1782 – Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer (Frithjof’s Saga), born in Kyrkerud, Sweden (d. 1846)
1866 – Abraham Flexner, American educator, born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1959)
1878 – John C Kielstra, Dutch economist and governor of Suriname (1933-44)
1931 – Andrée Lachapelle, French-Canadian actress (The Last Escape), born in Canada
1944 – Timmy Thomas, American singer and songwriter (Why Can’t We Live Together), born in Evansville, Indiana
1945 – John B. Craig, American diplomat, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1954 – Scott McNealy, American CEO of Sun Microsystems
1967 – Steve Zahn, American actor
1972 – Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor (SMAP), born in Tokyo, Japan
1976 – Kelly Sotherton, English heptathlete
Category: Famous Birthdays
Famous Birthdays for 12th November 2020
1615 – Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)
1897 – Karl Marx, German composer/conductor
1906 – Bukka [Booker T. Washington] White, blues guitarist, born in Houston, Mississippi (d. 1977)
1908 – Harry A Blackmun, Ill, 100th Supreme Court justice (1970-94)
1920 – Sunset Carson [Michael Harrison] American western actor (Cat of Rockies, El Paso Kid, Oregon Trail), born in Gracemont, Oklahoma (d. 1990)
1968 – Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress/singer, born in Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
1970 – Harvey Stephens, British child actor, born in Putney, London
1973 – Colin Morgan, Canadian 78 kg judoka (Olympics 1996), born in Calgary, Alberta
1978 – Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress, born in Bucharest, Romania
1979 – Lucas Glover, American golfer (US Open 2009), born in Greenville, South Carolina
Famous Birthdays for 11th November 2020
1748 – Carlos IV (English: Charles], King of Spain (1788-1808), born in Portici, Italy (d. 1819)
1872 – David I. Walsh, 46th Governor of Massachusetts, born in Leominster, Massachusetts (d. 1947)
1894 – Aaron Avshalomov, Russian-born Jewish composer, born in Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Russia (d. 1965)
1914 – Henry Wade, American lawyer (Dallas County District Attorney 1951-87), born in Rockwall County, Texas (d. 2001)
1938 – John Reilly, American actor (Sean-General Hospital, Dallas, Hamptons), born in Chicago, Illinois
1945 – Bryan ‘Pop’ Robson, English soccer forward (Newcastle, West Ham), born in Sunderland, County Durham
1948 – Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (Playroom, Waiting for the Light), born in New York City (d. 2005)
1950 – Ed Ordynski, Australian rally driver
1954 – Mary Gaitskill, American writer, born in Lexington, Kentucky
1977 – Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (d. 2002)
Famous Birthdays for 10th November 2020
1710 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman, born in Walkendorf, Germany (d. 1792)
1801 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer, born in Lugansk, Russian Empire (d. 1872)
1871 – Winston Churchill, American author (Crisis, Crossing), born in St. Louis, Missouri (d. 1947)
1888 – Andrej Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, born in Pustomazovo, Russia (d. 1972)
1896 – Jimmy Dykes, American MLB infielder, manager (All Star 1933-34), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1976)
1934 – Norm Cash, American baseball 1st baseman (Detroit Tigers), born in Eldorado, Texas (d. 1986)
1947 – Glen Buxton, American guitarist (Alice Cooper) and composer, born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1997)
1954 – Mario Cipollina, American rock bassist (Huey Lewis and The News), born in San Rafael, California
1977 – Matt Cepicky, American baseball player, born in St. Louis, Missouri
1987 – Jessica Tovey, Australian actress (Belle Taylor-Home and Away), born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Famous Birthdays for 9th November 2020
1414 – Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg, born in Tangermünde, Brandenburg, Germany (d. 1486)
1833 – Sally Louisa Tompkins, American nurse and philanthropist, only woman commissioned in Confederate army during US Civil War, born in Mathews City, Virginia (d. 1916)
1888 – Jean Monnet, French political economist and diplomat, born in Cognac, France (d. 1979)
1903 – Edward van der Merwe, South African cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests in 30’s), born in Rustenburg, Transvaal (d. 1971)
1915 – Sargent Shriver, American politician and activist (Peace Corps), born in Westminster, Maryland (d. 2011)
1964 – John Joseph Thomas, American actor (Young Dan’l Boone), born in Arcadia, California
1971 – Melinda Kinnaman, Swedish actress, born in Stockholm, Sweden
1972 – Doug Russell, American radio personality, born in Pewaukee, Wisconsin
1973 – Fred Lindberg, Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics 1996), born in Sydney, New South Wales Australia
1996 – Cheyenne Pyle, California, youngest heart transplant patient (90 mins old)
Famous Birthdays for 8th November 2020
30 – Nerva, Roman Emperor (96-98), born in Narni, Italy (d. 98)
