List of Famous people born on November 30th

Osroes I was a Parthian contender, who ruled the western portion of the Parthian Empire from 109 to 129, with one-year interruption. For the whole of his reign he contended with the rival king Vologases III based in the eastern parts. In 116, Osroes I was briefly ousted from his throne at Ctesiphon during a invasion by Roman emperor Trajan, who installed his son Parthamaspates. After Trajans death the following year, Osroes I's rule was reinstated by the Parthian nobility. In 129, he was removed from power by Vologases III.

Pope Paschal I was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 25 January 817 to his death in 824.

Simon McTavish, of Montreal was a Scottish-born fur trader and the chief founding partner of the North West Company. He was a member of the Beaver Club and was known as the Marquis for his pre-eminent position in the fur trade and his refined style of living.

Simon Maupin was a French architect.

John Reynolds was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served for a period as the royal governor of the Province of Georgia from 1754 to 1757. At the end of a long life of service, he became admiral shortly before his death.

Jean Bourdichon was a French miniature painter and manuscript illuminator at the court of France between the end of the 15th century and the start of the 16th century, in the reigns of Louis XI of France, Charles VIII of France, Louis XII of France and Francis I of France. He was probably born in Tours, and was a pupil of Jean Fouquet. He died in Tours.

Jean Nicot de Villemain was a French diplomat and scholar. He is famous for being the first to bring tobacco to France, including snuff tobacco. Nicotine is named after the tobacco plant Nicotiana tabacum, which in turn is named after Jean Nicot de Villemain, who sent tobacco and seeds to Paris in 1560, presented it to the French King, and who promoted their medicinal use. Smoking was believed to protect against illness, particularly the plague.