List of Famous people born on November 30th
Leyla İmret
Leyla İmret is a Turkish politician of Kurdish origin. She grew up in Germany but returned to her home country in 2013 and was elected mayor of Cizre on 31 March 2014. She was dismissed from her position by the government on 11 September 2015 after the siege of Cizre during the Kurdish-Turkish conflict. She eventually fled to Germany where she has continued to speak out against human rights abuses in the region. She is the subject of a 2017 documentary film, Dil Leyla and winner of the ILHR's 2018 Carl von Ossietzky Medal.
Orkhan
Orhan Çelebi was a prince of the Ottoman Empire. He had four sons: 'Ali Shah, Jahan Shah, Vali Khan, and Buga Khan. Orhan was the grandson of Süleyman Çelebi and son of Kasım Çelebi, thus a second cousin and a rival to Mehmed the Conqueror.
Lina Lazaar
Lina Lazaar is a Tunisian art critic and curator.
Kantoku Teruya
Kantoku Teruya is a member of the Social Democratic Party from Okinawa, serving in the House of Representatives. Teruya is part of the All-Okinawa coalition, which opposes the relocation of a US Marine base to Nago.
Hafsa bint Umar
Ḥafṣah bint ʿUmar was a wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and therefore a Mother of the Believers.
Julia Komp
Julia Komp is a German chef and in 2016, at age 27, became the youngest German female chef to be awarded a Michelin star. She is chief chef at Schloss Loersfeld in Kerpen.
Martina of Rome
Martina of Rome was a Roman martyr under emperor Alexander Severus. A patron saint of Rome, she was martyred in 226, according to some authorities, more probably in 228, under the pontificate of Pope Urban I, according to others. Her feast day is January 30.
Rayhana bint Zayd ibn ʿAmr
Rayhāna bint Zayd was a Jewish woman from the Banu Nadir tribe, who is revered by Muslims as one of the Ummahaatu'l-Mu'mineen, or Mothers of the Faithful - the Wives of Muhammad.
Sessa
The ancient Indian Brahmin mathematician Sissa is a mythical character from India, known for the invention of Chaturanga, the Indian predecessor of chess, and the wheat and chessboard problem he would have presented to the king when he was asked what reward he'd like for that invention.
Ipirvik
Ipirvik was an Inuk guide and explorer who assisted several Arctic explorers, among them Charles Francis Hall and Frederick Schwatka. He and his wife Taqulittuq were the best-known and most widely-travelled Inuit in the 1860s and 1870s.