1755 – Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussia general and Minister of War (1808-10) who reformed the Prussian army, born in Bordenau, Electorate of Hanover, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1813)
1924 – Sam Jones, American jazz double bassist (Cannonball Adderly), born in Jacksonville, Florida (d. 1981)
1934 – Charles Manson, American criminal, murderer and cult leader (Manson Family), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 2017)
1940 – Michel Audet, Quebec economist and politician, born in Jonquière, Quebec
1945 – Valerie Leon, English actress (Blood from Mummy’s Tomb), born in London, England
1948 – Hassan Rouhani, Iranian politician (President of Iran 2013-), born in Sorkheh, Semnan
1952 – Ronald Burkle, American entrepreneur (Yucaipa Companies), born in Pomona, California
1963 – Damon Galgut, South African playwright and writer (2021 Booker Prize), born in Pretoria, South Africa
1984 – Jorge Masvidal, American mixed martial artist (UFC), born in Miami, Florida
1990 – James McCarthy, Scottish footballer (Celtic), born in Glasgow, Scotland
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Famous Birthdays for 11th November 2022
1050 – Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1084–1105), born in Goslar, Kaiserpfalz (d. 1106)
1788 – Mikhail Vielgorsky, Russian composer, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1856)
1836 – Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American editor and writer (The Story of a Bad Boy), born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (d. 1907)
1888 – Abul Kalam Azad, 1st Minister of Education in the Indian government, born in Makkah, Hejaz Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (d. 1958)
1909 – Robert Ryan, American actor (Billy Budd, The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Day), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1973)
1939 – Denise Alexander, American actress (Mary McKinnon-Another World, Lesley Webber-General Hospital), born in NYC, New York
1943 – Karin Kent [Janneke Kanteman], Dutch pop singer (“Will You Dance With Me All Night?”), born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1946 – Corrine Brown, American politician convicted on corruption charges (Rep-D-Florida 1993-2017), born in Jacksonville, Florida
1969 – Jeff Sydner, NFL wide receiver/punt returner (NY Jets), born in Columbus, Ohio
1978 – Lou Vincent, New Zealand cricketer, born in Warkworth, New Zealand
Famous Birthdays for 10th November 2022
1433 – Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1467-77), born in Dijon, France (d. 1477)
1735 – Granville Sharp, English abolitionist, born in Durham, England (d. 1813)
1891 – Carl W. Stalling, American film composer (Disney’s Silly Symphonies; Warner Brothers Cartoons), born in Lexington, Missouri (d. 1972)
1893 – John P. Marquand, American writer (The Late George Apley), born in Wilmington, Delaware (d. 1960)
1907 – Jane Froman, American singer (Jane Froman’s USA Canteen), born in St Louis, Missouri (d. 1980)
1920 – Tod Andrews, American actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage), born in NYC, New York (d. 1972)
1956 – Matt Craven, Canadian actor (Juror, Killer, K2), born in Port Colborne, Ontario
1972 – Dick Kooijman, Dutch soccer player (Heracles, FC Groningen, Az), born in Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands
1979 – Warren Wolf, American jazz vibraphonist, born in Baltimore, Maryland
1991 – Zo In-sung, South Korean actor (Something Happened in Bali; That Winter, the Wind Blows), born in Seoul, South Korea
Famous Birthdays for 9th November 2022
1732 – Julie de Lespinasse, French aristocrat, hostess and writer, born in Lyon, France (d. 1776)
1868 – Marie Dressler, Canadian-American actress (Dinner at 8, Min and Bill), born in Cobourg, Ontario (d. 1934)
1877 – Sergei Aleksi [Alexy], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church, born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1970)
1904 – Viktor Brack, German Nazi physician and war criminal, born in Haaren, Rhine Province, German Empire (d. 1948)
1934 – Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden (1986-91, 94-96), born in Borås, Älvsborg County, Sweden
1937 – Clyde Wells, Canadian politician, 5th Premier of Newfoundland, born in Buchans Junction, Newfoundland
1942 – Tom Weiskopf, American golfer (British Open 1973; US Senior Open 1995), born in Massillon, Ohio (d. 2022)
1961 – Jill Dando, British television presenter, born in Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom (d. 1999)
1968 – Nazzareno Carusi, Italian pianist, born in Celano, Italy
1970 – Chantal Brunner, long jumper (Olympics 1996), born in Wellington, New Zealand
Famous Birthdays for 8th November 2022
1491 – Teofilo Folengo, Italian macaronic poet, born in Mantua, Italy (d. 1544)
1647 – Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and writer (Historical and Critical Dictionary), born in Carla-le-Comte, Kingdom of France (d. 1706)
1881 – Robert Esnault-Pelterie, French engineer and aviation pioneer who contributed to early heavier-than-air flight in Europe, born in Paris (d. 1957)
1900 – Margaret Mitchell, American author (Gone With The Wind), born in Atlanta, Georgia (d. 1949)
1921 – Douglas Townsend, American composer, born in Manhattan, New York (d. 2012)
1923 – Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2000 – handheld calculator, integrated circuit), born in Jefferson City, Missouri (d. 2005)
1952 – Alfre Woodard, American actress (Primal Fear, Cross Creek), born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
1954 – Michael D. Brown, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director (2003-05), born in Guymon, Oklahoma
1968 – Michelle Kline, American speed skater (Olympics 1994), born in Golden Valley, Minnesota
1970 – Tom Anderson, American co-founder of MySpace, born in San Diego, California
Famous Birthdays for 7th November 2022
1687 – William Stukeley, English physician and archaeologist (pioneered investigation of Stonehenge and Avebury), born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire (d. 1765)
