8th November
30 ? Marcus Cocceius Nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98)
1342 ? Julian of Norwich, English saint (d. 1416)
1491 ? Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544)
1622 ? King Charles X of Sweden (d. 1660)
1656 ? Edmond Halley, British astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742)
1706 ? Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)
1710 ? Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768)
1715 ? Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1797)
1723 ? John Byron, British naval officer (d. 1786)
1768 ? Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, (d. 1840)
1777 ? Désirée Clary, queen of Sweden (d. 1860)
1788 ? Mihály Bertalanits Slovene poet and teacher in Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1853)
1836 ? Milton Bradley, American game manufacturer (d. 1911)
1837 ? Ilia Chavchavadze, founding father of modern Georgia (d. 1907)
1847 ? Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician (d. 1907)
1847 ? Bram Stoker, Irish novelist (d. 1912)
1848 ? Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (d. 1925)
1854 ? Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919)
1866 ? Herbert Austin, English automobile pioneer (d. 1941)
1868 ? Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (d. 1942)
1869 ? Zinaida Gippius, Russian woman-poet in exile in France (d. 1945)
1883 ? Arnold Bax, English composer (d. 1953)
1884 ? Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1922)
1885 ? Hans Cloos, German geologist (d. 1951)
1885 ? Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (d. 1946)
1885 ? Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (d. 1966)
1888 ? David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian composer (d. 1974)
1893 ? Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
1893 ? Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (d. 1941)
1895 ? Photios Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer (d. 1965)
1896 ? Bucky Harris, baseball player (d. 1977)
1897 ? Dorothy Day, social activist (d. 1980)
1898 ? Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (d. 1937)
1900 ? Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949)
1900 ? Charlie Paddock, American athlete (d. 1943)
1904 ? Cedric Belfrage English-born writer (d. 1990)
1908 ? Martha Gellhorn, American writer (d. 1998)
1912 ? June Havoc, American actress (d. 2010)
1912 ? Stylianos Pattakos, Greek army officer and member of the Greek military junta of 1967?1974
1918 ? Hermann Zapf, German designer
1919 ? P. L. Deshpande, Indian author (d. 2000)
1920 ? Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 1998)
1920 ? Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Brazilian cardinal
1922 ? Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (d. 2001)
1922 ? Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (d. 1996)
1923 ? Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
1924 ? Johnny Bower, Canadian ice hockey player
1924 ? Joe Flynn, American actor (d. 1974)
1927 ? Ken Dodd, English comedian
1927 ? Lal Krishna Advani, Indian politician
1927 ? Nguyen Khanh, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
1927 ? Patti Page, American singer
1927 ? Chris Connor, American jazz singer (d. 2009)
1929 ? António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher
1929 ? Bobby Bowden, American football coach
1931 ? Darla Hood, American actress (d. 1979)
1931 ? Morley Safer, American journalist
1932 ? Stéphane Audran, French actress
1933 ? Peter Arundell, British racing driver
1935 ? Alain Delon, French actor
1935 ? Stratos Dionysiou, Greek singer (d. 1990)
1935 ? Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian Cardinal Bishop (d. 2008)
1936 ? Virna Lisi, Italian actress
1938 ? Driss Basri, Moroccan Interior Minister (d. 2007)
1942 ? Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican jockey
1943 ? Martin Peters, English footballer
1944 ? Bonnie Bramlett, American singer (Delaney, Bonnie & Friends)
1946 ? Guus Hiddink, Dutch football coach
1946 ? Roy Wood, English songwriter and musician (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move, Wizzard)
1947 ? Minnie Riperton, American singer (d. 1979)
1949 ? Bonnie Raitt, American singer
1949 ? Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association.
