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Notable Birthdays for November 15

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Those born on this date include:

- British statesman William Pitt (The Elder) in 1708
- British astronomer William Herschel, discoverer of the planet Uranus, in 1738
- Nobel Prize-winning physiologist August Krogh of Denmark in 1874
- actor Lewis Stone in 1879
- artist Georgia O'Keeffe in 1887
- jurist Felix Frankfurter in 1882
- diplomat W. Averell Harriman and World War II German Gen. Erwin Rommel, both in 1891
- Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader, in 1905
- U.S. Air Force Gen. Curtis LeMay in 1906
- TV personality and retired Judge Joseph Wapner in 1919 (age 96)
- actor Edward Asner in 1929 (age 86)
- pop singer Petula Clark in 1932 (age 83)
- actors Yaphet Kotto in 1937 (age 78) and Sam Waterston in 1940 (age 75)
- conductor Daniel Barenboim in 1942 (age 73)
- actor Beverly D'Angelo in 1951 (age 64)
- musician Kevin Eubanks in 1957 (age 58)
- and golf champion Lorena Ochoa in 1981 (age 34).

 


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