Birthday twins

People Born on November 30

November 30 is the birthday of 55 notable people we've found so far, including historical figures, actors, entrepreneurs and authors.

14
founders & entrepreneurs
joint #47 of 366 birthdays
55
notable people
joint #64 of 366 birthdays

What the data says

Your birthday has some company.

  • With 14 founders and entrepreneurs, this birthday is among the top 19% of all dates for entrepreneurial representation.
  • The people we list for this date were born across 486 years, from 1508 to 1994.
  • People born on this day come from 22 countries, most often United States (20 of 54).
  • Founders born on November 30 started companies including Scott Free Productions, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited and Winchester Repeating Arms Company.
  • November 30 birthdays span at least four well-represented fields, including authors, politicians, actors and creators.
  • 47% of the people we list for this date are historical figures who are no longer living.
  • 7 Nobel laureates were born on November 30, including Winston Churchill and Theodor Mommsen.
  • 3 of them had founded a company, won a major award or taken a top job before turning 30.

Against the other 365

How November 30 ranks

Ranks compare all 366 dates in the dataset; ties share a rank. See every November birthday · battle November 30 against another date · all rankings

Who shares November 30

What kind of people are born on November 30?

Share of the 55 people we list, by documented field. People can belong to more than one.

  • Actors25% (14 people)
  • Entrepreneurs25% (14 people)
  • Authors24% (13 people)
  • Creators24% (13 people)
  • Scientists18% (10 people)
  • Musicians15% (8 people)
  • Politicians15% (8 people)

Countries

22 countries, most often United States

Citizenship as recorded on Wikidata, one country per person.

  • United States20 (20 people)
  • United Kingdom6 (6 people)
  • Sweden4 (4 people)
  • Canada3 (3 people)
  • France2 (2 people)
  • Germany2 (2 people)
  • Japan2 (2 people)

Life timeline

What were people born on November 30 doing at your age?

Dated milestones from Wikidata (company foundings, awards, top jobs, notable works), placed at the age each person reached them. Add your birth year above to see the ones you have passed.

By 25

  1. ~22Elisha CuthbertNotable work: The Girl Next Door (2004)
  2. ~23Terrence MalickNamed Rhodes Scholarship (1966)
  3. ~23William-Adolphe BouguereauNamed Prix de Rome (1848)
  4. ~22Ralph HartleyNamed Rhodes Scholarship (1910)

26 to 30

  1. ~30Theodor MommsenBecame professor (1847)
  2. ~26Gary LinekerJoined FC Barcelona (1986)
  3. ~28Nigel de JongJoined AC Milan (2012)

31 to 40

  1. ~37David MametReceived the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1984)
  2. 35Winston ChurchillBecame Home Secretary (1910)
  3. 35Daniel NoboaBecame President of Ecuador (2023)
  4. 33Lucy Maud MontgomeryNotable work: Anne of Green Gables (1908)

41 to 50

  1. 49Emmanuel LubezkiReceived the Academy Award for Best Cinematography (2014)
  2. ~43Nils Gustaf DalénReceived the Nobel Prize in Physics (1912)
  3. ~43Edgar Douglas AdrianReceived the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1932)
  4. 42Karl StrussReceived the Academy Award for Best Cinematography (1929)

After 50

  1. ~79Winston ChurchillReceived the Nobel Prize in Literature (1953)
  2. ~85Theodor MommsenReceived the Nobel Prize in Literature (1902)
  3. ~66David CardReceived the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (2021)
  4. ~68Henry TaubeReceived the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1983)

The standouts

The most successful people born on November 30

Ordered by sourced wealth, then documented achievement and coverage.

Winston Churchill
author

Winston Churchill

Top tier

Politician

1874–1965 · United Kingdom

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.

Yousuf Karsh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Kaley Cuoco
actor

Kaley Cuoco

Top tier

Actor

1985 · United States

Kaley Christine Cuoco is an American actress. She starred as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom 8 Simple Rules (2002–2005), Penny on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019), and as the title character in the HBO Max comedic thriller The Flight Attendant (2020–2022).

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Ben Stiller
actor

Ben Stiller

Top tier

Actor

1965 · United States

Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Known for his blend of slapstick humor and sharp wit, Stiller rose to fame in the late 1990s with a group of comedic actors colloquially known as the Frat Pack.

Frank Sun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Mark Twain
author

Mark Twain

Top tier

Author

1835–1910 · United States

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist. He has been praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature".

Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Ridley Scott
founder

Ridley Scott

Top tier

Founder · Scott Free Productions · entertainment

1937 · United Kingdom

Sir Ridley Scott is an English filmmaker. His work includes science fiction, crime, and historical epic films, with an atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style.

