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)