Happy November Birthdays!
Born This Way On This Day
LAST UPDATED = 11-30-24
November isnāt just about falling leaves and cozy sweater weatherāitās also a time to celebrate the birthdays of some LGBTQ historical heroes and Queer Pioneers:
11-01 = Hannah Hƶch (1889-1978) = German artist and photomontagist
11-01 = Sophie B. Hawkins (1967- ) = American singer-songwriter and musician
11-01 = Tim Cook (1960- ) = American business executive, CEO of Apple Inc.
11-01 = Tom Waddell (1937-1987) = American physician and Gay Games founder
11-02 = Darren Young (1979- ) = American professional wrestler
11-02 = Debbie Millman (1962- ) = American designer, educator, and podcast host
11-02 = k.d. lang (1961- ) = Canadian singer-songwriter
11-02 = Luchino Visconti (1906-1976) = Italian director
11-03 = Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) = Italian sculptor
11-03 = MiloÅ” Havel (1899-1968) = Czech film producer
11-03 = Terrence McNally (1938-2020) = American writer
11-04 = J.R. Ackerly (1896-1967) = British writer and editor
11-04 = Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989) = American photographer
11-04 = Yemi A.D. (1981- ) = Czech creative and entrepreneur
11-06 = Bowen Yang (1990- ) = Australian-American comedian and writer
11-06 = Michael Cunningham (1952- ) = American novelist
11-06 = Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse (1896-1980) = German aristocrat
11-06 = Torben Lund (1950- ) = Danish politician
11-07 = AgnĆØs Maltais (1956- ) = Canadian politician
11-08 = Charles Demuth (1883-1935) = American painter
11-08 = Chi Chi LaRue (1959- ) = American drag queen, DJ, and adult filmmaker
11-08 = Herculine Babin (1838-1868) = French intersex writer
11-08 = Judith Gough (1972- ) = British diplomat
11-08 = MarĆa Rachid (1974- ) = Argentinian politician and activist
11-09 = Anthony Asquith (1902-1968) = English film director
11-09 = Corin Tucker (1972- ) = American singer-songwriter
11-09 = Erika Mann (1905-1969) = German actor and writer
11-09 = Hedy Lamarr (1914-2000) = Austrian-American actor and inventor
11-09 = James Schuyler (1923-1991) = American poet
11-09 = Kate Clinton (1947- ) = American comedian
11-09 = Liz Stefanics (1950- ) = American politician and LGBTQ rights advocate
11-09 = Magnus Enckell (1870-1925) = Finnish symbolist painter
11-09 = Marie Dressler (1868-1934) = Canadian-American actor
11-09 = Nikki Blonsky (1988- ) = American actor, singer, and dancer
11-09 = Ryan Murphy (1965- ) = American television writer, producer, and director
11-09 = Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938- ) = American writer and philosopher
11-10 = Adam Ebbin (1963- ) = American politician
11-10 = Harry Andrews (1911-1989) = English actor
11-10 = Heather Matarazzo (1982- ) = American actor
11-10 = James Broughton (1913-1999) = American poet and poetic filmmaker
11-10 = Lisette Model (1901-1983) = Austrian-born American photographer
11-10 = Nigel Evans (1957- ) = Welsh politician
11-10 = Patrick Pearse (1879-1916) = Irish teacher, barrister, writer, and activist
11-10 = Phyllis Lyon (1924-2020) = American Daughters of Bilitis co-founder
11-10 = Roland Emmerich (1955- ) = German filmmaker
11-10 = Terence Davies (1945-2023) = English actor, director, and screenwriter
11-11 = Maude Adams (1872-1953) = American actor and stage designer
11-12 = Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) = French artist
11-12 = Bob Crewe (1930-2014) = American singer-songwriter and producer
11-12 = Jimmy De Sana (1949-1990) = American photographer and artist
11-12 = Mary Baxter Ellis (1892-1968) = British commanding officer of FANY
11-12 = Megan Mullally (1958- ) = American actor and singer
11-12 = Roland Barthes (1915-1980) = French literary theorist and philosopher
11-12 = Tevin Campbell (1976- ) = American R&B singer-songwriter and actor
11-13 = Dack Rambo (1941- ) = American actor
11-13 = Paulie Calafiore (1988- ) = American tv personality and model
11-13 = Rosie Jones (1959- ) = American golfer
11-14 = Aaron Copland (1900-1990) = American composer, writer and conductor
11-14 = Adolf Brand (1874-1945) = German gay rights advocate
11-14 = Albrecht Becker (1906-2002) = German creative