Raph_PH, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Elisha Cuthbert
actor

Elisha Cuthbert

Top tier

Actor

1982 · Canada

Elisha Ann Cuthbert is a Canadian actress. As a child actress, she made her first televised appearance as an extra on Are You Afraid of the Dark? and co-hosted Popular Mechanics for Kids. She made her feature-film debut in the 1997 Canadian family drama Dancing on the Moon.

Brand Technologies / Celebrity-Gossip.net, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Builders

Entrepreneurs born on November 30

Daniel Noboa
entrepreneur

Daniel Noboa

Entrepreneur

1987 · Ecuador

Daniel Roy Gilchrist Noboa Azín is an Ecuadorian politician and businessman serving as the 48th and current president of Ecuador since 2023.

Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Dick Clark
entrepreneur

Dick Clark

Entrepreneur

1929–2012 · United States

Richard Wagstaff Clark was an American television and radio personality and television producer who hosted American Bandstand from 1956 to 1989.

ABC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Subhash Chandra
founder

Subhash Chandra

Entrepreneur · Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited · media

1950 · India

Subhash Chandra Goenka is an Indian media entrepreneur. He is the chairman of the Essel Group, an Indian media conglomerate that owns Zee Media and the chairman emeritus of Zee Entertainment. He founded Zee TV in 1992 and Zee News in 1999.

Ameyakhandekar11, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Bill Gates Sr.
entrepreneur

Bill Gates Sr.

Entrepreneur

1925–2020 · United States

William Henry Gates II, better known as Bill Gates Sr., was an American attorney, philanthropist, and civic leader. He was the founder of the law firm Shidler McBroom & Gates, and also served as president of both the Seattle King County and Washington State Bar associations.

Gates Foundation / Prashant Panjiar., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Chris Weitz
entrepreneur

Chris Weitz

Entrepreneur

1969 · United States

Christopher John Weitz is an American filmmaker and actor. He is best known for his work with his brother Paul on the comedy films American Pie and About a Boy; the latter earned the Weitz brothers a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Twilight_20091110_Crillon_Hotel_Paris_004.jpg: nicolas genin derivative work: Scarce (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Oliver Winchester
founder

Oliver Winchester

Entrepreneur · Winchester Repeating Arms Company · manufacturing

1810–1880 · United States

Oliver Fisher Winchester was an American businessman and politician, best known as being the founder of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company.

Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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November 30 in history

What else happened on November 30

  1. 883Abu al Abbas celebrates a victory parade in Bagdhad following the surpression of the Zanj Rebellion, the largest slave revolt in the Arab world.
  2. 1853Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
  3. 1942World War II: Battle of Tassafaronga; A smaller squadron of Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers led by Raizō Tanaka defeats a U.S. Navy cruiser force under Carleton H. Wright.
  4. 1967Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing.
  5. 1999British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.

Events from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

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Famous people born on November 30

Mandy Patinkin
actor

Mandy Patinkin

Actor

1952 · United States

Mandel Bruce Patinkin is an American actor and singer in musical theatre, television, and film. As a Broadway performer, he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Jeffhardywhyx (talk), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Billy Idol
musician

Billy Idol

Musician

1955 · United Kingdom

William Michael Albert Broad, known professionally as Billy Idol, is an English rock singer. He achieved fame in the 1970s on the London punk rock scene as the lead singer of Generation X.

GenerationSex, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Marina Abramović
artist

Marina Abramović

Creator

1946 · Serbia

Marina Abramović is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, the relationship between the performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind.

Francesco Pierantoni from Bologna, Italy, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
investor

Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan

Investor

1965 · Japan

Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino is the heir presumptive to the Japanese throne. He is the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, and the younger son of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko.

Foto: Isaac Castillo / Presidencia de la República del Ecuador, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Gael García Bernal
actor

Gael García Bernal

Actor

1978 · United States

Gael García Bernal is a Mexican actor and filmmaker. He has received various accolades including a Golden Globe Award and an Ariel Award.

Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jonathan Swift
author

Jonathan Swift

Author

1667–1745 · Kingdom of Ireland

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput.

Charles Jervas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Steve Aoki
actor

Steve Aoki

Actor

1977 · Japan

Steven Hiroyuki Aoki is an American DJ and record producer. In 2012, Pollstar designated Aoki as the highest-grossing electronic dance music artist in North America from tours. In 2024, Gold House recognized him as one of the Most Impactful Asians.

Jalil Arfaoui from Orgeval, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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David Mamet
actor

David Mamet

Actor

1947 · United States

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, author, and filmmaker. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross (1983) and Speed-the-Plow (1988).

David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Richard Crenna
actor

Richard Crenna

Actor

1926–2003 · United States

Richard Donald Crenna was an American actor and television director.

John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
actor

Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

Actor

1918–2014 · United States

Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor and theatre producer.