1950 ? Mary Hart, American television personality
1951 ? Alfredo Astiz, Argentine general
1951 ? Peter Suber, American academic
1952 ? Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (d. 1977)
1952 ? John Denny, American baseball player
1952 ? Christie Hefner, CEO of Playboy Enterprises
1952 ? Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist
1952 ? Jerry Remy, American baseball player, color commentator
1952 ? Alfre Woodard, American actress
1953 ? Giorgos Foiros, Greek footballer and football manager
1953 ? John Musker, American animation director
1954 ? David Bret, Anglo-French biographer and broadcaster
1954 ? Michael D. Brown, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director
1954 ? Kazuo Ishiguro, British author
1954 ? Rickie Lee Jones, American singer
1954 ? Jeanette McGruder, American musician (P Funk)
1954 ? Thanasis Pafilis, Greek politician
1955 ? Patricia Barber, jazz & blues singer, pianist, songwriter
1956 ? Steven Miller, American record producer
1956 ? Richard Curtis, British screenwriter
1956 ? Mari Boine, Norwegian musician who added jazz & rock to the yoiks of the Sami people
1957 ? Porl Thompson, British musician (The Cure)
1957 ? Alan Curbishley, English football manager
1958 ? Don Byron, American clarinetist
1958 ? Ken Lamberton, American writer, former teacher, and convicted sex offender
1959 ? Chi Chi LaRue, American pornographic producer
1960 ? Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor
1960 ? Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor
1961 ? Micky Adams, English football manager
1961 ? Leif Garrett, American singer
1965 ? Jeff Blauser, American baseball player
1965 ? Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter
1966 ? Toralf Arndt, German footballer
1966 ? Gordon Ramsay, British chef and reality television personality
1966 ? Urmas Välbe, Estonian cross-country skier
1967 ? Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress
1967 ? Kamar de los Reyes, American actor
1967 ? Henry Rodriguez, Dominican Republic baseball player
1968 ? Parker Posey, American actress
1968 ? Keith Jones, Canadian hockey player
1968 ? Zara Whites, Dutch actress
1968 ? Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer
1968 ? Jose Offerman, Dominican baseball player
1969 ? Roxana Zal, American actress
1970 ? Tom Anderson, co-founder of Myspace
1970 ? José Francisco Porras, Costa Rican footballer
1970 ? Diana King, Jamaican singer
1971 ? Carlos Atanes, Spanish film director
1971 ? Aaron Yates (Tech N9NE), American rapper
1972 ? Gretchen Mol, American actress
1974 ? Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor
1974 ? Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
1974 ? Seishi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
1974 ? Penny Heyns, South African swimmer
1975 ? Brevin Knight, American basketball player
1975 ? José Pinto, Spanish footballer
1975 ? Tara Reid, American actress
1976 ? Brett Lee, Australian cricketer
1976 ? Colin Strause, American director
1977 ? Bucky Covington, American entertainer
1977 ? Jully Black, Canadian R&B singer
1977 ? Nick Punto, American baseball player
1978 ? Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer
1978 ? Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli, Brazilian footballer
1978 ? Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer
1978 ? Maurice Evans, American basketball player
1978 ? Shyne (Moses Michael Leviy), Belizean-born rapper
1979 ? Andrea Benatti, Italian rugby player
1979 ? Aaron Hughes, Northern Irish footballer
1979 ? Dania Ramírez, Dominican actress
1980 ? Ana Vidović, Croatian virtuoso classical guitarist
1980 ? Luís Fabiano, Brazilian footballer
1980 ? Holly Walsh, British comedian, comedy writer and TV and radio presenter
1980 ? Tom Gabel, American punk rock musician (Against Me!)
1981 ? Joe Cole, English footballer
1981 ? Azura Skye, American actress
1981 ? Yann Kermorgant, French footballer
1982 ? Mika Kallio, Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer
1982 ? Ethan Ruan, Taiwanese model and actor
1982 ? Lynndie England, former U.S. Army reservist, associated with Abu Ghraib
1982 ? Sam Sparro, Australian producer, songwriter, performer, former child actor
1982 ? Ted DiBiase Jr., professional wrestler in WWE
1983 ? Katharina Molitor, German javelin thrower
1983 ? Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer
1983 ? Chris Rankin, New Zealand actor
1983 ? Blanka Vla?ić, Croatian high jumper
1984 ? Steven Webb, English actor
