1825 – Julius H [Szamvald] Stahel, Hungarian-American diplomat, mining engineer, and Major General (Union Army), born in Szeged, Hungary (d. 1912)
1857 – Ida Tarbell, American muckraker (The History of the Standard Oil Company), born in Erie County, Pennsylvania (d. 1944)
1916 – Len Wilkinson, English cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 7 wickets; Lancashire CCC), born in Northwich, England (d. 2002)
1920 – Tommy Godwin, British track cyclist (Great Britain coach; 2 x Olympic bronze 1948; President British Cycling Federation), born in Connecticut, United States (d. 2012)
1951 – Tony Evers, American politician, Governor of Wisconsin (2019-), born in Plymouth, Wisconsin
1952 – Vandana Shiva, Indian scholar and environmental activist, born in Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh, India
1962 – Abédi Pelé, Ghanaian footballer (captain of Ghana National Team), born in Kibi, Eastern Region, Ghana
1967 – Grant Leury, Australian canoeist (Olympics 1996), born in Melbourne, Victoria
1968 – Bob Dahl, American NFL guard (Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns), born in Chicago, Illinois
1986 – BoA [Kwon Boa], South Korean singer, born in Gyeonggi-do
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Famous Birthdays for 4th November 2021
1800 – Eduard Brendler, Swedish composer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1831)
1823 – Karel Komzák I, Bohemian composer and musician, born in Netěchovice, Czech Republic (d. 1893)
1884 – Henry George “Harry” Ferguson, Irish aviator, engineer and inventor (Modern tractor), born in County Down, Ireland, United Kingdom (d. 1960)
1900 – Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu, Romanian communist activist and sociologist, born in Bacău, Romania (d. 1954)
1903 – Ion Vasilescu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1960)
1904 – Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish technician and textilist, born in Vilnius, Lithuania (d. 1967)
1906 – Siegfried Borris, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1987)
1922 – Benno Besson, Swiss actor and director (Der Arzt wider Willen), born in Yverdon-les-Bains, Vaud, Switzerland (d. 2006)
1955 – David Julius, American physiologist (2021 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine for receptors for temperature and touch), born in Brooklyn, New York
1960 – Frl. Menke, German pop singer (Neue Deutsche Welle), born in Hamburg, Germany
Famous Birthdays for 3rd November 2021
1689 – Jan Josef Ignác Brentner, Bohemian composer, born in Dobřany, Bohemia (d. 1742)
1863 – Billy Murphy, New Zealand boxer (world featherweight champion 1890; first world champion in any class from NZ), born in Auckland, NZ (d. 1939)
1905 – Lois Mailou Jones, American painter (Peasants on Parade), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
1934 – Ruma Guha Thakurta, Singer, Actress, Dancer, Founder of Calcutta Youth Choir
1949 – Larry Holmes, American boxer (world heavyweight champion, 20 successful title defences), born in Cuthbert, Georgia
1950 – Skip Prosser, American basketball coach (only coach to take 3 schools to NCAA Tournament in first year; Loyola [MD], Xavier, Wake Forest), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2007)
1956 – Kevin Murphy, American actor and puppeteer
1956 – Gary Ross, American film director
1959 – (Hans) “Dolph” Lundgren, Swedish actor (Rocky 4; Masters of Universe: The Expendables), martial artist, and film maker, born in Stockholm, Sweden
1995 – Kelly Catlin, American road cyclist (Olympic silver 2016, World C’ship gold 2016-18), born in St, Paul, Minnesota (d. 2019)
Famous Birthdays for 2nd November 2021
1844 – Mehmed V, 35th Ottoman Sultan (1909-18), born in Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1918)
1913 – Burton “Burt” Lancaster, American actor (Apartment, From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994)
1915 – Sidney Luft, American movie director, born in NYC, New York (d. 2005)
1915 – Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (Little Carib Theatre), born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad (d. 2000)
1921 – Bill Mosienko, Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame right wing (fastest hat trick in NHL history, 21 seconds 1952; 5-time All Star), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba (d. 1994)
1951 – Kathy Hammond, American athlete (Olympic bronze 400m, silver 4x400m relay 1972), born in Sacramento, California
1954 – Pat Croce, American entrepreneur, sports team executive and owner, TV personality (Philadelphia 76ers), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1962 – Graham Waterhouse, English cellist and composer (Chieftan’s Salute), born in London
1964 – Britta Lejon, Swedish Social Democratic politician, born in Järfälla Municipality, Sweden
1975 – Chris Walla, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie), born in Bothell, Washington
Famous Birthdays for 1st November 2021
846 – Louis the Stammerer, King of West Francia (877-79) (d. 879)
1798 – Benjamin Guinness, Irish brewer and philanthropist, born in Dublin (d. 1868)
1815 – Douglas H. Cooper, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Amite County, Mississippi (d. 1879)
1862 – Johan Wagenaar, Dutch composer (Cyrano de Bergerac), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1941)
1887 – Max Trapp, German composer, born in Berlin (d. 1971)
1929 – Rudy Kousbroek, Dutch writer and literary (Leopold the Buch), born in Pematang Siantar, Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (d. 2010)
1949 – Jeannie Berlin, American actress (Heartbreak Kid, Portnoy’s Complaint), born in Los Angeles, California
1958 – Rachel Ticotin, American actress (Grace-For Love and Honor, Total Recall), born in NYC, New York
