31 historically significant individuals born on November 30. November 30 is the birth date of several notable individuals throughout history. American author Mark Twain was born this day in 1835, as was British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1874. Canadian novelist Lucy Maud Montgomery, also born in 1874, shares this birthday with Filipino revolutionary leader Andrés Bonifacio (1863) and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Gustaf Dalén (1869).
Total Born
31
Countries
22
Top Century
20th· 15
Top Field
politician
6 individuals
Headline Figures
Birth Distribution by Century
20th (15)
19th (9)
16th C.20th C.
20th Century
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Henry Taube
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1983)
Andrew V. Schally
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1977)
Gael García Bernal
actorfilm actor
Mexican actor and director internationally known for his roles in films like 'Y Tu Mamá También,' 'The Motorcycle Diaries,' and 'Babel.' He won a Golden Globe for his performance in the Amazon series 'Mozart in the Jungle.'
Elisha Cuthbert
actorfilm actor
Canadian actress best known for her role as Kim Bauer on the television series "24".
Ali Hassan al-Majid
military officerpolitician
Military commander and cousin of Saddam Hussein who earned the nickname 'Chemical Ali' for ordering chemical weapon attacks against Kurdish civilians. He was executed in 2010 for genocide and crimes against humanity.
Daniel Noboa
businesspersonpolitician
Businessman and youngest elected president in Ecuador's history, taking office in 2023 at age 35 after winning on a platform of economic modernization.
Olga Rypakova
athletics competitorpolitician
Olympic triple jump champion who won gold at the 2012 London Olympics and set multiple national records in track and field athletics.
Nâzım Hikmet
film directorfilm screenwriter
Turkish Marxist poet and playwright whose epic poem 'Human Landscapes from My Country' is considered a masterpiece of 20th-century literature.
Woody Allen
directorfilm actor
American filmmaker, actor and comedian (born 1935)
Marina Abramović
artistfilm director
Serbian performance artist known for her physically and mentally demanding works that explore the relationship between artist and audience. Her notable works include 'The Artist Is Present' at MoMA in 2010.
Ali Asadov
politician
Career civil servant who has served as Prime Minister of Azerbaijan since 2019, previously holding various ministerial positions in economic development.
Vladimír Weiss
association football player
Slovak footballer who plays as a winger and represented Slovakia in the 2010 World Cup and multiple European Championships.
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Abel Xavier
association football coachassociation football player
Portuguese defender who played for Liverpool, Everton, and other top European clubs during the 1990s and 2000s.
Chandra Bahadur Dangi
weaver
Farmer and weaver who held the Guinness World Record as the shortest adult man ever recorded at 54.6 cm (1 ft 9.5 in) tall. He gained international fame after his record was verified in 2012.
Magnus Carlsen
chess player
Norwegian chess grandmaster who became World Chess Champion in 2013 and is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time.
19th Century
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Theodor Mommsen
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Literature (1902)
Edgar Adrian
scientist
Nobel laureate: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1932)
Lucy Maud Montgomery
biographerchildren's writer
Canadian writer (1874–1942)
Andrés Bonifacio
autobiographermilitary personnel
Filipino revolutionary leader who founded the Katipunan secret society that initiated the Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonial rule in 1896.
Constantin Climescu
mathematicianpolitician
Romanian mathematician (1844-1926)
Gustaf Dalén
business executivechemist
Swedish inventor and industrialist who won the 1912 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the automatic gas regulator used in lighthouse beacons.
Mark Twain
aphoristautobiographer
American author and humorist (1835–1910)
Robert D. FitzGerald
botanical collectorbotanist
Surveyor, ornithologist, botanist and poet (1830-1892)
Winston Churchill
historianpolitician
British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)
18th Century
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Jonathan Parsons
ministertheologian
American theologian
Andrés Quintana Roo
journalistlawyer
Mexican politician (1787-1851)
María Andresa Casamayor
mathematicianschool teacher
Spanish mathematician and teacher
Count Franz Philipp von Lamberg
authormilitary officer
Austrian soldier and statesman (1791-1848)
17th Century
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Otto von Guericke
engineerinstrument maker
German scientist, inventor, and politician (1602-1686)
Kata Bethlen
botanistwriter
Hungarian writer
16th Century
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Giovanni Battista Agucchi
astronomerCatholic priest
Italian churchman, Papal diplomat and writer on art theory
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the most famous person born on November 30?
Winston Churchill, the British Prime Minister who led the UK during World War II, was born on November 30, 1874. Mark Twain, the American author known for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, was also born on this date in 1835.
What authors were born on November 30?
Mark Twain, author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, was born on November 30, 1835. Lucy Maud Montgomery, known for the Anne of Green Gables series, was born on this date in 1874. Their works have greatly influenced American and Canadian literature.
Are there any Nobel Prize winners born on November 30?
Yes, Gustaf Dalén, a Swedish inventor, was born on November 30, 1869, and received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1912 for inventing automatic regulators for lighthouses and buoys. Winston Churchill, also born on this date, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.