List of Famous people born on November 30th
Xenophon of Corinth
Xenophon of Corinth, son of Thessalus, was a victor at the Olympic Games, both in the foot-race and in the pentathlon, in the 79th Olympiad. His family belonged to the stock of the Oligaethidae, and was one of the ruling families of Corinth. Pindar's 13th Olympic Ode celebrates his double victory.
Alan Eustace
Robert Alan Eustace is an American computer scientist who served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google until 2015. As of October 24, 2014, he holds the world record for the highest-altitude free-fall jump.
Daniel Lundh
Daniel Lundh is a Franco-Swedish actor and writer.
Kayqubad II
Kayqubad II was the Seljuk Sultan of Rûm from 1249-1257. He was the only son of the Seljuq Sultan of Rûm Kaykhusraw II and the Georgian princess Gurju Khatun. Kaykhusraw's elder sons, by different mothers, were Kaykaus II and Kilij Arslan IV, and also served as sultan after their father's death, often simultaneously. As son of the sultan’s favorite wife, he was designated heir. He had a weak constitution and was likely seven years old at the time of his father’s death in 1246.
Zacchaeus
Zacchaeus was a chief tax-collector at Jericho in the Bible. He is known primarily for his faith in climbing a sycamore tree to see Jesus, and also his generosity in giving half of all he possessed. A descendant of Abraham, he was an example of Jesus's personal, earthly mission to bring salvation to the lost. Tax collectors were despised as traitors, and as being corrupt. His story is found in the Gospel of Luke.
Hale Asaf
Hale Asaf, originally Salih was a Turkish painter of Georgian and Circassian ancestry. She was the niece of Turkey's first female artist, Mihri Müşfik Hanım. Unlike many Turkish artists of her time who were inspired by impressionism and classical art movements, she was an important proponent of Cubism in Turkey. This influence is especially seen in her self-portraits, portraits and still-life paintings.
Chong Sin Woon
Datuk Chong Sin Woon is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Education II from a Cabinet reshuffle in July 2015 to the collapse of the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration in May 2018. He served as the Senator from April 2014 to April 2017 for the first term and reappointed to serve from April 2017 to April 2020 for the second term for 6 years in total, a term is fixed for 3 years. He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party of the BN coalition and is aligned with the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition as well as its Secretary-General since September 2019 after the resignation of his predecessor Chew Mei Fun.
Xu Xiang (investor)
Xu Xiang is a former Chinese private placement investor who served as General Manager of Zexi Investment (泽熙投资), a Chinese investment company. He has been variously called "China's Carl Icahn", "China's Warren Buffett", and "Big Man of Private Placement" (私募一哥) by fellow Chinese investors. On November 1, 2015, Xu Xiang was arrested by the police for insider trading.
Elisabeth of Habsburg
Elizabeth of Austria was the wife of King Casimir IV of Poland and thus Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania. Orphaned at an early age, she spent her childhood in the court of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III. As one of the three surviving grandchildren of Emperor Sigismund, she had a strong claim to the kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia. That made her an attractive bride for a Polish prince. The Polish nobility, seeking to increase Polish influence in Hungary and Bohemia, pursued marriage with Elizabeth since she was born and finally succeeded in 1454. Her marriage to Casimir was one of the most successful royal marriages in Poland. She gave birth to thirteen children, eleven of whom survived to adulthood. Four of her sons were crowned as kings.
Santiago Alarcón
Santiago Alejandro Alarcón Uribe, is a Colombian actor. He is best known for his role of Germán in the RCN Televisión comedy drama El man es Germán. Later he obtained the leading role of Mauricio Reyna, in the telenovela Las Vega's. And he became more popular for playing the journalist Jaime Garzón, in Garzón vive.