19 November: Elizabeth Name Day

Today is the name day for people called Elizabeth. Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the Hebrew name Elisheva, meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance". 'Elizabeth' was the tenth most popular name given to baby girls in the United States in 2007 and has been among the 25 most popular names given to girls in the United States for the past 100 years. 10 (plus) famous Elizabeths:

1. Queen Elizabeth II: queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. Also Elizabeth I and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, queen consort of the United Kingdom, mother of Elizabeth II.

2. Elizabeth Báthory: niece of the Polish King Stephen Báthory; Hungarian countess and serial killer.

3. Elizabeth Cady Stanton: American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women's rights movement.

4. Elizabeth Fry: English prison reformer.

5. Elizabeth Gaskell: British novelist and short story writer.

6. Elizabeth Hurley: British actress and model.

7. Elizabeth Taylor: British-American actress.

8. Elizabeth Bennet: main character in the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice.

9. Elizabeth Keen: main character from the American TV series The Blacklist.

10. Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Victorian poet.

Character Birthdays

Butch Teacosy, aka Gordon Birch, a lab technician who cycled to work each day, and in winter would wear a woolly hat, which colleagues said looked like a tea-cosy. He was obsessed with the Wild West and Western films, and would dress up and take part in enactments of the period. These two things together gave him his nickname.

Spotted by Hawk Wind, who offered him a life of adventure beyond his wildest dreams, including a space motorcycle instead of a push bike and a laser pistol.

Doctor Despicable, leader of The Organisation. Little else is known about

Dr. Despicable.