1881 – Robert Esnault-Pelterie, French engineer and aviation pioneer who contributed to early heavier-than-air flight in Europe, born in Paris (d. 1957)
1946 – Roy Wood, English rock vocalist and cellist (ELO), born in Birmingham, England
1966 – Ulrich Cruden, Suriname soccer player (NEC), born in Paramaribo, Suriname
1967 – Jay Taylor, American NFL cornerback (KC Chiefs), born in San Diego, California
1972 – Ken Blackman, American NFL guard (Cincinnati Bengals), born in Brunswick, Georgia
1972 – Gretchen Mol, American actress, born in Deep River, Connecticut
1978 – Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli, Brazilian footballer, born in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
1982 – Mika Kallio, Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer, born in Valkeakoski, Finland
1987 – Sam Bradford, American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2008, U of Oklahoma; NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year 2010, St. Louis Rams), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Famous Birthdays for 7th November 2020
1855 – Edwin Hall, American physicist (discovered Hall effect), born in Gorham, Maine (d. 1938)
1886 – Aron Nimzowitsch, Latvian chess player (openings theorist), born in Riga, Russian Empire (d. 1935)
1892 – Edward Sedgwick, American film director (The Flaming Frontier, Let ‘er Buck), born in Galveston, Texas (d. 1953)
1931 – Gerald Humel, American composer (Universe), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 2001)
1936 – Barry Newman, American actor (Amy, Deadline, Petrocelli), born in Boston, Massachusetts
1939 – Daniel Manneke, Dutch composer and organist, born in Kruiningen, Netherlands
1942 – Johnny Rivers [Ramistella], American singer (Secret Agent Man), born in NYC, New York
1951 – Dan Duva, American boxing promoter and producer (Howard Stern New Years Party), born in Paterson, New Jersey (d. 1996)
1970 – Andy Houston, American NASCAR driver, born in Hickory, North Carolina
1972 – Jimmy Gary Jr., American NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks), born in Stuart, Florida
Famous Birthdays for 6th November 2020
1558 – Thomas Kyd, English dramatist (Spanish Tragedy), born in London (d. 1594)
1659 – Theodor Schwartzkopff, German composer, born in Ulm, Germany (d. 1732)
1757 – Louis Abel Beffroy de Reigny, French dramatist and composer, born in Laon, Aisne, France (d. 1811)
1833 – Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (The Family at Gilje: A Domestic Story of the Forties), born in Hokksund, Eiker, Norway (d. 1908)
1880 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American writer and novelist (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1959)
1927 – Eric St Eval Atkinson, West Indian cricketer (bro of Denis WI pace bowler 1958-59), born in Rockley, Christ Church, Barbados (d. 1998)
1955 – Paul Romer, American economist (Nobel Prize 2018, endogenous growth theory), born in Denver, Colorado
1962 – Aznil Nawawi, Malaysian host, actor and singer, born in Kampung Datuk Keramat, Kuala Lumpur
1978 – Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress, born in Uccle, Belgium
1987 – Ana Ivanović, Serbian tennis player (French Open 2008; world #1 08), born in Belgrade, Serbia
Famous Birthdays for 5th November 2020
1271 – Maḥmūd Ghāzān, 7th Mongol Empire ruler in Iran, born in Abaskun, Iran (d. 1304)
1932 – Salvatore Bonanno, American mafioso and son of crime boss Joseph Bonanno, born in NYC, New York (d. 2008)
1936 – Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (d. 2001)
1959 – Bryan Adams, Canadian singer (Heaven), born in Kingston, Ontario
1971 – Sergei Berezin, Russian NHL forward (Team Russia, Olympic silver 1998), born in Voskrensensk, Russia
1971 – Todd Collins, American NFL quarterback (Buffalo Bills), born in Walpole, Massachusetts
1974 – Jerry Stackhouse, American NBA guard and forward (Detroit Pistons, Philadelphia 76ers), born in Kinston, North Carolina
1979 – Mihalis Hatzigiannis, Greek-Cypriot songwriter and singer, born in Nicosia, Cyprus
1980 – Eva González, Spanish model and beauty queen, born in Seville, Spain
1984 – Nick Folk, American football player, born in Los Angeles, California
Famous Birthdays for 4th November 2020
1818 – Alexander Robert Lawton, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1896)
1846 – Gaston Serpette, French composer, born in Nantes, France (d. 1904)
1903 – Ion Vasilescu, Romanian composer, born in Bucharest, Romania (d. 1960)
1915 – Court Benson, Canadian-American actor and broadcaster, born in Vancouver, British Columbia (d. 1995)
1920 – Georges Papy, Belgian mathematician (Numbers Game), born in Anderlecht, Belgium (d. 2011)
1940 – Delbert McClinton, American singer (Gonna Find a Good Woman), born in Lubbock, Texas
1944 – Willem Breuker, Dutch saxophonist and conductor (WB Collective), born in Amsterdam (d. 2010)
1960 – Kathy Griffin, American comedienne (Suddenly Susan, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List), born in Chicago, Illinois
1965 – Malandra Burrows, English actress (Emmerdale), born in Woolton, Liverpool
1966 – Kool Rock [Damon Wimbley], rapper (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)