11-14 = Jack Smith (1932-1989) = American filmmaker and actor
11-14 = Louise Brooks (1906-1985) = American dancer and actor
11-14 = Pierre BergƩ (1930-2017) = French businessman
11-14 = Russell Tovey (1981- ) = English actor
11-14 = Stefano Gabbana (1962- ) = Italian fashion designer
11-14 = Tom Judson (1960- ) = American actor and and adult film star
11-14 = Tomoya Hosoda (1991- ) = Japanese politician
11-14 = Wendy Carlos (1939- ) = American composer and electronic musician
11-15 = FranƧois Ozon (1967- ) = French film director and screenwriter
11-15 = Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) = American artist
11-15 = Patricia Marion Fogarty (1940-1999) = American artist
11-15 = Sara Josephine Baker (1873-1945) = American physician
11-16 = Barbara Smith (1946- ) = American writer and activist
11-16 = Beverly Smith (1946- ) = American writer and activist
11-16 = Dennis Severs (1948-1999) = American-British designer
11-16 = Glenn Burke (1952-1995) = American Major League Baseball player
11-16 = Jamie Babbit (1970- ) = American film director, producer and screenwriter
11-16 = Paula Vogel (1951- ) = American playwright
11-17 = Rock Hudson (1925-1985) = American actor
11-17 = RuPaul (1960- ) = American drag queen and media mogul
11-18 = Christian Siriano (1985- ) = American fashion designer
11-18 = Edward Marsh (1872-1953)= British polymath
11-18 = Jackie Goldberg (1944- ) = American politician and activist
11-18 = Klaus Mann (1906-1949) = German writer and dissident
11-18 = Wolfgang Joop (1944- ) = German fashion designer
11-19 = Clifton Webb (1889-1966) = American actor, dancer, and singer
11-19 = Jodie Foster (1962- ) = American actor, film director and producer
11-19 = Timothy Conigrave (1959-1994) = Australian actor, writer and activist
11-20 = Grace Darmond (1893-1963) = Canadian-American actor
11-20 = Noel Mewton-Wood (1922-1953) = Australian-born concert pianist
11-20 = Pauli Murray (1910-1985) = American activist and legal scholar
11-20 = Selma Lagerlƶf (1858-1940) = Swedish writer and Nobel Laureate
11-21 = Cherry Jones (1956- ) = American actor
11-21 = Laurier LaPierre (1929-2012) = Canadian politician and journalist
11-22 = AndrƩ Gide (1869-1951) = French writer
11-22 = Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) = English composer, conductor and pianist
11-22 = Billie Jean King (1943- ) = American former professional tennis player
11-23 = Bruce Vilanch (1947- ) = American writer. actor, and tv personality
11-23 = ErtƩ (1892-1990) = Russian-born French artist
11-23 = Kenny Scharf (1958- ) = American artist
11-23 = Miley Cyrus (1992- ) = American singer-songwriter and actor
11-23 = Robin Roberts (1960- ) = American TV broadcaster
11-23 = Virginia Prince (1912-2009) = American pharmacologist and publisher
11-24 = Arthur Tress (1940- ) = American photographer
11-24 = Candy Darling (1944-1974) = American actor and model
11-25 = Kevin Chamberlin (1963- ) = American actor and director
11-25 = Rosa von Praunheim (1942- ) = German filmmaker and activist
11-26 = Chella Man (1998- ) = American actor, activist, and artist
11-26 = Emma Portner (1994- ) = Canadian dancer and choreographer
11-26 = FĆ©lix GonzĆ”lezāTorres (1957-1996) = Cuban-American artist
11-26 = John Amaechi (1970- ) = English retired basketball player
11-26 = Jonathan Caouette (1972- ) = American filmmaker
11-26 = Simon Nkoli (1957-1998) = South African activist
11-26 = Tammy Lynn Michaels (1974- ) = American actor
11-27 = Antinous (111-130) = Lover of Roman Emperor Hadrian
11-27 = Jani Toivola (1977) = Finnish politician, actor, and dancer
11-27 = Martha Shelley (1943- ) = American activist and writer
11-28 = Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) = Italian-born French composer
11-28 = Julie Mehretu (1970- ) = Ethiopian-American artist
11-28 = Luchita Hurtado (1920-2020) = Venezuelan-American artist and activist
11-28 = Rita Mae Brown (1944- ) = American writer and activist
11-29 = Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967) = American composer and pianist
11-29 = Public Universal Friend (1752-1819) = American evangelist
11-30 = Clay Aiken (1978- ) = American singer, tv personality, actor and activist
BORN (THIS WAY) ON THIS DAY