1985 ? Jack Osbourne, English television star
1985 ? Magda Apanowicz, Canadian actress
1986 ? Jamie Roberts, Welsh and British & Irish Lions rugby player
1987 ? Sam Bradford, American football player and winner of the 2008 Heisman Trophy
1988 ? Jessica Lowndes, Canadian actress
1988 ? Lucia Slaničková, Slovak heptathlete
1994 ? Lauren Alaina, American singer and American Idol runner-up
2003 ? Lady Louise Windsor, British royal
30 ? Marcus Cocceius Nerva, Roman Emperor (d. 98)
1342 ? Julian of Norwich, English saint (d. 1416)
1491 ? Teofilo Folengo, Italian poet (d. 1544)
1622 ? King Charles X of Sweden (d. 1660)
1656 ? Edmond Halley, British astronomer and mathematician (d. 1742)
1706 ? Johann Ulrich von Cramer, German judge and philosopher (d. 1772)
1710 ? Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768)
1715 ? Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1797)
1723 ? John Byron, British naval officer (d. 1786)
1768 ? Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, (d. 1840)
1777 ? Désirée Clary, queen of Sweden (d. 1860)
1788 ? Mihály Bertalanits Slovene poet and teacher in Kingdom of Hungary (d. 1853)
1836 ? Milton Bradley, American game manufacturer (d. 1911)
1837 ? Ilia Chavchavadze, founding father of modern Georgia (d. 1907)
1847 ? Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician (d. 1907)
1847 ? Bram Stoker, Irish novelist (d. 1912)
1848 ? Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and logician (d. 1925)
1854 ? Johannes Rydberg, Swedish physicist (d. 1919)
1866 ? Herbert Austin, English automobile pioneer (d. 1941)
1868 ? Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician (d. 1942)
1869 ? Zinaida Gippius, Russian woman-poet in exile in France (d. 1945)
1883 ? Arnold Bax, English composer (d. 1953)
1884 ? Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1922)
1885 ? Hans Cloos, German geologist (d. 1951)
1885 ? Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (d. 1946)
1885 ? Emil Fahrenkamp, German architect (d. 1966)
1888 ? David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian composer (d. 1974)
1893 ? Clarence Williams, American pianist and composer (d. 1965)
1893 ? Prajadhipok, Rama VII, king of Thailand (d. 1941)
1895 ? Photios Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer (d. 1965)
1896 ? Bucky Harris, baseball player (d. 1977)
1897 ? Dorothy Day, social activist (d. 1980)
1898 ? Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (d. 1937)
1900 ? Margaret Mitchell, American author (d. 1949)
1900 ? Charlie Paddock, American athlete (d. 1943)
1904 ? Cedric Belfrage English-born writer (d. 1990)
1908 ? Martha Gellhorn, American writer (d. 1998)
1912 ? June Havoc, American actress (d. 2010)
1912 ? Stylianos Pattakos, Greek army officer and member of the Greek military junta of 1967?1974
1918 ? Hermann Zapf, German designer
1919 ? P. L. Deshpande, Indian author (d. 2000)
1920 ? Esther Rolle, American actress (d. 1998)
1920 ? Eugênio de Araújo Sales, Brazilian cardinal
1922 ? Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon (d. 2001)
1922 ? Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (d. 1996)
1923 ? Jack Kilby, American electrical engineer, Nobel laureate (d. 2005)
1924 ? Johnny Bower, Canadian ice hockey player
1924 ? Joe Flynn, American actor (d. 1974)
1927 ? Ken Dodd, English comedian
1927 ? Lal Krishna Advani, Indian politician
1927 ? Nguyen Khanh, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
1927 ? Patti Page, American singer
1927 ? Chris Connor, American jazz singer (d. 2009)
1929 ? António Castanheira Neves, Portuguese philosopher
1929 ? Bobby Bowden, American football coach
1931 ? Darla Hood, American actress (d. 1979)
1931 ? Morley Safer, American journalist
1932 ? Stéphane Audran, French actress
1933 ? Peter Arundell, British racing driver
1935 ? Alain Delon, French actor
1935 ? Stratos Dionysiou, Greek singer (d. 1990)
1935 ? Alfonso López Trujillo, Colombian Cardinal Bishop (d. 2008)
1936 ? Virna Lisi, Italian actress
1938 ? Driss Basri, Moroccan Interior Minister (d. 2007)
1942 ? Angel Cordero Jr., Puerto Rican jockey
1943 ? Martin Peters, English footballer
1944 ? Bonnie Bramlett, American singer (Delaney, Bonnie & Friends)
1946 ? Guus Hiddink, Dutch football coach
1946 ? Roy Wood, English songwriter and musician (Electric Light Orchestra, The Move, Wizzard)
1947 ? Minnie Riperton, American singer (d. 1979)
1949 ? Bonnie Raitt, American singer
1949 ? Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association.
