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)