List of Famous people born on November 30th
Ebru Timtik
Ebru Timtik was a Kurdish-Turkish human rights lawyer who died after going on hunger strike in pursuit of a fair trial. She was one of a group of 18 lawyers known for representing clients critical of the Turkish government, who were arrested in September 2017.
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada y Rivera, also spelled as De Quezada and Ximénez, was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in northern South America, territories currently known as Colombia. He explored the northern part of South America. As a well-educated lawyer he was one of the intellectuals of the Spanish conquest. He was an effective organizer and leader, designed the first legislation for the government of the area, and was its historian. After 1569 he undertook explorations toward the east, searching for the elusive El Dorado, but returned to New Granada in 1573. He has been suggested as a possible model for Cervantes' Don Quixote.
Taj al-Mulk
Taj al-Mulk Abu'l Ghana'em Marzban ibn Khosrow Firuz Shirazi, better simply known as Taj al-Mulk was a Seljuq courtier during the reigns of Malik-Shah I and his son Barkiyaruq.
Mohamed Mashally
Dr. Mohamed Mashally, or the "doctor of poor people", was an Egyptian doctor known for treating poor patients at a very low cost. Mashally’s career as a doctor spanned over 50 years.
Marie-Louise Asseu
Marie Louise Asseu was an Ivorian actress, director and film producer, better known by her nickname Malou. In addition, she was also the founder of the Limale Festival of Cote d' Ivore.
Ava
The poet Ava, also known as Frau Ava, Ava of Göttweig or Ava of Melk, was the first named female writer in any genre in the German language. She is the author of five poems which focused on Christian themes of salvation and the second coming of Christ. Her work on the lives of John the Baptist and Jesus, according to Sarah Westphal-Wihl, "has been praised as the first German epic". She is known for her simple rhyming couplets written in the vernacular, making complex biblical teachings accessible to the people of her time.
Asahihime
Asahi no kata (朝日の方) was a Japanese woman and aristocrat of the Sengoku period. She was a half-sister of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and wife of Tokugawa Ieyasu, two of Japan's greatest feudal warlords. She is also called Suruga Gozen (駿河御膳) and Asahi-hime (朝日姫), though none of these are names, referring to her as "the person of Asahi", "the Lady Suruga", or "Princess Asahi".
Mustafa Karasu
Mustafa Karasu also known as Huseyin Ali is a Deputy Chairman of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), a Kurdish rebel group fighting an armed insurgency against the government of Turkey for an independent Kurdistan. The group is recognised as a terrorist organisation by Turkey, the United States and EU. Along with Cemil Bayık and Duran Kalkan he is viewed as one of the hardliners among the PKK's leadership and is alleged to have links to Iran. He is the leader of the Alevi Shi'a groups within the PKK. His name was on the list of 248 PKK members of which Turkey wished extradication from Iraq on July 10, 2010.
Jean Paré
Jean Paré is a Quebecois journalist, writer and publisher.
Abdul Muhsin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Abdul Muhsin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was a member of the House of Saud, the governor of Medina, and one of the leading poets in Saudi Arabia. He was a lover of literature, poetry and historical books.