Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/November 21

Births

 * 1694 - Voltaire, French philosopher (d. 1778)
 * 1898 - René Magritte, Belgian painter (d. 1967)
 * 1920 - Stan Musial, American baseball player (d. 2013)
 * 1937 - Marlo Thomas, American actress
 * 1945 - Goldie Hawn, American actress
 * 1965 - Björk, Icelandic singer
 * 1969 - Ken Griffey Jr., baseball player

Deaths

 * 1652 - Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)
 * 1695 - Henry Purcell, English composer
 * 1958 - Mel Ott, baseball player (b. 1909)
 * 1959 - Max Baer, American boxer (b. 1909)