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Famous People Born in November 1795

James Knox Polk (1795-1849)

Nov 2 11th US President (Democrat: 1845-49), born in Pineville, North Carolina

  • Nov 9 Walter Geikie, Scottish painter, born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1837)
  • Nov 24 Josif Josifovich Genishta, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1853)
  • Nov 26 Carl Philipp Fohr, German painter and cartoonist, born in Heidelberg, Germany (d. 1818)
  • Nov 26 Cornelis Pieter Jacob Elout, Dutch military Major-General who served in Sumatra, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1843)