, born November 29, 1815)
• Vuk Drašković (politician, novelist, writer, diplomat, poet lawyer, journalist, born November 29, 1946)
• Busby Berkeley (film director, actor, choreographer, born November 29, 1895)
• John Mahama (politician, historian, born November 29, 1958)
• Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (military personnel, duke, born November 21, 1338)
• Jerry Lawler (musician, actor, professional wrestler, pundit, born November 29, 1949)
• John Layfield (actor, radio personality, entrepreneur, American football player, professional wrestler, born November 29, 1966)
• Enric Prat de la Riba (politician, lawyer, essayist, journalist, born November 29, 1870)
• Anna Faris (singer, actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, film producer, podcaster, born November 29, 1976)
• Tom Sizemore (actor, film actor, television actor, film producer, born November 29, 1961)
• Shintarō Katsu (screenwriter, writer, singer, film director, film actor, film producer, born November 29, 1931)
• George Brown (politician, journalist, publisher, born November 29, 1819)
• Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma (politician, military personnel, Catholic priest, born November 19, 1503)
• Ramón Freire (politician, soldier, born November 29, 1787)
• Yōichi Masuzoe (politician, political scientist, lyricist, tarento, born November 29, 1948)
• Madeleine L'Engle (novelist, children's writer, science fiction writer, writer, poet, essayist, woman of letters, born November 29, 1918)
• Nellie Tayloe Ross (politician, born November 29, 1876)
• Nicéphore Soglo (politician, economist, born November 29, 1934)
• Diane Ladd (writer, film director, actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born November 29, 1932)
• Kinuyo Tanaka (film director, actor, film actor, born November 29, 1909)
• Michel Duchaussoy (film actor, stage actor, born November 29, 1938)
• Russell Wilson (American football player, born November 29, 1988)
• Amos Bronson Alcott (writer, poet, philosopher, teacher, born November 29, 1799)
• Maurice Genevoix (writer, poet, born November 29, 1890)