1566 – Julien Perrichon, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1600)
1878 – Ernest Irving, English film score composer, born in Godalming, Surrey, England (d. 1953)
1897 – Jack O’Connor, English cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, 1 x 50; Derbyshire CCC), born in Cambridge, England (d. 1977)
1919 – Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Portuguese poet and children’s author (The Sea Girl), born in Oporto, Portugal (d. 2004)
1941 – Ray Perkins, American football coach (New York Giants, University of Alabama, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Arkansas State University), born in Mount Olive, Mississippi (d. 2020)
1949 – Joseph C. Wilson, American diplomat and businessman (investigation over Saddam Hussein effort to buy Uranium), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut
1963 – Laurene Powell Jobs, American businesswoman and philanthropist (Emerson Collective, widow of Steve Jobs), born in West Milford, New Jersey
1964 – Corey Glover, American rock guitarist and singer (Living Colour), born in Brooklyn, New York City
1964 – Kerry Conran, American filmmaker (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow), born in Flint, Michigan
1988 – Conchita Wurst [Thomas Neuwirth], Austrian singer and drag queen (Eurovision Song Contest winner: 2014), born in Gmunden, Austria
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Famous Birthdays for 5th November 2025
1876 – Raymond Duchamp-Villon, French cubist sculptor (Head of Baudeaire), born in Damville, Eure, France (d. 1918)
1893 – Raymond Loewy, French-American industrial designer, born in Paris (d. 1986)
1900 – Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas), born in Colorado City, Texas (d. 1972)
1946 – Herman Brood, Dutch painter and pianist (Sleepin’ Bird), born in Zwolle, Netherlands (d. 2001)
1947 – Oļegs Antropovs, Latvian volleyball player (Olympic gold 1968), born in Shymkent, Kazakh SSR
1960 – Ken Coomer, American drummer and producer (Uncle Tupelo; Wilco), born in Nashville, Tennessee
1968 – Bob Dahl, American NFL guard (Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns), born in Chicago, Illinois
1971 – Erick Walder, American triple jumper, born in Mobile, Alabama
1987 – Kevin Jonas, American guitarist (The Jonas Brothers), born in Teaneck, New Jersey
2002 – Jawsh 685 [Joshua Nanai], Samoan-New Zealander dance mixer and music producer (“Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)”, with Jason Derulo), born in Aukland, New Zealand
Famous Birthdays for 4th November 2025
1787 – Edmund Kean, British Shakespearean actor (Edmund Kean’s Masonic Career), born in London, England (d. 1833)
1867 – Tomasz Arciszewski, 31st Prime Minister of Poland, 3rd Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile in London (1944-47), born in Sierzchowy, Piotrków Governorate, Congress Poland (d. 1955)
1881 – Gena Branscombe, Canadian pianist and composer, born in Picton, Ontario (d. 1977)
1897 – Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, Brazilian conductor and composer (Imbapara), born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d. 1948)
1918 – Art Carney, American Emmy and Oscar winner actor (The Honeymooners – “Ed Norton”; Harry and Tonto -“Harry”), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 2003)
1956 – Jordan Rudess, American progressive rock keyboardist (Dream Theater), born in New York
1965 – Pata [Tomoaki Ishizuka], Japanese musician (X Japan), born in Chiba, Japan
1966 – Kool Rock-ski [Damon Wimbley], American rapper (Fat Boys – “Jail House Rap”), born in Brooklyn, New York City
1970 – Malena Ernman, Swedish opera singer, born in Uppsala, Sweden
1980 – Emme Rylan, American actress (General Hospital), born in Providence, North Carolina
Famous Birthdays for 3rd November 2025
1749 – Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (isolation of nitrogen in 1772), born in Edinburgh, Scotland (d. 1819)
1828 – Joseph Hellmesberger, Sr, Austrian violinist, composer, conductor, and pedagogue (Vienna Conservatory, 1851-93), born in Vienna, Austrian Empire (d. 1893)
