Birthdays Date 1901 November | History by KabAstro

Nov 2 James Dunn, American vaudeville performer, stage and screen actor (Bad Girl; Bright Eyes; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn), born in New York City (d. 1967)
Nov 2 Paul Ford, American actor (Phil Silvers Show), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1976)

André Malraux (1901-1976)

Nov 3 French novelist and art historian (La Condition Humaine), born in Paris, France

Nov 3 Leopold II, King of the Belgians (from 1934, abdicated 1951), born in Brussels, Belgium (d. 1983)
Nov 4 Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist who rediscovered the site of an ancient port city on the island of Thera, in the southern Aegean Sea, born in Lixoúrion, Cephalonia, Greece (d. 1974)
Nov 4 Yi Bangja [Princess Masako of Nashimoto], Japanese royal (Crown Princess Euimin of Korea, 1926-70), known as the "mother of the handicapped in Korea", born in Tokyo, Japan (d. 1989)
Nov 5 Eddie Paynter, English cricketer (England batting hero in Bodyline series), born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England (d. 1979)
Nov 6 Juanita Hall (née Long), American Tony Award-winning stage and screen actress and singer (South Pacific; Flower Drum Song), born in Keyport, New Jersey (d. 1968)
Nov 8 Gheorge Gheorghiu-Dej, Romanian communist politician (President of the State Council 1961-65), born in Bârlad, Romania (d. 1965)
Nov 8 Szymon Laks, Polish composer (head of prisoners orchestra at Auschwitz), born in Warsaw (d. 1983)
Nov 9 (Francis) "Muggsy" Spanier, American swing jazz and Dixieland revival cornetist and trumpeter, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1967)
Nov 9 John Norrie McArthur, British malariologist and microscopist who invented a handheld field microscope (d. 1996) [1]
Nov 11 F. Van Wyck Mason, American historian and author (Three Harbours), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1978)
Nov 11 Sam Spiegel, American film producer (On the Waterfront, The Bridge on the River Kwai), born in Jarosław, Austrian Poland (d. 1985)
Nov 14 (John) Morton Downey, American pop tenor, known as "The Irish Nightengale", songwriter, radio and television host, born in Wallingford, Connecticut (d. 1985)
Nov 17 Joyce Wethered, British golfer (English Ladies' champion 1920–24), born in London, England (d. 1997)
Nov 17 Lee Strasberg, Austrian acting coach and actor (The Godfather: Part II, Somewhere in the Night), born in Budzanów, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (d. 1982)
Nov 17 Max Zehnder, Swiss composer, born in Turgi (d. 1972)
Nov 17 Walter Hallstein, West German politician (CDU) (Hallstein doctrine, 1st President of the EU 1958-67)), born in Mainz, German Empire (d. 1982)

Craig Wood (1901-1968)

Nov 18 American golfer (US Masters, US Open 1941), born in Lake Placid, New York

George Gallup (1901-1984)

Nov 18 American survey sampling pioneer and inventor of the Gallup poll, born in Jefferson, Iowa

Nov 22 Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish composer, born in Sagunto, Spain (d. 1999)
Nov 22 Lee Patrick, American stage and screen actress (The Maltese Falcon; Topper (TVseries) - "Henrietta"), born in New York City (d. 1982)
Nov 24 Andre Victor Tchelistcheff "the dean of American winemaking", Russian-born American winemaker (Beaulieu wines, Napa Valley), born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1994) [1]
Nov 25 Arthur Liebehenschel, Commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp (d. 1948)
Nov 25 Tibor Serly, Hungarian violinist and composer (American Elegy), born in Losonc, Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1978)
Nov 26 Philip Idenburg, Dutch statistician, born in Hillegersberg, Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1995)
Nov 27 Ted Husing, American sportscaster (Monday Night Fights CBS), born in New York City (d. 1962)
Nov 29 Mildred Harris, American actress (The Magic Cloak, No, No Nannette), born in Cheyenne, Wyoming (d. 1944)