1834 – Lucy Lloyd, English-born creator (with Wilhelm Bleek) of archive of Bushman ǀxam and !kun texts, born in Norbury, England (d. 1914)
1896 – Herbert O’Connor, 51st Governor of Maryland and TV narrator (Crime Syndicate), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1960)
1897 – Ruth Pitter, British poet and 1st woman to receive the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 1955, born in Ilford, London (d. 1992)
1906 – Jan Vercammen, Flemish author and chief inspector LO (Primary Education), born in Temse, Belgium (d. 1984)
1926 – Dame Joan Sutherland, Australian operatic soprano, known as ‘La Stupenda’ (Metropolitan Opera debut 1961), born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1943 – Boris Gromov, Russian general and politician (Governor of Moscow Oblast, 2000-12), born in Saratov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
1943 – Stephen Greenblatt, American literary historian and author (The Swerve: How the World Became Modern), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1963 – Michael Heidt, hockey defenseman (Team Germany), born in Calgary, Alberta
1966 – Calvin Borel, American Racing Hall of Fame jockey (Kentucky Derby 2007, 09, 10), born in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Famous Birthdays for 6th November 2022
1838 – John Grant Mitchell, American lawyer and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1894)
1855 – Iosif Kotek, Russian composer and violinist, born in Kamenets-Podolsk, Ukraine (d. 1885)
1919 – Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese poet and children’s author (The Sea Girl), born in Oporto, Portugal (d. 2004)
1923 – Renato Capecchi, Italian violinist and baritone, born in Cairo, Egypt (d. 1998)
1940 – Ruth Messinger, Manhattan Borough President and President of the American Jewish World Service, born in NYC, New York
1946 – Sally Field, American actress (Forrest Gump, Gidget, Flying Nun), born in Pasadena, California
1972 – Deivi Cruz, American baseball player, born in Nizao, Dominican Republic
1975 – Mike Maurer, Canadian CFL fullback (Saskatchewan Roughriders), born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1978 – Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress, born in Uccle, Belgium
1981 – Cassie Bernall, American murder victim, born in Wheat Ridge, Colorado (d. 1999)
Famous Birthdays for 5th November 2022
1764 – Pieter Nieuwland, Dutch scientist and mathematician (known as “Dutch Isaac Newton”), born in Diemermeer (d. 1794)
1904 – Cooney Weiland, Canadian ice hockey coach (Stanley Cup 1941 Boston Bruins; Harvard Uni) and NHL forward (Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings), born in Seaforth, Ontario (d. 1985)
1906 – George Trevelyan, British educational pioneer and a founding father of the New Age movement, born in London (d. 1996)
1943 – Pablo Gomez, Spanish rock drummer (Los Bravos – “Black Is Black”), born in Barcelona, Catalonia
1943 – Friedman Paul Erhardt, German-American TV chef (Chef Tell), born in Stuttgart, Germany (d. 2007)
1948 – Bernard-Henri Lévy, French public intellectual, born in Béni Saf, Oran, French Algeria
1952 – Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer, born in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR
1968 – Cary Blanchard, American NFL kicker (Indianapolis Colts), born in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 2016)
1974 – Chris Sununu, American politician, Governor of New Hampshire (2017-), born in Salem, New Hampshire
1974 – Angela Gossow, German vocalist (Arch Enemy), born in Cologne, Germany
Famous Birthdays for 4th November 2022
1640 – Carlo Mannelli, Italian composer, born in Rome (d. 1697)
1765 – Pierre-Simon Girard, French mathematician and engineer (fluid mechanics), born in Caen, France (d. 1836)
1874 – Aleksandr Vasilevich Kolchak, Russian military commander, born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire (d. 1920)
1900 – Luigi Lucioni, Italian-American landscape painter (opera stars), born in Malnate, Italy (d. 1988)
1950 – Markie Post, American actress (Night Court, 1984-92 – “Christine”; There’s Something About Mary), born in Palo Alto, California (d. 2021)
1956 – Jordan Rudess, American progressive rock keyboardist (Dream Theater), born in New York
1957 – Elena Kats-Chernin, Russian-Australian classical pianist and composer (Wild Swans), born in Tashkent, USSR (now Uzbekistan)
1970 – Corey Schwab, Canadian NHL goalie (NJ Devils), born in North Battleford, Canada
1970 – Malena Ernman, Swedish opera singer, born in Uppsala, Sweden
1976 – Mario Melchiot, Dutch footballer, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Famous Birthdays for 3rd November 2022
1621 – Renatus Rapinus [René Rapin], French Jesuit theologian and poet (Hortorum libri IV), born in Tours, France (d. 1687)
1830 – Jacob Maarten van Bemmelen, Dutch physicist and chemist, born in Almelo, Netherlands (d. 1911)
1833 – Edward D. Tracy, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Macon, Georgia (d. 1863)
1876 – Stephen Alencastre, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, born in Porto Santo, Madeira Islands, Portugal (d. 1940)
1896 – Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American artist and chief illustrator for The Walt Disney Company during the 1930s (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia, Bambi, Pinocchio), born in Västra Götaland County, Sweden (d. 1970)
1899 – Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist, born in Birzula, Russian Empire (d. 1986)
1912 – Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan army officer, Dictator and 42nd President of Paraguay (1954-89), born in Encarnación, Paraguay (d. 2006)
1933 – Michael Dukakis, Governor of Massachusetts (1975-79 and 1983-91) and 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, born in Brookline, Massachusetts
1938 – Jean Rollin, French director and screenwriter
1981 – Sten Pentus, Estonian auto racer (Formula Baltic 2000), born in Tallinn, Estonia