1876 – Stephen Alencastre, Portuguese Roman Catholic prelate, born in Porto Santo, Madeira Islands, Portugal (d. 1940)
1949 – Roswitha Krause, German swimmer and team handball player (first woman Summer Olympic medals in different sports; silver 4x100m freestyle 1968, handball 1976), born in Dahme, Germany
1954 – Kevin P Chilton, American General, test pilot and NASA astronaut (STS 49, 59, 76), born in Los Angeles, California
1956 – Bob Welch, American baseball pitcher (AL Cy Young Award 1990; Oakland A’s; World Series 1981, 89, 2001), born in Seal Beach, California (d. 2014)
1958 – Brady Hoke, American college football coach (San Diego State, Michigan), born in Dayton, Ohio
1980 – Hans Andersen, Danish speedway rider (captain Denmark Speedway World Cup gold 2006, 08), born in Odense, Denmark
1987 – Gemma Ward, Australian supermodel (Calvin Klein’s Obsession Night ad campaign), born in Perth, Australia
1994 – Ella Mai [Howell], English RandB singer (“Boo’d Up”), born in London
Famous Birthdays for 2nd November 2025
1815 – George Boole, English mathematician and logician (Boolean algebra), born in Lincoln, England (d. 1864)
1906 – Luchino Visconti, Italian director (The Leopard, Death in Venice), born in Milan (d. 1976)
1935 – Mohammad Munaf, Pakistan cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets; Karachi, Sind), born in Mumbai, India (d. 2020)
1952 – Larry Fink [Laurence Douglas Fink], American chairman and CEO of BlackRock, born in Los Angeles, California
1957 – Carter Beauford, American drummer (Dave Matthews Band), born in Charlottesville, Virginia
1964 – Michael D’Asaro II, American fencer-sabre, born in Brooklyn, New York
1965 – Shah Rukh Khan [Shahrukh Khan], Indian actor, producer and TV personality (My Name is Khan, Swades), born in New Delhi, India
1966 – David Schwimmer, American actor (Ross Geller in “Friends”; Madagascar), born in Queens, New York
1970 – Sharmell Sullivan, American professional wrestling valet (WWE Smackdown!, TNA iMPACT! Wrestling), born in Gary, Indiana
1973 – Marisol Nichols, American actress (Riverdale, Resurrection Blvd.), born in Rogers Park, Illinois
Famous Birthdays for 1st November 2025
1838 – Khedrup Gyatso, 11th Dalai Lama of Tibet, born in Lithang (d. 1856)
1892 – Alexander Alekhine, Russian, French chess player (world champion 1927-35, 37-46), born in Moscow, Russia (d. 1946)
1930 – A. R. Gurney [Albert Ramsdell Gurney], American playwright (The Dining Room; Love Letters), novelist, and academic, born in Buffalo, New York (d. 2017)
1932 – Alexandru Penciu, Romanian rugby union fullback, centre (34 caps; Locomotiva PTT, CSA Steaua București, Rugby Rovigo), born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 2023)
1935 – Gary Player, South African golfer (9-time major title winner), born in Johannesburg, South Africa
1942 – Marcia Wallace, American actress (The Bob Newhart Show – “Carol”), born in Creston, Iowa (d. 2013)
1954 – Chris Morris, Britsh rock guitarist and singer (Paper Lace – “The Night Chicago Died”), born in Nottingham, England
1961 – Calvin Johnson, American guitarist and singer (Beat Happening; The Halo Benders; Dub Narcotic Sound System), born in Olympia, Washington
1963 – Mark Hughes, Welsh soccer striker and manager (72 caps; Manchester United 256 games; Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Stoke City), born in Wrexham, Wales
1991 – Anthony Ramos, American actor and singer-songwriter (Hamilton), born in New York City
Famous Birthdays for 31st October 2025
1795 – John Keats, English Romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn), born in London (d. 1821)
1847 – Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist and electrical engineer, born in Livorno Ferraris, Italy (d. 1897)
1919 – Magnus Wenninger, American mathematician and author of Polyhedron models, born in Park Falls, Wisconsin (d. 2017)
1949 – Michael Parker, American businessman and politician (Rep-D-Mississippi), born in Laurel, Mississippi
1957 – Brian Stokes Mitchell, American Broadway singer and actor, born in Seattle, Washington
1961 – Alonzo Babers, American athlete (Olympic gold 400m, 4x400m relay 1984), born in Montgomery, Alabama
