Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/November 22

Births

• 1819 - George Eliot, British novelist (d. 1880) (pictured)
• 1890 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (d. 1970)
• 1899 - Wiley Post, American pilot (d. 1935)
• 1921 - Rodney Dangerfield, American comedian (d. 2004)
• 1940 - Terry Gilliam, American/British comedian
• 1984 - Scarlett Johansson, American actress

Deaths

• 1718 - Blackbeard (Edward Teach), British pirate
• 1900 - Arthur S. Sullivan, British composer (b. 1842)
• 1916 - Jack London, American writer (b. 1876)
• 1963 - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (b. 1917)
• 1963 - C. S. Lewis, Irish author (b. 1898)
• 1963 - Aldous Huxley, British author (b. 1894)
• 1980 - Mae West, American actress and writer (b. 1893)