United States Steel Corporation (The company sponsored television programs, the U. S. Steel Hour was among them.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Robert Guillaume
actor

Robert Guillaume

Actor

1927–2017 · United States

Robert Guillaume was an American actor and singer. He played Benson DuBois in the ABC television series Soap and its spin-off, Benson. He also voiced the mandrill Rafiki in The Lion King, and played Isaac Jaffe in Aaron Sorkin's dramedy Sports Night.

Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Jagadish Chandra Bose
scientist

Jagadish Chandra Bose

Author

1858–1937 · British Raj

Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose was a polymath with interests in biology, physics and writing science fiction.

Georges Chevalier, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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William-Adolphe Bouguereau
artist

William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Artist

1825–1905 · France

William-Adolphe Bouguereau was a French academic painter. In his realistic genre paintings, he used mythological themes, making modern interpretations of classical subjects, with an emphasis on the female human body.

Unknown photographerUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Roger Glover
musician

Roger Glover

Musician

1945 · United Kingdom

Roger David Glover is a Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a bass guitarist and member of the hard rock band Deep Purple and formerly Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April 2016.

Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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artist

Emmanuel Lubezki

Creator

1964 · Mexico

Emmanuel Lubezki Morgenstern is a Mexican cinematographer. Lubezki is known for uses of natural lighting and continuous uninterrupted shots in cinematography, often utilizing a Steadicam, a 3-axis gimbal, or hand-held camera.

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Nigel de Jong
athlete

Nigel de Jong

Athlete

1984 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Nigel de Jong is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is currently the technical director of the KNVB, the national Dutch football federation.

ING Nederland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Andrea Palladio
artist

Andrea Palladio

Artist

1508–1580 · Republic of Venice

Andrea Palladio was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be one of the most influential individuals in the history of architecture.

Alessandro Maganza, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Nyjah Huston

Nyjah Huston

American skateboarder

1994 · United States

Nyjah Imani Huston is an American professional skateboarder. With numerous sponsorships and competition prize winnings, Huston is one of the highest paid skateboarders in the world.

Eclecticza, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Theodor Mommsen
author

Theodor Mommsen

Politician

1817–1903 · Duchy of Schleswig

Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen was a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest classicists of the 19th century.

Louis Jacoby, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Aldair
athlete

Aldair

Athlete

1965 · Brazil

Aldair Nascimento dos Santos, known simply as Aldair, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a centre back, and who was part of the Brazil national team that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Charles-Valentin Alkan
musician

Charles-Valentin Alkan

Musician

1813–1888 · France

Charles-Valentin Alkan was a French composer and virtuoso pianist.

unidentified photographer, Paris, France, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Ernst Chladni
scientist

Ernst Chladni

Musician

1756–1827 · Kingdom of Prussia

Ernst Florens Friedrich Chladni was a German physicist and musician. His most important work, for which he is sometimes labeled the father of acoustics, included research on vibrating plates and the calculation of the speed of sound for different gases.

Ludwig Albert von Montmorillon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Otto von Guericke
inventor

Otto von Guericke

Inventor

1602–1686 · Germany

Otto von Guericke was a German scientist, inventor, mathematician, and physicist.

Anselm van Hulle, 1601-1674, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi
entrepreneur

Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

Entrepreneur

1928 · Saudi Arabia

Sheikh Sulaiman bin Abdulaziz Al Rajhi is a Saudi Arabian businessperson. As of 2011, his wealth was estimated by Forbes to be $7.7 billion, making him the 120th richest person in the world.

Ayman dhū alghiná, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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David Card
scientist

David Card

Scientist

1955 · Canada

David Edward Card is a Canadian-American labour economist and the Class of 1950 Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has been since 1997.

Roxanne Makasdjian and Alan Toth for the University of California, Berkeley, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Cyrus West Field
entrepreneur

Cyrus West Field

Entrepreneur

1819–1892 · United States

Cyrus West Field was an American businessman and financier who, along with other entrepreneurs, created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858.

Napoleon Sarony, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Nils Gustaf Dalén
entrepreneur

Nils Gustaf Dalén

Entrepreneur

1869–1937 · Sweden

Nils Gustaf Dalén was a Swedish engineer and inventor who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1912 "for his invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys."

Atelier Jaeger, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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More profiles born on November 30

Sources and method for this page

This page lists 55 people born on November 30, every one traced to a Wikidata record and, where shown, a Wikipedia summary (CC BY-SA) and a licensed Wikimedia Commons photo. No one here has a sourced net-worth estimate yet, so no wealth figures are shown. Rankings compare all 366 dates in the dataset built on 2026-09-28. Milestone ages come from dated Wikidata statements; a tilde marks year-only dates. Nothing on this page is a prediction about anyone born on November 30. Read the full methodology.

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