1961 – Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director (Lord of the Rings – Academy Award, Best Director, 2003), born in Wellington, New Zealand
1963 – Johnny Marr, British guitarist and songwriter (The Smiths – “This Charming Man”; “Ask”), born in Ardwick, Manchester, England
1973 – Fiona Smith, Canadian ice hockey defenseman (Canada, Olympics 1998), born in Saskatchewan, Canada
1974 – Natasja Saad, Danish hip hop and reggae artist, born in Copenhagen, Denmark (d. 2007)
Famous Birthdays for 30th October 2025
1735 – Edward Miller, English composer, born in Norwich, England (d. 1807)
1762 – André Chénier, French poet killed during French Revolution, born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1794)
1931 – Dick Gautier, American stage and screen actor (Get Smart -“Hymie”; Bye-Bye Birdie; When Things Were Rotten), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2017)
1934 – Frans Brüggen, Dutch flautist, recorder player, and conductor (Orchestra of the 18th Century), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 2014)
1946 – Lynne Marta, American actress (Love American Style), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1953 – Desmond Fitzgerald, Irish medical doctor and President of the University of Limerick (2017-20), born in Dublin
1962 – John Custer, American rock guitarist and record producer, born in Cary, North Carolina
1969 – Mayumi Hirase, Japanese golfer (18 LPGA of Japan Tour titles), born in Kumamoto, Japan
1970 – Kevin Johnson, American NFL defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagles, Oakland Raiders), born in Los Angeles, California
2006 – Saniyya Sidney, American actress (King Richard), born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 29th October 2025
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)
1853 – Josephine Beall Willson Bruce, African-American activist (NACW), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1923)
1938 – Wilbert McClure, American boxer (Olympic gold light middleweight 1960), born in Toledo, Ohio (d. 2020)
1959 – Jesse Barfield, American MLB outfielder (Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 HR leader), born in Joliet, Illinois
1967 – Greg Gohr, American pitcher (Detroit Tigers), born in Santa Clara, California
1971 – Daniel J. Bernstein, American professor and cryptologist, born in East Patchogue, New York
1972 – Takafumi Horie, Japanese entrepreneur (Livedoor), born in Yame, Japan
1972 – Gabrielle Union, American actress, author and activist (Bring it on, Being Mary Jane), born in Omaha, Nebraska
1978 – Kelly Smith, English football player (Arsenal Ladies), born in Watford, England
1984 – Chris Baio, American rock bassist (Vampire Weekend – “A-Punk”; “Oxford Comma”), born in Bronxville, New York
Famous Birthdays for 28th October 2025
1801 – Karl Georg Lickl, Austrian pianist, physharmonica (type of harmonium) player, and composer, born in Vienna (d. 1877)
1875 – Gilbert H. Grosvenor, American geographer and 1st full-time editor of National Geographic Society (1899-1954), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1966)
1914 – Richard Laurence Millington Synge, British biochemist (Nobel 1952), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1994)
1922 – Gershon Kingsley [Götz Ksinski], German-American composer, electronic music pioneer, and Moog synthesizer player (Popcorn), born in Bochum, Weimar Republic (d. 2019)
1935 – Folke Rabe, Swedish avant-garde composer (What??), born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 2017)
1936 – Ted Hawkins, American singer and guitarist (“The Next Hundred Years”), born in Biloxi, Mississippi (d. 1995)
1936 – Carl Davis, American-British conductor and BAFTA Award-winning film score composer (The French Lieutenant’s Woman; restored silent film Napoléon; BBC’s Pride and Prejudice), born in New York City (d. 2023)
1954 – Sammy Stewart, American MLB pitcher (World Series 1983; AL ERA leader 1981; Cleveland Indians), born in Asheville, North Carolina (d. 2018)
1956 – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran (2005-13), born in Aradan, Iran
2002 – Lola Tung, American actress (The Summer I Turned Pretty), born in New York City