1950 ? Mary Hart, American television personality
1951 ? Alfredo Astiz, Argentine general
1951 ? Peter Suber, American academic
1952 ? Albert Bittlmayer, German footballer (d. 1977)
1952 ? John Denny, American baseball player
1952 ? Christie Hefner, CEO of Playboy Enterprises
1952 ? Jan Raas, Dutch cyclist
1952 ? Jerry Remy, American baseball player, color commentator
1952 ? Alfre Woodard, American actress
1953 ? Giorgos Foiros, Greek footballer and football manager
1953 ? John Musker, American animation director
1954 ? David Bret, Anglo-French biographer and broadcaster
1954 ? Michael D. Brown, U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director
1954 ? Kazuo Ishiguro, British author
1954 ? Rickie Lee Jones, American singer
1954 ? Jeanette McGruder, American musician (P Funk)
1954 ? Thanasis Pafilis, Greek politician
1955 ? Patricia Barber, jazz & blues singer, pianist, songwriter
1956 ? Steven Miller, American record producer
1956 ? Richard Curtis, British screenwriter
1956 ? Mari Boine, Norwegian musician who added jazz & rock to the yoiks of the Sami people
1957 ? Porl Thompson, British musician (The Cure)
1957 ? Alan Curbishley, English football manager
1958 ? Don Byron, American clarinetist
1958 ? Ken Lamberton, American writer, former teacher, and convicted sex offender
1959 ? Chi Chi LaRue, American pornographic producer
1960 ? Oleg Menshikov, Russian actor
1960 ? Michael Nyqvist, Swedish actor
1961 ? Micky Adams, English football manager
1961 ? Leif Garrett, American singer
1965 ? Jeff Blauser, American baseball player
1965 ? Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter
1966 ? Toralf Arndt, German footballer
1966 ? Gordon Ramsay, British chef and reality television personality
1966 ? Urmas Välbe, Estonian cross-country skier
1967 ? Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress
1967 ? Kamar de los Reyes, American actor
1967 ? Henry Rodriguez, Dominican Republic baseball player
1968 ? Parker Posey, American actress
1968 ? Keith Jones, Canadian hockey player
1968 ? Zara Whites, Dutch actress
1968 ? Sergio Porrini, Italian footballer
1968 ? Jose Offerman, Dominican baseball player
1969 ? Roxana Zal, American actress
1970 ? Tom Anderson, co-founder of Myspace
1970 ? José Francisco Porras, Costa Rican footballer
1970 ? Diana King, Jamaican singer
1971 ? Carlos Atanes, Spanish film director
1971 ? Aaron Yates (Tech N9NE), American rapper
1972 ? Gretchen Mol, American actress
1974 ? Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor
1974 ? Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
1974 ? Seishi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
1974 ? Penny Heyns, South African swimmer
1975 ? Brevin Knight, American basketball player
1975 ? José Pinto, Spanish footballer
1975 ? Tara Reid, American actress
1976 ? Brett Lee, Australian cricketer
1976 ? Colin Strause, American director
1977 ? Bucky Covington, American entertainer
1977 ? Jully Black, Canadian R&B singer
1977 ? Nick Punto, American baseball player
1978 ? Ali Karimi, Iranian footballer
1978 ? Júlio Sérgio Bertagnoli, Brazilian footballer
1978 ? Tim de Cler, Dutch footballer
1978 ? Maurice Evans, American basketball player
1978 ? Shyne (Moses Michael Leviy), Belizean-born rapper
1979 ? Andrea Benatti, Italian rugby player
1979 ? Aaron Hughes, Northern Irish footballer
1979 ? Dania Ramírez, Dominican actress
1980 ? Ana Vidović, Croatian virtuoso classical guitarist
1980 ? Luís Fabiano, Brazilian footballer
1980 ? Holly Walsh, British comedian, comedy writer and TV and radio presenter
1980 ? Tom Gabel, American punk rock musician (Against Me!)
1981 ? Joe Cole, English footballer
1981 ? Azura Skye, American actress
1981 ? Yann Kermorgant, French footballer
1982 ? Mika Kallio, Finnish Grand Prix motorcycle racer
1982 ? Ethan Ruan, Taiwanese model and actor
1982 ? Lynndie England, former U.S. Army reservist, associated with Abu Ghraib
1982 ? Sam Sparro, Australian producer, songwriter, performer, former child actor
1982 ? Ted DiBiase Jr., professional wrestler in WWE
1983 ? Katharina Molitor, German javelin thrower
1983 ? Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer
1983 ? Chris Rankin, New Zealand actor
1983 ? Blanka Vla?ić, Croatian high jumper
1984 ? Steven Webb, English actor
1985 ? Jack Osbourne, English television star
1985 ? Magda Apanowicz, Canadian actress
1986 ? Jamie Roberts, Welsh and British & Irish Lions rugby player
1987 ? Sam Bradford, American football player and winner of the 2008 Heisman Trophy
1988 ? Jessica Lowndes, Canadian actress
1988 ? Lucia Slaničková, Slovak heptathlete
1994 ? Lauren Alaina, American singer and American Idol runner-up
2003 ? Lady Louise Windsor, British royal