1966 – Jeremy Hunt, British politician and Foreign Secretary (2018-), born in London, England
1981 – LaTavia Roberson, American pop and RandB singer (Destiny’s Child, 1990-99 – “Say My Name”), born in Houston, Texas
Famous Birthdays for 31st October 2021
1827 – Richard Morris Hunt, American architect and educator, born in Brattleboro, Vermont (d. 1895)
1914 – John Hugenholtz, Dutch race track designer, born in Westerveld, Netherlands (d. 1995)
1916 – Ken Keltner, American MLB baseball third baseman, 1937-50, 7x All-Star (Cleveland Indians; Boston Red Sox), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 1991)
1925 – John Pople, English chemist (Nobel Prize 1998), born in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England (d. 2004)
1961 – Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director (Lord of the Rings – Academy Award, Best Director, 2003), born in Wellington, New Zealand
1966 – Annabella Lwin [Myant Myant Aye], Anglo-Burmese singer (Bow Wow Wow – “I Want Candy”), born in Rangoon, Burma
1971 – Alphonso Ford, American basketball player, born in Greenwood, Mississippi (d. 2004)
1974 – Serge Heuveling, Dutch soccer player (NEC)
1979 – Saaphyri Windsor, American reality TV figure, born in Los Angeles, California
2005 – Infanta Leonor of Spain, daughter of Felipe, King of Asturias and Letizia, Queen of Asturias, born in Madrid, Spain
Famous Birthdays for 30th October 2021
1881 – Lena Christ, German writer (The Rumplhanni), born in Glonn, Bavaria (d. 1920)
1884 – Rudolf Forster, Austrian actor (Threepenny Opera), born in Gröbming, Austria-Hungary (d. 1968)
1912 – Preston Lockwood [Reginald], British actor (Time Bandits, Jeeves and Wooster), born in West Ham, Essex (d. 1996)
1914 – Anna Wing, British stage and screen actress (EastEnders, 1985-88 – “Lou Beale”; Blithe Spirit), born in Hackney, London, England (d. 2013)
1945 – Glenn Poshard, American politician (Rep-D-Illinois), born in Herald, Illinois
1956 – Leslie Webb, equestrian dressage (Olympics 1996)
1969 – Mayumi Hirase, Japanese golfer (18 LPGA of Japan Tour titles), born in Kumamoto, Japan
1973 – Edge [Adam Copeland], Canadian professional wrestler, born in Orangeville, Ontario
1988 – Janel Parrish, American actress (Pretty Little Liars), born in Oahu, Hawaii
1989 – Vanessa White, British pop singer (The Saturdays – Living For The Weekend), born in Yeovil, England
Famous Birthdays for 29th October 2021
1704 – John Byng, English admiral executed by firing squad at 52 for neglecting his duty in defence of Minorca, born in Southill, Bedfordshire, England (d. 1757)
1913 – Eddie Constantine, American singer and actor (Alphaville, License to Kill, Lucky Jo, It Lives Again), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
1922 – Neal Hefti, American orchestra leader (Kate Smith Show) and composer (Li’l Darlin), born in Hastings, Nebraska (d. 2008)
1930 – Niki de Saint Phalle, French sculptor, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France (d. 2002)
1944 – Robbie van Leeuwen, Dutch guitarist (Shocking Blue), born in The Hague, Netherlands
1944 – Fausto Leali, Italian entertainer, born in Nuvolento, Brescia, Italy
1957 – Dan Castellaneta, American comedian, and Emmy Award-winning voice actor (The Simpsons -“Homer”), born in Chicago, Illinois
1969 – Giorgos Donis, Greek footballer, born in Frankfurt, West Germany
1971 – Ma Huateng [Pony Ma], Chinese entrepreneur (Tencent), born in Chaoyang District, Shantou
1984 – Chris Baio, American rock bassist (Vampire Weekend), born in Bronxville, New York
Famous Birthdays for 28th October 2021
1751 – Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky, Russian-Ukrainian harpsichordist and composer (Tantum Ergo), born in Glukhov, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1825)
1891 – Ormer Locklear, American movie stunt pilot (The Great Air Robbery), born in Greenville, Texas (d. 1920)
1897 – Edith Head, Hollywood costume designer (8 Oscars), born in San Bernardino, California (d. 1981)
1904 – Louis de Meester, Belgian pianist and classical and electronic music composer (The Great Temptation of St Anthony), born in Roeselare, Flanders, Belgium (d. 1987)
1909 – Ādolfs Skulte, Latvian composer, born in Kiev, Ukraine (d. 2000)
1915 – Michael Fraser, British Conservative Party political administrator, born in Aberdeen, Scotland (d. 1996)
1919 – Bernhard Wicki, Austrian director and actor (Morituri, Crime and Passion), born in St. Pölten, Austria (d. 2000)
1929 – Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor (The French Connection), born in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France (d. 1988)
1945 – Dennis Lillie [sic], cricketer (Queensland leg-spinner 1965-66/80-82)
1962 – Bobby Tate, fictional character on Soap
Famous Birthdays for 27th October 2021
1800 – Benjamin Franklin Wade, American politician, US Senator from Ohio (1851-69), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1878)
1814 – Daniel H. Wells, Mormon leader and 3rd Mayor of Salt Lake City, born in Trenton, New York (d. 1891)
1913 – Joseph Medicine Crow, Native American chief and historian, born near Lodge Grass, Montana (d. 2013)
1926 – Nana Joshi [Padmanabh Govind Joshi], Indian cricket wicket-keeper (Indian National Team during 1950’s), born in Baroda, Gujarat, India (d. 1987)
1926 – H. R. Haldeman, Nixon’s White House Chief of Staff during Watergate, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1993)
1940 – Anthea Joseph, British music promoter, born in London (d. 1997)
1949 – Clifford Antone, American businessman, born in Port Arthur, Texas (d. 2006)
1971 – Zaddick X Longenbach, Greenwalds Pa, fencer-foil (Olympics 1996)
1971 – Mike Ricci, Canadian NHL center (Colorado Avalanche), born in Scarborough, Ontario
1981 – Kristi Richards, Canadian freestyle skier, born in Penticton, British Columbia